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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26
GIVE US A REST.

From Puck. Backward, turn backward, O Time, if
 you please. Rack to discussions about the Chinese; Editors dish up some news, as of yore, About our defenses or any old bore. Let up on Roosevelts African trip, Give us a murder, or stock market tip. Call off reporters who trail him with Give us rest, won't you? Give us a
 rest! Backward, flow backward, o Time, Just
 a while, I am so weary of eyeglass and smile; Weary of perky accounts of his trip, Photos of Kermit, and views of the
 ship, Cabled dispatches of just what he ate, Detailed accounts of receptions of state. Grant me- prithee, surcease of the quest. For I must have a rest, mister, must
 have rest! I have been bored long enough by tho
 hunt, Snapshots of Ted in some corking new
 stunt, Beasts of all ages, conditions and sex Patiently waiting to cash in their checks; Lions and hippos and elephants vast Caught by the camera breathing their
 last.
 Views of Mombasi and natives half
 dressed Give us rest. hang it! Give us a restii
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26
AGAINST THE DlCTATION
 OF THE ADVERTISERS

a newspaper can have, namely, the faith of the public in its integrity. A large dry goods establishment in Chicago which had been advertising extensively in the paper asked for a three line editorial notice.
 The advertising of this firm was ex- ceedingly valuable but the good faith of the newspaper to its readers was of higher consequence. I, therefore, sent back copy of the editorial paragraph with a note advising the dry goods merchant that the first line would cost him a million dollars and the other two lines would cost him nothing because he would then own the newspaper, and that on those terms alone would it appear Hay ing established this principle, the wisdom of which the advertiser himself saw. I never had any more difficulty with him or any other advertiser in Chicago on this score
 Tn the conduct of newspaper every advertisement should be printed as such. so that every reader may know that he Is reading an advertisement or reading the news or reading an editorial, and should never be confused in respect of it. This is the only safe course and the only line of conduct which will command public respect.
 Paid reading matter intended to de- ceive the reader into the belief that 1t is the expression of the honest conviction of the newspaper. while in fact 1t is a puff" Is no different in principal from the sale of the editorial columns to a street railway company, a gas company or any public utilities corporation. The practice is essentially corrupt in either case. And any form of dictation by an advertiser because he advertises falls within the same character"
 Ever since the days when I was in charge of the old Madison Square thea tre," says Daniel Frohman, the famous threatrical manager, q have become more fully convinced of the folly of ad- vertising in papers which the public have little or no confidence in, whether it is in the way of news. in editorials. or adver- Using. The first sign of decay in a news paper is the admission of paid adverstis- ing in any form under the guise of news. No one discovers the deception quicker than the average reader. Once you begin to hear people say, You can't believe anything you see in that paper it has commenced to lose it's value for advertis- ing as well as for news and certainly for editorial opinion.
 What I have said of theatrical adver- Using applies just as strongly to depart ment store and all other kinds of legiti- mate advertising. A merchant is the last man who should seek to deprecate the value of the newspaper in which he ad- vertises his business by trying to get his announcements inserted as news or edi- torials Paid news puffs are fatal to bus mess. Suppose he were to actually secure the right to devote half a column day in reading matter type to advertising his business or his personal affairs. what would the paper be worth at the end of year dor advertising or news?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26
The Summer Resorts.

The summer resorts in Virginia and North Carolina are filling up quite fast and the season promises to be quite prof. table to the hotel proprietors," said N. T. Wright of Baltimore. There was a very cool spell in the north earlier in the month, and since Friday, last, it has been unusually pleasant in the south, but in spite of the drop In the tempera- ture many people will spend the remain- der of the summer in the mountains or at the seashore August promises to be an exceptionally busy month at the fashionable resorts, all which goes to show that business depression is no longer felt.
 Birmingham is blessed with delight ful summer climate and few mountain landscapes are more enchanting than are found here. Therefore, no one who lives on the Highlands need go away on ac- count of heat or for the purpose of en- toying rugged scenery. But in most southern cities every one who can afford 1t feels a summer sojourn in the moun- tains a necessity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26
COURT DANCING.
From the London Sketch.

From the London Sketcn.
 At a state ball dancing takes a sec ondary place. A large proportion of the guests do not dance at all. Everyone is anxious to secure a view of the royal quadrille, danced directly their majesties and the members of the royal fam fly have entered the ball room. Such of the guests as have not secured positions there go where they can gee the royal pro- cession pass by. The floor space at Buck ingham Palace is not vast, and the guests number 25oO. Supper in the marble pam eled room, which was done from designs by the prince consort, is stand-up af- fair served at buffet all round the room. Those invited to their majesties' supper sit, but the meal is the same and all is of the very best. The queen and the princesses choose their partners. Her maj esty dances only squares the Princess of Wales loves valsing (which is so spelled in the programmes and so pronounced in court circles), Princess Victoria dances a little, Princess Patricia of Connaught much The royal circle is for about three quarters of an hour in the ballroom be- fore they go to supper, and they do not return again to the dance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26
DiaZ and Taft At the Frontier

The Emperor of Germany met the Emperor of Russia in the North Sea, which was certainly better as well as safer than a meeting in Darkest Rus sia, or even In Sooialistic Germany would have been-why then may not the President of the United States and the President of Mexico meet at Fl Paso or some other point on the border? There is, of course, no reason why they should not meet on either side of the border, for the custom that President should not leave his coun- try has nothing to rest upon. Our late 1conoclast, who Is now killing hippo potamuses in the jungle, did not hesl- tate to go to Panama. He went on a war ship, but no amount of construc- ton could place him in this country when he was far away from it in an. other republic.
 It is not probable that MT. Taft and General Diaz have anything of moment to say to each other. General Diaz is an old man, serving his seventh or eighth term, but his manner of secur- ing additional terms is not adapted to this country, and besides it is not be. 1ieved that MT. Taft wants more than two terms, and he may have to be content with one unless he betters his tariff record.
 The proposed meeting at Fl Paso in October would not be bit momentous. but it would be interesting, and no harm would come from it. It would no doubt be highly regarded by Gen. eral Diaz, and one may be sure MT. Taft would enjoy 1t. By all means let the two Presidents meet to discuss the weather and the flight of time and other subjects of like import.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26
Extent of Real Estate Up and Down

No man can drive tube or tunnel under mans lot held in fee simple. for the law holds that he has a pyra- midal property extending to the center of the earth. This part of the prob- lem is well determined in common law and in uncommon law.
 Nor can man walk over ones prop erty without leave, and the question is now coming up. Can he fly over a mans lot with impunity in an aero plane or dirigible gasbag? The courts have held that sign cannot be hung up over a mans lot, and the trend of the few decisions we have is that a mans title goes aS far up as it goes down. One lawyer \ays a lot owner has but nominal cd to he upper Itsatum of air over ht Dpt. and if an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26
LILLIAN RUSSELL

From the Baltimore News.
 Lillian Russell made s1So,ooo last year, 1t is said, simply by being "beautifup p'- at least, in spite of time, she is regarded as beautiful. She appeared in play that called for no particular talent, but she knows that she cannot act, and that all most the only interest in her is in her appearance. There was once time when she could sing wonderfully well, but her voice has disappeared. The audiences gather now merely to look at her
 This leads an observer to remark that an actress who knows her limitations should be shrewd enough to be content. If Miss Russell can make S130.000 sea- son merely by dressing handsomely and presenting an attractive appearance, she should be sagacious enough to attempt nothing higher, especially at a time of life when most actresses are taking a place on the 0helf.
 On the other hand, Maxine Elliott, who is also handsome, was not satisfied with having people come to see her as a beauty. She wished to be thought an emotional actress of great talent as well. She therefore appeared In emotional plays in this country and failed and then went to England, where she not only failed but was "booed" by the ungallant audience.
 The lesson drawn, therefore, is If a woman on the stage has beauty and audiences are willing to pay to see it, she should not trouble herself about being an actress.
 Miss Russell will open her next season at the Liberty theatre, New York, in a new play called 'The Widows Mite"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26

democratic politicians Jumped into the prohibition band wagon two years ago and got entirely away from the sound demo- cratic local option position" remarked a voter.
 T have long been strong advocate of local option, and am as strongly opposed to the statewide idea. once lived in @ small town in Virginia. We had a wet or dry election, and I voted dry I would do 1t again in a country town. And I can easily conceive of conditions that would cause me to vote dry in 8 city. l have never been a saloon drinxer, and If whisky were to disappear from the face of the earth altogether I would not miss it. But I have always tried to take a practical view of things and could never ally myself with the statewide prohibi- ton politics because of the intolerance of the statewide champions, to say noth- ing Of what seems to me the undemocrat- ic principle of the movement In a long editorial in the Montgomery Adver- tiser these words particularly impressed me:
 The trouble with many of the prohi- bitionists is that they have no sort of pa- tience with, or charity for, any one who is not on their side. They are so intense and zealous that they do not oountenance honest differences of opinion, and they do not appear to permit freedom of con- science or judgment. 'sI am absolutely right, you are dead wrong. you are not Christian. you don't belong in the church, you are on the side of the criminals and the harlots"-that is the way many of them talk. Of course, there Is no reason in such blind partisans, and hence every thing or prohibition in the papers is un- fair. is evil, is met with the severest con- demnation. Nevertheless the judgment of such people is unjust. inaccurate and of no benefit to their cause.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26
MEN OF THE NEW SOUTH.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 Southern scholarship is accorded fresh recognition in the selection of Dr. Charles Alphonso Smith for the Roosevelt profess sorship at the University of Berlin for the season of 1910-11. pr. Smith Is a doctor of philosophy of Johns Hopkins university and has pursued his special studies at the University of Paris and the University of Berlin. For several years he has been the head of the department of English language and literature in the University of North Carolina, and recent ly was elected Edgar Allen Poe Frofes- sor of English literature at the University of Virginia. This new honor follows fast upon the heels of his selection for this important position in the faculty of the famous Virginia university.
 Dr. Smith is a fine representative e southern scholarship-a man of thorough training, whose learning is unshadoweu by any cloud of pedantry. He should prove an excellent ambassador from America to the universities of Germany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26
SOLVING WIRELESS PROBLEM. From Harper's Weekly


 The real problem in wireless Is to project the vibrations with sufficient force in the desired direction and then pick up the sounds with instruments delicate enough to record the faintest impression.
 Dr. DeForest has recently perfected a receiver, known as the audion, so suscep- tible that a man with ones attached to an ordinary umbrella on a rainy night can pick up wireless messages being transmitted within hundreds of miles. And now science has solved the prob lem of aiming the waves, sending them in the direction desired, and thus saw ing force hitherto wasted in all diree- tions
 Not only has this revolutionized the wireless transmission of sound, but it has also made possible the wireless transmits sion of power. More than year ago pr. Frederick Millner. the wireless ex- pert of the Union Pacific railroad dem onstrated that a motor car could be driven by electricity transmitted through the air from a distant power station. On May 12, last, wireless energy at dis tance of five miles was used to turn on and off the switch that regulates tho Edison current of electricity which light ed the Omaha Electrical exposition.
 So intense was the power that 10000 incandescent bulbs were lighted, the cur rent being switched off and on at will, and the illumination being maintained more than four hours.
 One has only to survey what has been accomplished to be convinced that wireless telephoning must become the greatest fac tor in economics the world has ever known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26
Awful Conditions.

'The citizens of Woodlawn, in the neighborhood of the new city hall are very indignant over the action of the city authorities in building a dog pen in the heart of the city. not over % feet from the city hall and not more than 4o feet from the East Lake car line" said citizen of that suburb last night.
 During the early part of last week a pen seven feet square-remember the size and standing out in the hroiling hot sun, was built by the authorities to gather in all the dogs which came under the eye of the dog man. as the small boy says By the last of the week this small inclos- ure contained some so-odd dogs of all de- seriptions and conditions. looked into it Saturday afternoon about o'clock, and never such a breeding pen for filth and flies ever fell under my notice before. Fly-blowed meat was lying around on the floor. some of the dogs had the mango. others the distemper. while in one corner lay a dead one The flies were crawling about its nostrils. while those of the live ones with energy enough left in them were biting and snapping at each other. with their red tongues hanging out as they panted in that hell hole. The smell arising from the decayed meat and accumulated filth was awful. and almost turned my stomach. There must have have been a million flies about the pen, which, after coming in contact with these sick dogs and foul pen were driven about the neighborhood and into the homes nearby.
 Instead of trying to rid the district of flies and filth, the city of Woodlawn has a breeding pen for the same. On Sunday I looked into the pen again. Several more of the poor animals had died. The floor is built with cracks four to six inches be- tween the blanks. In gathering up the unfortunate brutes, several puppies had been roped in, and these little fellows, whose bodies were small enough to go through the cracks, were hanging by their heads-one of them dead. This is one of the most inhuman sights I ever beheld, and done legally by the author ities of woodlawn.
 Tn the morning Cfonday), under stand, what dogs have not been reclaimed will be put to death, and the dog wagon put to work again This Is certainly a case which the county health authorities should take up immediately, as the insan- itary condition of this seven-foot-square dog pen, under the full heat Of the sun, is a disease-breeding place, and the cit izens of Woodlawn will certainly thank the health officials of the county if they look into this at once. Then again the Humane society will have sufficient evil dence to work up a good case"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26
THUNDERSTORMs.
Most Awe-Inspiring Phenomenon Which
 Nature Shows to Man.

From Golfers Weekly.
 The thunderstorm now has its day. It rumbles across the sunny face of the midsummer heavens. Sometimes it low CTS the temperatures and fills the air with freshness. Almost invariably 1t bricks the nerves of your little sister and maiden aunt It splinters the city flag pole, it de- molishes the village steeple, it burns the farmers barn. But all this does not pre- vent the thunderstorm from being the most overlapping phenomenon which nature ordinarily shows to man. The city dweller, scurrying impotently through canons of masonry, does not have more than hint of the true grandeur. One should be upon a hilltop or on broad lake to realize the omnipotence of the storm. The air is sultry. Great white "thunderheads" pinnacle the heaven. Dark clouds bulk upon the horizon. These are laced with lightning. The dwarfs can be heard at their bowling on distant mountain peaks. The sun Is overcast. The storm rushes onward. A glowering cop per tinge marks its center. A hush broods over the lakes unrippled waters. Suddenly comes a blast of wind as if from the putting cheeks of giant. Then like a marching white waterfall-the rain. It pelts upon the lake until the drops seem to rebound. The thunder has ceased it's rumbling Now 1t comes with the light ming in a treble rip like the tearing of a sail Thus the storm mounts to its cres- cendo, steadies, wanes. dwindles and fades-ramping away across the country side. The sun creeps out. The heavens shine with fresher blue. The universe is purified. If all this be not majesty there ia nona ir, nafura
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26
Genuine Prosperity In Sight

Business conditions continue to i'm prove. The remarkable buoyancy in the stock market for many weeks past has been based largely on the crop re- ports, and now as the grain and hay harvests are at hand and the growing cotton is improving and giving promise of an average yield in spite of excess sive rains in June, all branches of in- dustrial enterprise and all lines of trade are stimulated.
 In the stock market the big crops were discounted and stocks are per haps as high as they should go for the summer; but that business should have become practically normal within less than two years of violent finan- cial panic Is little short of marvellous. In the era of prosperity ending with the fall of 1907 high records were reached, but in the new era of thrift all former records will be broken. Genuine prosperity will be In evidence in the early fall, and 1t is generally felt that in 1910 the prosperity of this country will be unparalled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26
WOLF GUARDS THEIR HOME.
Montcair tN. J) Dispatch to the Ne

Montclair (N. J.) Dispatch to the New
 York Press.
 Burglars will do well to keep away from the home of Chapin Marcus, No. 2S0 Upper Mountain avenue, in this town, for the house is guarded at night by a full blooded American timber wolf.
 The animal, which was sent from Maine by friend of the family several months ago, when a puppy, has developed all the traits of a watchdog, and its presence in the Marcus homestead is expected to ward off housebr eakers.
 A member of the household said the wolf has developed into an affectionate animal and is petted by the family like a dog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26
MOB OF BATS AND ONE SNAKE.

From the Mad1SonV1lle JOurnal
 While at work on his farm near White Plains Tuesday morning W. H. Stanly was attracted by squealing noise simi- lar to that of a mouse, and upon inves- tigation discovered a most remarkable colony of bats and a more remarkable cohabitation of species.
 Looking up to center the noise he saw issuing from hole in an old tree 10 or 12 feet from the ground a flock of bats. He began to count them as they came out and says with certainty that there were IF and possibly more. That sounds "batty," but the tree was a large one. and the hole somewhat of an opening, and Mir Stanly a truthful man. But listen fur ther: MT. Stanly set fire to the old tree and in short time a chicken snake Of "enormous size" came forth "knowing what to conquer, not" It's up to the snake to tell the truthful tale. However, MT. Stanly needs no corroborative tes- timOny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-26
Increasing the Pay Rolls.

Authorized announcements already made indicate that on or about August 1 fully 5000 more wage-earners than are now employed in Jefferson county will be at work" said a coal operator.
 'aThe Tennessee company alone will in crease its active working force in Au- gust by say 25o0 men. The Southern Iron and Steel will have 150o men at work in Jefferson county in August; and the rail- roads and other great employers will add to their August payrolls. September will be even a busier month"