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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

Charles-street extension will cost per haps s10,0OO, while the cost of the Eighteenth street tunnel is put at $60,- 900. Both expenditures would be fully justified in an increase of taxable val ues Perhaps a trolley loop line from Gate City down Shades valley to the tunnel and through the tunnel to the city would lead to more development in the more picturesque portion of Shades valley-its upper section-than any other plan that has been presented.
 But whatever the plans may be, the time has certainly come for the pas sage of Red mountain by easy and favorable gradients. That wall must be pierced and overridden until it ceases to be barrier to the city's swelling population. There will yet be wards of the city in the beautiful val ley that lies on the other side of Red mountain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
Reaction Against Reform.

1.-TWO years ago we had reform run mad" said s. S. Madden of North Caro- lima, but in travelling through Georgia recently I was told that any one who mentioned reform would be laughed at as a back number
 "In many of the southern states rail- road rate reform was the leading issue. And then followed reform to regulate capital; then came prohibition. Men lis- tened to the politicians and were filled with their ideas. The reform issues won. But it was not long before the people found that they had gone too far. The pendulum began to swing back, and 1t Is safe to say that in Georgia not single one of the reformers named will be at all popular again.
 Reform run mad always means re- action later on. Common sense and mod eration are what must tell in the long run. It certainly never pays to be ex- treme'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
HEAT DOESN'T BOTHER HIM.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 It is astonishing how many people have no real conception of heat and cold; that is they are put to no personal incon- venience by either extreme and regulate their wardrobe by rule and season rather than by weather changes. One man in a downtown office, during the hot spell last week. wore the full regalia of heavy suit, vest collar and tie. In the few cooler days following he wore thin summer suit and silk negligee shirt. His partner noticing these unusual weather signs, finally questioned him about 1t. Well" he said, "to be candid, really don't feel the heat, and unless I look at thermometer or ask my wife what she thinks of the weather, I Just wear what comes handy. Last week the kid broke our thermometer, and the folks are all at the seashore now, so you see I have no guide to dress by, so l wear whatever looks good to me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
MAKING BEAUTY A CRIME.

swmUs25- my'oshrdlutaoicmf fw W y From the New York World.
 What is in effect a bill to abolish matrmony has been introduced in the Georgia legislature by AssembIyman Glenn. The measure provides that
 If any woman, whether maid or widow. shall betray into matrimony any unsus- pecting male subject of the state by scents, paints, powder or perfume, cos metics, waters, artificial teeth, false hair. iron stays, corsets, pads or padding. hoops or high-heeled shoes, v-cut waists. lace, variegated, drop-stitched or rain bow hosiery, or by any other deceitful means or artful practices, the marriage, upon conviction, shall be null and void.
 Is this the spirit of the new south?' The bill violates the most sacred tradi- tions of southern chivalry. It was framed by misogynist, and If passed will indict the Georgia legislature for ungallantry and for hostility not only to the fair sex
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
A CRUEL GARTER.
From the Denver Times.

From the Denver Times.
 When the enthusiasm was at It's height in the convention hall, following the nom- ination of Bryan, rather stout lady who sat in the press row climbed to the top of the table. and for half an hour she joined vigorously in thesscheering But she grew weary, and in getting down off the table she stepped on one of those perforated, maple bottomed chairs.
 There was a crash-a scream--a scram- ple. But the tumult of Bryan enthusiasm got the benefit. of the noise, and 1t all went in with the rest.
 Two men came to the rescue of the lady The splinters of the chair seat pointed down, and when an effort was made to extract the limb the splinters got busy.
 Get a saw!" yelled someone.
 dynamite her out!" said another.
 "Ieave 1t there and she can always have chair handy when she wants to sit down." suggested cruel jester.
 The quick k-aid-to-the-injured corps pulled and puffed and blushed The wom- an batted her eyes and said Co easy. ,, Finally most of the pointed splinters were turned around or broken off, and the un- gainly, uncomfortable garter was re- moved.
 And the great mass of yelling humanity yelled on, and on, and on, and but few knew what had happened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
FUEL OF THE FUTURE
From the Saturday Evening Post.

From the Saturday Evening Post.
 L NTIL very recently 1t has been
 0 impossible to buy in this coun- M try the special stoves, heaters and lamps suited for buring denatured alcohol. A New York company, said to be first In the field, opened a shop last December to sell such appliances. By New Year 1t was pleading for breathing space to take care of orders. Yet 90 per cent of the apparatus it handles either comes direct from Germany or is manu- factured here on German rights.
 So this industrial alcohol problem be- gins first of all with the inventor. Ten years from now we may have pointed out to us certain affluent mechanical gen. fuses who, obscure and poor in 1908, had the acumen to get in on the ground floor with an alcohol stove or lamp.
 Again, the comparison of cost between a gallon of gasoline and one of denatured alcohol has misled lot of good people who haven't looked into the matter fur ther. In Germany this product is sold by the barrel at 27 cents gallon. In the United States it may be had whole sale for 36, and the whisky trust Is put ting out gallon bottles of the new fuel under patented trade names at 45 cents. If gasoline and alcohol were equal in heating value, gallon for gallon, the for mer would be cheaper. But they are not equal. The first feature of an alco- hol stove or lamp that impresses the ob- server is the small size of its fuel reser- voir One of the German stoves, for in stance, with two burners like those of a gas stove, is capable of cooking meal, consuming only two-ffths of a pint of all cohol an hour. It will heat water and do other work of light character at the rate of one-sixth of pint, bringing cost down to about cent and a quarter an hour. One quart of alcohol in a special lamp gives 150-candle incandescent light for 12 hours. A 525-candle lamp burns 16
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Joe Brown of eeoraia.

"I wish to thank The Age-Herald for publishing the speech of MT. Joseph NJ. Brown accepting the nomination for the goyernorship in Georgia said Alex T. London yesterday. "The people of Georgia are to be congratulated on their guber- material candidate This speech stamps MT. Brown as a broad-minded statesman, with plenty of hard common sense and a keen appreciation of the present needs of the people of all classes, and taken al- together his speech is a model.
 'I believe it Is a fact that MT. Brown makes no public speeches, and in this he resembles MT Jefferson, as he does in his capacity to give lucid expression to fundamental propositions of popular gov ernment, and when he Is elected l feel confident that the people of Georgia and the whole country will be treated to state papers which would do credit to any period of our history. Congratulations to Georgia, and three cheers for Brown, the true apostle of peace"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
Genuine Temperance.

q have never voted on the question of prohibition" said a new conner, put l am a strong advocate of temperance, spent two years in Berlin as a student, and like most Americans admired the tenn rerate habits of the Germans. All are beer drinkers, but drinking to excess Is practically unknown. And what impresses me favorably with our large American cities is the apparent good order in the saloons.
 "In New York, for example, l never once, in a sojourn of three months, saw a drunken man. There are thousands of saloons in that city but the liquor busl- ness, so far as I could judge, was well regulated. And better still, the New Yorkers and the people who visit that town have learned that 1t is the height of bad form to drink to excess"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
BirmIngham Lacks Schools

The educational policy of Greater Bir- mingham in the respect of increased school accommodations should be de- termined by the school census, and that alone. The city council is free to say it cannot build new school houses at present because bonds cannot be placed, but it Is not free to say that We do not need more school houses when the school census shows that we have not enough by one-half. If there are 10000 individuals in the city of school age it is plain that school sccommoda- tions for 10000 are wretchedly insuf- fcient and partial. What right has the city to house and to educate only 10000 children while it has 10000 children that go uneducated because no educa- tional facilities are afforded them?
 The weakest and fiimsiest public pol icy in this world Is that one which per mits child to grow up unable to read, write and cipher, and yet Birmingham is doing just that to about 10000 of it's own children.
 Until the school system is placed on modern basis we have no moral right to organize Greater Birmingham. The suburbs are better equipped for educa- tional work than the city is itself.
 The subject should be carefully con- sidered at the next meeting of the council, and so far as is possible the footings of the school census should be obtained. There Is no other fact that is needed so far as the ascertain ment of the city's educational needs are concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
HOT WEATHER ADVICE.
How to Dress During Heated Term and
 What to Do In Emergencies.

From the New York Herald.
 During this heated term some simple suggestions may be deemed timely. It will be well to recall early day precautions anent needless exposure to the direct rays of the sun, particularly when the season approaches It's height Relative to cloth ing or dress, 1t may be said that easy fitting clothing or dresses of light ma terial and of light color Is best. Black clothing or black dresses should not ba worn by any one in summer. The wear CTS of black practically live In vapor bath As for the head and it's protection. hats of straw. with broad brims, are most suitable They protect the head face, and back part of the neck. Under wear should be of light make. the mors porous the better for undershirts.
 In hot weather haste Is very indiscreet. No sane man or sane woman will att tempt to rush for train or steamboat or undertake any violent exertion with a blazing sun high in the heavens Let the people, young, middle aged, or old. make haste slowly Let them associ- ate our advice with the Spanish-Ameri- can say, ''an Englishman, a fool, and a dog are the only animals found under the summer sum- The quotation may seem a trife severe on Bnglishmen, but 1t does contain an abundance of every cay common sense. Move slowly, act slowly, and think and eat slowly.
 Now as to the heat and what 1t does directly and indirectly. Heat exhaustion is one of its results and sunstroke anoth- CT. Both are generally caused by undue exposure to excessive heat. It may be due to the direct rays of the sun or to exposure in very hot and badly venti- lated room. Heat exhaustion. fortunate ly, Is the commoner form met with.
 What shall we do in an emergency say when a man has a very red and highly flushed face, when his skin is very hot? Have him promptly placed under cover; remove all of the upper clothing; that done, apply cold congresses or towels soaked In ice-cold water to hss head, face, neck and chest. Keep on changing them as soon as they become | warm. While that is being done, send some one fleet of foot for a qualified phy- sician When he arrives place the pa. | tient in his hands; he will do the rest | Give no stimulants in this class of cases Tablespoonful doses of ordinary water may be given freely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
SHINGLES NOT A CROP.

From the Springfield Republican.
 The new law in Connecticut permits the killing of deer which destroy crops. hut seems to deny such permit in cases where they infict other mischief or dam- age. A Winnipouk farmer complains that, in the case of barn which backs against hill, the deer run up and down the roof and have torn up shingles and kicked off the weather vane. He wants permission under the law to abate the nuisance with a gun, but as the injured roof cannot he constructed as a crop, it is held that the law will not apply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
OVER THE PHONE.

From Judge.
 Hello, hellol who Is this please?' the man at the phone imnatiently hurled at the mouthpiece
 "This is- Whom did you want?' came back a feminine voice.
 q called for number - Confound It,
 "Youre positively insulting. I-- this, anyway"
 sir! I think you might be little more polite in your manner toward iady' You've doubtless got the wrong number How can I tell whether I've got the right or wrong number If you won't tell me who you are? Some women make me tired"
 "You're a gentleman!' 'You're lady!"
 I've forgotten the number now who IS Back. up! Who are you anyway
 "sir, I'll tell you whom I am. I'm the wife of the biggest stockhoider Tn tnis telephone company. am Mrs' Ueorse Banks. that's who I am. sir
 "Great Scott! Mary! I've been trying to get you. This Is George, your nus bandi''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
Matching Coins.

while the reformers were at worK they should have petitioned Congress 10 change the coin of the United States so that obverse and reverse would pear the same design, that is to say, make potn sides heads or both sides tails," remarked a reformed gambler.
 Tn putting on the lid gambling mas been almost stopped, but l find that matching coins is still in vogue. In fact, 1t is more in evidence than ever; and the only way to put an end to 1t is to make both sides of quarters and half dollars alike"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
Red Mountain to Be 0Yereoma

The barrier of the Alps in Switzer- land has been overcome, and surely the far lesser barrier of Red mountain will be overcome also. Three plans are under consideration, namely, a trolley loop from Gate City to and down Shades valley, a road of easy gradient at St. Charles street, and tunnel at Eigh. teenth street-a tunnel wide enough to admit of the laying in it of trolley track.
 All three are needed If the beautiful near-at-hand valley is to be fully opened "a seekers of residence property. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
HOME OF THE COB PIPE.

Jefferson City. Mo-, Special to St. Louis
 Globe Democrat.
 Franklin county Is the birthplace of the Missouri meerschaum,' as those persons who desire to give it more aristocratic name have christened the corncob pipe. Its fame is spreading abroad, and through it's adoption some years ago by the late Tom Reed while he was still serving as speaker, it finds a ready sale in the effete east of our own proud land.
 Franklin county, like her sisters in Missouri, has reason to feel proud of the Missouri hen, because during the year 1907 she and her progeny produced for export 2063,440 dozens, or 24,761 ,2SO eggs These, with 643, AS pounds of live and 20,- 40 pounds of dressed poultry, including 1867 pounds of feathers, brought the county sS77o54. This sum, though, falls $16,643 short of returning to the county as large an amount as was realized from her Missouri meerschaum" products.
 Of corncob pipes, during the year named, the county exported 22, ,60S,4SS. Be- sides these, she sent out 912,O00 pipe stems, 29,S0S "cleaners'' and 106,992 wood en pipes, the entire classification bring ing in 1898, ,607, which is more than half as much as was realized from either her live stock or her grain exportations, the former binging s75,S6S and the latter S697, ,S23 It Is $1S6,614 more than she re- ceved for her forestry shipments and these were not insignificant. It is eight and one-half times as much as came from her butter, milk and cheese, and she isn't the smallest county in the state, either, in the exportation of dairy prod ucts Gasconade county shipped cob pipes to the number of 1.s56,64O. valued at $26, ,S9O, and showing total shipments for the two counties of 24465,12S such hines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
WHILE AWAY FROM HOME.

Birmingham people who are leaving home for the summer should have The Aee-HeraId follow them, and thus keep Informed about what Is taking place in the city and state during their absence. The Aee-Herald will be sent to them st any address at the regular price, and the address will be changed as often as desired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
APPLICATIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
 It costs money to have bad habits, but they're worth 1t.
 When a woman no longer questions her husbands judgment she's widow
 A comforting thing about good edu- cation is how superior, 1t makes you feel to people who do better than you with cut any.
 When a. girl Is going away on visit the first thing she packs in her trunk Is her photograph, in case she should be- 9sme engaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
DO THEY MISS ME AT HOME"

DO THEY MISS ME AT HOME. By James Whitcomb Riley. It's the curousest thing in creation,
 Whenever I hear that old song. Do they miss me at home,' I'm so
 bothered,
 My life seems as short as it's long. For everything pears like adzackly
 It 'peared in the years past and gone. When I started out sparkin' at twenty. And had my first necterchief on. Though I'm wrinkleder, older and grayer Right now than my parents were then. You strike up that song, Do they miss
 me-"
 And I'm just youngster again. I'm standin' back there in the furries
 A-wishin' for evenn' to come, And whisperin' over and over,
 Them words. Do they miss me at
 home?'
 You see. Martha Ellen, she sung it
 The first time I heard it, and SO, As she was my very first sweetheart,
 It minds me of her. don't you know; How her face ust to look in the twilight, As I tuck her to spellin', and she Kept hummin' that song tel I ast her. Pint blank, eff she ever missed me! l can shut my eyes now, as you sing it, And hear her low answerin' words, And then the glad chirp of the crickets,
 As clear as the twitter of birds; And the dust in the road Is like velvet,
 And the ragweed and fennel and grass Is as sweet as the scent of the lily
 In Eden of old. as we pass. Do you miss me at home"-sing it lower,
 And softer, and sweet as the breeze That powders our path with the snowy | White bloom of the old locust trees Let the whppoorwills help you to sing It; Send the echoes way over the hill Till the moon booges out in a chorus Of stars, and our voices are still But, O, "There's a chord in the music That's missed when her voice is away" Though listen from midnight tel
 mornin' And dawn, tel the dusk of the day And I grope through the dark, lookin' upward. And on, through the heavenly dome, With my longin' soul singin' and sobbA The words. Do they miss me at homsv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

hours with gallon, lighting a large in- terior like riding academy. Alcohol is intensely hot as a fuel, so that in fam fly of three persons all the cooking has been done for an entire month with three gallons, at wholesale cost of s1.10, as against s4 for the same work from an- thracite coal.
 Congress has thought of bounty of 15 cents on each gallon of this fuel pro- duced by farm distillery as a means of helping the young industry cut it's teeth. Theorists say that the wasteful methods of the American farmer stand In the way of development-that nothing can be done until he learns to be as a second Rockefeller to come along and build up the new industry as Standard was built up. And so forth.
 The internal revenue commissioner. however, puts his finger on a vital point when he says that appliances for burning denatured alcohol are not yet on sale in this country.
 When the great American inventor shows the housewife that she can iron clothes in the summer with small self heating sadiron, having a fuel reservoir attached, holding only a wineglass of alcohol, and burning less than cents worth of the juice an hour there will be little need for a Rockefeller or a bounty. When that happens many young fellow in the country, instead of starting a creamery, will open up dis tillery to handle cornstalks on the CO., operative plan.
 And before that advanced stage of the industry is reached many another young man in this country-and woman, too is likely to grow comfortably well off as selling agents for denatured alcohol ap- pliances.
 From several standpoints this infant is healthy and worth watching.
 Gentlemen of the theories, stand back from the cradle and give it air!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

Stuyvesant Fish went across tho sea weeping over the Newport millionaires who are now compelled to live on paltry $5O,000 a year. His tears are sadly misplaced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
SUBWAY THOUGHTS.
New York Telegram.

From the New York Telegram.
 When lady thanks you for your seat don't get nervous; perhaps she did not mean it.
 When the baby cries, bump its little face on the car window and point out the scenery.
 If asleep on arrival at your home sta- tion and just miss the open door, report the conductor.
 It is often easier to get into the cars than to get out of them; same with the penitentiary.
 Avoid use of the strap; 1t indicates you have self-relance, and when you lose your feet don't lose the cigar butt. Its odor might be missed.
 If the clever individual who manipulates train schedules was transferred to the bureau of membranes there would be joy in the Bronx.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

General Grosvenor is also compiling a sure shot electoral table to stand good until November, but at present he is pestered with doubts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

Washington has killed by order of President Roosevelt 1908 homeless dogs since June 1. It needs a dog asylum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

Washington is talking about building a convention hall, hoping in that way to corral the conventions of 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

Airships are supplanting the horses on New York race tracks. There is no law against betting on the flights of the former.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

The water wagon has had it's day, and the Hearst nondescript cart will be in our midst in the last week of July.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

The prosperity wind Is beginning tt blow fresh from the harvest fields.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

In Switzerland 30000 women are em- ployed in watch making, and none of them make dollar watches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

There is no room in Pennsylvania for a Guffeyite democratic party, for the Standard Oil tanks cannot vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

Minister Wu says he eats no salt be- cause he does not want stiff bones and he wants to live 200 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

Campaign contributors love to do good by stealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

The Philadelphia Record, the New York Staats Zeitung and Alton B. Par ker, all in the enemys country, are warmly supporting Mr Bryan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

John Worth Kernl That middle name denotes the man and his stand ing in his own state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
END OF THE FOOD FAD.

There was a time, not long ago,
 When people seldom ate A simple dish of pork and beans, But felt they tempted fate. It got so bad-the pure food fad That dining was a fake; Most all the viands poisoned were And none knew which to take. The panic's blowing over now
 And life is passing sweet; We trust in what the labels say, And eat and eat and eati
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

Kern wears old-fashioned American whiskers, but Sherman swell, they are the limit.