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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
Peril of the Big Cats Has Increased
In COrea

From the London Globe.
The Intelligent japanese is taking an
interest at present in geological as in
other matters The writer overheard a
couple of these men, newly come from
official posts In Corea, discussing, While
standing outside the bars of the tigers
dens a couple of days ago, the means.
Otherwise than by powder and bullet,
whereby the terror of the jungles could
be kept within due bounds.
It appears that since the japanese oc-
cupation of Corea natives have been for
hidden to carry firearms, and as con-
sequence tigers have multiplied to IN ex-
traordinary extent. 1t is not safe to go
out shopping after dusk in some of the
inland villages, and as many as 30 or 40
luckless natives have been devoured in
certain districts within a week. The au-
thorties will not raise the embargo upon
firearms, how then is the number Of these
dreaded beast sto be reduced?
The tiger is possessed at times of an
almost supernatural cunning, a wonderful
sense of smell and a fine instinct with re-
gard to traps and the like, which make
him as dit1cult an amman 10 take alive as
any existing. Sometimes he can be shared.
but not often. On one occasion the writ
ers native Indian servant ran in a great
state OF excitement to say tiger was
trapped In the jungle half a mile away
and the entire camp of course at once
fiocked over to see the prisoner
The trap was exactly on the principle
of humble mouse trap, with falling
door, and built of strong timbers laced
| together with rattans. The imprisoned
| tiger was a fulgrown male, and 1t would
be difficult to imagine anything wilder
than his rage as he roared and stormed
and hurled himself in futile fury on each
| part of the structure in turn. There he
was to stay until hunger had rendered
| him manageable, the incident showing
that the tiger can be trapped, although
not often. 1t is to be feared the Coreans
will have to recover their muskets or put
up with the sight of hungry tigers wan
dering about their village streets.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
RAVAGEs OF THE SEA

Atlantic rollers hurled upon the shores
Atlantic rollers, hurried upon the shores
of some of our pleasure resorts during
the storms of last year, tore long strips
from the beaches and compelled the
moving back of summer hotels and cot
tages. Human skill has not yet devised
perfect defense against such assaults
of the sea when current, tide and storm
wind combine to overwhelm the land
edge with tremendous onrush of waters,
derful changes in the shape of land
masses. Here and there they have torn
bowlers and fragments along the north
impressive ruins of cliffs that lie In great
gowlders and fragments along the north
shore of France. There is reason to be-
lieve that Great Britain was separated
from the continent of Europe by the re-
treat, before the attack of storm waves.
of the sea-cliffs on both sides of the Eng
lish channel
Even tourists who visit the coasts of
England observe the rapid waste that
is in progress at many points along the
channel and the North sea. The impor-
lance Of these changes most impresses
those who have carefully read the geolog-
ical history of England. for they find that
the Britain which Caesar first invaded.
nineteen hundred and sixty-five years
ago, had a very different coast-lipe from
that of today. i 6
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24

The matter is not one however to be
decided by selfish or cranky opinions. 1t
is business matter so far as the govern
ment is concerned, and it will be decided
on reasons that relate TO public ex-
pense and public convenience.
1t will really be decided by the Local
ton of the citys two railroad terminals.
These terminals are here to stay. the one
being as well assured of permanence as
the other.
The size of the appropriation. 100000,
together with the two terminals plainly
calls for the selection of midway point.
That point is in the neighborhood of the
Age-Herald building, not over a block
away in any direction. This opinion is
not based on any private information
but wholly. and simply upon the plain
situation. Any one with half an eye to
the leading facts of the case can see
that the new postoffice will be erected
midway the two railroad terminals of
the city Business sense and the appro-
priation alike call for the selection of
the midway point, and the government
can be trusted to respond to this call.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
M,GUFFEY,s "READERs"

From the New York World.
When in 1886 a young Cincinnati puo-
fishing house offered William Fl. NC
Guffev $1,000 to compile set of four
school readers, not even the imaSiu-
alton of an H. G. Wells could have
foreseen in the transaction the basis
of a reputation which might eventually
enshrine the compiler in New YORK
Hal of Fame McGuffey as professor at
Mimai and president of Ohio uniVer-
sitv had more than local renown as
a. educator. But 1t is for his read
ers" that the public remembers him.
They helped to form the literary taste
of two generations Of western school
boys and the length of time they re-
sisted the competition of the new wares
seductively offered to school boards by
enterprising publishers test1hes to their
oualfty. An alert Investigator of 1T
erary origins might trace to them some
of the sources of the Indiana school or
authorship. Certainly the McGuHeS
ECLECTIC" series contained an amour,
of good English prose and verse which
it would be difficult to match in equal
compass IN InoutIn ildht-pCcNS W. -
erature and half hours with the best
auth ors."
The actual work of their compilation
was done by w. H. McGuffey's young
er brother Alexander, a youth of 20.
In an interview not long before his
death in 1891 Alexander McGuffey said:
my brother WAS very busy and as
[ had an abundance of time Oh my
hands he agreed to undertake. the work
with the understanding that the bur-
den of 1t was to come upon me, l work
ing under his supervision. The read
ers were to be published under his name
in order to give 1t a prestige. The
firm agreed to this arrangement, so
they brought over great load of old
school readers from which, as from otn-
err and higher sources, l was to make
selections. The work took all my spare
time during the winter of 1886 and ha
of 1887"
The McGuffey readers have been
l''improved upon to meet more modern
educational demands. There is now dia-
lect verse for the pupil. Whitcomb
Riley, Eugene Field, scientific extracts,
ETC., but there was much good liter
AZURE in the old readers for parents
as well as children.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
. Low RATING PROSPECT

From the Woman's Home Companion.
Little Mildred is in her first term at
school where she gets reports as to her
standing marked on a decimal scale.
One hundred is perfect, and 60 is pref
ty serious The other night while say
Ing her evening prayers, her spirits,
always high, were actually irrepres-
sible, and her petition was punctuated
with smokers and smothered giggles.
DO you think the Lord Will ike that
kind of prayer?" asked her mother,
reproachfully.
Nope" returned Mildred, glibly, Not
much. He'll gimme bout 50 on THAR!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
PROVED If

From the Youths Companion.
They were talking of birth and breed
ing, and the man who had long line
of famous ancestors aired some of his
democratic IDEAS II don't plume myself
on my forebears; think they're a mat
ter of slight Importance" he insisted.
"A man stands on his own merits with
me, no matter what his lineage"
I'm afraid you're not telling the exact
TRUTH said teasing friend. II can't
help thinking you care good deal for
ancestry; this is little bit of a pose
you've taken up"
1T beg your pardon" said the advo-
cate of equality, drawing himself to MS
full height IT scarcely think the great
grandson of one upright statesman and
the grandson of another would be likely
to descend to a pose sir!''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24

Says He VIII Hold the POntihcatc More
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
DiSfranChiSed White Voters

In his annual message addressed to an
assembled legislature Gov. Joseph NJ
Brown of Georgia appeals for a change
IN registration that will not disfranchise
100000 Georgians. Georgia's hindrance to /
full suffrage rights is however small and
puny alongside Alabama's cumulative
poll tax requirement. Georgia at present
compells the closing of registration lists
six months before an election-thats all,
and yet this it is claimed. deprives 1oO,-
COO Georgans of the suffrage privileged
What would Georgians do If they had
poses as a condition precedent of vot-
ing the payment of all poll taxes as
sessed against the voter from 1901 to
this year, both inclusive The man who
for one reason or another had neglected
to pay his poll taxes would now have
to pay $3.50 in order to gain the right to
vote. This disfranchises over 100000 white
men in Alabama!
Is No other state has an unlimited cum
ulative poll tax qualification in voting.
Few make voting depend upon tax pay
ing, and no other state carries this fea-
ture to the extent that Alabama does.
1t is plain that Georgias condition of
voting is mild indeed when contrasted
With the cast-iron policy of Alabama.
Georgas impeachment to the ballot box
is easily overcome. 1t is not cumulative.
Alabamas is growing worse and worse
each year. Each year puts citizens of
Alabama in a deeper hole and pretty
DISTINGUISHED class of white men num-
bering over 100000. Can any state afford
to do this? The governor of Georgia calls
upon the legislature to make restitution
to the Georgians stripped of the ballot
by the ix-months law. What should the
governor of Alabama say to the next
legislature about Alabama's cumulative
poll tax provision? The latter far out
strips the Georgia provision in severity
and harshness. If the mild Georgia pro-
vision is "a civic iniquity' what shall
we call the more harmful provision OF
Alabama?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24

while Birmingham's retail trade Is not
a s brisk this week as it was earlier In the
month, or as it will be in July, 1t is. all
In all, quite satisfactory" said prom
inent First avenue merchant. my own
trade is far ahead Of this time lase
year and l am expecting fine business
next month.
business throughout the country is
very quiet and when one compares Bir-
mingham's trade with that of other south
ern cities we are to be congratulated. /
have recently received reports from a
number of the larger cities of the south.
New Orleans is extremely dull when
compared with Birmingham. Atlanta mer-
chants are buster than those of the Cres-
cent City. but Atlanta Is quiet just now
in comparison with Birmingham Angus
ia, Ca, fine, solid town. ordinarily busy
in the early summer is very dull. And
as for Savannah. my friends there tell
me that business was never so lifeless.
From all can learn Birmingham is the
most prosperous city right now south of
Chicago"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
LIEN" ABERGASTY'S JOY RIDE

still labored heroically. Then it turned
turtle and pitched little Len into
thick clump of bushes. through which
he fell to the ground unhurt.
How the sudden puff of wind would
seize the aeroplane and cause the handle
of the windass to whirl like fywheel,
metimes knocking down Mrs. Abergasty
and sometimes bowling over Mr.. Aber-
gasty or Mr.. Snodgrass, is told knowingly
by the correspondent at Towaco. How
neighbors, seeing little Len alone in the
plunging machine, rushed to the top of
Wauk Haw to upbraid Daniel Abergasty
for thus exposing his own flesh and blood
in silly experiment, and, finding out
the true situation, fell to at the wind
less, is dwelt upon with becoming soem-
nifty. How Mr.. Abergasty took on
when little Len was found in the bushes
unhurt, and how the neighbors made
over in the infant joy-rider is narrated
at length. But, alas and alack, this
paragraph ends the story:
"Abergasty said the heart-breaking ex-
perience had caused him to lose interest
in aviation, and he and his wife and son
left here this afternoon for their old
home in the west"
1t Is too bad! What might not have
been accomplished by the Abergasty ma
chine with an engine in it, If it flew so
bravely and SO persistently when the
united strength of the countryside was
| employed in a Misunderstanding effort to
haul in the line by means of the we'll
windlass? How unfortunate it is that the
| inventor has suddenly slipped from view
somewhere in the west How little Len,
will miss that aeroplane How the scien-
tific world will regret the passing of the
bald pate of Wauk Haw from the spot
| light just when the Abergasty invention
promised to revolutionize aviation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
Enormous Campaign Expenses

The campaign fund publicity bill still
hangs fire in Congress, and even if it
should become law it has been emascu-
lated until it is weak and unpromising.
The original bill called for a publication
of campaign contributions before an cleo
ton, 6ut the bill as It stands calls for
the publication of a statement 30 days
after an election This would be locking
stolen, and no one would fear it or be
Influenced by it.
Pennsylvania has similar law, and
now that the primary in that state is COM
pleted. Joseph C. Sibley, a candidate for
the republican nomination for Congress
in the Twenty-eighth district of that state
comes forward with a sworn statement
that he expended s4O69S in order to win
a majority of $50 votes out of a total of
over 10000. If this astounding statement
had been filed ten days before the pri-
mary instead of ten days after it, the
people would have rebuked it. As things
stand, they are powerless unless indeed
they vote in November for the democrat
ic nominee.
A statement of expenses filed after an
election is of small value. Mr. sibley was
formerly a member of Congress. No one
knows where the sum he expended last
month came from, nor do they know
what cause Mr.. Sibley would serve II he
again wins a seat In Congress, but they
do know that the payment of so large a
sum in a primary is against public pol
| icy. The evil deserves treatment, and
publicity of expenses should be made be-
fore rather than after an election.
| Mr.. Sibley was once populist He then
became a democrat, and is now a repub-
lican. While a member of Congress he
became conspicuous through letters read
of 1893. These letters showed sibley to be
| a Standard Oil agent and lobbyist operat-
ing in the guise of a representative OF
the people. Quite number of confden-
tial letters were made public by Mr.
Hearst, which Enthusiastically branded the
Pennsylvania congressman as a secret
| legislative agent of the trust One OF
them, dated May 81, 1900, about the time
when sibley was becoming a republican
was as follows:
II beg to inclose you herewith certif.
cate of deposit to your favor for $4,000 sem
you at the request of Mr.. Griscom, the
purpose of which you no doubt under
stand with him. Permit me to improve
/ this opportunity also to express my higf
appreciation of your most courteous ant
efficient action in response to our re
quest regarding the consideration of thu
subsidy matter with Mr.. Griscom."
These letters did not keep Sibley in re
tirement He put up $780, sos and he stand
today the regular republican nominee TO
Congress In the Twenty-eighth Pennsyl
vania district.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
.FIRED. EVERY THREE MONTHS

Jane Adams at the NatIohaI Con1erehce
of Charities and Correction.
An American white lead factory dis
charges every laborer at the end of three
months, not through the recommended
ton of the foreman, but directly from
the office in order to prevent the men
from developing lead poisoning. This Is
of course, cheaper than to employ ex-
aiming physicians or to install SAFE
guards. But how about discontinuous en-
ployment as a factor in the breeding
of encouragement and poverty?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24

strides and In travelling through the south
hear the same talk. I am told that the
United States Steel corporation alone is
expanding upward of s12,oOo,ooo here, and
that other big items added will bring the
total of money to be spent on new con-
struction hereahonts to something like
$40. 000. coo. And then, if the odds and ends
of improvements are included the aggre-
gate amount will not be far short of $25.-
600, 600. This is certainly Birmingham's
banner year from a business point of
view"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
REELECTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
A heap of fun in life is missed just by
trying to buy it.
Buying flowers in shop is the cheapest
way for an amateur gardener to raise
them.
BY being cross with her husband a
woman can get ahead of his being cross
with her.
The reason a girl can love a man is
that. If he weren't around, she could
somebody else.
The trouble with a man learning how
TO s,,nnort himself is that he has 70 learn
- support lot Of others.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
Finds Many Boosters

ar Won don't think Birmingham people
are boosting their town to beat the band
while away from home, just go to some
other city and gather around place
where a Birmingham man happens TO
have a chance to speak, said vert a.
Bolton, lumberman with headquarters In
New Orleans, but who was connected with
local firms until a year or two ago. l
was down in little town in MISSISSIPPI
last week and struck up with a tall
skinny fellow from Birmingham, VINO I'M
mediately proceeded to expand upon the
beauties of his home town. | listened to
him for quite a while and when he paused
to take his breath advised him that was
a native OF the town. Then he inquired
how long had been away, and when this
part of his curiosity had been satis-
fed jumped right in and told me OF all
the many things which had been done
here while / was away.
HE is not the only hre-eating booster
of Birmingham. however, for ] am run
ming up on them every day in my trav-
els"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
WONDERwoRLD

BY Stevenson.
To the heart of youth the word is a
high wayside
hand,
Deep in the gardens golden pavilions
hide,
Nestle in orchard bloom, and far on
the level land
Call him with lighted lamp in the even
tide
Thick as the stars at night when the
moon is down
Pleasures assail him. He to his nobler
fate
Fares; and but waves hand as he
passes on,
Cries but a wayside word to her at
the garden gate,
Sings but boyish stave and his face is
gone
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
uNEXpIAINED

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
A New York girl ran away from home
recently because she wanted to see Ch'-
cago and San Francisco and go on he
stage Nobody has been able as yet to
explain why she wished to go on the
stage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
Passage Of the Public Buildings Bill

The Senate passed the public buildings
oct, and the bill will soon become law.
The erection of a million-dollar postof-
ace building is assured, and the selec-
tion of a site becomes an interesting
topic even before the officers of the
government have had time to digest the
new law.
The necessary delay is giving public
sentiment time in which y crystalline
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24

The Age-Herald has received the pro-
gress edition of the Stockton (Cal) Mail.
It is an interesting number. well illus
trated and excellently printed. The sub
ject matter is of very informing charac-
ter and assuredly does justice to a rap
idly developing section of California. The
Age Herald congratulates the mail on its
enterprise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Amnzed Mt Rand Growth

C. c. McClarty and Benjamin Howe
prominent business men of Louisville are
in Birmingham. The former was until
recently president OF the First National
bank of Louisville.
I had visited Birmingham before,
said Mr.. Howe, but I am especially i'm
pressed with 1t now. Indeed, l am amazed
at its rapid growth. 1t is a handsome
city today and 1t has unquestionaoly
great future. In the matter of phenom-
email progress 1t is in the class with
Seattle and one or two other western
cities. Certain it is that no city in the
south is growing in population or COM
mercial Importance at the rate Birming-
ham is increasing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
IL Well Advertised

Birmingham is getting good advertise
ment out of the fact that more money Is
improvements than in any Other section of
the SOUTH said William F. Raynes Of
Philadelphia.
In the east l hear OF Birmingham 5
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24

Cotton corners are not always coy cor
ners. Those of the bull variety are pur-
sued by the government, which just nat
.frally takes the Wall street side of the
Jase.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24
A FLoWERY TRIRUTE.

The editor of the Alva, Mo-, Herald
attended commencement exercises ut
the Douglas County Normal and what
he saw and heard there wrought him
IN to a fine frenzy. While the glow
was on him, he seized his pencil, foun-
tain-pen, typewriter or what-not, ana
wrote as follows:
miss Jennie Sellers rose and with an
expression of determination and COLI
fidence lightly assumed her position at
the front of the stage. Without a
falter, without a pause, she entered
fully into the spirit and life Of ner
selection, sending its story, in tones
and accents fitting. to tho remotest
corners of the commodious building.
She told the story not in words alone.
convincing her predecessor and those
to follow that she was there to win.
Again breathless silence prevailed as
Miss Lilly SADIE pictured by word and
gesture "A Lonely Deathbed.' AS she
spoke she appeared in some of her po-
sitions as staue carved by the hand
of a neost skilled artist, portraying
the beauty of a perfect human form.
At perfect ease, with the grace of
trained elocutionist, she glided on
through her selection carrying a cap
tivated audience with her,
WE GREATLY FEAR.
A little summer,
Now and then,
Is relished by
The best of men.
Springfield Union.
A little summer,
Like as not,
VIII shortly prove
Too blooming hot.
PREPARED FOR THE WORST.
Going to economize, eho"
Yes. I'm denying myself cigars"
X why, you don't smoke cigars?'
II know I don't, but may want
to begin almost any day.
HARMLESS
This cheering thought
We shouldn't slight
Sausage may bark,
But can not bite.
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
professor Primly says most news
paper men are noctivagant"
If he means they are dishonest. by
Jupiter! -"
Hold on, hold on! He merely meant
to say that most newspaper men are
night providers
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-24

President Tafts postal savings banks
bill is off the calendar and the President
begins to see Beverly looming up in the
glare of a Washington sun.