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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10
THE vAGARoND.
By Robert Louis Stevenson.
 Give to me the life 1 love:

Give to me the life I love;
 Let the lave go by me; Give the jolly heavens above And the highway nigh me. Bed in the bush with stars to see, Bread I dip in the river There's the life for a man like me There's the life forever. Let the blow fall soon or late, Let what will be OCT me; Give the face of earth ground, And the road before n Wealth I ask not, hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me; All aNk, the heaven abova
 And tho road halau m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10
NOT A POPULAR MOVE.

From the Greenville Living Truth.
 No man or set of men who seek to influence or overthrow the Judiciary of the state or who seek to intimidate them by threats of loss of office will ever be popular with the people of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

A low, rakish craft is now seen tug ging at her moorings off the Beverly shore. That vessel is the Sylph, Pres ident Taft's favorite if not approprl- ately named ship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ANY WAY YOU TAKB IT.

ANY WAY YOU TAXED IT. Any way you take 1t,
 Rainy days or fair, This old world is surely No place for despair; No place for to grumble As you plod along Better greet the morning With 0 battle song. Better lift your burdens With a hopeful heart, Striving in misfortune
 Still to do your part; Better dream of winning, Though you never do, Than to be a quitter
 All life's journey drought
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

The Harvard professor who said that flirting was human and desirable ex- hibited the possession of common sense. That quality is not wholly lack ing in our institutions of learning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

The New York street cars for the exclusive use of woman lack patron age. No woman can look daggers in them at men who smoke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

The bouncing of Bingham is to be worked by the opposition to Tammany for all it is worth. He is a declared candidate for mayor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

School songs in the north are below standard, and it is proposed to add to the three Rs the three -Bs-Bach, Bee thoyen, Brahms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

Giovanni Verrazzano sailed up the Hudson river S5 years before Hendrix Hudson did, but the formers name put him out of the running when the river needed one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10
so SHE WOULD.

Every time she scents a bargain
 Mary's heard to catch her breath; If she had a million dollars Mary'd shop herself to death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

MT. Aldrich is trying to placate the ultimate consumer by putting radium on the free list
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

A Canadian military man declares that the United States could not whip Canada. Well, let the matter stand that way until the heated term is ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

If the airships do not spare the trees the forestry chief may have to sue out one of those esteemed injunctions that the federal courts keep in stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

Count Zeppelin and Walter Wellman could outdo the world by organizing an August Marathon race to the North Pole
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

The corporation tax is upheld sim ply because the government needs the money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

People who inherit great wealth es. cape obscurity by beginning proceed ings in the divorce court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

The canned eggs preserved in boric acid are largely used in cheap hotels and restaurants, and the men who put up eggs in that way are fighting for freedom in the use of boric acid. The beef trust is permitted to use it, and the men who can eggs say they will also. We need a Secretary of Agricul- ture with a backbone,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

Crazy Snake is spending the summer in a mountain retreat where Governor Haskell cannot molest or make afraid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

A man has died of chigger bites on the banks of the Wabash far away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

Orville Wright says there is no dust in the sky, and the tails of comets can readily be avoided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

Aldrich is the villain of the tariff moving picture show in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

General Bingham has sworn by his justly celebrated nine gods of war that he will be Mayor McClellan's success Sor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

The Wrights cannot dilly-dally over flying as much as Congress is doing over the tariff bill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10
A TRICK OF HIS TRADE.

'The corpulent man you see over there on the corner has had great many stir ring experiences" You don't say SO! How did that hap pen?'
 For a number of years he was the soup cook for big hotel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10
FOoTNOTE.

"Sir," exclaimed the man with his arms full of bundles, 'T stand on my right to be a passenger in this carl,
 What I object to- answered the man with a newspaper, "is that you are stand ing on my right"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

Houston Post: People from Birmingham and Atlanta will be able to "get around' in Nashville, Chattanooga and Memphis without asking a question or winking an eye
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10
WORLDS RAILWAYS,

The end-seat hog will be deprived of all opportunity in the airships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

By contrast Serene E. Payne has become patriot and even a friend of the ultimate consumer,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

Opelika Post: Some of Birmingham's at- torneys are forming Ananias clubs and are consigning men to membership with out considering their wishes in the mat ter,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

Montgomery Journals. Birmingham stockholders in a western mine have struck it rich. Citizens of that city seem to be lucky, any way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10
GRoucHY.

Dear, what is meant by Jeffersonian simplicity" asked Mrs. Ponsonby
 'I haven't time to explain just now" snapped MT. Ponsonb "but 1t hasn't any thing to do with womens clothes"
 Grantland Rice sings in the Nashville Tennessean about some of the advantages enjoyed by Robinson Crusoe on his lone- ly island. Grantland's verses almost make a person want to be shlpwrecked as MT. Crusoe was. QUITE OTHERwISE.' "Out in vanished byway,
 Alone ina lonesome sea; Far from the crowded highway
 And the numerous things that be; No chance to read the story
 Of strangled girl in trunk, Of murders, many and gory-
 Of murderers crazy or drunk; And yet has the mad world wondered Wondered how he could do so,' And year after year has thundered Poor old Robinson Crusoe,' "Out from the sordid rabble,
 Away from the brainstorm mob; From the line of political gabble Of the gents who are after job; Never word of the tariff
 That throttles the country and town,' Never moment to care If
 Revision is upward or down. And yet has the mad world wondered,
 Wondered how he could do so.- And year after year has thundered
 Poor old Robinson Crusoe. Never ball club losing
 batch of games in row: If 'drinking beerette is boozng,'
 He knew not nor cared to know: Of prohibition and lockers
 And figures to prove both right Bored neither by boosters nor knock ers,'
 Nor caring when Jeffries will fight; And yet has the mad world wondered
 Wondered how he could do so.' And year after year has thundered
 Poor old Robinson Crusoer" :" WILLING TO TRADE. Time is money' 'Td like to swap you 60 cents for seO,,
 I'd like to swap you 60 seconds for seo." ALL A MISTAKE. A lecturer declares he's found Out something new bout woman: l quite agree with those who say
 To err is human. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

Montgomery Journal: The Birmingham district steel mills are full of orders, a thing that makes prosperity certain for the rest of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

Andalusia Star: A fellow in Birming- ham has just been granted a patent on an engine that Is operated solely on air no fuel or water is used. It makes it's own air, which readily accounts for its origin at Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10
Harald BoIce's List.

T regretted to see tnaI Olu " llllam and Mary college, situated at Williams burg, Va, was included in Harold Boces list of institutions of learning that are said to be Blasting at the Rock of Ages 2" remarked q member of Rirming- hams Virginia colony. "Also I was grat- flied to find that no other southern in- stitution was mentioned by MT. Bolce, who has recently completed a study of American colleges extending over two years and whose articles in the Cosmo- politan Magazine setting forth the results of his work have attracted wide atten- tion and have startled all believers in revealed religion and in our old-time so- cia ideals.
 MT Boloe says that in hundreds of class rooms it is being taught daily that the decalogue Is no more sacred than syllabus; that the home as an institu- tion is doomed; that there are no abso- lute evils: that immortality Is simply an act in contraventon of society's accept ed standards, etc. No wonder this coun- try is shocked by appalling scandals in high circles in the north and west. Among the universities named by Mr. Bolce where Blasting at the Rock of Ages goes on are Harvard, Yale. Princeton. Pennsylvania, Chicago, Columbia (New York city) and California
 Here In Alabama the colleges and the university are keeping up with modern which MT. Bolce tells about. May it which I'M. Bolce tells about. May 1t ever be SO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10
UNDAUNTED.

 He met life's troubles with a smile And bravely kept on going; To do his best, that was his style Was bound to make showing A man like that can't be kept down; Though many times he's falling, In dreams he still wears Fortunes crown And hears the uplands callingl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

Dear, what is meant by Jeffersonian simplicity?" asked Mrs. Ponsonby.
 "I haven't time to explain just now" snapped MT. Ponsonb "but 1t hasn't any thing to do with womens clothes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10
HARTMAN DID IT.

What is your idea of wealth beyond the dreams of avarice?''
 Being able to cable across the ocean for your favorite brand of cigars"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Montgomery Journal: The Birmingham district steel mills are full of orders, a thing that makes prosperity certain for the rest of the year.
 Montgomery Journal. Birmingham stockholders in a western mine have struck it rich. Citizens of that city seem to be lucky, any way
 Opelika Post: Some of Birminghams at- torneys are forming Ananias clubs and are consigning men to membership with out considering their wishes in the mat ter.
 Houston Post: People from Birmingham and Atlanta will be able to "get around' in Nashville, Chattanooga and Memphis without asking a question or winking an eye.
 Andalusia Star: A fellow in Birming- ham has just been granted patent on an engine that Is operated solely on air no fuel or water is used. It makes it's own air. which readily accounts for its origin at Birmingham
 Washington Herald: The supreme court of Alabama has decided that liquor is property, and may be kept in club lock- CTS for individual use without any possible violation of the law. This decision should be something of bracer to the thirsty around and about Birmingham and Mont gomery.
 T1.YI (1s4.. mittee visited Birmingham and Atlanta to investigate the operations of prohibi- ton, returned, made their report and their home city voted wet. This commit tee was composed of impartial men all desirous of learning what was best to be done with the liquor problem and their action is taken as an indication that strict regulation is most to be desired in indus trial communities.
 Chattanooga Times: We cheerfully give space to the following defense of Bir- mingham's prohibition law, as made by recently attended a newspaper function in that reputedly dessicated city: We do not feel called upon to defend Birming hams good name, but it Is probably our duty to declare that any statement to the effect that policemen and prominent citizens there knock visitors down and pour it down their throats Is atrociously false" Colonel Bailey did not extend his pilgrimage to Atlanta, hence he is silert as to sthe strenuous activities of the boot leggers and blind tigers of that citadel of virtue in disposing of their wares. It Is understood. however that if the vic tim prefers 1t that way they will floor him and force 1t between his lips. They're obliging and will serve 1t any way you wish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10

Grantland Rice sings in the Nashville Tennessean about some of the advantages enjoyed by Robinson Crusoe on his lone ly island. Grantland's verses almost make a person want to be shipwrecked as MT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-14
Storage Reform.

IL is shocking to learn through the re-
ports of special immigration agents just
made public that the conditions on steer
age travel across the Atlantic violate all
the laws of decency, sanitation and even
of morality. There can be no doubt of
the accuracy of these reports. They are
too circumstantial too fully verified by
repeated expressions from different
sources TO be discredited. 1t is known
that for years many of the steamship
companies have been carrying steerage
passengers without regard for their COM
fort or even their health The United
States has undertaken by means Of re-
Gently enacted legisla ton to correct these
conditions and vessels that have been
built and put into commission within the
past year offer more satisfactory accom-
fnodations for the poorer passengers. But
there Is no law to reach the older ships
in a way to correct the abuses which are
now disclosed. Already, on the very
heels of the reports. bills have been in
troduced to remedy these evils They
should be pressed 10 early passage SO
that within the least possible time every
ship landing passengers at American
ports will be under legal requirement to
give decent quarters to immigrants: with
adequate provision for government in
spection on board in course Of the pas
sage TO insure the protection of women
from annoyance and insult and inyalids
from neglect. The United States cannot
afford To permit this great TRANSPORTATION
business to continue save upon the high
est possible plane of decency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-14
The Mall-Avenue Lands.

Senator Hepburn has been trying for
years TO secure the passage of bill
providing comprehensively for a series OF
sites for public buildings along Pennsyl-
vania avenue between that thoroughfare
aud the Mall. He has keenly realized the
artistic and economic unwisdom of piece
meal site selection. He has recognized the
injustice to the city of the virtual con-
demnation of the great triangle for gov
eminent purposes without action. He
appreciates the lamentable result of keep
ing Pennsylvania avenue under the ban
of a prospective exercise Of the right of
eminent domain along one SIDE. The Hey
burn BILL So called, has been the result
of his observation on these points.
Last night at the annual dinner of tile
Architectural League of America Senator
Hepburn declared it to be his purpose
TO persist in the effort to correct the con-
ditions resulting from years of negle I
and to give the government the building
sites II needs within the area logically
designed for that purpose. he urged the
architectsAwithin his hearing to get busy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-14

planning structures for the government
service, indicating that Congress would
provide the funds for their construction.
The case rests upon somewhat differ
ent basis from that indicated by Senator
Heyburns postpra ndial utterances. What
is needed primarily Is specific dectara-
ton of policy by Congress for the taking
of the entire Mall-Avenue area for public
building purposes. The architects can
not he expected. upon their own initiative
as private Individuals to prepare plans
for single buildings or for groups of
buildings for any comprehensive en-
placement scheme for which Congress
has made not even promissory pro-
vision by law. They are busy men,
thoroughly occupied with their own com
missions, and however jealous for the
development of Washington as a model
city and an attractive capital theirs is
not the responsibility for designing the
governments improvements without
ders
Let Congress pass tho Hepburn bill,
coupled with a provision for u competitive
submission of designs for the utilization
of the space thus designated. The archi-
tects of the country will then he en-
cOuraged. virtually commissioned, to pre-
pare n great scheme of improvements to
effect all the desired objects for which
Senator Hepburn has stood so steadfast
champion. The architects are greatly
interested in this proposition apart from
any pecuniary consideration. for they
realize the inadequacy of Washington's
equipment and the urgency of the: nation
al need. They are actuated by public
spirited motives
A long session is opening. The Senate
has already declared itself on this sub
ject, and little time need be lost in the
upper chamber in the consideration of
the Hepburn bill. 1t should be presented
to the House as early as possible. 1t is
the expectation of the governments fiscal
officers that in a very few years the
federal treasury will be well supplied
with funds. There will be an abundance
of money to carry out this plan we'll I'm.
advance Of the actual taking of the lands
by process which invariably requires
several years. AS a measure of economy
Congress should pass this bill before ad-
journment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-14
Lurton.

The nomination of Judge Lurton to the
Supreme bench Is not weakened by the
fact that there is some sentiment in it.
President Taft not only admires the law
yer and jurist. but is strongly attached
to the man. File has known him intimately
for some years. and in this appointment
gives his Endorsement both as official
and friend There is every reason to be-
Heve that the court will be strengthened.
Judge Lurton has everything to recon-
mend him-character. ability, experience
and vigor enough for years of service.
He is of national stature. and comes into
his own by the promotion from Tonnes
see to Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-14
Lurton's Appointment.
From the New York World.

From the New York world.
While the question of age is entitled to
due consideration, there is wide diff
ference between promoting sixty-fve-
yeal -old circuit judge to the Supreme
Court and naming sixty-fve-year-ol old
lawyer engaged in private practice. Judge
Lurton has been on the bench for sixteen
years and he already knows his trade.
He has been dealing with the same class
of cases and the same constitutional
questions that will come before him as
an associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
There is much to be said in favor OF Sc
lecting Supreme Court justices from the
judges of the inferior federal courts. and
Judge Lurton's appointment has the ad-
ditional merit Of having been influenced
by no partisan or political considerations
of any sort whatsoever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-14

cal men today much less of menace
to human life than cancer. No treatment
has yet been found that will positively
check the growth of the malevolent it's
sue. Operations are successfully per-
formed from time to time, some Of them
of a remarkably extensive nature and
with excellent results, but the real
cure for cancer is yet to be discovered.
and it is not expected until the actual
character and the ultimate cause of the
disease have been positively determined.
The liberal allotment of funds by indi-
viduals. themselves perhaps victims OF
cancer permits an extensive research. If
money alone is needed to bring about the
discovery for which humanity now waits
1T will be fully supplied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-14

The fight against cancer continues with
greater vigor than ever. In hundreds of
laboratories work is being done by sci
entific men in search of the cause of this
mysterious disease which kills SO many
people annually. Thus far; the results
have been virtually Intellectual Much
has been learned regarding the nature of
cancer. and 1t may be that the work of
the past few decades has laid the foun-
dations for the supreme discovery. A
few months ago one of the most eminent
physicians in the United States sue
cumbed to this disease and left a large
part of his fortune to be devoted to the
prosecution of the cancer investigation.
The other day a man of great wealth
died of cancer and directed that $J0,OOU
at least be applied I'm this same cause.
tuberculosis is regarded by many mcdi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-14
The Insurgents and the Session.

Mr. Gardner of Massachusetts. a House
insurgent, expresses very sensible views
on the subject of the House situation.
He strove with others at the beginning
OF the extra session to bring about
change in the rules. and to put an end
to what is called Cannonism. But the
decision, fairly rendered. went against
him. and he has accepted it as final SO
far as this House is concerned. He can
not see how reopen;ng the controversy
now could serve any good purpose.
Is not Mr.. Gardner right? Is not his
attitude businesslike and good politics?
M. Cannon Is in the chair. and the Reed
rules are in operation. The republicans
have but begun with the work intrusted
to them year ago. Having revised the
tariff. they must pass on to the other
issues on their card. If as the result of
differences their organization goes to
pieces, what. inevitably, will be the re-
suit Marking time through this session.
and defeat next November as a deserved
rebuke for incapacity and inaction. And
democratic House on the eve of the
next presidential election would point
strongly to a democratic President to
succeed Mr.. Taft.
AS to the course of the republicans in
case they control the next House, that
may we'll be left for time to decide. First
catch your House. Mr.. Cannon will prob
ably be a member of that body. His
constituents still believe in him, as was
shown in his latest campaign and the
outcry against him since has cost him
nothing at home. If he offers for re-
election to the speakership it will be in
order to oppose him. If he is defeated he
must accept the result and support the
man chosen. If he is successful again, his
republican opponents must accept the
result and support him. The majority
rules-or should. No dog ever felt the
tail draw with good opinion Of the
arrangement. For. as matter Of fact.
the normal order is that the canine shall
rule
thereof The republicans are largely in
the majority in the present House, and
have a contract on hand of husky and
important proportions. They would do
we'll to get down to business in dead
earnest at once. The session will be
short. and time is fleeting. BY next sum-
mer nearly all the nominations for the
next House Will have been made and the
issues for the campaign defined. Grieving
and quarreling over split milk never re-
stores the fluid to the can. Whatever
the insurgents may still think of the
rules and of Mr.. Cannon as Speaker. both
exist by virtue Of party action regularly
taken and neither can be fought at this
time without considerable peril to the
party's prospects in the near and very
valuable future