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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
Birmineham'S Busy Day

Monday next is Labor Day, and on that day the city's ninth railroad will be opened. The city's baseball team will also return, if not to it's native heath, to its monthly pay office at any rate. Even if the home baseball team stands at the bottom of the list there is still good deal of life in It. It is capable of surprises, and no team in the league considers 1t dead one.
 All three events tomorrow are joy full events. The coming of the ninth railroad will inspire the merchants to greater efforts, for it will open to them a new and wide field. They need not hesitate to invade Georgia, for the time has gone never to return when Birmingham fears any competitor in trade.
 While labor rejoices over the con- pletion of another year the city will celebrate the arrival of the first pas eenger train of the Atlanta, Birming- ham and Atlantic railroad, and the fans Win gather at West End to enjoy the closing days of the summer to the music of the bat and the umpire's sonorous voice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
BRYAN LOSES PURSE.
Porter Returns $500 Roll and Gets $1o
 Tip From Candidate.

Kansas City, Mo.-Willam Jennings Bryan landed in Kansas City yesterday broke. He lost his purse in Pullman berth. Not a penny did the democratic candidate for president have.
 Mayor Crittenden, with~W. s. Cowper, democratic nominee for governor, was waiting. They hurried MT. Bryan and MT Bell to a motor car and took the party to the Hotel Baltimore. At break fast MT. Bryan discovered that his purse was missing.
 Meanwhile the Pullman car was switched into the yards, and the porter, Jerry Marsh, found a well-worn but we'll filled purse in the. bedding of one of the berths. He delivered 1t to the Pullman conductor, as the rules provide, and they examined the book to see who was it's owner. On one side were cards and pa- pers and on the other side a roll of s20 bills that made the porter's eyes glisten. It contained at least $500.
 MT. Bryan left on the 10.40 Rock Island train for Topeka. When he reached the station Francis A. Cook, district super intendent of the Pullman company, stood on the platform with Marsh. the negro porter, at his side. Cook passed the book to the negro, who returned 1t to MT. Bryan. The candidate handed over a $1O hill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
ROYALTY IN WANT.

From the Chicago News.
 Two princesses,. representatives or the only American royalty, descendants Of that Massasoit whose word was law to 30 villages and 30,000 red men, are living in poverty on the shores of Lake Assa- wampsett, Mass. They are Teweeleema and Wootonekanuske. An effort is being made to secure for these last of the royal blood of the Wampanoags a mate rial recognition of their rights and Of the services which their ancestor, the mighty sachem Massasoit, performed Tor the nioneers of New England. For with ont Massasoit's friendship and protection the struggling colonists would nave been swept from the land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
BALLAD OF DEAD ACTORS.

By w. E. Henley
 Where are the passions they essayed, And where the tears they made to flow? Where the wild humors they portrayed For laughing words to see and know? Othellos wrath and Juliet's woe? Sir Peter's whims and Tmon's gall? And M:llamont and Romeo? Into the night go one and all. Where are the braveres, fresh or frayed? The plumes, the armors-frend and foer The cloth of gold. the rare brocade, The mantles glittering to and fro? The pomp, the pride, the royal show? Theories of war and festival? The youth the grace, the charms, the
 glow? f IjaI Into the tight go one and all.
 ~TssEE l The curtain falls the play Is played; The beggar packs beside the beau; The monarch troops, and troops the maid, The thunder huddles with the snow, Where are the revelers, high and low? The clashing swords? The lovers call? The dancers gleaming row on row? Into the night go one and all
 ENVOY. Prince, in one common overthrow, The hero tumbles with the thrall; / As dust that drives, as straws that blow, Into the night go ons and all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
AN ACRES POSSIBILITIES.
Experiment to Be Made In Kansas to Test It's Greatest Yielding Capaclry.

From the Kansas City Star.
 Work on one acre for demonstration purposes is to be started in September at La Bruyere. the Blue Ridge farm of the Brus brothers The brothers have not decided finally what crops they will try to fill in the fall months, but proba- ply they will plant spinach and late turnips or spinach turnips and radishes. These products will bring high prices In the market when cold weather comes.
 The Brus brothers agreed to set aside one acre of their farm to demonstrate the possibilities of that much ground. Spinach is the hardest of late crops and sells readily, while the latest radishes are accepted in the city as delicacies. They expect to keep the special acre fully occu- pied until the time comes to set out plants grown in the hotbeds and green houses. This will start the next spring early.
 From September 10 to the same date next year the acre will be yielding con- tInually, Every item of expense and every cent received for the products iron, it will be recorded daily.
 '"The demonstration will be interesting, Eugene Brus said a few days ago. We are giving the idea close attention be- cause we cannot afford to miss one oppor- tunity during the year. We are satisfied that our acres can be made to produce more than they do. We believe this spe- cial acre can be pushed to higher pro- ductivity than in the past and we shall try to get it to the highest point. Our record will show labor required and it's cost; time used for each crop and the nrice and profit realized"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
FRANK V. EVANS.

From the Talladega Mountain Home.
 In his service as special correspondent for The Age-Herald during the miners strike. Frank V Evans, editor of the vo1per County News, has done some of the best work in his long distingulshed -h,rnalistic career. His articles have been read with interest by thousands and ac- cepted as true pen pictures of the situa- ton. accompanied by sound and logical opinions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
Confidential Guide to Religions.

From L1Ie.
 Baptist: Tank drama. Costumes in- ferior, but contains some splendid act ing Too much red fire. With w. J. Rockefeller as angel is booked for long run.
 Episcopal: Conventional piece in which actors walk through their parts. Too much business, but contains some spen- did musical hits, and is admirably pre- scented.
 Methodist: Blood and thunder farce ing. Would be greatly improved by introduction of few vaudeville special ties. Plot poor, but in pieces like this no one expects plot
 Presbyterian: Gloomy and immoral Should be avoided by extreme young out hope Leading parts taken by in, fants. Lurid drop curtain. Has had a long run but must be considerably modi fled to be popular, ~ Christian Science: Extravaganza. Splen cid illusions Indeed 1t Is impossible te detect them. One of the cleverest slight of-hand performances we have ever seen Great money-maker, but ephemeral. Catholic: Unequalled anywhere fol popular interest. For stage business hal no rival A strong stock company. 1T which all the members are stars. Bount to have a long run. Unitaran: Full of human interest, but too realistic. Leaves too little to imag ination. A fairy story would hefv 1t Weak in last act
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
lie hath a daily beauty in his life.
 -Othelo.
Crop Pro SpeCtS and Trade Activity

The cotton crop is never beyond in- jury until it is baled, and portions of It are daily being put out of harms way. No other annual product enters so soon into great manufacturing Industry and into our export trade. It Is the king of cash crops, and as an article of export it stands unap- preached. It keeps gold at home, giv- Ing us each year favorable balance of trade. The prospects of a fine crop Rssuredly will go far not only towards B restoration of trade activity in the south, but also towards a restoration of confidence in all parts of the coun- try. When the cotton crop is abund- ant no harm can we'll come to the country from without. The south is a guaranty this year against hard times.
 All other crops are harvested ex- eept the corn crop, and two weeks of warm, dry weather in the surplus states of the northwest will round out a crop of generous proportions. Light frosts have appeared in some of the corn states, doing, however, no dam age, and freedom from killing frosts this and next week will suffice to give the country plenty of food for both man and beast The corn in the northwest is rather backward, and two weeks of ripening weather are greatly needed.
 When cotton picking is well started and a good corn crop is assured gen. eral business will have no excuse for refusing to become normal AS mat ter of fact the opening factories and trade orders are already discounting the cotton and corn crops, and by No vember the depression should become a back number in the mind to take it's place in history only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
Birmingham Normal.

Birmingham has seemed at it's best during the past two or three days said A. D. Gathers of St. Louis. T hrst visited Birmingham in the early sos and have been here frequently of recent years. year ago this city was wonderfully prosperous but like all iron centers 1t felt the panic more than cities in agri- cultural sections.
 q attended the Confederate reunion here last June and my next visit was two weeks ago, when the miners strike was in progress. Things looked blue The stores were well nigh deserted and business in all branches was at a stand still. But with the ending of the strike everything frightened up and since Thursday the streets have been as ani- mated and the people as byouant as this time last year.
 'I am told that the miners as well as the operators are in a cheerful mood glad to get back to work. At any rate. business here seems to be humming. Bir- mingham wiM occupy the center of the stage again as the most attractive and progressive city in the south."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
School Children In LOWndeS

In 1906 the census takers found IT, 585 children of school age in Lowndes county; this year other officials under a new and stricter law find 13,978 The decrease is 211A per cent. The loss of 37S7 children of school age is a loss to Lowndes county in state school moneys of abopt s75OO a year.
 This great discrepancy of 21h per cent stands, however, unexplained. Lowndes is productive, prosperous county in the Black Belt. It's growth between 1906 and 1908 should have been at least ? per cent, but the school census shows a loss of 211a per cent. The difference of 23k per cent stands unexplained, and it is probably one of those affairs of this world that will never be explained.
 But so long as the kinks in school administration are patiently straight ened out there need be no great amount of complaint. Much remains, however, to be accomplished in the distribution of the states allotment of school moneys. The law calls for an even per capita distribution, but in practice the law is in many counties twisted badly out of shape. Reform is, however abroad in the land, and perhaps an even distribution of the states moneys will vet be secured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
Reoardino Prohibition Laws.

.tThe idea of creating a state cohstapu- larv to enforce the prohibition laws m Alabama is generally laughed at, salo Hastings of Louisville. "I am in nowise interested in the liquor business and have never been much or earrooin drinler. but think statutory prohloltlon a great mistake-a mistake from many noints of view I have no desire to dls- o,ss the ouestion. and besides the public ,s familiar with all the arguments, pro and con.
 "All started out to say is having spent several months in Alabama, l think know the sentiment of the people fairly well. The majority of those 1 meet Tn the rural districts are prohibitionsts' or local optionists, but in the cities ma a marked difference of opinion. In MO bile the majority of business men are stroneIv in favor of licensed saloons and In all the cities it Is safe 10 say 'hae those who favor the present law are fewer in number than appeared In evl- danca last fall. But all level-headed men Inc thev prohibitionists or anti-prohibi- tionists-are opposed to special session nf the legislature 10 eddct tuoi'ioi'A A'N'' for the enforcement of prohibition. A state constabulary, such as has been sus- gested will but prove scandal ana the illegal traffic In liquor would go on inst the same. Prohibition in cities does not prohibit It may minimize the sale of 1iouor but to make it worse The wildcat stuff that is sold for whisky in dry towns is almost as bad as poison. Where such a large number of people want their beer and whisky many of them will patronize the blind tiger, no matter how mean the liquor is
 i, "I have visited four or five states where most of the counties were dry and the same thing exists in the cities-the blind tiger. If every man out of two were constable he could not, as he would not, keep the lid on tight; that is to say, not in the large cities, where public sen timent regarding liquor is divided. In cities like Mobile, Montgomery and Bir- mingham high license and strict regula- ton make for better morals than so- 1 called prohibition
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
WIFELY FORGIVENESS.

From the New York World
 Mike was always a good man. I won't make any complaint against the lad; sure he didn't mean 1t. said Bridget Gleason after Mike" had thrown her from the window Mrs. Ferdinand P. Earle also followed feminine instinct in returning to her husband. The only thing left for the public to do in such cases is to regret its interference
 Experience demonstrates that the would-be maker of peace between hus- band and wife is not blessed. Rather is he lucky if he escape a combined at tack. That the assailed usually makes common cause with the assailant Is cal culated to lend verisimilitude to the old adage concerning the woman the dog and the hickory tree. Up to the danger point and frequently afterward both parties are unanimous in upholding the home rule principle. Where the husband Is actually arrested the chances are in favor of the wifes appearance next morning with a plea for mercy Magistrates have come to expect retracted charges and prepos-
 
 self-in1icted. While justice may rage, the pathetic plea that The isn't bad man, your honor, when he doesn't drink usu- ally secures the culprit's release.
 In England where wife beating has attained almost the dignity of national sport like cricket, the customary fine is a few shillings. As the legal right of the husband to inf1ict chastisement has been a mooted question in the past, de- spite the decision of one judge that he might use a stick mo larger than his thumb this is presumably more in the way of vindication of the iwifes nomi- nal rights In America, where foreigners tell us that wives are spoiled, the trucu- lent husband Is unpopular
 Mrs. Earle and Bridget Gleason being, as Kipling puts it, sisters under their skins" have illustrated the working of the usual rule which prompts wife to fly to the husbands rescue when she has aroused law or public opinion against him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
ReclalmIng Street for City.

Any reference to a church using con- victs to improve their property made by any one through your lobby column does not apply to the Southside Baptist church, said George H. Estes yesterday
 Some time ago the ladies of our church prepared to fix up the church lot, and found that something was wrong with the property line. I had the city engineer go out and run the line. and it was found that the former owner of the property had encroached on the street 10 feet.
 T then went to the Mayor and asked him to have the street gang open up the street. The conyicts did not do any work on the church property, but on the street, and thus reclaimed for the city 10 feet of land along the whole front of the lot"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
THE SHORT STORY.

From the New York Times Book Review.
 Some time ago The Chicago Inter Ocean indulged an editorial criticism of the typical short story in the typical maga- zine of today. For number of weeks The Inter Ocean has been receiving com ments on. this artcle-chiefly it may be said, from sources feminine. The burden of the comment was dissatisfac- tion and complaint The editor in charge of the discussion has fully considered the sentiments of his correspondents in connection with the sort fiction contained in the magazines of the past few months, and he announces his agreement with the compliments. He says: "The short story of today is the abomination of deso- lation. t It seems to be a rule of the current writer of short stories that noth- ing should be allowed to happen. There Is page after page of words-words like the sands of the sea or the drift of the desert, all the words that the dictionary contains and many besides, but that is all. Nothing done, nothing doing. The characters breathe, they think, but how seldom oh! how seldom, do they act. f"" Words, words, words! In rioting rivers and leaping cataracts! In limitess oceans of reflection, meditation, moraliza- tion, and analyzationl The choicest words that can be found Good Englishl Unimpeachable grammar! Style by the bucketful and all the tricks of the trade! But in the end it is only language and nothing more." Then the editor pays his respects to such enriching locutions as 'the call, !" "the lure," "the tang" the things and persons that "are good to look upon, and the rest of the jargon, and ends with plea for people with red blood who do things in occasional mo- ments when they have the time to spare from thinking and talking about things. This Review has before now uttered like pea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
Democrats Cheered.

While the presidential campaign is apathetic in the southern states, it is not so in other sections of the country" said an old democrat who spent last week in Chicago. As the south is solid for Bryan, there is no reason for demo- crats to worry over the campaign, but in the middle west and in doubtful state generally, much interest is now being manifested.
 There is great excitement in Illinois and Indiana and the democrats. in both of those states are working with old time ardor and with a feeling of assurance that victory will perch upon the democratic banner News from the west Is cheering and if we can only carry New 1ors- and democrats of large campaign experi- ence are very hopeful-Bryan and Kern will win with whoop.
 "One of the best democratic signs Is the confidence of Herman Ridder, who speaks for the German-American vote. Germans in the north, east, and west have always been regarded as repubh- cans, but they are independent withal. Many voted for Cleveland In 1884 and again in 1892 and MT. Rldder eVlaeheiy thinks that large numbers of German Americans are ready to vote for Bryan this time. Unless he Is mistaken the Ger man vote can be counted on with more certainty to help out than ever before.
 "The south, being all one way in poll tics. it would be a waste of time and enegry to hold democratic rallies It might be better for the party if the south would split up now and then, for with the south divided on national issues the north and west would be less apt to cling to the republican party. But another generation will pass before the ex-con- federate states will give the republican party the ghost of chance
 "There is wonderful activity at Bryan headquarters in Chicago and between no" and the 1st of November, the campaign will be hot enough"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The more suitors a girl has the moro she wants one to be who isn't.
 The way for a wife to make her hus- band have a sweet temper is not to have one herself.
 If people knew as much as they think they know they'd be even worse pores than they are
 A woman can live very happily on son. timent. but unfortunately it takes cash to buy a mans drinks and cigars.
 The thing that makes 6 girl happiest about having curly hair is for 1t to be on the right mans shoulder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

for the work of taking the census. Con- gress will be asked to pass bill provided for such a change. It Is good idea April finds nearly everybody at home, whereas in June school children and school teachers to say nothing of whole families, have gone away for the sum- mer, and therefore fail to be counted"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
PAWNS- OF DESTINY.

In Potter's field, beneath the hill, where
 unknown failures sleep, No flowers deck those lowly mounds, no
 mourners come to weep; And yet the wand'r buried there, where
 never a gravestone gleams- Who knows what lofty. plans they had,
 what unrecorded dreams? Some sudden pain, a stroke of fate,
 dragged hope and courage low And made them helpless to withstand
 the fell succeeding blow, While world grown careless of despair
 but pushed them lower still, Until at last their beds were made in the
 shadow of the hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
County Population.

'Tf a census of Jefferson county had been taken in 1896 the population would have shown decrease as compared with the enumeration of 1890. but in 1898 and 1899 the influx of people was marked, and the census of 1900 found Jefferson county with a population of 10000, a gain of about b2,oOo over 1SSo," said a. statistician.
 "At no time since the last census has there been a check in Jeffersons growth. Even during this period of general in dustrial depression, the Birmingham dis trict has more than held its own in the matter of population. But the county s largest growth will be in 1909. The pres ent population is estimated at 226.Ooo. but unless all signs fail it will be close to 900 in 1910.
 Tt has been recommended that in fu- ture April instead of June be the month
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
AS A MATTER OF FACT

AS A MATTER OF FACT. Philosophy, philosophy,
 Is all a blooming pose, When you've contrived to find the thorn While plucking of the rose. Who ever saw hungry man Who didn't seem to care, When cruel fate denied to him His daily bill of fare? Who ever saw a woman who Was Haunted by her kind And didn't bite her under lip. And didn't seem to mind? Who ever saw a candidate Defeated in a race, Who didn't heave a sigh because Another got the place? Who ever saw a callow youth, Bumfuzzled by a maid, Who didn't VOW the grief it cost Could never be repaid? Who ever saw a married man, When bills were rolling in, Who handed out his salary
 And. wore a cheerful grin? Who ever saw a sleepy wight Called to the telephone At 3 a. m., through some mistake, Who didn't loose a groan? Who ever saw human tank, Whose thirst was no excuse, Who didn't spout profanity When offered lemon juice? Philosophy philosophy.
 Is all a blooming pose, When you've contrived to find the thorn While pluclxing of the rose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
JOURNALISTIC
THE MOBILE REGISTER.

The Mobile Register, one of the oldest and most influential of southern news papers, recently issued a trade edition which shows that the Gulf City is pros . pering in a way to make the rest of the state feel proud of her. The Regis ter got out good edition and is to De congra tulated on its success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
Comfortable Homes from Small Payments

] No man who is paying as much as B2b a month fin rent need be without a home he can call and consider his own. Bome self-denial fs needed in order to accumulate the first payment, and after that payment has been made the rest can be accomplished with no ex- penditure beyond the rent he had for merly paid.
 This is especially satisfactory to all Hat dwellers who have no shade trees, no grass plat as a children's play ground. There is many fiat dweller here in Jones valley, where there need not be one if all were willing to prac- tee economy and self-dsnfRl. A sub