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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
A SPEED RECORD BROKEN.

From the New Orleans Picayune
 The scout cruiser Birmingham, which brought President-eleet Taft to this city yesterday, is one of the newest as well as fastest ships in the United States navy as well as in any navy. She belongs to a class that is new in our naval service and is intended to serve as her name implies, as the eyes and ears of a fleet rather than as fighting unit, her armament being only sufficient to fight off torpedo craft. Such ships are expected to depend entirely upon their speed, not merely for their use- fitness, but for their salty as well.
 The Birmingham has made over 25 knots at sea on her trials, and yester- day she made the run up the river from the head of the Passes, distance of ap- proximately 9S miles, in four hours and 54 minutes. Allowing for the current in the river, the ship travelled at the rate of considerably more than 20 miles an hour, making the fastest run from the sea to the city of which there is any record.
 The Birmingham is one of three ships of the same size and general class, except that each differs from the other in the type of engines installed. The Birmingham is equipped with the regular type of recip- rocal engines, the Salem has Parsons tur- pines and the Chester, Curtis turbines. All three of the ships have exceeded their contract speed, snd, except in the matter of economy, there is little to choose be- tween them. As ali the ships are new, and have but recently been commissioned, it will take some time to fully deter mine the relative merits of the different types of engines. The three ships being or exactly the same size, and nom1nally the same horse power, they afford an oppor- tunity for an excellent comparison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

found affairs and conditions in fine shape.
 T am an optimist,' stated the we'll known official and believe that good times are ahead. Of course, there is always the chance that one is mistaken. Business is good at the present time, but could be better. We have had no boom But the indications are that for the past several months things have gradually picked up. So unless the un- expected happens to mar and disturb, prosperity is destined to arrive"
 Although rumors have been current for some months that MT. Starks would be made vice president of the Louis vile and Nashville, no official infor- nation has been obtained, and MT Starks has never made a statement relative to the matter. The rumor is still current, however. that MT. Starks will be made vice president, and Super intendent Brooks of Birming gham gener- al manager.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
Reaardinq Education.

"Dr Eliots outline of what constitutes a liberal education is of especial inter- est at this time when there is so much striving after so-called transcendentalism and the new thought " remarked an old fashioned man.
 Among other things he mentions a clear conviction in discovering the truth, a development of the imagination and a literary power of expression. Truth is illusive and is therefore not easily run down. But the development of the im- agination is well worth while. and as for the power of expression that can be taught and is taught in the grammar schools A majority of the technically educated men fail to achieve success in life simply because they cannot express themselves in clear, convincing English when they are called on to report on a given proposition
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
Pleased With Birminqham.

NJ. Y. Rombauer of Missouri is in Bir- mingham. He is general manager of the Rombauer Coal company, whose head quarters are at Novinger, Mo.
 This is my first visit to Birmingham, D said MT. Rombauer. "I am pleased with the city Everybody has heard of Bir- mingham's phenomenal growth. It is the best advertised city in the United States. Well, I expected a good deal but Bir- mingham far exceeds my expectations. This is a fine city and it promises to become a city of great size. It evidently has a great future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
SOME EATING.

An Icelandic legend relates that upon one occasion Thor ate without any as- sistance, save that of being provided with the rations. 8 salmons. a full-grown OK, large quantity of sweetmeats and three firkins of sparkling mead" No wonder he was a husky god and was a fine hand with hammer. The bold men of the north strove to emulate Thor's prowess as a trencherman at every feast they had. sometimes with astonishing success. Those were indeed brave days, before in- digestion had come to vex the world and centuries before man ever dreamed that he had an appendix.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
SPECIAL MATINEE FOR ONE.

From the New York Times.
 specia, performance of the first act of "A Stubborn Cinderela," in which Jack Barrymore plays the leading role. was given yesterday afternoon for the benefit of his sister, Ethel Barrymore, who is on tour in Lady Frederick.
 Miss Barrymore had never seen the first act of her brothers play. and the entire company volunteered to give her special matinee. Miss Barrymore was the audi ence. but she applauded frequently, and when it was over she said it was the greatest compliment that she had ever re- ceiYed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
Idle To Talk War,

"Why is it that there is so much talk, and so much said in the newspapers about a war with Japan" said Capt. J. Lawler Darby. "'rhe people of the United States have no desire to shed blood; they know what a great evil war is and the misery and poverty it brings. Japan is full of energy and ambition, and If 1t is their real desire to become a great nation her leaders must surely be thinking more about other things than of war.
 All civilized nations if forced to fight will do so, but all nations have not dis played wisdom in declaring war. It Is time that the people of the whole world were using their energy and their talents in the improving of their natures, and in the development of all things that the great God has given them.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
HOW TO LAND A HUSBAND.

From the Atchison Globe.
 An Atchison family of three girls, all of them equally attractive. had a curi- osity to know the best method of land ing a husband. and agreed to make an experiment One of them learned to cook, and was a domestic sort of girl Another learned shorthand and got po- stion in downtown office. The third devoted all her attention to society. If we were writing story, we would mar ry off the girl who could cook within three months, but. alas, the facts are different The society girl has landed wealthy man, the stenographer has an other nibbling, but the real heroine, the one who can make light biscuits. cook a beefsteak and boil soup bone, has attracted no attention whatever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
The pamrosch Orchestra.

"There is possibility of having Wal ter Damrosch and his orchestra here the first week in May" said music lover.
 "Damrosch will conclude a four-days festival in Atlanta the last of April, and if he has sufficient encouragement he will give a matinee and a night perform ance in Birmingham on May or 4. The Birmingham Festival association will or ganize for a grand festival in 1910, but in the meantime we should have the Dam rosch orchestra in symphony concerts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
Sims of Growth.

"A visitor to Birmingham is not long in the city before coming to the con clusion that this is the most substantial community between Louisville and New Orleans" said Frederick J. Ascot of De- troit
 T have visited all the well known southern cities this winter and in none of them have seen so much building as in Birmingham. It is easy to see that Birmingham will eclipse all south ern cities in the census of 1920
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Its a rare man who can be a hero without being a fool about it afterward. vest in sure thing is generally too smart to do it.
 Some men want to lay down the con- ditions under which they would consent to go to heaven.
 Most peoples generosity consists in all the things they are going to do for others when they can afford it.
 A man can be almost as proud of the way his daughter plays the piano as Of the way he thinks he understands music.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ALWAYS HOPIIJG.

Hoping when the shadows fell,
 Hoping through the night, Hoping that the morning would
 Dawn serene and bright; Hoping when his heart was sad
 Even in his tears; Hoping as the weary months
 Grew to weary years. Hoping when the day was dark
 When his plans went wrong, Hoping that the luck would change And he'd win ere long; Hoping, though his neighbors said Crowned he'd never be No one else in all the world
 Had more hope than he. Hoping when old Trouble came
 In a mood to stay, Hoping till his eyes were dim
 And his hair turned gray; Hoping when his brow was cold Meath the dews of death, Hoping though twas all in vain,
 With his parting breathl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
THE MISSIvE.

By Edmund Gosse in "The Autumn Gar den." I that tumble at your feet
 Am a rose; Nothing dewier or more sweet
 Buds or blows; He that plucked me- he that threw me. Breathed in fire his whole soul through
 me. How the cold air is infused
 With the scent! See, this satin leaf is bruised
 Bruised and bent, Lift me- lift the wounded blossom: Soothe 1t at your rosier bosom! Frown not with averted eyes!
 Joys a flower, That is born a god, and dies
 In an hour. Take me, for the summer close~, And your life is but roses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
About Persons.

Mr. and Mrs. William Halls, Jr., of New York are at the Hillman. This Is Mrs Halls first visit to Birmingham since she and her husband made a tour of the world about three years ago.
  John F. billiard of Omaha is in the city.
 John R. Ryan has returned from New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
conoress Not the President.

Washington, February 19.-The require ment that Congress, instead of the Pres ident shall approve the constitution adopted by a new state, was urged by Senator Nelson today when the New Mex ico and Arizona statehood bill was taken up by the Senate committee on terri tories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
AGE-HERALD ECHOES

Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age Herald fears ''the next Congress will have a repudated tariff and an empty treasury on its hands,
 Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age Herald says: "A Male Beauty club Is to take the place of the Ananias club at Washington"
 Savannah Press: Editor Barrett does not believe that Teddy will send the fleet to the Pacific before he has chance to review it at Hampton Roads"
 Atlanta Georgia: Editor Barrett ob- serves with an evident touch of sympathy that the captain of the battleship Geor- gia has been put into dry dock.
 Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age Herald thinks it is improbable that all the handsome men in the country can be spared to attend the inaugural"
 Anniston Star: Whether Adam was a democrat or not matters little, since there was no tariff revision in his days" says
 
 less, Paul, since it is an established fact that Eve was a suffragette.
 Richmond News-Leader: When Pres- ident Woodrow Wilson says no great statesman can be born in New York he is guilty of lese majeste," save the Bir- mingham Age-Herald. And chanoing con- signment to the Ananas club
 Washington Herald: "Old Neptune never witnessed a finer moving picture show than the battleship fleet presented" says the Birmingham Age-Herald. That is all right, of course, for Neptune; but what did old Mars think of 1t?
 Washington Herald Editor Burke of the Macon News has been telling Editor Barrett of the Birmingham Age-Herald how easy it is to get a little something for ones stomachs sake in Crackerland. We suppose Colonel Barrett was gallant enough to explain the Birmingham situ- ation to the Maconite.
 Vicksburg Herald The Age-Herald pro- nounces the reorganization of the South ern Steel company, which foundered on the rocks of the 1907 panic, "the most cheering announcement for the Birming- ham district recently made" Pretty much the same comment was made on the United States Steel trust benevolent as- similation of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company.
 Walker County News:
 FAME See the crown of bay doth rest
 On another's brow.
 Once 50 often in request.
 Where is T. Burns now?"
 Paul Cook in Age-Herald. Soon another will be missed
 And his absence felt.
 And the people will say
 Where is T. Roosevelt?'
 Charleston News and Courier: The Bir- mingham Age-Herald quotes the following lines and attributes them to Measure for Measure:"
 70, it is excellent To have a giants strength; but 1t IS
 tyrannous To use it like a giant"
 Critical readers, observing, the use Of the word like will instantly recognize the lines as part of the output or the Houston Post.
 chattanooga Times: The Birmingham Ape-Herald wants more public places in that city where the general public can get a drink-of water As little as we may think of it and as much as people may think it a joke-prohibition and no water to drink-the matter is serious in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
Starks in City.

B. M. Starks, general manager of the Louisville and Nashville, passed through Birmingham yesterday en route 10 Montgomery and points south.
 MT. Starks stated that he is making a regular inspection, and that he has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

Chicago holds itself in readiness to furnish a Secretary of the Treasury, but it should not put one on the coun- try that is tangled up with benzoate of soda.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
RERuKED.

'Why, hello, Tessie. How's the girl this morning?"
 Say, young man, cut out that fossy line of conversation yer tryin' to hand me. I wantcher to understand that Pm a ladyl'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

Larz Anderson put $25,000 in the Taft campaign fund and he expects to drawn out an ambassadorship in re- turn. He may find that he has become a victim of political ingratitude. -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

President Eliot defines liberal edu- cation. He says it embraces a knowl- edge of past and current events in the worlds progress; power of ex- pression; an intimate acquaintance with some part of the store of human knowledge; a clear conviction how to discover the truth, and development of the imagination. He does not men, tion athletics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Selma Times: The President-elect mere ly 'wunk" at Birmingham.
 Gadsden Times News: Birmingham will have to make the best of the fact that the ship named in her honor depends more upon her heels than upon her guns
 Florida Times Union: Is it an omen of clearer track for the railroads that MT. Taft's special had to take the side track at Birmingham to let MT. Harriman's special roll by?
 Opelilia Post: Birmingham is becoming the great convention city of the south, and no wonder for when she entertains one it is done so lavishly that the next one wants to go there.
 Florida Times -Union When the mis- sionares in Shanghai telegraphed the mis- sionary convention in Birmingham "The East calls" they did it because they wanted the west to ante.
 Montgomery Times: It would be inter- esting to know what the governor of North Carolina and the Governor of Ala bama had to say on railroads when they met and shook in Birmingham.
 Sumter County Call: When Birmingham will send a popular and enterprising hotel keeper to the coal mines for violating the prohibition law, it looks like they mean just what they say-that the city is to be kept dry.
 Tuscaloosa Times Gazette: The Bir- mingham district and Gadsden, more par ticularly, is delighted at the reorganiZa- tion of the Southern Steel company. Those pay rolls mean a lot to any community and the whole state will be glad to see all the activities humming again.
 Annston Star: Birmingham must be a living example of total depravity. She gets more big religious gatherings than any other city in the south. and we are told that she is about the last city on earth that the prohibition lecturers would cite in a clinching argument on the ameliorating effects of absolute dryness.
 Opelika Post: The civil authorities of Birmingham are waging a war against the cocaine evil. They could not use their efforts to a better advantage for the evil is growing at an alarming rate, es- pecially among the negroes. There should be some way to prevent the sale of CO., caine to negroes, and if it were stopped crime would decrease to a considerable extent.
 Gadsden Journal: A Birmingham paper tells of a windy corner in that village on First avenue and Twentieth street. That is the first intimation we have had that the wndiness of the Magic City was con fined to any particular corner. We have always been under the impression that this indispensable item of modern progress was to be found on any Birmingham cor ner. and possibly between corners, too. ready for MT. Taft's promised visit on the 18th. On his way home from Panama, via New Orleans, he passed on, leaving word with the Magic City that he will call another day. Maybe the supply of Billie 'Possums' has run short in Jones valley, and as Atlanta about exhausted the sea- son's Georgia crop for his delectation, the President-elect will have to await his Birmingham feast of "'possum and tat CTS, perchance until the short-tailed, cross-eyed variety of marsupials ripens next fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
A GIRL VOL KNOW.

She labors at the gym, each day
 To get a healthy hue; Her mother yields the broom at home And does the dishes too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

Sweden has manhood suffrage, and it is demanded in all other countries. Alabama's suffrage is largely matter of taxpaying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

Vermont has the oldest living ex- governor, Governor Holbrook He is 96 years old and he was a Civil war governor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

There is a deep feeling in all parts of the country that Ambassador Eliot at London would be the right man in the right place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
CAN THIS REs

He made ten thousand speeches from The rear end of a train And though defeated, said he would Be glad to run again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
MAKING PROGRESS.

"Ferdy is trying to become a Bohe- mian."
 'Is he making any progress? ''Yes, indeed. Only last week he wore a collar two days''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
NOT UNUSUAL.

''Withersby seems to have a grouch all the time. I wonder what can be the matter with him?'
 "Oh, very common complaint" "And what may that be?"
 "He's married"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

On March 4 Sunny Jim" will emerge from the hole he was voted into. take a glance at his shadow and go back in for four years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

The per capital supply of money is increasing but the per capital circula- tion of it is very ragged and uneven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

The spring poet and the grolhdhog are sawin' wood and sayin' nothin'.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

The ex-grand vizier retains his head. Formerly that was taken off when he was cut loose from office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

The barefoot dancers attract the simpleton rich and they should be left to solve the problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

The Ananias club will be dissolved by the very nature of its charter on the night of March 3
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
sPoTLEss TOWN GOES BACK.

 While preaching's very fine, no doubt, Say once or twice a week, Frail human ngturell soon break out The cause not far to seek When forced to walk narrow path And sermonized to death, Despite all threats of heavens wrath And Satan's scorching breath. That's why ere long in spotless Town Reformers struck snag; Some said they only craxed renown And others spoke of swag. The citizens grew tired pf life Where so much was forbid And some with angry feelings rife Essayed to lift the lid. O, woeful day for Spotless Town- That burg soon got so bad, Its years of probity to crown, That sin became a fad And people whooped and loudly swore, And wished it understood That they aspired to bear no more A name for being good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

MT. Taft is now a free and accepted Mason, but not an ancient one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

The groundhog can point to the weather clerk when his predictions are called in question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

some ways and more serious in prohibi- ton towns than elsewhere. Lots of people not the well-to-do, of course-walk the streets of cities and can find no place except saloon whereat they may sake their thirst And while saloonkeepers aren't generally credited with a disposi- tion to encourage water drinking, they give many thirsty fellow a glass of water. Chattanooga has one public drink ing place, and there ought to be many more. Sometimes big cup full of water supplies the dePand for something strong CT. Anyhow Birmingham ought to have public water-drinking places; if not, the thirsty will find something else not as wholesome
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

Debts are saddled on posterity be. cause posterity is not on the spot to object
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

Fall River is promoting the nine- foot sheet bills, and the southern farm CTS are willin'.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

Chicago breaks into the cabinet with a bottle containing benzoate of soda.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

We should celebrate Washington's birthday, for without Washington thete would have been no Lincoln. The ex-grand vizier retains his head. Formerly that was taken off when he was cut loose from office.
 ----------.s----.---------- The barefoot dancers attract the simpleton rich, and they should be left to solve the problem.
 s----.----------- The Ananias club will be dissolved by the very nature of its charter on the night of March }.
  The groundhog can point to the weather clerk when his predictions are called in question.
 
 Fall River is promoting the nine- foot sheet bills, and the southern farm CTS are willin.
 
 Benzoate of soda will score when Franklin MacVeigh is seated in the new cabinet.
  Nine-foot sheets call for 24-inch towels, so they say in the wild and woody west.
 Debts are saddled on posterity be- cause posterity is not on the spot to object.
 Chicago breaks into the cabinet with bottle containing benzoate of soda. MT. Taft is now a free and accepted Mason, but not an ancient one. Vulgar plays that do not fill the seats are quickly withdrawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
A PRECoCIoUs YoUNGsTER.

A PRECOCIOUs YOUNGsTER.
 "Now, Willie, come to mother and she will tell you about the old woman who lived in a shoe"
 'tAw, cut 1t out ma! Pm gettin' sick an tired of nursery tales. Tell me some thin about Wild Bill Hiclzcock"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

We should celebrate Washington's birthday, for without Washington thete would have been no Lincoln.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
YOU'VE MET THIS SORT.

YOU'VE MET THIS SORT, There was a little man Who had a little jag, And all he did when he got well Was brag,
 brag,
 bragi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

Vulgar plays that do not fill the seats are quickly withdrawn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

Benzoate of soda will score when Franklin MaeYeigh is seated in the new cabinet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

Savannah Press: Editor Barrett does not believe that Teddy will send the fleet to the Pacific before he has a chance to review it at Hampton Roads"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

Nine-foot sheets call for 24-inch towels, so they say in the wild and woody west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20

In the St. Louis Times Dorothy Dix discusses That Fatuous Cry of Back to the Home" Not more fatuous. we trust, than Back to the Minesl'