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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
AS EXPECTED.
the Selma. Times.

From the Selma Times.
As was expected. the Brooks that run
on forever" and Frederick the Great,
whose side name is Jackson" both of
Birmingham. lest you forget, have gone
and had themselves interviewed. This
fact has caused no surprise, in fact, we
might have known it all the time
While both statements were printed
simultaneously and in the same story,
Brooks got the lead on Frederick and
what he said was printed In the first few
paragraphs of the column while Fred
erieks managed only to come in on the
home stretch. However we trust no
colard-eyed envy will arise between these
two characters, who at this time are
somewhat luminous.
Asked about the attitude of Senator
Bankhead on the amendment, Mr.. Law
renee said it was nothing more nor less
than politics"
Asked the same question, Mr.. Jackson
said, II suppose his politics got the bet
ter OF his prohibition procliivties," etc.
little more polite, but most anybody
could detect the similarity of the two.
And yet, this same pair has commended
all along that there is mo politics" in
this campaign.
o, fudge,
Honest, now, Brooks, and you, also,
Frederick, don't you think you have done
the small thing, the baby act, and turned
your whimpering proclivities to a rafting
discord, in thus branding such a man as
Mr.. Bankhead a hypocrite?
We do not question the motives of Mr..
Hobson and Mr.. Hefln who are on your
side of the question. Why should you
question the motives of Senator Bank
head?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
ANOTHER FALLACY.
the Rule (Texas) Review.

From The Rule CTeXas) Review.
The generally accepted belief that
person is useful in proportion as he Is
busy Is controversial by q writer who
says: II have dog that loaded up with
feas In the summer time, when the
fieas are plenty, that is the busiest dog I
ever saw; when he isn't biting at the f1eas
he's swapping at the flies. He never has
a minute to spare, but when he is the bus
lest he is the least account for practical
purposes. And there Is young fellow in
my neighborhood who has a cheap watch
and he smokes cigarettes. When he isn't
winding his watch he is lighting a cigar
cite. He Is a mighty busy Voung man.
but he isn't worth two hoops in a water
barrel"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
legislative Church Statistics.

1T is interesting to study the church
membership of the legislature" said a
man fond of statistics of general char
acter.
"Of the 10 senators who voted against
submitting the amendment six are Bap-
fists, one is Presbyterian, one Is Metho-
dists, two give no church affiliations.
Senator Overton. who has since an
nounced as against the amendment, is
a Baptist Senator Bayles. who was
killed, was a Baptist
"of the % senators Ioverton accounted
for), who voted to submit the amendment
there are 10 Baptists. 10 Methodists, two
Presbyterians, one Christian and seven
who give no church in their biographies.
I'm the house of representatives the
membership shows the following church
affiliations: Baptist, IS; Methodist. SO;
Presbyterian. IL; Episcopal, 4; Christian,
2; Catholic, 1; Hebrew. l. Twenty-three
give no church affiliations in the
statistical register
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
NOVEMBER.

Ger pathways memory-haunted
The ghost of Summer steals,
As who sorrows softly,
But no keen anguish feels.
The sere leaves, drifting downward,
Bestrew the lifeless mold
And wailing winds inform us
The year is growing old.
The fragrant breath of roses
Is hut a memory,
The lily's cup shall lift no more
That bloomed along the lea.
The song that voiced midsummer
pomps''
Is a forgotten strain,
While up and down the hills resound
The footbeats of the rain!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
1T TOLD THE TRUTH.
rom TIT Pits

A countryman on a visit to Glasgow,
while walking along Argyll street reading
the signboards and the tickets in the shop
windows, said to his companion: Hoo
can a. thae ham shops be the best and
cheapest? Every yin O. them says that,
and the same wi the clothes shops. tae.
They are jist lot of leears.'
coming opposite plumbers shop with
big bill in the window with the words,
Cast Iron Sinks printed In large LISTERS
on It, he exclaimed: well, Jock, here's
yin that tells the truth at any rate But
any half-witted fool kens that cast iron
wad sink"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
PRINCE WHO SHOOTS,
pm the. Kansas civ Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
Ex-Crown Prince George of Servia, says
a Vienna report, once shot pair of pearl
pendants from woman's ears at a dis
lance of 10 PAGES. His aim was so true
that the bullets merely severed the gold
wire on which the pearls were suspended,
and the gems dropped on the woman's
shoulders and thence to the floor, unin-
jured. The two shots were fired in quick
succession without a tremor on the part
of the wearer of the gems, at whose be-
hest the prince had consented to exhibit
his skill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
HIS ANSWER.
From the Cleveland Leader.

Once upon a time child who was
asked upon an examination paper to de-
fine a mountain range, replied: "A large
sized cook stove" The same method of
reasoning seems to go with older
growth. recent examination paper at
the Sheffield Scientific school at Yale
contained the question: What Is the
office of the gastric juice?y And the
answer on the paper said, THE stom-
ach
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
A KANSAS PROSE POEM.

The editor of the Chanute, Kans., Tri-
bune has evidently put 'em on" for
he bursts into eulogy of winter under
wear that leaves nothing to be desired
What If flannels do scratch little? Who
would not endure a brief discomfort for
the bliss told about in the following words
of rhapsody:
Hail to the winter underwear. most
blessed of LIES real pleasures and most
satisfying of life's real necessities. The
high standing of this humble existence
Is not fully realized until this time of
year rolls around, and then there are
none so skeptical who will refuse to paw
due homage. You wake up some morn
ing after months of balmy DAYS and gsuze
covering your shapely limbs with teeth
chattering and shanks blue with cold be-
cause of the frosty north wind pouring
in your window, out of which you have
hung your perspirng head during weeks
of steaming nights, and it is then that
your thoughts turn to this Jewel Of the
dressing room, this endless delight of
icicle times, and peace and content give
warmth to your anxious soul There are.
OF course. some vexatious moments be.
fore your blissful feelings come, and some
domestic asperfties are likely to echo
through the household atmosphere, for
shelves and drawers and old moth-ball
scented trunks must be overhauled be-
fore your thin-blooded frame can be safe
ly housed within the protecting recesses
of this winter friend. But after the haste
of your agonizing night gown search
through the frosty air. and your thin
blood begins to bask in the genial warmth
of this modest, retiring garment then
the world takes on a rosy hue, and JOY
supreme fills the universe for you. Hail
to winter underwear. mans closest and
dearest friend"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

FTOm tHt New fOrK PresS.
It's a long night that has no getting up
late for breakfast
Charity which begins at home hardly
ever goes out calling.
What makes a girls eyes seem such a
clear blue to her is they aren't.
pick up a quarter without nearly as bad
rheumatic twists as when he does it to
say his prayers.
A woman likes to think she is going to
inherit money from some unknown rela-
tive Just the way she expects the com
plexion she had a. siA to ss1as back
"a han
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
Raal Water Transportation Is the Thing

when the great canal Is opened"
saws the Decatur Telegram. "the south
will be the chief beneficiary, and il her
waterways are made nayigable, there
will be no bounds to her future pros
perity. Her vast mineral resources
will be developed, her cotton and all
its manufactured products, in fact
everything producibls our climate.
soil and enterprise p people will
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
BoASTFUL TEXAS.

From the Houston Post.
Says the Birmingham Age-Herald: mr..
That is our President as much as he is
the President of Iowa or Vermont" Mr..
Taft is Texas President much more than
he is of Iowa or Vermont. because there
Is so much more of Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
A SONG.

BY Norman Gale, "A Country Muse"
I saw q weeping maiden
A-searching In the morn
For Love that's half a rosebud,
For Love that's half thorn:
She sought him on the hilltop
And Ger the dewy lea,
But he was standing In the shade,
Was waiting there with me!
He sang not in the meadow.
He piped not near the stream.
Nor hid in ferny forests,
The darling Of her dream:
He lurked not in the poppies
He shone not in the sky;
But called to her from out my haar
And yst she passeA him byl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
knows where he stands.

Chicago and st. Louis can not be
converted to the central bank scheme
until there is guaranty that the eff
feet east will not control every place
in the proposed bank.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
WHAT'S THE USE?

No doubt It's wrong when people slave
To get a pile
or money, for this life is but
A little while
And just about the time man
Acquires wad.
He oashes in and IS gently laid
Beneath the sod
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
JUST JINGIING.

Don't make a friend of Sorrow,
Don't cling to Troubles hand;
The luck may change tomorrow,
So bravely take your stand.
Don't be afraid of drowning
When heaven sends the rain;
BY hopelessness and frowning
There's little good to gain.
Just when the clouds are piling
And all the skies are gray,
The sun may start to smiling
And drive your cares away.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

The esteemed Senator Aldrich is
radiating Central bank wisdom in the
middle west. None of it seems to
strike in. The middleites shed it as a
duck does water.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

Just at present we have in the
North Dakota the fastest and best
Dreadnought in the world, but some
other nation may get a better one
next week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

Mr.sFuller, says the Mobile Register.
is but the step-father of the bill that
bears his name. He will yet be glad
that he can shove it's parentage off on
some one else.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

The Amendment.

Section 1. The manufacture,
sale and keeping for sale of alco-
holic and malt liquors and other
Intoxicating beverages shall be
forever prohibited in this state,
but alcohol may be sold for medi-
cal, scientific and mechanical pur-
poses. and wine for sacramental
purposes under such regulations
as the legislature may have pre- J
scribed or may hereafter pre-
scribe.
Sec. q Nothing in the constitu-
ton of Alabama shall be construed
to prevent the legislature, under :
the police power. from designating
places where such liquors may not
be stored or kept.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

The weeks before the battle are in
creasing the generalization Of the
amendment people, while the OPP
position band wagon is filling up
RAPIDLY,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

The Peary-Cook squabble may yet
he settled, but all know that the Pin
chot-Ballinger controversy is beyond
diplomacy and politics.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

Senator Aldrich went to the middle
west to And the enemy's country, and
and he found Cummins and La Fol-
lette and Bristow and Beveridge, too.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
HAIR-RAIsING STUFF.

do you suppose those bay rum cock
tails people are drinking out in Kansas
would make a fellows hair grown"
''I doubt it, but If he has any hair
they would probably make 1t stand on
end"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

The south, says Mr.. Taft, should not
give UP it's noble traditions. 1t is still
voting the democratic ticket which
stands at the head of the tradition list.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

Mr.. Jim Patten should not attempt
to corner turkeys until after New
Years Day. He should remember the
nroletariat and be merciful.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

The time of life is short!

TIC tIffle OF TIE IS SIIOI =
To spend that shortness base'y
were to long,
If life did ride upon a dial's point,
Still ending at the arrival of an hour.
Il. King Henry w.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

Pugilism Is rather more grammati-
cal than 1t was in the days of Tom
Hyer and Yankee Sullivan, or even
in the DAYS of John l.. Sullivan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

The decree against long sleeves on
bridge frocks shows that the tricks Of
the Heather Chinee" survive, al
though Bret Harte has long been dead
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

Senator Aldrich cannot hope to Gull
tiyate friendly relationship while cul-
tiyators are taxed 45 per cent ad
yalOrem.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

The amendists are beginning to
blame the old thing on the other fell
lows. No one is willing to shoulder
fha responsibility
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
THE REBEL YELL.

From the Buffalo News.
Birmingham gave Taft the rebel yell.
1000 strong. 1t pleased him more than
hia forbears In another generation
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

New York now claims to be the
great winter resort and excursion ter.
minal Of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

Tom Johnson, of Cleveland, is about
n acquire the habit of not being
MAYOR. 1t will come awkward to him
at first.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
HENCE HIS EMBARRASSMENT

HENCE HIS EMBAfftlA oolI I'm T.
Tanks, num-" said Wandering VIII.
TITS kind Nv yer to gimme yer husbands
Prince Albert. but don't wear dem gar
ments no more"
why not? Is Prince Albert coat too
formal?"
'Tain't dat, mum. Dem long tails is
er invitation to every dog what sees me
to take holt
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
POOR MAN.

A gentleman named Smith, who resides
in Los Angeles. is suing his wife for
divorce. Ard he has such just grounds
of complaint that the bare relation of
the facts in the case will win for him in
slant sympathy. His wife has been
nagging at him because he is only
prosaic bread winner and never shows
any Of the traits she finds in novel heroes.
When compared to the pristine creations
of Laura Jean Libby and Bertha
M. Clay he is simply a dub and
makes her tired Oh, that the machinery
of the law could be put into the swiftest
operation in order that Mr.. Smith might
be legally and lastingly separated from
such a womanl Oh, that 1t were possible
to award him alimony which the author
of his woes would have TO earn by trim
ming hats or doing some other such
work which would keep her from wasting
her time reading trashy novelist
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10

DARN THAT POODLEl
Bow, wow!" says the little dog
In my lady's lap;
Bow. wow!' If 1 had my way,
He'd take a long, long napl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
ODozE TIME.

I dearly love my little bed,
Its comfort never scorning,
But most of al1-Oh, sleepy-head!-
l love It in the morning.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
l dearly love my little bed
Most any morning after,
When signs and tears for my poor head
Supplant my last nights laughter.
H. Abrahm, Taladega, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
A CHARITABLE VIEW.

lEW.
do you think he married his wife on
a bet?''
Either that or on a jag
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-10
SHEER RRAVADI

SHEER BRAVADO.
Thrice welcome deadly mince meat pie,
No other pie can beat you.
Although not yet prepared to die,
In spite of that I'll eat you!
PAUL COOK.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-23

.,ut the usual number was three dozen.
Such sentences were for trifing dere-
Lotions of duty. For really serious Of
lenses. such as violence to a superior
officer, desertion or mutiny. offenders
were strung up at the yardarm or
fiogged round the feet. the latter a
punishment more dreadeS than death
itself. Other savage punishments.
such as starting" running the CANT
let and the hideous one known as
"keelhauling" were also frequently re-
sorted TO. although nominally they
were Illegal.
Nowadays. of course. a bluejacket.
although subject to naval discipline.
is in no more danger of being subject
ed to corporal punishment than is the
average civilian.
His officers are courteous. kindly and
considerate, and if his life is not n
happy and comfortable one he has, in
ninety-nine cases out of a hundred,
only himself to blame. - Pearson's
Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-23
WOOD THE NEXT CHIEF OF STAFF
First Colonel of the Rough Riders
and Military Governor of Cuba.
Where He Was Known as 1.-THE
Man With the Lions Stride.

ish war broke out Colonel Roosevelt.
Woods ability as a soldier, obtained
President McKinley's consent for the
organization of the First United States
volunteer cavalry, which became
known as the rough riders. At Colo
mel Roosevelt's request General Wood
was appointed colonel OF the regiment.
After organizing and equipping the
rough riders at San Antonio, Tex,
che regiment went to the front and
served through the whole Cuban cam
paign-
On July 8, 1898, General Wood was
made a brigadier general of volunteers
brigade, cavalry division Of the Fifth
army corps, which participated in the
battles of Las Guasimas and San Juan.
When the Spanish forces at Santiago
surrendered in July, 1893, General
Wood was appointed military governor
OF that city, and on Oct. z, 1898, he
was assigned to the command of tbs
department of Santiago, serving also
as civil governor of the province of
Santiago. On July 1, 1899, the two
eastern provinces of Cuba, Santiago
and Puerto Principe, were consolidated
and placed under General Woods COM
mand. From Dec. 20, 1899, to May 20,
1902, when the American troops left
Cuba, General Wood served as mill
tary governor.
In February, 1901, President McKin-
ley appointed General Wood a briga-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-23
Energetic Officer Selected to
Succeed Major General j. frank
lin Bell as the Head of the Gen.
eFdl Staff. United States Army.
By WALTON WILLIAMS.

"a ~ AJOR GENERAL LEONARD
I'VE WOOD, who will next April
Il relinquish the post Of com
handing officer of the de-
partment of the east to become chief
or the general staff Of the United
States army in the place of Major Gen
,eral ]. Franklin Bell, is only forty-nine
years OF age, and his rise in the army
mas been one of the most remarkable
In Its history. He entered the medical
corps as an assistant surgeon on Jan.
.. 1886, and has been promoted by
leaps and bounds.
General Woods designation by Sec
rotary of War Dickinson for the most
important administrative command in
1.-THE gift of the war department did
not occasion any surprise among army
officers In Washington 1.-The other day
1t can also be stated ON the authority
OF one of the army's best known of
ficers that the appointment is one that
will be approved by most of the rank
and file. Several years ago this state
ment would have been impossible, but
today, with his Cuban and Philippine
records and his record at Governors
island behind him. even General
Woods critics admit his ability, en-
ergy and capacity for work. His &C
tive career as a soldier may properly
he said to have begun when he be-
came the colonel of the now famous
rough riders at the outset of the Span
ish-American war. the lieutenant colo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-23

der general In the regular army on the
! completion of his services as governor
/ The nomination was opposed by sew
/ eral influential senators on the ground
that General Woods highest rank IL
the regular army had been that of g
/ captain in the medical corps. After e
/ long fight, however, the nomination
( was confirmed.
Famous For His Long Stride.
/ From Aug. 6, 1908, to April IL, 1906
/ he commanded the department of Min
danao and was civil governor. of Moro
province in the Philippines. He com
manded the Philippines division from
Feb. 1, 1906, to Feb. 20, 1908. General
Wood, who has commanded the de-
partment of the east at Governors is
land, New York, since Nov 10, 1908, is
married and has three children.
When Leonard Wood was a student
at Harvard his name was intimately
connected with college athletics of all
sorts, but principally with running and
walking. Big, rawboned and 1.-THE, he
resembled in his poses an Indian I'M
trammeled by civilization or civiIiza-
TONS clothes. The free and easy swing
of his gait in those early formation
days at college has never left him. Out
on the plains in the ninetieS, when his
military yearning led him to forsake
his official duties-those of an army
surgeon-for the dangers and fascina-
ton of a volunteer scout, the tireless
energy won by athletic training stood
him in good stead. The young army
doctor even at that early period of his
career became famous for his long and
powerful stride. This fame followed
him to San Juan, and when in after
days he added leaves to his wreath Of
glory by retaining Santiago from its
degradation and filth he became known
to the wondering Cubans as ''the man
with the lions stride" General Woods
ordinary stride is forty inches-two
inches longer than the regulation step
and it is said that he can cover more
ground in a day than any other man in
the army.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-23
HAS new THEORY
DR.. Albert T. Clay Holds
Unique Views on Jewish
Culture and Religion.
NOT OF BABYLONIAN ORIGIN
University of Pennsylvania Professor
Holds That These Originated
in Own Land.
By GEORGE E. NITzscHE.

Every student. of the Old Testament
who is dependent upon the work of the
in a revolutionary work which was re-
Gently written by the Rev. DR.. Albert
T. Clay. professor of philology and
Semitic archaeology in the Universe
ty of Pennsylvania. because it pre-
sents an entirely new theory upon the
question as to the origin of the re-
ligion and literature of the Israelites.
The prevailing opinion of nearly every
Assyriologist is that in Babylon is to
be found the origin of the Israelitish
culture and religion, that the story of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-23
Alone in Saw Mill at Midnight,

unmindful of dampness. drafts, storms
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Waterman, at Banner Springs, Tenn.
Such exposure gave him a severe cold
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