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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
RELATIVES OF WASHINGTON.

Many kindred of George Washington dwell on and about the original sWashiRg- ton plantation in Westmoreland county, Virginia, writes Guy E. Mitchell in the Technical World Magazine for February.
 John Washington of Brighton parish, Northafilptonshire, England, came to Vir- gn,a in 1857 and bought farm on the Potomac river, between Bridge creek and POpe's creek in what was then North un,berland county, but which-long, long ago became Westmoreland county. He bought the farm from Colonel Pope a great landholder in the early colonial era, and whose daughter, Anne Pope became the wife or the immigrant John Wash ington. These were great grand parents of George Washington the Great
 John Washington. through his mar riage to Anne Pope, obtained lands out side of the farm purchased by him. The original farm Is owned by John E. Wilson. who married Miss Betty Washington. grand daughter of William Augustine Washington, a nephew of George Wash ington MT. and Mrs. Wilson are ad- vanced in years. score or more of Washingtons live on their ancestral lands and within rife shot of the spot where George Washington was born.
 Some of these people are prosperous farmers and professional men; others arc not prosperous. They are all plain ano simple folk who have the good will and respect of their neighbors. peculiar thing about this family is that all Its members have the distinctive Washington features.
 Others members of the family and their homes, are described by the writer, and photographs of family groups and views of Mount Vernon and the other home places are given The article is a very in teresting one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
HU USBAND TO LET,
From the Savannah News

From the Savannah News
 Want a husband? Mrs. sofronia Travis of St. Louis has got one that she wants to give away. His name is Casslus. He Is six feet tall, weighs 200 pounds and has red hair and blue eyes. Mrs. Travis says Cassius is really quite a decent fel- low, but of late she finds that he is in the way. He is a carpenter and a very good one; but Mrs. Travis has become in terested in club work, which takes so much of her time that she has none to spare bothering with Cassius. She would like to get him a good home, where he would be fed and watered regularly, and occasionally combed and brushed, whera- fore she has offered to give him to any deserving woman who will guarantee not to be cruel to him. At last advices Cassills was still untaken
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
A Demauouic Bill.

Tt Is curious fact that the Richmond. Va, congressional district is represented and has been for 10 years or more, by farmer" said member of the Birming- ham Virginia colony. Congressman Lamb is man of high integrity, but he belongs to the radical wing of the democratic party, and many of the bills he intro duces are aimed at business interests that can hardly represent his Richmond con stituents. His bill to require all the in- terstate railroads to double track within five years to abolish all grade crossings and to establish uniform roadbed would if passed, put the railway lines out of business Fortunately for the country MT Lambs measure will never become a law.
 ''Demogogic bills are introduced by the bushel, but Lambs latest strikes me as the limit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

known in Pennsylvania as the clothes tree case. He was the judge of the quality of furnishings, and he attached his certificate as the peoples architect to bills for tables. sofas and clothes trees for which the state paid $40,417, the graft on which, it is claimed, was SIS. .SS0. Tables, sofas and clothes trees were paid for under the per foot sys- tenn. and the swindling of the state went on at an amazing pace.
 There is a belief in Pennsylvania that Huston will become witness for the state. and that the former state auditor, the former state treasurer, the former superintendent of grounds and buildings as well as the contractor will be found guilty and will be sent to the penitentiary. Congressman Cas- sel and eight other contractors are to be tried later on.
 It will be remembered that the cost of the buildings and furnishings was $13,000,0 ,000, all of which was graft ex- cept s4,O00,OO0. These are the round figures of the astonishing case, and the most surprising thing about it was it's boldness. It was carried on in open daylight under Governor Pennypack- CTS nose, who stated repeatedly that the business was being honestly con ducfed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
Suppression of WorIdIiness.

'Lent is only few weeks off" observed an old citizen, but here in Birmingham the suppression of worldliness under statutory law will force society into a lent-like state all the year round.
 If this city ever deserved the sobriquet of Bad Birmingham 1t will henceforth be entitled to the better name of 'Brming- ham, the Moral It has often been said that virtue could not be legislated into people. But blue laws can be enforced, and so long as they are on the statute books they should be carried out to the letter. Law-abding people should glory in the turn things have taken. The re- bellious minded will kick, but they are conspicuous by their small numbers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
MARRIED THoUcH MUSICAL.

"The Lounger" in Putnam's.
 An interesting feature of the return to this country of group of the leading for eign musicians is that they all bring their wives with them Only short time ago Paderewskl Kubeiil, Jean Gerardy Josef Hoffman and Mark Hamboug were uni married men. Paderewskfs marriage seems to have set the needed example, for 1t showed them that a great artist could be 8 married man and stll be the idol of the ladies. The old-fashlqued idea was that an artist would lose his popular ity if he married, and still more so If he travelled with his wife. So now the wives also are with us, and there seems to be no falling off in the popularity of the husbands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
PROFITABLE MISTAKES.
Irom Colller's Weekly.

From COIIierS WeeKIy
 Do telephone girls eyer make mis- takes? How 1t may be in most towns where subscribers are charged according to the number of calls we are unable to surmise. but we speak for one city where, after a long experience of hav- ing the wrong number given on an aver age of from 8 to 50 per cent of the times, we made inquiries as to whether the subscribers were charged for these err TOTS by the operator, and were informed by the accountant department that from TOO to 800 corrections were made a month. "Out of a total of how many calls 7 "Oh, the total runs into theo billions, Suppose. however, it is eight hundred millions. One mistake, then out of one million is rectified. The rest. in sys- tenn of limited service, the subscriber pays for, and the company is the gainer from every misconnection
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
Notes on the Weather.

Medicine Hat can dispatch eastward cold wave, but it cannot say how much of America it shall cover If it intended to freeze to the marrow the southeast when it started cold wave this week it did not take into account other pressures. The southeast escapes the blight of Medicine Hats supreme effort of the season.
 Groundhog day Is near at hand and if the creature comes out on Sunday and fails to see his shadow the rule of Medicine Hat is ended until another winter is at hand. Medicine Hat is up against the groundhog, and the two must determine which is to control during the remainder of the cold sea- son.
 We prefer the rule of the ground hog to that of Medicine Hat, for the former delights in mild weather, while the latter is unhappy except when It is unloading cold waves upon an in nocent and unoffending country. Medi- cine Hat has no friends outside of coal operators, while the groundhog is loved so well and by so many that its species has nearly been eaten up. The groundhogs are, alas, few and far be- tween where Fred happily in great nu. content mont
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 A man who gets tied up to a theory can't be converted by mere fact.
 When a girl declares she isn't so pretty as you tell her she's ready to prove she is more so.
 An easy way to be a good husband is to tell your wife all the things you are going to do for her when you get the money.
 One of the most annoying things about being a rich man Is how people imagine he ought to spend a little of it on some- body besides himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
About Persons,

w. T. Brown of St. Clair, former state senator from that district, was in Bir- mingham yesterday. He is prominently mentioned as delegate to the democratic national convention at Denver.
 Henry T. DeBardeleben of Annston reg istered last night at the Hillman.
 Terry T. Greil of the well known Mont gomery, family of Greils, is at the New Morris.
 W. P. Minor, Jr., of Decatur is at the New Morris.
 M. b. Mcconnell of Livingston is at the New Morris.
 J. A. Mcconnell of Livingston is at the New Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
HOTELS IN SOUTH AMERICA.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 A traveller who recently returned to Philadelphia was narrating some of his experiences in South America at a ban quet of globe-trotters the other evening. He had skirted the entire coast of South America and had found the inns or ho- tels in most sections very poor So bad were they in Peru, he said, that one American who had been thrown into jail pending some dispute over his papers. and after his release had sought the hotel of the town, returned the next day to the jail and begged that.he might be taken in Over the doorway of lonely ranch er's cottage near the border of Argen- tina and Patagonia the following curious motto was observed:
 Forty miles from hay,
 Twenty miles from water
 Two inches from Hades;
 God bless our home.
 But perhaps the most curious sign he had seen was in the window of a restau- rant in Buenos Ayres. which read: Amer ican cafe-Champaghe and fried pota- toes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
PennsxIyanla's Capitol Grafters.
Five of Pennsylvania's grafters

F1Ve or PeHnSyIVdnld graIters nave been arraigned. Huston, who designed
 the capitol and it's furnishings, de- manded and secured separate trial, and he is now in the hands of the court before jury that was readily impaneled. His commissions aggre- gated s415,6 but he was not content, it is claimed, with his legitimate com missions. Many indictments hang over him, and he is being tried on what ls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
Bridge Among Gamblers.

Bridge whist Is extremely popular among professional gamblers" remarked a man about town. "In fact gamblers with orderly mental processes and of algebraic turn find it the most alluring of all games. In gambling circles so great is the fascination attaching to bridge that it goes by the name of bug the idea being that devotees love it to madness" ]"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

If the fleet returns via the Suez canal Admiral Evans will have to hand over tolls to the amount of $12S,000 on his battleships alone, to say nothing about his torpedo boats, supply ships and the like.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Kentucky is talking about sending Henry Watterson back to Congress. He was there 31 years ago. and he must begin to think it is a long while between terms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Leslie M. Shaw was not, it appears, solemn enough at board meetings. He sat back and told jokes, when he should have been looking wise and profound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Congressman SherIey described the situation with accuracy when he said whisky has no enemies in the cloak room and no friends on the floor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

When Jack London turned up in San Francisco he had the manuscript of a new novel in his hand. Business is business in his case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

No democrats are now going round to say that Bryan should not be nom- mated. The time has gone by in which to get hearers for such stuff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
ADRIFT WITH THE


 learning to love a V s.rikes us. is much elike. The >uo processes are identical in many respects. Intimate as sociation and close perusal are needed to bring out the hidden beauties of a book, until it's charms wrap themselves about our hearts and remain there so long as life continues In the same way Vt discover the lovable traits of a woman if she has any. The study of her char. acter and an intercourse which promote. opportunities for revealing her true ns ture constitutes what the divine bar has aptly termed Loves young dream.' Affection that is widely dispersed is ap to be dissipated. This applies to womel and to books. It is not possible for man to know thousands of books as W, as he might @ few hundred; nor is possible for him to love in four quartes at the same time. Therefore, we ga, "One woman and few books"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

It is nearly time to begin to guess as to what kind of an ex-President Theo- dore Roosevelt will make.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

The times at any rate are good enough to keep the anthracite coal rail- road operators from making the usual spring reduction of 50 cents a ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

The Vanderbilt wedding is off the docket, and the Thaw trial will be this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Admiral Evans is now steaming along to complete the first 1000 miles of his long sea trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

It is better to be uninstructed, say the republicans, than to be out of the game in June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

The fleet will pass through the straits without encountering a single banquet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Uninstructed delegates will not at any rate be misfits in June, say the republican newspapers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Jack London is his own press agent and he is proving very satisfactory to himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Uncle Sam invites D. H. Hartman to come into court again to defend his merger schemes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Birmingham is pretty cosmopolitan, but it has no taxicabs or pay-as-you- enter street cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

The administration is fighting it out on the anti-merger line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Pittsburg has everything disagree. able. It has the measles at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Ouida died without telling her age. She carried the secret to the grave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Oklahoma is the first state to intro duce Jim Crow pay telephones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
 THE BULLDOG

THE BULLDOG. The bulldog Is a loving brute, Who dearly likes to prowl. Twill send a shiver down your spine If you but hear him growl. His legs are short and slightly bowed, His face the open kind, And I cant name a beast that's more Unpleasant when behind. His meals are made on human flesh, His dreams are dreams of gore, By trouser seats and trouser legs He seems to set great store. The purpose of the bulldogs life Is plainly kept in view To be adored by pretty girls And make the tramps skidoo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

January goes out like lion after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

New York Telegram: Parsons is out for What's that he's got in his hand?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

noise like a skirt. blush and look like you didn't know 1t was leap year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
VERILY

VERILY. That mans a fool Who thinks that he Can get the best Of destiny. If fate decrees Him for an ass, You may be sure Twill come to passl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

JHdH they dI6 dDle lO uO dI pIeSeHI Ou the governments small allowance. The largest salary which any diplo- matic representative of the United States receives is SIT ,500, paid to the ambassadors, and in addition to that salary there is an allowance of $96 a month for rent of house. Now, while rents are lower abroad than they are in this country, the ambassador usu- ally feels called upon to select a more elegant abode than can be secured for the money allowed by the government. He does this, not for the sake of put ting on style" but simply that he may live in a manner in keeping with the dignity of his high office. And in oc- cupying a suitable house he must sup plement the governments allowance by drawing on his private means, which is all wrong, of course.
 Great Britain pays it's ambassador to France s45,000 year and in addi- tion provides him with large con- tingent fund The British ambassador to Germany receives a salary of $40,- 900 and liberal expense money"
 When the United States government was starting out the members of its diplomatic corps wisely maintained an air of extreme simplicity as befitting the representatives of a new republic poor in worldly resources, but proud and free. Moreover, rigid economy would have been absolutely necessary in the early years of this country's s career. But after the government waxed in power and accumulated an abundance in the treasury, high off, cials continued to be poorly paid. To- day, this is wealthy nation and there is no excuse for any of it's official rep. resentatives being underpaid. While watchdog of the treasury will d. ways be in order to prevent extraya- gance and waste. Secretary Root is right in urging more liberal treatment for our ambassadors and.envoys extra l ordinary. Several thousands of dol lars could be allowed for each of our missions without encouraging imperial pomp or violating in the least our republican traditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Nashville American: John w Gates may find 1t a little awkward in Texas at first; they bet money out there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

WOMAN AND BOOKS
 The ideal library Is a small library. A man can love 500 r-- olxs mora than he can 5000, just as he can love one woman more than five. Learning to love a book and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Memphis News-sclmitar: Gladys should ticket when Laszlo has spent the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
A CROOKED TALE.

CROOhbD IAIh. There was a crooked man Who went crooked gait He had a crooked manner, Likewise a crooked mate. At last he got so crooked Twas something that he took A dozen sharp detectives
 Allowed he was a crook We wouldn't say such thing, but eynic remarked yesterday. 'T firmly | lieve that Make way for the ladies? W.. be heard in hell!' Somehow, we can't help admiring peo- pie who confess that they haven't read "S Wl1s."
 What would Cleopatra have done with Anthony Comstock?' asks Life. She would have made a monkey out of him.
 TAKING LIFE EASY. The chap who has the finest time. In matters great and small, Won't ever write letter and Won't ever pay call.
 IN BIRMINGHAM. T saved three mems lives yesterday in less than five minutes" You don't tell me!' "Yes. l gave them a drink apiece"
 
 THE TOUGHEST LUCK EVER.
 Gle married her.) He fell in love with par of eyes And thought they'd make him happy. But the maid who owned those optics phew- Had a tongue both sharp and scrappy. Now he wishes that he'd never seen
  In addition to her spiteful ways, She also has a mother. You quit smoking New Years Day, didn't you? If you haven't fallen from grace, you are $11.9 ahead of the game, aren't you? We'll where is it?-Wash- ington Herald. We didn't quit Guess again.
 PAUL I-OK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
AROUND THE COUNTRY

Nashville American: John W. Gates may find It little awkward in Texas at first; they bet money out there.
 i Chattanooga Star. When you hear a noise like skirt. blush and look like you didn't know it was leap year New York Telegram: Parsons is out for Hughes. '-Esteemed contemporary. Sure. Whats that he's got in his hand?
 Memphis News-selmitar: Gladys should hold on to enough to buy a return trip ticket when Laszlo has spent the rest. Knoxville Sentinel: Governor Johnson was the editor of country newspaper and Is, therefore, qualified for any place.
 Washington Herald. A short time ago the Hon. Tommyrot Lawson was hang ing on the public neck and weeping; now he wants to step on 1t.
 Austin Statesman. The automobiles are getting some rather savage knocks, and in turn do some knocking themselves. The difference is when they knock they hurt.
 Macon Telegraph: There were 51,0O7 marriages in New York the last 12 months. In all thls record there is not one instance of a foreign nobleman hay ing married moneyless American girl.
 Arkansas Gazette: The prohibitionists will try to put Texas in the dry column in July, and North Carolina in August. but the chattanooga-A Atlanta Standard oil of Joy pipe line will continue to maintain liquid communication for the immediate future at least.
 New York Herald: This is leap year, so an Iowa woman editor makes general proposal of marriage in her own paper to any eligible bachelor editor. Through hls own paper an editor recites his qualifica- tions and condtionally accepts the pro- posal. There is no doubt about the free dom of the press in Iowa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
SIMPLY A PREDICTION.

SIMPLY A PREDICTION. The Count and Countess Szechenyi were found on lonely Long Island road throwing snowballs at each other. In about twelve months they will be throw ing chairs, vases and anything else that comes handy.
 LITERARY NOTE. The New Orleans Item says "Brewster's Millions can be bought in that town for 49 cents Ten Thousand Year can be purchased in some bookstores for quarter.
 NOT YET BUT SOON.
 Ere long will spring
 Be in the air,
 And then we'll change
 Our underwear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

How drear must be the life that brings A close so sad and brokenl How much of bitter truth there rings In words so briefly spoken!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
THE FINISH.

I'm going where I'll work no more," Said toller who was dying. The grind of a weary day is Ter,
 An end has come to trying"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
HARD WORK.

HARD WORK. q know what causes that tired feeling in the spring" "What?" "Dodging the grip all winter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

TO BE EXPLICIT. "The coal man is getting his" Getting ours, you meani'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Knoxville Sentinel: Governor Johnson was the editor of a country newspaper and Is, therefore. qualified for any place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Washington Herald: A short time ago the Hon. Tommyrot Lawson was hang ing on the public neck and weeping; now he wants to step on It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Austin Statesman. The automobiles are getting some rather savage knocks, and in turn do some knocking themselves. The difference is when they knock they hurt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

We wouldn't say such a thing, but cynic remarked yesterday, 'T firmly lieve that Make way for the ladies!' w.. be heard in hell!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31

Somehow, we can't help admiring peo- pie who confess that they haven't read '.3 Wks."