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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
Eneland's Constitutional Struggle

AllcT lapoO vi OOO Sdl NCI Ndillle
since 1823-the English people are
face to face with the right of the
popular house of parliament to lay
taxes and to make appropriations.
The house of lords by vote of $50 to
rs says the commons may do so pro-
vided they act in a way, to please the
lords. If they do not, then the lords
reserve the right to bid them act
anew. In other words, all budgets are
to be at the mercy of the lords instead
of the commons, as had generally been
assumed in the last 300 years.
The issue comes up now to be set
tied for all time, and it comes at
time when victory for the commons is
assured. 1t comes, too, in an age when
victory will not be confined to the is
sue presented. The right of heredity
must give way to the right of selec-
ton in some form if the house of lords
is to be retained at all. Germany has
but one house, and second house is
no longer considered indispensable.
Governments can be conducted with
out them.
The rejection Of the budget by the
lords means a dissolution of parlia-
ment and general election, and Eng
land will be racked and torn as she
has not been in an electoral struggle
in centuries. The privileges and pow
ers of the house of lords are at stake
and the decision bids fair to make
important changes in the English con-
stitution The liberals will go to the
country asking for authority to pass
all budgets and all important legisla-
ton without interference by the lords.
The veto power of the latter, they will
say, should be placed ON the shelf
alongside the Kings. This question
has been ripening these many years,
and the liberals and progressives well
come the climax.
In the course of the campaign the
liberals will defend the pending bud
get. 1t should be remembered that
there Is deficit Of s7S,000,000 to be
overcome. This deficit is due to old
age pensions and the construction of
Dreadnoughts, and the liberals propose
to meet it as follows:
Increased income taxes.
Increased death estate and legacies
duties.
Increased stamp taxes on all sales
OF property.
Increase of taxes on some classes OF
public houses.
Increased customs excise duties OH
spirits.
A tax of three pence in the pound on
sales of all liquors in clubs.
An increase in the tobacco taxes.
A tax of three pence a gallon on
petrol
Greatly increased tax on automobiles
and motors.
Heavier stamp duties on all stock
transactions
Taxation bearing heavily on corpor
atoms.
A tax of 20 per cent on future in
crease in the value of lands in the
kingdom.
The last-named tax is the one the
lords particularly object to. They will
favor tariff taxes even on the necessi.
ties Of life-anything in fact to relieve
themselves and the remainder of the
capitalistic interest from increased tax
stion. The brewers will fight with
them. 1t is to be in fact a great fight
in which the masses will be arrayet
against the classes-privilege agains
the democracy-and the outcome o.
the general election will be awaited
with interest in all parts of the world
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
Lecture on Library Work.

There should be a good crowd out
TO hear DR.. Chalmers Hadley lecture
at the Chamber OF Commerce Friday
night" said member of that organization
yesterday. DR.. Hadey will talk on The
Library and the People and his lee
ture is under the auspices OF the Cham
Der of Commerce.
He is peculiarly we'll fitted to discuss
a subject which is of special interest in
Birmingham at this time. He is secre-
tary of the American Library association
and president of the American League of
Library Commissioners, SO that what he
says will be the expressionf of wide
experience on subjects connected with
public library work.
There will also be some excellent mu-
sic and those who attend are sure of
pleasant evening"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Life would be heavenly dream If it
weren't for new shoes.
If man can get hurt bad enough doing
some fool thing any woman can love
him for 1t.
The only thing a woman is frank about
is how she wishes other women would
be frank with men.
A college course could have a worse ef-
feet than 1t does upon a boys earning
capacity by being longer.
The way to tell whether girl likes you
or not IL not to believe whichever she
makes It seem to b.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

all Christmas presents bought early until
the day before Christmas so that the
purchaser is not Inconvenience at ALL
There is every reason for shopping
early and not single good reason for
putting II off,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

of governors may influence Congress,
yet its chief work will consist in secur-
Ing uniformity of action on subjects of
common interest in the states. 1t
would lack legislative power, of course,
but 1t would be powerful in securing
recommendations in governors mes
sages.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
OUT SCHOOL DAYS.

THE TRUTH ABOUT SCHOOL DAYS.
School days. school days,
Dear. delightful school days"
Oh, we were happy then, and yet,
Down In our hearts we don't regret
The lickings that we used to getl
Those afternoons when we stayed in
And plodded home with sheepish grin;
The knotty sums of 'rithmetic.
A woeful weight when heads are thick;
The bully, he who punched our face,
The boy who beat us in the race
Some mornings twas dreary trudge
Ana fate, 1t seemed, bore us q grudge,-
Those mornings when we longed to roam
Across the hills. or stay at home
And keep a store,' or else erect
A furnace" which would soon eject
Or smoke and cinders quite a lot
And make our faces grimed and hot.
The school did well enough, 1 guess
But out of doors was happiness.
sometimes, when looking back, I think
II I could younger grow and shrink
Until I was a boy again
Who romped and played with might and
main,
I'd say the magic word that wrought
The change-a word all vainly sought
But not unless twere settled so
To school I wouldn't, have to go
MORE EMBARRASSING.
"A rift in the Lutte Is bad enough"
True. But not half SO bad as a rent
In the rear"
SHE'LL ATTEND TO THAT.
TITS hard to be good
Not If you are married to a strong
minded woman"
A REAL HIGH BROW.
II shawnt see the play tonight
you 'shawn't.'
mo; this is my night to read sohopen-
hauer."
IF YOU'LL TRY.
You can get the best of trouble,
II you'll try,
Prove that pain is just bubble,
If you'll try:
Make of like g. theme for singing,
Thick with sweetest blossoms olingins,
Love and gladness ever bringing,
II you'll tryi
TO BE SURE
when a woman is captain of tho
matrimonial ship that isn't any sign her
husband is her first mate"
Nor"
HE may be her fourth"
THEY OUGHT TO KNOW.
The lawyers say
There's many spat
In the close confines
OF a city flat.
A WAITING ATTITUDE
'Triggs pays his wife devoted atten-
tion"
'I guess he will be doing that for a
long time to come"
What makes you think so?''
''She doesn't show the slightest inclin-
alton to give Triggs control of her for
tune"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

Great Britain's house of lords must
feel JEALOUS of the democratic Amer
lean Senate, which stands for special
interests and snaps its fingers at all
the rest of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
About Persons.

Joseph o. Thompson, chairman of the
republican state executive COMMITTEES.
who has been suffering from an attack of
appendicitis since his return from Wash
ington, was much better last night and
expected to be out today or tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

The newly-elected machine con-
gresham, Mr.. Monkey of Chicago,
makes bogus butter and the dairy in
terests should keep an eye on him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

John Hays Hammond has purchased
a house in Washington, where he no
doubt expects to be adviser-in-chief to
the administration.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

Snow has been falling ON mars, but
there is no evidence that the Martians
have done their early Christmas shop
ping.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

The reformers ask that the consent
of all owners of property in the block
shall be procured before a permit to
erect billboard in it shall be granted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

A new hybrid is a cross between an
orange and a cucumber. The former
acquires GOODNESS and sharp points.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

Mrs. Pankhurst finds no prime min
lister here whom she can attack, and
SO she hits out right and left.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

The return from Elba" will give Mr..
Loeb a chance to show how thorough
he is in his reform work
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

The meat of the zibou of Madagas-
car is now an article of diet in Partisan
restaurants The horse may have to go.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

The storm doors are indefinitely
postponed in this latitude.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

Christmas poems are already ripe
and ready to pick in the magazines.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

Bjornsterne Bjornson, Norway's great
author, is getting well without the loss
of a consonant.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

Colonel Goethals expects the friends
of the canal to stand by him to the
last ditch.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

A hookworm in man may yet be
accounted good grounds for divorce.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

President Zelaya has more in
surgents on his hands than Joe Can
non.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

The British peerage's epitaph will
be: Died of a budget"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

Mrs. Pankhurst and DIR. Parkhurst
are fighting each other tooth and nail
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

Turkey, cold turkey and turkey hash
are but memories now.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

The Rock Island prefers to dissolve
before it's turn comes in the courts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

No one thought the house of lords
had so much red blood In it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

Mr.. Loeb's popularity springs from
the enemies he has made.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

CAN IT BE?
| hope he isn't
Out of ''breff;
Two days, and not
A word from "Jeff"i
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
NOTHING DOING

NOTHING DOING.
I stand beside the register
To feel the heat waves leaping,
But none comes up, so infer
The furnace must be sleeping.
COMMENT.
Gertrude Atherton says Chicago is a
cesspool of sim That's why Gertrude
lifted her skirts and blew through"
The "chautauqua salute" is another
menace to health, say the germ fanatics.
People will believe all kinds of indict-
ments against the chautauqua salute who
wont listen to any disparagement of the
lip salute
One and two-sevenths husbands run
away every day in Jersey City. or
course two-sevenths of husband
couldn't run away. That's merely a close
estimate.
A Pennsylvania woman whipped a.
miner, not minor. That's what makes
the case unusual.
A New York scientist has gone to Bos-
ton to study how thinking is done, no
doubt, in an effort to discover the re-
lation between brains and beans.
The average musical comedy queen can
put 1t all over the real article in the
matter of hauteur and sang froid and
SAVIOR vivre and a general sans souci
attitude. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

stand beside the register
To feel the heat waves leaping,
But none comes up, so infer
The furnace must be sleeping.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

THEY OUGHT TO KNOW.
The lawyers say
There's many spat
In the close confines
OF a city flat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
TO BE SURE

when a woman is captain of tho
matrimonial ship that isn't any sign her
husband is her first mate"
Nor"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

IF TOUIL THY.
You can get the best of trouble,
II you'll try,
Prove that pain is just a bubble,
If you'll try:
Make of like a thame for singing,
Thick with sweetest blossoms olinging,
Love and gladness ever bringing,
II you'll tryi
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

"A rift in the Lutte is bad enough"
True. But not half SO bad as a rent
n the rear"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-11-25


would have returned home sorely dis
appointed had he not encountered at
least one deep drift experience.
At breakfast it was arranged that
Lawrence, with old Jacob, should I'M
dertake the breaking through OF the
gully road as far as the Widow Ben
nett's. At that point they would un-
doubtedly meet the Pearson boys from
a mile beyond.
Now. Lawrence had pleasant recOl-
lections of Widow Benefits hospita-
BILE home. AS boy it had opened its
arms to him, and ii was there he had
spent many an hour with Mrs. Bennett
and her granddaughter, the brightest,
black eyed, alert little girl that ever
wore short skirts, rode on snowplows,
called him "Uncle Law" and insisted
on his own grownupness ana his fit
ness to advise her on her reading, her
studies and even her ambitions. Ger
trude, however, had been away at
school these later winters and Law
renee had caught no glimpse Of her,
although his aunt and even his uncle
had much to say of her attractivenesS
and loneliness as evidenced in the sum
mer life Of the place.
1--WE ought to make Benefits by
noon and get back here by chore time"
was the schedule announced by old
Jacob.
''If 1t gets any worse later in the
day don't try to get back tonight. Just
bed at the Bennett farm and dig to-
ward us in the morning" was the un-
cle's parting advice.
The storm did grow worse and grew
worse so rapidly that by the time they
had covered three-quarters Of the dis
lance to the Widow Benefits Law
renee and old Jacob considered it ad-
visable to detach the horses from the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-11-25

Sam Veeder of Mt. Pleasant visited
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Nj. Need on
Tuesday
+. Church and wife have gone back
on their farm to stav till the factory
run is over
Mrs. Frank Clowd Is on the road
working for the Lady Maccabees
Mrs. NJ. Veeder and daughter
Maud. has been visiting in Mt
Pleasant
Mrs. Art VanHoru, Mrs G. l.. Wood.
Mrs. w. Sophie. Mrs. Joe Rosenthal of
Alma. were guests of Miss Flora
Waldo on Tuesday
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-11-25
DAVIS SCHOOL DISTRICT
To Late For Last Week

Wu Crozier raised the frame of his
new barn Monday
The Ladies' Aid socitey will meet
with Mrs Louis Murwin Novem Der
18th
Frances Howell began her winter
term of school In the Wood district
Mondsy, after weeks vacation
Hiram. White and wife visied in Mt
Pleasant. the first of the week
Mt and..Mrs Lewis Peacock visited
friends in Montcalm county last week
Will Weskitt and wife of Middleton
spent Sunday at the home of Jake
Merchant
Harrison Cramer and wife moved
their household goods to Greenville
last week
Mrs G Neidhardt left Thursday for
a weeks visit in Eaton and Ionia
counties
j c YerIan and family and Davis
Yerian were Sunday visitors at VIM
Hutchinson and wife's
/ Woodfin anu wife of Alma, and Jonn
Baker and wife spent Sunday with
VIM Houser and wife
Henry Ful!S- and wife expect to
leave Thursday for an extended visit
in southern Michigan, AID points in
Ohio
Crandell..& Scott. the Alma home
furnishers, want to figure on your
wants 1602tf
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-11-25
SOUTH WEST PINE RIVER

Crandell & Scott, the Alma home
furnishers. want to figure on your
wants 1602tf
Do you hear the wedding bells
Mrs. Udell and daughter, Blanch,
of Alma. spent Thursday with Mrs.
John Sullivan
j. Kinney who has been sick for
the past sixteen weeks does not im-
prove as fast as his friends wish he
would
Dan Wood has bought d. Colman' 8
team. Mr.. Coleman has given up
farming on account of poor health
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-11-25
WEST ARCADIA


Arcadia Farmers club will meet at
the home of Fred Rockerfellow and
wife Thanksgiving day, Thursday.
November 25, for dinner. Everybody
requested to bring chicken or turkey.
Program as follows;
Song-Club
Prayer-Chaplsin
Roll Call Quotations
Reading-Mrs II Nestle
Reading-Elv Wolfe
Recitation-BurtB Bailey
Music-Arcada Orchestra
Music-Miss Minnie Wetherell
Don't Forget the questoion box
George Irish and wife were in Alma
on business Saturday
Farmers in this vicinity are about
through with their beets and..report a
fair crop
Crandell q Scott, the Alma home
furnishers want to figure on your
wants 1602tf
L q Mont of Archdale farm has
treated his Darn to pew coat of paint
Chss Sullivan is erecting large
silo on his farm
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-11-25
A SCalded Bows ShriekS

Mortified his grandm other. Mrs. Maria
Tylor, of..Nebo. KY. who writes that
when all thought be would die. Buck
lens Arnaca salve wholly cured him
nfallible for burns. scalds. cuts corns.
wounds, bruises. Cures fever-sores,
boils, skin eruptions. chiIblains. chan.
ped hands. soon routes piles. Is cents
At G. r. Browns drug store N
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-11-25
Division OF Lies Needs.

When kneading their dough the
Macedonian housewives sign 1t with
the sign Of the cross before dividing
1t into loaves and later the same sign
is made with the knife before cutting
the individual loaf, while the crumbs
that fall from the good mans table
are religiously given to the ever-pres-
ent beggars at his gate, the hungry
little birds.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-11-25
A SNOWED-IN
THANKSGIVING
By EFF HATCH
Copyright. 1909. by American Press
Association

r AwRENCE GREER, looking from
his bedroom window, could see
nothing but snow as far as his
eye Travelled. 1t was snow on the
window panes, snow on shrub and tree
and hill, snow everywhere in all sorts
of fantastic shapes and with yet more
coming. The first big storm of the sea-
son was descending on the region
whittier he had come but two days be-
fore to spend his Thanksgiving vaca-
ton from city office duties in his uncle's
home. Already roads and even fences
were obliterated.
Hello, Lawrence came the voice
of his uncle from below. Guess We'll
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-11-25
Our NobIest Bird.

The noblest OF birds is the turkey,
AS the baldheaded eagle is king,
And now when the weather grows murky,
With politics out of the fling.
Other goods we may look at and long for
While our hearts are with thankfulness
pulled.
But the bird OF our hearts In all ready
And waiting, poor dear, to get stuffed.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-11-25
NO WONDER SHE'S CROSS.

The woman who has thousand petty cares and
annoyances while she suffers with headache or side
ache must not be blamed If she cannot always be
angelically amiabe. What she needs is thoughtful-
ness from her famiI., and such simple and natural
remedy as Lanes Family Medicine, the herb tea that
makes weak women strong and well. Sold by drug
gists and dealers, Csc.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-11-25

snowplow and, mounted one on each
horse, make their way to the Bennett
farm.
Worst storm everr' said the widow
as she welcomed the two. 1T doesn't
look as II we should get out for days.
I was telling Gertrude II was mighty
lucky for her that she came yesterday.
for she couldn't possibly have escaped
a snow blockade had she taken train
later"
Lawrence was all attention. 81 say.
little Gertrude isn't here. is shey' he
asked.
"well, / don't know as she is" quiz
sically replied the grandmother. Lit
tie Gertrude hasn't been In evidence
for some years, but Miss Gertrude isn't
far away"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-11-25

nave 10 dig out
our end of the
gully road this
morning. Break
fast ready In ten
minutes. Get OH
70 ur heaviest
toys. It's a sniff
ter this time"
II his wasn't
the first ii IN e
t h a I Lawrence
had lent a hand
in snow blowing
a n d shoveling
out the showed
ms OF his uncle's
district. r v err
since he was a
boy of fifteen,
ten years before,
he had b e g n
making annual
winter visits TO
this best Of all
his uncles and
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-11-28
10

he is capable of breaking lance with the best The
Association may find just for pride in having secured
his services Possessed of fine business qualities he is the
right in the right place and take sincere pride
and pleasure in commencing him to the Freethinkers of
America Wtha he is modest in his pretensions. He has
a winning yet aggressive personality and confident
the business affairs of the Association have been well placed
in his hands,
We need large membership. These will be Sc
cured by effective campaign. Write to the Secretary.
Do this that the Association may have member
ship and funds to work by January 1910 Plans
being formulated for submission the Board of Directors
and will speak of these in subsequent effort
Now let there be a ralying to the standard Let
personal ealouses be scattered likes and dkes be for
gotten Let make grand, united effort and Free
thought under the Nationalist Association will
forward with rapid strides.
The convention is over the Nationalist Association is
here; and let all get down to work
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-11-28
NOTES OF MY LECTURE TRIP.

While philosophy deals with but world time.
militant Freethought not be satisfied with but world
of conquest and having conquered in locality other
fields sought always hopeful of what the result shall be-
In my last letter dealt exclusively with Covington, In
DIANA recountng the splendid of my visit to that
city In this letter shall deal largely with Marshall, Hi
nos for in this particular instance have much to relate
the reading of which viii afford both pleasure and profit
The arrangements for my lectures this point had been
made weeks in advance, through j. Fl. Schwartz,
Blade contributor, whom many of readers will
ber The lectures arranged however, at GAINESVILLE,
in the county and miles north of Marshall 1t
is small town, with but hundred inhabitants, but
boasng large settlement in and about the contiguous ter
ritory Clarksville has hall The only place could
conveniently the schoolhouse Two churches
here the Baptist and the Methodist No had the
announcement been made that coming to Clarksvile
to lecture in the schoolhouse Freehough than both
preachers began crusade have denied the right
this building The Baptist Davis by name, the most
bitter. He drew up petition which he carried to the
school teacher requesting him to sign and to have the
school children sign it, for presentation to the directors
asking that they deny the of the school The teacher
though of sde stated the children that he would
decline signing the petition leaving it to the children to do
os they pleased Two little tots signed it. The balance
refused and the petition died aborning. An appeal
then made the County Superintendent but that official