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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Temptation gets in It's fine work by your thinking it isn't.
 woman can no more doubt her love letters than her Bible.
 A prize fight Is more honorable than business competition, because 1t has faIr rules
 man takes exercise mostly to bore other people telling them about how he does 1t. t
 rake will put away wine in the cellar for his grandc children, but farmer wont set out fruit trees for his in the orchard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
The Education of the Negro

"The two negroes who are to be hanged Friday in the very prime of
 young manh ood present a pathetic story
 of the race as to the matter of educa-
 tion." said a thoughtful citizen last night.
 These boys were educated and are
 above the average in intelligence. They | tell the old story of woman and drink
 and gambling, leading them to crime
 and now to the scaffold.
 Tt is to the matter Of educating
 the negro I wish to allude. The doors
 of opportunity here in the south for
 the liberally educated negro are few and narrow. I aided once in educating
 boy who was f75y valet or rather my
 servant in the old fashion sense. ~@te
 took honors. graduating in the higher
 branches. Push him as I would, and pull for him as I could, he did not get
 into the sphere he aspired to. The last I heard of him, after long walt ing and knocking at the doors of the federal departments in Washington. was that he was a hostler in the med teal department of the marine service.
 He was honest- ssithfuf to a fsest. and had the best of department; in fact, his
 manners were of the old school, but alas! he has lost in the fight"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
WELLINGTON AND NAPOLEON

enigmatical expressions, the strange ges- lures, the wild and foreign ring of their language. their shouts of joy and their laughter, and the seriousness ever rising and falling in certain soft, yellow faces, their eyes like black flo when i1oksd at me as with melanch9it roe A illir awoke in me a feeling ha cf en@ chantment; I was sudd zs trert- ported into ScheherezactS 5sHF. sg8 I thought that broad leave reits and loTs necked camels, and goS tofered ele- plants, and other fable-llk gaes aHd aH. imals must forthwith apgea} The super cargo, who was on the ve4sei and Tho understood as little of tn lHafaase as
 myself, could not in hit ganuias Eux- fish narrowness narrate t. me sBcssf
 what ridiculous race thev wefe lstie all Mahometans. collected from es6f ,sad of Asia, from the limits c chias F tae Arabian sea, even jet black weoly haSea Africans.
 To one whose whole sou wSs weatg of the spiritless west, and Htn zs a1 sick of Europe as I then was fnis faE ment Of the east which moved efeeraiy and changingly before my eyes was 2 re- freshing solace, my heart eni ged zf least a few drops of that draught Aieis ] had so often longed for in gloom. aanoverian or Prussian winter nights, ana 1t is very possible that the foreigner saw how agreeable the sight of them as f6 me. and how gladly I would hay spoken a kind word to them It was also plain from the depths Of their eyes that I pleased them well. and that they would also have willingly have said something pleasant to me. and it was veyation that neither understood the others lan- guage. At length a means occurred to me of expressing to them with a single word my friendly feelings, and>stretching forth my hands reverently, as If in loving greeting. I cried for the name, Ma homet!' Joy suddenly flashed over the dark faces of the foreigners; they folded their arms reverently in turn, and greet ed me back with the exclamation, 'Bo- naparte.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
ovER IN MrssIssIrPI

From the Jackson News.
 .srhe modern dairyman sits on a stool and reads Shakespeare" says the Bir- minsharil Age-Herald, while machine affords relief to the cows Not In Mis- slssippi. Here they believe in encourage inr home talent and cut out Shakespeare for the dailyspaper that contain proceed inrs of the leislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
Stage Talent Developed Early

How little girls grow up, and how rapidly they develop talent on the stage is illustrated in Birmingham this week by Miss Pauline We1ch, pretty and clever comedienne who Is appear ing at one of the local theatres" said a theatregoer Many theatregoers re- member her as the child who appeared for many weeks in Birmingham sev- eral years ago in the George Fawcett Stock company, which produced many notable plays here. She was at that time a small ckild, but gave promise of the ability which is so evident in her stage work of today.
 Miss WeIch was until quite recently featured as the star of 'Strollers.' one of the many plays that could not last the season out this year on account of the strenuous conditions existing In theatre pstrona ge. When here before Miss Welch was a great favorite with many theatregoers who will be glad to learn of her success. Not only is she successful in musical comedy, but she is a talented woman for a stock company and has been connected with several large and successful organiza tions of that kind"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
Blrmlngh.m Has Grown

Robert Goodman, . southern newspaper man, formerly of Atlanta, is in the city this week in the interest of Thomas E. Shea, legitimate actor who appears next week at the Bijou theatre. Mir Goodman was surprised and pleased at the growth oe Birmingham.
 When I first came here ten years ago." he said, 'it was to help Professor Agostini produce 'Terpsichore's Carni- val for the benefit of The Greene; and we made a great success of it. At that time there was only one good hotel, all the tralne ran into the old depot, and there were no buildings worthy the name of skyscrAper. The theatre was O'Brlen s upstairs house, and 1t was the only one.
 Now Birmingham compared favorahly with the larger cities of the north and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
WHY LIE ROSE


 "Benson got up this morning N o'clock
 "Pshaw. Benson hasn't left his bed b. fore g o'clock in 10 years" Well, lie did this morning. His house caught fire'' A WIDoWER. The world is cold he sits alone, His eyes with tears grow dim: The faithful wife from earth has gorIN Who made it hot for him. N No more her scolding doth engage VI His oft-delayed return, No more she grabs the weekly wage Which he must hardly earn. No more she nass him morn and night And robs him of his sleep; Just when the future seems so bright, Why does he weep and weep?
 RAPID DREAMING. Authors are hard pressed these days to keep up with the pace" "No doubt"
 'In recent novel the hero has all his reveries In a motor car going 40 miles an hour.''
 BATH-SkIPPING. Two weeks ago we skipped our bath and we got along so well that last week we skipped it again. We are getting quite strong on this bath-slSpping busi- ness.-Liberty, O., Press. AESTHETICISM. "A poet says he is in love with laugh- ter"
 T trust he is able to distinguish be- tween a ripple of mirth and a horse laugh
 THE BRUTE. "Ill sing to you, dear, and then you will forget all your troubles" You mean all my other troubles.
 COMMENT. "Can you carve a. duclS?" asks the New York Telegram. Not enough to notice, not having the duck. Kissing through a sieve never was more than a false alarm. Somebody give "Uncle Joe" a light. Nifty clothes Spring is wearing. l This way, April! PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
IN A MALK

From the Huntsville Mercury Banner.
 solid o'Neal legislative ticket has been put out in Jefferson county. It is a cinch that it wins in a walk. Other coun- ties will follow ina very short while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
HUNTSVILLE DAILY TIMES

The Huntsville Daily Times is the latest addition to the daily newspapers of Ala bama. J. E. Pierce is editor of the Times and the first issue shows the work of an experienced newspaper man. Huntsville Is to be congratulated on having such a good newspaper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
The Iron Market

The local pig iron market is feature upward tendency Is in evidence at pres ent. Some sales are being made at s13 and less on No. basis. Rogers, Brown & Co.'S Cincinnati report says:
 Things seem somewhat auieter this week, although there have been some good purchases for the second half of various grades Of iron by leading inter ests. These took place in territory other than the local one and were mostly for northern iron. There are number or inquiries for future delivery, but the sales so far from them have not been large.
 There is still irregularity in southern prices, some buyers making a determined effort to secure lower figures on round tonnages of southern iron for the last half. There are reports out as to lower quotations, but so far most of these cases fail of confirmation.
 There is no let-up in demand for ship ments on contracts and mels is p>feed- ing at its usual high rate. Neither is there any apparent increase in stocks on furnace or consumers yards and at the present time the tremendous production seems to be well taken care of.
 We find slightly greater interest among buyers for their requirements during the second half, but it is not of such general nature as to be movement. On the other hand the furnace companies are not en- couraging sales for this period at the present schedule, preferring to wait while longer before actively entering last half market
 "Ther Is little better inquiry for foun- dry coke for the second half, but prices are at low stage and this probably ac- counts for 1t. Production and shipments are proceeding about the same, but con sumers should take into consideration any impending labor troubles which would seriously curtail coal and coke output"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
 A DAY DREAM.

When the wind sings soft and low And the world seems half asleep, And bees drone to and fro Where the grass grows green and deep. When your glad heart is stceped in the shine
 And the incense drawn from June And beats to poets line, Or the lit of an old love tune,
  Stretched at ease on the bloom -prinked sward, For kings crown who would care? In gold is there any reward That could make June day more faira
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
Confusion of Terms

'It is doubtless true that a majority of the people of Alabama would oppose the reopening of saloons until the law which closed them has been on trial sev- eral years longer. but there is wide difference between the no-saloon proposi- tor and the question of legalizing lock CTS in bonafide clubs and the sale of beer and wine in reputable hotels and restau- rants,'' said a business man.
 There has been good deal of con- fusion in the use of the term statewide prohibition. As commonly used by pro- hibitionists statewide means the prohibi- tion laws we have now. Well. these laws the Carmichael act. the Fuller act and others adopted at the special session last summer-are not approved by the con servatiye element of Alabama. It is safe to say that a large percentage of the men who voted against the amendmen, have made up their minds on two points at least. They are against saloons and will be against them until every reason able effort to get along without them ir | solving the liquor problem has been ex hausted. And they are in favor of very material modification of the present laws
 "Colonel Mallory. who made the sub mission of the obnoxious amendment proposition possible. is an ardent cham pion of the statewide prohibition policy He has boasted that it was his 'goot | right arm which precipitated the amend ment campaign; and in his speeches h' talks as an out -and-out prohibtionist still Now. if he means that the sale of win, and beer should be prohibited in hotel and cafes he is in a class with the ex tremists
 "ONeal is just as much in favor o giving statewide prohibition a fair tria as any of the other law-abiding citizen of Alabama. But he is opposed to tn principle of drastic sumptuary laws ONeal will be elected by big majorlt and I think the chances are good fo eleoting legislature that will modif the laws we have"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

Halley's comet does not presage the end of the world half as much as does the fact that Hetty Green has actually given away S50OOOo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

Secretary Wilson is about to issue a cook book but II will not really be any more authoritative than Mrs. Idncoin's or Miss Parloas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

Lord High Executioner Mckinley of the republican committee is losing faith in the efficacy of the standpat literature he sends out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

M. Duez should emigrate to Wall street He has ripe equipment for liquidatins lambs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

The pathway to democratic success is blazed by eleven-dollar hogs and other creations of Aldrichism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

The pre-empting of Alaska by the Gug- genheims has been held up pending the Ballinger investigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

pr. Wiley counted s2ooo microbes on a single dollar bill. How many then does John D. possess?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

The story of Taft's troubles was told to Theodore when he emerged from the jungle, but it did not create an impression that demanded expression.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

Our sacred tariff has fled for protec- ton to Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich's "in- terest" bosom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

Uncle Joe begins himself to see that he is not czar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

The Taft Cannon Aldrieh oligarehy should sit down and digest the news from the Fourteenth Massachusetts dis trict
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

It would be waste, of energy to mob an umpire before the regular season be- gins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

Even the self-hypnotized standpatters see the meaning of the election of a dem- ocratfc congressman in Massachusetts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

M. Rostand has s320000 of royalties in sight from "The Chantecler," but he is distressed because the actors will not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

Speaker Cannon needs new method of declaring lockout against all in- surgents They are the plague of his life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

Halley's comet will furnish the fire works and the people the enthusiasm when T. R. comes marching home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

Denver. too. has the hookworm. and this shows that the germ is at home in all latitudes and at all elevations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

The Chinese know how to preserve eggs 70 years, and the New Jersey cold stor- age warehouses have adopted their no. tions and methods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

Doc Cook is to arrive at the Waldorf late.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

Speaker Cannon has a true friend in Chance Day, at any rate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

The Easter hat is nearly due, and time moves slowly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
"re. Caesar, morIturi salutant!"


 There often steals over me secret doubt whether I ever really saw him, If we were really his contemporaries, and then it seems to me as if his portrait, torn from the little frame of the present. vanished away more proudly and imperi- ously in the twilight of the past. Ills name even TOW sounds to us like word of the early world, so antique and heroic as those of Alexander and Caesar It has become a. rallying word among races, and when the east and the west meet they fraternize through that single name
 How significant and magical that name can sound I once felt in the deepest man. ner in the harbor of London at the India docks as I stood on board an East 1n- diaman, just arrived from Bengal. It was giantlike ship. fully manned with Hindoos. The grotesque forms and groups, the singularly varlegated dresses. the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
CRUEL,

Our family is noted for it's good looks. "I don't doubt it in the least, although I haven't seen any member of your fam fly, but you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGH
By William wordsworth.
 She was phantom of delight
 vxyl,av, fqrst che pjoan1ed 1inou r1v cioht.

By William WORDSWORTH. She was a phantom of delight When first she gleaned upon my sight: A lovely apparition, sent To. be a moments ornament: Her eyes as stars of twilight fair; Like twilight's too her golden hair: But all things else about her drawn From May-tine and the cheerful dawn: A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet woman tool Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty: A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet A creature not too bright or rood For human natures daily food. Fod transient sorrows simple wiles. Praise blame, love, kisses. tears an
 smiles.
 And now see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine; being breathing thoughtful breath E A traveller between life and death: E fx The reason firm, fhe temperate wl,.-ls ls.. Endurance, foresight. strength anf" A perfect woman. nobly planned 4 To warn to comfort and command, ' And yet spirit still, and bright Nx. With something of an angel Msht. W
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

Pork is hard 10 digest and hard to buy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
AN OLD MANS FOLLY

The Roosevelt luck is still in evidence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

SUCH APPETITES. Poets sing of fishing In a. joyful strain, Freezes in the willows Whistle 8 refrain. Finny wights are waiting For the hook to drop. Fearful of a shortage In the earthworm crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
Alrsblp Advertisements in 1910

Tn the Munich papers appears an advertisement that Is certainly with . out precedent. as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
From Heinrich Heines Essay on Well
 lington. VV/HAT vexes me most is the reflec- M ton that Arthur Wellington will
 M ho nr irn1nnrtal as Napoleon


 W be as immortal as Napoleon Bonaparte. It is true that in like manner the name of Pontius Piate is as httie likely to be forgotten as that of Christ. wellington and Napoleon It is a won derful phenomenon that the human mino can at the same time think of both these names. There can be no greater contrast than these two, even in their external appearance. Wellington, the dull ghost' with an ashy gray soul in buckram body. wooden smile on his freezing face and by the side one thinks or the ngure of Napoleon, every inch god!
 That figure never disappears from my memory. I still see him, high on his horse. with eternal eyes in his marble im- perial face, gazing down calm as des- tiny on the guards defling past-he was sending them to Russia, and the old gren- adiers glanced Up at him, so terribly devoted, so consciously serious. so proud in death
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

A POINT TO REMEMBER. s'It isn't polite to snicker.' ''No, it isn't, but when a. man snickers it is easy to read his thoughts. while the man who laughs in his sleeve is too deep for ordinary mortals'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

The gentIeness of all the gods go with thee. Twelfth Nfgnt'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

A KINGS RANSOM. "A farmer was driving into town yes- yesterday when his wagon turned over and broke two dozen fresh eggs" 'Any insurance?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

A POLITICIAN. He oourted popularity In half a hundred ways, But found the kind that isn't bought The only kind that pays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

Halley's comet does not presage the end of the world half as much as does the fact that Hetty Green has actually given away s5Oo.ooo
 Secretary Wilson Is about to issue a cook book but II will not really be any more authoritative than Mrs. Lncoln's or Miss Parloas.
 Lord High Executioner Mckinley of the republican committee is losing faith in the efficacy of the stsndpat literature he sends out. | The Taft-Cannon- -Aldrieh oligarchy should sit down and digest the news from the Fourteenth Massachusetts dis trict.
 Speaker Cannon needs a new method of declaring lockout against all in surgents. They are the plague of his life.
  Even the self-hypnotized standpatters see the meaning of the election of a dem- ocratic congressman in Massachusetts.
 
 Halley's comet will furnish the fire works and the people the enthusiasm when T. R. comes marching home.
 
 Denver. too. has the hookworm. and this shows that the germ is at home in all latitudes and at all elevations.
 --s.-- The pre-empting of Alaska by the Gug- genheims has been held up pending the Ballinger investigation. The pathway to democratic success is blazed by eleven-dollar hogs and other creations of Aldrichism.
 -s- pr. Wiley counted s2,ooo microbes on a single dollar bill. How many then does John D. possess?
 Our sacred tariff has fled for protec- ton to Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich's in terest" bosom.
 M. Duez should emigrate to Wall street. He has ripe equipment for liquidating lambs.
 It would be a waste, of energy to mob an umpire before the regular season be- gins.
  Doc Cook is to arrive at the Waldorf Astoria on April ?. The date is 24 hours late.
 Speaker Cannon has true friend in Chance Day. at any rate Uncle Joe begins himself to see that he is not czar. The Easter hat is nearly due, and time moves slowly. Pork is hard 10 digest and hard to buy. The Roosevelt luck is still in evidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

CONSIDBRATE. He would have tried--so fair the day A little song to sing, But for the fear his roundelay Might put 8 crimp in spring.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-03-25

age, the boy sat down to begin the
work that should make him what his
grandfather would have wished.
But instead of opening the brown
covered book he sat with it in his
hand, thinking of the new life its
thinking of the new life it's pages
were to open up to him. Life crowded
before him. College-new faces-new
s-study-success. And Emily
would be-she would not know-or
care. She would marry Edwards She
would not know whether he succeeded
or failed Was it worth while?
Something flashed upon him and
startled him. If she had cared, he
should not now be planning a new life.
Il should have been as happy as
Uncle Eben," he thought with a halt
smile.
To-day he did not resent the implied
disloyalty to his idol He was not
thinking of her so much as of Love,
the power that holds all men in its
grasp and bends them to it's will, till
zach soul longs for nothing so much
ms that Love shall take human shape
and dwell beside him. Dimly 1t fitted
before him-luminous but indefinable
filling him with wonder Uncle
Eben married the woman he loved
and his life had been dwarfed. Seth
Kinney lost the woman he loved, and
his life was warped, distorted, and
spoiled. Was it fate? Life without
love was hard and cold. He opened
the grammar and began to read. six
teen Greek letters-viz.:
a,g,d,GIo,d "a, Kim, n, b,Gs,t,u
were introduced into Phoenicia by
Cadmus fifteen hundred years before
Christ"