The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-22

The weight of brute oppression, And him who seeks for fame makes sure Of ultimate possession2 What tho the day may neer arrive, But hurries on before us? It puts us in a mood to strive
 When helping hands ignore us. And while we may not reach the goal That beckons in the distance, When floods of anguish darlxly roll
 We'll meet them with resistance And while it may be all snare
 A phantom, a delusion, That promise helps man to bear
 Life's havoc and confusion. And while what fortune has in store He has no means of knowing, Until he quits forevermore
 Tomorrow keeps him going!
 CLUB LIFE IN BIRMINGHAM. The Quest club is feminine organiza- tion in Birmingham. There is another Quest club in town with a much larger membership which is unobtrusvely in quest of a drink.
 NEEDED BLISS.
 For years they lived
 In sweet content,
 And all he made
 His wfey spent
 WILLING TO BE REASONABLE. sDear Sir" wrote the enthusiastic ad- mirer to the humorist, T owe you for thousand laughs
 Dear Sir" replied the practical humor- ist, "a check for fifty dollars from you will square the account"
 PINING.
 l would that I were little
 At most, not over over two.
 Perhaps the girls would kiss me then
 Just like they used to do.
 PRETTY GOOD PROOF.
 Are you an optimst?''
 "Surel lived in Kansas City three win ters without any desire to move away"
 FEBRUARY %
 George Washington would be forgot
 Iris very plain to me,
 If George, when he was young, had not
 Cut down that cherry tree.
 TO A WARMER CLIMATE.
 "You never hear of a man being buried in an overcoat," remarked Mir Hipton Broyles.
 NO" replied Mir Nicodemus Cudd, q his canary bird" Why, man, here in Houston we feed the street gang on strawberries.
 Sumter County Call: People coming in on the trains can hear the purring of blind tigers in Birmingham.-Birm Age-Herald.
 What warm sensation it must produce that steals up and down the back.
 Washington Herald: Making love is easier than making money" observes Mr. Paul Cook in the Birmingham Age-Her- aid, who appears to be something of ap authority on matters of that kind. We suspect, however, that he merely refers to counterfeit love and money. Washington Post: "When we hear a knocking on our door these days" com ments an exchange, i've wonder whether it is Hard Times, Opportunity or Mon sfeur La Grippe" We thought everybody l understood that Hard Times and La Grippe come right in without knocking. | New Orleans World Delegate George Ade sends word that he is no quitter. He | says he will stick to buttermilk until the 1 cows come home.-Birmingham Age-Her- l aid.
 r4I.1 TAo14 fn d a is not only a humorous man, but entirely sane. That's something to be proud or, too When the cows come home then it will not be necessary for Delegate George 1 Ade to stick to buttermilk any longer. | Sweet milk then can be placed on Dele gate George Ade's menu and as well as in his refrigerator. George Age is pro- 1 duct of Indiana, but he never developed into a humorst until he broke into the daily newspaper grind in Chicago. The 1 grind of a daily newspaper in any city will develop the strongest characteristics l in any mans nature. Even city no larger than Little Rock will do that. There's where Opie Read grew into a l dlumorist.
 l New Orleans World: The Birmingham | Age-Herald is authority for the statement | that a man said he would rather be sober in Birmingham than drunk in Houston. But man is proverbially perverse anil | mal How can man get drunk in Bir- mingham and how can he stay sober in l Houston ?-Hattiesburg Progress. | Well, the way he can get drunk in Bir- l mingham is practically the same means l he will have to employ in Houston, if he accomplishes that purpose. But then, | what does a sober man want to stay in | Birmingham for, and why should man l be drunk in Houston? Houston is one of 1 the most famously historic cities in the United States. It boasts of having once been the capital of the republic of Texas, and for a time the capital of the state of !, Texas It is within a few hours ride of the famed battlefield of San Jacinto, where Gen. Sam Houston captured Cen. | Santa Anna and achieved Texas inde- l pendence. Houston was named in honor of Gen. Sam Houston Why, man, Hous- ton will live in history long after Bir- mingham shall cease to be more than a i; water tank town.
 
 HON JOHN w. TOMLlNSON. From the Montgomery Journal It is pretty well conceded that MT. John