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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
Atlanta Mans Praise.

Evelyn Harris of Atlanta, who is at tending the meeting of the southern newspaper publishers, Is one of those broad-minded citizens of the Georgia metropolis who views with keen interest and satisfaction Birmingham's rapid growth.
 Proud Atlanta as I am, as every Atlantan should be and is, l am delighted to see Birmingham going ahead said MT Harris. "I come here frequently and am familiar, therefore, with the way the city strides and looms up, but the im- provements since my last visit have been even more striking than ever.
 Birmingham has reached the point where its future greatness is assured. Those of us who see the city today will hardly recognize it five years hence, for in that time 1t will certainly be vastly larger"
 Asked as to Atlanta's probable popula- ton in the census next year MT. Harris said 1t would not be less than 150,000 while it might go considerably over that figure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
A SEASON OF FOLLY.

From the Washington Post
 Poetic inspiration early developed an ap- preciation of the turn that young mans fancy is prone to take with the coming on of spring, but so far as we are able to determine no note has been made of the operation of that same fancy when the season ripens into early summer In which connection 1t may be noted that press dispatches have recently contained accounts of certain unforeseen happen ings that are alleged to have taken place hers and there over the country-weird, fantastic. but. what is more to the point, seasonable.
 A hen in New Jersey died of a broken heart because the price of eggs still scared. despite the commendable contri- tributicn of two daily. A rattlesnake in Nevada crawled into the discarded 'rat' of big sister, and later bit the baby that came to play with the castoff hisute ad- dition. An airship in Missouri tore loose from it's hitching post and broke some aeria, records. unpiloted and unattended Wild men are running loose in Delaware, and in Illirois men are eloping with their mothers-in-law.
 They do all this every year in the early summer. It was in this season that the first flying machine story developed, some 20 years ago, when a man in Louis- jana was said to have harnessed & team of buzzards ana driven them at will through the skies It was also at this season that sheepherders out west some years ago, were declared to have gone on strike because the owners were planning to introduce kangaroos from Australia and to set them tending sheep. Indians go on the warpath--in particular that hypothet- ical creature, the Yaqui, which the Mex ican government has esterminated for 20 successive seasons in as many novel ways.
 For this is the season when the va- grant mind goes abroad in the land and fans up froth of folly. The boy then catches the biggest fish, the father sits up most with a sick friend, and mother cretly enviss the hobo and the gypsy. It is the vacation time for the puritan with in us, and the vagabond ancestors as- sert themselves. These vagabonds are fascinating rascals withal. but fit com pany for the giddy season only. If they were to fare forth at any other time some one would call the rolice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
Summer School for Teachers

Several hundred school teachers from the cities, from the lesser towns, from the remote rural districts, from schools of all kinds and sizes, gathered at Tuscaloosa last week to spend a good part of the summer in study, lec- ture courses, conferences and recre- ation. The summer school at Tusca- loosa was established six years ago for this purpose. It exemplifies the relations of the higher institutions to the secondary and elementary schools. In preparing the teachers for better service in the public schools the masses of the people are directly benefited.
 Aabama's public schools are in fact
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
Seaboard Officials.

"Ie seems to be pretty well believed in railroad circlNs that General superin- tendent Hix of tie Seaboard will be pro- noted to the rank of general manager said an official of another line, and that General Passenger Agent Ryan will remain at the head of the passenger de- partment and that General Freight Agent Carps will have entire direction or the freight department, no matter whether titles are raised or not.
 'As to who will become president Of the Seaboard when the company IS out of the receivership, no one hereanouts can make even guess.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
GOOD INDIAN DEAD,
Trom the Washington Post.

Another good and great" Indian has
 gone to the happy hunting grounds. This was Oliver Lott, chief of the Spokane In- dians. He was man of high character, of versatile talents, and was one of the wisest and best of the modern Indian race. In his younger days he was a war rior, and often led his tribe to battle, but of late years he had used his great in- fiuence fin endeavoring to persuade his tribe to adopt the ways of living of the white man. Many white man could have been better spared than this Indian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
WOMEN WHO DEFY DEATH

cutting the air in an arc as clean as the fall of an arrow.
 Like the flash of spring the hands of the man dart toward her. the fingers spread wide, clutching for her wrists. Only six inches separate the two. Another breath and they have met The grasping hands touch her arms. close over them, and are torn away But, see-they have caught again. Desperately the mans fin gers slide downward. fighting for every inchof the emooth, white skin. Is it too late for firm hold? An! The groping hands have paused. They have fastened in the thin leather bands around the girls wrists, smeared with resin for just such emergencies The mans muscles stand out like whipcord, but they could bear double the strain. The girls flight is brought to halt. She has grazed again the clutch of death.
 There is the young woman who is afraid to cross a railroad traclx." It was Mrs. George Hartzell, wardrobe mistress of one of the big tent shows, who spoke l turned to see on the edge of the group In the dressing room door the girl had last observed in the daring trapeze leap. She was in street costume now and had dropped the picturesque "Mademoiselle'' of the circus programme for plain "Jen- nie Ward,' a light hearted, whole -souled American girl of 21, who blushed very easily and very prettily.
 'Who wouldn't be afraid of a great big engine?' she demanded, indignantly q don't see why you should have anything inn the airl I know that my brother will catch me. that he must catch me. On railroad track I haven't any assurance that a train won't run over me I might fall before l get across or my foot might catch in the rails or-why, there's all the difference in the world!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
MARION cRAWFoRD's "sTART.y
Writer Began His Life Work in the
 Little Office of the Critic.

Jeannerte l.. Glider in June Putnam's.
 Marion Crawford I had known since he was 6 lad of IA years. I. too. was youngster in those days We were living in New Jersey town and he came there to visit his aunt. Mrs. Adolphe Maillard a sister of Julia Ward Howe Although he came from Italy he dressed as an English lad, with high hat. Eton jacket, wide collar and long trousers. You can imagine the sensation that he made in that quiet New Jersey town. We had had kings and princes as our neigh bors, but young boy in a high hat was unknown to us, and therefore much more Of novelty From those days, which were tiled with youthful escapades. did not see Frank Crawford, as he was then called, until he was a full-grown man and had knocked about the world a bit His uncle, the well-known Sam, Ward brought him to the office of the Critic then consisting of a single small room over Daniels dry goods store in Broad way. This lad wants to be a writer, said his Uncle Sam. q wish that you would give him a chance to learn the business" We gave him the chance, not only for eold times sake, but because we liked his looks That fellow can do any, thing he cares to-" I remarked after he left the office. So we let him write. He wrote book reviews, editorials and even poets, and after that he wrote 'sMr 1saacs." You know the rest From that on 1t was easy enough. He won out, and we knew that, though we had given him the chance he wanted at the time that he wanted it, he would have found it quick enough anywhere else. But he never forgot what he chose to regard as a favor. He was not the only young man who found his chance on the Critic; but that is another story"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
A LOST MEMORY.

By Philip c. Peck. Listening in the twilight, very long ago, To a sweet voice singing soft and low. Was the song ballad of a lady fair. Saved from deadly peril by a bold cor
 sair, Or song of battle and a flying foe? Nay, have forgotten, 'tis so long ago. Scarcely half remembered. more than
 half forgot, I can only tell you what the song was
 not. Memory, unfaithful, has not kept that
 strain, Heard once in the twilight. never heard
 again. Every day brings twilight but no twilight
 brings To my ear that music on its quiet
 wings After autumn sunsets. in the dreaming
 light, When long summer evenings deepen into
 night, All that I am sure of, is that long ago, Some one sang ct twilight, very sweet and
 lou-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
AN ANTIDoTE FOR SUICIDE.


 They tell of an Atchison girl who thought her heart was broken. She was so convinced of it that she began read ing up on deadly poisons, and cried soft ly to herself over the thoughts of an early death. At this juncture friend sent her box of chocolates. She ate one; life looked little brighter She ate another; why not put off that death till next week? She ate a third and for got she ever had trouble All of which is proof of the claim of an Atchison physician that when people are morbid and unhappy the most effective cure Is something to eat. No one, he says, can long for death while engaged in chewing something palatable. The man who talks suicide should be given beefsteak in- stead of advice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
An M. Q. Against Tobacco.

"Charles G. Pease, M. D., of New York, in replying to a recent discussion in The Age -Heraldes Lobby column anent case against the nicotine weed, but I, like countless others, will continue to find solace either in smoking or chewing" said a business man.
 "Dr. Pease's letter was called forth by MT. J.. S. Bridges remarks touching the attitude of the Presbyterian church of the United States of America on the to- bacco habit. The Presbyterian general assembly at Denver passed a resolution that neither pastors nor laymen should use tobacco. But the action of the church being only recommendatory left members of that body free to indulge if they were so minded. MT. Bridges, an active work CT in the Presbyterian church, and loyal to the core. commended the resolution of the general assembly, but was liberal enough to say that only fanatics would pretend to believe the use of tobacco in moderation was a sin. He did not, there fore, seek to justify the indulgence in tobacco, as some might infer from reading Dr. Pease's article; he simply showed a spirit of toleration. MT. Bridges, by the way, was, according to his own account. an inveterate user of tobacco years ago, but cut 1t out
 Now, I happen not to be Presby- terian. but having observed human na- ture for a long time, I am inclined to think that as the majority of men-even good men-acquire some little vices in life, they will average up exceedingly well if they do nothing worse than smoke. Dr. Pease says with apparent seriousness that the use of tobacco Is sin, but l can scarcely believe he means us to take him literally"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
so BE IT.

so BE IT. The toiling and scheming, The signing and dreaming, The smile that still follows the tear, The heartache and worry, The hustle and hurry The gains that are slow to appear Are all in the gamble, The struggle, the scramble, The drama of passion and strife, Of peace and repose And the thorn and the rose That the fool in his folly calls life. But while we are staying, Faint Heart, we'll be playing The game, be 1t better or worse; Instead of still groping, We'll just keep on hoping And gather strength from each re-
 Versei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From tho New York Press

We hate people for the songs they sing.
 Next to imagination the most important factor in a womans life is suspicion.
 The thing that makes a man like a girl is for her to convince him he does
 The reason woman is afraid of coffee doesn't agree with. her husband Is it seems to.
 College girls have mighty little fun get ting educated because they haven't any trousers to roll up to the knees and can't smoke pipes that need lighting every 30 seconds. .I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
GroRGE M. BAILEY.


 George M. Bailey, the noted paragraph CT of the Houston Post, is in Birming- ham attending the sessions of the South ern Publishers association. We under stand that he was looking for us at an early hour Monday night with strained expression on his face. Those who ob- served MT Bailey closely opined that he wanted to be directed to one of Bir- mingham's popular reading clubs where the atmosphere is humid, rather than literary and most of the reading is confined to labels. We happened to be out of the office at the time, engaged in important matters which we have at heart, and missed the opportunity of coming to MT. Bailey's assistance, How ever, somebody must have saved his life, for he is still alive.
 A THRALL TO SORROW. A thrall in the valley of shadows
 Was singing his trouble song '"This life at its best is a bubble
 And the world is rolling wrong. "Pale sorrow still pursues me,
 Wherever I may go, And the night Is a round of weeping And the morning brings but woe!' And he told of his dreams that were
 shattered
 And he sighed OCT a faded rose, And withered leaf and forgotten grief And the bitter tear that flows From secret springs of life's despair, And he wouldn't lift up his eyes To look for a rainbow gleam of hope And the promise of fairer skies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

Senator-elect Lorimer will probably prove to be a gold brick. He has long served special interests. Cannon and Aldrich consider him one of their crowd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
A HANDY MAN.

'Drat that electrician!" exclaimed the villain, 'T can't be villain except in the dark of the moon and here is the moon coming up 10 minutes ahead of time.' Thereupon he did a little song and dance act to fill in, for he was a versatile villain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
MARVELLOUS.

From Everybodys Magazine.
 At a baseball game in Chicago the gatekeeper hurried to Comiskey, leader of the White 6ox, and said:
 .Umpire Hurst is here with two friends. Shall pass em inf"
 An umpire with two friends?" gasped Comiskey. "Suret
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

Mrs. Howard Gould says she needs $120,000 a year in order to live. But when she was a member of Buffalo Bills aggregation of talent she cer- tainly did manage to get along on less.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

The true blue insurgents In the Sen ate are Beveridge, Bristow, Brown, Burkett, Clapp, Cummins, Deliver, La Toilette and Nelson-all from the mid dle west
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
IDOLATERS.

The great god Mammon sits on his throne And the fools in the world adore him, And men bow down and women bow down And lay their hearts before him. And the temple of Peace and the temple
 of Love
 And the fanes of the good and true Stand empty, cold and desolate
 And worshipers there are few.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
Ahout Persons.

Porter Walker who has been desper- ately i'll with pneumonia, is now on the way to recovery.
 John R. Ryan. vice president of the Corona Coal and Iron company. was in Birmingham yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
DIsCRIMINATEs.

''IIe wants to grab everything in sight" Mot everything. I believe he passes up live wires and hornets'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
THE THEORY.

From the United Presbyterian.
 The single eyeglass is worn by the dude. The theory is that he can see more with one eye than he can comprehend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
CONVENIENT.

Young Bilkins has one of those col- lapsing sweethearts."
 Good heavens! What kind is that?" "The kind you can fold in your arms"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

England's nightmare glimpses of Germany are a good match for Cap tain Hobson's yellow peril.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

Downward tariff revision upward is bringing out the democratic party, put ting new life in 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

June is a month of showers, of roses, of brides and of graduation exercises.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

Kansas has abandoned theories and is growing crops instead. This is fast making the state a prime market for pianos and automobiles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

The true way to be happy consists in booming a winning home baseball team.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
RITsY nVER THERE.

The Liars club works every day, With all Its main and might, Since England fell into the way
 Of seeing things at night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

The New York subway is already oyercrowded, and the straphangers begin to turn toward the Wright brothers for relief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

M. Bunau-Varilla has not been heard from since the smashing of the "Soo" lock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

The sweet girl graduate and the boy orator are fast passing out of the spot light.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

Gov Hoke Smith says the peniten- tiary of Georgia is full of men who should never have been convicted. Same in this state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

The June poets and the June mos quitoes are tardy, but they will make up lost time when they do arrive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

The Alaska-Yukon exposition may soon invite eastern people in earnest Low rates are the form of the invi- tations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

Vice President Sherman shuns cock tails, thus taking warning from the career of his illustrious predecessor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

The Wright brothers will not be content with gold medals. They are fighting for the conquest of the air and they hope to live to win the fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

The graduation addresses are not heard and needed by the men in power. The latter prefer the call of special interests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

General Funston fired three times at burglar and did not hit him. He should have challanged him to a swim ming stunt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

Colonel Gorgas has already received the degree of L. L. D. for his work at Panama and the task is not half done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

The republican party is revising the tariff this year, and next year the con- sumers who are worked for all they can stand will revise the republican party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
A MASQUERADE.

A MASQUERADE. Life's masquerade
 So the cynics say,
 With shams overlaid
 Deeper, day by day. Each enacts a part
 Dictated by pride
 o the weary heart
 That is hid inside!
 RIFLES A contemporary credits some verses like this: Author unknown and never missed" That's the way the world treats poet.
 A newly married couple in Virginia started their honeymoon trip on mules. At best. honeymoons are very uncertain, without employing mules to add to the uncertainty. Six playing cards on a pine board mark the grave of man in Arizona. If 1t was a poor hand, let us hope he played it we'll
 Readers of newspapers will be pleased to learn that a young man in Ohio who rocked the boat was drowned while his companions swan to the shore. A Kentucky man named Spink com mitted suicide the other day. No cause is given for the act, but it is quite likely that he got tired of living with the name he had
 NOT MUCH.
 Just a little happiness,
 That is all 1 ask,
 Just a little while
 In fortunes smile to bask; Just to dream one dream
 Where the roses blow,
 Then I'll be ready
 When it's time to go.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

All nations have infant" industries. some of them 100 years old and all are or are about to become monopilies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
REPLIES.

A contemporary credits some verses like this: Author unknown and never missed" That's the way the world treats a poet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-07
H|CH-CLASS SHOOT
OF ANALOSTON CLUB
Cobey and 0rrison Finish
First and Second in
Class A.

The Labor day shoot under the auspices
of the AnaIostan Gun Club yesterday at
tracted a large number OF marksmen, who
competed for the many valuable prizes
offered in the several events.
The feature event was the merchandise
matches. There were five handsome prizes
awarded, which were duplicated in the
three classes. A, B and C; the first being
a cut-glass bowl: second, tall decorated
pitcher: third a maladin stein; fourth, a
solid brass inkstand: fifth, a solid brass
match stand. In case of tie lots were
drawn. The marksmen shot at twenty
targets.
A close score resulted in class A, as
Cobey and Orrison had straights to their
credit, while Taylor. Wise and Hunter
finished with nineteen killed. But after
a draw Cobey came out on top and Orri-
son second. with Miles Taylor third. c.
B. Wise and Hunter were fourth and
fifth respectively, and as Bud Brown and
Stubener were still on the card it was
decided to give them each box of
shells.
In the second class G. W. Wise was
the lucky chap, smashing eighteen
birds, which gave him the cut glass bowl.
Slime came next with seventeen, with
Munroe and Barnes third and fourth.
having sixteen downs each. DR.. Taylor
received the match stand, as he followed
with fifteen good ones.
Gen. j. A. Drane carried off the honors
in class B. baging eighteen pigeons.
Halves got sixteen and Osborne and Fol
som finished with fourteen each. Haven
was last with thirteen. The best shoot
ing of the day was done by Miles Taylor.
Hunter and Folsom. all having shot at
forty-five targets and missed only three,
making a percentage of 93.
The following are the winners in the
merchandise prizes:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-07
BIG CROWD AT MONTREAL.
Exciting Contests Entertain Holida!
Racegoers.

MONTREAL, Quebec. September IA
holiday crowd Of about 1000 witnessed
the second days racing of the Montreal
Jockey Club here yesterday afternoon. Z.
A. Brennan's Terah, with Burns up, won
the feature event. Summarizes:
First race. five furlongs -Baniyes, 113 Burns
] to 2 won: Norman. 107 walsh. to l. sec
ond: Megantic, 113 tGoldstein,. to 1, third
Time l. 10 Is Belle Kingston also ran.
Second race. six furlongs-Right Easy. 1O5 II
Reid, even won; Gorioe. lO2 Kennedy, 10 Z
1. second; C. W. Burt. 104 tMusgraye). to !
third Time III % Occidental. Selwick. Lad.
Orimar. Paul Ruinart and SNOWFALL also ran;
Third race, miie-Terah. 100 g. Burus,. Z
2. won: Guy Fisher. Io2 !Musgravel. 4 to g. sec
ond: Stanley Fay, 125 CMentryl. to >. third
Time. LA Is. Only three starters.
Fourth race, Eve and a half furiongs-Sta
Over. 100 &c. Gans). 3 to 1. won: Don Diez. 10:
&C. Ross), 20 to I, second: Hickory Stick 10!
&c. Burns), to 2, third. Time, ITO 40. Tom
ME Wood Detroit. Lorimar, Al HEREFORD, Sprip;
steel Folly Lee and Aylmer also ran.
flItn race. steep1echase: about two miles
HeEinald. 142 lDonahuel. 2 to l. won; Bragga
g 9c ~ tN RAY, to 2. second: Impertnence
lou tsooei!, II to I. third. Time Az Dacra
:. ~. y, MerTymakef and Harrington also ran.
SIKH race. mile and an efkhth-Jeannette NJ
y tMusersvel to !. won; Joe Rose 10
Sbmns), to 8. second: Keep Moving 100 (Reit,
70 I. tntrd. Time. LIE 80. vanen ana ontari
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