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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Congressional Race In First.

Mobile is threatened with an em- barrassing political situation" said J. F. Lee, formerly of Birmingham but now connected with the Birmingham and Gulf Navigation company in Mobile. "Of course, Mobile was strongly against the proposed amendment and there was more or less resentment when Congressman Taylor, representing the First district, came out in favor of the proposition. It appears now that A. F. Bush IS to run against MT. Taylor for Congress and MT. Bush Is one of the strongest men in the lower end of the state Being a resident of Mobile and in thorough sympathy with all of Mobiles feelings he will natually have a strong following.
 But here is where the trouble will be. Many strong mon of Mobile who were against the amendment and who admire MT. Bush will vote for Mir. Taylor be- cause hs is . member of the rivers and harbors committee of the house. the very committee from which of all others Mo- bile expects most. If MT Bush were elect cd he would make an able congressman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
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car the other day for the first time in
 1s years. He celebrated by splitting on the floor.
 A Wisconsin woman, accused by her husband of never taking a bath, declares
 that she abiutes every Monday, whether she needs it or not. Her husband must be a crank PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
TOUGH LUCK.

TOUGH LUCK. He longed for quiet days And nights of placid dream The subject of his lays, The meditated theme. He sang, How sweet to dwell In rural glades afar, Where simple praises swell And peace and gladness are!' But all his life he toiled- sThe irony of fate With warning clans embroiled, E Within the city's gate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
BIrminaham's 500 Club.


 The 800 club Is meeting with great fa- vor and is now pretty well assured. In speaking of this enterprise yesterday President W. P. G. Harding of the First National bank said.
 '"The movement that has been inaugu- rated by the Chamber of Commerce to form an organization known as the 500 club strikes me as one of the most meri- torious and effective that has ever been undertaken here. The plan adopted pro- vides that loans shall be made only to bona fde industrial enterprises coming into the Birmingham district, secured by first mortgage or by bonds secured by dead of trust; the loans in no case to ex- ceed one-third of a fair. valuation of the property, and to be limited to 20 per cent of the subscribed capital of the 500 club. In this way the funds of the club will be well distributed and fully secured, and 1t is believed that a healthful stimulus will be given small manufacturing con- cerns which will be tided over their form ative period.
 Banks. as business men well know, prefer to make loans on quick assets, 50 the fact that plants would be mortgaged to the 500 club would not interfere with any legitimate banking accommodations which these new concerns might have oc- casion to ask for. The expenses of the club ought to be light, and we believe that the proposition Is not bad one from a purely investment standpoint, as, the loans are to be made at per cent or ! per cent and taxes. expenses and cost of management ought to be low enough to admit of at least per cent dividends. {"
 About Persons.
 Wilson Brown left for Texas yesterday and will return about the first of the New Year.
 George Gordon Crawford, president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, left yesterday for St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
THE WIND OF RHYME.

From the Washington Post
 If you look up your dictionary you will find that the pronunciation of "wind' is given as if spelled 'winnd," with the ad- ditional information that formerly 1t was and in poetry still is pronounced as if spelled "wined." So much stress has been laid on the latter feature that school children, when reading verse aloud, are required by their teachers to sound the word as if it rhymed with find" whether it's position be at the beginning, the middle, or the end of the line, and they even impose the same condition when blank verse. which, as every one knows, does not rhyme, is the subject of the reading experiment. It has been recently asserted that the late Lord Tennyson. who knew a thing or two about poetry. denounced this con vention. He gave, it is said, much thought to the sound and the length of vowes, preferred them open and long, and when he read aloud. as he did fre- quently, put his preferences into prac-
 
 fuse his hearers, being specially idiosyn- cratic on the letter ''a." But he baked at "wined' for wind" and would have none of it.
 We are told all this lon authority',- and yet, what are we to make of this stanza from his '1n Memoriam"?
 I will not shut me from my kind,
 And lest I stiffen into stone,
 I will not eat my heart alone,
 Nor feed with slghs a passing wind. Is this case of practice differing from theory? Or are the teachers to make their charges say ''kinnd' for "kind' so that the rhyme may be preservedf Surely not the old-fsshioned way of say ing 'wined'' for wind" will save them from anything so barbarous. As a mat ter of fact. Tennyson availed himself to the full of the now condemned conven- tion Thus. in his Ode to Memory he speaks of
 Those peerless flowers which in the rud-
 est wind.
 Never grow sere,
 When rooted in the garden of the mind, Because they are the aerliest of the
 year
 And in "The May Queen we have: With all my strength I rray'd for both,
 and so I felt resign'd, And up the valley came swell of music
 on the wind.
 But why repeat instances? They could be multiplied almost ad infnitum.
 The poet who literally, flung the con- vention to the winds was Swinburne A daring innovator in so many things, he had the courage of his convictions even in this small matter. He who did not scruple to rhyme "his' with kiss, '-son'' with ''sun,' and ''verses' with ..courses," had no difficulty in making the wind jingle in harmony with 'thinned" and "sinned''
 So let budding poets take heart of grace; there are options for them still, as there were in the days when Chau- cer used French and English forms just as they suited his meter and his rhyme. And let sorely tried teachers net be discouraged by hypercritical icond- clasts. So far as the sound of wind is concerned the teacher like the king can do no wrong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

The University of Copenhagen now knows how an umpire in baseball grave feels when he is up against a majority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

The most acceptable Christmas pres ent is a pair of skates or else pair of rubber boots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

The obituaries of Leopold will be brief if only good of him is expressed. He carried a slim stock of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

Col Jim Ham Lewis may be the first to go if volunteers for Nicaragua are called for. He is already follower of Secretary Knox
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
REFLECTIONS OF AeAcHELoI

From the New York Press.
 Youth is forever challenging, never qualifying.
 A man can always get more interesteo in . theory about Mars than in fact about his bread and butter.
 When a girl doesn't know whether she wants to marry man or not it's sign he'a proheRly the follow who VIII qet hen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
UP TO INDIANA.
the Macon Telegraph.

From the Macon Telegraph.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald says the south and Indiana can easily elect a President, for the small reinforcement needed can be readily procured in more than ono quarter in these days of in- surgency and discontent. As the south can be depended upon. it is now up to Indiana to distinguish herself in 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Coinq Abroad.

Prof. Frank F. Harms will leave for Germany on January and he expects to be abroad until the first part of May. The special object of his trip is to visit his mother. who is now quite old. She lives at Wurzburg, in Bavaria, and in that historic and beautiful city Professor Harms was born and reared He re- ceiyed his musical education at the Con- servatory of Wurzbug, but it has beer. P years since he last saw his native town. While in Europe he will visit Switzer- land, France and Italy, sailing for home from Naples or Genoa the latter part of April He has a sister in Italy.
 On his way from Birmingham to New York, whence he will sail. Professor Harms will stop at Richmond, Washing ton and Reading to see old friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

The Massachusetts aviator who sails over whole states always sails at night. It is to be hoped his data and records are checked up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

The ultimate consumer is to be asked to pay $1 apiece for brooms. He is hit on every hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

Zelaya is unpopular In Washington because he had put 800 politicians in jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

John Early, alleged leper, is keeping the doctors in hot water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

Uncle Sam wants no Nicaraguan war in his Christmas stocking. There would be no glory in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
A SEVERE CRITIC.

''He claims to have been great man in his day.
 'rHa! His day must have been in De- cember."
 ~Why so?'
 That month has the shortest day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

The standpatters are already begin ming to discipline those who kick our new sacred tariff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

MT. Roosevelt will have to come back from Elba in order to collect his royalties at the rate of $1 word.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

Oslerism was not considered when a supreme court judge was named.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

Shopping done after the present week will not be Christmas shopping at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

The New Year resolution industry of 1910 will soon be in full swing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

Zelaya soon ascertained that he could not conduct a reign of terror in this world, not even in Nicaragua.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

Buy them early and then go right back for the things you have over looked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

The Danes will dislike to admit that they had received a gold brick from America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

Wallace M Tillinghast of Worcester should tell his story to the Danes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

Airship stories from Worcester, Mass, are received reluctantly by a cautious world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Jere c. kina.

After many vicissitudes of legislation and three years of persistent fighting Representative Jere c. King emerges crowned with victory and bearing in his hand a loving cup" said prominent cit izen. "The gift mentioned Is well de- served, bat 1t is not in itself sufficient recognition of the man who never wav- cred or became discouraged, not matter what obstacles presented themselves. He fought for civic pride and civic ambition against all errors and all combinations, and the people will see that he is well rewarded.
 What that reward will be is locked in the womb of time, but a grateful people will remember faithful and courage ous public servant. MT. King was not moved by defeats and his head cannot be turned by success or eloquent words. He has all the clements of an useful pub lie man in his makeup, and the people can be trusted to see that he is not for got''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

but many men of Mobile are arguing that 1t would probably take him many years to reach the rivers and harbors committee where he would be in position to get real results for Mobile.
 ''The peculiar situation will. make an unusual race in the First district next year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

If you cannot shop early shop when you can.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

A large circumambient silence sur- rounds Poet Watson at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

SUCH WEATHER. Outside the snow is falling And all the land is white, No songbird blithely calling, Nor any bloom inc sight No blue skies bending over, No genial shafts of sun; Jack Frost that reckless rover, Has Dixie on the run.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

~IIS world is made up of two lQ classes-the upbuilders and the
 otherwise.
 Fortunately, or as it may be. the writer is of the optimistic; and believes that the good and the fair will predominate and bring forth results whether it be in the man or the community or in any agsrega- ton or combination of people.
 However many people might be led. like the deluded ones were led afoot from the middle west into Washington in the Coxey army several years ago to share an ignoble fate and to find they had been made toys of by an cratic and a serts itself and the only people who sue ceed are those who have not the grievance impregnated in themselves; but those who would do something.
 The man who worksswins.
 The man with the perpetual grievance gets little in this life.
 Good nature, good brain and sfnew, looking for the good rather than the bad in neighbor, is productive of whole someness in life.
 Any old rapscallion can stand about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
COIN OF THE REALM.

COIN OF THE REALM. We sauander large sums just for mak-
 ing a show And cut wide swath in the land, And when common sense whispers soft
 ly, "Go slow" We pretend that we don't understand. And yet, on the other hand, people who
 save
 And gloat with a miser's delight Der brimming full coffers-one foot in
 the grave Are truly pitiable sight There's a mean in between which we
 seldom attain, A sensible, practical way Of getting and spending, which spend-
 thrifts disdain And misers look on with dismay. The nature of man is the same,
 still the same, Calm reason is soon set aside And the old, old drama of the moth
 and the flame Is played out in splendor and pride.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
HIS PREFERENCE,

 You say he is bird fancier?' "Just so.' And what sort of birds does he fancy mostT American eagles on the reverse side of United States coins.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
REALISM.

"The star gave fine portrayal of unbounded rage in that last scene"
 'Yes; an awkward stage hand stepped on his corn just before he made his ap- pearance."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
AN ESTABLISHED FACT.

Long before you and I were born 1t was known that man might have very large ears and still not be a good listener.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

 Nor any bloom inc sight. No blue skies bending over, No genial shafts of sun; Jack Frost that reckless rover, Has Dixie on the run.
 REALISM. ''The star gave a fine portrayal of unbounded rage in that last scene" 'Yes; an awkward stage hand stepped on his corn just before he made his ap- pearance."
 WILLING TO DONATE. "A newspaper writer says rich people ought to empty their closets for the poor"
 NO doubt a great many rich people would hs glad to give their family skele- tons to the poor"
 WE WANT TO KNOW. Say he's honest
 Or crook.
 Where, oh where
 Is Doctor Cook?
 MOST UNUSUAL. "Ponsonby tells me he had some words with Mrs Ponsonby this morning." "rm surprised" At what?' "At hearing that Mrs. Ponsonby per- mitted him to share in the words"
 EVER NOTICE?
 The man who wears
 A smiling phiz Is more than apt
 To get the biz
 QUITE DIPPY. What made the authorities think Pro- lessor Bugg was crazy?" '5e was trying to catch germs in a butterfly net"
 OLD KING COAL.
 'The empty fields.
 So scar and thin,'
 But the saddest is-
 The empty bin.
 T. E. M.
 You must confess That even worse It Is to have An empty purse. AN ESTABLISHED FACT Long UoIOrc you anu ~oAc oofit IL was known that man might have very large ears and still not be good listener. COMMENT. What is overproduction?" asks a con- temporary. Excuse us please. Twins? A merry Christmas to you. Mrs. Carrie Nation! (That shows how good we feel) | A man who built house and brought up a family on $75o week claims that his wife has tapped his bank account. He even saved money! "The Folly of Banquets." which is dis cussed by a Missouri newspaper. is most apparent on the morning after. A Missouri man got Q seat in a trolley
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

~aIS world is made up of two l0 classes-the upbuilders and the
 otherwise
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-10
INSECT STINGS.
Dangerous Always and Especially
When One is Run Down.

Dangerous Always and Especially
+ When One 10 Run Down.
Stings and bites Of insects are ex-
tremeiy dangerous at all times and
especially when the system Is not In a
condition TO resist the poison injected.
I. In many insects the nature OF the
poison has not been ascertained. while
in most OF them 1t is Of an acid. irri-
tant nature. in others 1t may contain a
powerful cardiac sedative and depres-
SAINT, and Ia still others organisms In
pure or mixed cultures may be intro
duced with the sting or bite. Apart
from the natural poison used by In
sects it should not be forgotten that
flies and other insects that live on
carrion may easily carry contagton
and inoculate the persons whom they
bite or sting. x ss4s >~ss,l% ~, ~.
! In the case of ordinary bites ana
sstings the chemical antidote is an
alkaline solution, such az q strong So
luton OF bicarbonate Of soda or pot
ash, which counteracts the acid OF the
sting. Suction nt the wound In III
these varieties of stings and bites Will
draw ont some OF the poison and until
some antitoxin treatment can be fonnd
which will prove an antidote 70 the
bacterial poison introduced little can
be done beyond stimulating and sup--
porting treatment with attention TO
symptoms. Health. .s tts
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-10
MISSION OF THE. LAND.
To Produce Commodities For the ssrv-
leo Of Mankind.

To Produce Commodities For the ssrv-
leo Of Mankind.
The mission Of the land Is to pro-
duce and keep on producing food. live
stock, lumber and other commodities
for the service Of man. He who owns
land and Is Indifferent to this is guilty
of a, moral. wrong. and he who takes
good land out Of commission and sur
fers It to lie unproducttve and useless
Is guilty Of a greater one. This Is the
only criterion by which we can prop
erly Judge Of the right Of an individual
to own land in large tracts.
The good results attendant upon
small individual holdings are natural.
The purposes Of nature in the upward
evolution Of man are usually better
carried out In this way. and not be-
cause, az Is 50 frequently argued,
every man has an inherent right to It's
ownership. The lazy. the. incapable
and the densely ignorant assuredly
have no such right. and land Is too
precious and its mission too high to be
thus wasted. IT,
II the owner, Of great country es'
tate can farm bis land as well as or
better than if it were in small hold
ings; II, following the precept Of Swift.
he made two ears Of corn or two
blades Of grass grow where one grew
before; II he supply his section with a
better breed Of horses, cattle or sheep,
well and good. No one; with any
knowledge Of economics could say he
was doing any injury to the world or
mankind. 1t is not the amount Of land
that be owns. but what he does with
It for which he Is morally responsible
David Buffum in Atlantic.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-10
Wheat Gossip.

+, Chicago, Sept. 9.-Wheat: Liver
pool came ~ to " higher for the
day, Influenced by our firm close and
an official estimate of the Russian
crop OF winter and spring wheats at
twenty million bushels larger than
last year. Attention was called to
the heavy losses in other grain, 3d..
600 900 of rye; 100000 oats; 49,
600, 900 barley, and 100000 corn.
Continental markets were all higher
except Antwerp which was unchang-
ed. Market opened fractionally high
er for December and May with Sep
TENDER, stronger relatively but eased
off on selling by commission houses.
The local sentiment leans strongly
to the bull side and when corn con-
tinued j., strong wheat prices readily
ssympathized and sharp upturn
took place. There certainly was
nothing bullish in the news. Re-
ceipts in the spring wheat centers
were very liberal and premiums again
weaker No more prospects Of ex-
port business than for the past few
weeks but the feeling was pretty
general that the market must go up
becauselit refused to go down.
y Government Crop Report.
/, Chicago, Sept. 9.-The government
crop report on wheat was less bear
ish than expected. If the report on
winter wheat is any criterian the
flnal returns on spring wheat should
show around 100000 900 bushels if
the reports on the yields per acre
are right.
1t will take yield of Is bushels
per acre, which is a high figure to
make 27s,0o0,000 bushels on the gov
ernments acreage.
The government report on corn
was construed as very bullish as 1t
showed 100000 less than last year.
Those who are long said that the
report was all right but majority
of the traders as well as the crop sta
tisticians looked upon the govern
ment figures as too low and said that
should the weather conditions re-
main favorable for next thirty days
they expected that the final figures
will show as much as last year.-In-
ter Ocean.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-10
NOTED By A TOURIST.
Some Of the Queer Things That Wsrs
Observed Abroad.

Some Of the Queer Things That Wsrs
Observed Abroad.
About half ones time in travelling
abroad is spent in buying stamps. NO
matter bow many put on letter
had no faith to believe that 1t would
reach America. found that l could
send a letter with one stamp on 1t If |
paid enough for 1t, also that l could
get a denomination Of which 1t would
take twenty. In Cairo l put fifteen
sphinxes and pyram ids on the front OF
q letter and Eve on the back. As for
postal cards. imagine asking for one
in the Belgian ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
vereeniging!
But it is in a Mohammedan country
that an American mind needs read
justment. We woke one morning In
Constantinople and found our calendar
nine days ahead of theirs. our watches
seven hours behind and the name of
the month Ramadan. The Mohamme-
dams seem to live up to their religion In
a more definite way than we do. and
we soon learned what to expect. The
porter would drop ones trunk when
the muezzin called to prayer. The
sacredness of animal life compelled
us to walk around the hundreds OF
lazy dogs asleep Oh the sidewalk We
were required to take of our shoes In.
stead of our hats when entering a
mosque. Women were not allowed to
pray. because they have 90 souls"
Friday was the day for Sunday. and a
camera was an "evil eye" and could
not be carried into any sacred place.
Our artist was once charged 20 cents
extra for keeping an evil eye in bis
room all night.
Before the Journey ends the tourist
has lost his identity completely. At
first he is from kalamazoo. Mich.
then from Michigan" later 1.-The Unit
ed States" soon the "States." and the
writer was once introduced to gen
tleman from Tuscany as 1.-The lady
from North America" - Delineator
Magazine.
Suspicious Circumstances.
"Do you know they suspect that old
man OF leading a double life"
"What gives rise to that?"
"Why. he's so mean and cross around
home that they think he must be
pleasant and agreeable somewhere."-i
Exchange.