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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
FEEDING OCEAN LINERS.
Enormous Quantities of Coal and Wa
 ter Construed During Trip.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Wonderment at the dimensions of the two great liners Lusitania and Maure- tania has subsided It is taken for grant ed that nothing is too great in size to float on the Atlantic. and that the limta- tions of speed of the liner of the future easily may be that of the limited railroad train.
 In the bunkers of one of these vessels 1000 tons of coal are stored for the Allan tic trip. This means that 145 coal cars Of 100000 pounds capacity each would be re- quired to load these bunkers to their ca- capity This would require five monster locomotives and the crew of five trains to deliver this one loading of coal at the docks
 How much of this coal Is burned on the average trip is known to only few privileged persons. But it Is known that in round figures each vessel consumes 1000 tons, or 100000 pounds, of coal each twenty-four hours. In each ship are twenty-five boilers, each with its yawning fire-box underneath seethng under forced draft This means that into each Of these furnaces SO,O00 pounds of coal must be fed every twenty y-four hours-the capacity, virtually, of the greatest coal car in rail- way service
 Each pound of coal should develop nine pounds of steam. This gives 1,SOOOOO pounds of steam which passes every twenty-four hours through the ships tur- pines. This steam as generated and held for power stands at pressure of 200 pounds to the square inch At this pres sure a pound of steam occupies about two cubic feet of boiler space, which indicates 1. .6sO. GOO cubic feet of steam through the engines every hour.
 Six hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds of water a minute are necessary to slake the thirst of the great boilers. This is 45O0OO tons of water in twenty four hours, of 1O0,SO0,0O0 gallons day. The average consumption of water in the cities is thirty-five gallons day for each inhabitant, so that the needs of one of these passenger ships are equal to the needs of a city of almost 100000 popu- lation.
 In the furnaces twenty pounds of air are required to consume pound of coal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
And though authority be a stubborn bear. yet he is oft led by the nose with gold. Walters Tale.
Ambassador Hill At Berlin

The glitter of the Charlemagne Tow CTS has been supplanted at Berlin by the democratic methods of David Jayne Hill. 'In a most unpretentious way" says Berlin correspondent ''the new ambassador arrived in Der lin week ago. He had not even tele- graphed ahead to secure rooms, and no one was at the station to meet him. Carrying his suit case and grip like any ordinary tourist, he went 10 the waiting room, called a cab and drove to the Adlon hotel, where he was given the rooms recently occupied by the French ambassador, Jules Cam hon, and his presence here was known only when he signed the hotel regis ter"
 Here is change that is a change indeed. A like change in other for eign capitals would be beneficial, and the President who makes it will ren- der the public a good service.
 Dr. Hill has no private fortune and he has no intention of initiating the Charlemagne Towers. Nor indeed should he do so. All accounts agree that his democratic first appearance in Berlin has rendered him exceeding ly popular, and that he promises to be an efficient as well as true represen- tative of the republic as it existed in the days of Benjamin Franklin.
 It is said the Emperor desired the appointment of Cornelius Vanderbilt to the post, but the President seems to have concluded that he had dis patched enorG1 millionaires to foreign countries, and so he promoted Dr. Hill to the vacancy. The Emperor has PC cepted the situation frankly and cheer fully, and no one anticipates any frlc- tion on the part oi this Rooseveltian ruler because he could not nar1e the American ambassador. He has con cluded that Dr. Hill is fit man. He is a student and historical writer, and what is lost in the parvenu line will be made up in better requirements for ambassadorial duties. The radicals of Germany are delighted with the change, and Germany is full of radi- calls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 r~ ORE than ton of human hair IVl was brought to ..l Boston o.''.. yes,er. ''n. | by the steamship Seneca. The shinment was received in Kobe, Japan, last March, and there are 22 cases of 1t.
 .It's quite a trade, this gathering of hu- man hair" explained Captain Grimes "and crafty people are making the most of the possibilities. China is the pest place to ge rich quick on hair The prod uct from that country is largely used In the manufacture of rats for the pom nadour girls of the United States and British Isles.
 "Enterprising Yankees hold the monop- oly of the hair harvest in China. Their outfit is exceedingly simple and mex pensve, and the labor is not wearisome. But it's worth ones life to get caught.
 "When a Chinaman dies he is buried in a hole so that the body sits upright with only the top of the head sticking out above the surface. The head is closely shaven, except for the pigtail, which protrudes like a wisp of grass. The Chinamen believe that Joss comes along in the night time and lifts the soul of the deceased from his grave by this same pigtail and carries 1t away to heaven.
 s'There happened to be big demand TOT human hair, and there wasn't enough to be had. The Yankees saw an opportunity to make a dollar by visiting the ceme- teries under cover of night and reaping these pigtails. The scheme was put in operation. and almost immediately the FIowery Kingdom market was hooded with hair and the price took an amaz- ingly sudden tumble.
 After the Yankees had been the rounds with their corn hooks and shears, the brothers and sisters of the dead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
QUOTING FROM GRAYS ELEGY.

From the Youths Companlon.
 That's it." said man who had stopped in the corner grocery store to get S1a pounds of granulated sugar. I'm going home tired. l remind myself of the line: "The plowman homeward wends his
 weary way"
 You mean plods his weary way" said the schoolmaster, as he went out of the door with a can of kerosene. He meant to quote the line that reads: "liomeward the plowman plods his weary
 way" remarked the village lawyer.
 T meant to quote just what I did quote,' said the first speaker, sternly: The weary plowman homeward plods his
 way
 q understand your quotation" said a man who was sitting on a sugar barrel, "to be-
 Weary, the homeward plowman plods
 his way
 You are wrong" said a neighbor, who was inquiring the price of hams "IIe said.
 "rhe weary plowman homeward plods
 his way
 Pardon me- broke in travelling sales man for a sausage house. If the gentle- man intended to quote from Gray S Eulogy, the quotation should read: "Homeward the weary plowman plods his
 way"
 Please understand" said the man with tine 3h pounds of granulated sugar that I do not make mistakes in quotations have twice said that the line is: ''The weary plowman plods his home-
 ward way"
 q understood you to say" observed an ether neighbor: "Homeward the plowman weary plods his
 way"
 We may easily have been mistaken as to what he said," remarked an elderly rlan, but what he undoubtedly wished to say was:
 "The plowman weary homeward plods
 his way"
 That is not what I wished to say and not what I did say" retorted the man with 3aa for IT cents. q said, and will stand by 1t:
 Weary the plowman plods his home
 ward way"
 Pardon me for putting in again gents" said the sausage drummer, but must insist, as before, that if you would accurately quote the immortal 'Eulogy, the line must read ",rhe plowman weary plods his homeward
 way"
 "Gen'mn," said the village good-for- .nothing, getting up from Reg of nails behind the stove, 'you'rol wrong--cust me, you're all wrong. The quotation is "rhe weary plodman homeward blows
 his way"
 Thereupon they went their ways, every one, even to the last speaker, believing he was right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
Stealing Wireless MeSSageS

The erroneous story about the cruiser Colorado has brought up anew the need of international and national reg ulations concerning wireless telegra- phy. Congress has been asked to pass needful laws, but thus far Congress has refused to act Non-action will soon lead to trouble, and there is no longer need of delay, for the wireless method is fully established and it is spreading to new uses and new locali- ties every year. It will soon become en agent of the entire civilized world.
 All that is needed is a law that brings home to operators of the wire less system the honor and the fidelity that prevails among the operators who use Morses invention of SO or 70 years ago. The latter do not disclose the messages they receive, and the wire less operators who happen to pick up wandering messages can apply to them the same principle that the old school applies every minute of the day. The message thus picked up is somebody's else property. and it should not be stolen even if 1t be an estray.
 A law is no doubt needed, and per- haps treaties, but the wireless com panies can promote their methods by letting every operator know that he is expected to keep locked up in his own breast all messages received whether they be to the manner born or are mere estrays. This would be asking no more from wireless operators than is asked from those of the old sort, and the principle at stake is precisely sim liar in both classes of employees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
It Takes Courage

From Success Magazine.
 To speak the truth when, by a little prevarication, you can get some great advantage.
 To live according to your convictions.
 To be what you are and not pretend to be what you are not.
 To live honestly within your means, and not dishonestly upon the means of others.
 When mortified and embarrassed by Eumiliating disaster, to seek in the wreck or ruin the elements of future con- quest.
 To throw up a position with good salary when it is the only business you know and you have a family depending Lpon you because it does not have your Unqualified approval.
 To refuse to knucke and bend the knee to the wealthy, even though poor.
 To refuse to make a living in question: able vocation.
 To refuse to do a thing you think is wrong, because it is customary and done in trade.
 To be talked about and yet remain silent when a word would justify you in the eyes of others but which you cannot speak without injury to another.
 To face islander and lies, and to carry yourself with <eerfulness, grace and dig nity for years before the lie can be cor rected.
 To stand firmly erect while others arc lowing and fawning for praise and power. To remain in honest poverty while others grow rich by questionable methods. To say "No'' squarely when those around you say Yes
 To do your duty in silence obscurity and poverty, while others about you pros per through neglecting or violating sacred obligations
 Not to bend the knee to popular preju
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
Rirminnham Recruits.

Birmingham is furnishing a goodly number of reevruits for the United States navy" said a man about the federal building yesterday.
 ''The recruiting officers visit Birming- ham every two weeks and open their of fees in the postoffice building. Their present visit is about up. but quite a number of men have enlisted in the navy since the officers came here some days ago.
 Birmingham stands we'll in the num- Der of men she furnishes the navy. The enlistment was closed for some time, but about a month or six weeks ago it was opened for 600O new men, and if every district is furnishing a proportionate number to that of Birmingham, the de- sired figure will soon be reached
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
A SUMMER IDYL.

A SUMMER IDYL. Sing a song of summer time Sultry days are here, Chunks of ice and cooling drinks Bring the people cheer. Sweet it is to loaf care free Where the buzz fans blow; Whirring, whrring all day long, Round and round they go. Fiimsy clothes are in demand, Toilers hurry home, Leap into the tub and dream Of the oceans foam Persons who must walk about Choose the shady side; Others, bound to have a breeze, Take a trolley ride. Evenings, at the boarding house Weary mortals droop, All disconsolate the while, On the crowded stoop. Through the open windows float Ballads out of tune; In the park beneath the stars Shoals of lovers spoon.
 THE USUAL ORDER. what do you propose Io uo lof hio, doctor?'
 We'll I'll first write you out a pre- scription and later on l will send you a little bill.'
 WHERE IS HE? The years we spend this lesson teach, Iris hard to practice what you preach. Show me the man, when things go
 wrong, Who smiles a smile and sings song!
 AN OLD STORY. "Wbat is that loud noise in the conven- tion hall?''
 "That, my friend, is history repeating itself''
 SHOPPERS OUT. "Did you enjoy your camp in the woods?"
 "surel We had an uncorking good time.
 THE MEDDLER. No matter what you try to do- There's nothing to it- Some chap will be advising you Just how to do it.
 MELODRAMATIC "she threw the switch, you say?' "Yes"
 Where did she throw it?" Straight out of the window. Said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
St. John Baptist's Day.

June "A is observed by the liturgical churches as the feast of St. John the Baptist, and the same festival is ob- served by the Masons," said a layman. Tn the text book of the blue lodge John the Evangelist have prominence. In some states lodge officers are in stalled on December 27, the festival of St. John the Evangelist; but in most states the annual election or installa- : tion takes place on or around St. Joh n the Baptist's day. For many years it has been customary for Masons to have festive breakfasts or banquets on the 24th of June, and with some lodges St. Johns day barbecues are in order. Within my time the Masons in Scotland celebrated June "A with great hilarity, the flowing bowl being large ly in evidence. The reason why the as one of it's two patrons, is because he was an Essene, and the Essenes seem to have been forerunners of the asonic order. And St. John the Divine was adopted as the other pat ron, because of the mystical character of his book in the Bible, styled Revc- lation or the Apocalypse. Certain writ CTS on Masonic subjects refer to Reve lation as a Masonic book as well as book for the Christian church.
 The attempt of some Masonic au- thors to connect St. John the Baptist's day with Beltane or Beltein, heathen festival once common to all Celtic na- tions. is far-fetche ed. Beltane seems to mean in Gaelic, May.day. On the first of May all the fires were extinguished and the need fire was kindled with solemnity. Traces of this ancient cus- tom are still found in some parts of Ireland. But in my opinion there was no connection whatever between the festival of St. John and Beltane."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
i, Army officer Dies Suddenly.

Detroit, Mich, June 22.-Brig. Gen. Albert Hartsuff, U. A. S., retired, died suddenly today from heart disease. He was a brother of the late Maj. Gen. George Hartsuff and the late Gen. Will cal department during the civil war. aided in putting down a yellow feve~ epidemic at New Orleans at its close and then went west and took a prom inent part in a number of Indian cam DaignS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press

Just as sure as a man has a bad liver, nobody else knows how to run the gov ernment.
 There is nothing easier for a woman than laughter which means tears except tears which mean laughter.
 A woman can't help having faith in a public man if his front name Is the same as a hero in a romantic play.
 What makes people doubt mans san ity is hearing his wife quote him in things he said just the other way round from the way she tells 1t.
 One of the foolishest things a man can do Is to insist upon his wife keeping household accounts which he will have to try to straighten out and never be able to do 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
Paymaster Is Acquitted.

Washington, June 22.-Pay Inspector Eugene D. Ryan, paymaster of the Pa cific fleet, has been acquitted py court-martial of the charge of drunk = enness on duty, preferred by Rear Ad- miral Dayton. commanding the fleet. Admiral Dayton and the secretary of the navy disapproved the hndlng on the ground that 1t was not according to the evidence. The action or the cour'' however, Is final and the o1ncer mas been restored to duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
IN CLYDE FITcH's scsAPBooK.

From the Chicago News.
 Clyde Fitch, at a dinner, produced one of his famous scrapbooks. Tn this scrap book" said Mr. Fitch. "I have gathered passages from the years best sellers. The passages will give you some idea of the style that goes' Then he read: "The worthy pastor appeared at the manse door, his hands thrust deep in the pock- cts of his loose jacket while he turned the leaves of his prayer book thought fully, and wiped his glasses with dis traught air. After the door was closed, a stealthy foot slipped into the room, and with cautious hand extinguished the light" "Fitzgibon fingered over his final lemonade, when gentle voice tapped him on the shoulder, and turning he beheld his old friend once again"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
CHARITABLE.
n the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Edyth-He is just too handhome for anything. but they say he drinks and gambles terribly and has been divorced three times.
 Mayme-oh, we'll you can't expect all the virtues in one man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
Concealed Weapons After July i

The first day of July is near at hand. It comes on Wednesday week, and when it does arrive all pistols carried by law-abiding Alabamians will be heightened to "A inches. Any length above A inches will be lawful up even to Gatline guns. The law prohibits after
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

pair of mohair trousers made from the clippings of a single Angora goat are to be presented to Candidate Taft in the name of Texas, and he is ex- pected to wear them regardless of weather or fashion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

Berries and melons are not only more plentiful this summer than usual, but they are we'll favored. Crops of all kinds are bountiful and the farmer will recall this as a very fat year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

David B. Hill fled to Europe, so his friends say, to escape boom for the vice-presidency at Denver. This is certainly the tallest one yet offered to a confiding people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

The gentlemen in checked suits who disregard Governor Hughes anti-gam- bling bills may soon exchange the checks for stripes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
JUST JUST A TON Ok PIG TAILS

'chinks who visited the burial places reported that Joss had been wonderfully busy, for all the pigtails had disap- peared, which signified the deceased Chinamen had taken an upward flight, with Joss guiding them on theirSjourney by the handle of hair left for the pur- pose.'
 Captain Grimes said he didn't know how soon it would be before the Chinese found ont what was going on, but there was plenty of long staple hair to be had at present. and the millions of people Of China ought to supply the worlds de- mand at reasonable figures, so long as the men who deal in pigtails of the departed do not have to pay cash out of pocket for the privilege of moving the places of burial.
 At Iloilo. fin the Philippines, the Seneca loaded 5000 bags of sugar and the out put promises to be the best the archipela- go has had since the war with the Uni- ted States The Filipinos are taking lively interest in the coming presidential campaign, according to Captain Crimes hui inc majority of the natives do not
 
 annear to favor Taft for the head of af- fairs, claiming that anybody but Tart will do.
 The 1o,o0o-mile passage from Japan' which began March 2s, was replete "i,ii incident after entering the Red sea- A sandstorm swept across the desert, ana inc Seneca steamed through the midst of the disturbance for hours when IL was impossible for the officers and crew to show their faces without covering against tbe cutting blast. Considerable excite- ment was furnished by Chinese COOK jumping into the sea to escape peiiis killed by members of the crew, who LOOK exceptions to his cooking. A poaI was lowered and the man was picked up ai'er heinz af1oat long time.
 ....s.s.sssssssssss''''''' Thus twenty tons of air must be driven through the grates of the furnaces every day. With the temperature at 100 degrees this means that 26,10O,Ooo cubic feet Of ar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

The fleet, kind friends, is as much at home in San Francisco as it is in New York or Hampton Roads. The effete east is not the entire cheese.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

Congressman Hull of Iowa was de- feated in his effort to secure renom- ination by just one vote. He, however, accepts the result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

Mills and furnaces are starting up regardless of anything except the ma turing crops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

Tag day keeps spreading, and some towns have one whenever worthy ob- feet needs money. It is polite form of stand and deliver.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

Emperor William has reigned 20 years. and he has really made good among his own people despite his ec- centricities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

Peary is still s10,0O0 away from the North Pole, and the money seems re- luctant to appear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

The Chicago convention simply rat flied what it had been told to agree upon. It was a very docile body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

MT. Taft is a baseball fan and a good Unitarian. He stands firmly up tt both of his convictions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

Any expression of confidence in the judiciary necessarily includes Judge Landis and his $29,2O0, 900 fine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

France is to have a secret ballot something the politicians refuse 70 grant in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

Fairbanks went down surrounded by the wreck and ruin of that cocktail incident.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

The summer temperature of the Highlands, North and South, is as pleasant as that of most summer re- sorts; and if one wishes still cooler nights, Shades mountain is the place. It is only a few miles from Birming- ham and in attractive features is un- surpassed even by Lookout mountain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

The wisest of men that the world has produced,
 Whose knowledge semed far more than human,
 Have always looked silly the moment they tried To fathom the ways of woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

The Taft yell and the Bryan whoop will soon monopolize the public ear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

The flag is 131 years old, and its flaps are still full of dash and ginger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

\ Taft and his mohair pants are hx- ture until November at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23

Hundreds await the coming of the directoire bathing suit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-23
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
DANGERous GRoUND.

the darned thing never did look well on herl'