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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

Mrs. oliver Rucker as Horseback Ri
der Achieves EnViable Place in the
Regard of Local Horse LoVers-So-
3 cial Events of Neutrality-suspicious.
Anticlpated-Miss WeiseI's Informal
Porch Party for Girls Leaving for
Europe-Other Notes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
DANCE AT EAST LAKE.

In the ball room rejecting the patriotism
of its members with flags and bunting,
the Joi de Vies danced at East Lake
Among those In attendance were the
chaperons, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Berry
Baugh, Mr.. and Mrs George M. Webb
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Bradley, Mr. and Mrs.
w. s. Mudd, DR.. and Mrs. Mortimer Jor-
dan, Mr. and Mrs. r. D. Burnett, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. c. Hodges, and Miss Emily Nor
riss, Miss Matte owkles, Miss May Fox,
Miss GLADYS Enslen Miss Laura Bell Ems
len, Miss Lalage Dawn guest of Miss
Vera Webb; Miss Vera Webb, Miss Susie
Hardie, Miss Elizabeth Morris Miss Vir
ginia White, Miss Bessie Cooper, Miss
Alice Coughlan Miss Kathleen VanHoosc,
Miss jamie Going, Miss Olivia Bogacki
Miss Mary George Green, Miss Madge
Chisolmn, Miss Ruth Smith, Miss Mabel
Wheelock, Miss Emily Sommerville, Miss
Serena kirkpatrick, Miss Eleanor Mat
tehws, Miss Ellen Percy, Miss Norma
Hood, Miss Elizabeth Mcknight. Miss
Edith Bowron, Miss Clara Cronk, Miss
Mary Ellen Harris, Miss Mary Bell Cosby,
Miss Madeline Reynolds, Miss Marguerite
Ehrman. Miss GONZALEZ Dixon, Miss
Mary Lou Cobb. Miss Susie White,
Miss Helen Lake Little, Miss JOY
Tomlinson, Miss Virginia McDavid, Miss
Rose Owen McDavid, Miss Florence
Rogers, Miss Grace Nelson of Selma,
Miss Dorothy Johnson, Miss Ellen Linn
Motion, Miss Ruby Munger, Miss Mar
George Cruik shank, Mr.. r. w. Caba
Miss, Mr.. r. J. Mcclure, Mr. e. III
Irwin, Mr.. Sterling Baggett, Mr.. E. II
Bragg, Mr.. c. d. Brown Mr.. r. ]
Burnett. Mr.. Jim Coleman, Mr.. Ale
Dearb orn, Mr.. w. b. Dicks, Mr.. [
Gore, Mr.. George c. Harris, Jr., M
Roscoe Harris, Mr.. Henry Hiden, Ji
Mr.. Var Kolb, Mr.. Bog LeGrande, NJ
George Lum, Mr.. Charles Nolan, M
Roy Norris. Mr.. w. M. Otey Mr.. Mon
roe Penn, Mr.. Clyde Pippen, Mr.. Blu
Roberts, Mr.. Ernest sifford, Mr.. lie,
T. Smith, Mr.. Tom Spencer, Mr.. Nor
man circuit, Mr.. Jack Walton
Mr.. Jelks Cabaniss, Mr.. Bob Ware, Mr.
Fred Wheelock. Mr. Frank Wise, Mr.
John Gaudin, Mr.. Robert Malone, Mr. B.
M. Starns, Mr.. T. B. Dryer, Mr.. Jin
Gillespy, Mr.. Tom Jones, Mr.. Frances
Wese, Mr.. Bob Badham Mr.. Charlie
Heidi. Mr.. Jim Weatherly. Mr. w. r..
Ridout, Mr.. Henry Gray, Mr.. Edgar Bag
gett, Mr.. Lewis Underwood, Mr.. Joe
Mudd, Mr.. Charles Teny, Mr.. John Nc
Lin, Mr.. Oscian Drake, Mr. H. l..
Schmidt, Mr.. w. X. Ramsay, Mr.. Reid
Lawson. Mr.. Henry Badham, Mr.. Walter
Allen, Mr.. walton Ford, Mr. Charles
Estes, Mr. Claude Estes. Mr.. Joe Walker,
Mr.. M. NJ. Nolan, Mr. Ebert Jemison,
Mr. Jimmie Walthall. Mr.. Seabon What
ley. Mr.. Steele Andrew, Mr.. Fred Greg
ory. Mr.. Pete Smith.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
BLUFF PARK HOTEL

A quiet Fourth on Shades
Mountain. Spend the week
end with us. Dancing Saturday
night. Roads will be in excel
lent shape. Peoples phone 2232.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

choir will be assisted by male quartet.
One of the pleasant events anticipated
among Mrs. P. G. Bowman's friends Is
lawn fete which she plans to give in
compliment to her guests, Mrs. Lucle
Thornton and Miss Vance of San Antonio,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

lVISiT TERRACE COURT CAFE.
highland avenue and Twentieth street,
lday evening until 8. Get your dinner
then enjoy cool evening on the
- garden. Service and table best in
city. Phone Bell 1889 for table reser-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-28
Curtains and POrtierS

Lace Curtains and Portieres in
Nottingham Irish Point, Brussels,
Louis XIV, Cluny, Filet and Point
De Calais, priced from 75c to $40
per pair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
WHITE PLAGUE ON THE RUN.

Where there's a will, there's a
way" is demonstrated in conclusive
and satisfying fashion by some sta
tistics which were made public recent
ly by the division of vital statistics of
the federal census bureau. They show
that the great white plague, the dread
tuberculosis, which was gaining such a
disastrous footing in this country, is
already on the run; that the monu-
mental battle which has been started
against it has been a success from the
very start.
Although this fight has really been
but barely begun, the statistics show
that the death rate from tuberculosis
during the year 1908 was considerably
less than it was in the preceding year.
Those in touch with the matter are
sanguine that the statistics for the
present year will show even greater
gains in this important particular.
This is encouraging, for it is much
easier to fight winning fight than it
is to carry on the combat in a losing
one. It should spur public authorities
OF to further efforts in the crusade
against this terrible disease. It threat
ened for a time to sap the life-blood
of the nation, and it threatens yet.
Progress has been made against it, to
be sure. but the number of its victims
is still abnormally large and there
should be no let up in the conflict
which has been begun.
Perhaps it is too much to hope that
the disease will ever be entirely eradi-
Gated. That would be expecting toe
much. But its ravages can be check
cd. It's spread can be prevented and
nc stones should be left unturned tc
bring this about
Kansas has taken a prominent part
in the anti-tuberculosis fight, as she
tries to do in everything that it for the
uplift of humanity. This state is one
of the few that has appropriated its
moneys to carry on public cam.
paign of education for the successful
battling against consumption and 1t!
spread. That great good has already
been accomplished by it there can be
nc doubt Other states are falling into
line. Public spirited citizens of means
are behind enterprises to fight the
disease which are taking on nationa
scope and the nation itself is lending
aid in many valuable ways.
The good fruits of this sortie agains
n condition of affairs that was reaching
the calamitous stage are apparent Fol
the simple reason that it is possible tt
reduce the terrors of tuberculosis to
minimum, the efforts should be re
doubled to hasten that end along.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30

pand himself into joy. The natural
mortal vision sees joy in material
things, in circumstances, in events. in
personal possessions and aggrandize-
ment, whereas joy is spiritual es-
sential. outgoing. Joy never leans on
what happens but on what is.
$50 long as the dull and the
ignorant, the suffering and the dis
eased, look up to great possessions, to
comfortable surroundings and ire
sponsibility, and fancy that Joy lives
there. and that If they captured the
means they would capture the prize, so
long poor exiled joy can do no more
than drop at odd seconds upon a
quiescent mind here and there. 1t
cannot come to earth to dwell, to turn
life into paradise. until it comes
equally to all. It would seem that
only spiritual gifts could be equal.
Matter is unmanageable. 1t heaps
itself up in spots and draws away in
others; 1t is eternal restless motion !:
1T is the changing, floating unreality
in which for the moment we are set.
But the spirit Is changeless, i'm
movable, permeating all space. And
at odd corners, here and there,
through life. eyes are opened and the
spirit joins the spirit and JOY is born"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
QUAKER MEDrTATIoNs.
tFrom the Philadelphia Record.l

rFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Any bald man can get a head OF hair
over night by buying wig.
discord demonstrates that even In
music lots of notes go to protest
It's hard to make trouble. for others
without keeping share of 1t for yourself.
Some people believe in both an ounce
of prevention and pound of cure.
When a boy with dirty face Is told
to get off the earth he might try soap
and water.
Many a fortune can be made in the
time It takes to figure how to get money
without working for 1t.
No. Maude, dear; just because a hen
has pin feathers it doesn't make her I'M
comfortable to sit on them.
The man who dyes his hair doesn't fool
any more people than the man who white
washes his conscience.
"Scribbler is going to .caIl his
book of poems Autumn leaves Joax--
In the hope. / suppose. that they will
be read
Harduppe-HI got that watch. with q
suit of clothes" Wfgwag-'sIn other
words, suppose you pawned the suit OF
clothes to get the watch, chr
1.-The human life is a poem" exclaimed
the literary young woman. opttmistica1-
ly. Yes, but SO many poems are reject
ed,' sighed the spinster.
Ne1l-"There isn't anything more brittle
than mans promise" Belle-"That'a
right When Maude married that old Mr..
Gotrox he said he would die for her. That
was three months ago, and he's alive YET
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
XYHAWKER .JOTS

Mack Gretchen notes that the world
is always talking about peace, yet al
ways cheering fighter.
eff you can't afford it don't buy it,"
is some good advice from Tom
you can't afford that causes a big
share of this worlds troubles"
According to the Hutchinson News
there is some complaint at Dodge
City because the oil discovered in a
well there is crude and not refined.
All of the natural gas companies in
the state are promising plenty of gas
during the winter months, and their
pl omises are being accepted with the
| same faith which didn't remove noun
aims, says the Wichita Eagle.
Some zenda correspondence in the
Kingman Journal says: Otto Werner
| is still baching. He comes to town
every day and sometimes twice a day
and smokes 10 cent cigars. OF course
| all this is to be kept from his wife,
who couldn't enjoy her visit If she but
knew Otto was SO lonesome.
We have just learned one of the
reasons why newspaper man cannot
make any money. We received a bill
this morning for labor performed on
a machine in the office at the rate of
| rs cents an hour. while the charges
we make for our own work Is at the
rate of about 20 cents an hour
| Conner Davies.
| That esteemed disciple of bachelor
hood, Mr.. B. P..Walker of the Osborne
Farmer, has discovered that sit is
pretty dangerous to joke with a
woman who is 'touchy' about both
her weight and age" If Brother
Walker has got to the point where he
jokes with women on any subject he'll
be landed by one of them before long.
| There was a dastardly attempt to
rob the postoffice at Netawaka the
other night is the way the Emporta
Gazette tells about it. 1.-THE foul mis-
creants who tried 1t got only few
pennies after a night spent in arduous
| toll, and it may be hoped that they
will forsake their evil course and en-
| deaver to live down the past w. j.
Granger, the poet of the Central
Branch, is the postmaster at Meta
waka, and he. with almost super
human intelligence, had placed the
government money in the bank the
day before. It is understood that he
will lecture in the neighboring towns.
This is a rather unusual accident
| but q man quoted a reliable woman
who says it actually happened on a
Kansas train. A farmer wearing
and plenty of them. sat behind a
lady. He became intensely inter
ested and placed his elbows on the
back of the seat the lady occupied
Following the usual custom the
lady had to rearrange her bach
hair and pinned up some of the
farmers whiskers with her owI
Il hair Something finally causee
the farmer to lean back and laugh
and he pulled the lady's hair doWI
; store hair" in his lap frightened
him, and he gave a yell: The &C
!, cident broke UP the quiet in tina
part of the train.-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
A SATURDAY SERMON.

an unruly evil. full of deadly poison.
James HIS.
Few of the books in the Bible are
briefer than the general epistle penned
by the apostle, James. Few of them,
also, are richer in sound wisdom toucn-
ing on the vital things of life. AS a
matter of fact this letter of his ito the
twelve tribes" made up as 1t is for the
most part of moral precepts, added to
each other without any obvious plan.
has been we'll called. THE Christian
Book of Proverbs And a considerable
portion Of it is devoted to an elucida-
ton of the fact that the most inimical
of human agencies is a loose tongue;
and that the proper control of this most
important member of the body is as
difficult of attainment as it is essential
If people are to dwell with one and
another in peace and happiness.
Most folks will probably agree that
much of the misery in the world is
due to no other cause than to the ut
terances and lashings Of unbridled
tongues. The enemies they make are
legion. The distress they cause is be-
yond computation. The real injury
they 10 rs I1OHuII61lI6l III LILO dSBIC-
gate. These conditions prevail in every
stratum of society, and among each
and every class of individuals. Some
are worse offenders than others. but all
are quite bad enough. The probabill-
ties are that there is not a single per-
son, honestly searching through the
archives of his memory. who cannot
easily recall some words that he has
spoken which have been responsible for
inf1icting injuries of greater or less eX-
tent on others; some dear and valued
friendships that have been shattered
for all time through hasty words or
idle talk. What would not many per-
sons give if they could only call back
some of the things they have said? But
that's the great trouble. A word once
spoken may never be recalled. It may
be frankly apologiZed for; sincere re-
grets may be expressed that it was
ever uttered; and incnnations declared
to make such atonement as might be
possible; but the sting it caused can
not be thus assuaged. Time has a
reputation of healing all things but this
is scarcely true of the wounds that are
caused by thoughtless words which ara
so often vicious. The offended or the
injured individual may have every dis
position to forget and forgive, but the
memory of them seems to linger on
forever.
And so there should be a constant ef-
fort on the part Of every one to tame
the tongue, unruly thing that it is
With this as with all other things, the
harder the accomplishment the more
Jealous should be the endeavors tc
bring it about. Nor is any one beyond
| the necessity for striving to this end
| AS James so cogently put 1t: IF any
man offend not in word, the same is g
perfect man." Where is such a man te
| be found?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
OUR RIGHT TO JOY.

1.-The child with his unclouded
vision, unbroken as yet by life and
the greed and the cunning of hui
mainly, has the Unborn sense of mans
right to joy says writer in the cur
rent issue of Harper's Weekly.
What are we here for? Surely not
just that some malignant being, or
some force in nature, may have the
fun of hammering at us and seeing us
writhe. The real truth of joy, its be-
ing and mode in this world, is hardly
more than family limited at by either
novelist. The truth is, man, born into
mortality, attempts first to make his
own joy and invariably fails. The
natural attempt is to get joy for our
| selves. Whereas, as man grows, he
knows that instead of dragging JOY
into himself he must initiate an en-.
tirely opposite process; he must ex.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
Cat as an Incendiary.

A remarkable discovery was yester-
day made by party Of salvage fire.
which on Sunday night was the scene
of a slight. outbreak Of fire. While
a search was being made among the
debris it was noticed that several
bricks had been removed from the
wall and a further examination re-
vealed live cat with a long string at
tached to its tail, upon which were
the remains of some charred material
that had evidently been saturated
with fnf1ammable liquid.
The theory of the police is that the
cat was deliberately sent into the
warehouse where the cotton was stor-
ed, the artificial tail having been ngnt-
ed beforehand. The discovery con-
firms the police in the belief
that the numerous cotton fires
of the past few months have been the
work of incendiaries, for the discov-
erv of whom they have offered a re-
ward of f6O0.-London Standard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
Progress of Electricity.

New York has been termed the city of
troglodytes. but II the predictions of Wal
ter g. Oakman, president of the Hudson
company, come true, the future city. Will
be one Of moles. Mr.. Oakman believes
that the new rapid transit tunnels be-
ply the precursors of series of similar
tubes, and that the time is soon coming
when the rivers and waters around the
city will be almost as thickly interlaced
with tunnels as the streets OF New York
are at present with subways and elevated
railroads.
The prediction does not seem at all I'M
real, and some of the New York papers
In commenting upon 1t express the BELIEF
that these modern methods Of transit pre-
sent an excellent subject for the lyric
poet. Certainly there is enough OF the
weird and novel about underground travel
to appeal to poetic Imagination. AS yet
allied the opportunities presented. but not
so abroad, where the ambitious electric
railway projects in many OF the Guro-
pean capitals have inspired varied specu-
1ations on the possibilities Of the future
Among those which have been put In
verse is one in the Lustige Batter. OF
Berlin. According to this account. the
enable one to begin a breakfast in Ham
burg. and finish it in Berlin, but will also
provide the passengers on the train witt
la gymnasium, Turkish baths. tennis
courts, opera recitals and every othel
luxury of first class hotel. Even g
crematory will be available for those WHIT
wish to use one while in transit. The
classic, and 1t remains for some success
sor of his to chronicle the achievement.
of the high powered electric car-Electrtt
Railway Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
Farmers as Railroad Owners.

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
suggested that with the great i'm
pending prosperity of the farmers Of
America, the men behind the pillow
would invest wholesale in railroad Sc
curities, in small lots, OF course. pro-
vided the government supplied more
rigid and unwavering supervision OF
these great properties.
The idea is commendable from many
standpoints, and from none more
strikingly than in the additional pro-
lection the practice would afford both
20 railroad and to farmer.
For one. thing. If the farmers Of
the country were larger holders OF
road securities they would speedily be-
come more patient and intelligent
students of great public questions.
With this change would come an am
elioration, If not an entire disappear
anceof the so-called batting" OF the
railroads, for 1t is upon ignorance and
prejudice alone that the demagogue
feeds.
Contrariwise the railroads would
themselves be Of necessity coerced IN
to a continuous rectitude. Engaged
largely in hauling freight of the forces
supporting them, they would be faced
with a check upon overcapitalization
and unfair Determinations such as Is
afforded by no other present device
Atlanta Constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
The Asbestos Industry.

According to a brochure issued by
the United States geological survey,
the United States leads all other coun-
tries in the conversion of raw ashes
los into manufactured products, al
though much less than one per cent OF
the material used Is mined In this
country. There are only two active
mines in the United States at present
one in Vermont and one in Georgia
although asbestos is found also in the
Grand Canyon of Arizona, in Wyoming
and in California. Canada Is the great
est source of raw asbestos, which is
imported duty free, for the manufac-
tories of the United States. Canada's
534 tons. of a value f$2,547,507 while
the total output OF the United States
during the year was $50 tons. valued
at $19,624 Imports of manufacturer
asbestos into the Uuited States in 1908
amounted to $1,06S,322, and manufac-
tured S127,548. Russia has recently
become an important producer of as
bestos. her 1907 production being TO-
sos tons-Consular Reports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
Tragedy

He brought parrot to his wife,
handsome. gaudy bird
winch cared for but one thing in life
To make her talking heard
She loved to feel herself to be
The center of the stage
10 pour out words OF mtmicry
Gay, foolish, dull or sage.
Shed caused him trouble by the peck,
Her former master swore
Until he'd yearned to wiring her neck
And revel In her gore.
Sne'd scattered language right and left
Until the air was blue;
At making mischief she was delft
A gossip through and through.
But now this wordy bird began
10 sit around and NOPE:
Sne seemed like one beneath a ban
Like one bereft of hope
der saucy ways were all forgot
AND silent was her tongue;
Most wretched was that parrots lot
Her wicked head she hung.
That parrot moped and was so sad
Because her mistress new
SO GLIB way of talking had
what was the bird to do?
she tried her best to get ahead
But couldn't make q start
30 from her perch she tumbled dead:
Inc cause. broken heart.
-Chicago News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison Globe.

tErOm the AlcuASOH SiONO'l
You call this a free country, but you
can't say all you think.
A bad graphophone is about the worst
bad thing we know anything about
The trouble with cute children is they
soon outgrow it, and become impudent.
the little girls, and not the little boys
who want to hold the baby.
How are your" a reporter asked q man
kinds iinds''o Of medicine the man replied;
that's how I am
We have noticed that when a woman
marry him, we eventually print the we'd
ding notice: she ALWAYS gives in.
An Atchison woman bought a pup a
few months ago under the impression that
high as her kitchen table, ana sun grow
ing. . 49,,
to saw he wasn't as big a fool as he
looked. Don't think he said that I
had bad fall out Of an apple tree when
man is no buster in making money
than his wife is in spending it. a certain
| Atchison man may be seen on the street
money, and not far away you may usual
Spend it.
AS soon as a man becomes so depraved
/ that he is willing to live by politics, ne
should be arrested, and put in some kino
of reformatoryi Such iT nan by is Hnp peDe
sary appropriations and the creation o.
| unnecessary Offices
/ Il am a reporter on The Globe, ana
think 1 have a mean job. Alois Phillip
| followed me around town the other morn,
| ing, when 1 was very busy, telling ms
PEELED to get rid of him by saying: A mar
said to me last night. i see you havt
lately taken up that d fool Aloi.
1 If you don't let me alone. I'll go back tt
Perry.,'-DraSe Watson.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News

IF'rom the Chicago NeWs.l
Most Of mans troubles wear petticoats
railing in love is almost as easy as
falling out
A fast young man is apt to experience
swift finish.
A girl isn't necessarily bird because
she's pigeon-toed.
Beware of dark-haired women; they
simply can't be fair.
You can't always count on a woman be-
cause she has good figure
Women are always saying: NO man
knows what 1t is to be woman
Jumping at conclusions has resulted in
the downfall of many good man.
It's easy for the average man to acquire
a reputation which he cannot lose.
A man always remembers the person
who did him a favor-when he wants
another.
Insomnia is something that seldom
troubles a person in the early morning
hours.
If you are happy today IT'S because you
don't know what is going to happen to-
morrow.
The hen is a meek and 1owly bird, but
she has done more for this country than
the eagle ever will do
Women are going to wear high hats
this winter@but you can't convince the
| freight-pIayng husbands that they ever
wore any other KIND.