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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
Corn Contests of the Year

Thirteen of the prize winners this year are boys-13 out of 46, for 21 counties did not compete. Why the 21 had no one ready and willing to grow more corn per acre we cannot say.
 The state winner is G. D. Howell of Haleyville, Marion county. He grew 1421s bushels of shelled corn on a single acre. and w. J. Jackson of Wilsonville, Shelby county, was close behind him with 1s6 bushels, and so was R. F. Jones of Greenville, Buffer county, who grew 1341S bushels on an acre.
 The boys did well. although they were outranked this year by the seniors. In Jefferson county Arthur Acton, boy, grew 1o4 bushels on an acre, and Mack Sawyer, another boy living at Jones' mill Monroe county, made no bushels. Let the boys take courage and get ready tc vanquish their elders in 1911.
 Every county should enter the corr contests in 1911, and any county that fl unwilling to grow more corn to the acr, needs demonstration agent Alabam; has no use for unprogressive, backward counties that cling to a production O. about 15 bushels to the acre. And. by tn, way, what is the matter with Montgomer, county7 It had no one competing fol either a state or a county prize. Ths counties that did not compete this yeel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
Pig Iron Situation

Matthew Addy & Co.'S iron market re- port says: November was a month of fair tonnage, nothing extraordinary one there was no quotable change in prices though there Is now more frmness in the situation than there was some weeks ago. The steadiness of prices is remark able. It is true they are on a low level lower than for six years-but never in the history of the trade has there been such long period where the float. so to speak, neither went up nor down. Spot No. foundry is still $11 Birmingham, with some difference of opinion as to quo- tations for future delivery, and similarly northern No is s14 These prices are not profitable. Few of the furnaces can break even.
 Tt is notable that there is much moro demand for quick shipment. The malls ment. In this connection 1t is well to remark that the railroads are not making good time. They have allowed their equipment to run down, and there Is not only difficulty in getting cars but there has been much delay because of cars that are not fit to use and that break down in transit.
 Practically the whole interest of the trade centers in iron for shipment over the first half of 191L In fact, some con sumers are trying at present prices to contract for the last half of next year, though no furnace will seriously consider such an offer. A heavy tonnage is now in process of being bought and the pros- poets generally are improving. There is throughout the trade really hopeful feeling that the turn of the tide is at hand"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

are Barbour. Bullock. Cherokee, Gle hurne. Colbert. Covington. Dale, Etowah, Hale. Jackson. Lawrence. Lee, Lowndes' Macon, Madison. Marengo. Montgomery. and Winston. These counties should get ready to show the state in 1911 that they, too, can make an acre produce host of yellow ears
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
THE THEORY OF FRIENDS

In true friendship. wherein am per- feet, I more give myself to my friend than endeavor to attract him to me I am not only better pleased in doing him service, than if he conferred a benefit upon me, but. moreover, had rather he should do himself good than me, and he most obliges me when he does so; and if absence be either more pleasant or convenient for him, 'tis also more acceptable to me than his pres- ence; neither is 1t properly absence, when we can write to one another. l have sometimes made good use of our separation from one another; we bet ter filled. and further extended the possession of life in being parted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
REFLECTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A man takes an awful lot of chances to quit cards and go to specnlating.
 A really good man would suffer fear fully from his utter lack of companion ship.
 There is a short cut to every kind of misery; to happiness all the roads are long.
 The exception that proves the rule could prove anything else with about as much reason. value of staying where we belong till we have wandered where we don't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
.nIIDD]HA.

f44 .L-t t4 Richard Butler Glaenzer m the De- cember Metropolitan.
 Immutable as Fate and calm as Death Secure, upon his -piaxeped
 throne; M H To whom world cataclysms are. the Which fans hoar Egypt's pyramids
 of stone.
 Inscrutable.. serene; mans hopes and Encompass not his unobserying gaze; Profundity of thought recks not the cominingled with senescent Indias
 praise.s {sAN aNssa st3 To hra the perfumed chanting Of the
 East, xfr
 Is as, the seas resurgence in
 shell; &s 44 Ns1 Eternity, his temple; Silence. priest. And Life, the tinkle of muffled belll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
HANDCUFFS NO NEW INVENTION

third-class carriage and take his seat op- posite his captor. Very often he vainly endeavors to conceal the fact that he is handcuffed, and, although he may have an evil face and still more evil record, one cannot help feeling more than lit- tie sorry for him, for his degradation is. complete, and all who run may read
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

while you've been away? Yes, she re- piled. but you might take these things away when you go to your office, and sine handed him little paper bag full of tin tops which he had gathered up and failed to make away with. Hanch says there's no use trying to keep anything from his wife, She gets onto everything he does."-Howard Courant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
JOHN nANDoLpH,s TRAGIC LIFE

By R. H. Dabney.
 John Randolph was a strange, sad, wonderful man. He had his faults, and they were grave, but those who reflect upon the incessant pain which he suf- fered, the agony of soul which q per petual dread, of insanity must have caused him, the death of those nearest and dearest to him, his disappointment in love and the dreary loneliness of his life at Roanoke, wih not be disposed to cast the first stone at the most tragic character in American history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

Dr. Warfield c. Richardson of Tusca- loosa, former professor at the University of Alabama, has written for The Age Herald a second paper in the Shake speare-Bacon controversy. It is entitled, "The Baconian Lunacy." This contribu- tion to a most interesting discussion will appear in The Age-Herald of tomorrow. Il is full of spice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
A RIG JuRILEE

From the West Alabama Breeze.
 Birmingham had big jubilee. The old veterans had a glorious reunion. All of it was enjoyed immensely by the thousands of visitors to the Magic City, and by the thousands of the great city. Great Is Birmingham. Great are the hosts of veterans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

It was the city jail and not the county jail that Mrs. Maybrick visited and con- demned. But Jefferson county is also greatly in need of a sanitary jail and this work should not be unnecessarily delayed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

The total number of American citizens, including some brown ones in the Phil ippines, is 103O00.0oo. Just 100,00O,oO0 more than Washington had at his back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
SPARKS FROM MEMPHIS

From the Commercial-Appeal
 when is hog not a hog? When it is link sausage. It is a queer thing that no dog ever has a second day.
 The homemade Christmas gift for 10 cents, usually costs about g.
 Really, girls. he had rather have one good cigar wrapped in brown paper than d doxen weeds tied with butterfly bows of Christmas ribbon.
 The man who contracts to look after nooody's business but just his own has the biggest proposition of the ages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

Jim Hill thinks politicians talk too much. The rule should be fitted to railroad magnates also. especially to one In Minnesota.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
A HARD LUCK STORY.


 "Hanch Glover is no gay old boy, but when his wife goes away from home and he grows lonesome he sometimes has a few cronies to drop in and play high five or cinch. The other day wheA his wife came home after a two weeks visit, he cleaned up the house, swept and dusted and removed all evidences of the visits of the boys while she was gone. He was so proud of the way he had slicked things up and felt so entirely safe from discov- cry that he asked her: My dear, don't you think I've kept pretty good house
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
As sEEN IN KENTUCKY

From the Louisville Courier7J ournal.
 There are persuasive suffragettes who are perfect ladies. and there are militant sufrragettes who are perfect ruffians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

The students at Wellesley have been de- clared to be "a vast lump of unassimi- lated indigestible stodginess." What this means no one seems to know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

Uncle Joe Cannon is contented because he has to be, It Is all that is left to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

President Taft is tossing off a message which he fondly hopes will make people forget Winona.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

The short session will be full Of des- perate republicans serving their last days in office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

English women are getting to be much like man-the suffragettes in particular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

Iowa has lost in population and gained in political sanity. The insurgents con- trol the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

Uncle Jim Hill Is in the dumps, and a responsive country Is expected to have the blues
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

Alas and also alack, no one sent a turkey to Oyster Bay at Thanksgiving time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

The British cabinet knows how 1t feels to be slugged by the lily white hand of a suffragette.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

Jim Hill, our regularly appointed na- tional adviser, is now batting the inde- pendent voter on the back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

The English lord thinks 1t Is unkind in the hoi polloi to go gunning for him in the holiday season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

"He said he was glad to see me. Do you suppose he meant it?" <
 ITO certain extent, yes. The per son you forced out of the only extra chair in his office was a book agent. You. at least, had nothing to sell"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

Helena, Mon, has IS inches of snow and it may try to corner the entire snow crop. May its ambition be fully gratifed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

In view of the Brazilian mutiny Omaha rejoices it is on a river that no pirate or mutineer can ascend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

It is dull day when the Washington seismograph does not pick up strag- gllng and bewildered earthquake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

The Mexican revolutionists are in the tall timber or else are trying to reach it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

hood. but wherever there is first rate ore the price asked for the land is high up in the faneies."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

Every country should contrive in some way to be bigger than its navy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

Brazil is not at present signing for a bigger navy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
ATTEMPTING TOO MUCH.

T He sang tender ballad And every eye was wet When you know you're not forgotten By the girl you can't forget" But when he tried a higher note Than any heard before, That brutal crowd did whoop aloud And pound upon the floor. < Birmingham Age-Herald. She danced a pretty two-step With perfect grace and time; She glided through dreamy waltz In manner simply fine; But Ethel took mighty flop That put her in the clear When she began to skip and hop And kick the chandelier.
 Youngstown Telegram.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
She danced a pretty two-step
2 1RREPRESSIBLE.

"A little boy drove his family nearly crazy asking questions. One day, after he had asked his mother several million questions, she said to him: Jimmy, for pity's sake, stop asking questions. You drive me frantic. Don't you know that curiosity killed a cat?' Jimmy was crushed, and for a long time was silent. At last he went to his mother, and asked: Ma, what did that cat want to know? Horton Headlight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

We turn now from the turkey to the holly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
A DOMESTIC FINISH.

A DOMESTIC FINISH. used to know certain chap
 Whoa argue all day long. And didn't seem to care a rap,
 If he were right or wrong. But now he has a husky wife, (. With something of will, And the only way he saves his life Is just by keeping still.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

Postmaster General Hitchcock talks It, tie and accomplishes a great deal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
MORE TO THE PURPOSE.

Mrs. Whiffle is so much in love with her poodle that she is going to have its voice canned"
 'Td much rather sec Fido canned"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
A LITTLE LESSON.

A LITTLE LESSON. The proper sort of city. The kind to make you glad, Will never, never tell lie And never, never pad
 Birmingham Age-Herald. The proper sort of lady, The kind to make you glad, will never, never -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
A DEIIyERER.

And who, no matter what befalls, Are always glad when Santa calls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
BOOSTING SALES.

BOOO IIINO SlAiII45s "A married woman says in print that safety razors are no good as can-open- ers."
 "Some manufacterer of safety razors must have paid her fancy price for that testimonial PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
Fine Soprano Solo

One of the most beautiful pieces of music I ever heard in church was an Ave Maria by Saint Saens and sung by Mrs. Severin at St. Paurs during high mass last Sunday" said well known citizen of musical taste.
 Mrs. Severin is the regular solo soprano at the church named and while I have always liked her voice and her vocalization I thought her singing sfn- gularly fine on this occasion. It was heavenly. MT. Chalifoux played vio- lin obligato for Mrs. Severin. under stand that on Sunday next December D, the soprano will be requested to re- peat this solo.
 MT. Sodae, new violoncello ployer in Birmingham, has written a part for his instrument for the Saint Saens Ave Maria and he and MT. Cha1ifoux will be prepared to play an obligato jointly whenever Mrs. Severin sings it.
 Good Mineral Lands Scarce
 "There is good deal of mineral land in Alabama not owned by the large com. panies, but really valuable coal or ore property is hard to buy" said an indus trial pioneer who has retired from bus mess. This company wants more coa and that company more ore ana there i! scarcely a strong concern here that i! not eager to buy additional raw materia and thereby make itself stronger. I know of one small tract of choice ore lant near Crudup and one of my friends own' 5000 or 5000 acres in the same nSighbor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

TOUGH ON CONSUMERS. q thought you said the cost of living was coming downr
 That was the prediction made" Well, 1t must have been mistake. According to story from Louisiana, the latest quotation for widows kisses Is $500 apiece" =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
cuANcD FoR POWTs.

CHANGE FOR POEIS. The bard who, hearing Christmas
 chimes, Is not inspired to festal rhymes And will not sing holly song Of cheer, and peace to all the throng, Deserves the pity of those wights Whom care, nor toll, nor grief
 affrights,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

GUESS WHO. From now until the 18th of this month eimost any old gentleman with long white whiskers Is apt to be mistaken by very young people for a certain old chap who is a thousand times more popular than Bwana Turnbo ever hoped to be.
 A DIVIDEND. iszsa It does all right
 To hope, we say,
 But one must work,
 To make 1t pay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
GLAD HEART.

GLAD HEART. Always happy, Rain or shine, He's the sort will Never pine. Gets more out of Life, I guess, Though Hard Luck streets - Ills address, Than a host of People who Lack his cheerful Point of viewl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

St. Louis Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-03

Washington Bureau Age-Herald' l4lS New York avenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-18
WOULD TAX WEALTH.
DR.. SchurmaH Says Poor Man
Bears Governments Burden.

Or. Jacob Gould Schurman. president Of
Cornell University was spplauded last
night by most OF the seventy-fve persons
at the dinner Of the Unitarian Club Of New
York At the Hotel Manhattan. where he
expressed advanced ideas IN speaking to
the toast. Our Future American"
The speaker said IL would be folly for
us 10 shut our eyes 10 the fact that any
Americans who are not socialists resent
what they believe 10 be gross injustices in
the burden that the tariff Laws on the con-
sumner. in the encTOachments of syndieated
wealth upon individual liberty. as expressed
IN attacks upon specific agencies and insti-
tutiOns that they suppose responsible for
the serious advance in the cost Of living.
If trusts are endeavOTing to gain a mo-
nOpOly OF the necessities of life and rails
ing the prices TO the consumer DIT. SchuT-
man held that they should be destroyed
Mr.. Schurman said; There is a deep and
Iesentful feeling that the wealthy classes
Of the country are not contributing their
fair share TO the cost OF the government
and added:
MY own belief is that an income tax
and a progressive inheritance tax are the
only methods by which the wealth of the
country can be forced 10 contribute its
fair share TO the expense OF government.
The Rev. John Haynes Holmes, who fol-
lowed DIR. SchuTman, declared that the dis
would mean the industrial ruin of a large
part of this country: az the same time. IN
his opinion the country needs 20 be purged
or Standard Oil methods.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-18
SNOW? DIVU A BIT
1T STOPPED IN TINE.
Ind st. Patrick Had His Pa
rade iH Proper Style.

The vendors we're thicker along Fifh
avenue yesterday than the pedlers az Linn
srick Fair and they all did a thriving trade
selling flags and shamrocks and PLAYING
cards and magnifying glasses and photo
graphs Of 81. Patrick must have been
real. for tfey showed the stan and the
snakes-and copies 20 Robert Emmetts
great speech and gFeeu editions II the
evening papers telling how "Forty Thou
sand Sons Of Erin Marched in The Snow.
And. after seeing the crowds That Iamm. q
the avenue and the sidewalks from va
street o. Harlem no one could doubt ina;
the heart Of New York still Beats warmer
% hear The Harp That once Through
Tara's IIals' and The Minstrel BOY.
Archbishop Farley sail ne had never seen
finer parade. The Archbishop ought 70
know, for he has seen forty parsdc on
forty different St Patrtck's days lie re-
viewed the marching line from a stand IN
front of the Cathedral. supported Ou the
left and right by MonsignOri Lavelle and
Mooney re wore his archi&piscOpal robes.
and as each body of marchers reached the
stand and saluted he doffed his purple cap.
lie spoke with special kindness OF the
showing by two boys corps-the wilkes
Barre Catholic Temperance Cadets. who
came 90 town from the mining country es-
peclally for the day. and the St RaphaeFs
Cadets. OF Queens They we're smart look
ing fellows. the hrst IN uniforms OF gray
and scarlet and the others in clear gray.
For all the threats Of the weather. the
snow that had whirled thick ever since sun
rise stopped suddenly at o'clock. the hour
that had been set for the parade 20 begin.
and when il really did get away al il
was a typical New York March day-blue
sky, with high. white clouds and a raw.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-18
BROOKLYN FRESHMEN DINE.
ST. Patrick's Society Marshalls 45O
Members al Annual Gathering.

Four hundred and ffty BrOOkiynites all
Irishmen and members Of the 81. Patrick =
Society ~ Brooklyn. attended the sixty
first annual dinner Of that society AZ the
Waldorf last night 10 celebrate 81. Pat
TiCk's Dav. Patriotic speeches and songs
helped 20 while away the evening The
songs were rendered by the Elks Quartet
OF Brooklyn.
Borough President Steers ~ Brook, n
came in in time fOT the end Of the dinner.
United States Senator Taylor. 81 Ten
nessee. vas the first 10 speak His toast
was ireland lie compared the South 10
Ireland. saving that while the South han
risen from her ashes and was richer than
ever Ireland had not.
Time has healed and cOmforteI the
South he said. until Mason and Dixon s
line is now the red scar Of honor. the mark
OF a united country"
After enumerating the many men WIN
rose from poverty 10 fame and who we're
called self-made men. the Senator said
They were not self-made men. God
made them. The only seIf-made man
ever heard Of or that ever was in this
country is our old friend. DR. Mary
Walker"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-18
NARY WALkERiS IDE1
Lcgali@atiOn of Mems Clothes
for ITOmfn-Other Bills
iBy Telseraph 70 me Trit.uns

Albany. March II-Dr. Mary Walker
who dresses in mans attire. evidently de-
sires 10 extend the privilege 90 other WON
en- by measure which che had intro
duced in the Assembly. At her request the
measure was dropped IN the Assembly nil
box to-day ny Assemblyman Sweet. Of
OswegO. DR.. Walkers home county II
provides that woman shall not he deemed
disguised by reason Of the styIa OF her
clothing and that any peace officer or other
person who shall arrest a woman nOe
guilty Of anv crime because Of the STYLE
~ her clothing shall b guilty Of a mis-
demeanoT- The penalty Is a fine of not
more than Si,Oo0 or Imprisonment for n.
more than six months. or both
Another measure introduced at the re-
quest of Dr. Walker by AssembIyman
Sweet would permit every woman assessed
for taxable property to vote IL she pos
sesses all the qualifications 20 vote other
than that OF sex
OtlseF bills introduced follow
Mr. Harwood OF Kings. providing that
memper OF the New YORK police force IN
lured or taken sick while i'm the perform
ance OF his duty shall receive his full sal
aTy during the period OF his incapacity
The money is 10 he taken from the police
pension fund.
or manufacture of cigarettes in this state
The bill Is drawn "a a. not 20 apply 10
the Sale Of cigarettes to customers out
side u the state doing an interstate bust
ness.
Mr Dana. OF New Work providing for
permanent commission ~ estimate and
appraisal. 10 be appointed by the Appel
late Division IN every department IN
which there is a county containing a popu-
latiOu of s00.'so or more. Where property
Is condemned outside Of the county an
which exists the public need. the owners
are to have the right 10 trial by Jury 81
the question 0f damages. The Controller
% the city n New York o. required Ia is
sue rcteuuc bonds "a raise tho money nee
cssary 10 pay the expenses OF the Perna-
uent commission.
Mr.. RaldiTis. Of New York. providing for
the medical care iu New York city az the
expense Of the city Of physicians or nurses
WhO become 90 or disabled on account ~
any contagious or infectious disease con-
tracted while M the performance 81 duty