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

of terrier which interested me no lit- tle," said an old citizen last night.
 T was seated in the Albert restaurant listening to a Victor machine. Albert's dog, Fritz. was resting quietly against the lunch counter. just underneath the Victor. but appeared to be indifferent to the musical programme. Solos by famous opera singers were heard with now and then dance piece or a march by way of variety. Fritz dozed and only now and then walked up enough to snap at a fly. Following the Torcordor's song, as rendered by Campani, Albert said, Now l will give you some good old-fashioned opera. Here is one of the favorite arias from Martha
 The Victor singer had scarcely got through the first bar when Fritz began to whine, and when the singer reached the climax the dog was bowling as if in great pain. I asked Albert if Fritz always car rled on in that fashion when the Martha number was given.
 Yes he said Fritz recognizes that piece and he always sets up howl over it.
 Two or three other numbers followed the Martha solo, and Fritz kept quiet. Then, at my request, the Martha aria was repeated. Again Fritz howled.
 Experts in the study of dog psychol- ogy may be able to explain the effect of certain music on this or that canine, but the subject is too deep for me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
To the Memory of Father Ryan

The Mobile Register has secured S2000 in small cash subscriptions to- ward the erection of monument in memory of the poet-priest of the south. Father Ryan was a chaplain in the ar mics of the Confederacy, and he was perhaps the most popular poet that those armies produced. Many of his poems live in the hearts of all south ern men. women and children, The Conquered Banner" "The Sword of Lee" and other poems from his tuneful pen are undying parts of American lit erature.
 The task that the Register has in hand should receive aid from all parts of the south. The hope Is that sum can be collected that will enable the committee in charge of the memorial to erect a suitable testimonial to one whose services and zeal in behalf of the Confederacy never Jagged. All contributions should be sent to the Mo- bile Register. The people of the south l should erect a handsome monument in honor of the patriotic singer of the Confederacy. Success will certainly at | tend the Registers efforts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
From the Chicago Record-Herald.

 @ RoF. GEORGE BURMAN FOS- l" TER is beginning to wonder
 whether or no he Is the only simon-pure Baptist in Chicago
 what is a simon-pure Baptist?' asked Professor Foster Tuesday evening in an address on Freedom in Religion" given before the Haeckel club at the Great Northern hotel. He is man who ac- knowledges no sovereignty but his own soul; who assents to no dogmas unless he wishes to. l am still a Baptist. and l am the only man in the world who can oust me from the Baptist church.
 Tt is not myself but the Baptist church that is on trial" continued the professor. '.Let the Baptists admit that the kernel of their religion is not freedom of thought, and they will have no further trouble with me.
 There seems to be much misunder- standing as to my attitude toward Jesus. 1 believe that Jesus lived. l believe that he was a great and gentle spirit, whose but whether he was the second person of the Trinity, and born of a. virgin, l don't t know, and don't know where I can find out My proposition is not whether Jesus is as good as God, the hope that God is as good as Jesus.
 ''The trouble of our modern religions is that we are paying too much attention to incidentals and are overlooking the es- sentials. The application of water to the outer skin of man is about as foreign to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 N E QUINCEY, has said that tea is U)D the beverage of the intellectual. 6 The master rhapsodist of our lan- guage drank tea, literally by the gallon, with opium as a chaser After he had forsworn stronger liquors Hazlitt became enamored of the cup that cheers but ln- toxicates not. In what category then IS beer? For the German it Is a thirst ouencher, not an intoxicating medium AS is well known, the percentage of alcohol used in the German brew is small when compared with that of other countries, though beer exported from Bohemia or tho Fatherland must of necessity contain A higher percentage. The point is that beer when properly prepared and ripened is not so powerful or so insidious Tn us attack upon the cortical cells as whisky' Above all it is greater indictment to socl- ability. Not that there is less tea drink ing nowadays De Quincey if he 'revisitel his native land would find that others besides intellectual folk daily absorbed his fayorite drink; and if he had gone 10 Germany before he wrote the aooVe pro r,nc,a moneto he might have discovered that philosophers, poets, mathematiciahs and the common folk drank beer very much as they ate bread. Goethe-for whom the opium eater professeo coHteihpr the imperial minded Goethe Of Weimar had confessed to enjoying an occasional dra,,ght of the juice of the hop, though he was by habit mighty consumer of wine. Beer is the most democratic of drinks. It is your great levelier or distinctions. Prince and peasant, poet and nolitician, all drink beer when they boast the price.
 There Ia beer and beer. The insipid and poisonous stuff that too often passes under the name here and elsewhere is the product of black magic; neither-hops nor nure water enters into It's chemical con- nosition. No wonder the brew from Be- hemia has won great victories through ont our parched and prohibition haunted land. In Bohemia the water Is of beau t,ful purity and flavor. This element, combined with genuine hops and allowed to lie. ripen, to become lager bier. in a word produces the most soothing of drinks. soothing and beneficial too. No "dark brown taste" comes with the emorn- ing after the consumption of this amber magic. Of whisky it might be said. What crimes are committed in thy name But who ever hears of murders brought about by beer drinking? At German picnic ia there ever quarrelins--that Is. by the natives? Beer is conducive to good temper; it may under favorable circum- stances lead to philosophical speculation. Nietssche condemned beer and tobacco as the chief vices of Germany: he even
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
TOO MANY FOOLISH WOMEN.

From the New York World.
 Perhaps the American girls and women who were foolish enough to write the 200 love letters found in Chinese den in New York are aware of their folly, now that the tragedy of Elsie Sigel has shocked the country. But as girls mature and become religious, they are likely to be interested in mission work, and the lure of the young Chinaman in American cities may appeal to them perlously.
 The peculiar danger to young white women in this lies in the Chinaman s character, traditions, and unnatural sit uation in America. According to his rev cred sage, Confucius, woman is mans inferior Man" says Confucius, lis the representative of heaven: woman must yield obedience to the institutions of man." And in China. from time imme- morfal. the wife has been little more than slave.
 Chinese who respect themselves object to women as teachers Not long ago a St. Louis Sunday. school class of China men insisted that women could not teach, and in order that the mission might not be broken up men had to be substituted. The Chinaman who consents to be taught by white girls and women in the Sunday school probably does so from doubtful motive The wreck of a highly respected St. Louis family through ignorance of this peculiarity in the Chinese character is still fresh in the memory.
 The Chnaman in America Is usually un-  accompanied by his female relatives. and is therefore in an unnatural environment. The American girl who befriends him makes herself common in his eyes. He /, does not respect her. She puts herself in a position of exceeding peril.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
Lookinq Backward.

'I read in The Age-Herald recently an interview with MT. Kleine, Chicago law yer. who was visiting Birmingham, and 1 was especially struck with one of his ideas touching the habit of social drink ing said a man about town. q inferred from MT. Kleines remarks that he was rather friendly to the prohibition move ment, although not himself total ab- stainer. The point MT. F<leine made was that tippling was on the decrease, and he gave it as his opinion that in the years to come the man who drank whisky would be regarded as a freak
 T have known many men of imagina- tion who held the same views as MT. Kleine. A prominent citizen of Brming ham said the other day that in the year 2009 students would dig up internal reve- nue statistics of this period and wonder at the enormous quantity of liquor con sumed. the government tax on which Is, even with prohibition territory extended, something like s2OO, 900 year.
 These theorists and well wishers of of humanity lose sight of one essential fact. From the time of Noah down to date the world has been afflicted with the liquor evil in one shape or another; and although we are living in an age of so-called reform and new thought the thirst for strong drink will continue in evidence among many men, especially those who dwell in cities. Total ab stinence sooieties will accomplish great good in the future as in the past. But as for the drinking custom coming to an end 100 years hence, or 1000 years hence as for that matter, 1t will not AS Harry Jones, president of the City Council, would say. Don't you believe 1t; there's notbipv to it'n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
TOBY, M. D."
the New York World.

From the New York World
 The knighting of Henry W. Lucy, Punchs Toby, M. P.,'' in the Kings dis trbution of birthday honors Is not the first royal recognition of England's great humorous weekly. Tenniel, its cartoonist for half century, and Burnand, it's edi- tor, were similarly honored.
 The English are reputed to take their humor more seriously than Americans Possibly there Is an advantage in their point of view to which we have failed to give a proper credit. It Is certain that America, in spite of its more highly de- veloped appreciation of humor and not withstanding its numerous humorous jour nals of high class, has produced no such powerful organ of opinion under the Jes- ters mask as Punch. That journal is unique the world over in the political and social influence it exercises in the guise of satire. It has fought abuses, exposed shams and led reforms with an effective ness not always shown by the great Lon don dailies.
 Taking our humor more lightly as we do, we are apt to rate it below its real
 
 coln with his unerring taste, knew the power of jest. In our growing adula- ton of Mark Twain we seem to be mak- ing amends for past neglect by inclining a little toward the other extreme. But re- calling the men who have been eminent for their capacity in making the nation laugh, the Artemus Wards, Petroleum V. Nasbys and the many free lances of fun in the professedly humorous papers, has their reward been proportionate to their services? Is 1t because the saving serious ele- ment necessary to give humor point as well as pungency is too often lacking? | Is our humor too much on the surface | and too unsubstantial to make 1t wholly I effective? Has the name of any American humorist any funny man. in Congress, 1 been associated with a reform? Lowell, | with his "Biglow Papers," Is the only 1 example that occurs to the mind of American humor with serious purpose | which Is still read.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
A POPULAR SONG

The art of writing ballads, now that
 seems to be a cinch Most any daily rhyming bard could do 1t
 at a pinch. You mustn't be too cheerful and you
 mustn't wear smile, If you would write a ballad in the senti-
 mental style. A song about maiden fair who stands
 beside the sea And waits her sailor lads return, as con
 stant as can be, And just when she's so happy and's ex-
 pecting him ere long, Al dreadful cloud obscures the sky-'tis
 plain there's something wrong. A mighty wind hurls OCT the deep, the
 waves roll mountain high. The maiden wrings her little hands and
 then begins to cry. A shattered ship comes drifting in-oh my,
 but this is sadi- And dead upon the gleamlng sand she
 finds her sailor lad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
DAYsEY MAMYE's SOCIAL PLANS
From the Atchison Globe.

From the AtchlsOn GIODe
 Daysey Mayme Appleton will entertain out-of-town company for the next two weeks and has issued the following cards and sent them to her friends: 'I will have two girl guests from out of town for the next two weeks What are you willing to do for them? I have a - (blank filled out by dinner, dance, party, tea, luncheon. etc.) when you had com pany." Unless they come up to the scratch" said Daysey Mayme, as she licked the stamps. T shall have to an- neunee to my guests that am In mourn ing and can't do anything for them be- yond taking them for walks and to prayer meeting"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
The Iron Market.


 The local pig iron market con- tinues strong and moderately active. The price is said to be hardening at s125o for No. ?. Rogers, Brown & Co.'S Cincinnati circular, just to hand, says in part:
 "The market figures on both north ern and southern iron in the central terri tory are stiff and buyers who have held off up to the present time have within the last few days covered for their requirements during the last half. feel ing that they could not safely wait longer. This has kept the sales end in fair shape.
 Steel making and consuming lines are still very active and orders placed The pipe works are out for the lower numbers of foundry and forge iron and have bought a good quantity. There is still an effort to obtain more.
 The outlook is encouraging. Con- sumption Is improving. some lines that have been practically down and out up to the first of June are showing signs Ol dCI1Ylty, uuc tO lilS idllTOduS iff1d ing long delayed purchases or signify ing a desire to do so. It is' estima ted that the weekly productive capacity now active Is in the neighborhood of 40 900 tons, which Is at a yearly rate of production close to 23000,000 tons This increase Is very largely among furnaces making material exclusively for the steel works and is an indica tion of how consumption and activity have increased in this direction.
 "In the south manufacturers are keeping stocks down and the output is being shipped out, with very little being piled. The southern .situat ation Is strong and advances are momentarily expected. In general, inquiry seems to be improving as the first half of the year passes and inventories are com pleted."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 When people can be genuinely char itable it is to themselves.
 The faster a girl can run away from a man the sooner shs can catch him.
 The reason a s1r1 iv sure a man vousd like to marry her is sena other giy1 Also thinks she's the one
 If woman yidAs ( p5ook in q taxfca1 she can talk about 1t aftsrvard as uhan she was on an antomobtle tDun
 A woman dYesses pretty mach tnssenas way to go outdoors in summeR Aa she does to go to bed in winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
Independent Merger Talk.

The proposed merger of several large
 independent iron and steel companies is
 being quietly discussed in industrial and
 financial circles, but the most definite
 and authoritative statement yet published
 concerning the amalgamation came
 through w. G. Nicholas In his weekly
 letter in The Age-Herald of last Sun day. He was authorized to say that plans
 for the amalgamation were being forrnu-
 lated, but the enterprise being one of
 great magnitude the consolidation will
 not be consummated before the fall. The
 Wall Street Summary of Wednesday has
 this to say:
 Considerable significance Is attached
 in certain steel circles to the number of
 consultations that have already been
 made or are incubating among inde-
 pendent steel and iron interests. The
 conjecture Is made. and some go so far
 as definitely to assert. that these con-
 solicitations are the first steps toward the
 formation of the reported s75O,oO0. GOO in dependent steel merger. They point to
 the recently formed Iron and Steel Prod ucts company as one nucleus in the mer- ger, the combination of coal and coke
 interests in Pennsylvania is another and the amalgamation of certain Pennsylvania bar Iron interests now going on as an- other. Other combinations are predicted and the incorporation of the Baldwin Locomotive Works is even mentioned as a part of the scheme.
 From it's present state of 1uidity the
 merger will be crystallized, 1t is predict ed into one big corporation like the United States Steel corporation before the end of the year"
 It is understood that while the inde- pendent merger will remain separate organization and will be operated inde- pendent of the United States Steel cor poration, there will be no friction between the two On the other hand the rela-
 ton of the Steel corporation to the inde- pendent consolidation will be, 1t is said, of the friendliest character. It is be- lieved that the Republic Iron and Steel | company is a leader in the amalgamation | scheme, and that in time, as a result
 of the proposed merger, steel plant will | be erected at Thomas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
Packing the Conference

Speaker Cannon is said to be en- gagged in selecting the committees of the House of Representative with an .eye single to the punishment of the 31 surgent republicans and the reward the 23 democrats who deserted ader Champ Clark in order to serve standpatters. Appointments to nority committee places are to be .de by the Speaker without consult the democratic leader. He has al Ny placed on the ways and means csnittee MT. Broussard of Louisiana LaMr. Harrison of New York, and Lai re to retain their places
 n topacking of the tariff conference tee is next in order, and the 4ters are giving the matter no A kreful attention. Precedent, - frespondent of the Hartford to be disregarded, and only He to the Aldrich-C Cannon se3e ssa Avso be selected from tho The Speaker would
 ae as conferees some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

The untutored consumer Is not even referred to in the inner circle of the republican party. In that circle he is regarded as something to be indirectly plucked to the utmost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

From the Louisville Courier-Journal. Ever see a sea serpent" q was chased by one once." What did you do?"
 "Got up and lit the gas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

The lion in the jungle runs away at the sight of a man with a gun, and he has to be shot, if at all, on the wing, so to speak. His roar is all that he has that is fearsome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

The department stores will soon add aeroplanes to their catalogs. No de- partment store will be truly depart mental that does not keep them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

The consolidation of trolley compa- nies is progressing, but no Hartman has yet appeared in that sphere of ac- tivity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

BARKING BACK. I sympathize With those who wish That all they had To do was fish. I'd like to sit
 Beneath a tree And let the breeze
 Play tag with me, iAnd dream a dream Of butterflies And flower fields
 Beneath blue skies, And hear the birds
 Sing roundelays, In leafy boughs
 Where eoolness stays, And mark the drone Of honey bee, Who has no thought Of stinging me, And where the ripping Waters flow,
 Become the boy
 Of long ago,
 Who knelt beside
 A shallow creek. Some harmless minnow's .e Lair to seek, And gave no thought To coming years The aftermath
 Of smiles and tears, But lightly caught
 The swinging vine And frolicked home In evening shine, A tired and dusty
 Little wight,
 But gracious, what An appetite
 An, slumber then
 Was passing sweet, Despite stone-bruises On my feet, And life was like
 A fairy song, In which the sweetest Fancies throng.
 A POOR JOKE. Some person with a warped sense of lumor planted a tomato vine on the rave of Lame Bob' Eastman and when Mrs. Eastman asked what kind of flower t was, no one had the heart to tell her. Perhaps Eastman deserves little sympa- hy, but the chump who planted that to- nato vine under the impression that le was doing something funny, was never nore mistaken in his life.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

For free bagging, many thanks. It's the only plum that Marse Aldrich has awarded the south, and this was un- willingly granted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
About Persons.

John R. Ryan, vice president of the Corona Coal and Iron company, returned last night from New York;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

The new Sultan Is to travel The old one has an engagement that will not permit him to wander more than 100 yards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

The Aldrichites are really engaged in a conspiracy in restraint of trade, and they will be indicted and tried by ] the people at the polls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
A poa,s Eccentrlctx,

T have heard great deal about the Intelligence and the eccentricities of dumb animals, especially dogs, but my self observed today a very peculiar habit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
SHOCKING.

s-rhere was headline in a Pittsburg newspaper the other day which read, What Pittsburg People Are Thinking About !"
 That newspaper ought to be ashamed to print such stuff"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

Profit taking is often feature of the stock market, but with every profit taker goes a profit payer, generally a lamb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

The wisdom packed in the Eliotal book shelf goes unindorsed by tn American people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

Oyster Bay Is trying to establish ZOO to hold the odds and ends of tn jungle trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

The rent of the summer White House at Beverly goes right on, and the President is 800 miles away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

The turquoise Is the favorite jewelry stone in Paris. It gives many pocket book cold chills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

The big firecrackers claim they have a right to grow up with the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

The Pay Streak at the Seattle expo sition is unusually inviting. It's the Midway and much besides.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

Meals la cart" are served from travelling lunch wagons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

This Is July, and it may outdo in heat even June, although that seems impossible this side of Hades.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

In these hot days ono is temptsd to
 emulate Mrs Gould in frequent change Lok clothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

THREE'S A CROWD. Adown some river drifting, The craft light canoe; A fair, sweet face is lifting The passengers are two. A hammock gently swaying, As hammocks often do When summer airs are straying- The occupants are two. A pebbled walk for strolling, The moonlight sitting through The leaves is so consoling- The strollers are but two.
 A PESSIMIST. "Cooler weather Is promised" Next winter?"
 FALSE ALARM.
 A chink Is caught,
 Detectives sing,
 "No room for doubt
 It's Leon Ling"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
IT WAS A DREAM.

strap-hanging in aeroplanes is for bidden thank fortune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

Walter Wellman's sanity returns as soon as he gets to Spitzbergen and takes look at the cold north star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

Ehe cEoasooumts1 frolleys are aid |fn1 ibs fa<mssa ia pnarkstins their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
GETTING RID OF HIM.

elf you had million dollars don't be- Iieve you would spend nickle of it on me-"
 "Oh, yes I would"
 'What would you buy for me?' "A railroad ticket out of town"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

Sunday laws are not enforced in the wheat fields that must be harvested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

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