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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

Seventeen English suffragettes have decided to become martyrs rather than to promise to behave themselves.
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Andrew Carnegie is coming home to back with his vote his campaign sub scriptions.
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Mrs. Howard Gould is sufficiently composed to be good alimony col lector.
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The United States Senate should not be kept on the pay-as-you-enter basis.
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The Australian ballot is much more conclusive than host of straw ballots.
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So much campaigning and yet so lit tie free transportation
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Heavy rains are annouced as due, when, in fact, they are overdue.
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France is going to tax cats, without consulting the suffragettes.
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There will be a heavy rain next Tuesday-of ballots.
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We must take the current when it
 serves, Or lose our ventures. Julius Caesar.
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Washington Bureau Age Herald. 1421 c street. N. ".
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Election forecasts are not accepted as final by all the people, for bets are being offered and accepted this week as If next Tuesdays results were still in doubt.
 Henry w. Savage never presents an operatic attraction that is unappre- ciated, but The Merry Widow" proves to be his best drawing card of all The drouth has been hard on the springs and rivers, but it has not touched the fountains of campaign oratory.
 The monster demonstration in MT. Bryans behalf at Madison Square Gar den made Wall street sit up and take notice.
 That homesick ape in the New York zoo should be allowed few days off and ticketed to Newport.
 No one minds hitches in the Balkan peace negotiations so long as no army is being mobilized. Bulgaria will not feel free and inde- pendent until it has fired an ultimatum at Abdul Hamid. Andrew Carnegie is coming home to back with his vote his campaign sub scriptions.
 Mrs. Howard Gould is sufficiently composed to be good alimony col lector.
 The United States Senate should not be kept on the pay-as-you-enter basis. The Australian ballot is much more conclusive than a host of straw ballots. Heavy rains are annouced as due, when, in fact, they are overdue.
 --e---- France is going to tax cats, without consulting the suffragettes.
 
 So much campaigning and yet so lit tie free transportation! There will be a heavy rain next Tuesday-of ballots.
 
 Hats are said to be turning green with envy
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Hats are said to be turning green with envy.
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No communication will be published without it's authors name. Reflected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are inelosed for that purpose.
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the expenses OF long journey. Naval
Ofiicers tell OF an incident that occurred
rome years ago, when a notably I'M
pecunious officer on duty In New York
received orders 10 proceed 10 Sltka 20
join one OF the ships Of the Berlng sea
patrol squadron. The officer, who had
no ready money and could not persuade
any OF his friends 10 make him loan,
wrote long letter TO the secretary OF
The navy asking 20 be relieved OF his
orders or 10 be furnished with money
10 defray his travelling expenses, The
secretary saw In the letter an attempt
TO get out Of unpleasant duty, aud a
peremptory telegram ordered the OH.
Ger to proceed at once, He obeyed,
first telegraphing rs follows;
Have proceeded IN obedience 10 or.
ders on foot Next address Harris
burg"
Needless 10 say, upon his arrival in
Harrisburg he found a telegram au'
thorizing him to draw travel money In
advance,--Llppincotts Magazine.
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Yale "spoon Men,

For many years down to 1872 the
wooden spoon was the most coveted
honor OF Yale course. II did not
necessarily indicate the highest schol.
arship, but II was voted by the gradu.
ating class TO the most popular man.
The spoon man" Of class was It's
hero, according to the Hartford Con-
rant. The other boys loved him. and
he was almost invariably person who
justified that affection. The list OF
spoon men" would include some OF
the most eminent OF Yale graduates,
There were nine members Of each
class selected by their classmates, and
these were known as cocks" which Is
short and English for "cochleaureat."
To one of these nine was awarded the
spoon. and they all Joined In a public
performance called the wooden spoon
exhibition, at which tho ceremony Of
presentation was gone through with all
the wit that a college class could mas
ter. The last spoon man" was Robert
p. Lea OF Nashville. Tenn, Of the class
- II. He died years ago In Paris.
SharpshootSrU OF the Revolution.
As soon as a pioneer boy was big
enough to level a rife he was given
powder and ball TO shoot squirrels.
After a little practice he was required
TO bring In as many squirrels as he
had received charges under penalty OF
a severe lecture or even of having his
jacket tanned" At the age OF twelve
the boy became a fort soldier, with
loophole assigned him from which 10
fight when he settlers rallied against
an Indian foray Growing older, he
became a hunter Of deer, elk, buffalo
and bear, skilled In trailing and in
utilizing cover, capable OF enduring
long marches through trackless noun.
tain forests. At night he was content
to curl up In single blanket beside
small fire and sleep under the roof OF
heaven. If II rained, In a few minutes
he Il him lodge Of bark or boughS
with no implement but his one pound
tomahawk. lncessant war with tho
Indians taught him to be his own gen.
eral, to be ever on the alert, TO keep
his head and shoot straight under Gre.
Pitted against an enemy who gave no
quarter, but tortured the living and
scalped the dead, he became himself
stanch fighter who never surrendered.
The wilderness bred men of iron.
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,ov,o ,nclr cain. Minneapolis T'rib.
Gne,
A Xaaus Fermentation.


One Of the virtues OF the moderL
physician Is denniteness OF direction,
To prescribe dose "once In so often
Is 10 leave wide margin Of chance,
especially II the drug be a potent one.
Let II DO hoped that the good man
whose prescription is quoted below
was not dealing In strychnlne nor prls.
sic acid, The letter Is taken from
Highways and Byways In Sussex"
by II, v Lucas and was written by
the doctor In an English village a
century ago
Mr. Andrews-l have sent you some
things which YOU may take I'm the man
ner following via, OF that In tho bottle
marked with a ynn may take ~ the
quantity OF n spoonful or 30, now and
then, and ~ night take some OF those
pills drinking a little warm beer after H.
and In the morning take spoonfus NJ
that IN the other bottle fasting an hour
after n. and then you may eat something
you may take also OF the FIRST and every
night PHI and In tho morning.
hope this will do YOU good which IA
the desire OF him who Is your loving
friend, WILLIAM BENBRtGG,
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was married, Then when they told
me tho ayes Of their infants in months
weeks and days 1 thought II was su
premely silly, When one would say TO
me, Willie Is three months, three
weeks and four days Old was wont
to shrug my shoulders and wonder
why she didn't put II In round num-
bers. -Four months would be- near
enough In all conscience I would say
10 myself.
ALSO ! used TO hear that Anthony
weighs nine pounds and eight ounces,
and that seemed 10 me a waste Of
breath; either eight or nine pounds
would have been near enough to have
satisfied any ones curiosity. But now
nm deemed an unnatural mother n
put my chlld's age or weight in round
numbers and 30, being corrected, will
tell you that my precious pet, who Is
the very sweetest thing that ever hap
pencd Is, A. his father amends, three
months two weeks nnd-let me see
six days old - Baltimore News.
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A country politician In Pennsylvania
managed 10 get elected 10 the legisla-
ture at Harrisburg for one term. When
he came back he built himself a fine
house, costing about $4,000 His old
nelghbors. who knew he had no money
before he went TO Harrisburg and wins
knew the salary OF Pennsylvania
legislator, we're curious to discover
where the returned statesman got
means TO build the house, So one day
committee waited on the man who
built the house. and the spokesman
said:
"Jim, It may be none Of our business
to your thinking, but we think you owe
II to US who sent you TO the legislature
to explain where you got the money
with which you built this house. You
didn't have a cent before you went to
Harrisburg and owed everybody In the
place. How about ~"
"Why," said the builder. cts simple
enough. You see. when we we're In
Harrisburg we didn't keep a hired
gIrl."-Argonaut
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The Backward Moor.

There Ia no education as We under
stand II among the Moors. There are
no clocks, and II Ia estimated by ono
who knew that not 10 per cent OF the
population are able TO reckon the time
Of day, A. the sun crosses the merid'
ian at seventeen minutes past II a
Gag Is run up on the tower Of the prin-
cipal mosque, and Immediately other
iags appear upon the towers Of the
other mosques throughout the city.
This Is noon. At half past / another
nag ls run up, and at sunset tho even
ing gun Ii firod. This Ia the extent OF
the Moorish Idea Of time. Only a few
Of the better class have books or can
read or write, The malls are carried
by runners who go from Tangier to
Fez In two days. They carry loaf OF
coarse wheaton bread, which, together
with an occasional drink Of buttermlk,
serves as their only sustenance. - Har'
old r. Sheets in Outing Magazine,
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Tho Stone Ads.

The stone age still exists among some
Of the islanders Of the south Pacific and
the Eskimos Of the extreme north as
we'll as In few other spots here and
there on the earth. The progress Of
early culture In Europe seems to have
been from the south and east toward
the north and west, so that the omer-
gencs of the different peoples from
their age Of stone was accomplished
much earlier 10 southern aud eastern
Edrope than in the north and west.
But, while the stone ago Of different
areas Is thus not necessarily synchro-
nous. II seems to be true Of all Euro
pean areas that this IL the earliest con-
dition In which man has appeared upon
them. This holds for all other areas as
well, evidences Of the stone age having
been fuTly established In India. China,
Japan. Afrtca and the Americas.
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Nan md thn huokrt.

There Ia one particular fever Of n0a.
sense which the Princeton Tiger claims
tho credit of having originated for In
the November ISSUE 1909, appeared the
following verse;
There once was man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash In a bucket,
But his daughter, named Nan.
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bueket-Nantueket
For the next few months Nan, her
father aud her newly acquired bus.
band encountered a series OF the most
astonishing adventures IN every known
hamlet in the country which could be
converted into limerick form by the
brains of newspaper and magazine
writer's from sea TO sea, BY the timl
Nan came back with a dozen or so ad
dltlonal verses tackled on TO her there
is reason TO wonder In the face OF the
ordeals to which she had been subject.
ed whether the pccuniary advantage
gained by abscondlng with that bucket
repaid her for all that sho had been
through. Roy S, Durstine In Bohe
milan Magazine.
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WORM EATING.
One Of the Trades Chased az Dan.
aorous In England.

serous In England.
Time was when Il was difficult to
obtain an antique oak CscrtolTe or a
set OF twelve solid dining room chairs
for anything less than FLO. But Nous
avons change toni celia" az they say In
Brittany. Nowadays, thanks 10 the
interchangeable laborS Of the worm
eater, we can purchase furniture OF al
most any age, In almost any condi-
ton OF senile decay. for a modest sum.
The worm eater Is indeed public ben.
efactor, one who does good by stealth
and would blush to find II fame II he
had not long ago renounced the gentle
art Of bushng
He is usually an elderly man with a
slight limp. is the worm eater. In ear.
ly youth he was apprentlced to a job
bling house carpenter, but by sheer
ability, by pluck, grit perseverance and
the exercise OF those qualities OF body
and mind which men call genius, he
has risen above his station and the
sphere In which he was born and row
occupies position in the professional
world as far above that Of his original
employer as Portland place Is above
Pimlico He Is not, however, unduly
uplifted by success. He does not de-.
sert his old master. Nay, more. upon
his talents do the finances of his en-
ployer largely depend Nainly may the
carpenter piece together fragments OF
deal into the shape Of a bureau; vainly
may he turn empty wooden biscuit
boxes into cabinets. The public will
not look at his wares until the master
hand OF the worm eater has been laid
upon these trumpery modern fabrics
with n melowing touch that Is only
comparable to that Of Father Time.
Wrestling the common deal armchair
from the clutch Of the carpenter, our
hero proceeds to paint II all over with
a solution OF beer and boot backing
until 1t presents the appearance OF OK.
IRENE age. He then takes diminutive
gimlet from his pocket and makes n
number Of minute holes in the legs and
back Of the chair until even an expert
would think that worm had been
making Its mighty nest for centuries
In the wood from which this article Of
furniture Ia manufactured. CThe worm
is natures lathe. He turns things
while you walt; hence the old saying
to the effect that the worm will turn.
You cannot prevent him.
The chair is now ready to be dis
played In the window Of Eye 0lde An
tique Secondo Hande Furniture
Shoppe," where It will be labeled "a
Bargain. Only f37. Supposed to have
been one of the Duke OF Buckingham's
family seats" And It will eventually be
bought by a wealthy American million
aire who wishes to furnish his home
in Mogsv!llc, Va, In style some three
centuries anterior to the discovery Of
his continent. You may wonder per
haps why | have included the profss-
sion Of the worm eater in the list Of
dangerous GRADES" The danger with
which the worm eater is invariably
faced Is tat at any moment he may be
found out and sentenced to six months
hard labor for intent to detraud. Tru-
ly It's a hard life and worthy of all
your sympathies. London Taller.
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They Must Be Hardy.

An Official OF the department Of agri
culture referred at n dinner in Wash
lngton 10 the amateur florists whS
spring up in the suburbs every SprinA
by thousands
More norists perhaps than flowers
spring up" be said.
"In a seed shop one day heard one
OF these amateurs complain about the
last batch Of seeds he had bought. Aft
err he had ended his complaint he be
gan to ask floral questions.
"'oh, by the way he said. what h
a hardy roser
EFT rs one growled tho dealer, that
doesn't mind your wife pulling II mp
by the roots every day 10 sas II Il has
begun to grow yet" .-4A-aA-
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A Judges PossioaI Request.

In memoirs OF Famous Trials" by
Rev. p. V. Burnaby, is an amusing
story about the late Lord Bowen, "a
brilliant, intellectual and clever Judge"
His lordship wanted a lift to tho lord
chancellor's breakfast in 1888 and nd.
dressed the following request to his
old friend, Mr.. Justice Mathew:
My Dear J. C.-wm you DO free to car.
~ me, beside OF thee, IN your bugges to
SelborneB tea. II breakfast he intends Cor
we, on November next D. ". eighteen
hundred and eighty-three A. D.. for Lady
B.. from Cornwall c., Will absent be and
says that she would rather see her hus-
band be d dash d than send 10 London
her buggee for such a melancholy spree
as 6elbornes toast and Selborne's tea?
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A Rstreatlna Chin.

Nothing wOakens face more than a
tetreating chin, Unfortunately eompar-
atively little can be done for It It can
be remedied to a certain extent In
childhood by rubbing from the throat
up and out, holding the head well up
during the process. Sometimes, too,
the trouble may be caused By the way
the jaws close on account OF the posi-
ton Of the teeth, and good dentist
may often be of help. Bandages worn
round the chin at night, 30 placed that
the lower Jaw is forced forward, win
sometimes remedy the defect slightly,
especially when begun on quite young
children.
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century ago
The cnll Of tho Dim, Nou.l.

Between the writer ANA his constitu
ents there was n bond Of affection
which melted him TO make them glad
10 be alive Ia the mind Of every
healthy boy there Is romance. For
that boys entertainment the producer
Of dime icton strewcd romance
through farm, mining camp aud city
street Out Of his surroundings, how.
ever sordid, the boy was lifted, He
became 10 himself the center Of the
universe, At the particular spot on the
globe on which he stood all the paral.
iels and the merldlans converged In
no more Intense degree than this did
cXaltation ever come to the Count OF
Monte Cristo-the world was his
What was Edmond Dantes' pnltry 500.
100000 10 tho vast treasures. physical
and spiritual, spread ont by Osbon
before "Plucky Paul, the Boy Pros.
pcctor" and his tens Of thousands or
hundreds OF thousands Of readers?-C.
NJ, Harvey in Atlantic
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cnuldnn q. nlvId.d.

In Felix Moscheles' fragments
an Autobiography occurs the follow
ing: Nine. schumann was wanted q
play at n little musical reunion, bul
she did not respond Mr.. Moschelei
was deputed to approach her. "waI
she inclined TO plsyr
Particularly disinclined," was thu
Encouraging response.
The envoy tried again and mention
cd her husbands Carnival" ION
part particularly love, tho March OF
the Dayidsbundler.' IL could onlJ
hear you play Just that page or twop
This reused her. page or two, In
deedP she cried. "wenn man do Car
navaP spislt splelt man Tim ganzs
when one plays the Carnival" ont
must play It ALL And she played tho
whole.
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The Snoexinq PRAYER.

The custom Of following a sneeze with
a prayer goes so far back into the past
It is next to impossible TO say when
II actually began. According to Strada,
the custom originated among the AS
syrians, who, through an opinion Of
tho danger Mat attended II, after the
act Of sneezing made a short prayer
to the gods. The Romans after sneez.
ing cried out, Jupiter. help mel" The
custom is mentioned by Homer, the
early Jewish writers and others and Is
found among many savage tribes.
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Tricky Maoris,

There was quito large influx Of
Europeans at the opening Of public
hall in one Of the Taranaki villages.
The Maoris seemed to have developed
craze for change" Visitors were
approached by a Maori In this wise
"You got two single shillin' and te
ikipenny for te half CROWN" And the
change would be given. Others want
ed two sixpences for a shilling, . shll-
lings for a form, and 80 on. BY and
by came dinner time. Tho visitors
trooped in and enjoyed their feed. A
collection was taken up. Not soul Of
them had anything smaller than a
2 shilling piece. That's how the child
OF nature got home on the civilized
product.
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Mapmakinu.

The earliest maps Of which we have
any knowledge were made in Egypt
They were wooden tablets, on which
were traced land and sea, roads, rivers,
highways, etc. Marinus of Tyre, 100
A. D., was the first to attempt map
on scientific principles. The maps in
use by the Greeks and Romans were
fairly accurate, so far as they went,
but those in use during the middle
ages we're alarmingly inaccurate. 1t
is only within recent years, say since
the middle OF the last century, that 1t
was possible TO make complete and
reliable map of the world, and even
yet the best map is subject to slight
changes.--New York American.
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The Welcome Milestone.

In n walking trip a milestone along
the way Ia the most companionable fel-
low in the world; your spirits rise as
you near him as though you were about
10 greet human friend, and they keep
almost consistently on this high level
till his brother a mile distant advances
TO meet you. And when you overlook
one OF this friendly company because
OF an encroachlng bank or screening
boughs, his ncighbor further on comes
TO You dOubly welcome. At the latter
end Of this passage In the journey
your spirits Gag a tribe, as though oD'
pressed by a sense OF desertion. You
may even seowl at the overhanging
bank which Is more than a party to
this concealment Those worthy per-
sons who attend TO the roads should
see to II that every milestone within
their province stands out frankly from
its leafy background. Observance OF
this. however, would rob the way
farer OF that leap OF tho heart which
IL bis when the stone tells the story
OF two miles done rather than one.
For however much the landscape and
the minute world at his feet may claim
the footfarer's admiration, he Ia still
keenly alive to the virtue Of decent
distances covered Ia his days journey.
Travel Magazine
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~HE" OR "sHE ON the sea
Why Q Vessel 10 Usually Spoken Of 40
FernInine.

Mr.. Klpling, champion Of the TO-
nance of machinery, has dOna much
In prove his case in his tales and po-
ems OF the locomotive, the motor car.
the torpedo boat the destroyer. tho
submarine. the tramp steamer aud TIE
ocean liner. Nevertheless both the
literary and seafaring world Is sta d.
yided on the question. "Is the steam
ship Of today as much a thing OF beau
", Of romance. Of inspiration, M wsco
the famous clippers, the swift packOts,
the stately Indiamen and the daring
Thalers Of a day gone byT
Recently a group OF travellers, look
ing upon their mighty vessel a. n
pier, noted the vast sides glistening
with fresh paint, the elegant appoint
ments, the immaculate decks and the
shining brasses. and one OF them quot
ed approvinGly. 1.-THE liner, she's q
lady"
"Is sheT queried an older man.
"That's what / doubt. At least II this
magnificent monster 6 feminine at all.
she's more than q new woman or an
athletic girl even, She's an amazon.
a giaptess. circus lady, At to 1uggle
cannon balls and lift men IA her teeth.
Every craft is stiu eonventionaliy
She I know, but most OF them are
losing their feminlnltx. Now, q ship,
In Der movements. her style, her IN
diVidnalLty. Esally =zss q iaGy::....-----.--s
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An EnnlI,h visw Of Nnpoison.

IL Is recorded that years after Wa.
terlOo, when the Iron Duke stood be-
fore the tomb Of his great enemy az
Les Invalldes, he said. Napoleon new.
er was gentleman"
The great contrast between the two
soldiers was never better exempllaed
than by u strange little incident which
occurred at Waterloo. The emperor
had ridden so far toward the British
lines as 10 be within range OF our can
non. The officers in command OF the
batteries saw Bonaparte surrounded
by his brilliant stan and trained the
guns upon the group It was just at
this moment that the duke. who had
seen the emperor's approach and OBJ
served the act OF his gunners. galloped
up to the battery and ordered the guns
TO cease firing. II was an act Of gener-
osity characteristic Of Wellington, and
II is sad TO think that had the positions
been reversed the orders TO the gun
ners would have been dlfferent.-Tear-
sons Weekly.