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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
REBELLIOUs FRENCH NOSE

from the washington Herald.
The Association of Suffering Moses
LAssociation des Nee qui souffrent-is
he latest organization bidding for popu.
lar favor in gay Paree.
The object of the society Is entireh
worthy and commendable. 1t aims to
suppress offensive odors of various kinds.
Every person with an odoriferous grew
ance or any sort is eligible to member
ship and invited to join. The promoters
believe that In union there is strength ::
and that the stronger their organizat ton.
the weaker the smells around and about
Paris.
The field of endeavor open to this So
ciety is wide. 1t should get after the
gasoline automobile at once deodor-
lied limousine would be thousand times
more attractive along the avenues than
the pungent thing we are used to but
never shall approve of thoroughly.
Among all distributors of obnoxious Cd
ors, the gasoline car is easily the worst
offender.
Then there are the people who boil
cabbage. and fry steak and onions in
Suffering Noses should lose not one mo-
ment getting right in behind those har-
dened sinners, and with a particularly
sharp stick, moreover. There is no legi-
innate excuse for them. and they should
be called to order After they are prop
erly disposed of let the society reach
out and gather in those impossible per-
sons who perfume themselves with musk,
also those parties who drink much beer
and smoke many cigarettes, but who will
not. nevertheless. stay outdoors. And so
on-the magnificent range of matters
needing the associations attention is at
once apparent
In order to accomplish much Of the
good work outlined, 1t is going to be
necessary for the Association of Suffering
Noses to poke its nose into a lot of
peoples business-but no matter. 1t fire.
quently is necessary to do that in work.
ing reforms And the society deserves
to succeed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
LEGENDS OF THE POPPY

mountains, praying all the time to the
Great Spirit for help. At last the Great
| Spirit heard them. The wind ceased to
blow. the ice and snow melted and every
where there came forth bright red flow
ers, which brought warmth and plenty
to the land, and the fire-flower is dear
to the heart of the Indian.
! In this country the poppy is chiefly
an ornamental flower. but in India, China
and Persia. it is OF great commercial
value. The poppy fields of China are as
renowned as the wheat fields of Kansas.
One writer says: For five days we
travelled through fields of poppies The
poppy is being cultivated at the expense
of rice, which is double the price 1t was
| 10 years ago.
In the middle of the nineteenth GEN.
fury the poppy was indirectly the cause
of a war between England and China,
known as the Opium war" that was
terminated in August, 1912, by the cele-
brated Marking treaty, which resulted
In the opening of China.
| When the Archduke Macmillan and
his wife, the unfortunate Carlotta, cross
| ed the sea to establish an empire in
Mexico, they wished to institute an
order, corresponding to the Legion of
Honor in France and the knights of the
Garter in England, and the empress de-
cided that the color of the ribbon
should be bright red. Napoleon III OBJ
jected, as red was the color of the
Legion of Honor, but Carlotta inclosed
a poppy leaf in letter and wrote him,
that the Order of Nature antedated the
Legion of Honor. and that she should
copy that
! California was the first state to adopt
flower emblem and the popular choice
fell upon the Golden Poppy" a most
appropriate selection, as the flower
grows wild in great profuslon in all
parts of the state. In 1S49, when the
rush for gold first began in the western
Ell Dorado, the Indians believed that
the leaves of the Great Spirit Flower,
dropping year after year, sank into the
earth and were changed into the yellow
metal that the white man held so preci-
GUS. The Spanish name of the golden
poppy is "Copa de oro," Coup of gold),
and one of our poets has written of it:
| Copa de orc, chalce of gold,
Who fashioned thee SO daintily; whose
hand did hold
The graver that chased thy rounded,
brim?
Old Tubal Cain could strive in vain to
equal him.
|. The poppy is more Of favorite with
modern writer's than with the ancients.
Perhaps this may be accounted for by
the fact that In olden times the flower
was associated with death. Shake
speare mentions 1t once when Iago re-
ferred to the narcotic properties of the
plant, Keats makes numerous refer
ences to it and Leigh Hunt and Bay
ard Taylor have both written rather
sadly of the poppy. Burns refers to its
whitening quickly. when he writes:
Pleasures are like peoples spread
You seize the flower. its bloom is shed.
An unknown poet has written:
For happy hours the rose will idly blow;
The poppy hath chain for pain and
| woe.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
Frisco Vice President Here

Carl r. Gray, senior vice president Oh
the Frisco lines, who was In Birmingham
yesterday, was decidedly optimistic. He
said business from birmingham was
booming, and that every effort was being
put forth to handle the excellent freight
traffic.
THE coal strike out in the middle west
ern states, which threw the companies in
that territory into this field for coal, ac-
counts for great deal of the heavy ship
ments," said Mr.. Gray. I'm addition to
this other commodities have been very
extensively handled, and we have enjoyed
good business.
THE rate question out west will be
handled this fall by the COURTS con-
tinued Mr.. Gray I'VE expect to prove
that our efforts to raise rates are reason
able and we anticipate little trouble from
this score. We all believe in the justice
of our courts and believe we will be given
a fair show"
Mr.. Gray said he was always glad to
visit birmingham and believed every time
he came here evidence of greater progress
was to be seen.
Birmingham certainly outgrows any
town l have ever watched" said Mr.
Gray" He inspected the local terminals
yesterday after the viaduct meeting, and
later paid a visit to the THOMAS yards
He and Harry Spencer of the Southern
left for Memphis, where they will attend
a meeting today
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
WHY HE MADE GOOD

From the National Monthly.
The new minister in a Georgia church
was delivering his first sermon. The
darby janitor was a critical listener
from back corner of the church. The
minister's sermon was eloquent, and his
prayers seemed to cover the whole cat
egory of human wants.
After the service one of. the deacons
asked the old darby what he thought
of the new minister. Don't you think
he offers up good prayer, Joe?"
"Ah mos suhtainly does, boss. Why
dat man axed de Lord To- things dat
de odder preacher didn't know He had!"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

toms were diagnosed as perpetual hun
ger. coupled with profound drowsiness.
The doctors at the hospital, believing
the mans case to be a genuine one, took
him In hand and lavished every con-
ceivable attention on him, the negro be-
Ing regarded as one of the most inter
esting patients in the institution. A fort
night was spent by the self-styled vic
tim of sleeping sickness in alternate
sleeping and eating, and since his symp-
toms took no change for the worse the
doctors began to pride themselves that
they were working a cure.
Eventually the negros utter incapa-
bility to make any kind of physical eff
fort aroused their suspicious, and with
out more ado he was discharged. Some
days afterward the negro returned to the
lnstitut Pasteur to thank the principal
for the latter's kindness to him. 1t was
then that the doctors realized that the
negroes complaint was 'incurable."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
THE coUNTERFEIT soUTHERNER

From Eyerybody's Magazine.
OF course there are many counterfeits.
A most amusing imitation is one that
often passes for the typical southerner
in New York. This satchel-mouthed
braggart infests the cafes and demands
attention by abusing the waiter for Of
Tending his delicate sense of honor. II
hate niger, suh,' he loudly proclams-
which is sentiment that one. never hears
from those to the manner born. He
haunts the theatres and parades the
streets, since it is poor fun to practice
his gentility in private.
He wears wide black hat; mounts the
table and yells whenever the band plays
a southern melody. Such pretentious
caricature would be harmless enough but
for the ridicule he brings upon the south.
Unfortunately. popular authors seem to
accept him at face value and exploit him
in novels or plays where "southerner''
is a necessary part of the stage machin-
QrV
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
Surprising Ignorance

ut is surprising to find how few per-
sons who love music and who hear large
concert bands and orchestras frequently
during the year, can point out certain
instruments and call the names of those
Instruments" said prominent musician
II was especially struck recently with
the ignorance of the sort in question. l
was trying to teach a class something
of the history of music and the makeup
of a symphony orchestra. Ny pupils
had attended the high school where the
pedagogic work Is excellent They had
heard the Damrosch orchestra and Sou
sa's band and yet they did not know
what the viola was and they did not
know basson from an oboe or a
French harp from trumpet. There is no
excuse for such lack Of knowledge among
persons of musical opportunities. Every
instrument is not only described In all
the big dictionaries but a picture of each
instrument is given.
1T is possible for a music lover to
enjoy an orchestral programme without
being familiar with all the instruments,
but their appreciation of tone color would
certainly be heightened II they knew all
the wood-winds and the office or func-
ton of each particular instrument.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
Cotton Bills Of Lading
known.

The ports are endeavoring to utilize the
Knight Yancey mythical cotton bills to
secure the eradication of all through
bills. The port bill is to take place of
the through bills, according to the
wise and, of course, unselfish men liv-
ing in the ports. 1t is unnecessary to
saw that the port scheme will not crys-
talize into fact Through bills will con-
tinue to be issued and through drafts
drawn, and these will become negotiable
in London and elsewhere.
The resolutions of the London and Eu-
ropean bankers reads as follows:
.'That in the case of drafts drawn upon
banks against bills of lading for cotton
negotiated through exchange buyers in
America, bankers will decline from Oc-
tober 81 onward to accept them against
bills of lading relating to such drafts
unless the genuineness of the bills of lad
ing, both as to signature and possession
of the cotton by the carrier up to the
time of issue be guaranteed by such ex-
change buyers to the satisfaction of the
banks concerned
This simply means that the shipper at,
nay. Demopolis. must secure the indorse-
ment of his home bank, which he can
secure when he shows to that home bank
hat the cotton covered by the cotton bill
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
Jnaper EIourishing

j. Lee Long of Butler county, who was
in charge of the ant-amendment cam
paign and manager for Emmett O'Neal in
the gubernatorial contest, is at the Nor
ris.
II am still resting from politics; am
In Birmingham to look after private
business matter" said Mr. Long.
In my part of the country the corn
crop is looking we'll, but cotton was very
much injured by the excessive rains and
is in poor condition"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
Marked Prosperity

THE wholesale grocery trade, usually
dull at this season of the year, is fairly
brisk in Birmingham" said J. E. Nor
pany.
Business conditions here are excep-
tionally good. The crops within a radius
of 70 or 100 miles are in fine shape; they
could not we'll be better, While the iron
companies have found it advisable to
curtail production, the coal trade in Ala
bama Is very active-more active than
1t has been for several years past The
millions of dollars going into new con-
struction in the Birmingham district swell
the payrolls. of course, and all In all
prosperity is more in evidence in Biz
mingham than 1t has ever BEEN"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
WHAT FoRTy-NINERs PAID



Have you kicked at the restaurant
prices lately? Here is the price list on
the carte of the Eldorado hotel Of
Placeryille, Cal, in the days when 1t
entertained the forty-niners. Payable in
advance" 1t proclaims; gold scales at
the end of the bar" A square meal,
with dessert" is priced at s., and other
items that probably interested the pat
rons of the Eldorado are set forth as
follows: Beef. Mexican prime cut. $50;
beef uplong. $50; beef. plain. n; beef
with one potato, fair size, A.25; beef.
tame, from the states, $780, also two po-
tatoes. medium size. 81 cents; two pota-
toes, peeled, rs cents; hash. low grade,
rs cents; hash. 1S-karat. 81; rice pud-
ding, plain, rs cents; rice pudding and
brandy peaches, y.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
A sIPHON SOUND

From the Austin Statesman,
State Senator Silzer wants to be gov
ernor of New Jersey and Congressman
Sulzer sees no reason why he should
not be governor of New York. What
Silzer would then say to Sulzer would
probably equal If 1t did not eclipse
what the governor of North Carolina
said to the governor of South Carolina
Age Herald. Any way there will be
an effervescent phix In New York il
this Sulzer and Silzer should make a
joint canvass.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
THE NATIVE BORN


L have courted damsels Spanish,
Dutch, Norwegian, Irish, Danish;
I have faced in warmer climates
All the wiles of eye and fan:
I have seen the dainty gelsha
Do her stunts in distant Asia
And the girl with jeweed anklets
Twill in dusky Castilian,
Germany. Greek and dark Brazilian;
r have played the game Of Cupid
Clear from Simla up to Nome
But. for witcheries seductive,
Cooling, fetching, deft. instructive
There is nothing in the picture
With the little girl at home.
I have wooed in Rome and Paris
Spirits whose manners would embarrase
l have 'iollied'' naughty Russians.
Poles, and humhle-born grisettes;
l have learned to speak lie Gallienne
In melodious Italian,
And to relish gales of garlic
And Egyptian cigarettes;
I have courted maids dramatic,
Tragic. comic, acrobatic;
/ have followed circus-riders
Clear from London town to Rome
But for graces that enrapture,
Dazzle, captivate, and capture
There Is nothing on the skyline
Fit to match the girl at home.
Be her station e'er 80 lowly.
There's incense sweet and holy,
In the spell her memory summons
From the dim and distant past;
There's fragrance as of clover
In the dreams that round her hover,
And a nameless something whisp'ri ring
That the bond will always last
Other eyes may sue dlscreetly,
Scarlet lips cajole so sweetly
That the senses swoon and falter
And the fancies idly roam;
But when all Is said and noted.
There's no loving SO devoted
AS the subtle spell that calls one
To the little girl at homo.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

From the Florida Times Union.
Governor Harmon is considered in
Newark. o., a governor who actually
governs.-B Age-Heraid. II
Is only fair to remember, however, that
1t Is much easier to govern a repentant
sheriff and mayor than 1t Is to handle
an infuria ted and unreasoning mob.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
WESTON WANTED in PANAMA

From the New York Tribune.
According to private advices received
here from Panama, the recent march
of Edward Payson Weston from the Pa
cific to the Atlantic has caused the ocean
TO ocean walking fever to spread all over
the isthmus. The news of Weston's prog
ress as he tramped from Los Angeles to
New York city was watched with eager
ness in the cities of Panama and Colon,
as well as in the various settlements in
the canal zone along the line of the
Panama railroad.
Walking in the tropics is not so easy
as in the temperate zone, and it is said
that plans have been considered to invite
the veteran pedestrian to walk across
the isthmus from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific and back again, total distance of
SO miles. 1t is commended that if the teams
of the isthmian league can play lively
baseball games on the sthmus, 1t will be
no great hardship for Mr.. Weston to give
an exhibition of walking that will make
the young athletes who have tried 1t look
like the proverbial three dimes. Many
men nave tElSu the Wdih anu luNC 6ifNh
it UP the first 10 or 20 miles.
The fastest time for the walk from
Panama to Colon, distance of IS miles,
was made on May s by Edward Silvey of
Colon, who covered the ground in 10 hours
and 10 minutes, defeating j. P. L. Taylor
of Ancon. The mayor of Panama started
Mr.. Silvey on his way from the Ameri-
can wharf to Colon at 5:15 a. M, and Mr.,
Taylor at a. M The mayor of Colon
met both men at the fire department
wharf at Colon in the afternoon, Mr.
Taylor's time being u hours and 20 min
utes. The men were met by friends along
the route and eheered and ice was hand
ed to them every three or four miles,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
Grief has a much louder voice than
JOY.
Gossip seems to understand every Ian
guage on earth.
A girl will tell how man made love
to her when she did to him.
To read one of his love letters "A year
after he wrote 1t Is beyond the heroism
of any man.
The professional man who can't make
living can go around sneering at the
business man who can.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

A new vein of coal seven miles wide
covered In Pennsylvania, but the price
of coal in that state has not heard
of the discovery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
PATIENTS SOFT SNAP

Paris cablegram to the New York Trib-
une.
worked on the Institut Pasteur by
negro hailing from eastern Africa. AL
leging that he was suffering from the
terrible malady Of sleeping sickness. or
beri-beri. the negro was admitted to the
hospital to undergo treatment. His symp-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
The Open Air Concerts

THE musicians composing the park
band will return from the military en-
campment in a day or two and when the
concerts are resumed next Sunday after
noon, many additional benches will be
found around the bandstand for the COM
fort of music lovers, said young man
who takes a great interest in the open
air music. 1.-The concerts will be given
three times a week until about the mid
die of September.
A year or two hence the city will
probably be able to erect concert pa
vilion with a seating capacity of at
least 2500. Such provision against music
lovers being drenched in transforms
would insure the concerts being given re-
CARELESS of the weather. lady who
visited Denver this summer tells me that
she attended a free concern in a park in
that city on a Sunday night, when the
audience was estimated at 10000. He says
that the crowd was seated in a pavilion
and the same good order prevailed that
one finds in first-class theatre"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

Jack Johnson is candidate for alder
man from the third ward Of Chicago.
If elected he will serve with fine lot
of statesmen including the Hon. Hinky
Dink.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

in furnishing ammunition for speeches in
defense of the Aldrich tariff. Prof. En-
ory Of Yale is In charge of this illegal
and unjust branch of the $25o,ooOO approp-
Ration made by Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

And now 1t 1t is said Germany is build
ing big navy to smash the, Monroe doc
trine. She has some smashing to do how
ever nearer home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

John d. has won over his estranged
brother, Frank, but all his overtures can
not win over Anna Tarbell who has long
been off the only reservation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

In his story of his arrival at the Pole
Commander Peary does not say he saw
there any tracks that DR.. Cooks boots
would tit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

Uncle Joe Cannon eeems to think he
can secure another term Of the speaker
ship when the progressives are not look
in0
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

The latest New York drink Is called
THE Sycamore Smile" 1t is exceedingly
airy and unsubstantial.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

King George V. will serve nearly a
year as an uncrowned king, but his pay
goes on just the same.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

Senator Aldrich and the late King of
the Belgiums were smerched by rubber
about equally
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

The Liberian troops have been defeat
ed. The Liberians should send for Jack
Johnson.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

1t is not the bathtub combination that
Illinois deserves to have dissolved, but
the bathroom combination.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
ADRIFT WITH THE TINES
THE WINDS VOICE.

The wind in the trees signs soft and
low 4
And at times sings an eerie tune.
Full-fraught with the blossoms of long
ago
And many a vanished June,
When the world was young. Like the
ocean gray,
Where the sea-gulls toss and scold,
1t breathes of the past and 1t seems to
say,
Il am old, / am old, I am old!'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
THE RULING PASSION.


He gave large sums to charity
And oft broke into print;
His presence was no rarity
And everywhere he went
He strove to catch the public eye
By lifting up his voice,
As one who hates obscurity
And nothing more annoys.
His name was blazoned far and wide
By strictly modern means,
No interview was e'er denied
He sought the crowded scenes
And by his bold assurance won
Attention from the mob;
If self-display were to be done
Was always on the job.
His naughty face was often seen,
His pose familiar grown;
No royal Ounce more proud, ween,
Fer sat upon a throne.
And when at last he dying lay,
He made logged fight,
Because he hated so, they say,
To be put out of sight
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

Nothing doing on the Great White
Simply compelled to hurry home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

The colonel is going to Virginia to keep
his friend, Congressman slemp, from ex-
periencing a slump.
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JUST THE PLACE.

What is a country village with out
a Lovers Lane?'
"Pshaw! An old-fashioned veranda
where the roses climb is good enough
for me-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

You have now 1853 days left in which
10 do your Christmas shopping.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

The Birmingham belgian block begins
to feel like the squatter awaiting the
custer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
SAD TO SAY.

DO you think a kiss settles any,
thing?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28

DIR. crippen evidently had studied Doc.
Cooks disappearance act and is reenact-
ing 1t on the worlds stage