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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
Mrs, Gould a Winner

Judge Bowling, before whom the suit for separation and alimony on the part of Mrs. Howard Gould was tried, de- clared in granting her a separation and alimony of s36.000 year that the evidence as a whole was in her favor. She comes out of the trial vindicated. She was not intoxicated and she stands free from all charges of improper conduct.
 Neither party asks for an absolute divorce, and all dowry questions re- main, therefore, hung up. They are le- gally separated under the laws of New York, and the third son of Jay Gould will have to accept the situation as Judge Bowling defines and adjudges it. Heavy allowances for counsel fees were granted. There was money ga lore for lawyers and congratulations for Mrs. Gould, but in the report by wire there is no mention of the little girls who are robbed of one parent at least by the decision. The entire case is not one that appeals to the sympa- thies of the general public. Neither party to the separation is wholly blameless, and the entire affair is a bizarre illustration of the delusions of inordinate wealth and the illusions of a riotous stage. It was case that should have been adjusted behind doors. The washing of dirty linen in public has always been deprecated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
WINE IN ROM E.
Romans Sometimes Punished Drinking
 Women With Death.

From the Boston Transcript
 For many centuries the Romans were water drinkers, the favorable location of a bountiful spring now just redscovered having determined the location of the great city itself Wine was used on irn- portant occasions or as a medicine, and women were not expected to drink It. The feeling in Rome was much toward women wine bibbers, as 1t has been until recently in Europe regarding women who smoke At the time of the Christian era the women drank only a sweet wine. and many are the anecdotes of punishment under the Roman law that made the fam fly council arbiter of life or death of the woman who drank and of her who stole her husbands Keys to the wine cellar
 In a vaunting way the Romans for a long time decried the use of fine wines, Cato boasted of having partakenr of the same wine as the oarsmen. "But then," said the speaker, "Cato was a queer fel- low, who pleased himself by ridiculing luxury" It was, unworthy of Roman to admire a choice wine. The Greeks were the wine producers. as are the French today. The finer wines were served at feasts in single portions, even at great dinners. This was the earlier condition.
 As Rome spread about the world the wine was distributed throughout Italy, and the greater the conquest of foreign territory the stronger the home industry of wine producing. There is evidently relationship between the two facts As the policy of culture increased luxury spread and with it the use of wine. Rome not only slaked its thirst, but had veri- table fountains of wine. The wars had two results; they carried the soldiers into vine-g growing countries and they brought to Italy the skilled viniculturists of the best regions Just as there have been re- gently in California vine dressers from Piedmont and Sicily, so in those days Aegean farmers found employment in planting in Italy the vine of their home islands.
 Wine was most important In the politi- cal relations between Rome and its prov inces. Rome taught them war, building, language, and to drink wine. GauI pro- hibited its importation. As China fears opium and France absinthe, so the an- cient colonies feared the influence of wine. But this feeling disappeared when they were annexed and began to be as- simulated And as the colonies increased the prosperity of the mother country did likewise and largely through the vine, whose products found in every new prov ince an additional field Love of wine fol- lowed the army and the more Germany, Dalmatia and Pannonia drank the more filled were the coffers at home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27

From the Hartford Post
 There is a beautiful romance connect ed with the Cherokee rose. A young In dian chief of the Seminole tribe was taken prisoner by his enemies the Chero- kees and doomed to torture, but fell so seriously i'll that it became necessary to wait for his restoration to health be- fore committing him to the fire.
 As he lay prostrated by disease in the cabin of the Cherokee warrior, the daugh- ter of the latter, young, dark-faced maid, was his nurse She fell in love with the young ehieftain and. wishing to save his life, urged him to escape But he would not do so unless she would flee with him.
 She consented. Before they had gone far, impelled by regret at leaving home she asked permission of her lover to re- turn for the purpose of bearing away some memento of it. So retracing her footsteps, she broke sprig from tho white rose which climbed up the poles of her fathers tent and, preserving it during her flight through the wilderness planted it by the door of her new home in the land of the Seminoes. And from that day this beautiful flower has all ways been known throughout the south ern states by the name of the Cherokee rose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27

reserve fund. A gross income is the sum left after the operating expenses and interest on bonds are pad. Fur ther deductions must be reported un- der oath in detail.
 The fear on the part of the trusts that the proposed amendment would uncover their operations Is pretty clearly unfounded, for local revenue of ficials are forbidden to make pcolic any information gathered under the amendment, and not until assessments are made are the returns of corpora tions filed in the office of the com missioner of internal revenue in Wash ington, where they become public rec ords open to public inspection. Thus publicity at home is forbidden and pub licity at Washington is delayed.
 Every corporation organized for profit and represented by shares is to be taxed provided it has an income of $50O0 This applies to corporations do- ing a domestic business as well as to those engaged in interstate commerce.
 It is very plainly tax that has come to stay The income tax constitutional amendment may be put through, but 1t will never displace the Taft plan for taxing corporations. In case of war both might be needful. The President puts all his force and influence behind the corporation tax, and it is destined before September to become the law of a great country filled with corpora tions of all sorts and sizes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27

road in the county of Jefferson one over which one horse or mule can pull that which two have pulled heretofore.
 Nothing of a substantial nature has been done here which has not been suc- cessful. Take the office buildings. for instance. Observe the profits they have made Take the banks and the mercan- tile establishments! Take everything that has been done in Birmingham on basis of business and 1t has been good.
 Recently there has been some talk about the iron and steel prices charged by the big compahies here.
 How are you going to keep these con- cerns going unless you can get out ma terial and pay labor to convert it?
 believe that we people in Birmingham can do as good work and produce as good results as can be done in any other section of the world. But Birmingham would be foolish if it did otherwise than produce good materials. pay good wages for labor and charge good prices for the good work which Is turned out here.
 If one wants good thing he must
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
Gettinq Rid of Ants.

"I have a fellow feeling for the recent contributor to these columns" said a well-known housekeeper, "for I myself have had a great deal of trouble with ants. They came suddenly but by no means seemed disposed to go the same way and all the bitters I could put around seemed to do no good. While I was fighting them a friend came in one day and I asked her what I should do.
 "She said to get pulverized alum and put very little sugar In the alum to draw the ants to it.. Then wipe every thing off good and dry and sprinkle the mixture well in every place where the ants would be apt to find 1t. Let it re- main a few days and, presto! you won't have to repeat the dose. I hope you will have as great success as did for after this treatment they have not bothered me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
MT. Taft'S Corporation Tax Plan

After numerous and long confer ences the corporation tax amendment has been made public. It will be fully discussed in the Senate. where, per haps. it may be amended in immaterial respects. It is destined no doubt to be passed very much as it has been re- ported to the Senate, for the Aldrich- ites and the Taffites are both commit ted to it's support. MT. Aldrich awoke one morning to the fact that he either was compelled to accept the Cummins- Bailey general income plan or else a 2-per-cent tax on corporations, and he took the latter A careful canvass of the Senate shows that a majority of republicans will vote for the corpora tion proposition, and Speaker Cannon knows he can force 1t through the House, even if it has to go to con- ference. It is as good as passed to- day.
 There are no surprises in the pub lished amendment. sworn returns are to be made on March 1 of each year, and the tax in each case is to be as- sessed by the commissioner of internal revenue. The tax must be paid by June 1. The commissioner of internal revenue has full supervisory power over returns and assessments.
 Possibly the deductions from gross incomes that will be closely scrutinized are those relating to depreciation of property, and in insurance companies to the amount carried to the premium
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
concerninq Reliqious Ideas.

"Dr. Aked, the distinguished preacher who fills the pastorate of the Fifth Ave nue Baptist church, New York, delivered a stirring sermon last Sunday in which he discussed Prof. George B. Foster Baptist minister and professor in the Chicago university" remarked layman. "The theme of his discourss was Heresy Hunts Dr. Akeo, according to report in the New York Herald, commended the Baptist Executive Council for not busting from the ministry Professor Foster, who, he said, had been accused of being inf del and atheist
 " I am not going to join in the con demnatiol1 of Professor Foster on those grounds continued Dr. Aked, but be- cause his book Is an incompetent and slovenly piece of work. Professor Eos ter says the book was dashed off in 30 days as the by-product of more diff cult task" That may explain the book, but 1t does not excuse 1t. You have no right to dash off a book in 30 days when that book concerns the realities of faith, man's religion and mans des- tiny The book is written In such a style as I hope never was on the earth be- fore. He ought to be prosecuted for ob- taining money under false pretenses. He charges $1.25 for the book on the pretense that it Is written in English, whereas 1t is written in mongrel dialect composed of the technicalities of the classroom and highfangled words of German construc- tion.'
 "Racy words, these of Dr. Aked I have no doubt that all of us who still have old-fashioned ideas about the Bible and revealed religion are inclined to be too ready to point out 'heresy' in our ad- vanced thinkers. Dr. Aked, Professor Foster and other modern leaders in re- ligiouS thought are sincere in their eff forts to smash dogma and reconcile re- Iigion to science, but cannot help think
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
PASSING OF AVGREAT POET

J. M Barrie, in the Westminster Gazette. N IL morning there had been lit WH tie gathering of people outside
 the gate. The funeral coach came, and very small thing was placed in 1t and covered with flowers. One plant of the wallhower in the garden would have covered 1t. The coach took the road to Dorking, followed by few others, and in a moment or two all seemed silent and deserted, the cottage, the garden and Box Hill.
 The cottage was not deserted, as they knew who now trooped into the round in front of 1t, their eyes on the closed door. They were the mighty company, his chil- dren. Lucy and Clara and Rhoda and Diana and Rose and old Mel and Roy Richmond and Adrain and Sir Willough- by and 100 others, and they stood in line against the boxwood, waiting foT him to come out Each of his women carried flower, and the hands of all his men ready for the salute.
 In the room on the right, in an arm chair which had been his home for years
 
 country-sat an old man, like one forgot ten in an empty house. When the last sound of the coaches had passed away he moved in his chair He wore gray clothes and a red tie and his face was rarely beautiful, but the hair was white and the limbs were feeble, and the wonderful eyes dimmed, and he was hard of hearing. He moved in his chair, for something was happening to him, and it was this-old age was falling from him. This is what is meant by death to such as he, and the company waiting knew. His eyes became again those of the eagle and his hair was brown, and the 1ustness of youth was in his frame, but still he wore the red tie. He rose and not moment did he remain | within the house, for golden lie the meadows, golden run the streams" and 1 ''the fields and the waters shout to him golden shouts" He flung open the door, as they knew he would do who were awaiting him, and he stood there looking at them, general reviewing his troops. ], They wore the pretty clothing in which he had loved to drape them; they were not sad like the mourners who had | gone, but happy as the forget-me-nots and pansies at their feet and the lilac 1 overhead, for they knew that this was his coronation day Only one was airily in mourning, as knowing better than the | others what fitted the occasion-the Countess de Saldari. He recognized her sense of the ftness of things with bow. The men saluted, the women gave their flowers to Dahlia to give to him so that she should have his last word, and he took their offerings and passed on. They i did not go with him; they went their ways to carry his glory through the 1 world.
 | Without knowing why, for his work was done, he turned to the left passing his famous cherry blossom and. climbed between the apple trees to little house of two rooms, whence most of that noble | company had sprung. He went there only I because he had gone so often, and this 1 time the door was locked; he did not know why nor care. He came swinging down the path, singing lustily. and call-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
Southern Syndicate.

The New York Herald in recent issue had this to say of a popular and pros porous man:
 "Wilson R. Brown, one of the leading business men of Birmingham, Ala. has purchased from the Rickert- -Finlay Realty company 50 lots in Norwood for S1OO,0O0 cash. The property has frontage of 240 feet in Sixth avenue, between Broadway and Jamaica avenue; 200 feet in Sixth ave- nue, between Jamaica and Grand avenues; 2i0 feet in Seventh avenue, between Broadway and Jamaica avenue, and S2O feet in Seventh avenue, between Jamaica and Grand avenues. It is surrounded by trolley lines on four sides and Is only six minutes from the Greensboro Bridge.
 MT Brown has organized a syndicate of southern capitalists to join him in the purchase of the property, and papers have been prepared for the incorporation of company to take title to this and other property in Long Island city which his company will acquire'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
TIME IN RESTAURANTS CHARGE

From the New York Sum-
 "The other day was steered into a restaurant where they not only charge for what you eat but for the time you take to eat it in," said the city sales man. "A customer took me. Although was not expected to foot the bill I looked over the prices according to habit and figured out the cost of our modest meal would be 75 cents for two. A check was given us for $1.10. I ex- pected my friend to protest against the overcharge but he apparently did not notice it. Such a ruinous financial policy was torture to my economical soul, however, and I called his atten- tion to it.
 "'Oh,' said he, that's all right. We've been here an hour and a half
 "What difference does that maker said I. Whose business is 1t if we stay two times an hour and a half?'
 ""The proprietors, said he. This res taurant is run by two little old maids who have hard work to get along. The prices are very low, the cooking is good, the place is popular. Every time I sit at the table beyond a reasonable time I crowd somebody else out and diminish the receipts of the house. Therefore if I dawdle over a meal it is only just that I pay
 "So he paid quite cheerfully, but shall shun that restaurant as a place where leisure comes too high for me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Memphis Hospitality.

No city could have treated the Con- federate veterans better than Memphis, . said Dr. J. c. Abernethy, who attended the recent reunion and who has had more reunion experience perhaps than the aver age veteran.
 "The weather was excessively hot. but so far as the arrangements for the comfort and pleasure of the visitors were con- eerned they were excellent in every par tieular IA was an enjoyable reunion in spite of the heat and shall always re- member the hospitality of Memphis with a grateful heart. Those visitors who found fault with Memphis would have found fault with Birmingham or any other city, but I am glad to think that the great majority of those who attended the reunion were. likely myself, ad- mirably entertained"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27

@ u of us must get under the P1N weather, so to speak, at some time. But it Is well to get back into harness again, and at least endeavor to pull ones share of the load.
 We have had some intensely warm weather in Birmingham recently; and warm weather is conducive to kicking. But there is no reason for 1t in the Bir- mingham district. It is not the K ''al Birmingham spirit; and particularly rlg1t now we have every reason to applaud ourselves and to congratulate our neigh bors upon the fact that the industries are again starting up and the demand for materials which are made here is in- creasing every day.
 With the hum of industry which is being heard on all sides we should now begin again to build up in every way not only the city beautiful but the coun- ty beautiful and attractive Continue the great work of building good roads In the county and good streets in the city Build good buildings; be they pub lie or private. Make every street in the city of Birmingham good one aud every
 
 ing that intellectual giants like the late John A Broadus, a keen logician as well as very prince of preachers, would have taken little stock in the New Thought talk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27

ing to his dogs. his dogs of the present and the past; and they yelped with joy, for they knew they were once again to breast the hill with him,
 He strode up the hill whirling his staff, for which he had no longer any other use. His hearing was again so acute that from far away on the Dorking road he could hear the rumbing of coach. There came to him somehow a knowledge dt was the last he ever knew of little things) that people had been at variance as to whether caslket of dust should be laid away in one hole or in another, and he flung back his head with the old glorious action and laughed a laugh broad as thousand beeves at pasture"
 Box H1ll was no longer deserted. When a great man dies-and this was one of the greatest since Shakespeare-the immortals await him at the top of the nearest hill. He looked up and saw his peers. They were all young, like himselfs He waved the staff in greeting. One, a mere strip ling, "slight unspeakably," detached him. self from the others, crying gloriously as he recognized his master, Here's the fellow l have been telling you aboutl' and ran down the hill to be the first to take his hand. In the meanwhile an empty coach was rolling on to Dorking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
MED BRACE TALKS ABOUT SOME
 THINGS OF INTEREST. IN THE DISTRICT

pay for 1t. If one can do good work he will be well paid for doing 1t.
 At the same time there is one evil in the Birmingham district which needs remedying. That. is the high prices which must be paid for the ordinary eatables of life-higher than in almost any other city in the country. I believe in keeping up industries; in keeping up wages, and In making things prosperous and good in Alabama and in the Bir- mingham district; but I don t believe in an aristocracy of eatables and making the man, woman and child who comes here to live pay a price to live which is higher than in any other place owned and operated under the American gov ernment except, possibly, Alaska. It is outrageous; and every man. woman and child who has to eat should protest against these high prices for eatables here. Such prices do not prevail else where. If they do that place is not known to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
HER PATHWAY.

By Cornelia Kane Rathbone So sweet a path 1t is that
 And all the flowers love 1t; The graicous goldenrod sways high. The asters bend above it. In ruby or in golden cup
 Its name the lichen pledges. And crimson-berred vines creep up, Bejeweling it's edges. The bees and crickets sing its songs, The shadows kiss 1t lightly, While butterflies in golden throngs Fit up and down it brightly. And little pines with jealous frown Try here and there to hide it, Lest falling stars should hasten down To woo 1t if they spied It. And I, too, fain would keep it's way Safe hidden meath the grasses Sweet path, dear path, down which eack
 day
 My little true love passes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
Another Bio Convention.

Birmingham delegates to the world wide -Philathea convention in Asheville, N. G. are home again and are enthusiastic over the prospects of Bir- mingham getting the convention next year. There were 1900 delegates at Ashe- vile and there seems no doubt but that 200O would attend next year if tRe con- vention were held in this city.
 Birmingham is well advertised among the people of the north" said Hugo Black. 'If the matter of selecting the next meeting place had been left to the convention we would have won easily for fully 90 per cent of the convention were wearing the Birmingham tags. which we pinned on as we pledged the delegates to our city.
 'The final choice of meeting place is left with the executive committee and with proper inducements there is no req son why we should not bring these 2000 visitors to Birmingham next year. And 1t will be well worth our while to make the effort"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27

The oNrth American Indians in dulged in totems, if we let Longfellow tell the story of their families or clans:
 'And they painted the grave posts Of the graves. yet unforgotten,
 Each his own ancestral token, Each the symbol of his household; Figures of the bear and reindeer, Of the turtle, crane and beaver
 The totem poles of Alaska are tall, and they present, instead of some clan deity in the form of beast or bird, pie lures of the Alaskan natives them selves, or rather of their imagined an- cestors.
 Our new totem bearers have adopted the idea, but instead of using posts or poles they rush away to the nearest engraver and printer to get miniature totems that can be imprinted on sta tionery, lingerie, carriage panels, fam fly plate and the like Nothing is considered quite correct and aristo- cratic that is not blazoned with a to- tenn. Our new Order of Totem-Bearers is regarded as deeply American and deeply fashionble. The power of the order has not fully reached the prov inces, but it is spreading like wildfire, and no doubt there will be before Christmas totem-bearers in Ishllooda, not to mention Toadvine and other se- questered localities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
the New York Press

From the NeW YOrk PreSs
 Most of the queerness of women's hats is on the outside of mems on the inside
 A boy does pretty we'll in college not to learn to dress like a welsh rabbit dream.
 Sometimes girl will accept the judg- ment of her father, unless it Is about a man.
 The reason people can have such big families is they don't know how to raise them.
 A woman would rather never havo had a husband than admit 1t nag her only proposal.