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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
THE MODEST SCOT.
he London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
Love of country is SO fine a virtue that
it seems difficult to carry 1t to excess.
A resident of small village in the north
of Scotland paid business visit to Lon
don the other day. He happened to
call on a merchant who was unknown
to him, but had once made a stay In his
native place. In the course Of converse
ton the visitor made use of an express
sion that led the other to exclaim: Sure
ly, you come from Glen McLuskie?" The
assertion. however was denied. Present.
ly, to the merchants surprise, another
Glen McLuskie expression was heard.
my dear Mr.. MacTavish, l feel con-
WINGED that you are a Glen McLusxie
man after ALL insisted the merchant.
"Weel," returned the other, "Pll no
deny 1t any longer
"Then why didn't you say so at first?"
demanded the Englishman.
"Weel," was the calm response. II din
ma like to boast o. 1t In London"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
The WOMEN oE SPAIN.
| the London Telegraph.

From the London Telegraph.
Behind the fascination of Spanish
women, however. there has always been
the capacity for cruelty; was not tho
tiger in Garments eyes? Who patron
ize the bull fights, even to this day,
with more enthusiasm than the women
of all classes? In serried ranks and
the gayest of cosmopolitan toilets
flirting with eyes and fans, the women
of fashion fill certain portion of the
place, while the women of the people,
with no less enthusiasm, crowd their
own seats from which the spectaci.
may be enjoyed. Alongside every mata-
dor is the woman who rejoices in his
triumph.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
Useless Ends of Streets

The bill to authorize the Mayor of
Birmingham to sell the ends of closed
streets and alleys and apply the money
TO park extension and improvement
purposes was readily passed in the
house and is as readily held up in the
senate. Why Is this?
No objection to the bill has been
brought out. The ends of a dozen
streets are useless as ends, and If sold
they would give the children Of the city
and even the grown-ups more breath
ing and recreation space.
Again the Age-Herald asks, why is
this. unobjectionable and eminently
practical and humane bill held up in
the senate? And who is doing it? And
why?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
The Land Of Jerrys.

THE Perrys have had quite little to
do with the development of this valley
and the creation of a great city here
said a student of history.
First, jeremiah Jones came in pioneer
days and locating at Jonesboro gave to
this valley its name. This was near
100 years ago. Now a century of life
here of farming and later industrial de-
velopment and town building is to be
crowned with great city, the municipal
ity created by the legislature largely
through the initiative and the untiring
energy Of Jere King. And so, as Jere-
miah was scripturally one of the foremost
of prophets, 80 these modern Jeremiahs
have proven great pioneers and creators
of material things that will stamp them
selves on the history of this beautiful,
rich valley"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
NEW KIND OF MONARCH.

From the Boston Globe.
Many persons are at a loss TO know
why reporters persist in trying to find
out the state of Mr.. Harriman's health.
OF the 100000 people in this country,
why should the illness of one man ex-
cite so much public interest? Is 1t be-
cause he is a popular man? No. He Is
not popular. There is hardly public Of
fee to which he could be elected
Is he regarded as a model man for the
youth of the nation to copy? No. On the
contrary he has been called by Mr..
Roosevelt IAN undesirable citizen" al
though in a great crisis he came to the
rescue of Mr.. Roosevelt and his party
by contributing several hundred thousand
dollars to a campaign fund.
He is rich enough to own a country
house of granite for which he paid 49,
600 900; rich enough to have a big lake
bought a town road for his own private
use and pay $4,000 for 1t. But there are
other rich men. The regal style in which
he lives is not the inspiration of the re-
porters' activity.
The magnetic attraction about Mr..
Hartman is represented by his power
as a marvellous railway man, a manfpu-
lator, some would call him. Not few
have denounced him as stock juggler.
None the less he is one of the monarchs
of this marvellous age. He is a railway
king whose decease or abdication would
probably exert an effort on the stock
market as marked as would the passing
of a dynasty or a President
The health of such a person is, there
fore, a matter of grave concern to many
people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
A Revolution In Agriculture.

Whatever the outcome of the cur
rent season may be in the quantity of
cotton grown, 1T Is now becoming more
certain every day that the little pest
known as the boil weeyil is slowly
but surely working fundamental
change in the agriculture of the cotton
belt" says a writer in the Wall Stree
Journal.
within several years this pest has
Travelled from the southwest gateway
to Texas as far eastward as the low
ity on the subject DIR. s. d. Hunter, the
government entomologist, says that in
two years regardless of what may be
done to prevent It, the weevil will
spread into Alabama; and period of
five years is allowed for its advance
into the Carolinas. 1t will then have
covered the entire cotton territory,
with the possible exception of one or
two minor states on the north ern bor-
der of the belt.
"Of all the ways of fgh ting this de-
structive pest, the most effective seems
to be that of changing crops. The
havoc of the boil weevil and its rapid
spread are among the penalties of tn e
policy of single cropping. variation
in crops cuts off its chances of life, as
we'll as reduces the risks of farming.
How great these are is seen in the
estimate of s25,o0o,000 as boil weevil
damages in a single year of crop
probably worth s600.000,c00. Although
the percentage Is not high when thus
distributed, nevertheless, when the
DANA ges are concentrated they simply
bankrupt communities affected.
THE point of greatest interest In
the changes due to this source of
damage is the Importance being at
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
TOILING IN DARKNESS

anticipates it's own joys and the mind
builds it's own castles In Spain.
But with the bleak months It is diff
ferent for winter robs me of many of
the things in the outer world that are
my deepest joy.
But when the sap mounts in the
heart of the sugar maple, then the
blood mounts In my veins, and when
the new buds swell, then all my being
sings for Joy, for 1 know that new
miracle is at hand and hasten to get
in line with all this glad impulse that
l may be first to hear the glad rush of
springtime come trooping back north
ward.
So, you see, my memory of spring,
summer, autumn and winter, of the
wind, the clouds, and all the sweet
manifestations of nature, are really as
natural and beautiful as the unfold
ing of the new books. I do not study
| nature, but simply let her unfold in
my heart, for she is all-powerfu and
l am still the little child.
Is it any wonder that l can describe
nature fairly well. when the whole
world is inside of me? I do not have
to look here or there, or up or down,
but just inside.
One living in world of darkness,
with few external things to distract
him, tends to introspection. In these
hours of silence and darkness l have
discovered many things that / might
not have thought of outside In the busy
world
To tighten the load upon the shoul-
ders of humanity just little seems to
me the best worth while of anything
that human being can do.
Nor is mere happiness, qualification.
of sense and sentiment. the ultimate
aim of man. To fulfill that for which
one was born. to struggle against great
odds. to snatch victory from the very
teenth Of defeat-these are the things
that are worth while. My life is a very
busy one. Each year l write one or
two new books, 80 or &C ma gazine and
newspaper articles, and do considerable
lecturing. In the out doors season
l sandwich in fishing, boating, base
ball games, and many other out-of-
door pastimes. I mean to so order my
life that no season of the year shall
find me without plenty of both work
and play.
Life to me Is struggle that is in
fnitely worth while. The harder the
battle, the greater tho victory. The
sleeper and higher the mountain, the
more delectable the summit. If my life
has known it's full complement of
shadows, perhaps the sunlight has been
all the brighter If l have achieved
little yet it has been done under diff
fculties, which will encourage all those
who struggle in hard places.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
A PerambuIatinq Blacksmith Shop.

often at the midnight hour a queer
looking thing on wheels, called by some
the devils horse goes through the
Streets said a man who keeps late
hours.
1T Is an electrical welding machine,
which goes over the lines of the Birming
ham Railway, Light and Power company
and repairs with strips of copper broken
connections between rails. This is neees-
sary in the matter of conducting the
electric current, for there must be con-
tinuity for transmission. The machine
looks like set of freight car trucks with
a blacksmith shop in operation upon
them. 1t is an uncanny and rather
weird-lookng affair and has aroused
much curious interest"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
INITIATING RuBIEs.

From the Washington Post
while 1t is an easy matter for jewel
expert to detect manufactured diamond,
1 don't think there are five out of 100
Jewellers that can tell manufactured
rubies from the genuine stones" said II.
A. Morse. a jeweler of st. Louis, at the
Raleigh. "The imitation is so perfect that
1t is practically impossible to tell spur
ious from a real ruby. These imitation
rubies can be purchased in France for
40 cents carat, while the genuine stones
sell for $16 carat wholesale A fine
ruby is more valuable than diamond of
the same weight 80 is sapphire. Rubies
and sapphires are chemically Of similar
composition, both being varieties of the
mineral corundum. Some chemist in
Paris has succeeded In making imitation
sapphires that are almost the equal of
the genuine. but 1t is a much more diff
ficult task to counterfeit the sapphire
than 1t is the ruby
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
THE OBVIOUS.
From Life,

From Life.
How much do you love me?'
The beautiful creature at his SIDE
looked at him appealingly.
do you really want to known ne
asked doubtfully.
II must know"
VERY we'll, then. I love you little
more than playing poker and little
less than my regular business. l love
you more after have had good dinner
and good cigar than do before. l
love you about half as much as the first
girl l ever lovedr-whe was 10 years older
than I was-and more than ] ever expect
to love any one else until get to be over
so. love your extravagances more than
your economies, because they cause me
more trouble ! love what ! cannot
verify in you more than what know"
And why" she persisted do you dare
to tell me all this-which I know to be
true?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
ODE: LAURA SLEEPING.
aries Sedley 1888

Sir Charles Sedley Q693).
Winds, whisper gently whilst she sleeps
And fan her with your cooling wings,
Whilst she her drops of beauty weeps,
From pure. and yet unrivaled springs.
Glide over beauty's field, her face,
To kiss her lip and cheek be bold,
But with a calm and stealing pace,
Neither too rude. nor yet too cold.
Play In her beams. and crisp her hair
with such a gale as wings soft love,
And with so sweet, so rich an air
AS breathes from the Arabian grove
breath as hushed as lovers SIGH
Or that unfolds the mornings door;
gweet as the winds that gently fly,
10 sweep the Springs enameled aoog.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
Hot Campaign Expected.

"since We are to have an election next
November to decide whether or not pro-
hibition will be written In the consti-
tuition, I would be glad to see a cam
paign conducted without mud-slinging,
said an old church member, but such
campaign we are not to have.
Il believe a majority of the voters of
this state will cast their ballots against
the proposed constitutional amendment,
but I predict that 1t will be a hot and
wrathful campaign. I have been a pro-
hibitionist and may continue so to be.
but l will not vote for making prohibit
ton a part of the organic law. I have
talked with five or six of my acquaint-
ances that voted in 1907 against saloons,
but who tell me they will draw the line
at constitutional prohibition. The pro-
hibition leaders call us and all who dare
to assert their rights as freemen, whis-
ky men; but such unjust and unneighbor-
ly charges, while they may frighten
feather-legged and easily-intimidated
creatures, will not change me-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
Wars and Financial Budgets

Modern wars, especially of the naval
sort, are extremely expensive, and all
recognize the fact that warfare has in
fact become matter of financial budg-
cts Never in the history Of the world
have the preparations for warfare been
so great. The outlay Of nine nations in
1906 was as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

Chief Steward of Chicago is new to
the police business, but he knows the
postal service. and he thinks a man
who has mastered that is equal to any
task
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

Professor Ferrero. the historian, GER
tainly will not say that Mr.. Taft has a
lean and hungry look, no matter how
much we may resemble decadent
Rome.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
Additional Parks.

1.-The people of Birmingham are very
much interested in the plans of Mayor
o'Brien to provide additional parks and
Fairgrounds" said an old resident.
ut is highly important to take steps
to accomplish this now for Greater Bir-
mingham for already even suburban
values have reached a mark that few
years ago would have seemed fabulous.
Il can recall the time when the Dor
der of civilization, figuratively speaking,
was at what is now Avenue g. The Cox
home was the only pretentious house and
was the outpost. From Avenue g on up
was only roadway leading UP to the
foothills of Red Mountain. Now behold
the transformation in rs years.
by the way, would 1t not be we'll for
the city to buy the Cox property for
school purposes for Fairgrounds now and
to be built upon later7 1t is 400 by 200
feet. and has been priced to private
parties
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
Total 81 900 800 900 $3.50 ss5 900 s.. 5s4 sal. 900

Total. 81 900 800 900 1888 900 81. sa5. 900
The figures for 1907 and 1908 have
not been completed, but it is known
flat each year shows a greater aggre-
gate, and the figures for 1909 will over
top those of any previous year in Eng
land, Germany, Austria and Hungary.
ut any rate.
Great Britain and Germany are ex-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
Steel Making In China

Theodore D. Morgan, well known In
the steel and tin plate trade, has Just
returned from China, and he furnishes
the Wall Street Journal with some in
teresting information relative to iron
and steel making in that country. He
considers the iron ore supply of China
ample for centuries to come.
He visited the Hanyang iron and
steel works at Hankow, 600 miles in
land, on the Yangtse-Kiang river. This
river Is nayigable to Hankow for even
large ocean-going steamers. Before
1894 iron only was produced at the
works mentioned, but since 1894 steel
also has been turned out.
There are two blast furnaces at the
works, with capacity each OF 120 tons
a day, and two 250-ton furnaces are
now being built. There are six Bottom
open-hearth furnaces and two 15-ton
bessemer converters are being put in.
The work is done with startling cheap
ness. Common laborers receive cents
u day. Other wages are as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

The next census is to be started ON
Aprh 1, All Fools Day, and some of the
cities will think they have been fooled
a long time by the directory people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

Mr. Harriman's health may be poor,
but still he is strong enough to grab
the New York Central, that states big
gest railroad.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

The young King of Portugal is going
to England to get wife-one of the
daughters of the Duke of Fife.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

Seth Low seems to be booked to be-
come Ambassador Reds successor in
London.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

The second passing of Mr.. WI is due
to diplomatic hitch of some sort that
is imperfectly understood in this coun-
try.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

Mr.. WI is going back home, where
his services as an after-dinner speaker
are in demand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

The men at Homestead recently re-
ceived the biggest fortnight's pay that
had come their way in IS months.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

Secretary MacVeagh wants each de-
nomination of the national money to
have it's design and color.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

A natural resource is being banded
about in the Ballinger-Pinchot contro-
versy as If ii was but football.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

There is an increase of divorces in
New Jersey, but still no republican
boss is ever divorced from his job.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

The Duke and Duchess of Marlbof-
ough are about to make up. Inc
truth is, the duke is strapped
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

P 1t is gambling when you lose AMI
speculation when you win. Ihere Is
no other difference.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

Serene Payne is 66 years old and
weighs ESQ pounds. He is trying to
train off 10 years and 100 pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

Thaw can lead a literary life in the
asylum if he can hire private secre-
tary who will stay on the job
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

Crete seems to have no rights that
the powers are bound to respect.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

Missouri reports, alas! a great crop
of the unspeakable Ben Davis apple
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

Sharks are seen on both sides of the
board walk in Atlantic City.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

Home counts will be disregarded by
the census enumerators.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

The English channel declines to be
waded, whatever else may be done
to 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

Per Month
Rollers on mills...............$4 "a. 90 to s G. 90
Heaters on furnaces. 500
Helpers on furnaces. 400 to 800
Open-hearth steel METERS. 500
First helpers .................. $50
Second helpers ................ 400
B]acksmiths ................... 7.50 to 20. 90
Boiler makers ................. so to 10 90
1t is plain China will soon make her
own iron and steel, including all the
rails and equipment needed on the rail-
roads she is fast building. Other coun-
tries may feel the pressure of the
cheap iron and steel of China. The
awakening of China is indeed to be the
wonder Of the twentieth century, and 1t
may surpass before the century is COM
pleted all present expectations, for one
third of the people Of the world live in
that vast empire, and that empire is
full of undeyeloped resources also.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-01-15
SALE OF ART TROPHIES
Half Million Dollar Collection of the
Late Baron Won Sternburg Will
Be Sold at Auction.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
New York, Jan. 15.-The half mil
lion dollar art collection belonging to
the late Baron Speck Won Sternburg,
German ambassador to the United
States. is now on exhibition in the
American Art Galleries in this city
preliminary to its sale at public auc-
ton. The collection embraces more
than one thousand lots and is pro
nounced by expert authorities to be
the largest and choicest collection of
porcelains, Chinese ceramics, Budd-
histic idols of bronze, ivory carvings,
antique weapons, Thibet heirlooms,
oriental tapestries, mandarin robes,
old velvets and brocades and similar
art treasures that ever has been dis
persed by public sale in this country.
The Chinese ceramics and textiles
form a notable part of the collection.
One exquisite tapestry in the collec-
ton was made for the imperial palace
in Pekin in 1850 1t is of Chinese
but with the Gobelin
stitch. Another notable object in the
collection is Chinese screen of
twelve panels, which is said to be
even finer than the two screens of
similar design in the possession OF
the South Kensington Museum.
The collection enables a study of
Chinese ceramics from the Yuan and
early Ming periods to the reign of
Ch-ien-lung, in the list being examples
of the famille verte, famille rose and
the black hawthorn decorations, and
nearly one hundred plates OF the
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-01-15

errors, congressman and scores OF
other notables who have been invited
to partake of 'possum and 'taters with
the next president. Mr.. Taft's menu
will lie in brass casket. 1t will be
in booklet form, the outer cover bear
ing heavy gold plate with Mr.. Taft S
name engraved thereon. The menu
will be bound in leather and will bear
among other emblems the Phoenix Of
Atlanta.
According to present arrangements
Mr.. Taft will remain in the city until
a late hour tomorrow afternoon. To-
morrow morning will be spent in an
automobile trip to places of interest
in and about the city. Later in the
day it is expected that the president
elect will address a gathering of the
negro residents of Atlanta.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-01-15
Cured of a Severe Attack of Bron-
chitis BY Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy

"On October 18th, last, my little
three year old daughter contracted a
severe cold which resulted in bad
case of bronchitis" says Mrs. w. G.
Gibson, Lexington, KY. "She lost the
power of speech completely and was
a very sick child. Fortunately we
had a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in the house and gave it to
her according to the printed direc-
tons. On the second day she was a
great deal better, and on the fifth
day, October 23rd, she was entirely
well of her cold and bronchitis, which
| attribute to this splendid medicine
| recommend Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy unreservedly as l have found
it the surest, safest and quickest cure
for colds, both for children and
adults of any have ever used" For
sale by Bratton Drug Co.