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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald
@HE president of Princeton
l0 college, a master of English
speech, classic and colloquial.
In recent address said some
thing about conditions in the Amer
lean education world having taken
on likeness to a center of amusement
where the curious public were more in
terested in the sideshows than they were
in the main circus. The moral OF which
saying was that too many students to-
day are more interested In the social,
athletic and incidentally agreeable sides
of college and university life than they
are in learning, culture or acquisition of
intellectual power for service of society
later in life The dean of Yale univer-
sty's scientific school has just filed
similar charge against the societies" of
that school, and at the University of
Michigan the commencement orator has
registered his protest against the ever
increasing multiplication of class meet
ings, business meetings, editorial meet
ings, football rallies, pajama rallies and
vicarious athletics on the bleachers."
This perversion of life's aim and mis-
sion, this inclination to put wants above
needs, the unessential above the essen
tial, the hush above the kernel the ma
chine above the spirit, the sideshow above
the circus, is not confined to the educa-
tional world. 1t is found everywhere. 1t
is a human, not students prosperity.
1t wakes especially rank and rampant in
times like the present, when society is
in a state of flux, when standards are
changing, when ties of sex, sect, party
and nationality are lax.
1t is found today In the home. Parents
and children, men and women. are all
restless, eager to find occasion to go
abroad, eager to gain pleasure without
rathen' than within the house and In cir
cles that are drawn together by motives
that are not domestic, parental or filial.
OF many a man it may be said he lives
for his business or his club or his frater-
nifty rather than for his wife or his chill
dren or his community. Nor with recent
multiplication of women's organizations.
civic. literary, social and religious, are
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06
Fewer Failures and LeSSened Losses

In the first six months of the pres.
ent year there were GAO failures with
liabilities amounting to $80,5o1, 900.
This seems a great number and a
large loss, but in the first six months
of last year there were 1852 failures
with liabilities that totaled s178,782,.
900! The gain shows that the country
is returning to a normal number of in
solvencies and normal sum Of liza
bilities.
In Alabama there were in six months
of the present year 102 failures, as
against 139 in the first half of last
year. The liabilities of the failures of
last years first six months were ST.
1000; this year the liabilities were
$1,642,913. The south as a whole had
this year about 20 per cent fewer fail.
ures. All of the southern states re-
port fewer failures in the first half of
the present year, Louisiana alone ex-
cepted. In Louisiana liabilities were
reduced although the number of fail
ures was increased.
The figures as whole plainly show
that normal conditions are beginning
to exist again in all industries and all
branches Of trade. The change has
come steadily and in a wholesome
manner, and 1t has come to stay with
us a decade at least
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
What Marnhanta Saw.

L read with great interest and hearty
approval all that The Age-Herald has
been saying about prohibition and about
law and ORDER said Sol Caheen last
night.
The Age-Herald. In advocating temper
anee and urging respect for law, but OPP
posing radical, fanatical and unenforcible
legislation under the name of state wide
prohibition. commends itself very warmly
to the business men of Birmingham. Sun
days paper and Mondays paper con-
tanned fine reading, and every merchant
nave met today has been singing The
Age-Herald's praises"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06
YILDIZ LIBRARY.
rom a Paris Letter.

The intention to open Yildiz Kiosk to
the public Will render one of the finest
libraries of the world accessible to re-
search. The Yildiz library contains
Arabian and Persian manuscripts.
These manuscripts were collected in
the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries in Greek monasteries and be-
longed to the library of the old Ser
aglio. Abdul Hamid had all the books
and manuscripts of this library re-
moved to his place and thus Withdrew
them from public use.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06
As Shopping Center.

and again in May and find today business
conditions decidedly better than on my
former visits this year." said L. M. Ben
ton, of st. Louis. in fact. business in
mercantile lines here is very good for
the summer time. Birmingham Is an
attractive shopping center and should
draw trade from all parts of Alabama
and the greater part of Mississippi, and
doubtless 1t does. l recall no city Of
100000 population that has more extensive
or more richly stocked stores or a greater
number than Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
The road to ruin is always kept In
good repair,
When trouble goes to sleep don't set
the alarm clock.
Better good paying job than low
salared position.
If you are not satisfied with your
lot, trade 1t for a better one.
Some people fast because there's
nothing to eat in the house.
The tax assessor thinks he has an
excuse for being a pessimist.
Five-eent tonsorial parlors are re-
sponsible for a lot of bad scrapes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06
HEARTSEASE.

BY Emory Pottle in Everybody's Mag
azine.
When summer afternoon and twilight
meet.
The dear old house Is silent, cool
and sweet
The open windows breathe the golden
air..
Honeyed with August odors fine ani
fair;
BY the shrill joy of some home-turu-
The calm content Of day is gently
stirred:
A sense of blessedness, of hearts full
ease,
Falls on the blossomed field and good
green tres.
The shadow in the low, beloved room
Gather and grow in slow, familiar
gloom.
How strangely pale the sculptured
High on his shelf How mellow are
OF faithful books!-What mysteri-
Gus grace
Lingers about the shabby, time-worn
y place.
The world Is far away-Here with my
friends
Old memories, ole, Y erlA
The grave, green stiffness close i'fs
and land;
The room is huge with dusk. Now.
pipe In hand,
take the perfect hour.
Hush the soft crooa
OF music-O my heart, that old 8 oh
tune
She played the night we pet!-s'
calling there o.
For mo to come-I wonder II 81 y
The pink rose gown so loved then +
70 come ~t
And in the tender darkness talk -
honaN
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06
Cotton and Corn.

General Superintendent Fl. E. Hutch
ems of the Southern railway with head
quarters in Birmingham, whose jurisdic-
ton embraces Alabama and Georgia.
spent last week in travelling through these
two states.
He said yesterday that cotton In Ala
bama was choked with weeds, and that
in some of the fields the weeds had got
such a start 1t would be impossible to
save the crop. In Georgia he found a
much better condition in the cotton belt
He said that in both states corn was
looking we'll
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06
New Orleans Opportunity

In discussing the opening OF the
Panama canal the New Orleans Plea
yune has same doubts about the fu-
ture. 1.-THE prospect" it says. would
not appear very promising If New Or
leans alone were considered, for We
have not the capital required for much
we should like to do, and we lack the
enterprise to seize on every advantage
in our reach. But when the canal shall
be in operation New Orleans will be
the seagate of the vast interior valley,
the heart of the continent, great
busy population. with great output of
rich and varied products will have
them to sell to all the nations of the
earth, and they will find it cheaper to
reach the sea by floating them down
on the waters of mighty continental
river or by rolling them in railway
trains down easy grades sloping to
the Gulf of Mexico than to drag them
over two ranges Of mountains, the AL
leshany and Blue ranges, in order to
reach Atlantic ports"
Il New Orleans would build on the
handling and distribution of the iron,
steel, coal and coke of this district,
which it can control, it would start
from solid foundation. 1t cannot mo-
nopolize the products of Pittsburg or
Cory or Chicago, but could secure the
w{ker-borne products of a district only
SOD miles away instead of 1000 miles
away. 1t could float these product
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06
a THOUGHTFUL GIFT.

Tom went out to buy pair of gloves
and to make a purchase for his father.
OF course he got things mixed. as they
always do in stories, and the young lady
received a pair of heavy wooden men,
socks. with the following note:
Dear Helen :-Please accept these in
consideration of my love for you. Oh that
/ were to be the only one to see them
when you wear them, II you find any
difficulty In getting them on, blow In
them. Yours affectipnately, TOM.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06
IMITATION JEWELS IN CHURCHES.

from the l/Onuon GLOBE.
For some time past there have been
frequent robberies Of the jewels with
which some of the statues in the churches
In Rome are decorated The Pope has
given instructions to the various church
that in future the jewels with
which the images are adorned are to be
removed and replaced by imitation stones
the actual gems being lodged either at
the Vatican or at some recognised bank.
1t is we'll known, of course, that many Of
the statues and images used in the
churches are decorated with jewels worth
thousands Of pounds. The statue of
Christ at ,Ara>Coeli. at Rome, contains
gems worth about asO,0o0 (s4oo0oO). while
that of the Blessed Virgin at Loreto IL
set with precious stones worth nearly
a2AO0o0.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
ErD,,, tho Maui Work prase

The easier a man can kiss girl the
harder 1t would have been II he had
asked her.
The vaerage man Is prouder of guess
ing the weather than he would be of
understanding the tariff
Even a man who Is supported by a
rich wife will grumble about how
much 1t costs him to raise the children
Even II a man should start out to
go to Heaven, he'd want to drop in
at the other place on the way for q
chance to change his mind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

The historical fact will go resound-
ing down the corridors of time that
Chauncey Depew has actually bought
railroad ticket from New York to
New Haven.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

]. Ham Lewis comes back from the
Orient friend and advocate of Chi
nese rights. His scheme and the Sigel
case came together, and they coun-
teraCt
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

The first aeroplane fight from the
continent across the channel will give
the tight little isle another chill, but
that fight has not yet crystallized into
fart
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

The free pass has been abolished,
but not the congressional junket. The
latest one is ostensibly for the purpose
of inspecting Pearl harbor, Hawaii. 1t
is junket pure and simple.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

Mr.. McAdoo proposes to finish New
York's subway extending from the
Grand Central station in Forty-second
street to Jersey City In 1911. Fare S
cents
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

The interests have secured every
thing they expected to get, and they
are willing to pay a corporation tax in
return for their plundering duties.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

Gum ehewers are expected to chew
out dividends on the $6,7OO,O00 capital
ization of the chewing gum trust. They
may have to sit up nights to do it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

The New York city telephone book
contains 100000 names, and the reply,
Lines busy" carries disappointment
to thousands daily in that city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

The mercury stands at 100 degrees
In Indiana, and Fairbanks is eleven
thousand miles away.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

Those cities that have soft asphalt
streets under a July sun should see
Birmingham Bitulithic pavements,
which are as hard as in midwinter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

The Bwana Tumbo has not been Sc
lected to meet and throttle the Tam
many tiger.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

Thermometric readings are not ca
bled from the jungle, but it is safe to
say that the porters are ready to say,
rs it hot enough for your"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

Baseball follows the flag, and base
ball park has been opened at Colon.
Guam Is expected to follow suit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

Senator Smoot is now ON deck, ana
the final revision up of the tariff will
be his'n. He is a hardshell stand
patter of the Aldrich sort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

Dayton, Ohio, wishes all the world
to know 1t has had faith in the Wright
borthers from the start
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

1t is feared that If the ballot be
given to women some of them will go
on and demand to be made umpires in
baseball games.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

The Car Is afflicted with Wonder
lust, but the missives he receives rem
der him cautious in gratifying his de-
sireS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

Patten has cornered nearly every
thing except the hot waves.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

The south gets free bagging, but it
will have to pay higher prices for all
trust-manufactured articles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

Farmer Patten Is as happy in cotton
as in wheat All crops look alike to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06

The ex-husband of Mrs. Gould seems
to be willing to pay the freight in or
der to get rid of milliners and dress
makers.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-17
Meteorological Report.

The following observations were
taken at the South Texas Garden for
the "a hours ending at eight o'clock
TODAY:
Brownsville, Tex, Nov. II, 1909.
Barometer ! p. nj. yesterday. 30.07
Barometer AT a. m. today 30.30
Temperature at a. m. today $40
Maximum temp. yesterday. S4.2
Minimum temp. this morning. $40
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-17
A DELIGHTFUL
ENTERTAINMENT
his OLD SWEETHEART" At
TRACTIVE FEATURE.

Rendered at WOOdmen's Hall By WO-
mans Guild For Church Improve
men Fund-Refreshment and
Dancing Added to Evenings Pleas
ure.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-17

CIay's Sanitary Bakery will do all
your Christmas baking Cakes Of au
kinds a specially Phone 81.
Club Meeting CaIIed.-A meeting
of the board of directors of the
Brownsville Business Mems Club has
been called for next Friday night at
eight o'clock at the federal court
room by the president of the club,
c. H. More
Fine Mexican Cigars at the White
Elephant Saloon. Near the market. .
Thus far there have been paid in
Cameron county eleven poll taxes for
the year 1909 The first man TO pay
his tax in the county this year being
Tomas Tijerina who resides in
Brownsville in ward l, this also be-
ing the only poll tax paid in Browns
vile thus far. Three have been paid
from Raymondville, three from Los
Yescas, one from FL Carmen, one
from Isabel, and two from Nogales.
Phone CIay's Bakery and place
your order for your holiday fruit
cake "es
Dull Day.-Today was an excep-
tionally dull day in the county clerks
office. there being recorded not
single deed while not a suit was filed
nor were there any marriage licenses
issued.
Good Day for Ducks.-Several par
ties of hunters taking advantages of
the norther spent today in the coun-
try duck hunting
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-17

The entertainment given at the
Woodmen Hall last night by the
Woman's Guild of the Episcopal
Church was a decided success ia ev-
cry way and all who were fortunate
enough to attend report most en-
ioyable evening
The playlet His OlA Sweethearts"
was very much enpyed, each one
taking part in it p9FtFaying the
characters which they represented in
a most creditabie manner. The
scene of the playlet is supposed to
occur in the library of a bachelor,
the part of the bachelor being taken
very eilc~ ~'''Hl'' by David sPere,
The scene opened with the bacheic2T
sitting at table in his library read
ing his mornings mail. Among his
letters is an epistle which is merely
signed AN Old Sweetheart" The
bachelor is unable TO tell by the writ
ing who is the author of the letter
and recalls the various sWeethearts
he has had in days gone by, trying
to determine the author of the mys-
FERROUS letter AS the bachelor
speaks of each of his old sweethearts,
they appear in turn behind a large
screen covered with pink tarlton, as
if appearing to the bachelor in his
reveries.
Following is the cast of charac-
ters of the old sweethearts in the
order in which they appeared;
Bette, a school girl, Miss Mary
Weemer
Katy, university girl, Miss Addie
Putegnat
Blanche, an actress, Miss Isabel
Pierce.
Elizabeth, college girl, Miss sa-
rah Hobbs.
Mildred, a winter girl, Miss Amy
Wise.
Clara, summer girl, Miss Bessie
Cooke
jeanette. a riding girl, Miss Aniel
Kendall.
Helen, a debutante. Miss Eta
Reed
Tejia, young widow, Miss Maria
Starck.
Mary, a bride, Miss Ethel Neale
Not only were the costumes of the
young ladies in the cast handsome
and appropriate to the characters
which they represented, but the
graceful poses they assumed while
in the frame were highly compli-
mented by an appreciative audience.
At the conclusion of the playlet,
refreshments consisting of ice cream
and cake were served, after which
the floor was cleared and dancing
was INDUCED in by the young peo-
pie.
The Guild cleared from last nights
entertainment the sum of $2220,
which will go towards a fund which
they propose to raise for the purpose
of making improvements at the
church.
Credit is especially due to the COM
mittee, consisting of Mrs. W. S. Sim
mons, Mrs. T. A. Kinder, Mrs. G.
W. Kendall and Mrs Herbert Dryer,
that had charge of the entertainment
last night which was a most pro-
nOunced success.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-17

Have yOu seen our dOg: The hap
piest dog you ever saw-She is al
ways smiling We are going to give
her away. Come around and let us
tell you about it. Brownsville Drug
Company. %*%
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-17
Official Forecast.

Tonight and Thursday fair. Light
northerly winds.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-17
BILL BOARD NUISANCE.
Discussed by the American Civic As
SOciatiOn.
BY Associated Press.

Cincinnati, Nov. 17.-Electi0n Of
officers and presentation of reports
by officers was the most important
work before the American Civic AS
sociation this morning. The session
was presided over by J. Horace Nc
Farland. Harrisburg, Penn, presi-
dent of the association. Following
the business session a conference on
the bill board nuisance was held
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-17
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Oklahoma, Nov. 17.-Tonight fair.
warmer in western portion. Thurs
day fair, warmer.
East Texas-T Tonight fair, frost in
interior; warmer in northwestern
portion. Thursday fair and warmer,
light northerly winds on coast.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-17
Secretary Wanted.

For Brownsville Business Mems
Club. Apply before Friday evening,
naming terms. Chas H. More, Pres.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-17
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that all Of
those holding claims against the late
Dan J. Denman or his estate should
present same to the undersigned for
settlement
HY. B. VERHELLE.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-17

c. F. Lehman, the popular type
man, and also the able publisher of
the Halletsville Herald, is in Browns
vile on one of his periodical visits.
A NJ Snyder, OF Cleveland. O.,
treasurer OF the La Donna Land Syn
dictate, who has been at Donna for a
few days, came down on the branch
train yesterday and stopped over in
Brownsville today on his way north
A. Bernheim. president of the re-
Gently formed State Bank of Rio
Grande City, came down on the
branch train yesterday and went
north on the 400 this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs Jno. c. Kelly OF San
Juan were in town over night. return
ing up the river this morning
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-03-05
1.-THE KIND THAT CURES
.DUTToN's
Headease Tablets

Gives almost instant relief for Nervous
and Sick Headache, Neuralgia, Sour
Stomach, Heartburn, etc. Contains
nothing harmful. Guaranteed to cure.
Try them
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-03-05
a LARGE Contract,

When H. B. Dutton Co., the enterpris-
ing druggist, first offered so cent pack
age of DR.. Towards specific for the cure
of constipation and dyspepsia at half
price, the guaranteed to return the
money if it did not cure, they thought
it probable from their experience with
other medicines for these diseases, that
they would have good many packages
returned. But although they have sold
hundreds of bottles, not one has been
brought back
II. B. Dutton Co. wants every person
in Middlebury who has constipation,
dyspepsia, headaches, or liver trouble to
come to their store or send H. B. Dutton
& Co. 25 cents by mail and get 60 doses
of the best medicine ever made at half
the regular price, with their personal
guarantee to refund the money if it does
not cure.
To those suffering with dizziness,
headache. poor digestion, constipation
and straining, DIR. Towards specific
offers quick relief. 1t is an invaluable
boon to all who feel uncomfortable after
eating. and is today the popular dinner
pill in all the large cities.