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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
SELF-DEPENDENcE.

By Matthew Arnold. Weary of myself and sick of asking What am. and what ought to be, At the vessels prov l stand. which
 bears me Forwards, forwards, o'er the starlit sea- And a look of passionate desire Der the sea and to the stars I send; "Ye, who from my childhood have Calm me. ah, compose me to the end. "Ah, once more." I cried, ''ye stars. ye
 waters, On my heart your mighty charm renewl Still, still let me, as I gaze upon you. Feel my soul becoming vast like you!' From the intense, clear. star sown vault
 of heaven, Der the lit seas unquiet way, In the rustling night air came tho ''wouldn'st thou be as these are? Live
 as they. "Unaffrighted by the silence round them, undisturbed by the sights they see, These demand that things without them Yield them love, amusement, sympathy. And with joy the stars perform their
 shining, And the sea it's long moon silver'd roll; For sef-poised they live nor pine with
 noting All the fever of some different soul. Bounded by themselves, and unregard-
 full In what state Gods other works may be, In their own tasks all their powers pour
 ing, These attain the mighty life you see." o air born voice! long since, severely
 clear A cry like thine in mine own heart I
 hearL Resolve to be myself; and know that he Who finds himself loses his misery!''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
The Jobbjnu Trade,

Up to April travelling salesmen found business in the middle and south ern states quite dull" said s. B. Flor sheim of Chicago, "but the situation has greatly improved within the past three or four weeks.
 'In the south there has been a very decided improvement. Merchants are now ordering large stocks for fall and winter It seems to be generally felt in Chicago jobbing circles that busi- ness will be brisk in the coming sum mer and still brisker next fall. Two or three months ago many business men were pessimistic, but I find today many out-and-out optimists and very few of the other kind"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
UNPOiSED LIVES.
From Success Magazine.

The life of the criminal is simply an unpoised life. If a person were perfectly poised. wrong doing would be so repug nant that 1t would be unthinkable.
 It is the one-sided, the unpoised mind that goes wrong. It is just as normal for the balanced mind to choose the right, the good, as for the magnet to draw to itself whatever Is kindred.
 Just as the needle in the mariners com pass always points to the north star, nd matter how thick the fog or how thick the tempest rages, there is a needle in every human being which always points to the north star of xectitude. of right, of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
MAXIM 'S~NOISELESS GUN

this man, and, as with every other new thought, he immediately applied it to a gun. Would 1t work also on a gun? It did, for the conditions were the same and the 'noiseless gun was conceived"
 The preliminary experiments showed that the P'crack'' of the bullet called for a bullet silencer." Silencers were fitted to different rifles of varying caliber. It was discovered just what the limits in silent shooting are. It was found that a bullet cannot be sent through the air at a velocity higher than what now seems to be about 1900 feet per second without making a noise, no matter how any one may silence the report of the gun. This Is not a high enough velocity to do any really great damage at moderately long range, and it means that guns of great killing power cannot be fired in secrecy due to silence. They may be fired with out revealing their position, and without apprising nearly as large an area of the fact as does the naked gun; but they cannot be discharged in absolute silence. The same principle, it appears, applies to revolvers, which would also need a si- lencer too large for any ordinary sized re- volver.
 The best points made in favor of the noseless gun are that in warfare it's use insures concealment of position, quiet on the firing line so orders may be given and heard, and an increased efficiency among inexperienced recruits, sharpshooters and scouts. Complete secrecy Is not necessary. With the ability to conceal position, war takes on a different aspect from what 1t has up to the present time. In the past, numbers have constituted strength to a great extent. With a gun which can be fired indefinitely without revealing it's po- sition. numerical strength will not count to the same degree. With the army first in position would seem to rest the advan- tage, and it is not great stretch of the imagination to see in this the odds in fa- vor of the defender as against the in- vader, irrespective of the superiority of the latter in numbers Is not this a good thing? asks Mr. Maxim and few will care to contradict him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
WHAT MONEY CAN'T BUY
,rom Success Magazine,

5
 Money can't buy everything: There are no admission tickets to a sunset; you wouldn't trade the look in your boys eyes when he greets you at night, for a million dollars of anybody's money; and if you keep a well furnished mind you can go into it at any time you like as you would into child's playground and amuse your self watching your thoughts play leap frog with each other
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
JUST A SONG.

JJoI T A GOAN0. Wherever the road leads, We'll follow to the close, A tear to pay for every smile, A thorn for every rose. Wherever the road leads, We'll follow, brave ,of heart; And sun or rain, we won't complain To play a losers part. Wherever the road leads, We'll follow to the end; Perhaps some day we'll come to say Hard luck has proved a friend!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

If the ultimate consumer could en- gage the committee of union and pro- gress of Constantinople he might make some impression on the famous firm of Aldrich, Hale & Lodge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
THE PIKEF

THE PIKERS. This world is full of pikers A narrow-minded throng; On any proposition
 They're never very strong. They seldom will contribute
 To any worthy cause Forsooth, the merest trifie
 Is apt to give them pause. This world is full of pikers- At best a sorry lot, And yet, they think they know more Than others have forgot. Their forte, in. truth, is talking; With words not deeds they vie And when the orders "Forwardr" They heave a gentle sigh And make some lame excuses Their health is poor, they say, Or else, the time for starting Is their unlucky day; Or else, some other matter
 Forbids their setting out. That they regret such hindrance There's little room for doubt. This world is full of pikers Whose game in life is bluff; Who make an explanation
 Whene'er a chance they huff. They temporize and tremble And hedge and hesitate And die the death of quitters, A well deserved fatel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press

The bravest thing about girl is how with a man.
 Some families are so lucky that when they are praying for boy baby he ar- rlves as girl twins.
 The reason a woman can suspect her neighbor talks about her is because they are so nice to each other.
 If woman could hang on to her money the way she can to her high trumps in whist her husband could pay some of his bills.
 The particular form of lying that ap- peals most to card players is that they don't care whether they win or lose, SO long as they have good gsms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
Bakers Arc Roycotted.

San Antonio, Tex, May 3.-Grocers here today combined and refuse to buy bread from bakers because the latter are selling only six loaves for 9 cents instead of seven as was the former case. The bakers have thousands of loaves of bread on hsnd which cannot be disposed of except at big lns-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
DorRLE DEALING.

DOUBLE DEALING. "A writer says Cupid deals some pretty hands,"
 "So he does, but he nearly always has a joker concealed under his left wing" EXCITEMENT IN STORE. l guess we'll all be shouting and A-iumping to our feet And making bets to beat the band When Jeff and Johnson meet. NOT ENOUGH TO NOTICE. ''What is meant by street car eti- quette?' "There isn't any"
 ABDUL IAS-BEEN.
 Old Abdul had so many
 It shouldn't cause him rue
 To think how in the shuttle
 He lost a wife or two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
NOT DISCOURACED

T see where an Ohio man carried around alcohol in a fountain pen to stiff fen-up his near-beer."
 "Ah, where there's will there's ale ways wayl"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
HE LIKES HIS STRAIGHT.

FTOIn SuCCchS MaBaZ1ne.
 "1ntemperance." said Horace Bixey, the oldest Mississippi pilot. "is what kills most of us off. Once we fished out pas senger who had been soaking In the river for half an hour. When the whisky was brought, the victims lips moved slightly, and I stopped to get his last words.
 Roll me on a barl fust and get some O this water out he said faintly. It'll weaken the ncker.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

The world will soon forget Castro, Abdul Hamid and Farmer Patten, but Mir Roosevelt will not permit the worlds habit of forgetting to be ap- piled to himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

Ambassador Reid has secured a leave of absence and no one can now be sure that the peace of the world will be maintained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
A suATrBRED RoMANcp

A SHATIHRBD ROMANCE. Forever and a day he swore,
 Forever and a day To love the maiden fond and true. She vowed for him the same to do. Alas, what are we coming to?
 Forsooth, the gossips say, Though wed less than a year, alack, The twain to court ere long will pack, Intent on getting freedom back So rolls the world away!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

Turkey knew she could not pos sibly get worse Sultan than Abdul Hamid, and the masses, therefore, well comed g change.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
PFSSIMISTIC.

"A manufacturer of hair tonic says that in 20 years from now, baldheaded men will be unknown"
 What do you think about that?'
 'In 20 years from now think that fel- low will be proved an unmitigated Harp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

Senator Aldrich and the million aires have decided to put the entire burden on that silent, innocent crea- ture, the ultimate consumer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

Emma Goldman says she won't go, and the government has no right to unload her on another country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

truth, no matter what storms of discord of weakness, of crime may be raging in the individual mind. Nothing can pre- vent this little indicator from pointing to the right, no matter how far the indi- vidual may drift from 1t, how long he may sink in vicious living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
INOT ENOUGH To NOTICE
FOR ANY MAN.

"There is no particular reason why Mary Garden shouldn't marry if she wants to-
 NO. indeed. That woman iS 8 fine meal ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

Automobiles are pulled out of the mud with block and tackle in other counties, but not in Jefferson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

The reformers certainly did upset one political boss in Turkey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

The Young Turks have captured Turkey and there is now no reason why the Dutch should not take Hol- land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

Some railroads are merged by Har- riman, and some are merely inyestl- gated by the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

Africa has gnus and America has mergers and gerrymanders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

The new Sultan has but two wives, and thus Turkey is gradually accept ing European customs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

Carrie Nation is a reformer, but all her hatchet money is invested in farms for her own benefit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

Turkey swapped Sultans with ease and dispatch, after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

Mehemmed V lacks the whiskers Of a true Moslem and believer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

Malefactors of greaat wealth stand like a stone wall opposed to an in- come tax.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

The old Sultan is rich and he can support himself if need be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
A GREAT MIND.

'Is he well-informed?
 T should say so! He knows the nick names of all the baseball players"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

Abdul is in prison now instead of Rechard. Turn about is fair play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
About Persons.

MT. Ham, the shoe man of Boston, is in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
A REMEDY.

A REMEDY. Just take a trip with Fancy When sorrow grips your heart And in your trouble-haunted eyes The ready tear drops start. She'll help you to build hopes anew, She'll help you to forget; A day dream Is the best heart s-ease That's been discovered yeti
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

Governor Johnson's friends are pre- pairing to launch his 1912 presidential boom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

Every gnu shot means a great many dollars drawn from the magazines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

An Atlanta man has sued his wife for divorce because she made disparagng re- marks about the town and said she'd pre- fer to live in Chattanooga. Birmingham is the best place for that couple
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

A Chicago man who went to sleep in bed of concrete wasn't taking any chances of rolling out of bed. In fact, he had to be pried out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

There are a great many ifs" in Professor Pickering's Martian scheme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

The Coal Barons are in an excel lent position to begin to climb from.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
RTPPTEe

A taxicab for the oysterI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
TARIFF TALK.

Twill the women knit2" "Nit!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 14:l c street. N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04


 Senator Aldrich and the million aires have decided to put the entire burden on that silent. innocent crea- ture, the ultimate consumer.
 
 Ambassador Reid has secured a leave of absence and no one can now be sure that the peace of the world will be maintained.
 
 Turkey knew she could not pos sibly get a worse Sultan than Abdul Hamid, and the masses, therefore, well comed a change. The Young Turks have captured Turkey, and there is now no reason why the Dutch should not take Hol- land.
 Some railroads are merged by Har- riman, and some are merely inyesti- gated by the government.
  The new Sultan has but two wives, and thus Turkey is gradually accept ing European customs.
  Carrie Nation is a reformer, but all her hatchet money is invested in farms for her own benefit.
  Malefactors of greaat wealth stand like stone wall opposed to an in- come tax.
 ---.s.--- Governor Johnson's friends are pre- pairing to launch his 1912 presidential boom.
 The Coal Barons are in an excel lent position to begin to climb from.
  There are great many ifs" in Professor Pickering's Martian scheme. Every gnu shot means a great many dollars drawn from the magazines.
 -.----- Abdul is in prison now instead of Rechard. Turn about is fair play.
  Mehemmed V lacks the whiskers Of a true Moslem and believer. Africa has gnus and America has mergers and gerrymanders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-30
NEW MEMBERS INITIATED
ADMITTED TO MYSTERIES OF
THE YELLED PROPHETS.
Elaborate Ceremony at New Ma
sonic Temple Is Followed by
Banquet and "Libation."

kalIipolis Grotto, No. 10, Yelled
Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, at its
second grand ceremonial session i'll the
upper auditorium of New Masonic Temple
last night. elected forty-three new MEM
bers and initiated tweuty-seven neophytes
into the mysteries of the order. The GER
emonial is said to be All elaborate
dramatic production requiring stage set
tinss and other paraphernalia, and com
bininc elements Of comedy as we'll as
Tragedy Two hours were required in its
presentation and when the initiates
emerged into the banquet hall, where an
elaborate spread WAS prepared it was
difficult to determine which had most
impressed them. There was a weary
look on the faces of some, however.
Those who received the degrees were:
Phillip W. Nicholson, Charles w. Dsmer,
w. b. Marche. Daniel NJ. Green. Theo-
dore Pitt. jr.. Harry +. Broadbent. David
+. Goumpf, Louis G. Freeman. Howard
V. Mills, Louis Conradis, George W.
Estler. Theodore W. Estler. John G. Bar
Der, Earl u. krewson, Julius II. Vier-
buchen. Harry S. Estler. John c. Kessel,
c. &. Weeks, Andrew B. Slime, Marvin A.
Lusby, F. \. Lendin, Stephen H. Hines
A. F.. Smoot, J. w. Bales. Thomas A.
Fisher and j. p Steiner of Alexandria.
Following the comforting of the degree,
about 80 of the members. were present
at the supper, at which Monarch Edward
S. Schmid acted as POSTMASTER. During
the supper and at the 'libation, which
is function peculiar to feaSts of the
Yelled Prophets. solos and choruses were
sung by members Of the Peter J.atterner
Choristers, twentyfour In number
Among the guests of the evening was
William W. CulIison of Aim Grotto, No
Z. New York city.
The members of the reception and re-
freshment committee, headed by Monarch
Schmid, We're S. Porter House, chairman;
Peter Latterner, Charles Aufenthic, Philip
Nachman, Achille Burklin, Fred A. Her.
man, Paul Suite Bischoff. Arthur Latter
ner and William r. Evans
The annual session of Kallipolis Grotto,
the Eastern Star Chapter chamber, New
Masonic Temple, January Z, at 7:SO
O'Clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-30
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

18TH STREET SOUTHEAST between A
and B streets-F'lorence D. McAuliffe
ct ux. to Annie Braschi. lot a. square
1O14: $40.
18TH STREET NORTH EAST between c
and u streets-Anna L. Barr TO
George Riggs. lot ~. square 1909: $40.
726 9TH STREET 'SOuTHt,AST-Cor
nelius X. Striblng ct TX. TO Naomi +.
4TH STREET NORTHEAST between l.
and NJ streets-Thomas =. O'Dea ct
Tx. to Edward F. and Emma j.. Nc
Collam. lot 40, square S,5; $40.
12l4 18TH STREET NORTHWEST
Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany, trustee, to Bernard II. Fowle
and Clarence r. Wilson, trustees, lot
~. square $780, $1,000.
LE1SIDE-kennedy & Davis Com
pany to Rachel S. Goodhart, lot SO,
block II: so.
5TH STREET NORTHEAST between f
and F streets-Nelson II. barton ct
ux. to Theodore and katherine Was
serbach, lots rs and 81, square S35;
BELLEVUE Alice G. Holmead to
Charles II. and Ada +. Brenlerman,
MOUNT AIRY-Ehith S. Black to Allan
Z. Walker and Samuel II. kalbfus,
part; 500
RANDI.E HIGHLANDs-United States
Realty Company to Isabel NJ. Long,
lot 10. block S. of J627, $40.
RANDIE HIGHLANDS : Washington
Loan and Trust Company. trustee, to
United States Realty Company, lots
"A and 20, block .,513: lot JOS, block
5512. and lot >, block 349S: $40.
RANDLE HIGHLANDS - Washington
Loan and Trust Company. trustee, to
j. Henry Brown, lots AZ, -, %, GO,
". 80, so. 100, 1ol: 40, III. liz; block
100. 100. 1Ol. block 1894; lots 10 and
Is, block 1886: lots II and 81, block
1888; lots D. II, TO- 81, 56. block 300;
lot IS, block 500: lots IL, "a. 50. 50.
81. block Job; lots 1 to 4. block 5514.
and lots ID. IA. Is. block 5o32: $40.
RANDLE HIGHLANDS-U. S. Realty
Company to w. X. Jacobson, lot Z.
block 500: $40.
ADDITION TO ANACOSTIA-Job Bar.
nard and Maude II. Griswold, execu-
tors and trustees, ct al, to Mellice f.
and Hettie A. Cornish, lots 300 and
2O1; So.
c STREET NORTHEAST between Sd and
4th stres s',. -, H. R: Drury to Jesse
BINS ADDITION-Capita Building
Corporation to Andrew c. Shannon
lots 56. 81 and IS, block 3, Washington
Heights, and lots A. and A, block 10
Dobbins' Addition: $40.
DOBBINS' ADDITION-Andrew c. Shan
non ct ux. to Leo ID. and Edith A
Miner, lot AZ, block 20: So
FOURTEENTH STREET NORTHEAST
between b and c streets-Thomas NJ
Reynolds ct ux. to James E. Rey-
nolds and Emma r. Reynolds, guar.
dams. lot 8. square 1855; $40
CHEVY CHASE-F'ulton r. Gordon ct
ux. to Philip Yudelevit, lots 8 and 10
square 1857; 1926
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS-Olivia r. Fer
now ct vir.. Bernhard E., to Lorenzo
D. Shaw. part lot Il, block 80; $40.
WOODRIDGE-Herma Larbers ct ux.
to F. Edward Pfau and Sudye NJ
Pau, lot Is. block s. so.
SAULS ADDITION-Harry Wardman
ct al to Ellen NJ Rooksby, lot u,
square 2SOS; so.
HOLMEAD ESTATE-Harry B. Wilson
ct al. to Ella Chewing. lot 1O2,
square ISIS: $40. Ella Chewing to
r. Taylor Chewing and William S.
Chewing, same property; SO.
n STREET SOUTHEAST between nth
and 18th streets-Paine Lumber Com
pany to George M. Paine, original lots
10 and Il and part original lots /.
and IL, square 1901. $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-30
ASKED TO FIND GIRL.
Police Receive Request to Locate
Roberta De Janon of Philadelphia.

A telegram signed Robert BUST, South
Front street, Philadelphia. was received
Yesterday afternoon by Maj. Sylvester,
superintendent of police, asking that
Roberta De Janon, seventeen years old,
be found and detained. 1t was stated IN
the message that she disappeared from
Philadelphia yesterday morning about
$50 O'Clock. The further information was
given that Roberta weights about ninety
pounds, has dark complexion and dark
eyes; that she was dressed in mourning
and was accompanied by stout fox ter
rier.
Maj. Sylvester, replying to the message,
informed the sender that he would have
to send his request through the superin-
tendent of the Philadelphia police force.
A press dispatch from Philadelphia says:
Efforts to find Mr.. Buist last night were
fruitless. His residence at 21O Walnut
street was deserted and bore for SALE
sign. The snow of the Christmas storm
was vet on the steps and was free from
foot tracks. Mr.. Buist is a member of
the Union League. but he had not been
there last night nor was his present res
idence known at the club.
It was stated at police headquarters to-
day that no further message had been
received from Philadelphia about the girl
reported missing.