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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
Marvellous Feat of the Wireless

Of Nantucket about 25 miles, in the track of the liners, the big White Star ship the Republic, bound to the Med iterranean with a full list of tourist passengers, was rammed in the night and in dense fog by the Lloyd Italian liner Florida. Both ships were full of passengers and both were severely in- 5ured. The Republic was found to be in a sinking condition and two com partments of the Florida were filled with water. They were 25 miles from Nantucket and 200 miles from Sandy Hook.
 What did the captain of the Repub- lie do? He rushed frantically to his wireless operator, and that operator succeeded in conveying the news of orator at Seasconset, Nantucket, and the Nantucket wireless man aroused the surrounding sea in one hundred miles. He speedily reached five other big liners and two revenue cutters, and the passengers on both the Repub- lie and the Florida were transferred to the liner Baltic. The Republic speedily went to the bottom and the Florida limped under convoy into New York. The wireless not only gath cred relief but it told the story in de tail and kept track of the passengers about 2O00 in number, until they were landed in New York
 That message. ''In distress and sink
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
CHURCH AND STAGE.

By Marie Corelli. The wind sighed and the trees swayed, And thought as stood my myself out
 there Of the world that was not in church,
 though made
 For service of equal care; And dimly questioned which God would
 bless The church or the stage in our wilder
 ness! The wind sighed and the trees swayed- And. heard as in a waking dream A jocund tune that the fiddles played Close under the footlights' gleam. Where actors acted their well-worn parts. To solace and strengthen suffering hearts, And succor those in need And l thought that even priestly theme Could scarce teach more of the God
 above Than the fierce of the players working
 creed
 Expressed in a labor of love; For surely close to the throne of grace "6ock and Buskin" have found place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

legislation that has aimed to make states dry will have to be revised. The enforce ment of prohibition laws in communities in which public opinion Is strongly aganst prohibition is uphill work and bad for morals and public order. Short-term local option laws, which permit an annual re- view of the question of license or mo- license, seem to work best That matter ought to rest on local public opinion, formed by observation of practical results. That never satisfies the prohibitionists, who want all traffic and experiment with the possibilities of intoxication to be for bidden by law and presented by all the power of the state. It does not accord with their purpose that any one, however temperate or responsible, should enjoy freedom of choice and conduct in the mat ter of drinks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
sees Prosneritv Retnrninn.


 Col. R. A. Mitchell of Gadsden was in Birmingham yesterday attending the meeting of the stockh olders of the Pro- tective Life Insurance company.
 T believe the tide is turning toward prosperity said Colonel Mitchell T think the year will disclose a continual ly growing business. I feel perfectly sure too that home life insurance com panies will make a distinct progress during the year. am an enthusiastic believer in home life and fire insur- ance companies. I believe in building up home institutions by keeping with us some of all the flood of money which has heretofore been going elsewhere 70
 Colonel Mitchell spoke enthusiastical- ly of Gadsden's strong position in the industrial world and it's assured future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
About Raislnu the Maine.

While there were many good reasons for not raising the battleship Maine inn mediately after the accident which sent
 her to the bottom these reasons no longer exist, and the recommendation of Gov ernor Magoon to the Secretary of War should meet with the indorsement of every patriotic American" said a citizen.
 ''The statement that the bodies of 63 American seamen lie unburied beneath the
 waters in Habana harbor should in itself
 be enough to arouse a feeling of shame in the breast of every citizen who knows
 how other nations regard such neglect of the men who sacrificed their lives in de-
 fense of their country's honor. In olden
 times, according to the statements of
 poets and historians, the greatest indig-
 nity that could be heaped upon the con-
 quered enemy was to leave the dead un- buried, but the condition of the men who died on the Maine is simply due to in
 difference and forgetfulness.
 "The battle cry which burst from our
 soldiers as they charged up San Juan hill was Remember the Maine,' which really meant Remember the men who died aboard the Maine, but if the remem- brance was only to last during the heat of passion 1t was not of such a nature as to inspire our youth with an ambition to seek fame on the field of battle.
 'In the interest of science as we'll the Maine should be raised, so as to settle 1 the question whether the disaster was | caused by external or internal agency If
 1t should turn out that the vessel was | sent to the bolton through an explosion in l her own magazine 1t will serve as warn | ing against the conditions which made
 such thing possible, and may further
 more be the means of preventing a war
 with some other nation in one of whose | harbors our fleet might happen to call. | There were many men in the country who | looked upon the visit of the Pacific fleet | to Japan as almost tempting fate, consid- | ering the feeling of suspicion and jeal- l ousy which certain speakers and writers
 are trying to spread among our people. Had there been an occurrence in Naga- l might possibly be engaged in a terrific | war right now, but with the knowledge | that 1t might have been due to an acci- | dent such as had happened once before
 the cause of war would be averted.
 T for one think that we owe it to l the men whose lives were the price which had to be paid that they be given the burial their sudden deaths denied them, l and that the Maine be raised at once. and | not left where she now lies, menace to
 shipping and disgrace to our nation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
THE UNDESIRABLE BACHELOR

From Harper's Weekly.
 English bachelors should take warning and join the ranks of the benedicts be- fore the government levies a tax upon their single blessedness. It is claimed that the unmarried man does not bear his share of the burden of taxation because he pays only the income tax and indirect taxation for one person, while the average married man pays both of these in addi- ton to an inhabited house duty" local rates and indirect taxes for the average family of four. Obviously the married man is at disadvantage.
 The stability and power of a state are closely concerned with it's married popu lation, and bachelorhood was discouraged even among the ancients, often by loss of certain political rights. Statistics show that in England the number of bachelors is increasing. Unmarried men of 20 years and upward have increased 20 more per 1000 in the decade between 1891 and 1901. The annual report of the register-general recently issued shows that the proportion of bachelors per 1000 males of 15 years and upward was 386 in 1871 and 421 in 1901.
 tax upon bachelorhood is not alto gether improbable, because we can find precedents for 1t in English law at times when the nations expenditures were ab- normally great. During the reign of VII liam III every unmarried man above the age of 25 years was compelled to pay special tax varying from Is to ZIP, los, ac- cording to the persons income. This was levied until 17Gs In 17s5 bachelors ser wants were taxed at a higher rate than were ordinary domestics, and five years later Pitts graduated income tax was more severe upon the unmarried than upon the married men. Truly, the bach
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
coosa River Power Proiect.

R. H. Cobb, president of the Coosa River Electric Power company, left yesterday for Washington, having been advised by friends there that the time was ripe for pressing the amended bill now pending in both houses of Con gress.
 While the press reports indicate that there is no hope for a general river and harbor bill before the new admin istration comes in," said a prominent citizen, MT. Cobb expressed the lively expectation that his company's bill, being the first of it's kind to propose development of power in coordination with the government, will come in un- der the emergency bill which will be put thorugh at this session. He carried with him the fullest possible indorse- ment which the commercial organiza- tions of Birmingham could give, as well as the indorsement of many prominent citizens. About 100 prominent citizens of Alabama are stockholders in the company"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
The Million Dollars.

"The prospectus for the projected million dollar hotel in Birmingham the Hotel Mortimer-has just been issued in elegant folder style" said a public spirited citizen, land now it is up to the business men of the city to subscribe for some of the stock.
 "Of all our public spirited move ments few have been of such far-reach- ing importance as this hotel enterprise and every one should be glad to lend a helping hand"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
DREAMING.

Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming In an easy chair Oh, so busy building
 Castles in the air; Picturing a future
 With delight in store Holidays and strolling
 On a golden shore, Sunny smiles a-ripple,
 Happiness galore! Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming Of no work to do Fields of poppy blossoms, Cloudless skies of blue; Like a bee to rifle
 Every flowers cup, Never-ending blisses,
 Cloyless sweets to sup All I ask of you is,
 Please don't wake me upi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
SLEEPY TOWN

Sleepy Towns a town for dreaming, Sleepy Towns a town for rest, All tricked out in brave beseeming,
 On an island in the west, Sleepy Towns a town where fairies
 Still abide in frolic sway; Where no trouble and no care is
 And no sighs for yesterday. Sleepy Towns a town for dreaming Where we're what we'd like to be, StrolIing forth in garments gleaming, Blithe of mood and fancy free. Sleepy Towns a town where sorrow Yields her to a sweet refrain And the promise of tomorrow
 Holds no heartache, holds no pain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press

From the New York Press.
 The first time a man makes a public speech he can't seem to begin; ever after to end.
 woman can figure out that mole un- der her left ear has a mystic influence on her destiny.
 The chief reason that history teaches us about what fools men have always been is how we keep on being just like them.
 The time man is surest he knows how to farm Is when there is foot or snow on the ground so he can't prove 1t. One reason a woman can respect man when she knows he isn't worth It IS the way he won't worry over not going to church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

Ing" by wireless, naming the ship and her latitude and longitude. did the work. The Mareoni system saved the world from the recital of another appalling disaster. The two thousand passengers who were saved certainly appreciate the wireless, even if the public does not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
A DIFFERENCE IN DEGREE.
rom Everybody's Magazine.

From Everybodys Maiazine.
 'I just love cake," said Johnnie, reel ingly Its awful nice'
 You should not say love caks,' cor rected his mother. You should say like. And do not say awful'-say very. And say good instead of nice Now see if you can repeat the sentence cor rectly'
 q like cake" repeated Johnnie. 'Tts very good"
 That's better"
 q know, ma," complained Johnnie, 'but it sounds just as if I was talkin' bout bread"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
AN EMPTY TITLE.

He may have trained feas, or he may
 know some Greek, He may be a fraud or guesser' And the cause may be even more distant
 to seek
 Why he's known to the world as pro
 lessor" Perhaps he scars sl1y-ward in gas-filled
 balloons, Is selling a method for regulating spoons He stiIl calls himself professorl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

The president of the Switzer repub- lie is serving his fifth term. He is 7S years old and a physician. His terms were not continuous, because the con stitution requires a gap of one year after each term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

"The Raven" is well known in this country now, and so is it's author, and the highbrows of the Hall of Fame cannot place limit on his fame in the hearts of the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

General Miles is still the champion rider. for at the age of 69 he rode 90 miles in hours and 10 minutes. MT. Roosevelt was in his fifty-frst year when he rode 90 miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

Three thousand small bottles of whisky and like number of cham pagne are to be distributed among the spectators at the launching of the battleship Delaware, to be shattered against the battleship's sides as she glides into the water. But there is no guarantee that all of them will be used according to programme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

For a fat man, MT. Taft is a lively one. He danced in Atlanta until 2 a. m. after eating a dinner of 'possum and persimmon beer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
LABoRIous.


 Digging ditches is hard york; "oh, don't know" said MT. Bardlet Did you ever try to write sonnet whil, your head was aching and the ink wei wouldn't stand still?" SOMETIMES BUT VERY SELDOM. A man will talk and talk and talk Of great things he can do And when occasion comes will prove He spoke the truth to you. A woman who is dressed to kill In raiment fine will pass On by and never stop to look Into looking glass. A married wight will tell his wife He stayed down town to work; And so he did-'twas all because He had an ailing clerk. A pretty girl will meet a friend Somewhere along the block, And when they've parted neither will The other start to knock. Now any rule exception has, So, gentle reader, pray Don't put your trust in everything You hear the jokers say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
AN ILLUSION sHATTERED.

"Pa, what is the age of discretion?' 'I used to think there was such thing, my son, but since I've seen so many old men wearing green hats I've had my doubts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

The London judge who refuses to use telephone never had excuses to send home, or else he would appre- ciate the new discovery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

The New York trolley cars carried over a billion of passengers last year, but many of them were on the roof at tached to a strap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
WILLING,

Trixie was a pretty maid
 Didn't care for show; Asked to wed, she briskly said. "Surest thing you knowI"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
Too MUCH FoR THEM.

What broke up the sufragette parade?' "A department store hung out a sign announcing g silks at S1.99."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

Cock fighting will be officially recog- nized as a national sport by the new Cuban congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
SURE.

''Who do you suppose is the most con- tented person in the world?"
 "The man who thinks he Is the most important person in the world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

Hartman and Hill are fighting for business in Colorado, but in the end the people fought over will have to foot the bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

The Kaiser is beginning to stir about in his cyclone cellar and he may come out of it altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

Carrie Nation is going on the stage in London music hall, but she will wear her accustomed clothes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

France has launched her first Dread nought, the Voltaire, and she proposes to keep up the lick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

MT. Taft must now come down from 'possum food to breakfast foods that the doctors say do not tend to increase weight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

Our warships are now so scattered that the sun never sets on them as whole
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

The masticators say that even milk must be chewed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

The desert twins are demanding ad- mission to the union with great deal of urgency. They deserve to win.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

New York Is a slower canal builder than the Panamese.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

Even the Turks are talking about building Dreadnopghts. Austria ana Bulgaria are to furnish the money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

The 34S autos destroyed by fire in Boston will be replaced by the insur- ance companies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

Nine states are considering the pas sage of laws to tax bachelors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
Regarding Iron and Steel.

"In reading the New York Worlds account of the U. S. steel's operation of the Tennessee company. was struck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
BY THE OTHER FELLOW.

BY THE OTHER FELLOW. What do you think of feeding love on pork and beans?'
 "Oh, such fare does we'll enough when there isn't a competitive bid of planked steak"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
SUCCESS.

SUCCESS. The laurel crown Was on his head, But his lips were drawn And his heart was dead, And a voice from the past Murmured always The bitter price He had to pay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
NoT VERY NEAR.

NOT VERY NEAR. ''Who is that fellow?" 'Why, that's digger. the near-poet." How near is hep "Well, the critics say he lacks thous< ands of miles of being near enough to sniff the myrtle bloom on Mount Parnas4 sus''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

REPLIES. Nurses in Pajamas Yell," is a recent headline For more clothes?
 The average warm member may look forward to hot finish. western contemporary tells about d final word which wasn't spoken by woman. "Gentlemen, you have betrayed thd city" protests the Louisville Herald. If that is the case why call them gentle. men?
 'I see the weather man is in the Ana- nias club today" remarked a citizen of Chicago, as he got on a trolley car, clad in a pair of shoes and a nightshirt and holding a newspaper in his hand. Alien- ists took him in charge.
 A pair of little pink slippers figure in a current divorce case This is not the first time that a pair of little pink slippers have caused trouble.
 When an Atlanta man broke his neck the second time it proved fatal. There is a limit to what even an Atlanta neck can endure.
 Do fat folks worry?" asks an adver- tiser. You bet they do; every time they think about being fat.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
TYRIAN PURPLE.

The water wagon up north is now on runners
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1421 3 street. N. W.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-06-23

i llC i lUOCSSlOkl
CHIEF MARSHAL--SheriffT t. j. Qualley
Assistant Marshals--G Jorgenson, l. M.
Linnevold, w. B. Reed, John Blaze,
Sigurd Rogue, OLAF Kallevang.
Mounted Body Guards
DEBORAH City Band
West Union Fire Department
DEBORAH Fire Department
Mabel City Band
Float, Representing States
= Orator of the Day
County Board of Supervisors
Mayor and City Council
Cit and Visitors in Carriages and Autos
Program at Court House Square
MUSIC
Invocation ....... Rev Il. II. Green
Address of Welcome, Mayor F. W. Daubney
Singing of National Songs by 200 Voices,
under the leadership of Miss Treat of
the DEBORAH High School.
GRAFTON .... HON. E. W. ROCH
DISMISSION
The Washington herald., 1909-06-28
University Teachings.

Editor The WaEliEgton Herald.
The charge recently made by Bishop
AfcFaul. OF Trenton. y. J., that many
OF the principal universities and colleges
Of this country are, by their positive and
negative teachings. undermining Chris
tianity is a position maintained by many
Of the leading divines Of various denomi-
nations. and, in the subscribers humble
opinion, with JUST cause do these gentle
men denounce as demoralizing such
teachings.
The famous doctrine Of the Rev. Joseph
Cook that only mind and matter exist
in the universe IS largely responsible for
the modern sNeptiCism Of to-day, in that
IL gives the adherents OF the molecular
theory of motion basis 10 contend that
physical forces Of nature, such as light
heat electricity. graVS Sation. &C, are
nOnentities, being merely modes Of motion
Of material molecules. Is II any Won
der. then. that the student. conscious
only OF the prestige OF his university, duly
goes a step farther. and with HaeckeI
declsres-"As the physical forces OF na-
ture are modes Of motion. no scientific
proof exists showing that the soul Of man
Is other OF more than the motion OF the
brain, and that when that motion ceases.
as at death, so necessarily does the soul
cease 10 exist"
Against such materialistic skepticlsm
does the philosophy Of the guardians Of
revealed religion. who recognize that
both inspirationaI and natural revela-
tion. having their source in the God OF
Truth. cannot conflict. do they denounce
the mOnStrous buriesque on true science.
as IL Is evinced in materialistic teach
ings. which claim that all substance IS
material, 70 the extent that such per-
niCiOus doctrines are taught IN our uni
versities. VIII the reverend gentleman
be heartily iudorsed by all truth-seeldng.
GOd-fearing Christians OF any denomina-
ton, who recognize that, besides mate
rial substances, ethereal or generative
substances are active on earth. and some
shall exist after the si1eptical materiaust
and his world OF material substances
shall have passed away2
JAMES HENRY
The Washington herald., 1909-06-28
Answers Statue Criticism.

Editor The Washington Herald:
Paul Niehaus, whose interview ap-
peared in The Washington Herald. is
acknowledged 70 be a good sculptr, but he
is evidently not as good a iOgician.
After condemning the frieze on Andrew
O'Connor's model Of Commodore Barry.
stating that the statue should be Ameri-
can in every respect. that O'COnnor's s
Barry looked ike a tough. and that the
monument submitted by O'Counor could
not be put Up within the appropriation.
hir. Niehaus goes on to say that Andrew
OConner as a sculptor ranks among the
best, and that whatever O'ConnOr offers
viii be a credit TO the Capital as well as
10 the Irish people. HIS conclusion is
what Is known in logic as a non sequitur
I opine that his courtesy TO a brother
sculptor warped his Judgment in that
statement Mr.. Niehaus' conclusions in
other respects sustain the objections
raised by the United Irish-American So
cieties 20 the model in every particular
The model Is un-American, and Barry
looks Ike a tough. What guarantee.
then, is there that whatever else he does
viii be acceptable? And If il is. will il
be from his conception?
There are other artists besides Mr..
O'Connor, whose work has received uni
versal encomium, who won second and
third prizes. and came near winning the