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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
UNIQUE CIRCUS.
Even Beetles Will Be Exhibited in
 Bronx Curator's Show.

From the New York Times.
 Several new features have been added recently to the reptile and animal circus Bronx Park zoo, preparatory to lengthy tour of educational institutions. The in- sect world, or part of 1t, has been in- corporated in the show" and Sunday an interesting private rehearsal was given in the reptile house at the zoo py Curator Raymond L. Ditmars.
 The circus. as originally planned, in- cluded tree snakes, which could run along slack wires just as they travel over vines in the iungles; lemurs which skin the cat" and swing, hand over hand' along the wire, and kangaroo rats which Jump hurdles as high as mans heao- Among the new exhibits. an iguana Will pc shown in a balancing act. The iguanas retain their footing on the top of basket while 1t is slowly rolled from one eno oi a room to another.
 There are two green lizards from Pan anna which are also adept Tn balancing themselves. They will be shown on the rolling basket also on slack wire' wnicn will be swung gently to and fro. Two giant beetles have also been added 10 the circus. They are known to ento- noloeists as Hercules beetles, because Of their size and great strength. These in- sects can lift weight many times great CT than their own. MT. Ditmars mas ar ranged a small table on which the peeties will be shown. Attached to pits oi cora are weights. One end of the cord VIII De tied to the beetles and the other end, the end on which the weights are attached will be allowed to hang over the edge of the table. Experiments during the last few days have shown that two of the Hercules beetles can walk brislxly across the table with weights 50 times greater than their own.
 In lecture which MT. Ditmars will give in connection with the show he in tends to expose the inside secrets of ani-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
KING EDWARDS JEWEL.
pm the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 A famous "jewel' is now in the pos session of King Edward. It is none other than the memorial locket designed by the widowed Lady Margaret Lennox to com memorate 2e years of welded love with the regent of Scotland. the famous Mat thew, Earl of Lennox, who was assas- snated 33S years ago. Lady Margaret was known as his most. most sweet Madge' and through all the storms of their most stormy lives they were true to their love the one for the other. In the quaint lettering and emblems of her famous 'jewel'' this devotion. has been impressed. It is a heart of gold two or three inches across, enriched with gems and enamel It has hidden springs and revolving doors, angels and deaths heads, clasped hands and Phoenix, flames and darts and rhyming notices. A London paper says "it needs whole pages prop erly to describe and explain the crytic work, and 1t is easy to believe that it Is more quaint and curious than beautiful. But, in spite of its oddity. 1t clearly tells its pathetic story of Lennoxs devotion and love. Dominating all it's mysterious fancies one sees the plain device. a mar guerite flower turning to the setting sun. Lady Margaret wore this 'jewei' till her death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
o, WHITTIER.

From the Athens Courler.
 Under the law as 1t now is you are not allowed to make blackberry cordial, so necessary in every home where there are children Neither are you allowed to make from your grapes wine for your own use and pleasure Perhaps it won't be long under the guide of Carpet-Bagger Lawrence, who comes from Ohio to teach the people of Alabama manners and mor- aIs, until you will not be allowed to have such delicacies as coffee or tea, maybe not be allowed to have a little Peruna. Lawrence, it is said, is getting $6OO0 year to establish code of manners and morals for the people of Alabama and 1t may be he is trying to earn his money. When Alabama wants hired man to teach her people manners and morals she ought to get one from state where the intermarriage of whites and negroes Is not permitted and practiced. Yet the legisa- ture elected on a distinct local option platform built by his excellency @ B. B. Conner. let this carpetbagger lead them around as if they had ring in their nose. Shades of Houston, Morgan and Pettus, whither are we drifting?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
coMER-JoNEs coNTRovERsY.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 If there are any merits" in the un- pleasant controversy between Governor Conner of Alabama and Federal Judge | Thomas c. Jones they have been lost sight of-utterly. The average fair-mind- ed bystander cannot but deplore the af- fair in the form 1t has assumed.
 To believe Governor Conner. Judge Jones is a disgrace to the federal bench, to- tally unfit magistrate who has richly de- served impeachment a betrayer of his trust and of the people. To believe Judge IsJones Governor Conner is a blatant dema- gogue, an anarchist, a traducer of off cials who are earnestly doing their duty under the law, an cratic usurper whom fear alone keeps from defying the au- thority of the federal courts
 Judge Jones tells us that at one critical juneture President Roosevelt was so an gry with Conner, who talked of ignoring an injunction issued by Judge Jones to restrain the enforcement of a state rail- road rate act. that he proposed the order ing of troops Into Alabama to back up the court.
 Governor Conner tells us that President Roosevelt had intimated to him that If state officers were fined for contempt of the Jones court"-for resisting improper and arbitrary writs, no doubt-"they might be pardoned."
 Jones accuses Conner of having threat ened civil war Conner rejoins that the talk of civil war Twas only in Uhe judge's) fevered brain"
 Not unnaturally the whole country has shown considerable interest in this ex- traordinary and unseemly controversy. But the judcious have grieved over the exhibition of temper and tho terrific bandying of charges of dishonesty and corruption Judge Jones may or may not have erred in issuing his sweeping rate injunction; there are higher courts to determine that question. If Conner had any facts-such as the outlining of de- cision by the judge in press interviews in advance of the hearing-there is a place to which such facts may and should be brought with dignity and decorum. If Conner was at any time guilty of con tempt there was ample authority and power in the federal court to cite and punish him.
 But for the public wrangling and per sonal abuse there is no justification what ever in the situation. Such spectacles are sensational and piquant, but they are not conducive to respect for law and order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
TO WRITE NOVELETTE,.

From the Chicago Record Herald
 Milan, Italy.-Henry Sienlxiewicz, the eminent Polish author passed through here recently. While here he said: .r started to write book on the Venice of the doges, but had to lay it aside on ac- count of extraordinary complexity and peculiarity of Venetian history. m longer have inspirations like that which produced Quo Vadis.' That I obtained py studying three masterpieces by Tacitus, my favorite among the Latin classics; one by Chateaubriand, The Gen jus of Christianity, and most valued of all Cardinal Wiseman's Fabriola' a beau uful, picturesque story which fascinated me in boyhood.
 am now revising for an autumn vol ume a novelette, to be called "The Whirl- wind, which appeared lately in a Warsaw newspaper After that is done am anxious to devote my remaining energies 10 theme that has long been my special Great'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
HE KNEW TWO VERSES.

From the Philadelphia Times.
 A. teacher in a downtown Sunday school was so proud of her flock that she in- vited several visiting ministers and elders to attend one of her classes and be en- couraged and uplifted by the observation of juvenile proficiency in scripturaI stud ies.
 The session opened auspiciously. Little girls with yellow plaits and little girls with black braids lisped their response in a manner to gladden. the heart of any teacher of young ideas" Then came the fall which invariably follows pride
 Turning to a bullet-headed, freckle- faced little boy whose ears seemed about she asked him to repeat a verse from the scriptures, but her only answer was u vacant stare.
 Come, come," said the teacher; "do you mean to tell me that you can't repeat even one verse?'
 Nav" replied the small boy; T know one."
 Well, then, let me have it." said the teacher, sharply.
 And Judas went out and hanged him. self" repeated the young unregenerate. His teachers lips wreathed themselves in a cynical smile as she said, ''very good; and can you give me another" The boy nodded. vigorously.
 Sure" he replied
 Let me have it, then" responded his teacher in her softest, purring tones
 To her consternation the little reprobate said, "Go thou and do likewise" He en- joyed a holiday the rest of that after noon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
Dir Aero igibles. planes.

In aeroplanes France is leading all other countries and she evidently in- tends to maintain her leadership, for 145 aeroplanes are in course of con struction in that country by three large Paris companies. Another year will greatly extend and perhaps de- velop the art of flying and the glory of the conquest of the air will probably be shared to great extent by France and the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
Boosting Alabama

The reorganization of the Alabama Commercial and Industrial association affords opportunity for state efforts where local efforts would not suffice
 The local commercial organizations are now fused for statewide purposes.
 In the past years this organization has repealed bad laws and promoted the passage of good laws, and it pro- poses hereafter to watch yigilantly legislation. While it is doing this it will boost in every possible manner the commercial and industrial inter- ests of the state. New life has been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
Mir. Crane and the Administration

Public sentiment is swinging stead fly toward Charles R. Crane in the ex- traordinary controversy forced upon him by Secretary of State Knox. His not even intimate that the newspaper man involved had misrepresented him. He simply and truthfully stated that the interview in question was wholly within the declarations and wishes of the President expressed in a confer ence with himselfl
 But all this doee not touch the es- sence of the casa That relates to proposed protesd against the new
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15

put in the association, and every bus mess interest in the state is asked to lend a hand in giving it progressive vigor and influence. It seeks the com mon good in Alabama, and nothing else.
 President Frank Nelson, of the Chamber of Commerce of this city, pointed to the Chamber of Commerce building in Birmingham and to the forthcoming $35000 union station in Jasper as illustrations of united effort. The need of harmonious cooperation is felt in this state and all hope that the reorganized association will put snap into the work of upbuilding the state.
 Possibly it's first great work will be the opening and utilization of the states waterways, and in that work this district will certainly not lag. An Open Warrior should lead to an Open Coosa and an Open Tennessee and an Open Alabama. A state organ ization could not we'll have a nobler or more useful task. Alabama is the great river state of the Union, and the utilization of her rivers for trans portation purposes would push the en- tire state forward in a commercial and industrial sense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
Courtesy of Conductors.

Apparently everybody has entered into the spirit of the State Fair" said an observer yesterday. strangers in the city appear to be receiving the best at- tention, and have noted that the police men and street car conductors are espe- cially attentive.
 ''I read in the paper that Chief Bodeker had given his men instructions to render every assistance to the visitors where the request was within reason. and they have compiled, believe.
 VT am a frequent traveller on the street cars and in several instances have noted the courtesy of the conductors on the cars. People who are strangers here are being cheerfully given information as to the location of streets and the principal points in the downtown dis trict by the conductors
 'This afternoon saw conductor lower a window by an old gentleman, evil dently visitor. and having done so the street car employe remarked to the old gentleman, T thought the breeze might be too cool for you
 Such little incidents count. People who visit Birmingham once nearly always return at one time or another, and to make them feel that they will be cared for is no little thing in the way of getting them back here. The street car company Is to be congratulated If all of it's em- ployes are making themselves as useful and are as courteous as they are on my lineu A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
AirShlpS of the World

Birmingham has entered the aviar tion field and if the Odom airship proves a sure true flier this city will have to be reckoned with even as Day ton, O., has of late been.
 Prince Scipio Borghese recently summarized in a petition to the Italian chamber of deputies the airship situ- ation. He puts the worlds aerial fleet at 36 dirigible balloons and 76 aero- planes. MT. Odom's aeroplane is the seventy-seventh. We give below the divisions of the fleet in active use
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
From the Washington Pnst.


 CIENCE, in it's onward progress, "1 is finding some use for every
 thing. It Is now being applied in domains that for long were thought to be> beyond it's range vBut there was une object in existence which. taken in it's entirety was hitherto supposed to be frn- mune to the attentions or the attacks of pure, as distinguished from medical. science. A living baby, that little mite of humanity. that little bundle of sensations, shielded from the moment of it's birth by an all-protectfng mother love, had been 80 far exempt from anything even ap- preaching an experimentum in corpore Will. No bespectacled scientist durst play any pranks with this essence of the joy of its fond parents. this precious darling around whom the whole world revoived.
 But, alasl the sacredness of babyhood has been at last violated. Iconoclastic science has pulled down the ancient wall of brass ttlt heretofore was the protec- tion of the gurgling innocent. We won der that all the young mothers of the land did not at once rise and rend the monster in the shape of man whom science used as her willing instrument, and scatter Y his limbs to he four winds of heaven, as the Thracian Bacchantes of old, for far less reason, did with Orpheus.
 The unthinkable thing came to pass in this wise. The learned world has always been at a loss to determine for certain how the human mind gets the idea of IL fu i,,ba observation. To the ordinary person that would seem an unimportant matter; the main thing is that the idea is there Not. so with your man of science. He wants to know the why and the wherefore of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
/ A NEW USE FOR BABIES

everything Accordingly, one of the species caught a baby month old. held It in Iris arms for a few moments. and then let 1t drop He did not drop it far. just few feet nor on to anything hard. just on to bed; but the moment he with drew his sustaining arms the hahy showed unmfstalzahEe symptoms of fear It's coun- tenGnce changed fl grasped wildly at any thing fu reach not excepting the sa- wants beard, in order to save itself from the fall The experiment was repeated on other babies, and always with the same result Hence the principle is established; the idea of space is inborn
 We do not comment on the value of the testimony tftus secured: to many doubt less. it will naturally, under the circum- stances, appear infantiIe. But what about the feelings of the child? Had the scien- tist no compunctious visitfngs as to how he might warp and embftter that young mind for ever more, shake it's confidence In it's kind, and produced in the days to come modern Timon of Athens, a regu- lar man-hater? And what children lid he experiment on? Were they waifs and strays or humanity? If so. it was a shame to take advantage Of their unpro- tected position If they were more hap pfly placed, we are confident their moth CTS were not about during the experi- mental process.
 Now, that the lapse of few weeks has allowed the feminine mind to tone down it's impulse to fury and resume its nor nal judicial noSe strpDeSf fbot fba perpetrator of these deeds be arraigned before jury of young mothers to an- swer for his deeds. Such a tribunal is the only one that could make the punishment fit the crime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
q HEARD A SOLDIER"

By Herbert Trench. l heard soldier sing some trife
 Out in the sun-dried veldt alone; He lay and cleaned his grimy rife
 Idly, behind 8 stone. "If after death. love, comes a waking.
 And in their camp so dark and still The men of dust hear bugles. breaking Their halt upon the hill. '"ro me the slow and silver pealing
 That then the last high trumpet pours Shall softer than the dawn come stealing For, with It's call, comes yours!' What grief of love had he to stifle,
 Baslking so idly by his stone, That grimy soldier with his rifle
 Out in the veldt alone"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15

treaty between China and Japan rel ative to affairs in Southern Manehuria. This treaty was signed weeks ago. China could not secure either in Amer ica or Europe any backing when the treaty was pending last summer The treaty is now signed, sealed, delivered and in operation. Under it Japan is Antung- -Mukden railroad, and contracts for the work have already Reen made. Japan cannot without humiliation sur render that treaty and her rights un- der it. Nor is it by any means certain that China desires to abrogate treaty fully made and entered upon. The Chinese are in the habit of keeping their word. Japan's predominance in southern Manchuria is in fact a fruit of two wars, and it cannot well be changed
 As things stand the Secretary of State has put the President in an embarrassing position, for it was the President who told Mir Crane to give it to his hearers red hot" on every possible occasion; and the same Sec retary of State stands before the world as one who desires to intervene in the Orient when both the lapse of time and attendant circumstances for bid. The country gains no credit from the incident
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
A QUESTION.

From the Huntsville Mercury Banner.
 If the amenders fear to trust the highest courts of thet state to define the prohibi- ion laws right and fear that succeeding legislatures may repeal them, how can they ask the people to trust a legislature to protect their homes from unreasonable search after they have delegated them that privilege by popular votef
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15

nal training. He will have a monkey stand upon a chair, take the receiver from telephone hook and appear to talk Into the phone. This is a trick often seen in animal shows. The curator will then open the telephone box and show his aud fence where the average animal trainer conceals banana inside the telephone. It is the banana which the monkey goes to the telephone for, not desire to jab- Der into the mouthpiece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
RECOILECT0Na

Sweet were the days of childhood, John"
 Indeed they were, Bill"
 'I will never forget the day I gave you q thrashing, John"
 Now, look here, William Joresby. you know quite well would have licked you in tiffy If hadn't had a sore thr,rnh on my right hand, where I got hit with a basebaIlr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
THE POLITICAL LARSON.

From the Dothan Home Journal.
 The political parson certainly occupies an embarrassing position in this cam paign. When the election is over he will still have his flock to look after, and many of them will have rebelled at his perfidy in making political speeches in the pulpit instead of preaching theological sermons from the Bible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
AS TO HARpnnwTNr

One of the Vflraas Desacnuss ~nansinps from the Oslbwrne Farmer. My friend. I notice that there are few fellows at whom you are constantly throwing your harpoon- Xou shoot tt at them every chance yUu have They have sp far paid no attention to you and you have become bold and are now taking more rope than you can drag. Don't for A moment tnnasfne that these fellows are quiet Every day they spend few mo- rnerts Tn 4pwttins a little sharper point onto their own harpuons. They are not wasting their time. They are practicing at mark about your size Some day when you get just little too gay with your little harpoon they will step out Into the street and take a throw at you Their harpo0us arr not pIaythings. either, and w1leu they thr@w they will hit you right where you live. You win go down in the dust of defeat and stay there You have no arTnor and they know it. but they are not wasting time on you just now. Don't think you gre going to get away Scores of fellows smarter tran YOU have made q failure in this harppnning business. = Kansas City Star.
 ON LTF'ES HIGHWAY.
 Despair would cry. Enough. Enoughrr
 To Fate ~The dream is gone-
 And low he groveled in the dust.
 But Hope kept plodding on.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
he Iron Market.


 The pig iron market continues firm. hogers' Brown & Co.'S Cincinnati report Tor the current week says:
 Large purchases of Bessemer iron have practically cleaned up the Bessemer mar Ret for prompt delivery and the situation Is stronger. Sales in all districts are Keeping up well. and with the increased production being taken care of without d hl'eh' the general situation is even bet ter than heretofore. Consumers of the lower grades are having difficulty in get ting the tonnage wanted and have been continuously picking up odd lots as of fered. "
 Specialties are in good demand. ferro- manganese and ferro-siicon both going we'll and inquiry active for the first quarter and first half of next year.
 Tn finished products the lighter ma- terials are most active. with very strong condition prevailing throughout the en- tire industry.
 New furnaces continue to blow in. but the greater demands made by consumers are taking care of the product in good shape, with consumption on the increase. Coke continues strong. with the labor situation very unsatisfactory The outlook is bad for improvement in this particu- lar. In spite of this production has slightly increased, but not as much as is really necessary or as manufacturers would like to have. Coke is the keynote of the situation. and will make a great difference in manufacture and melt of pig Iron unless the production can be im- proved and some of the regular winter drawbacks discounted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
YESTERDAYS

YESTERDAYS Those were the days, The glorious days When life had the Hut of a song And the world turned round With a gladstone sound And the way seemed never too long. Those were the days Of roundelays, The days when laughter thrilled. Before the years Of sighs and tears Life's bitter cup had filled. Those were the days Of sweetest praise, Of perfect love and truth; Of childhood lore, A golden store, And the hloomy lanes Of youth
 A TACTICAL ERROR. "A man ought never to start anything he can't finish" T had the truth of your statement brought home to me once" 'Ts that so?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15

The baseball pennant winners know how to spin out the series for the worlds championship to seven games regardless of the weather, but not re- gardless of gate money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15

Oyerdressing, flirting and gossiping are the three cardinal sins of women in this country, and in England a de- sire to vote has to be added.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15

What the scientists claim to know about the limitations of aeroplanes is just about equal to what they claimed to know about steamships 100 years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15

Society belles who have as such run their course naturally become suffra- gettes. In that way they keep in the public eye.