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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
DRIFTlNo.

By T. B. Reade. My soul today Is far away. Sailing the vesuvian bay; My winged boat, A bird afoat, swims round those purple peaks remote. Far, vague and dim The mountains swim While on vesuvius' misty brim, With outstretched hands, The gray smoke stands, O'erloolking the volcanic lands. Here Ischia smiles Der liquid miles; And wonder, bluest of the isles, Calm Capri waits, Her sapphire gates Beguiling to her bright estates. I heed not if My rippling skin Float swift or slow from cliff to cliff With dreamful eyes My spirit Hes Under the walls of Paradisei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
Lecture For Masons.

An interesting lecture will be pre- sented to the Masonic fraternity Tues day night. November 16 at the Masonic temple which all Masons are invited to attend" said an active member of the craft. MT. ". F. Aldrich will speak upon the subject, Masonry: It's Present Posi- tion and Future Destiny
 "Mr. Aldrieh has been frequently heard by the Masons of this district, especial ly in the Scottish Rite bodies, of which he is prominent member. His lectures indicate the work of student and scholar showing a high degree of perception and research into the philosophy of Free masonry. A fact of interest in connec- ton with MT. Aldrich is that at the meeting of the supreme council of the Scottish Rite, held in Washington in October he was elected to receive the thirty-thiid degree. This is an honor that comes unsought and is bestowed on a limited number in each state.
 'The members of the craft are look ing forward with much pleasure to MT. Aldrich's lecture next Tuesday night"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

The amendment managers are hu- man, and being human, they cannot but feel depressed at the hopelessness of their cause. Chumps may be cheered by headquarters figures, but the amenders who are on the inside have cold feet and have so had since tho handwriting was seen on the political wall. The amendists have spent a great deal of money and have got nothing to show for 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

Ex-Congressman M. w. Howard Is one of the most effective orators on the anti-amendment side. His speech es teem with compelling facts and racy sentences. Mir. Howard is an old time prohibitionist and has always been a consistent foe of liquor Tn his remarks at Hanceville Friday he said: "Thirty-six years ago my county voted cut the saloon, and I fought the blind tigers and put them out of my county selling whisky. I tell you they speak falsely when they say this is a moral question"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
Reaardinq Honest Argument.

'sOccasionally I read an article on a speech from the amendment side that impresses me as having some reason or honesty in it, but as a rule the argu- ments put forth in behalf of constitu- tional prohibition are either very weak or in the force of them disingenuous. !" said an ex-politician last night.
 T have seen a good deal of political service in my day but do not recall any campaign where juggling with truth was 80 common as it has been in amendment circles.
 q would not say that all the anti amendment speakers and voters are in- variably free from the fault of stretch ing facts or of innunendo. There are black sheep in every flock and bad men in every camp but as a class the op- ponents of the amendment represent the flower of the chivalry of Alabama b1ve ex-governors, two United States senators, five representatives in Congress. nearly all the ex-congressmen. nearly all the able lawyers, many distinguished eouca- tors and many beloved ministers of the gospel are against the amendment.
 "A large majority of the best and most influential men In the state have written against the proposed change in the or ganic law and one of the best articles I have read appeared in The Age-Herald of this (Saturday's) date. It was from the pen of Charles L. Henderson, pres ,dent of the railroad commission. And these remarks, which I clipped from the article, are, I think, well worth re- producing:
 ""The good to accrue from each article of our constitution should overbalance the danger, and when an amendment Is submitted we should by the application Of common sense reasoning satisfy ourselves as to its purpose and what will be its re- sults
 By reading the first section of the amendment carefully we know 1t was to prevent the manufacture and sale of in toxicants in the state of Alabama. Taking the second section in connection with the different prohibition statutes framed by the same individual that wrote the amendment, and enacted by the same leg islature, we are satisfied that 1t was the purpose to prevent the keeping of 'ntoxi- cants in the home for home consumption.
 "'This conclusion is strengthened by the first utterances of the leaders advocating the adoption of the amendment, although more recently they have receded from that position and say 1t does not mean what they at first claimed for 1t. They have never denied, however. it would give the legislature such authority. In com mon with all home loving citizens am not willing to surrender to the leg1sla- ture our rights to protect the home from the spying of constabulary that would be organized to overrun and infest the country, and thereby disturb the peace and quiet of home life.' "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
Bessemer was a stronghold of prohi

Bessemer was a stronghold of prohi- bition two years ago, and it may be a prohibition town still, but it is not taking much stock in prohibition of the Carmichael-Fuller variety, and 1t will poll big majority against the pro- posed amendment, which, if ratified, would make the home even less secure against invasion than it is today. In Bessemer events of the past week fur nish object lessons that all the explain ing of all the amenders combined will not explain away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR From the New York Press.

Easy love, easy get over 1t.
 A man and his reform are soon parted. Sometimes when a woman smiles she means 1t.
 If n man could fool his wife as easily as he can his conscience there would be no limit on his behavior.
 The more satisfaction man can get out of making an after-dinner speech the more fun his hearers could have # he wouldn't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
WOMAN AS BRAVE AS MAN

was serlously pressed the women rein
 forced it. Assuredly they would have followed the old customs, in spite of the
 princes reforms, had Austria advanced
 into the Black Mountain the other day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
New chrysanthemums..

"rhe chrysanthemums are in all their perfection of bloom now" said Hugh Seals, the florist.
 "Yes, there are several new candidates for public favor, but the President Taft, a pure white full Japanese curled, Is the finest of these. The old favorites are holding their own. It is pleasure to have the enthusiastic visitors who call Sunday afternoons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

In two weeks the amendment cam paign and football will be wound up. This pair will go out together, and then we will all be happy and get ready for Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

President Zelaya controls the tele- graph lines, and he wins bulletins cas- fly, and Estrada has no chance to reply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

Governor Conner says the amend ment lis no child of mine" and yet Judge Weakley admits he wrote it, and he is the Conner candidate for goyer- nor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

The New York horse show would have been complete and comprehen- sive if it had included one of the horses that pull street cars in it's streets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

The impression grows that John Stewart Kennedy made his money de- gently and that his life was honest, modest and earnest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

A woman and several men are want ed in the Warriner case. The mystery deepens and the Big Four railroad is not doing anything to dispel the fog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

The enterprising theatrical managers of Paris have their eyes no doubt on Madame Steinheil, who is about to be acquitted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
PERHAPS HE CAN'T

Jack Johnson is said to have a great reach"
 'sHow's his eyesight?'
 "oh. very good, l guess. Why do you ask?"
 q was just wondering if he could seq his finish.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

Don't be content with a mere major ity against the amendment. Work to make it overwhelming, so that this campaign will not have to be repeated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
NEXT DOOR TO HApEs.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 Alabamians are instinctively polite. They simply say that they want Conner to go to China.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
GETTING INSPIRATION.

John Rockefeller saw big Jeff Lambaste his boxing mate, John Rockefeller clapped his hands And said the show was great Now look out for a sermonette
 From John D.-just the thingl- On "Lifes as Full of Punches as A Battle in the Ring"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

Business follows the dredge in wa- terways. The deeper the water the larger the volume of business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

Emperor William is not only chan cellor-pecked, but also hen-pecked, for his wife has forbidden him to go up in an aeroplane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

Victory is in sight, but don't cease to work against the amendment be- cause of that fact. Make it a victory that all will heed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

The amendment is practically dead, asd the smile that the amendists had has become grin, and it won't come off,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

The aerial safeties will appear in due time. They may in fact come next year, so rapidly is aviation moving forward
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

Mir. Cranes successor may have been named, but the appointee knows that he must not say thing about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

Ballinger cannot answer Glavis by simply consigning him to the Ananias club. Glavis is loaded with facts and figures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

The votes of the farmers of Alabama will hit the amendment like an ava lanche, and that will be the end of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

President Taft went home to get some home cooking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

This is heAtwentieth century, and a blue law should not be twice enacted in it. Once is a-plenty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
Tribute to Colonel Bush.

Richard H. Edmonds of Baltimore. long time friend of Colonel Bush, tele- graphs to The Age-Herald this compre- hensive tribute:
 Tn the death of T. G. Bush the south has lost one of its foremost men. . man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

MT. Taft has resumed the president business as steady vocation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
LITERARY ADVICE.

I'm thinking of writing a novel" Don't do it''
 Don't write a novel;"
 No; don't think about writing 1t and then you may be able to turn out best seller"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

\ The farmerf and the stock brokers uAitedly say tbe times are good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

The Big Four has money to lose un- awares.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
The Amendment.

2 Section 1. The manufacture, sale and keeping for sale of alco- 2 holic and malt liquors and other 2 intoxicating beverages shall be
 forever prohibited in this state, 2 but alcohol may be sold for medi- 5
 cal, scientific and mechanical pur- poses, and wine for sacramental g purposes under such regulations E as the legislature may have pre-
 scribed or may hereafter pre- scribe.
 Sec. 2. Nothing in the constitu--
 ton of Alabama shall be construed
 to prevent the legislature, under
 the police power, from designating places where such liquors may not be stored or kept.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
PUTTING ON AIRs

PUTTING ON AIRS. At Punkville there's a new arc light, Snuff drummers say, And Punkville calls Main street at nigh '"rhe Great White Way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A MASOUERADER.

A gray old man-I knew him we'll Was often heard to say He didn't care for wealth and fame bitter price to pay. It took him years. he said. to learn The secret of content A little work, a little play And love with laughter blent. His eye was bright, his gait was firm, His voice was good to hear, It had so much of kindliness And undiminished cheer. Most all his days were sunny days, He laughed at times sharp tooth And age seemed but a quaint disguise Which could not hide his youth.
 GETTING WISE. Before I married" said MT. Henpeck. ''I didn't know what 1t meant to support a wife" 'T presume you know now?' "Yes, indeed. looked up the word support in the dictionary and discovered that one of it's meanings is endure"
 HIT IT HARD. Whatever odds you chance to meet Upon lifes battle plain, Rise up from yesterdays defeat And hit the line again! MEAN.
 MT. F1ipper tries to kiss every pretty girl he meets."
 He hasn't tried to kiss me yet" .You heard what I said, didn't you7''
 PUTTING ON AIRS. At Punkville there's a new arc light, Snuff drummers say, And Punkville calls Main street at night "The Great White Way"
 POOR MIR. BACH. I'm always buying something l don't want"
 That's what you get for going into places where there are women clerks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

A BAD HABIT. T have made good" said Commander Peary in his first lecture He seems un- able to get over the habit of working the personal pronoun to death.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
MUCH WORSE.
SELDOM EVER.

A knock behind ones back Is often worse than two on one's head
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
POOR MIR. BACH.

I'm always buying something I don't want"
 That's what you get for going into places where there are women clerks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
SEEKING INFORMATION

SEEKING INFORMATION.
 A Yale professor says many of the stories of the old testament are myths. If the whale didn't swallow Jonah may be the professor will be so kind as to tell us where Jonah was during those three days he was missing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

SELDOM EVER. You seldom ever See a maid Who of a man Is much afraid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
MEAN.

MT. F1ipper tries to kiss every pretty girl he meets"
 He hasn't tried to kiss me yet. You heard what I said, didn't your
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

The air of Paradise did fan the house And angels officed all.
 -AIl's We'll That Ends Well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
GETTING WISE.
HIT IT HARD.

HIT IT HARD. Whatever odds you chance to meet Upon life's battle plain, Rise up from yesterdays defeat And hit the line againl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

Most all his days were sunny days,
 He laughed at times sharp tooth And age seemed but a quaint disguise Which could not hide his youth.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-11-04
The Philosophy of Greed.

Says that eminent financier and
humanitarian, John W. Gates:
ITO be successful you must have
more brains than heart
That is the religion of the dollar,
the cardinal tenet in the creed of the
money lover. It represents the alpha
and omega of his operations in the
realm of things financial, and he en-
ploys it to bolster up his sordid be-
lief that the end always justities the
means.
1t all depends upon what is meant
by the word success" however, we
think. II the mere matter of accu.
mulating money is the ultima Thule
of success, perhaps Mr. Gates is
right. Doubtless the maxim fits his
own peculiar case precisely and to an
exact dot. Happily that is not the gen.
eral conception of success; we are
optimistic enough to believe it no less
than to hope It. A lot of successful
people in this world live in cottages.
and do not ride in automobiles and
take European trips. They are sue
cessful because they are contented
and satisfied with the simpler things
of life. They sleep we'll at night:
they digest what they eat. They look
the whole world in the face, for they
owe not any man. They have more
heart than brains, in Mr.. Gates phil
osophy, and hence are not successful
Washington Herald
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-11-04
ALL THEIR DEMANDS GRANTED
First Strike in History, at Rome $40
Years B. c., Resulted in Vic
tory for Strikers.

While rummagfng in ancient books
for some special information about
the Roman republic, I happened on a
passage from Livy which gives an ac-
count of the first strike recorded in
history. as far as know, writes G.
w. Pafflow in Typographical Journal.
The strike was engineered at Rome
$40 years B. c., and the account re-
ferred to will be found in book 9,
chapter 80. The story runs as fol-
lows:
The public pipers, or flutists, part
of the religious establishment, called
strike and then left Rome and went
TO Iybur, a nearby town, because the
censor had forbidden them to feast
and carouse in the temple of Jupiter.
which had always been their preroga-
tive. There was now nobody to fur
nish the music at the sacrifices and
festivals
THE people, with pious concern,
feared that the wrath of the gods
would fall upon them. The senate
sent messages to Tybur to prevail on
VIZ IL uoASAcaAo W IOCuIu. lu0 SlTlk0E8
held out Then the Tyburites tried to
persuade them, but with no more sue.
cess.
THE astute citizens, however, know
ing the weakness of the Roman pip
ers, hit on plan. They Toasted them
and piled them with old wine until
they were drunk as lords They then
bundled them into carts and sent them
back to Rome.
When they woke up next morning
they found themselves in the forum.
The people f1ocked around them and
welcomed them with delight; for no
pipers. no religion. The citizens urged
them to go to their usual duties. The
pipers agreed tosdo so if their old priv
ileges Of carousing in the temple and
masquerading on the streets nine days
in the year were. allowed them. Their
demands were granted, and the strik.
ers returned toswork.'
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-11-04
BEING A
FATHER

4 know something about the proud
feelings that swell mans breast
when first be becomes father. said
Stimson. II have had them myself
When they came to me l was almost
afraid to go out on the street.
feared that I might sink knee-deep in
the brick sidewalk, felt so large and
important.
"The whole world smiled when that
baby laughed and when he wrinlsled
his face to cry it seemed that the
universe was about to break forth in
Sob Now the baby has grown large
enough to wear out six pairs of shoes
In a year and his voice is taking on
more of the qualities of the calliope.
"One by one" went on Stimson,
the young men who grew up with me
have become fathers, evidently in
preparation for the census that is to
be taken in short time and desiring
to have the communities in which
they live show up we'll in the large
book the government will soon issue.
when man becomes father for
the first time he is suddenly bereft
of any reason he might have pos
sessed previous to that period. I
know now that was that way myself,
but there was some reason for it.
was the father of the handsomest,
brightest boy in the universe. Many
of my friends have felt the same way,
but could see no reason for their
citation. Their children were common
looking. There was no indication of
Intelligence about them, so far as I
could see. Compared with my child
they would not have stood any show
at all.
But 1 have been compelled to keep
the recording angel busy when called
upon to admire the children of my
friends. My natural accomplishment
as a ready and willing preyaricator
has been Of great advantage to me.
"'Did you ever see such head as
that?' asked Billson a few days ago,
assisting his wife in unwrapping some
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-11-04
Audubon ToMnShip

Geo. Kness is still visiting Audu-
bon relatives.
The Chas. Newman family visited
at John Petri's Sunday.
Henry Hocamp Sr and wife visited
at Henry Bakers Sunday.
Miss Clara and Nettie Tibben visi-
ted at Amos Tibben's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tibben visited
relatives near Casey over Sunday.
Miss Edna Hocamp is visiting at
Warren Rummelhart's up in Greeley.
We are pleased to state that Miss
Eida Wheeler is recovering from an
attack of appendicitis. q
A photographer from Atlantic took
pictures of the school at No. 2, also
OF some farm residences.
A. j. Baylor has finished quite a
bit OF mason work at the Schwarting
home and is now doing mason work
at John Petri's.
The Trustees of the Grseley Mutual
adjusted another loss for Peter
Scnwab Monday, heifer having
been killed by lightning, Sunday eve
ming.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-11-04

thing from several yards of white fan
mel and, exhibiting to me round thing
that looked like a stunted watermelon.
"Billson is my next-door neighbor
and his wife is sweet woman. SO I
went into raptures over the baby's
head. Then Billson was encouraged
and showed me the baby's arms and
legs and feet. 1 lied cheerfully about
each separate limb.
Ny attention was called to the ex-
IRENE width between the child's eyes,
and at the same time I could not helm
noticing the width between it's gums.
but l did not speak of my discovery.
1t seemed to me to be fine feature.
If the child should be ailing at any
time in the future, as young children
are likely to be, it would be compare.
lively easy to turn him wrong side out
and treat the ailment with local appli-
cations.
Another friend called me in one
day to see his young hopeful walk, but
the child tripped on figure in the
carpet and did face fall that would
have made German comedians for
tune. l was about to applaud the per-
Torrance, but restrained myself Just
in time to preserve our friendship.
Any amount of applause l might have
contributed would not have been
heard however, for the baby again
took the center of the stage to call
attention to his injury
MANY of my friends" Stimson pro-
ceeded. refiectively, "have told me
from time to time that no sum of
money would buy their children. and
I know they all meant what they said.
Millions would not buy one of those
children, but nobody will ever offer a
cent for one of them. The rich do not
want them, since the supply of
poodles is still almost equal to the
demand. The poor could no, buy
them, and besides they have enough
of their own.
while lie cheerfully to my friends
about their children l cannot help
comparing each child to my own and
the other children always suffer by
the comparison. My baby's eyes are
brighter. his cheeks are softer and his
mouth is not like the cavities in the
faces of the other children"