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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
BoIs DE BoULoGNE IN OCTOBER

From the Chicago Evening Post.
 Paris-Truly heavenly it is to walk in the Bois de Boulogne one of these fair October mornings. Between Il and 12 every day the ultimate word on the su- preme in dress is passed along. How superb is the procession advancing here. how chic the air of the younger set there, the married danes In the first years of their joy.
 The procession of equippages is mag nificent Motor cars abound. and elegant carriages drawn by the best horses in the world. Those who are prepared for the promenade descend and walk slowly about. They visit, exchange compli- ments. and who knows how much gos- sip is passed along? The richness of the costumes has really brought tears to my eyes. Tears of admiration, however
 The clever can pick out the styles from Regent and Bond streets or from the Rue de la Prix or the Ringstrasse in Vienna. Paris Is so cosmopolitan.
 Now and then a costume with a posi- tive cachet de Paris is denoted by some one as an importation from New York worn by traveller. Le belle American certainly has style. The American car rles herself with a smart air of know ing how, but withal cannot affect the bored languor of the Parisian grande dame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
"oUR FRIEND, THE DOGv

By Maurice Maeterlinck.
 Man loves the dog. but how much more ought he to love 1t if he consid- cred, in the infiexible harmony of the laws of nature the sole exception, which is that love of being that succeeds in piercing, in order to draw closer to us the partitions, ever elsewhere imper- meable, that separate the species! We are alone. absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one. excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us.
 A few creatures fear us, most are ur- aware of us, and not one loves us. In the world of plants we have dumb and motionless slaves; but they serve us in spite of themselves. - The rose and the corn, had they wings, would fly at our approach like the birds. and If tomorrow, leaving their feelings to- ward us untouched, nature were to give them the intelligence and the weapons wherewith to conquer us. confess thai should distrust the nasty vengeance of the horse, the obstinate reprisals Of of the ass and the maddened meekness of the sheep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
Manner of LeasI Residence Property

The Mobile Register urges all owners of residence property to abolish the antiquated annual lease system. putting in its place the 3o-days notice sys-
 tenn. This makes the term continuous unless terminated by notice of 30 days
 The Register insists that under the lat ter tenants pay their rent as surely as they do under the former. and property ts kept in better condition, and there is freer demand for good dwellings.
 .sThe annual lease system" says the Register. lis detrimental because it dis courages growth of population There is going on now great migration of peo- pie: all the railroad lines are filled with people seeking new homes; the lack of openings in the west is driving people southward-not farmers alone, but urban
 people as well; and in great numbers
 These people. attracted by what they are told of the various cities, come and give them a trial. They do not know whether they will succeed or not, or whether they will like the climate or the locality. When they hear that they must take a years lease if they wish a dwelling in Mo- bile, they recognize that that will bind mem down too tight. and too long; and, naturally, they look for a place in some ether city-and Mobile, being one of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
INSULTING A GENTLEMAN

Joe Kerr in the St. Louis Times.
 He had a portly stomach on him. He had two watch chains. He had a cane and plug hat. He had dignity. When he sat down in the car even the con- ductor put on a most humble lock- But there was a man who felt his courage come back after the first great shock, and presently he leaned across the aisle and asked:
 What do you think. of Taft?"
 No answer. W
 "what do you think of Roosevelt?'
 No answer.
 The other passengers looked at the man in astonishment but he couldn't be bluffed. He drew . long breath and ask ed:
 What do you think of Aldrichr"
 No answer. seAse+
 Well, then, what do you think of Cannon?"
 The man of the portly stomach and the two watch chains rose up in his dig nifty and walked down the aisle and got off the car. 4 s
 "Why did you want to insult the gentleman" asked woman as the questioner looked after his victim.
 Insult? Why, I never insulted him." was the reply.
 But you surely did"
 "How, woman?'
 why you never once asked him what he thought. of himself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
ONE HUSBAND--FREIGHT PREPAID

Iron, the Louisville Courier-Journal. n TIE commissioner of the immigration
 bureau in New York received a
 ! few days ago the following letter:
 q am girl of 2S years of age or phan and no one to protect me. young man fom My old home, Galicia, Austria, has wrote me if I would Send him Ticket & Expenses he would come here to Marry me- He is about "A years of age very healthy and a Shoemaker by trade. As I have worked all my Life time for my own existence with no one to pro vide for me I have saved enough Money to Comply with his Conditions and have send him a End Cabin ticket with $S in Cash and he is due here tomorrow, Mum day, the 23d, on the S. S. vaderland from Antwerpen.
 Now I heard from his relatives here that if he comes to them they will not allow him to Marry me. Therefor l ap- peal to your Noble Hearth to help me In this Case by detaining him on his arrival and telegraph to me and I will Come and you Gentlemen shall Unite us in the bonds of marriage at the Island
 .sThe Heavenly Father will reward you by helping a Unfortunate orphan and your Obedient Servant"
 special board of inquiry was formed to sit upon the case-and the chest, let us hope-of the young man, to prevent him from making getaway after leaving the gang plank of the vadfrland. The inves- tigation is expected to reveal the truth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
Cost of Living and Next Tuesday


 The Baffalo Courier prints e list Of prices for household commodities in 1896 and a corresponding list for 1910. This list consists of Buffalo prices. but Buff falo prices do not presumably differ from prices in other American cities. This IA years ago amounted to sS.2s. The same articles now cost s16.23! Your table bill," says the Courier, 'has doubled; have your wages doubled? You pay 100 per cent more for your clothing. blankets and household goods; has your salary kept pace with the increased cost of iiving?"
 Beyond all doubt this question will largely affect the voting next Tuesday. Party lines are not regarded when the pocket of the voter Is steadily depleted. He sees a tariff made by manufacturers for manufacturers and he sees no bene- fits flowing from 1t to himself. He be- lieves the protected manufacturers have put prices up to the tariff limit.
 No matter how many side issues there may be in this or that state the man who has a family to support will vote as his pocket dictates. This he has right to do. This he should as duty do. This will decide next Tuesdays elections.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
TWO LIARS
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 That's so, judge; I was drunk all right" the man at the rail admitted gent ly even with note of pathos in his thick voice. 'I don't deny 1t, judge, but I'll
 ell you just how it was.' With a ming ling of frank confidence and humility he lifted his eyes to the magistrats face. five got sick wife at home terribly sick; nobody to do for her but me. I haven't had my clothes off nor laid down for four nights. When I went out last night I-well, I just had to have bracer, judge, and I got little too much under my belt: that's so."
 The disheveled pleader shifted anxious " and his shaky voice grew vibrant with concern. ''The woman's all alone in the house, judge. I'll have to get back some how. She's fearful bad off and nobody but me- ;
 That's queer" interrupted the magis- trate with queer, conviction. we re- ,eived a letter from your wife and she asks me to Keep you locked up as long as possible Says you're in the way at home-a nuisance. She is glad to be rid of you'
 Silently, without apparent surprise, the prisoner shuffled toward the door of the bull pen. AS he was making his exit he halted and cast the magistrate know ing look from the corner of his bleary eye.
 Say, judge" he called out. "There are two awful liars in this room, and I'm one of 'em I ain't got no wife!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
THE PROHIBITION FARCE

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 The decision of Federal Judge Mccall that the federal court cannot intervene to enforce the laws of Tennessee as pe- tween citizens of Tennessee. because the state does not enforce them, Is the ob- yious answer to the question raised in the litigation instituted by the prohibi- tionists to shut the Memphis saloons.
 The conditions in Alabama and Ten nessee, where statewide law is not: en- forced because public opinion Is not Tn favor of it's enforcement, call attention continually to the sorry failure of prohi- bition. It is true that there has not been in these southern states that statewide complacency that is observable in Maine, hut that Is due to the fact that half century of the farce has made prohibi- ton recognized and accepted failure in Maine, while there are persons in Ala bama and Tennessee who cling to the delusion that 1t is not necessarily and permanently failure there.
 In Alabama there was an intellectual attempt to abolish the state constitution
 
 eraI other states that propaganda Is being pushed by the combined forces of fraud and fanaticism. To abolish constitutions would be to abridge the liberty of indi- viduals and make government tyranny if advantage were taken of the power to tyrannize that would be created by such amendments as are proposed, but the ultimate effect would probably be that there would be neither a constitution nor prohibition. There is no lack of legal machinery to put into effect the statewide laws now. but lack of local sentiment, and in the final analysis local sentiment governs communities. This is taken into consideration where local op- tion is depended upon to regulate the liquor traffic. It is disregarded where statewide prohibition is attempted. There are some towns as dry" under state wide prohibition as they would be under local option. There are others as "wide open" as towns or cities that vote ''wet' where local option laws are in existence. Although 1t requires the opinion of a judge to settle the question officially 1t hardly requires a lawyer to ascertain from reading the constitution that the federal courts cannot be called upon to enforce laws for no other reason than that the state does not enforce them. In times the states now trying .out statewide prohibition laws will recognize the fact that local option, which is local self-government, is of more value than prohibition, which is in its results no government at all. The choice will then be between remaining corrupt and con- tcnted. as Maine has been for two gener- ations,. or enacting laws that can be reasonably we'll enforced.
 In the meantime the farce will con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 Good nature stands sleep better than any other test. se
 Nobody has yet reformed politics politics has deformed most of those who tried. issN
 People want new fangled theories when they are well; when they are sick. the olu gospel.
 It takes so long to save fortune the heirs are crazy to show how soon 1t can be spent.
 Even a man who thinks he wants to die will put up big nght against any body who offers to help him do 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
Alex Bonnymnn fin City

Alex Bonnyman, general manager of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, was in Birmingham yesterday. He went through the yards in the west ern part of the city yesterday afternoon and said the physical condition of the local properties was fine Mr. Bonnyman also inspected the work of erecting a freight depot at Bessemer. Freight business on our line is picking up very much recently" said Mir. Bonnyman. n. ''The fall season, as we expected, has opened up briskly and we expect a con- tinuation of the conditions prevailing now. We base this upon the better oper- ations of local industries and those on our lines.
 ''The work of improving our proper ties is going forward. We are still haul ing a great deal of slag. It is our pur- pose to place our roadbed in the best of shape and we do not intend to cease ballasting until the very best results have been obtained. We have a fine piece of property between this city and Talladega and we hope to keep 1t in fine condition. As the track settles and be- comes more hardened we will be able to increase the tonnage handled and we can also make faster schedules with all our trains, both freight and passenger.
 'The Birmingham district seems to be very busy"
 MT. Bonnyman will probably be in Bir- mingham today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
vAUGHN's "srLEx SURVEILLANCE

 From the Athenaeum. ..7 Lay down thy burden at this gate and knock. ffA What if the world without be dark and drear? For there be fountains of refreshment here 4 Sweater than all the runnels of the rock. Hark! even to thy hand upon the lock A willing warble answers, loud and clear, rs That fails as fain upon the heart of fear As Shepherds songs unto the folded flock.
 This Is the quiet wood church of the soud, Be thankful, heart. to him betimes that f stole. Some Easter morning. through the goI- den door Y, sE < T5aply ajar for early prayer to rise And brought thee back from that song lowered shore These haunting harmonies Of Paradiss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02

or falsity of the statements made by tn, young woman from Galicia. It seems much more reasonable to believe that she is truthful than to believe her an ad- venturess seeking to appropriate a hus- band with whose coming to America she had nothing to do.
 The late Bill Nye wrote a melancholy tale about lonely man in the west who contracted to pay the freight charges upon young woman from the east if she would marry him upon arriving at his sheep ranch It happened that hired man came into possession of the facts in the case and contrived that the prospec- tive bridegroom should be absent from home upon the day of the gif1's arrival. Desperation caused the man who paid the freight to decide upon suicide when he re- turned home and found his hired man in possession of bride and unwilling to set tie with him for the transportation out lay He poured liberal dose of poison in his whisky and took three fingers of whisky without poison to nerve himself for self-destruction. Almost immediate ly he realized that suicide would be a hideous mistake, so he put the poison in the other fellows whisky.
 It would not be right for the Galician maiden's freight-prepaid husband not to be delivered to her. And if he should escape and marry another such trag- edy as that which. constituted the climax of "The, Club-footed Lovers of Piute Pass" might occur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
OPrIMIsM

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Reports of cyclones, tidal waves, vol canic. eruptions, cholera. infant paraly- sis and rumors of war dos not mean that there is more unrest on earth now than evet bsforef but that, the news iervacs is bang-up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
WHY. OF COURSE

From the Kansas City Star.
 A distinguished songstress admits she was married recently, but declines to tell who her husband is. Perhaps she did not catch the gentleman's name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
SAYS DIR, BAILEY

From the Houston Post.
 Mir Hearst has been invited to visit Birmingham and deliver an address. We hope he will accept. It will take some- thing like Hearst address to quiet Bir- mingham's nerves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
ROCKEFELLER's LITERARY TASTE H. M. Briggs in the November Amer
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 Mr. Rockefeller said that the first time he ever saw Artemus Ward. re- porter brought him into his office. Ward was so bashful that in order to get him in the reporter had to push him ahead of him. He laughed heartily at the re- membrance of tall lanky fellow being propelled by shorter man from be- hind. He said that he thought the writings of Artemus Ward were of higher grade than those of Mark Twain. He was a reader and admirer of Ella Wheeler Wilcox. These are the only literary people of whom I ever heard him speak. He seemed to be uncon- scious of the mightier luminaries in that world. He did not seem to un- derstand Tolstoy and spoke highly of Napoleon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
A Persistent salesman

Speaking of salesmen," said a pas- senger who came in from Pratt City asst night after the political speaking, ''I believe I have spotted the most ener- getic, original and persistent young sales man in the Birmingham district.
 'He is just the kind of man would want. if I were in the insurance or the gas business. A fine looking young man. neatly dressed. with fine address; he set ehout the task which he had selected with that amount of determination which Is the natural asset of good salesman.
 He attended the political meeting. and when the next governor. Colonel O'Neal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
May Involve Feder.l st.tu,.

"The seizure of a car load of liuuor today by deputy sheriffs," said man who takes special interest in law en- forcement measures, brings up the question of whether the federal of- ficers are not liable to be brought into this agitation. I understand that the car of liquor seized had no consignee, or at least none could be found. If my recollection serves me right the fed sral anti-shipping law passed by the last Congress provided that interstate shipments should be plainly marked as to contents and consignee and, that 1t is therefore unlawful for liquor to cross state line unless these reuuire- ments have been met
 "At any rate the seizure of a car load of liquor and the announcement ay the officers that they are on the trail of other cars Is new step in the prohibition law enforcement. AS an off-hand opinion, however, 1t seems to me the interstate shipment ended when the car of freight reached the local railroad yards and that under Ala bama's drastic anti-storage law the liquor becomes subject to conf1scation if 1t can be found. This new turn in affairs will be watched with special in- terest." na
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02

Candidate Vivian Lewis of New Jersey is trying to act like progressive. but that first or given name of his pulls against him. Woodrow is the coming man in New Jersey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02

MT. Roots nomination of MT. Taft for 1912 has not been seconded by the plain people. whose living expenses have been increased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
WASN'T THE BRIDE ANGRYI

From the Pine Hill (N. Y.) Optic
 A misplaced head line in one of our exchanges has put several people in an embarrassing position. The head line "Got Him at Last" should have gone over patent medicine advertisement but was used by mistake over the story of . wedding. ,... "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
PHENOMENON OF JANE AUSTIN From Burton's Masters of the Eng

Here Is one of the paradoxes of lit- erature: This gentlewoman dabbling in seemingly amateur fashion in let
 ters, turns out osbe the ablest novelist of her Sex and race, one of the few
 great craftsmen, one may say. since art is no respecter of sex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02

The Massachusetts girl who can throw a baseball like Ellam is a factory girl. No college or society girl can compete with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02

The negro who has been appointed by President Taft as assistant attorney gen. eral had never. to his credit be it said,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02

The St. Louis balloons really were started to the north pole. but none of them had gas or nerve enough to make the trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
BirmInsham's Weather station

T don't know whose fault 1t Is. hut 1t seems to me that Birmingham gets less information. from the wealth. CT bureau than any city in the coun- try in the 100000 class" said a mem Der of the Chamber of Commerce. T understand that the daily weather map was discontinued in response to orders from Washington. l see every morning little data in The Age-H Herald on weather conditions, but aside from this I do not know how the people of Bir- mingham and vicinity are benefited by the local station.
 Perhaps persons who want to know something about the weather are ex- pected to get their information by tel ephoning out to the observatory, but l have had some unsatisfactory expe- riences when I have tried to reach the station by telephone after o'clock in the evening.
 "Or perhaps observations are made out there for the departments rec ords in Washington. It seems to me, however, that it is much more import ant to have all the information pos- sible disseminated at once by the sta tion rather than to send it on to Wash : ington to be printed and buried in the tombs of the agricultural department.
 Even aside from these features of the question. however, 1t was fine for Birmingham to be able to get the sta tion for 1t is very ornamental and at tracts great deal of attention by it's commanding position on Fountain Heights"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02


 aLHIKvHy a0 KsIoILIHo s.aHLao9 From Wilhelm Meister."
 Figure to yourself this youth-this son of princes; conceive him wildly; bring his state before your eyes, and then observe him when he learns that his fathers spirit walks. Stand before him in the terror of the night when the venerable spirit appears before i'm. A horrid shudder passes over him; he speaks to the mysterious form; he sees 1t beckon to him; he follows it and hears. The fearful accusation of his uncle rings in his ears; the summons to revenge and the piercing oft-repeat- ed prayer, "Remember mel"
 And when the ghost has vanished, who Is 1t that stands before us? A young hero panting for vengeance? No! Trouble and astonishment take hold of the solitary young man; he grows bit- ter against smiling villains, swears that he will not forget the spirit, and concludes with the significant ejac- ulation:
 The time is out of joint o cursed spite,
 That ever I was born to set it right! In these words. I imagine, will be found the key to Hamlet's whole pro- cedure To me 1t Is clear that Shake speare meant, in the present case, to represent the effects of a great ac- ton laid upon the soul unfit for the performance of it. In this view the whole piece seems to be composed. There is an oak tree planted in a cost. ly jar which should have borne only pleasant flowers in its bosom the roots expand. the jar Is shivered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02

The Crook and Jackass Brotherhood is expecting new additions daily while the campaign lasts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02

The new Siamese King is Chowfa Mana Vajioravudh, and he may be called Chow Chow for short
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02
VAIL OF THE suBuRBAN1rE.

VAIL OF THE SUBURBANITE Oh these frosty, frosty mornings, When we hate to leave our beds And we waste the time in dozing, Like lot of sleepyheadsi How we hate to quit the shelter Of the blankets, snug and warm, Kicking cover helter-skelter
 When the cold air hits our form! How we hate to put our tootsies On the truly glacial floor, When the dawn peeps through the cur
 tains
 And the wind howls out-of-door. Faint the voice of duty calling Truth to say, is hardly heard By no keen desire for toiling Are our sluggish bosoms stirred Just to dream a wee bit longer Seemeth quintessential bliss, When we have train or trolley That we can't afford to miss!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-02

The humping of the steam pipes in the early morning means more noise but not more heat