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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
From the New York World.

YVYYuEN the Yokohama Chamber of Ax/ Commerce holds an election II w does not trouble the members to
 attend a meeting. Instead the sealed
 ballot-box Is sent around to the offices of the voters by special messenger
 with a supply of ballots and thus the votes are gathered, to be officially count ed by the teilers when all have been polled
 Japanese hotels have no hooks from which to depend a razor strop. Those of San Francisco have.
 Some men are born In New York de- spite the tradition to the contrary. One of these is MT. William T. Payne, the accomplished manager of the Canadian
 Pacific's steamship line in Yokohama, who first saw the light at No. 42 West Twentieth street. Consul General Thomas Summons of Yokohama, who used to be an Albany reporter, is fixing up the old American consulate so as to make 1t worthy of the United States, which it was not be- fore, though long the home of our repre- sentatives. Sanitary convenienoes have been put in and paint applied through out. It Is a very comfortable building in a pleasant plot of grass on fine cor ner, and the flag flies higher from its
 staff than any other in Yokohama. s,
 E. Armstrong. brother of Robert Arm-
 strong, once assistant secretary of the treasury, as special treasury agent. and a most diligent and capable one. It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
Validation Plan Winning Favor

The New York Journal of Commerce says that cotton bills are being received in New York bearing in addition to the railroads validation certificate. a bank CTS verifcation certificate attached to It's cality in which the consignment of cotton originated has satisfied itself as to the accuracy of the statements made in the bills of lading. This certificate is signed by an officer of the local bank. AL though the local banks do not appear to assume any financial responsibility under this practice, they nevertheless show their willingness to take trouble to ascer- tain the facts as to the commercial trans action which becomes the basis of financ- ing cotton bills of lading.
 The Journal of Commerce thinks the small cotton shipper will be the chief suf- ferer from the friction that has arisen over the Knight-Yancey and Steele-Miller bills of lading. Powerful banking inter- ests seem to desire to eliminate "the small man" from the cotton business. It Is the old story of the survival of the Attest
 But all agree that strong well-known all the cotton they desire to ship. Many banks in Europe have decided to act in dependertly, and they will decide for i themselves whether or not the railroad validation plan affords them ample pro- tection against fraud.
 1 Cotton will be moved without friction and without any depreciation in price.
 Make no mistake as to that. As things stand the chances are that the valida- tion plan will commend itself to the cot ton trade, and that it will in the end be accepted as final solution of a vexed
 problem.
 Abstract right and logic are rarely con- suited in trade questions, and they will not be in the contention that has arisen on both sides of the sea Possibly the railroads should, abstractly speaking, be willing to accept responsibility for all the bills they are willing to validate, but this they will n% do. They DroDo..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
Prosperous Farmers

This is year of great prosperity in Alabama said B. B. Burton, man. ager of the Cable Piano company. T make frequent trips through the north ern part of the state and I hear from our travelling men in other parts of the state. Every report received is cheer ing.
 "The farmers were never so well off, never so optimistic. This fall the Alabama farmers, as a rule, will have more money to spend than was ever the case before. Money that used to go out of the state to buy corn and pork will be spent in Alabama. Bir- mingham, Montgomery, Selma and Mo bile will all reap direct benefits from Alabama's fine crops"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
The National Capital

Washington city Is growing more beautiful every year." said Henry R.. Howze, who, with his wife, has re- turned from three weeks vacation spent partly in the northwest and partly in Virginia. We were at Fort Meyer, Va, United States cavalry post, a few miles from Washington. We spent several hours at the national capital each day of our sojourn at Fort Meyer and the splendid improve ments in progress there fills one with amazement and stimulates his pride ir America"
 MT. Howze has a brother In the army "a first lieutenant of cavalry, sta tioned at Fort Meyer He has an- other brother who Is a lieutenant in the navy. One is West Pointer and the other is a graduate of the Naval academy at Annapolis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

EARLY AVIATION IN ALABAMA From the Rochester Democrat and Chron-
 icle. /
 A curious chapter in the history of aviation consists in the fact that, as long ago as 1875, a physician in Alabama de- vised an airship. the model of which he proposed to exhibit in Rochester, as a means of raising funds for the construc- tion of a full-fledged flying machine. The light gasoline engine. in itself Roches- ter product. had not then been invented, and investors placed little confidence in man-power In the operation of flying ma chimes made In imitation of birds. If the model constructed by the Alabama coun- try doctor is still in existence a com parson with the workable aeroplanes of today would be interesting. But the phy- sician, like Darius Green, was ahead of his time, and the Alabama man-bird ''died a'borning."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
A FALL FROM THE SKY

From Augustus Posts "A Fall From the
 Sky" in October Century.
 The one question we are asked every where, even to this day. just as we were asked it on the roof at Friedenau, is How did 1t feel to fall third of mile in balloon?" If you want to know how 1t felt to pass through the experience-we did, think first of what we had to do. We had to move a ton of sand out of the car and we had to do 1t in less than two minutes and half. If you want to know how that feels, go down into the cellar and move a ton of coal from one side to the other while some one holds a watch and tells you when two minutes and half goes by. Then try to see how much you have felt and remembered while you were doing it.. It will give you a better idea if you move the coal while you are in a state of intense. vivid mental concentration, compressing years as it were into moments. If we had had but those two and a half minutes for the rest of our lives, as it looked at first. they would have been at least very good measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

From Louis A Holman's Americas s
 Rembrandts'' In October Century.
 -vIDENCE is not wanting that the
 removal of the duty on works by A the old masters will result in the permanent enrichment of our store of ar tistic things. The newspapers are con- tinually announcing, with rather un- fortunate blare of trnmpets, the fabulous price paid by some American in Europe for a masterpiece of painting or scuip- ture while from our consuls come defin- ite figures showing that the exports from Europe to America of works of art have increased enormously since the old mas ters were put on the free list
 Among these late importations. the paintings of Rembrandt have conspicu- ous place. In the last 50 years his work has been steadily gaining favor with Americans, each succeeding decade show ing vastly increased importation. To- day no paintings are more sought after by Americans, none more sincerely well comed.
 There are on this side of the Atlantic no fewer than 8S oil paintings, besides some small sketches, by Rembrandt This means that we have double the number left in Holland. with a score to spare, and two dozen more than all in Austria, Spain ar l Sweden. Indeed, there are only two countries which posses more than Amer lea; Great Britain, which has 165, and Germany, which has 120
 London and Paris remain the great Rembrandt markets. while America has taken her place as the largest buyer It is significant that 14 of the IS Rem brandts from the recently sold Kann col lections have come to America. Al though these came to us from Paris full half. of all our Rembrandts hung for gem erations in the ancestral homes of Eng land, whence some of them were sec retly sold when the owners could no long CT withstand the tempting prices offered Tn at least one gallery their places in the old frames were filled with clever copies England undoubtedly has more real Rem brandts than she knows. for the tide of Rembrandts set strongly about her shores for many a long year. Dr. Hofstede de Gr6ot suggests that there is a, f1otsam and jetsam yet to be discovered, for in re- cent publication he tells of the finding, in the bedroom of an English country house of no fewer than four hitherto unknown Rembrandts. and of the discovery of oth- CTS in the possession of Earl Howe. One of the last collection has already crossed
 the Atlantic It will cause no surprise If the others should drift the same way for without doubt the current now sets to- ward America.
 Our sS paintings represent in remark able manner the working years of the
 master, ranging from his youth to his ! old age. Of g working years between
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

to retain the present chance of escape In the case of cotton not delivered to them. The law is with them. Some of the foreign bankers say they will not accept such bills without an American bank guarantee. This Is out of the ques- tion. Alabama, as MT. Sevier has shown, has done her duty, but this does not fill the gap. There is naught to do but to accept the validation plan, and trust to It's smooth operation in com mending itself to all until 1t becomes the established basis for financing cotton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

Old Richmond on the Jeems has gained 90 per cent in population within the past 10 years. The census figures announced
 yesterday were not up to Atlantas: new ertheiess Richmond's total of 127,ooo in 1910 looks pretty well. And it should be all of the contiguous population, Rich mond left out several thousands of her Richmond and its envirous is estimated at 10000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
LESSON IN GRAMMAR
rom the Cosmopolitan.

From the Cosmopolitan.
 In western Kansas teacher in a pri- mary grade was instructing her class in the composition of sentences. After a talk of several minutes she. wrote two sentences on tiic blackboard-one wrong in s,ntax and the other mis-statement of fact. The sentences were "The hen has thiec legs" and Who done it?"a
 "Wil'ie,' said the teacher to one of tie youngsters. go to the board and show where the fault lies in those two sentences"
 Willie slowly approached the board. evidently studying hard oh the tangle. Then, to his teachers consternation, he took the crayon and wrote: "The hen never done it. God done it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
REFLEcTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press. Anybody who doesn't like compliments says so because he never gets them. When husbands excuse is good one it's because his wife pretends to think 1t Is. A woman can get jealous once in g while when there Is no excuse for it, just to keep in practice. It seems to take more courage to ac.
 knowledge little virtue than to commit big crime. Anybody can get a comfortable fortune by saving his money, 70 nearly everybody squanders It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
The Late Father Lambert

The Rev. Dr. Louis A. Lambert, who died last Sunday, was one of the most distinguished Catholic priests and con troversial writers in this country. He was editor in- chief of Freemans Jour nal of New York. and for many years past was a popular preacher and lec- turer. He was to have read a paper at the Eucharistic congress in Mon treal, but was too III to attend, but his paper had been prepared and 1t was read by proxy. One of his Journalistic associates writes of Dr. Lambert:
 For though his literary labors and many controversial writings from a very complete exposition of Catholic faith in themselves, the late doctor was best known to America-to, non- Cath olics perhaps better eXen than to Cath oiics-by his Notes on Ingersoll' The marvellous commercial growth which followed on the close of the Civil war made a man like Ingersoll a terribly dangerous possibility in any Christian community, inasmuch as the country's 8 prosperity had brought with 1t a cor respondiny increase in materialistic if
 
 thought and view. The disturbed and unsettled conditions of the country had also initiated against the rearing of profound controversialists who were capable of breaking lance in any thing like full and soldierly effec- tiveness with Ingersoll, who. it must be said in simpleF justice, brought to his sinister task of Notwithstanding, many splendid personal and intel lectual accolnplishmentsAand gifts. As an orator, he was without peer, and 1t Is fair to his personality as a man to allow that he possessed brilliancy of mind and character that were perilous- | ly fascinating and englamoring to or dinary minimizing and emotional men intent on worldly success alone. It is tongue and attainments, he could sin e-handed have hurt Christianity in America in a way that could only be paralleled for it's evil results, with the work of the goddess encyclopedias who preceded the age of reason In rev olutionary France"
 | When Dr. Lambert celebrated his sacredotal jubilee about two years ago notable feature of the occasion was the attendance of Presbyterian, Meth : odist and Baptist ministers who were present. they said, to show their ap- preciation of the clergyman who had | defeated Ingersoll."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
DAVID BIsPHAM TELLS THIS ONE

From the Philade1phIa Times.
 After performance of "Paoletta," in which he Is singing. David Bispham over heard a conversation that amused him hugely. A girl rushed up enthusiastically to another-a nice quiet girl, student in the Cincinnati College of Music, and gurgled: "Oh, I've just been to "Pao- lette.' It's grand opera. you know, and
 just perfly grand. I just adore music.
 I'm taking vocal and my teacher says
 that some day I'll be as good as Fer-rar.
 Say, do you sing?'' The quiet girl replied. 'No I play the cello
 This nonplussed the other. but after a moments pause. she brightened up and exclaimed: That's just lovely! But. say. don't 1t make your stummick tired blowin' 70 hardT'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
ECHOES

By Tom Moore. How sweet the answer Echo makes
 To Music at night, - When, reused by lute, or horn, she
 wakes, And far away o'er lawns and lakes
 Goes answering light! Yet Love hath echoes truer far 7 And far more sweet Than e'er, beneath. the moonlight's star, Of horn or lute or soft guitar
 The songs repeat. lis when the sigh-in youth sincere,
 And only then, The sigh that's breathed for one to hear Is by that one. that only Dear s'ts Breathsd back again. 4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
AN EVEN SCORE

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
 "The aeroplanes may fly higher than the birds, but the latter do not have to come down for gasoline. e.''-Birmingham Age-Herald.
 No, but they have to come down for worms, cherries and corn. which amounts to about the same thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

And now it is claimed that s6o0ooO is needed in order to raise the Maine. The present appropriation is ssoo,OOo. Some one in the navy evidently does not de- sire to raise the old hulk. It may talk too r1ileh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
MARCHING ON.

MARCHING ON. Fall time O the year.
 Dead leaves drifting down, Hills and valleys drear- Dingy, dusty brown. Summers song Is hushed, All her melody Stilled, that whilom gushed From each shrub and tree. Soon the hunters horn Will the echoes wake, Heard at peep of morn. Thrilling cove and break. Soon the storm will whirl, Over hill and plain, Leveled lances hurl
 At the window pane. Then the blazing hearth Will evoke good cheer, Ease and genial mirth Jointly reappear. Then we'll hear some news Of the Christmas time And each bard will muse On Christmas rhyme!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

Cyrus Garnsey, IT,, general manager of the Galloway Coal company, was in Birmingham yesterday in conference with several local officers of his com pany. He said business continued to be very brisk and that all coal companies were enjoying much prosperity. He will be In Birmingham today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
oratorio Society

The Birmingham Oratorio society of which Fred l.. Grambs is musical di- rector, and which was prominent fea- ture of the last music festival, has taken up Mendelssohns Elijah" with view of singing 1t at the festival next spring.
 In a circular letter just issued by a committee of the board of directors attention Is called to the fact that in addition to the society's festival work it gave the oratorio rEli' for the bene- fit of the families who were bereft by the Mulga and Palos disasters, net ting for the relief fund $700.
 The Oratorio society now solicits as- sociate members. The dues will be $3 which will sntitle associate members tc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

John Hays Hammond hopes to bring together all elements in the party. If he expects to bring the colonel and Boss Barnes together. he is the star optimist of the period
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

Uncle Joe says the people have good sense. They certainly have and they will coin some of that good sense into ballots for use in November.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

Mayor Gaynor stands true to present duty, putting aside all personal ambi- tion. He has more than three years to serve at the head of the greatest city in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

Savannah calls Atlanta the Roosevelt of cities, and no key goes with the charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

The Bellamy Storers' pictures again ap- pear in the papers. These pictures are kept on file In all well-regulated news paper offices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

The Brazilian crop of coffee is light, but the customary crop of chickory will be put on the market. The breakfast table must be supplied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

Sunny Jim, the hobble skirt leader of the republican party, got what was com- ing to him at Saratoga yesterday. He was voted down and out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

Autumn is simply insurgent that's all. It continues to score about 90 degrees every day, but 1t can and will break itself of that habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

Bernhardt, aged 66, Is earning s5000 a week in London music halls, quite for getting her own great reputation as an artist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

Candidate Harding of Ohio declares himself in favor of the Aldrich tariff That settles the election in Ohio if il had not been settled previously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

The colonel stays out of politics when all things go to suit him. Otherwise, not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
EARLY AVIATION IN ALABAMA

The colonel Is New Yorks new boss. He won the place hands down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

The dead boss of Rhode Island Is said to have kept every promise. This was his chief asset.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

Aviation is trying to find out whether 1t Is a science, a sport. or piece of business. It may yet be all three.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

The postoffice department hopes to es- tablish the first postal savings banks by November 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

The pessimist is abroad in the land predicting a long, hard winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
WENT TOO EAST.

"A man was arrested and fined yes terday for showing yellow streak"
 'You don't mean 1t"
 ''Yes I do. He owns one of those biz yellow roadsters.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

The Sultan of Sulu Is a great poten- tate. but he is not great enough to change the fashion in trousers in this country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

Uncle Joe Cannon is standing pat, but he looks unmistakably lonesome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

Dear Maria seems to have many damaging letters up her sleeves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
A CLOSE SHAVE

A CLOSE SHAVE. ..Flimmer played in luck on his last railroad trip" How was that?" His train was derailed and rolled down an embankment." "I don't see any reason to rejoice over that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

Some of the standpat candidates must be wearing hobble skirts, they run so poorly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
cHoLERIC.

"I presume if I run counter to you in this matter you will apply some choice epithets to me?"
 NO, sir I'll be so blamed hot l-wont take time to choose my epithets.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

"1n the res .au. ketzasa F1.aHsr
 managed to iae .hs te
 LET'S ck NaH = stfes as For "She H0hs We shal Tot weas And what is more. Shall lose no sleep. .'Who's loony now7" Iris hard to say, But Lima does Not look that way. Her Russian prince, No doubt, doth smile And show his two Teeth all the while. The world wags on And doesn't care; The world. you know, Has fools to spare.
 EASY TO GUESS. "Jipson married fiirt." Not we'll Another word that sounds like we'll" SOME SAY. The summer girl Was sweet, you bet! The autumn girl Is sweeter yet!  | ALMOST A FIGHT.
 'whats the difference between yearn-
 ing and earning?' "Y" Well, go on." "Y" |. Don't keep saying. Why, whyp TWhat's the difference between yearning
 and earning?" "Chump! The letter y." ENLARGED CURRICULUM. "Of course it had to come" Something new?" "Yes; correspondence school adver- tises a course in hobbling." OUR BED. Our bed witnesses our birth and our
 death; it is a cradle scattered over with flowers; it is the throne of love; it Is . sepulchre-Count Xavier de Maistre. A MODELLED MUSE
 Here Is poem a bard has written about his umbrella" How does 1t openT' 'The umbrella?' "No the poem" | Probably like his umbrella How is that?' l Systematically" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
PRAcTICAL RESULTS.

PRACTICAL RESULTS. "Ella Wheeler Wilcox says occupation is the key to contentment."
 'It is also a good way to acquire the wherewith for purchasing pork chops.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
BOAsTING

ROASTING. I do not own photograph, Nor any music make And no one e'er accuses me Of keeping him awake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
About Persons

two tickets for each of the two con. certs to be given during the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29
EASY TO GUESS. married a f1irt."

'J1pson marr1ed a HIrt
 "Well7"
 Not we'll Another word that sounds like we'll"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as seeond-elass matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

YVYYHEN the Yokohama Chamber Of A/ Commerce holds an election 1t
 w does not trouble the members to