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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
THE HUDSON.

From Puck.
The Hudson river consists of two strips
of advertisements as far as the eye can
reach, inclosing a body of water filled
with tugboats, microbes and floating folks
of other descriptions
Henry Hudson first discovered this IA
nous river on his way to Troy to leave
his collars and cuffs to be Numbered after
a long sea voyage.
Stepping ashore at the foot Of Twenty
third street he gave orders to put up a
city that for magnifcence and corrup-
ton should never be equaled, and then
he passed to West Point, started parade
ground, and then rested at Albany, where
he opened the bureau Of franchises, other
wise known as the state legislature
No doubt in the near future the Hud1
son will be used as a race course for
aeroplanes. At present it is occupied with
the duty of keeping New Jersey apart
from New York
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
THE CIRCUS.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
When the circus comes to town, pre-
coded by the press agents artful ALTER
alton. it is not only the small boy who
wants to see the elephant and the tiger
and the wild man from Borneo, the sword
swallower and the bearded lady and the
living skeleton. Ask many a grown man
or woman, shamefacedly leading boys
or girls from the ticket sellers red
wagon into the oanyas-covered suffoca-
ton of sawdust and pink lemonade and
people tanning themselves-ask the adults
to confess frankly what brought them
there. They like to pretend, of course,
that it was disinterested desire for the
childish happiness of Sammy or Salomy
Jane; but the real reason was, Is and
always will be that, with "the immortal
child tarrying all his lifetime in their
hearts," they wanted to see the show
themselves as much as any one.
The stentorian sound of the calliope,
making brazen proclamation of the fam
boyant wonders to be seen for % cents
in a ten-acre lot in the outskirts of the
city, magnetizes old and young, rich and
poor, all sorts and conditions of men and
women and children. 1t is a sure sign
that one is getting old, and that ones
blood runs with tepid sluggiAhness, If
the circus procession, with its shaky
chariots adorned with gilded coruscations,
with its lions growing behind their bars
beneath, and bands in brave array loot
ing and clashing above, has lost its pow
nd "
with the imagination.
Huckleberry Finn was the ideal circus
goer. When he had crawled in beneath
the canvas flaps and seen all the mar
wells on exhibition and crawled out again,
he announced that circus can have my
patronage every time" When the cir
Gus comes to town is the one occasion
in the year when the average boy wishes
with all his heart he had the price Of
admission. Not even on the day before
the Fourth of Judy does he feel his
pinching poverty SO acutely No bene-
ficiary of charity is more grateful than
the poor chfd-let us say, for example,
an inmate of an orphan asylum-who I'M
expectedly is given a chance to see the
painted clown, the acrobats upon the
flying trapeze and the performing seals.
That crowded hour of glorious life" is
not forgotten for all the rest of the COM
paratively humdrum, drab-colored, mo-
notonous year.
The present is an unimaginative day
and generation on the whole. and it needs
the periodical stimulation that the sight
of strange, uncouth animals and aborig
ipao afforde Rioh paO01a can travel
but the circus represents the foreign
travel of the poor 1t brings to their
very doors the things they have read
about in newspapers or books. In this
year, particularly, when millions are fol-
lowing with interest the adventures of a
mighty jungle hunter, there is wide
spread reawakened enthusiasm for wild
animals known and unl<nown-an inter-
est of which the circus man is sure to
raan the golden advantage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
THE VALUE OF A BRAIN.
i, Uncle SAINTS Magazine.

From Uncle Sans Magazine.
One good strategist is worth several
armies. That is why Napoleon could ac-
complish more than all his marshals to-
gether 1t was he who said: you can
never outnumber a BRAIN"
That is why the single Robert E. Lee,
south of Mason and Dixon's line, was
more formidable than all the Union gen.
erals together. Had Lee served with the
north rather than the south, said Lin
coin, the war would have ended two years
sooner.
Thus. too the greatest living military
writer, Lecompte has declared that one
Moltke, on the side of the French, In
1870, would have turned the scale in favor
of France.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
Would Call it Fine Sailing.

'"The railroad situation in Alabama
looks might good to me-" said W. D..
Nesbitt, one OF the railroad commits
sioners. "They are not doing any panic
business, but are getting back to their
old limit of travel.
Every railroad has restored its sched-
ule, putting back every train that was
taken off last year. The Southern has
put on all its old trains and has an extra
to New York.
"These moves were not made until the
railroads saw that the situation war
ranted them, and they are pointers to
good times. Had there been no 1906 and
1907 we would think this was fine sail
ing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
St. Louis and Other Cities.

Business in St Louis is more active
now than at any time since the panic of
1907 said Frank II. Cason of that city.
Last year was marked by general dull
ness in all lines of trade. but for the past
five or six weeks conditions have been
improving and st. Louis now begins to
look like good old times once more. And
what applies to St. Louis will apply to
most all of the cities.
"Since the first of the month I have
visited Chicago. Cincinnati, Louisville and
Nashville and all of them furnish evil
denee of brisk business conditions. Hard
times are being fast forgot, and every
body is predicting a great rush of bust
ness in the early fall
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
Visitors From Georaia.

Otis Ashmore, superintendent of public
schools at Savannah; Lawton B. Evans,
superintendent Of public schools at Au-
gusta, and c. B. Gibson, superintendent
of public schools at Columbus, Ca, ar
rived in Birmingham yesterday for the
purpose of visiting the schools here. They
were met at the Terminal station by
Superintendent J. Fl. Phillips, and escort
ed to the High school, where they spent
some time in observation and making
mental notes. In the afternoon the Geor-
gians attended the graduating exercises
of the Free kindergarten association at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James Bow
ron. Today they will visit the public
grammar schools.
Local school authorities express them
selves as greatly pleased at the interest
which the visitors are showing in Bir-
mingham's school work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
East Wing Of St. YInCent'S

About $4,000 in additional subscrip-
lions is needed in order to secure the
construction of the $4,000 east wing
of st. Vincent's hospitale As a prepa-
ration for business and industrial de-
velopment the people of this district
cannot afford to ignore this excellent
offer of the Sisters of Charity, for as
soon as an additional sum of $4,000 is
secured the Sisters will furnish SIS 1000,
and ground will be broken at once for
the needed wing. The plans are ready,
and the wing can be completed this
summer if the people Of Jones valley
will give prompt attention to this i'm
portant piece of business.
When the east wing is completed
this district will have fine and ample
hospital costing at least s250,000, to-
ward which this district will have paid
but $4,000. The Sisters of Charity
will have furnished the remainder,
s215,000. When the services of the
Sisters are considered, a rejection of
their offer in relation to the east wing
becomes well-night impossible, for it
would lack business sense, humanity
and all consideration of fair play and
Justice. The additional sum should be
speedily paid in.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
Growing Cities.

'.All the cities of the United States,
large and small, will show considerable
gains in population when the census is
taken next year" said a statistician. I'm
many cases the increase as compared
with the census of 1900 will appear phe-
nomenal, and will be the result for the
most part of wide extensions of the old
city boundaries.
New York is growing at a very fast
rate. It's population in 1900 was 3,4S7,2 POP,
and its estimated population on De-
cember 81 last was 4,422,6S5. Chicagos
last census population was 1,69S,575, and
its estimated population at present is
2,572,0OO.
"Of southern cities the population fig
ures are as follows: Richmond, 5000 in
1900, now estimated 10000; Charleston,
35, S07 In 1900 now estimated $4,000, 'Sa-
vannah, 1894 in 1900, now estimated So
Geo. Atlanta, S9,S72 in 1900. now estimated
$4,000; Birmingham, IS, 415 in 1900, now es-
timated 1000, and in the event of Kings
new Greater Birmingham bill passing at
a special session of the legislature esti-
mated at $4,000; Mobile, SS, 469 in 1900,
now estimated at 75OoO Nashville, S0S6S,
now estimated $4,000; Chattanooga, S0,lv4
in 1900, now estimated at $4,000; Memphis,
102320 in 1900, now estimated 175,000; CAL
weston, 37,7S9 in 1900 nom estimated $1,000;
Dallas AZ, 63s, now estimated $1,000; Hous-
ton, 44633 In 1900, now estimated $4,000 dhe
same as Dallas) San Antonio, 1881 in
1900, now estimated 100000; Jacksonville,
Is, 429, now estimated 1900; New Orleans,
Isl, 1O4 in 1900, now estimated $4,000 From
the best information can obtain, most of
these estimates will hold good. Atlanta
may be slightly exaggerated, and the
same may be said of Memphis, but those
cities are both growing fast.
1.-The increase in urban population at
the expense of the rural districts gives
sociologists and economists much concern,
but the tendency cityward will not be
easy to check"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
TURKISH TRAITS.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
Incredible and quite incomprehensipie
are some of the cabled reports OF the
massacres in Asia Minor. We read of
stolid Turks going out after breakfast
and Strengthening Armenian men, women
and children; returning home eating dln-
ner and going back to continue the mas
sacres In the afternoon home again Tor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
rom the New York Press

From the New YOrK FTess.
A woman can make a lot of men friends
by being rich widow.
When a girl won't let man kiss her
she really means It, IL it's her brother.
The satisfactory thing about reform is
if you are doing it to somebody else.
A man is naturally such a devil of a
fellow that he will buy the photograph
of an actress he never saw to keep on
his bureau.
No matter how slavish women are to
follow the fashions set by society lead
ers, they would rebel against the fashion
of birthdays.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
JUST A PROMISE.

Just promise for the future,
Just a resolution made
That you viii not be discouraged,
That you will not be afraid
When the hour comes for trial
And the shadows gather round
And your heart, grown weary, falters
On the verge of griefs profound.
Just a promise for the future
That you'll try to do your part,
Come what may of good or evil,
Sunny days or sorrows dart;
That you'll be a burden bearer
Blithe as any in the throng,
Rising high above your troubles
On the golden wings of songl
sTUNG.
IT overheard my husband talking in his
sleep last night remarked Mrs. Trigger
to her closest friend.
"Oh, how Interestingly" exclaimed the
friend did he mention some strange
womans name?
NO" snapped Mrs. Trigger. HE was
dreaming about baseball game"
A SAVANT.
He spoke a list of languages
To I'LL you with surprise,
In cryptic lore, wherever found,
This man was wondrous wise.
He knew the distance tween the stars,
The weight of Jupiter,
The kind of climate Venus has,
How far the suns from her.
He had a cultivated mind
And ten degrees, they say;
Was deeply Versed in all the arts
OF this and yesterday.
And yet, however vast the stock
OF learning he could boast,
A grain or two of common sense
Was what he needed most.
NOT MUCH CHANGE.
"a man once told me to keep the
change"
did you buy an automobile"
mo; bought glass of soda water"
AT BREAK OF DAY.
A girl and some wine and an automobile
And a start from a gilded cafe;
A honlSing horn and flying wheel
And the Joy ride s under way.
A careless hand, a Keeling BRAIN
A swerve, a frightful jar
And they who will never laugh again
Lie dead meath shattered car.
PAINFUL.
"There is nothing more painful than
to see fat woman trying to jump a
rope"
"Oh, yes there is"
''What, pray?"
"a fat man trying to hustle out of
an elevator
DOESN'T SEEM REASONABLE.
st see where visitor was driven insane
by the hustle of Philadelphia"
HE must have been crazy when he got
there
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
About Persons.

Mr.. and Mrs W. B. Reynolds of Monte
vallo were in the city yesterday, en- route
to their home in Montevallo. They have
Just returned from an extended trip to
the Orient and Europe.
E. A. Sweet, formerly of Birmingham,
has recently returned from London, Eng
land, where he has been connected with
the Hotel Cecil as chief clerk. He is now
connected with the Whitcomb hotel, Ro-
chester, n. Y, as assistant manager.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
The Iron Market.

1.-THE pig iron market is not as active
as it was a few weeks ago, but 1t is in a
healthy condition and prices are firm,"
said an iron broker
LAS a very large tonnage was sold in
April the furnace interests could afford
to rest little while on quiet market.
I look for another brisk buying move
ment in June and I believe that before
the summer is ended the price will be,
close around $13."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
TROUBLES OF ROYALTY

Paris-a city he has longed>for years to
visit-and it is only In recent years that
a King of Spain could venture there as
sured of a friendly greeting. With the
exception of King Edward there is no
monarch who would care to visit more
than one or two countries without first
having careful inquiries made as to
whether 1t would be wise for him to
do so. Monarchs have to be cautious
in their calls.
The representative of monarch who
is anxious to visit England, and who
has to inform him there is a possibility
public appreciation Of him may not be
quite SO strong as is desirable, has a
disagreeable task to perform. Monarchs
are hard people to persuade that they
are not universal favorites. The am
bassador probably tears up good many
drafts of the letter he writes to the for
eign minister of the country he repre-
sents before he hits upon the most felici-
tous terms in which to express the dis
agreeable truth. But woe to him IT,
through his not putting things strongly
enough, his royal master is induced to
come and then chances to be badly re-
ceived.
I'm consequence of the sudden illness
of Her Royal Highness Princess x the
visit to the Court Of Blank has had to
be postponed" is a common explanation
of the abandonment of a royal call. It
may frequently only mean that some I'M
expected incident has occurred to make
it doubtful whether the reception by
"the man in the street. would be all that
might be wished.
The popularity of some monarchs I'M
dergoessNadaen and violent changes in
different countries. In the case of one of
them receiving an intimation from his
representative that his popularity has
suddenly declined to zero Princess KS
sickness Is an excuse for not risking a
hostile demonstration. A large number
of royal visits are abandoned in this
fashion every year.-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
FATE.

FATE.
A dreamer who dreamed of the stars
And life from annoy set free,
Where never rude note Jars
The song as it ought to be;
Who pictured realm where despair
And sorrow and pain are unknown,
And never sigh s heard there
And never doleful tone,
Was aroused from his revery
By a thunderous knock on the door.
And he said, Now, 1t seems to me
That I've heard that sound before"
When the dreamer cried, Come inp'
As a dreamer sometimes will,
The visitor did-with a grin
And presented a laundry bill
, MAKING HOME HAPPY.
Do not ignore conventions laws,
Or growl and chafe
At everything at home because
You know it's safe.
Washington Herald.
For you will find, grouchys one.
That there are cures
For petulance that's overdone.
And you'll get yours.
Scranton Tribune.
I never kick the furniture,
Nor make complaint
At home because 1 know it's safe;
1 know it amt.
Houston Post.
The surest way to get along
In any house
Is to steal in and out again,
Just like a mouse.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
If you would have your married life
Filled with delight
Take home a fat check for your wife
With you each night.
Chicago Record-Herald.
It's not so hard to get along
If you are wise;
Just wipe your feet and DON'T oh, don't
Let in the fiies
Syracuse Herald.
WINDY.
''Wickerson's wife's first name is Gus
sic isn't it?'
yes"
Il wonder why he calls her 'Gusty?"
Evidently you have never heard her
talk"
NO USE TO WORRY.
I do not care for great applause,
A crown l won't regret it,
Perhaps the reason why's because
1 know I'll never get it.
RIPPLES.
with hats that come below the should
ers it is an interesting speculation as
to where the new season peek-a-boos
will begin and end" says the Lousvilles
Courier-Journal. Particularly when the
waist line is SO uncertain.
The Chattanooga News speaks of the
Cleanup spirit We understand that
1t is rampant in Chattanooga every Sat-
urday night PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
Utilizing Daylight Hours

From the middle of April to the
middle of September a proposed Eng
lish law would set the hands of the
clocks back one hour behind the Green
witch reckoning. After September Is
the hands would be moved up to agree
with the Greenwich reckoning.
The people of Cincinnati propose to
Guido the English by setting their
clocks back two hours between May 10
and October 1.
The object in both cases is similar.
Both propose to utilize daylight to gain
more leisure to the wage-earner in the
afternoon. For example, if man in
Cincinnati is to set about his daily task
at s o'clock in the morning, completing
it at o'clock in the afternoon, he
would, under the proposed plan, begin
a days work at o'clock in the morn
ing to complete it at o'clock in the
afternoon. He could go to the baseball
game, or he could seek recreation in
any other manner. He would go to
bed at II O'Clock, which would be 10
o'clock standard time. The theatres
would be opened at 6 o'clock, thus en-
abling the theatregoer to get to bed at
10 o'clock.
The plan would not be feasible un-
less IL became general This is why a.
general law Is sought in England. Con-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19
Preshyterians in Denver.

Denver, May 1S.-Three hundred dele
gates to the one hundred and twenty-first
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church of America already are in Den
yer, prepared for the opening of the ses-
sions, and by tomorrow it is expected
that nearly all of the 800 delegates ac-
credited will have arrived.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

Turkey and Russia are striving to
see which can drumhead the most per-
sons to eternity, and yet both claim to
have constitutional form of govern
ment
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

The Wright brothers cannot be Sc
duced or wheedled into politics, So
ciety, club life or what not. They are
right onto their job.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

Senator Aldrich goes on trading
duties for votes because there is no
referendum article in the federal con-
stitution.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

This is backward season, and this
fact should be remembered when the
standing of the home baseball team is
discussed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

The hailstorm belt wants a lower
duty on window glass, for duties are
always added to shop costs in this
country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

The best witnesses for Captain Wirz
are those who were imprisoned under
him at Andersonville, many of whom
are still living.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

Florence Nightingale, the Red Cross
heroine of the Crimean war, is still
living. She is in her nintieth year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

Wilbur and Orville Wright are the
poorest mixers" in Ohio, and yet they
have made Dayton famous.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

The trading in votes on duties goes
steadily on, and the arch trader from
Rhode Island is in his element.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

Washington society neglects prize
fights, preferring the scraps to be seen
from the Senate gallery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

The fauna is rapidly disappearing
from Darkest Africa.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

When Carrie Nation buried the
Ratchet she had $25O,OOO in Ratchet
to the good.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

In Russia Premier Stolypin can't re-
sign, and this country's premier does
not want to. There's the difference.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

of energy and tireless will, aggressive,
shrewd,, polite brutal and sepsual-but
able
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

The going price Of aeroplanes IL
$1,000 up"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

Roosevelt's shot in the jungle are
more effective than those he fires at
Tolstoi in Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

The republican senators consist at
present Of the Iowa and the Aldricn
brands.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

Kermit Roosevelt has killed a
giraffe. He did not attempt to collar
him first.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

The aeroplanes have more thrills to
the square foot than any known con-
trivance of man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

No white rhinocerous has appeared
in the compounds prepared for the
Roosevelt party.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

President Taft is keeping almost as
still as David B. Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-19

The limelight persists in pursuing
the Wright brothers.