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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
FIRST MARATHON RACE.
Run by One Man Only, Who Brought News of Victory over Persians.

From the Indianapolis News.
 The Marathon race, won by the Amer
 ican Hayes at London, commemorates
 an event that took place 490 years before
 Christ. that is 239S years ago, when a
 Greek runner brought to Athens rom
 Marathon, 22 miles away, the news or
 the great victory won by Miltiades over
 the Persian army. This battle took place
 on a September afternoon, closing with
 the overwhelming defeat of the Persian
 host which left 6400 dead upon the
 field One hundred and ninety-two Athe-
 nians were killed. Of the small force of plateans who had come to the aid of the
 Atbenians there is no account of the nnnber who fell nor of the slaves who
 took mart in the battle and died on the field
 The course run by Hayes and his com
 petitors from Windsor to the stadium at
 London Is given as 26 miles 3S5 yards,
 being more than four miles greater than
 that of the Athenian runner who brought
 the news of victory. The Athenian had
 probably not undergone the long
 and careful training of the runners in
 the modern Marathon. He had taken part in the hard battle and did not start with his news until the battle was over, which was near the going down of the sun. His run was made in the light of a full September moon. The time made by Hayes in his longer run was ? hours b6 minutes and 48 seconds. There is no way of determining the time taken by the Greek runner In making this distance from Marathon to Athens. His distance may have been probably was, more than 22 miles-perhaps as much as 2l miles-if he started from near the center of the battlefield.
 Durando. the Italian runner in the Wind sor-London race, like hls great proto- type, was overcome at the end Of his flight, but the Athenian runner died when he had gasped out the words that assured his countrymen of their safety from the Persans.
 The narne of this Greek Is not known, Robert Browning, in his noble poem, ..Pheldippides." assumes that to have been his name. and that he was the same runner who had gone to Sparta to ask aid of that people of Athens against the PsrsianA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
Enthusiastic Democrats.

w. T. McElroy, an esteemed member of the Walker county bar, was in Birming- ham yesterday. He Is an ardent Bryan democrat and was one of the hearty shouters at the Denver convention. Mr. McElroy was alternate delegate and several times sat in the convention as a delegate
 ''I attended the democratic convention in St. Louis in 1888, and have been read ing about and hearing about other great political gatherings; but the Denver con- vention surpassed them all in it's sponta- neous outbursts of enthusiasm over MT. Bryan," said MT. McElroy. 'I never im- agined anything quite so demonstratiye as that convention. I think MT. Bryan will carry western states not heretofore carried by the democrats, and I am ex- pectng to see him elected"
 In speaking of business conditions at Carbon Hill, MT. McElroy said that but for the contention of the union miners everything would be most prosperous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

up by dynamite; or being shot down be- cause of our opinions.
 If this guerilla warfare in the Birming- ham district cannot be stopped at once if these murders and these shootings and dynamiting of houses containing innocent wives and children cannot be ended im- mediately by state authorities. why not as President Roosevelt to send troops of the United States to this district? The lives of the children of one real man, who are worth more to the country than the calling out of all it's troops. When any one of us thinks of dynamite being placed under a home containing a wife and three little children to blow them up and mur- der them, because the head and husband worked for wages that he needed, no words can describe the punishment de- served by those who did it. nor for those who by words, or mods, or signs, author ized it.
 This condition of affairs has gone too far.
 It is now a question of home and family and the protection of the good people who live here and want to remain Every good man will strive to this end; among whom may be included
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
Blount Water Free.

Blount Springs is as popular and fash ionable this summer as usual and the hotel there will be well filled all through this month of August.
 J. A. Clifford, the lessee of the hotel, said yesterday:
 There seems to be report current in Birmingham and elsewhere that we are making a charge of $5 per week in ad- dition to board for the privilege of drink ing the water This is ridiculous but nevertheless the report seems to be given some credence. No charge has ever been made or will be made"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
LOST IDEALS.

By Julia Nicely Finch Why do you cry and call so loud
 From out that sombre depth below? Has not your restless heart grown still Beneath Its wrapping of earth-stained
 shroud? Lids sealed fast over sightless eyes? Hands locked fast over flowers long dead? Is not the earth heaped high above? Are not the grasses growing green Beneath the boughs down-bending
 screen? I watched you die. the long space grow Between the shuddering .breaths and
 slow The poor, pale hands grow stiff and
 stark And cease their plucking at the bed- And out fled into the dark That held for me nor hope, nor love! And yet, and yet--when daylight flies And moenbeams softly, softly falling Flood the spot where you are lying I hear yeu ever crying, calling And all my. soul to you uplying I yield my body to it's will While something ever flying. flying Summons me with those strange erios. Asheville. N. O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
Oak Hill Cemetery.

While Oak Hill cemetery may not have been kept in perfect order from a landschape point of view, it is in fair condition now" said high city of ficial.
 Superintendent J. P. Lambert is cer- tainly doing all that could be expected with the small force at his command. He is keeping down the weeds. and II all the lot owners would look well after their plats Oak Hill would be a. all times beautiful place."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
PAIN.

Pain. pain, pain,
 Iris as old as the world is old, And 1t never will end till life shall end And we're laid beneath the mold. There's the pain of millions moaning, As they blindly grope for the light, And the pain of the toilers, brave and
 true,
 Who strive in losing fight. Pain, pain, pain
 Of the countless clans who die Of hunger and cold and whitening heat, As they lift vain arms to the sky. There's the pain of dreams that were
 shattered
 And the pain like a faded rose, And the pain that follows man to his
 grave,
 Where the wind of destiny blows. Pain, pain, pain,
 Iris the earliest curse of all And upon the shoulders of woman-born The pitless scourge must fall. There's the pain that comes at parting And the pain no words ever told, And it never will end till life shall end And we're laid beneath the mold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
ocToGENARIAN SWIMMER.
Major Mclaughlin of Birmingham : Says Saltwater Keeps Him Young.

From the New York Herald.
 Salt water bathing at Long Branch, N. J., Is the tonic to which Major Mo- Laughlin, 4S years old. of Birmingham. attributes his vigorous bodily and mental condition For quarter of century ne has been a regular visitor to Long Branch during the summer season. ana II IS nis belief that he has found there the secret Of eternal youth.
 Each morning Major Mclaughlin IS center Of interest on the bathing grounds attached to the scarboro hotel. where he ana Mrs- Mclaughlin are. h spita of his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

might gain no support from a legisla- ture elected in 1912 would make an awkward situation. We want a gov ernor and a legislature that will pull in harness together. If, therefore, the biennial amendment is to be adopted the people no doubt will demand that the rest of the state government shall be put on a biennial basis through an- other constitutional amendment sub
  mitted perhaps in 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
Fine Singer Today.

Music lovers of Birmingham recall with pleasure Mrs. E. J. Putnam's beautiful singing. She was for two or three years the princinpal soprano at St. Paul's church, and was accordingly heard in recitals. Few vocalists who ever lived here have had such fine temperament or such exquisite high notes. MT. and Mrs. Putnam are now residing in Atlanta. but are here on a visit. Mrs. Putnam will sing an artistic work-an 70 Salutarls' by Bazzi-at the 10:30 o'clock mass today.
 The pulpit will be filled by the Rev. Father Costello. who preached notable sermon two Sundays ago. During the summer the services are shortened and end about Ii 80 o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
WHILE AWAY FROM HOME.

Birmingham people who are leaving home for the summer should have The Aee-Herald follow them and thus keep informed about what is taking place in the city and state during their absence The Aqe-Herald 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., 1908-08-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The admiration woman values is when you tell her so.
 Fathers are useful moral guides to their children as warnings.
 All that a girl needs to get engaged is a man and some moonlight.
 A man has grand time when his fam fly is away until he wants to find his favorite shirts.
 The devil left very little work for him. self to do to make trouble when he inc vented mousy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

years. he never allows day to pass without half hour in the rollers beyond the surf, putting the younger swimmers to shame by his prowess. He swims far from shore in all kinds of weather. Long Branch has kept me young" said the major yesterday. with smile. for I am young so far as health. strength and spirits go, As long as l am able I shall come here each season, as I have for 25 years, and l see no reason why it should not help me to reach the century mark"
 Coming to New York in 1S49 from Eng land Major Mclaughlin enlisted in the regular army and soon afterward joined the old Third artillery, where one of his company mates was William T. sherman. Going west during the Indian troubles in the later fifties, he was enrolled in the Second regiment and served in several campaigns against the Sioux At the outbreak of the civil war he was in Missouri and took part in several early engagements about Springfield. Later he was under General Mcclellan at Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill, saw hard ser vice at Cold Harbor and Antietam, and, as A captain, was wounded at Gettysburg. During reconstruction he was stationed at Birmingham, and when he retired, SS years ago as a result of his wounds, pur- chased property in that city and settled there.
 He made his first visit to Long Branch in 1873, and found 1t more beneficial than the physicians and drugs he had been trying for years in search of health.
 "It acted upon my system like magic" said Major Mclaughlin. T know of noth- ing as good for an ailing man who can stand the shock and stimulus of ocean bathing as a trip to the seashore- se- lected Long Branch at random, but notn- ing could now induce me to waver in my loyalty to it. believe the water here possesses particular virtues, and if the place should hang out its shingle as a health resort 1t could have my testimony, at least to start business with.
 My eyesight is not as good as 1t used to be, and the old scars on my legs bother me at times, but when l enter the water 20 years drop from me. Not so long ago I made point of swimming mile each day. Now I have to cut the distance down. but I am still good for fast 100 yards.
 "Yes. sir, that's what Long Branch has done for me and can do for others, l be- lieye. This is the spot Ponce de Leon was looking for when he set out to lose the weakness of old age"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

General Grosvenor cannot bring out his election estimates until he knows how many will accept rendered nom- nations. Thus far MT. Taft Is the only full-fedged nominee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

The republican press bureau is pre- pairing to bring out some marriage engagements yoidable on the election of MT. Bryan. That bureau is equal to anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

A farmer who discovered a package of dynamite just before sheaf of his wheat was put in the threshing ma chine kept his wheat from going higher
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

No one in either party seems to be date against Governor Hughes for governor. It is still an open question whether or no John Temple Graves is entitled to two salaries, one for writing editorials and one for running for vice president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

In Turkey the people are to elect the lower house while the Sultan selects members of the upper house. This plan means more friction in this world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

Candidate Hisgen makes axle grease at West Springfield, Mass, but he does not make enough to lubricate the inde- pendence party to victory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

The custom house of the future may have to be equipped with balloons that can intercept those in the air that are trying to bring goods in free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

The Sheffield Scientific school has decided that there are no dangerous germs on paper money, and payday will soon be itself again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

Chicago seems to think George Gould will be permitted to retain a thinking part in the railroads that were once hisn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

Thus far the proof readers and Mir. Bryan are the only persons who are known to have read every line of MT Taft's acceptance speech.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

The secret is out at last and every. body knows the worm at the bottom of the percentage table has turned to stay turned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
ROMANCE AND REALISM.

You will notice that poets are always looking backward in their verses"
 Quite true. but I venture to say that few of them get any pleasure out Of look ing back to unpaid board bills."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
HARD LUCK.

He sought the road to happiness Oh, listen to his vail. Instead of finding happiness, He struck the trouble trail
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

George Gould was divorced from his railroads in the absence of any do- mestic trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

Straw hats are now offered at prices that make cleaning while you wait superfiuous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

There will be no recount of the presidential vote even to please the Hisgenites.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

The summer has waned so much that straw hats have actually been marked down to cost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

MT. Taft .las been visiting an ocu- list. He desires to see the situation as 1t actually exists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

The President and Henri Farman are about to meet and they may con. clude to take spin in the air to- gether,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
TEST OF GOOD HUMoR.

'rhe most optimistic fellow ever saw!'
 What makes you think so?' "Ie whistles when he goes to answer the telephone"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

Those who are fond of an axle-grease diet will naturally vote for Hisgen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
PARADoxIcAL.

Many chap
 Who's as poor as a pup, Can't settle down
 Cause he can't settle up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

Running for office in August Is hot work. It is almost up to the July standard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

The aeroplanes are not ambitious to fly high. or rather the men that con trol them are not anxious to fall very far
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE SITUATION
 AS TIT IS IN THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT
rlotous. It Ia nol in RIrml

l0 district is nothing more than
 riotous. It is not in Birming- ham, but 1t Is in the mining camps.
 Men in the mining camps who have mar ried good women and raised themselves families whom they must feed and sup port; who have bought their homes and their little gardens where their wives and children work and make the fresh things of life are having their homes dynamited by dogs of the criminal element I refer to the Wylam case as has been reported in The Age-Herald.
 What is a miner or wages. or wage scales compared to the lives of our wives and children. It is damnable that any one for moment should stand for the criminal element who would throw dyna- mite under the house of a man of family because he happens to want to work
 A
 I have no patience with such men. There is some one man or some coterie of men who are building up this lawiess ele- ment. They may be in the backgrounds building up inner circles and all sorts of pyrotechnics.
 But Birmingham is too big for them. It of proportions and population. We have wealth in our banks and our
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

The campaign poets are getting down to work slowly and limpingly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
TT DIDN'T REALLY HAPPEN.

IT DIDN'T REALLY HAPPEN. You are the umpire?' 'Yes, sir" "l have been delegated by a number of baseball enthusiasts to present you with this diamond scarf pin and this gold watch as slight tokens of our re- gard. We trust that your life will be long and happy" Thank you! Thank you! l am over whelmed. I hardly know what"-then the umpire woke up and found that he had kicked the cover clear off the bed.
 EVER BEEN THERE.
 On a summer night,
 What gives more cheer To thirsty wight
 Than a can of beer?
 ACCOMPLICES "Their matrimonial bark came to grief" ''Who rocked the boat?" 'The landlord and the grocer"
 A DISCARD. Although leap year Is nearly gone, Iris very plain to see Nobody's made an effort yet To
 kidnap
 me.
 Birmingham Age-Herald, We hope with all our hearts you won't Take this as an affront, But somehow we have got hunch No- body
 won't.
 -Heusten Post, The language that yeu use, dear Judd, Gives me a joyful thriiiHN You seem to say. as plain as day, Some
 body
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
PLAYING SAFE.

DO you believe in the anti-noise cru- sade?
 T most assuredly do. but I wouldn't dare to tell the Big Noise at home that l did,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

Trees shall be my books, And in their parks my thoughts Pll character.
 As You Like 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
AeJ1eexa.,
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
COULDN'T GO.

.'The doctor told him he needed change of air''
 "Well?''
 But he didn't have the change"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
POOR OLD MAN.

POOR OLD MAN. Old man Dyspepsia Had a grouchy way; I'm 'fraid of that-now, none Of tnat' Was what he'd always say. Old man Dyspepsia Led a sorry life; He made his neighbors very tired And much distressed his wife. Old man Dyspepsia Dragged two leaden feet, And talked about the pains he had And what he couldn't eat. Old man Dyspepsia
 Is in his grave today, And not tear was she'd l fear, When he was laid away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

MAKING THE BEST OF IT. He said goodbye to trouble,
 In the merriest sort of way, And he said, 'I will not worry When skies are dull and gray. And this joyful resolution
 So warmed his fainting heart' That he toiled through life contented And bravely did his part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
HAS IT TO SPARE.

"R,uffington is not easily feazed.' CT should say not! He could get rich by syndicating his nerve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02
TOO MANY sYLLARLEs.

TOO MANY SYLLABLES. "rbat fellow must like to kill time.' .,Why do you think so?" ..He says 'propinquity' when he means 'close.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

Entered at the Birmingham Ala" postoffce as second-class matter unaer act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

We have wealth in our banks and our merchants are doing business and propose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-02

L. II. Russ and 2. p. Morgan are the only authorized travelling representa- lives of The Age-Herald in It's circula- ton department
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-18
EVEN ON Sc YOU
MUST SUPPORT
WIFE, SAYS SWAMI
General Sessions Judges
Views Differ From Those of
His Colleague Foster.

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u"Ne ""''e" W. roS'e' 'e'''''''
that woman VINO mafries man earn
ing I'M, e. voot Gamma, ,.yoI,v com
pei him to support her does not meet
,.i,h e.. ..,....., - -, 81. .ot, o..
Wiz" we "pp'oNa' ot All HIS "ssoe'''es
on the General Sessions bench.
Judge Edward Swami. in decision
handed down in an abandonment case
,o-aav ren,a,lks.
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IL mas beeh held ny learned Jurlst
in this court that the husband who
earns bu, ss n week is under mo obI!ga-
,t,, Go s,,,,., ,i. ,,,tr. .,,,,,o No
t'"n 10 support ms "ie because ne
cannot live himself on that amount.
Il do not so hold. | hold that man
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-18
Waikiki Tunnel
BIDS THROWN OUT
Lowest Offer Made by Firm
"Too Inexperienced"-Sec-
oni Rejection of Contracts.

For the second time bids have becn
thrown out Cor the construction Of the
Waikiki pressure tunnels, under IL
Wallilill River, a contract to be award
ed by the Board OF Mater supply on
the great Catskill Aqueduct amounting
10 between 100000 and $1,000, 600. Tn
Commissioners have found the lowest
bidding arm, Booth * Finn, Of Pitts
burg. too inexperienced TO undertake
the enterprises.
They offered to build both tunnels
the work having been split up into two
contracts-for $685., ~ The firm is a
your! one, Commissioner shaw oN-
planned to-day and have not the eX-
per!ence to undertake such an enter
turing Company was next lowest, s.,
"a, g.. Inasmuch as this firm was
s31s. 600 higher, and In the opinion OF the
Commissioners WAS also not quite sufti-
ciently experienced for the work, the
Board decided not to accept tntt bid.
tough II Is in the power of the Boar !
to accept other than the lowest I'D.
When the contract was first ady"r-
tised IL was TOR single contract, and
S. Pearson & Son, an English firm, hid
lowest by over million dollars, or
little over $4,000, 900 ir all
The Central Federated Union and
other labor organizations protested to
tie board that the firm would have to
hire the very cheapest of labor TO make
money on the contract. and after an
inv eStiEation the board threw out all
bids and readvertised.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-18
SLAYER OF TWO
POLICEMEN MUST
DIE IN THE CHAIR
Court Denies the Appeal of
Salvatore Governale, Who
Shot Plain Clothes Men.

ALBANY, Dec lS.-Salvntore Gov
ernale. convicted of murder in the first
degree for having shot and killed two
policemen in New York on April H. 1907.
must die in the electric chair The
Court of Appeals to-day affirmed the
judgment of conviction
Governale had an alteration in Wash
ington Square Park. New York, fired
several shots and started to run. George
Sechler and Alfred y. Sellick. police
officers, who were doing d Itv as plain
clothes men, followed him and attempt
ed to arrest hi!o in a hallway on
Thompson street when Governale fired
two more shots, killing both men.
Governale admitted the killing, but
claimed self-defense. He said he did
not know the two men were officers
and that he was trying to save his own
life