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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
M. Bleriot'S Great Feat

The feat of M. Bleriot in crossing the English channel, a distance of 21 miles. in B minutes, before breakfast, in a cmonoplane, has electrified and delight ed the world. His machine is of French make, and is similar to that used by Herbert Latham. Before his flight Bleriot had gone across country 25 miles in 56 minutes.
 The straightaway flights in aero planes are few in number. Henri Far man, in October last, flew IT miles from Chalons to Rheims, in France. Another cross-country flight was made in March last by J. A. McCurdy, a Canadian, 20 miles long. Latham s unsuccessful twelve-mile flight over the English channel completes the list Bleriot, ther lore, holds the record for straightaway flights in aeroplanes.
 Aeroplanes can be driven faster than gasbag-balloons, and no doubt new rec ords will follow each other in rapid succession this year. Bleriot is the hero of the hour, and he we'll deserves ell the bonors that have come to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
COlOrad0'S Woman Proposition

In November of next year the club women of Denver have fully deter mined to elect a woman to Congress. The prospective congressman is Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker, who has long been 8 useful politician in Denver All wo- men 21 years old vote in Colorado, and no doubt they can, by standing togeth- CT, send one of their number to sit in the Sixty-second Congress.
 But here arises question. The con- stitution defines the qualification of a representative in these terms:
 No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of 25 years and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in winch he shall be. chosen.
 Mrs. Decker would meet all these qualifications readily except the third person singular masculine pronoun near the end of the article. Each house of Congress is a judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and if the House rules that the pronoun in question does not limit membership to men, Mrs. Decker would be seated, and that would be the end of it, and no five-by- four supreme court decision could un- seat her. But what would the House bosses do? That is a large-sized CO., snundrum, and it is absolutely impossi- ble to say what the decision of the .House would be.
 The point illustrates anew the in telasticity of written constitution. 1t is not possible to write a constitution that fits all ages and all conditions tRnd this is why the motherland has none and wants none.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
New England Pistols In the South

The New England pistol makers are up against Editor Hemphill of the Charleston News and Courier. Says MT. Hemphill: Tt is said that during the last 35 years 5,000000 pistols have been manufactured in this country, most of them in New England, and that the rate of production now is about 100000 annually. We have not the statistics at hand, but we venture to say that more crime has been con- mitted more lives have been lost, more property has been sacrificed by the sale of 1,0OO,O00 pistols in this country a year than can be credited to the in- temperate use of intoxicating liquors. A bill has been introduced in Congress proposing a special tax on all car tridges made and sold in this country, and the enactment of such a law as that would be fine beginning toward the regulation of the pistol business"
 The New England newspapers which voice the demands of the New England pistol makers object to any special taxation of pistols or cartridges, ana this brings up the entire subject of pis- tol toting. The south is cursed by no ! greater evil, and yet the New Eng flanders object to any federal legisla- i ton that would lessen the sales of pis- tols.
 This entire matter is good illustra- tion of the manner in which New Eng lands Aldriches, Hales and Lodges are making a tariff for the entire country. In this tariff everything is put that will assist New England manufactur- CTS in exploiting at will S0,000.000 of honest consumers throughout wide and diversified country. The opposi- ton to pistol tax arises regardless of the humanities of the case, but it Is in no wise worse than the taxes that New England is preparing to put on consumers in the Aldrich bill. Both are greed pure and simple.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
ABOUT GLOBE ON LITTLE.

From the Boston Globe.
 A leisurely jaunt around the world lasting two years, on capital of but $1o4, this Is the feat achieved by Harry A. Franck, teacher of modern languages in the Technical High school of Spring field who has recently returned home.
 Wffen Franck decided to make the trip he had but s104, and this amount, with what he was able to pick up along the way, covered the entire cost. of the tour. As he expended SIS on photographic supplies alone, his performance Is all the more remarkable
 After few weird experiences in the third-class compartments of the conti- mental trains Franck reached the con- clusion that tramping 1t might take a little longer, but the additional comfort would more than counterbalance the loss of time, besides affording an opportunity of seeing more of the country and peo- pie.
 F'ranck started on the trip as soon as of Michigan He went to Montreal, where he shipped on a cattle boat for Glas- gow.
 Starting from Glasgow, ne visited pr1n- cipal points in Scotland, Ireland, Eng land, Holland. Belgium, Austria, Ger many, France. Spain, Turkey, Egypt, India. the Philippines. China, Japan and Honolulu.
 When he set out Franck could speak French and German fairly fluently and knew a little Spanish and Italian. He is able to converse in eight languages now.
 The discharge papers he received on leaving the cattle boat came in handy to Franck.
 "I found good use for the document ' he says, "On moving about Europe one must be ever ready to declare his station | in life. The answer of the American | tramp that he is just travelin'.' will not | pass muster across the water To have , called myself carpenter or teamstel without corroborating testimonials would l have been as foolish as to have told the 1 truth. The discharge from the cattle boat did not differ materially from tha of an able seaman. My corduroy suit and cloth gave me the appearance of z Jack ashore, and I decided to pose as sailor."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Complaint About Free Advertising.

iPiaihA f%pouI TTcC AuNcFIlSlnQs
 This kaleidoscope advertising" said a twentieth street merchant, Ifs becoming nothing short of nuisance. Every night III The week up until Il o'clock an un- slightly horde of idlers and vagabonds in rests the corner of Twentieth street and Third avenue for the purpose of witness ing the free moving picture exhibition. TO say that this is a source of great inconvenience to passersby is quite need less. It is a noticeable fact that the bet ter class of pedestrians and prospective shoppers avoid this corner because of the presence of this crowd of shiftless ne- groes and other onlookers. It would seem to many that this form of advertis- ing would be a stimulus to business in the immediate neighborhood, due to the presence of such a crowd On the con- trary, the corner is blocked with per sons who come to town with any in tention save that of shopping and who really serve to keep purchasers away from the vicinity.
 Tn addition, this free show is means of keeping boisterous negroes and white boys on the streets until quite late hour The little urchins keep the street in continual uproar, some even going so far as to throw stones and other mis- siles around. l believe I am voicing the sentiments of the other merchants near the corner in saying that this form Of advertising should be prohibited by the authorities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
Birmingham the Hub.

Birmingham is gaining steadily Tn at tracing general southern agencies" said an agent of one of the new office build ings.
 Until few years ago Atlanta had nearly all the southern agencies of north ern manufacturers. When the attention of large concerns in the north was called to the fact that Birmingham was the geographical hub of the south many manufacturers that sold their products in the south said the only thing that kept them from establishing a general agency here was the lack of suitable office space We now have the office buildings and before the end of the year there should be no vacant room for rent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
About Persons.

Col. Paul sanguinetti of Montgomery was in Birmingham yesterday. He is a well known and esteemed Confederate veteran and is in active business. He represents a large mercantile concern in Philadelphia. Colonel Sanguinetu says that prohibition is as much of a farce in Montgomery as it is in Birmingham.
 II. c. Gunnels, superintendent of edu- cation, spent a few hours in Birming- ham yesterday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A man can blame his wife at cards be- cause there aren't five aces in the pack
 If a woman can't flatter a man any other way, she always can by telling him she can't.
 A man thinks he has a good disposition to whip the children with strap instead of club.
 After woman has prayed for every body in the family she begins to think about herself.
 When tke baby doesn't cry it's because he has n heavenly disposition. "'hen he 1, does. it's because he's a suffer.ns little angel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
Problem of the Treasury

The treasury has today an available cash balance of S113000,000; one month ago 1t had $119, ,1s9, 900; at the beginning of this year the balance stood at $169, ,501 ,o0O, and a year ago today it was s2OS, ,059, ,O0O. The loss in available cash is due to deficit piled up through an excess of disbursements over receipts
 The banks still hold good deal of public money-enough to keep the treasury in a fairly easy condition. Customs receipts in July exceeded those of July in the last year by $6,3O0,- 900. The deficit in July will be de- creased by fully that amount, and the hope is entertained in the treasury de- partment that August and September will show a surplus, for their con- bined deficit last year was but sS,OOO,OOO
 l Considering the situation in all It's phases, it is not believed any new scheme of financing will become nee. essary before the meeting of Congress in December. But four months will in. | tervene and the government can scratch along four months on what it has on hand, and that is probably what 1t will do. No government covets an opportunity to issue bonds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

Springfield, Mo-, when he was in Bir- mingham last week and hearing him tell of the bumper crops out west. He had been making observations in the grain growing country and was espe cially we'll informed. One seldom comes across 6 more positive boomer than MT. Tyler. He thinks the rail roads will be overcrowded with traffic in the early fall.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
CLEVELAND AND CHILDREN.

Richard Watson in the August Century.
 It will be seen that MT. Cleveland could do small things well, no less than large. His fine and sensitive handwriting re- called to his friends lightness of touch surprising in man of such large mold. He was an adept in the manipulation of delicate tools and of fishing tackle. re- member his spending hours at Gray Ga bles repairing a whlrling sailor weather vane for the amusement of the children. He was apt to have on hand some nice piece of work of this sort. In the sum mer of 1901 he spent day or two at Riverside Farm Tyringham changing a damaged, complicated, multiplying reel into serviceable simple one. The per formance gave him much satisfaction. He told how he had used up various nail files and finally succeeded only after some good new ones had been brought to him from the village store. The job required
 considerable engineering and patience, shifting and contriving. The very diffi- cult not to say unnecessary, character of the labor Che said he must be the pos- sessor already of twenty reels in alp ap- peared to give him pleasure and nothing more than the production of something
 simple" quality 80 characteristic
 of his mental habit His little Richard was a helper, when it came to trying the line on the reel.
 He had peculiar sympathy with little
 children-his neg1hbors' as well as his own--and it was delightful to see him in
 their company and to hear the tones of r1ngham we used to see him sitting out on the piazza at Riverside solemnly en- gagged in mock fishing with Richard, con- sulting his companion gravely as to proper bait and other important details of the sport, the boy being an apt pupil in the gentle art. Writing to the father of one of his boy acquaintances, MT. Cleve- land said:
 ''I was really very much touched by Georges gift and I am much comforted by his steadfast friendship. f1atter my self 1t takes pretty good man to gain and keep the good opinion of such a l boy"
 There was a "children's hour at the l White House during his second term.
 when, in the twilight, little child would | be brought into the executive office, and | the work of the government would be suspended and much ink would be law | fshed, while two big hands helped two l Small ones in making pictures on sheets of writing paper spread out upon the 1 Presidents desk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
General Manager Honnyman Talks.


 Alexander Bonnyman, general manager and chief engineer of the Atlanta, Bir- mingham and Atlantic railroad, was in the city yesterday. He spoke enthusi- astically of the outlook for his line, and with regard to the work of building from Pelham to Mulga he said:
 "We are pushing the construction and will have the road completed to Mulga within four months. The distance be- tween Pelham, our present Alabama ter minus and Mulga is 2S1s miles. As all the grading is done we could lay the tracks and have the trains running In Mulga in about six weeks but for the large number of bridges necessary. The road crosses several streams, one of them being the Cahaba river, and including the viaduot at Bessemer, we are putting up nine steel bridges this side of Pelham"
 When asked about the Atlanta, Bir- mingham and Atlantic's plans for reach ing Birmingham over it's own tracks Mr- Bonnyman said: 'As we are soon to be in Bessemer the receivers are naturally considering the question of completing the road without delay. We have an agent at work now looking after cer- tain rights of way between Bessemer and Birmingham and property suitable TOT terminal use in Birmingham, and upon his report, which will probably be made by September, the receivers will deter mine whether or not to go ahead with the Birmingham end of the line. In other words, if we are literally treated the receivers will order the filling of the gap between Bessemer and Birmingham. But if property holders charge exoroitant prices we will be very apt to abandon the completion of the line for some time to come We have now good trackage arrangements from Pelham to Birming- ham over the Louisville and Nashville, and when we get to Bessemer we will have several roads to choose between"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN CANAL ZONE

From Colon Letter to the New Orleans
 Times-Democrat.
 It will perhaps be surprising to many people in the states. who look upon this country as being peopled with half-sav- ages, to know that in the canal zone there are about 50 Sunday schools, IA Of which are for white children and the remainder for colored children. Of the former one is Roman Catholic, another is Episcopalian and the remaining IF are union Sunday schools-that is, they are not denominational, but are made up of all creeds and religions. The first white Sunday school was organized about four years ago at Cristobal and since that time they have sprung up all along the line. In fact, in some towns the only form of organized religious worship is a Sunday school, since every station does not have a church. According to the figures nearly 90 per cent of the children attending the public schools are regular attendants at the Sunday schools. There were colored schools prior to the Amer ican occupation. since the Church of Eng land has long had missions upon the isthmus Many years ago the Panama railroad built handsome structure in Colon for the benefit of its employees, the services In which have always been rem dered by Episcopalian clergymens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
AuaInst Prohibition.

"A great deal of rubbish has been printed in the northern press about pro- hibition,' said believer in local option rather than statewide laws against liquor, "but occasionally I come across a magazine discussion that has the true ring-the ring of thoughtful considera- ton and solid facts The best thing I have read against prohibition is an article by the Rev. William A. Wasson. an Epis- copal minister of Long Island. It ap- pears in Pearson's Magazine for Au- gust. MT. Wasson has made a study of prohibition for many years and he there fore speaks as one of authority. He pronounces prohibition a failure in all the cities he has visited. He now ad- vocates licensed saloons and strict regu- lation Of Maine he has this to say:
 .. Now let us turn for a moment to our old friend, the state of Maine. That prohibition has been failure and a farce in that state is a matter of com mon knowledge. No one who iD not a blind partisan will deny this. Four years ago Governor Cobb. a sincere prohibit tionist and an honest. outspoken man, declared in his inaugural address that the state ought to be ashamed or It. self to have a prohibitory law on it's books and to make that law laughing stock of the nation. And he insisted that as a matter of common honesty. the law ought to be either enforced or repealed Recorder Whelden of Portland recently made this statement: There are at least 400 men and women who are brought be- fore this court time and again for in- toxication" Think of 1t, 400 habituals 1r a city from which the liquor traffic Is supposed to have been banished 60 years ago! During four years. up to January l, 1907, in Portland, liquors were seized on 75 streets and alleys and at 44o diff ferent places; and s32 different persons were brought into court for violation oi the liquor law
 MT. Wasson proves by actual nsurei l. that with the spread of dry territory comes an increase in the consumption If linuor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
TORTURING THE INNOCENT.

From the Phi1adeIph1a Press.
 Stenogra phers of the United States Sen ate are said to be completely exhausted and on the verge of nervous and physical collapse owing to the protracted debates on the tariff. The whole country can sympathize with them as fellow sufferers, though possibly in lesser degree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
Bumper Crops.

We are going to have a great deal of prosperity this fall" said Felix M. large, and as for the west they are large, and asfor the west they are unusually large out in that section.
 "I was greatly interested in meeting w. T. Tyler. general superintendent of the Frisco. with headquarters at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

Latham and the Spanish armada both failed when they tried to invade England. but Bleriot got there amid great applause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

It is said Senator Aldrich never smiles when discussing the tariff. The consumer certainly will not when it goes into operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
The Iron Market.

"The pig iron market is strong" said Vice President J. W. Mcqueen or the Sloss- Sheffield company.
 "We are getting SIS on No. basis for last quarter deliveries The mar ket has hardened at that price and the tendency is still upward
 The Alabama Consolidated is quot ing spot delivery. Etowah iron, at 3l3 on No. 2 basis, and s1S.bo for its Cliff ton brand. There are many eager in- quiries and buyers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

The English channel always was pug zling until Bleriot conquered it. It gave Julius Caesar many wakeful night and Napoleon never could cross it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

The wars on the fly, the mosquito and the common drinking cup are mak- ing a living on the part of the germs difficult
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
TAKING CHANGES.

 " lis love that makes the world go
 round" The poets blithely sing; Alas for him who pawns his watch To buy a diamond ring And after in a little fiat Dwells cooped up with his dear And frames excuses 'gainst the time The landlord doth appear. Iris love that makes the world go
 round," In truth a pleasing song, But often, as the facts do prove It makes the world go wrong. Sometimes the chap who got his choice For freedom stoutly prays, While he who sought her hand in vain Lives happy all his days. "'Tls love that makes the world go
 round"
 I would no cynic be: Although we make some grave mistakes, Iris very plain to see That love is still well worth the while Of mortas here below And life without some risks to run Would be a trifle slow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

Chicago university has discovered that sayages bring up their children better than we do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

When the Wright brothers do not break a record they break a machine. Something is broken every time they ascend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

The Wright brothers decline to be controlled up in the air by their audi ences. Control should go with respon- sibility and risks, and it does in their case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

The British empire was expanded last week 5000 square miles. The ex- pansion took place in Siam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

None of the popular applause goes to the celebrated standpat firm of All drich & Cannon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

Nature should be requested to ex- plain why the big intestine was placed in the human anatomy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

On the coffin of Don Carlos was this inscription: "Carolus VII. Key de Els pana." He thus became a pretender even after death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

The ultimate consumer is the play thing of the triumvirate of Taft, Aid rich and Payne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

Vermont acquired the color issue when a negro regiment of regulars was quartered in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

The summer resorts want more men. So do the harvest fields in Minnesota.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

The Shah seemed to welcome abdi- cation much more than Abdul Hamid did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

San Franciscoans are chiefly en- gagged at present in getting off the new Calhoun jury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

The ex-Shah is to have palace and $40,000 year. This Is more than Queen Lil got
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
BAD FOR BOTH.

'srhe average king never knows when his throne is going to totter.'
 And the average man never knows when his cook is going to quit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

Mir Burbanks wonderberry has not driven the strawberry off the nursery mems lists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

Uncle Joe Cannon and the insur- gents do not speak as they pass by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

DECEITF UL MAN. Of course he loved his little wife, He just forgot to show it, AS if believing all through life She couldn't help but know it. The least a married man can do, Who has a wife, s to kiss her And while the tears he sheds are. few, When she's gone seem to miss her And write a letter every day, Declaring how he sighs for One glimpse of her who's far away And how he nearly dies for The voice that used to flood the place With music night and morning, Her sunny smiles and womans grace His happy home adorning. That's how he ought to write and mock A lovers palpitating, Though every morn till o'clock He's busy celebrating.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

The Taft boys, alas! play tennis at Beverly, when they might play golf.