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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
Briuhter Outlook,

Business is improving" said J. J. Gil- more. T was in New Orleans few days business conditions there. Things had been very flat in New Orleans for some time past, but now there is better feel ing, and the outlook for an active spring trade is highly encouraging. Conditions are brightening throughout the south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
SeptuaaesIma Sunday.

In the liturgical churches today is known as Septuagesima Sunday. It marks the approach of Lent and a peni- tential note will be heard from now until Easter White vestments and white altar clothes will be replaced by the pen itential purple, and the Gloria in Excelsis and other joyful chants will be omitted from the music of the Catholic church.
 In the early times many devout Chris tians began the Lenten fast TO days before Easter; hence the name Septuagesima.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
POESY.

POESY. The bard who trills of love all day And half the night keeps trilling; Who gives his fountain pen full sway, A ream of foolscap filling, May think he knows a thing or two About this wondrous passion, Extolling eyes and eyes of blue In most perfervid fashion. But when 1t comes to housing Love And fitting up a cottage, Or else 8 fiat nine floors above Providing clothes and pottage, His fancy will not serve him there And simply lets him founder; The Muse thinks money means despair And dollar marks confound heri
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A bridegroom is an unimportant per- son who supplements rousseau. What woman likes about being of the weak sex is how she can manage the strong sex
 Whether a man has polished manners depends on whether it's toward his poor relations or a millionaire.
 The kind of novel a girl likes is where the hero is so poetic he couldn't earn enough to support a canary bird.
 There are a lot of people who would rather go to the other place by their own religion than to heaven by some body else's.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
REPLIES.

Have we not each Caesar" asks a poet. Some people name their dogs after Nero or Pompey.
 A Pennsylvania man who deserted his wife and family and eloped with another woman was fined cents That is one of the most inexpensive vacations on record.
 Two chorus girls fought six-round battle in Seattle because one of them ac- cused the other of stealing her rat" It wasn't the rat that was at stake so much as it was honor.
 An eastern gentleman is being sued for divorce by his wife because he took a razor to bed with him. If he was de- termined> to take razor to bed with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
ACCORDING TolHoYLE.
'rom Success Magazine.

From success Magazine.
 ''see here. Mister Casey" said Pat to the tax assessor. "shore and ye know the goat isn't worth s."
 "Om sorry" responded Casey, but that Is the law" Producing book, he read the following passage: "All property abutting on Front street should be taxed at the rate of g per foot"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
LET NO MAN AWE THEE.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in "Soothsay." Let no man awe thee on any height Of earthly kingship's mouldering might. The dust his heel holds meet for thy brow Hath all of it been what both are now: And thou and he may plague together A beggar's eyes in some dusty weather When none that is now knows sound or
 sight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
A HOLIDAY SONG.

Trip along, trip along,
 Frolic heart a-strayingI What though February glooms, Fancy goes a-Mayingi Trip along, trip along.
 All in highest featheri Chloe, what a lark it is,
 Floutlng wintry weather! Trip along, trip along.
 Loose a gale of laughter! What though winter puffs and blows, Spring is coming after
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
A RECOLLECTION.

Oh, well do I remember,
 When I was a little lad, The fear that quite o'ercame me
 That cheerless morning dad Discovered I'd been smoking
 And reached up for the strap. Oh, we'll do I remember
 Twas like a thunder clap. Iris bad enough, thrashing
 Where thrashings mostly fall, But to get thrashing when you're sick I guess that's worst of all!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
2astGouza
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES

him, he might have been considerate enough to take safety razor. A poultry expert says green incoura re. hens to lay. By all means give them a green environment and green hats if necessary.
 PATTI, COnR
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
HOW SELDOM.

He took great pride in all he didI
 And made a splendid showing, But he almost bored his friends to death By the way he had of blowing How seldom in this world we find
 A chap who can deliver The goods in first-class shape and's not Disposed to brag forever!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

Dr. Wiley is forbidden to speak con- corning benzoate of soda. The Remsen experts are doing the talking nowa- days, and the rubbishy manufacturers are lined up behind them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
FROM BAD TO WORSE.

Whats become of old man Bigger, who used to be one of the leading lights in 'Possumville?"
 We sent him to the legislator fur a spell an when he come back the grand jury indicted him fur runnin' of a still an sent him to the penitentiary."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

The Washington baseball team wants a new popular name. It is thoroughly tired of the name, "The Senators" and it may adopt "The 'Possums" as some thing far better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

When Congress buys two automo- piles for White House uses it should stipulate that they are not to become in any event steam rollers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

E. H. Hartman is going to take a short rest, and Wall street may as we'll lock up while he is laying off. He is the whole thing in that locality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

Albert T. Patrick, who is serving life sentence at Sing Sing, is now engaged in making his twenty-third attempt to secure freedom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

Ships are actually using some of the canal at the Papama end. Only aero planes can sail as yet through the Culebra cut.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
POOR FELLOW.

POOR FELLOW. Mrs. Ponsonby is giving a poodle party at her home" Now I understand" Understand what?" "Why 1t was Ponsonby told me just now that he thought the country was going to the dogs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

Nevada has only 7200 fighting men, and it is plain she is not well-equipped for war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

The decision of the Remsen experts should be submitted to primary made up of consumers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
He kept on plugging
TROUBLE IN STORE.

Anything doing in town today?" Not yet, but just as soon as Mrs. Piper locates MT. Piper there will be something doing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

Illinois thinks her senatorial dead lock has come to stay, despite her primary decision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

And Nevada wants to go to war be- fore she has launched a single battle ship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
SURE.

In this old world there's lots of bliss, If you know how to find it; For everything that goes amiss
 There's something good behind itl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
A~TOILER.

A~TOILER. He kept on plugging
 When all his plans went wrong, And still the tide of trouble Was set against him strong. He kept on plugging
 If friends drew near he'd say "Hard luck can't last forever, 'Tis bound to end some day" He kept on plugging
 A hopeful heart had he: His cheerfulness and courage Were glorious to see. He kept on plugging
 Through sorrow-haunted days, And bore his weary burden Without a word of praise. He kept on plugging
 And when his race was run His soul was not imbittered Because he hadn't won. He kept on plugging
 An, sweet must be the rest That comes to any toiler Who bravely does his best!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

James Render Dowdell is to round out long and useful life as chief jus tice of his state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

Washington is preparing to greet visitors with a fine perspective of re- viewing stands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

Jack Binns Is certainly a hero, for his pay when on duty is but SIP a week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

MT. Taft has nearly concluded his eighth trip to the Panama canal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

One intoxicated officer in years cruise Is not bad outcome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

TT is indeed gratifying that the rar-
 oentage of gain in building operations fin Birmingham over year ago ranks third best of any city in the United States.
 This means that regardless of legisla- ton which was supposed to have bad effect upon Birmingham; regardless of local laws and local scraps and local dif- faculties that Birmingham is on such substantial foundation and presents such opportunities that nothing can stop it's growth.
 I was talking last evening with the head of perhaps the second or third largest retail mercantile house in Bir- mingham, who informed me that his bus mess in January was something over 46 per cent greater than the same month last year.
 I have just returned from a brief visit to New York and find that the heads of the steel anu lrOh eoihpaHles HI Dil ilHliis- ham are counting upon this being the best year Birmingham has had for a long time. There has been bit of nervous ness in regard to what Congress might do before the 4th of March. But that has now been dispelled. Congress now has nostfme for anything but the passage of the reg ular appropriation bills and there is no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
AS A RULE
DRIVEN TO TT.

''Pa, what is civic pride?" Noise, my son."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

It is feared the groundhog has gone to join the folks who are predicting from time to time the end of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

Mothers doing the clubs What s father doing?'
 "The lunch counters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

Missouri certainly has tanned the Standard Oil. and that is more than any other state has done, including Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

The Missouri mule also feels the slight involved in the proposition to equip the White House with automo- piles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

Judge A. o. Lane declined a place on the supreme bench because he pre- ferred to live in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

California and Nevada should bind a little ice to their feyered brows, lest they hurry into war previously
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

It is announced that the John Ar buckle Wreeking company does not at any rate despair of the Republic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

President Roosevelt's comic valen- tines will come straight from the ene- mics he has made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

Washington Bureau Herald, 1421 c street. NV.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07

L. H. Russ and z. D. Morgan are the only auth orized travelling representa- tives of The Age Herald In its eircuia- tiou department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
HE AGE- HERALD

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress March s. 1873.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-26
MILLBURN,
lRvIneruN
AND HILTON
ASKS $1,000 MORE
FOR SEWER FUND
BelIevilIe Trade Board Recon-
mends Additional A~ppropria-
ton. Although Under Protest.

In spite of the fact that it felt that
the action would be an imposition upon
the town, the Belleville Board of Trade
decided last night to recommend TO the
Belleville Township Committee that
81, 500 more be appropriated for the Pas
sale Valley Sewage Commission for Its
preliminary work in connection with the
proposed sewer.
John Fl. Eastwood, president of the
board, said he had had a conferences
with a member of the Sewage Commits
son and was informed of the need of
additional money and the intention OF
the commission TO ask Belleville for
81. 800.
1t vas the general opinion that Belle
vile in subscribing $4,000 in the Begin
ring for this purpose had more than
done its duty. Under tn circumstances
though, 1t was stated Belleville Is vitality
interested in the construction of the
sewer and rather than hinder the work
the Township Committee was requested
to appropriate the amount.
A motion by DIR. George G. Yarron
that the board go on record as recon-
mending to the Township COMMITTEES
that work be begun Immediately on g
sewer to empty into the Passaic Rive
] was defeated.
Following the example of other towns
in the vicinity, the board felt Belleville
should have a DAY set apart in August
for a holiday for the business men
This should be known as "Beleviilf
Day or Business Mems Day"
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-26

controls matter is a question only in
the Ease Of the individual. In the case
of the aggregate, 1t is no longer a
question. We are still at variance as
as to the amount of control
the mind has over the human body as
to health n disease, but we agree
that the mind of man in the aggregate
sense has obtained wonderful control
of matter; that we have obtained
control of force after force, and that
water and earth and air and gravita-
tion and electricity and magnetism and
steam obey our commands and have
become subject n slaves to us.
For every day we see some new con-
quest of mind over matter in the great
mass of organized society. For in
stance. In the field of engineering the
tubes and tunnels we now use daily
were thought impossible engineering
feats not longer than forty years ago.
The skyscraper of today looks odd
alongside of an ordinance passed not
many years ago in one of N large
cities limiting the height of buildings
to seven stories, on the plea that the
fall of a building higher than that
! would imperil the structures on the OPP
posite side of the street, and today we
dine calmly on the twenty-third and
twenty-fourth and t~wenty-fifth floors of
one of those steel-ribbed giants which
we called Impossible a few years ago.
| Science has had to change her mind a
dozen times within the last three dec
AIDES in reference to a number of
things. Things she called impossible
then she now calls by other names.
Especially in the realm of sanitation
and health have we made some very
satisfactory and beneacent progress.
And that progress has involved several
changes of name" A number of dis
eases, for instance, which we called by
the name of epidemic" ~''incurable,"
Visitation of divine providence
tokens of divine wrath" 'fndica-
tons of divine d~ispleasure" we have
found to be perfectly controllable mat
tiers, to be blamed on man n not on
God, as was customary heretofore.
Nor are the means whereby we do
so of any but the simplest kind. See
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-26
MISS COE TO BECOME
BRIDE OF DIR. H0LDENBY

Miss Beatrice Archer Coe. daughter
of Mrs. George S. Coe, Of Walnut street.
Nutley, and DR.. Howard H~oldenby, of
Englewood, will be married tonight at
the brides home. The ceremony will
be performed by the Rev. Almon \.
Jaynes OF Christ Church, Newark. The
bride will be given away by her mother,
and the best man will be Frank Titus,
of Englewood. Charles O'Hara, of
Englewood; Elmer S. Coe, Charles Coe
and Archibald N. Coe, brothers of the
bride-elect, will act as ushers. The
Misses Isablle Duncan and Myrtle LET
ferts will play the Mendelssohn and Lo-
hengrin wedding marches. Miss Jessie
Courier, of Newark, will also play.
After an extended wedding trip Or. and
Mrs. .Holdenby will reside in Englewood.
About $50 guests are expected to be
present from New York, Toronto, Can
ada; London and Manchester, England;
Brooklyn, Newark, Bedford Park, N. r.;
Englewood, Mt. Vernon. N. Y; Selma,
Ala; Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, jack
sonville, Fla, and Nutley.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-26
FROM CAR CONDUCTOR TO
DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT.
That's Record of Wilmer F
Sickley, of Springfield.

Wilmer f. Sickley, of Springfield. Is
busy these days receiving the congrat-
ulations of his host of friends on his
promotion as superintendent of the
Summit division Of the Morris County
Traction Company. Mr.. Sickley takes
the place Of William Swain, of Summit,
who has been made assistant general
manager Of the entire system. The
Summit division includes the o run
ming from Summit to Springfield, Union
and Elizabeth and the Millburn and
Maplewood road.
Mr.. Sickley, who is a native of
Springfield. las been In the employ Of
the road since its start. First he was
in charge of a raj in construction,
and. as soon as the road opened, was
placed in charge of the first car as con-
ductor. He leaves this place to become
superintendent.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-26
UNION.

Mrs. O,ReiIy Badly Burned.
Mrs. O'Reilly, wife Of Eugene
O'Reilly, of the old Meeker Inn. was
badly burned about the neck and arms
yesterday. A pan of parahne which
she was heating over the IRE ignited
and she started to carry 1t out of doors
when the blaze fiared up n enveioped
her. DR.. Keenan,, Of Elizabeth treated
the burns.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Union
Church is holding an ice cream and
cake sale on the church lawn this aft
ernoon.
Mrs. Crane, of Morris avenue, en-
tertained the High School class at her
home las night.
Miss Eta Harrison returned to her
home In Montclair yesterday after q
visit to Mrs. Edwin M. Wooley. of
Roselle avenue. +
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-26

what we have done to fight the most
serious enemy the health of man In
the community has had, namely. the
great white plague. A few simple for
mulae: Good food and plenty of it,
fresh air. day and night" sleep out
DOORS take sane precautions against
the spread of the disease" the very
simplicity of which formulate show how
true 1t is that what a man calls a
thing that it Is to him.
But we can go very much deeper than
this. One of the healthiest changes In
this direction is that which has come
upon the church and upon her theology.
Think of the things we used to call sin
and crime and depravity. We have
changed them into disease and atavism
and environment and other very much
saner names. We have found that the
name Of the "sin" given to certain
forms of human activity is a very
faulty designation. 1t is very much
truer to call these things social
neglect" lack of opportunity" mora
contamination" Thus. for example
the vicious boy who grows into q
burglar shows, in most instances
merely a distorted mechanical i~nstinct
which our school system and our socia
system was not prepared to develop
The craving for drink is, In many In
stances, not so much a token of tn.
lowering of the moral tone as 1t Is tbs
result of unsatisfactory cooking &ld
other home conditions. The sin called
pride is sometimes merely an ill-dis'
guised effort at character preservation
..l.zt - --1-4or lie CONCENTRATION 1sae
sin called greed is. in some cases. thu
result of ungratified desires along per
fectly legitimate lines.
So a thing is usually what mar
chooses TO think 1t is. and 1t is the par
of wisdom to learn to give things sane
and right names. Tor the attitude OF
the mind toward a thing depends large
ly upon what the mind thinks thai
thing Is. and this is equivalent to the
name 1t calls 1t. For the name of q
thing signifies its quality as under
stood by the person using the name.
And now, coming to the last things
men for a long time called death tht
liking of terrors," and it required the
continued and combined effort Of
prophet. preacher, poet and seer t.
gradually change that name and have
1t called by its right name. the gate
way of life" What Longfellow this
crystallized:
There is no death-what seems s.
is transition" is the final mentally dis
titled and sublimated conclusion o.
ages of rational thought. What mai
calls a thing. hat it is to him. Cal
death a king of terrors'' and you will
rear 1t and the possibilities behind 1t
Call it the gateway of life and o
eternity with all the love of God
great Fatherheart upon both sides o
the threshold, and you will fear it n
more than you do sleep or any othel
normal event in healthy human ex
perience.
Whatever man calls a living expert
ence, that is the name of 1t.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-26
PREPARE SLATE FOR
KEARNY COMMITTEEMAN
Leading Hudson Democrats De.
eide on Candidates.

The Kearny slate for county commit
teemen. TO be voted for next fall. was
arranged by Kearny n Arlington
Democrats. with Mayor H. Otto Witt
penn, Congressman Eugene F. Kinkead,
Robert Davis and James Hennessy. all
of Jersey City, at the home Of George
Gleeson, Arlington. last night. The
slate was as follows:
First Ward-First district. Frederick
Hinche; second district, Samuel Meek
err; third district, John Peters.
Second Ward-First district. John
Durkin; second district. Frank Nc
|Curdy; third district. Councilman Will
lam Greenfield.
Third Ward-First district, Free
holder John w. Roche; second district,
Relph Bush; third district, Edward Ban
nigan.
Fourth W~ard-First district, Thomas
Kelly; second district, Deputy Sheriff
John Feighery; third district. William
Barry.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-26
SCHOOL NO. 3 HAS FINAL
EXERCISES I'm HARRISON.
Thirty-fve Graduates Figure in
Commencement.

Final exercises for the graduating
class of School No. 8 of Har-
rison were held last night In the
auditorium Of the school. There
we're thirty-flve graduates. The vale
dictory was delivered by Michael Liss
The graduates were Z
Leslie e. Agens, Louisa A. Andlauer,
Mary E. Amburg. Wilhelmina Berger.
Mary c. Booth, Anna Brodsky, Frank
lin Fader, Albert e. Flack, Charles P.
Gennell, John J.. Grob. Leroy A.
Harmed, Emma F. Harris. Leo Hoex-
ter, William e. Johns, Edwin C. Ken
nedy, Milton G.. Kretzmann, Louis
Levin, Max Levy, Michael Liss. Frank
J. Masini, Margaret C. Mcbride, Ada
M. McGovern, Fila s. McWatters,
Thomas D. Mehle, Anna c. Mooney,
Edna More. Ethel s. Patterson, Harry
A. Patterson, violette F. Reagan. john
]. Ritter, John Rux, Joseph Sanford,
Hilda Stahl. Gertrude F. Stitt and
Elizabeth G. Wittek.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-26
CONGRESSMAN KINKEAD
COMMENCEMENT ORATOR

An address to the graduates of st.
Cecilia's Roman Catholic School,
Kearny. was delivered by Congressman
Eugene Kinkead, of Jersey City, last
night at the commencement exercises
of the school. Medals and diplomat
were presented by the Rev. Thomas
Iconroy, pastor of the church, to the
following graduates;
Elizabeth V. Walsh. Anna r. Mon
Afghan, Mart G.. Tonner. Margaret M
Roche. Helen NJ. McGovern. Sara w
Ferris, Margaret c. Lucy and Mar
garet NJ. Moran.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-26
SUBURBAN PAGE
Society In
The Oranges

Burns d. Caldwell OF 81 High street,
Orange, vfce-president of the Lack
awanna Railroad and Mrs. Caldwell.
will sail for Europe July 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome P. CORN and
family. Of 81 Prospect street. East Or
ange, will go to Decatur, ILL.,, this fall.
where they will reside. They will spend
the summer at Provtncetown. Mass,
Mrs. CORN has beer prominently identi-
fed with the Woman's Club Of Or
ange, having served as first vice-presi-
dent, and as chairman of the music de-
partment. She has taken an active
part in society affairs In the Oranges.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert H. Munsey, Of
z1 South Clinton street, East Orange
will spend July in Liverpool, N. Y.
neal Onondaga Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry P. Bailey, Of 13;
Prospect street, East Orange. will leave
July o for Isles of Maine, lear Bal
Harbor.