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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
DiSremembering the Maine

The effort of Congress to rememhc.' tie
accusing Maine miscarried, because 1t did
not appropriate enough money to pay
for the raising of the ship that went down
hurriedly in February, 1898, into the
deep mud of Havana harbor. Congress
began by appropriating 100000 for this
purpose, and this sum was later increased
to $500 900. The engineers say twice $780,
600 will be expended before the twisted old
hull can be dug out of the mud and
made sound enough to be lowed home.
Governor Magoon in his last annual re-
port as governor of Cuba, during the last
American occupation pronounced the old
wrick an international disgrace and scan
dali The irreverent world says the United
States does not raise the Maine because
of the fear that the wreck, once in full
sight, might show that we went to war
with Spain without cause-that the Maine
was in fact blown up by an internal ex-
pIosion. 1t will be remembered that the
Sampson court of inquiry reported after
a thorough study of the wreck that
the Maine was blown up by a mine in the
harbor Who placed the mine was not
disclosed, but the theory of an outside
explosion brought on the war with Spain
in which she lost her colonial possessions.
1t is cowardice on the part of the
United States to refuse to raise the Maina
in view of existing suspicious and
charges. Let the truth be brought out
no matter what the cost may be, nor how
well Spain may be indicated. This
country is too big to engage In the sup
preston of the truth. Let it come, harm
whom it may. 1t would not harm the
Cubans at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
..RURRING IT M

From the New York American.
When william T. Milen a soda wa
opened his place the other morning
he found burglars had been there. They
left a note which read as follows:
Dear Sir-This is the third time I
have cracked safes in this town, and,
take it from me, this Is the easiest
burg | have ever struck. Believe me,
If 1t were not for the Waterman, l
would have taken the safe back to New
York. You surely are easy marks here.
UNKNOWN"
The thieves obtained SIS and over
looked $50 in gold which was in the
safe.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
ReelfOOt Lake In Tennessee

Charles \. Gibbs discusses in the
Chattanooga Times the legal standing OF
the waters of Reelfoot lake. Tennessee
formerly belonged to North Carolina,
and it was oeded to the United States in
1850. and the cession was accepted by act
of Congress, Which provided that the
laws in force and use in the state of
North Carolins at the time Of the pass
ing of this act shall be and continue in
full force within the territory hereby
coded until the same shall be repealed
or otherwise altered by the legislative
authority of the said territory" Mr..
Gibbs shows that many old North Car
DINA laws are live laws of Tennessee to-
day.
1896, ahd the great New Madrid earth
ouake created Reelfoot lake in 1911. But
40 long as the old North Carolina laws
remain unrepealed they cover Reelfoot
lake. despite all the grabbing of soil I'M
der the lake, down to the present time.
The entries cover, it is said, twice as
much land as lies under the lake.
The question of ownership of the lake
Il in the Tennessee courts and will ulti-
rnately be carried to the United States
supreme court Mr.. Gibbs is confident,
however. that under the old North Caro-
lima laws the lake belongs to the state
and this will. perhaps, be tn outcome of
the pending litigation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
RosH ABOUT THE RIDDLES

From the Detroit Free Press.
Family pride just about reaches its
limit with the Biddles of Philadelphia
said a man who halls from the burg of
scrapple ITO be a Biddle in Philadel-
phia is sort of like being an archangel
in heayen-at least from the point OF
view of the Biddles. One of the women
of that numerous family married man
who was quite her social equal, but who
was afflicted with the somewhat COM
monplace name of-well, say, Robinson.
They have a little girl, who is now
about years old and the child Is never
permitted to lose sight Of the fact that
her mother was Biddle. In Sunday
school a couple of weeks ago her III
fantle mind was expected to grasp the
problem of salvation according to the
doctrine that we must be born again.
When she reached home she ran TO her
mother, exclaiming: "Oh, mother, have
such good news for your
." What is it, DEAR? asked her mother.
"'Why, when you die and go TO
heaven explained the little girl, your
be Biddle again."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
Suspension of Railroad Freight Rates

Practically speaking, the sweeping rate
advances proposed by the railroads in
all parts of the country except in the
south have been or are to be suspended
by the interstate commerce commission
until an inquiry next fall and winter
shows their reasonableness. These rates
may be suspended Il months, and in those
months of suspension it becomes the duty
of the railroads to show the reasonable
ness of the proposed increases. The bur-
den of proof is upon the railroads.
This puts the new rate law into opera
ton at once The programme of the COM
mission is yet to be presented in detail,
and the statement must suffice at pres
ont that increases in interstate rates can
not hereafter be made except with the
consent and approval of the interstate
commission.
ward in the regulation of railroads and
the protection of all shippers and all
consumers as well is to put it mildly
Ten years ago such step would, if pro-
posed, have been promptly pigeonholed
not to be heard from agein. The present
railroad bill will stand unrepealed, and
Il will be come the basis of future legis-
lation which will bring all interstate rail-
'oads under fn1 supervision OF the gov
eminent. In this matter this country is
but following in the footsteps of the
motherland and of many other advanced
countries.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
MISSISSIPPI AT Low EBB

FROM the minneapolis journal.
Delegates to the meeting of the Up
per Mississippi River Improvement AS
ISOLATION in st. Paul July - will have
to travel by rail. The river Is lower than
for years. Regular passenger boat SER
vice between st. Paul and Davenport,
Ia, has been suspended waiting for
higher water. Some of the Minneapolis
sawmills are closed down FOR lack Of
logs, and the -four mills are using
steam as auxiliary to the water power.
Water is dropping, not running, over
the Minnehaha Falls and the small
boats which take excursion parties out
of ST. Paul are so frequently stopped
by sandbars that the owners expect
to tie them up until water is higher.
These conditions are unprecedented
say those; who have depended for years
on water power or river navigation for
their business. In the river below ST
Paul the wing dams show above tho
water and it is almost impossible TO
navigate.
There is no river above the ialls,'
say the boom men employed by the Mis-
sissippi and Rum River Boom company
Logs are stuck on sandbars, which are
becoming more numerous daily. Some
of the mills cannot get enough logs TO
keep running.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
Woman Suffrage In ENGLAND

4 The woman-suffrage bill that secured
= second reading in the house of COM
mons on Tuesday by vote of 299 yeas
end 1870 nays, is not a government meas
ure. The cabinet is divided on this sub
set, and the members of it are left
free to vote according to individual pre-
Affections. The prime minister simply says
ne demand for woman suffrage in Eng
land is so strong he is in duty bound
. give the house an opportunity to ex-
pvess It's mind on the subject He is OPP
Iposed to woman suffrage. The final vote
= the house will not be taken until the
autumn session, or possibly until next
gear.
The present measure is known as the
ohackleton bill, and it is modest in its
scope and conciliatory in its nature. II
provides merely that the parliamentary
franchise be conferred on women who
possess the property qualifications pre-
ocribed, AMI who are already competent
= vote at municipal elections. This will
ed a million names to the British cleo
torate. and it will be the beginning, SO
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
GOODS NOT CHEAPER ABROAD

Frances Frear, in Leslie S
Women who feely regret that their
means Will not permit them to join the
army of travellers now on the Atlantic
highway and heading for Paris and Lon
don, where they expect to replenish their
wardrobes, may be comforted In the fact,
we'll known to those who cross often, that
the most fascinating shops in the world
are to be found right here at home, and
the things for sale in them are not only
just as handsome and as stylish as those
found in shops abroad, but they are to
be bought for less money. With every
year OF American invasion into foreign
countries the prices have scared a trifie
higher, until now, unless one crosses
out of season during the winter. between
October and May, when goods fall to ra-
tional prices again, 1t does not pay to
shop at all except for the few articles
which cannot be found at home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
HIRED ZEALOTS

From the st. Louis Times.
1t should be borne in mind that the
recent disturbance in Newark o.. was
of the anti-saloon people
The detectives, including the strike
breaker who was lynched, were not of
Newark They had been obtained, in
part at least, through advertisements in
serted in newspapers published outside
of Newark. 1t is easily to be believed
that they were working for what there
was in it," That they were prompted by
enthusiasm Npr approval for the cause of
the anti-saloon people is not to be
credited.
1t strikes us that this development puts
the work of the Anti-saloon league, in
some of it's phases, at least, upon a plane
which should be understood by the public
great many people are persuaded to
contribute funds to the work of the
league.
In so far as contributions are used to
further the legitimate work of the league,
they may be right and proper enough
But we believe that individuals having
the welfare of the country at heart
should have a care that their contribu-
tions do not go to the recompensing Of
soldiers of fortune who are ready to sell
their services in. the market. and whose
zeal is not likely to be tempered by prin-
ciple or righteousness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
.ADR1FT WITH THE TINES
MIDSUMMER.

Have YOU ever been poetic
That is, far from energetic,
Longing for a shady place in which to
rest,
Where the Nee-tops scared above you
And the silence seemed to love you
And the flowers by the breezes were
caressed?
Have you ever thought you'd like to
Leave your job and gaily hike to
Some secluded spot where sylvan beau
ties keep?
And while song-birds sang about you
And no cares were there to fout you,
With your hat pulled Ger your eyes
you'd fall asleep?
Why, of course you have, my brother
In this weary world of bother
Anybody's apt to feel sudden call
To the country lanes and alleys
And the sunlit hills and valleys
Where a life of idle ease seems best of
ALI
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
THE ADVISER

Jefferson Toombs in Harper's Weekly.
(Mr. Roosevelt will assume the role of
an advisory publicist-Current Guess)
Teddy will tell us the things we should do,
The things we should drink and the
things We should chew;
1 He'll tell us the way
We should preach and should pray
And the reason our hens are refusing to
lay,
And the time to cut corn and the time to
make hay.
And just who has the shuttle
And who has the DEAL
The place for a ruffle -e
And how to roast veal,
And how to build bridges, and how to
make bread, 4 ,.,s-a
And how to remember the things we have
read, 44 tss~
And how to vrte headings,
And what kind Of pants
Are worn at noon weddings
And how to kill ants. 3
And how to peel onions and what's good
for bunions,
aries,
And how to make fences, t
And how to set hens.
And what are the lenses.
And how to fix dens, ~
And how to raise babies, h
And how to make Kites
And how to cure rabies, ~
And how to run fights,
And how to run trolleys and cook hot ia
males and what to feed collies,
And how to stuff pillows and when 10
trim willows and what causes biz
lows,
And ls0w to keep cool,
Cure balks in a mule. M
Store eggs so they'll keep,
House cattle and sheep.
Heal burns on the hand.
Make chests to expand,
Embroider monogram, repaint chair,
Retrim an old bonnet, and what will grow
~ hair
o Teaay will tell us the things we should
know 49,
Just as he's been telling since long. long
ago!~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
THE BIBLE IN GIDDY GOTHAM

From the New York Telegraph.
What is the meaning of the word
Eastern asked William J. Kelley at the
Lambs club
No one could answer the question, and
Mr.. Kelley went on:
Nobody in New York reads the Bible
now Ignorance OF the Bible and of bib
lical things is amazing. Not long ago
at a dinner / got into a biblical argu-
ment. When the argument was over a
young woman said:
i enjoyed that discussion splendidly.
But do you know, l always thought that
Sodom and Gomorrah we're man and
wife
r'Another young woman commented,
oh. well, I suppose they ought to have
been, If they were not
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
uBsEN AND BUSINESS

George Rockhil Craw, in the Bookkeeper
One may ask what can poet and
artist like Henrik 1bsen know of bust
ness? What has the author of such
masterpieces as Brand and Peer
Gynt," which Grieg has set to music,
to do with banks and bankers. stock and
bonds and mortgages, clerks. photogra-
phers and contractors, and water works
plants? Yet it was these characters and
literary properties that spread lbsen' $
name throughout the civilized world,
while Brand and Peer Gynt' had
kept it in Scandinavia. 1T was because
Ibsen dealt with prosaic business mat
ters. and because of his logical but I'M
conventional treatment of them, that he
has made such a vast impression on the
literature of his century.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15

the suffragettes hope. of complete woman-l
hood suffrage
Mr.. Asquith had no intention of giving
the bill a chance TO be heard and voted
on at the present session until he re-
ceived a petition signed by 1876 members
of parliament asking that the bill be read
second time. After its second reading
Ii was referred to committee of the
whole, and it may be sent to the mouse
OF lords next November, or it may have
te wait for final passage until next year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
TOO CHEAP TO MENTION

From the Popular Magazine.
Cum Shoe Bill Stone, the senator
from Missouri, had a tiresome constit-
uent on his hands one night at a Wash
ington hotel, and was trying to break
away from him. The constituent, MOTTO
ing the Senator's restlessness, offered to
buy cigar. and Stone accepted.
Walking to the cigar stand. the con-
stituent. hurting a dime across the show
case, said to the clerk:
Let us have two good scent cigars
The clerk showed the money back, say
Ing:
Il never sold any"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15

From the Minneapolis Journal.
Lord Northcliffe, who began life as a
poor reporter, now owns the London
Times, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror,
the Evening News, and a score or two
of British weeklies and magazines.
Lord Northcliffe, on his last visit to
New York, was reproached because two
of his newspapers advocated diametrical-
ly opposite views
But the young millionaire journalist
was quite ready with his defense.
Are there not he said, two sides, a
right and wrong, to every question? Well.
how, without two papers, can l always
be right?'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
HIS BLIssFuL IGNORANCE.

A story is being told at the expense of
q well-known and popular restaurateur of
Birmingham. Two men went into his
place and ordered cocktails. The waiter
FASTENED to fill the order, as a matter
of course. The proprietor came around
to greet his guests and then sighed forth
in this strain: Yes, business is very
good, but prohibition has hurt us more
than you imagine. Now, If I could only
serve drinks here, my patronage would
be much better and | would have no
cause for complaint on that score. / GER
tainly will be glad when a change is
made in the laws so that restaurateurs
of Birmingham can serve wines and beer
with meals" Just about this time the
waiter hustled in and set down the two
drinks on the table. Here and there were
other guests being served with liquid re-
freshments of a highly stimulative ma
ture. The proprietor. who was simply
talking for effect and was under the im-
preston that the men he was address
ing never indHged, gave a startled
glance at those discriminating cocktails
and hurriedly moved away.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
WHAT GOODWIN SMITH SAW

From the Kansas City Star.
prof Goodwin Smith was born a
year before the death or Byron. on
his eighteenth birthday he remarked
II have talked with a man who talked
to the man who was premier of Eng
land in 1S01-to Arlington about Pitt
remember the rejoicings in England
over the reform bill. l remember see
ing the farm buildings, nearby faith
er's house, burned by raiders who OPP
posed the introduction of threshing ma
chimes. l recall, as a lad, the servants
Ii hitting the fire with finder box.
have seen a man in the stocks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
Alabama Exhibits

1.-The Birmingham district and indeed
the entire\ state of Alabama will be rep
resented at the Ohio Valley exposition TO
be held at Cincinnati August % to Sep
tomber pa said Maj F. Y. Anderson,
who has charge of the Alabama section.
Many of the exhibits are being ship
ped this week. 1t is the purpose of the
exposition management not to have very
large exhibits but to have all the re-
sources of the south shown in compact
form. The mineral resources of this state
will be fully shown.
The Ohio Valley exposition is sure
to be attended by vast crowds. All of
the industrial shows that Cincinnati has
ever held have been eminently success
full. 1t is perhaps the foremost exposition
town in the United States, and a large
attendance can always be counted on
The forthcoming exposition is intended
especially 10 exploit the resources of the
south, and the south will find in 1t
grand opportunity
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15

Mai F. Y. Anderson, chairman OF the
minerals committee of the Ohio Valley
Exposition to be held In Cincinnati, be-
ginning next month, will start the ship
ment of his exhibit from this city next
week. In speaking of the exposition yes
terday Major Anderson said he had Sc
cured specimen of every mineral to
be found in Alabama and was arranging
one of the most attractive mineral ex-
hibts ever shown from this district.
1.-THE railroads are gathering the min
erals of this state together at their own
expense and we hope to have fine ex-
hibt at the Axposition,' said Major An
derson Yesterday. II have secured speci-
mems and will start the shipping of
them next week We will have a per-
feet representation from this state and
l am sure 1t will be a great source of
pride to every Alabamian who views it,
1--WE will also show pictures of every
plant in Birmingham and these Will be
in a prominent place for daily inspec-
ton l propose to have Birmingham ana
Alabama shown properly at this ex-
position and whether the other commit
tees exert them selves or not. I am GER
tainly going to see to it that we are
properly exploited.
',rhe agricultural display and other
exhibits will not be under my Jurisdiction
but I understand the various lines Will
receive proper attention.
'"The exposition will be for the purpose
of exploiting the resources of all the
states east of the Mississippi river and
south OF the Ohio. The railroads are as
sisting very greatly In the arrangements
and we intend to have a~fine show.
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irons. which grade has shown the onN


irons, which grade has shown the only
activity recently.
Buyers yards are reported as prac-
tically free of iro and the make dur
ing June shows a small reduction from
the month before, but not as much as was
expected.
Records of blast furnace product1oh
for the first half OF 1910 show an ap-
proXimate total of over 14,5O0,Oo tons,
which is the heaviest half years produe1.
ton record.
There have been several furnaces
blown out since July and further action
of this kind is contemplated, so that 1t
is figured July's contribution to the yearly
output will be much smaller than any
month so far this year
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
THE LAND of THE STORY hooks

BY Robert Louis Stevenson.
At evening, when the lamp is lit,
Around the fire my parents sit
They sit at home and talk and sing
And do not play at anything.
Now. with my little gun | crawl
All in the dark along the wall
And follow round the forest track
Away behind the sofa back.
There in the night, where none can spy,
All In my hunters camp lie,
And play at books that have read
TIL 1t Is time to go to bed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15

The will of a rich patent lawyer in
Washington, R. G. Dryenforth, is the
most idiotic yet published. His for
tune is given to his foster son when he Is
% years old provided he steers clear of
the wiles of women and does various
other foolish things.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
A CASUAL ACQUAINTANCE.

"She didn't seem to remember you"
I'm not surprised We met at a sum-
mer resort last year and had only been
engaged week when she was suddenly
called home by illness in the family"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
TIE DOCTORS CHOICE.

what will you have, Piper?'
I'm have a little whisky, for the sake
of my health
rs that what your doctor ordered?'
That's what he ordered the last time
bought him a drink.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15

Kermit has gone to Paris on, says
New York dispatch, romantic mission.
That family has a knack of getting into
the Ilmelight better developed than even
a 400 batter in baseball team.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
GREAT PLACE FOR MEN.

"Dobbs is clearing a thousand a week
with moving-picture theatre.
How does he do it?'
HE had the entrances made so that a
woman with big hat can't get i'm
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15

John X. Tener, the Penrose candidate
for governor In Pennsylvania, is an Elk,
an ex-baseball player. and incidentally a
machine republican
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
Heaps of men act as If they, would
rather die young than be good
After-dinner wit seems as fresh the
next morning as the stale cigar that went
with 1t.
Raising children is like raising vege-
tables in a private garden-very expen-
sive, with poor results
woman is SO clever she will get
mad ahead of a man she sees is going
TO get mad with her.
You can tell when girl is extra sea-
sick on yachting party by what good
time she can begin to think she had as
soon as she gets ashore.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15

After Walter Wellman crosses the At
Iantic in his aged dirigible he will no
doubt start soon afterward for the moon,
where, let us hope. he will stay.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15

At the Buenos Ayres convention the
United States will be but one republic of
21 in the Americas, all of which will be
represented In the convention.