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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
HE ADDRESSED THE JURY

From the National Monthly.
 man who had never been In court before in his life was recently called as a witness in a court in southern Indiana On being sworn he took a position with his back to the jury and began telling his story to the judge. who courteously said: Address your remarks to the jury. sir."
 The witness paused for a moment, but not comprehending what was said to him, remained in the same position.
 The judge was then more explicit and hind you on the benches
 The witness turned around. bowed awk- wardly, and said. Good morning, gentle- men,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
COLLEGE HUMOR


 A new German professor in girls col lege, wishing to detain one of the stu dents, said: 'Oh, Miss -, may l hold you minute after class?" The same professor, attending as spectator for the first time one of the girls dances, remarked: How charming the young ladies look In their low-necked night gownsr' This advice was given by one of the students to her mates: Girls, take all the courses you can with the men professors. for the women of the faculty try to find out how much you know, and the men try to show off how much they know" The wife of one of the professors warned him as he went off to officiate at a funeral one rainy day: Now, John. don't stand with your bare head on the damp ground i; you'll surely catch cold"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
JOYS ON THE HIGHWAYS By Maeterlinck.

Are not joys to be met with on the highways of life that are greater than than death? May happiness not be encountered that the eye cannot see? And is it not of the nature of happiness to be less manifest than misfortune. to be- come even less apparent to the eye as 1t reaches loftier heights? But to this we refuse to pay heed. The whole village, the town. will flock to the spot where some wretched adventure takes place; but there are none will pause for an in- stant and let their eyes rest on a kiss, or vision of beauty that gladdens the soul a ray of love that illumines the heart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
LEFT BEHIND

By Howard Weeden. When my old master took down sick
 I nussed him till he died, An many pleasant day we had
 Me sittin' by his side. We talked about de ole, ole times,
 Part fun, an part de truth, But mostly Master unused on Her, ' De Mistis', of our youth: She was so bright an quick. he said,
 She even died dat way And went before him forty years,
 A-smiling, swif' any gay. "But you slow cuss," he said to me,
 You always was behin'; Come on!" an wid dat word he went
 An lef' his hand in mine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Passion Is sprinter; affection has staying qualities.
 The rouge pot fools blind people, but what's the use of fooling them?
 Any girl can want a man to love her for the way she tans without burning.
 Man loves because he's fooled into it.: he marries because he's frightened into 1t.
 convenient thing about private gar- den is for the vegetable man to come around regularly to supply you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
From Maine to Washington

The extent and sweep of the popular nprising against the republican party is nAown in the returns from Maine on me sea and from Washington on the 'ifher sea. While Maine Las electtd .
 1smocratic legislature that will elect a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
EsTHETICIsM.

"A certain ''countess," who no doubt believes that biushing is a lost art, Is creating quite furore by her dancing. When the countess gets ready to Ego on." she merely wraps yard or so of yelling around her svelt figure and prances forth with twinkling tootsies. The countess is an "artiste' to her toe- tips. The fact that she scorns clothes is all the proof that anyone could reason- ably ask
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

Senator Guggenheim, it is said, Is marked for slaughter in Colorado. and yet 1t cannot be said that he has been unfaithfu to his trust, or more accurate ly speaking, to his trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

Vice President sherman, riding in a federal automobile, contended that he did not need registration in New York or any other state, but the New York officials soon convinced him that he had not risen above registration in that state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

The Hon. William Lorimer has resigned his membership of the Hamilton club of Chicago, and he should add to it a resig- nation of his membership in the United States Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

Already one can almost see Champ Pennsylvania avenue. MT. Clark should select his mules, for the people are ready to do the rest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
GRANDIosE NOTIONS.

What sort of chap Is Pulsingforth? P
 Hes the sort of chap who can't afford to pay a 'cullud gemman 50 cents to cut the weeds in his back yard and yet Is always wishing he could retain the services of an expert landscape gardener"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
WORTHY DE NOTE.

The city editorshas just decorated one of his young reporters with a large silver medal"
 What was the nature of the oc- casion?"
 "It seems that the young man wrote story about repairs being made on public building without saying that an army of workmen' were employed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
Brisk Passenger Tramc

C. B. Ryan of Norfolk, general passen- ger agent of the seaboard Air line, is in the city. He spoke enthusiastically of the business outlook in the south. He said that judging by passenger traffic busi- ness conditions must have been satisfac- tory all summer.
 There seems to have ben an impress sion in some quarters that certain lines would be favored by the Pullman com pany in supplying steel Pnllmans for trains to be operated over the Pennsyl- vania tracks into New York through the tube," said Mir. Ryan. But the truth is that all the roads traversing the same territory or section of country will have the steel sleepers all at the same time. It may be some weeks yet before the Pullman company can deliver to the roads In the south steel cars of the tube specifications, but when one line Is equipped with them all will be so equipped.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

The Tennessee situation is a muddle be- cause the state is full of insurgent dem- ocrats. No other state Is indulging this year in that kind of insurgents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
PAS OPINION.

"Pa, is there anything else as scarce as hens teeth?'
 Nothing else. my son, unless 1t Is genuine Rocky Ford cantaloupes in most of the restaurants where they are ad- vertised on the bill of fare."
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

MT. Roosevelt had the courage to fight Hons, but he may lack the courage to fight the old guard who are well in- trenched in his state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

Senator Root has decided that the po- litical upheaval is a slump in the middle of an administration. He is the only man who thinks the slump will disap- pear by 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

The death of Lloyd W. Bowers Is thought to give Secretary Nagel good chance to sit in the supreme court in Justice Moody's seat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

Car repairing in Chicago had no rival in the west except possibly lawyering for the Indians who owned lands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

Guggenheim says he is weary of poli- tics and the people are certainly weary of the interests he represents in politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

Not even the colonel could draw a word from Chance Day in his deep retreat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
pRnRARLYNnT.

"spirltuaIsts claim that they have heard from the late Professor James,"
 Did his communication look anything like a souvenir post card?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

Mir. Roosevelt is not certain that he sees an opportunity at Saratoga Springs in the last week of the present month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

The inquiry of the hour relates to the probability of Professor James coming back in a spiritistic sense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

The Hale dynasty was wiped out in Maine without the aid of Speaker Can non.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
The Prohibition Cause

"I was in Pensacola about a month ago, when the advocates of statewide constitutional prohibition for Florida were holding a public meeting" said A. F. Reardon of St. Louis, ''and I remarked the small attendance and lack of interest in the prohibition cause. A feature of the meeting was vocal quartette. I listened to the singers and enjoyed the music. It was a professional quartette and one of the best I ever heard. But even good music failed, to draw to a statewide prohibition meeting.
 Tt is very evident that the wave of radical prohibition has spent itself. The great democratic victory in Maine Mon- day was a distinct blow to constitutional
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

Methodists, north and south, will not 1t is feared. get together until they have passed beyond the Great Divide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

Conservation should be extended to tempers In hot political campaigns. They need 1t this year in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

The plain people rejoicing gathe around a broken-down automobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
ENGLIsH HARDEN THEAIRE

Uncle Joe is in the tall uncut, beyond reach of news from Maine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

Some think King Menelik will die on the day that Miss Elkins and the duke are married.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

And just to think of it, the colonel once dispensed patronage to and through the Lorimer machinei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

Conservation by the states would be all right if the states would do 1t. They will not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
CONSISTENT TIMEPIECE.

Did you hear about Gushforth?"
 'No. What about Gushforth?'
 -IIe bought striking clock and he hadn't had it more than two days before 1t fell of the mantei and struck him on the head" I.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

sure sign of victory-there are no quarels this year among New York democrats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
PRICELESS.

Mrs. Millions Is the envy of all her set'' st
 Why so?"
 She's wearing a hat trimmed with pork chops" ~ <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
A REAL JOKE.

A REAL JOKE. What Is your idea of q humorist, Pipps?"
 My idea of humorist? Let me see. A man who would get up and propose Theodore Roosevelt for president of the Anti-Noise society"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
pEopI.E IN GLASS HOUSES.

 The national convention vbgkqjjj-- The national conservation congress at St. Paul is now holding the center of the stage-The Atlanta Journal. You uotice how quickly they put on the brakes when they wrote Convention" instead of "conservation. n."-Washington Herald.
 Did you notice" what the printer did to the second word in your paragraph
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

and 1t must be squarely met. We will know in January where New Jersey stands in this progressive age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
YOUTH OF MANY LETTERS.

AYOUTH OF MANY LETTERS.
 Miss Peachkin Is very angry with young Splurgit."
 Why so?' and he replied in a politely worded note that he would have his secretary sort them out at the earliest opportunity, his filing cabinet for love missives hav- ing been neglected while he was abroad"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

HIGH PRICES. As Bobby Burns would say, Tt gars me greet" To think of what we pay For what we eat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Haybloom and Myrtle


 T have just learned that new volume Alabama poet Is on the eve of publica- tion by Boston house (Dana, Estes < Co)," said a literary man. "It Is some times declared that poetry Is no longer read This assertion, like most, must be qualified. Whether or not the song is heard depends upon the singer. Every body listens to Mir. Peck. Why? Reason 1-His song is never too long. Reason 2-He expresses in melodious strains the sentiments and emotions that all. men feel. Reason S-whether he sings of mirth, love or sorrow, the song comes from his heart
 The poets first volume has had six editions. The new book, which Is com posed entirely of fresh work, and con tains not one reprint from any previous volume. Is named 'Maybloom and Myr- tle.' It's contents are sub-dvided into four sections-Light Verse, Lyrics of Love. Lyrics of Nature and Song and Shadow. The pretty title is explained by an Introductory stanza
 "I have been Maying,
 Signing while straying-
 Signing that all that Is lovely Is fleet; What I bring hither,
 Take. ere 1t wither,
 Maybloom and Myrtle I lay at your
 feet
 ''Mr. Peck is now in Paris. where he Is studying the French language and litera- ture. He says that when too old and de- crepit to roam, and he returns to Tusca- loosa to pass his declining years be- meath his own vine and fig tree, it will be delightful to have two literatures instead of one to enjoy and make him forget that he is oldl
 Meantime, wish .Maybloom and Myr- tle' all success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
Bsbb Would Advertise Alabama

'I believe that we should have an all- Alabama movement inaugurated at the meeting of the Alabama Commercial and Industrial associaton," said J. B. Babb. secretary, ito put on foot a plan to advertise all of Alabama, irrespective of section, to draw closer the various sec tions of the state in a common effort to develop Alabama's resources, to stir our people to a keener appreciation to the necessity of patronizing Alabama-made goods, to sound keynote that will in- spire our people to enthusiasm"
 MT. Babb. with Secretary Bruce Ken nedy of the Montgomery commercial or ganlzation and the representatives of other clubs in the state will join in this campaign at the meeting next month.
 MT. Babb will go to Uniontown next Monday to confer with Judge W. H. Tay- Joe on the possibility of bringing Perry county in closer touch with Birmingham, not at the expense of the small towns but for the benefit of all.
 While away recently said MT. Babb, 'I conversed with many farmers of Ohio and Indiana, and they told me that all eyes are now turned toward the south. that the tendency has changed from the west and the people of the middle sec- ton are looking with longing eyes toward the south. They realize the truthfulness of the recent statistics issued by the de- partment of agriculture that the cheapest and most fertile lands can be bought in Alabama and Mississippi"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
stnllings on Republican situation

'-One thing Is certain,' said Chairman Jesse Stailings of the state democratic committee last night, land that is that the republicans in the United States are whipped to a frazzle. They won't have anything whatever to do with the gov ernment for some time to come.
 While there may not be democratic majority in the Congress this year. 1t will either be independent or democratic. The republicans have lost out entirely.
 That result In Maine was great It will stir the democrats from one end of the country to the other. and, with the republicans badly split. we have a great opportunity.
 'I expect to see Alabama rise to the oc- casion and sweep the state with the greatest majority ever registered in demo- cratic Alabama"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15

THE UNEXPECTED. "A prominent man has complimented  She's considerably dazed, dare say"
Newark post., 1910-11-16
A PLEA FOR INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
IMPROVEMENT OF RURAL SCHOOLS

ands who sever all connections at an
early age would be largely reduced
The present affords few opportunities
for the learning OF trade A work.
man enters a great shop and learns to
handle one machine. If he asks to be
transferred in order to become an all
round man, his request is discouraged
Tor it means wear on the machine from
the operation OF green hand as
well as an inferior product until skill
in the handling has been acquired.
Sometimes the ambitious go from shop
to shop, applying for work at different
machines, and by SO doing win for
themselves the Nputation OF stealing
their trade. The need for agricultural
training will only increase as the
years go by. AS the worlds popula-
ton increases, our acres of tillable
land decreases, until finally the great
question shall be "How shall the
world be fed?"
We of this generation have seen the
status of the scientific farmer" change.
He is no longer fad,list, the object of
sneers, but rather merely man who
keeps abreast of the times. The dis
coveries OF science have affected every
occupation OF man-probably none so
vitaily as the cultivation OF the soil.
The yield has been increased many
times, and lack OF economy or a
waste of the land, becomes more and
more subject OF reproach. The far
mer must no longer be baekwoous-
| man, who has no use for the brain
power with which his Creator endowed
va ha
awakened and we turn to the Anieri-
con school to convince.
In Delaware much OF our wealth
is the result of agriculture Are our
rural schools abreast OF the times, or
working according to a plan OF the
| past generation!
We have had many instances within
our own borders of the result of all
intelligent cooperation with the laws
of nature-the small fruits, the apple
orchards and the corn fields have this
season added force to all arguments
which cannot fail to impress the un.
convinced.
Delaware has been pointed to re-
peatedly as an example of State pos
sessing educational opportunities,
which are years behind the times. A
present she is awakening to this later
demand upon the rural school, A
committee appointed by the governor,
is even now preparing report for the
consideration OF the next Legislature.
May we listen to their presentation
with open hearts. only desirous oI
the truth. Let us define the word edu-
cation in the language and demand o
) loIo-then produce the article for oul
! boys and girls, for America can onl,
exist though this, its chief defense.
Newark post., 1910-11-16
Birthday Surprise

A surprise was given Irwin White
man at his home near Welsh Tract, in
honor OF his eighteenth birthday, last
Wednesday evening.
After playing games and singing, the
guests were invited to the dining-room
where dainty refreshments were serv-
ed. He received several very pretty
presents.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Kinsey Chambers, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
M. Whiteman, Mr. and Mrs. S. c.
Lomax, Mrs Fl. M. Mccormick,
Misses Olive Peel, Reba Whiteman.
Sara Kemether, Elizabeth and Alma
Little, Mamie Mccormick, Margare:
and Louesta Whiteman; Messrs. 1r-
win Whiteman, Edgar. Raymond and
Robert McMullen, Archie Peel, Gro
yer Whitenan, Orvil Little, Harold
Little, Pusey Mccormick, Ralph. Kin
sey and Henry Whiteman.
Newark post., 1910-11-16

training and are either engaged in
some juvenile employment or are liv-
ing in idleness How is this army
equipped by the time they have reach
ed the age of nineteen? In many cases
the elevator and cash boys, are eleva-
tor and cash boys still. Their earning
capacity has not increased with their
years, and 'cdacationaNy they lack
more OF the requirements for citizen
ship than upon leaving school.
1t follows that our educational sys-
TEN at present aims at general culture
and is plan primarily suited to those
who have long educational careers
ahead OF them. Since it has become
an established fact that the greater
, mass OF our children are obliged to
| leave school at the end of the gram
| mar school period, it seems as though
| this school system in which we take a
just pride, has in it some things which
are radically wronog, when it fails to
reach the great majority of oour youth
during the critical period OF adolcs-
| cence.
Our idea of the public school has
| been development which has expand
| ed as the country has grown. In col
| onial days the teaching of reading,
writing and arithmetic supplied the
knowledge which the life of the time
demanded. AS immigrants dotted the
country with their settlements ii be-
came necessary to keep the accom-
| pishments, the aims and the ideals of
| our people before the childhood oi the
land, in order to produce the desired
type OF citizen and history became a
part Of the course; later the country
expanded and assumed commercial re-
lations with other parts of the world
and Geography fitted into our course
oi study. So the schools have grown
During the last decades the tide OF
population has surged toward the city
i'll answer to the industria!ism of the
age. The work for the hano, directed
by power from the head, which the
old lie on the farm demanded of the
hoy or the girl, dropped out of the life
OF the ci'y-bred youngster. Ike ne.
cesslty icr srch tasks existed and The
manual training schools came int.
popuisrity. Now another stage ha
been reached in the history of educa
ton. The world is calling for com
petent workmen, and the demand i
greater than the supply. Our school
fail to produce the desired result In
stead OF an indefinite underlined train
ing toward general culture the or
comes for vocational training. TIL
must include specialization of all per
tanning to the trades and the study c
| | agriculture.
{ II such schools should be establish
ed which should convince the pupil
OF added earning power gained by
continuance of the studies, the thou.
Newark post., 1910-11-16
MEETING OF COUNCIL

Council convened last Wednesday
night in Council chamber
The first discussion dealt with the
moving Of the ten-inch pipe between
the town limits and the water tank.
This has been made necessary by the
building of the macadamized road west
OF town. The Levy Court refused to
build the road unless the pipe was
moved from the middle Of the road to
the side.
Whether this work should be done
such line or undertaken by some
local contractor in order to save ex-
pense. was left to the discretion ofo a
committee.
The secretary was instructed to no.
tify property owners alonog whose
premises the town has lately laid curb,
to lay pavement within thirty days.
Those, who have not yet paid taxes
upon their dogs are granted ten days
grace after which an ordinance will go
into effect which imposes fine on all
harboring such dog.
Alderman Lovett was asked for all
account of fines imposed and was iu-
structed to make such fines heavier in
the future.
The President appointed commit
tee of four to prepare new light anc
water rates. At present our syst-n
is not upon a paying basis and inves-
tieation has shown that the rate i.
lower than that of the other to Nns in
| Delaware as we'll as in other States
p The members OF the committee arc
Messrs. Rose, Leak, Steele and ia.
cobs.
An officers hat and coat is TO b,
furnished for Lindsay Wilson, the new
constable.
Newark post., 1910-11-16
Mrs. Wright Entertains

Mrs. Pilling Wright entertained a
number of her friends last Saturday
afternoon in honor OF her guest, Mrs.
Sharp. OF Dover. The time was spent
at cards there being two tables OF
bridge and one OF five hundred. The
fortunate ones carried home dainty
remndesr oi their success.
Those present were Mrs. Delaware
Clark, Mrs. Fred Clark, Mrs. Phelps,
Mrs. c. l.. Penny, Mrs. w. H. Steele,
Mrs. H. Tyson, Mrs. c. b. Evans, Mrs
J. H. Hossinger, Mrs. l.. |. Handy
Mrs. John Pilling, Misses Anna Hos
singer and Elsie Wright.