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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Professor Dosters Statistics.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In your issue of the 18th inst, under
 the caption of High School Statistics
 a report is given from Prof. J. J. Doster
 of the university in which he summarizes
 schools whose graduates are teachers in
 the high schools of the state. The sta-
 tistics furnished by Professor Doster are very unfortunate for several reasons. In
 the first place they are incorrect; in the second place an injustice Is done the
 Alabama Normal college of Livingston since this school Is not mentioned In tnls
 report as furnishing any teachers to the high schools of the state. Knowing
 Professor Doster as I do, I am sure that he would not intentionally get his statis-
 tics wrong. neither would he do our school
 an injustice, for he is very warm per
 sonal friend of the writer, and also a friend of the Livingston school.
 My purpose in writing this Is not to con- trovert the statistics as given by Pro- lessor Doster, but to give forth some information that will be interesting to those wanting the facts. cannot tell how [ many former graduates of the Livingston
 school are now teachers in the high schools of the state, but I know that two young ladies that graduated from this institution two years ago have entered high school work. One of them IS In the State High school at Odenville and the other in the New Decatur High school. Professor Doster, in putting the univer- sity at the head overlooks the fact that nearly all the women who attended the
 university for several years after 1t be- came co-educational were graduates Of the Livingston Normal college. As mat ter of fact Miss Tutwiler was the pioneer leader in promoting the higher education
 of women, and for years she sent nearly all of her graduates to the university. It is a well known fact that the students who made the highest records in the uni
 versity for several years were graduates
 from the Livingston school. These girls,
 who graduated from the university, have gone out into the state high schools, but
 has the Livingston school no claim upon
 these girls? Does the school deserve no
 honor because 1t inspired its graduates not to stop after finishing a normal course.
 but set such ideals for years as to lead her graduates to the university Two
 graduates from the Livingston school are now teachers in the Girls Industrial
 school at Montevallo, but these ladies also graduated from the university. Since the greater number of Livingston graduates attended the university, the claim of their
 career in educational worA should, in
 part, be attributed to the good work of
 the Livingston school. If Professor Dos
 ter will look up the records of the uni-
 versity and find how many graduates en-
 tered the university from the Livingston
 school think he will be willing to make
 some changes in his statistics. At least
 he should say that a number of the uni- versity.s high school teachers came from Livingston. G. w. BROCK,
 Chairman of the Faculty. Livingston, January 15, 1910.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17
APOLOGY TO GOMEZ
 BY DICKINSON

washington, January 16.--A story has leaked out of humble and sincere apolo- gy that Secretary of War Dickinson made to President Gomez of Cuba
 The arrival of MT. Dickinson at Havana was without previous official notice and President Gomez was absent from the city on fishing expedition. He was advised of the presence of the Secretary in the city and returned to the capital in post haste. When Secretary Dicl1in- son expressed his pleasure at meeting MT. Gomez he began his apology:
 "Once I had planned to spend ten days or two weeks on a vacation in Michigan fishing" the secretary is reported to have said. 'I had bought big outfit and was out on the water fishing when fellow companion came out in a boat with tel egram that called me home to attend to some business. I said then that I would never cheat a man out of fishing for a bite. I mean to live up to it. I feel ashamed at having been instrumental in depriving you of your trip. One who will deprive another of a fishing trip is a mean man, Indeed. I apologize"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17
CHIEFS MAY MEET
 IN BIR RMINGHAM

Birmingham may yet land the annual convention of the Police Chiefs Associa- tion of the United States, for which such strong pull was made by Chief Bod eker at the last meeting Chicago won out over Birmingham then by three votes former Chief shippy of Chicago making personal appeal which the convention couldn't resist
 Shippy was one of the organizers of the association many years ago and he attended the convention on a stretcher He invited the convention to meet in Chicago in 1910, stating that he didn't think he could live but a short while longer and he wanted the chiefs in his town again before he died. The vote was taken and the count showed Bir- minghem to have lost to Chicago by three votes. Chief Bodeker then moved that it be made unanimous for Chicago and the convention grew so delighted with him that they declared Birming ham should have 1t the following year.
 Shippy is no longer chief of police in Chicago and there has been some hitch in the arrangements, and Birmingham still has the chance to land this years convention, as shown by the following telegram received by Chief Bodeker last night:
 "George H. Bodeker, Chief of Police, Birmingham, Ala.
 Association may have to decide on an- other place for convention than Chicago. Matter come up soon. Do you still want it there? RICHARD SYLVESTER, President.
 'Washington, D. C."
 Chief Bodeker has not replied to the telegram yet and will not do so until he has conferred with the Chamber of Com merce and other organizations. The con vention would bring over a thousand nerSnnS here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17
WOMAN DIES AFTER
 BEING IN TRANCE

Pittsburg, January 16-From speech less trance in which she had lain for three months and half. Mrs. Catherine Mcpdelsohn passed into death at hos pital here today. The physicians are puzzled at the case. The woman's hus- band the night of September 30 awak- eneC to find the woman in a comatose state. He said the baby was on the floor. apparently having fallen out of bed, but was uninjured. Mrs. Mendelsohn had no knowledge of what had taken place, says the husband, and adds that his wife must have been shocked into unconsciousness when the baby tumbled out of bed.
 MT. Mendelsohn believes that his wife thought the child was Killed by the fall and collapsed. Since the baby's fall she has, however, never spoken a word, tho husband said, during one of the investiga- tions- The surgeons expect to hold an n,atnunS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17
Judoe Thompson Seriously III.

Cincinnati, January 16.-Judge Albert c. Thompson of the southern circuit of Ohio recently passed through a severe attack of grip, partial recovery from which left him suffering from a wound received dur ing the civil war. This last ailment has developed, 1t is announced, into blood poisoning, and his condition is said to be serious. Judge Thompson, after four years service in the Union army, settled at Portsmouth, Ohio. He was elected to Congress in 1885. In that body he served three terms and was commissioned United States district judge in 1898.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17
Virginia Landmarks.

"One by one the landmarks of old put growing cities disappear, and now Rich- mond is about the lose another of its interesting historic buildings, the house which John Marshall, Americas greatest chief justice, owned and occupied said a member of Birmingham's Virginia col ony. "It stands at the southwest corner of Twenty-ninth and Marshall streets. IL is an unpretentious two-story brick or moderate size, with porches on two sides. The new High school building, which stands on a site covering an entire city block and embracing the Marshall home property, is crowding the venerated iand- mark out of existence The Society for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities has taken up the matter, and is trying to save the old house, but overshadowed as it is by a magnificent edifice It IS an eyesore from an artistic point of view If 1t were a wooden structure, 1t might De moved to some other site and kept up as a library or museum; but being brick It is only a question of a short time when it will be demolished.
 'Modern progress nds htue oA sehN- ment in it's composition. It is sad to see cherished landmarks pass away but in busy cities this is inevitable.
 williamsburg, fredericksburg and Alexandria are full of old homes William and Mary college at Williamsburg was built in 1893, and nearly every other house in the ancient capital of Virginia was built before the revolution; but old Rich mond has comparatively few of its his- toric buildings left"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17
RENO, DIVORCE CAPITAL

at it's inception Is humane divorce law. The divorce laws of Nevada are humane. They enable good woman to become free of brute, a drunkard or a husband who is unwilling to provide for his wife and children the necessities of life.
 "The laws are just and humane, and if people from other states become residents of Nevada they are entitled to be protect ed and benefited by them."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

battle-scarred warrior, blowing his nose and looking like a baby stricken with the influenza, we felt that there were others. There wasn't one powdered nose leaving the theatre-they. all looked like headlights Yet there was lots of fun and laughter in the piece and It's effect was most bracing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17
Government Liquor Tax.

"Statistics are often misleading, but the governments receipts for whisky and beer stamps need no explanation" said R. B. Cary of Washington, D. c. "The report of the internal revenue bureau for the last six months of 1909 have not been completed, but figures given out unof- ficially show large increase over the similar period of 1908. It will be the big gest six months in point of receipts for liquor tax in the history of the internal revenue office, with the possible excep- ton of the six months ending June S0 1907.
 In the year 1906-W more than $20o 0o,0o0,00O was collected by the government as a tax on liquor, gain of nearly $20,0o0,0o0 over the previous year. The remarkable thing about it is that with the extension of dry territory the liquor traffic has Increased"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17
EVERY YEAR.

By Albert Pike. Life is a count of losses,
 Every year; For the weak are heavier crosses
 Every year. Lost sprngs with sobs replying Unto weary autumn's signing, While those we love are dying
 Every year. It Is growing darker. colder.
 Every year, AS the heart and soul grow older
 Every year. I care not now for dancing, Or for eyes with passion glancing; Love is less and less entrancing
 Every year. The days have less of gladness
 Every year. The nights more weight of sadness Fair springs no longer charm us, The winds and weather harm us, The threats of death alarm us
 Every year. There come new cares and sorrows
 Every year. Dark days and darker morrows
 Every year. The ghosts of dead loves haunt m, The ghosts of changed friends taunt us. And disappointments daunt us
 Every year. Of the loves and sorrows blended.
 Every year, Of the charms of friendship ended, Every year; Of the ties that still might bind me Until time to death resigned mo, My infirmities remind me,
 Every year. An! how sad to look before us,
 Every year, While the cloud grows darker o'er us. Every year; When we see the blossoms faded, That to bloom we might have aided, And immortal garlands braided.
 Every year. To tho past go more dead faces,
 Every year, As the loved leave vacant places,
 Every year. Everywhere the sad eyes meet us. In the evenings dusk they greet us. And to come to them entreat us,
 Every year. ''You are growing old" they ten ns,
 Every year; You are more alone.s they tell us,
 Every year; You can win no new affection, You have only recollection, ''Deeper sorrow and dejection.
 Every year. The shores of life arc shifting. i, Every year, And we are seaward drifting.
 Every year; Old places, changing. fret us. The living more forget us, There are fewer to regret us,
 Every year. But the truer life draws higher.
 Every year. And it's morning star climbs higher.
 Every year, Earth's hold on us grows slirhter. And the heavy burdens lighter, And the dawn immortal brlehtef. Every ytas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

that Cuban ores can be barged to fuel there may be a great increase in the furnace capacity of this district, Nor not a few of the larger companies will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17
56 PRISONERS IS
 SUNDAYS WORK
YESTERDAY WAS EXCEPTIONAL " BUSY AT CENTRAL CITY JAIL AND FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE THE OUTLYING TERRITORY.

Sunday proved quite busy day around the central city jail there being total of 56 prisoners placed therein. The rush appeared strange for Sunday in a ''prohi- bition city" and created some comment among the observant ones around head quarters.
 This number does not include all of the arrests by far in the greater city Ensley, Woodlawn, North Birmingham and other recently annexed towns collect ing their usual quota of law violators. Then there were also quite number of arrests in which the arrested person made bond on the spot and was not taken to jail.
 Out of the total of 56 arrests there were 1e for drunkenness. The balance of the arrests were composed of one for tres- pass. five for assault and battery, nine for disorderly conduct, five for disorderly conduct aggravated; one for carrying concealed weapons, one for assault with intent to murder, seven for vagrancy, one for running a house of prostitution, one for violating the prohibition law, four for gaming, two for petit larceny. two for fighting and one for lettering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

The estate of Samuel J. Tilden has not been wound up, and Congress has not yet voted Mrs. Cleveland a pen sion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

When Chicago reads in the weather forecast. Possible rain or snow 1t simply grunts and braces itself against the inevitable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

Returning explorers will steer clear of Copenhagen, which is no longer an inviting center of that branch of busi- ness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

The consumer dreads alike the boil weevil and the standpatter, both or whom are pulling might and main to increase the cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

If o. f. winters are to be repeated it may be better to change inauguration day to July, while we are in changing mood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

Senator Stone of Missouri is glad to see that he Is not alone in the wearing of gum shoes of late in this O. f. win tor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

Philadelphia may be sleepy, but when really novel romance is needeI 1t steps cheerfully forward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Cnaiity appeals to most men as strongly as taxes.
 People are awful bold liars to tell those they have been visiting what good time they had.
 The real thing to d woman about a TO- mantle novel IS she knows it never could happen in life.
 What makes a man want to take day off is having lot of work that some- body else wants him to do
 A man grows to hate another for mak- ing more money than he does; a woman grows to hate another for dressing better than she doe& .l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

A hookworm congress is to be or ganized, but there is little need of 1t. for no one proposes to whitewash hockey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

John Early is by turn sound man and leper. It all depends upon what doctor is on the job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

The rule of the magnates has beer changed, and it now reads, "The publi. be iollied."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

Glavis is on his way to Washington, waving all need of subpoena from the administration side of the issue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

The monorail and the aeroplane are the fastest contrivances of this world to date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

Chicago demands that it's winters hereafter be steamheated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

The aviator has supplanted in public favor the gladiator and even the base ball hero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

The trusts cannot shove the in- creased cost of living off on Halley's comet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

The hookworm cannot overcome the hustling spirit in Birmingham at pres ent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

New York's list of heavy taxpayers is chiefly remarkable because of the names that are not mentioned in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

In the next cold snap beware Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

The demand for early primaries, both county and state, is widespread.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17
Atlanta and Birmingham.

'I had seen very little of Atlanta until a few months ago, but business has called me there several times since then, and the more see of the city the better I like it," said prominent member of the Chamber of Commerce.
 ''We used to poke fun at Atlanta for its excessive boasting, but 1t Is a rapidly growing city and it has a splendid citi- zenship.
 Birmingham, I am glad to believe. Is fast acquiring the right sort of civic pride and 'get-together spirit Atlanta set the progressive pace In the days of Henry Grady and Evan P. Howell. and every city in the south that took lessons from 1t has prospered. The estimated population of Atlanta is 10000. but I think 1t safe wager that 1t will not ap- pear in the census with more than 1s5. 5.00O, or not over 10,0O0 in excess of Birming- hams. Of course. Birmingham will eclipse Atlanta in population in 1920. This city will grow at faster rate within the next ten years than any other city in the south, if not in the United States.''
 Notwithstanding Atlanta's metropoli- tan character, it Is far behind Birming- ham in at least one line of attractions high-class restaurants. Atlanta has only two or three cafes or restaurants that can be called first class-only one strictly first class; whereas Birmingham has a dozen or more fine eating places. three or four of them ranking with the best in large northern cities. On the other hand, Atlanta is far ahead of us in one cafe feature, namely the ability of restaurant managers to have beer served to their guests. I am fond of beer and 1t Is a great treat to me to be in Atlanta, where I can drink Peeps at luncheon. Atlanta is now great beer consuming town; but I saw very little whisky there except at the clubs Nearly everybody seems to be willing to compromise on beer"
 Play With a Strong Grip.
 Something of the tremendous grip which salvation Nell" in which Mrs. Fiske will be seen at the Jefferson tonight, takes upon the spectator is well illus trated by an extract from letter writ ten by New York woman to friend in New Orleans, and printed In the Times Democrat of that city. She writes:
 we went last night to see Mrs. Fiske's new play. It was one of the most ex- citing first nights I fas ever present at. Mrs. Fiske in the last two acts was su- perb. It is great artistic production. The theme is somewhat old. but the play was put on with a fidelity of purpose that is breath-catchinR and terrible in It's bald truth. No mincing of words and phrases for this 23-year-old author. if you please. and that audience gasped. but rose to It's feet with mad enthusiasm. My face had to be washed before could meet some friends in the lobby. and was glad to seek the privacy of the cab home, as both Kate and I were sights with weeping. But when wt saw Acton Da- stes (ths critic Of tho nvenaHs nsnA th-e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

The insurgents are warm members and they cannot be frozen out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17

The backbone of winter up north has more lives than a cat.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-22
HORSE MARINE MUST
FURNISH OWN STEEI

Washington, D. CA horse marine
who takes part in a 90-mile test ride
prescribed by presidential order must
provide a steed at his own expense.
Such is a decision rendered in a con-
tested case by the comptroller of the
currency. A colonel in the marine
corps, after making the ride, collect
ed SIS in his expense account. The
item was disallowed and the colonel
was requested in military language to
remit. He replied politely that in his
opinion the law provided that the
government should pay the horse bill
and therefore he wished to be excus-
ed from yielding up SIS. The money
was then deducted from his pay. The
colonel appealed to the Comptroller
and in due time was Informed that the
bill was properly charged against him.
He was informed that officers above
the rank of captain are not entitled
to be furnished with horses, forage
and equipment at the expense of the
United States for the 90-mile ride
The use of the horse was declared to
be entirely for the benefit of the
colonel and he was held to be liable
for the expense.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-22
ON WHAT
CANAL WORKERS EAT

Washington.-Feedi the army of
Panama Canal builders is a matter of
tremendous expense and, to keep tab
on the money. the government makes
record of wonderful detail that
shows the cost per meal per man. 1t
is shown by the annual report Of the
Isthmian canal commission that there
are in operation 10 hotels, 10 Euro
pean laborers' messes, and 20 COM
mon laborers' kitchens.
The total number of meals served
at commission hotels was 2,176,451.
The cost of supplies was 24.S7 cents
and the expense 6.23 cents a meal a
total of little over 81 cents.
The meals served in the European
laborers messes made a total of l.
092,4S7, which cost 1854 cents each
for supplies and expenses. The meals
in the common laborers' kitchen to-
each. The average daily attendance
during June in the line hotels was /,
17S and in kitchens 1,496
The average weight Of the ration
supplied each person daily in the la
borers' kitchens was found to be ap-
proxmately 4.41 pounds, with a val
ue of 22.26 cents. 1t is a coincidence
that the net weight of the ration fur.
nished the European laborer is ex-
actly equal to the gross weight of the
United States army garrison ration
and the net weight of the ration fur
nished the negro laborer is exactly
equal to the gross weight of the Uni
ted States army field ration.
The years operation showed a loss
on hotels of s22,16S. a profit on the
European laborers' messes OF s34,504
and a profit on the laborers' kitchen
of $21,211.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-22
ON SKATES
ARE BERLIN NOVELTY

Berlin. - Roller-skating is quite
general in all the streets of Berlin and
roller-skaters have become one of the
most remarkable features or this cap
ital. Roller-skating was introduced
here by an enterprising American
firm which opened the first rink and
sent excellent rollcr-skaters through
the streets by way of advertising the
attractions of their own establish
ment.
Roller-skating quickly caught on
and the Berliners soon found that It
was not only pastime, but could also
be utilized in the more serious affairs
of their everyday life. Now, many
big business firms supplement their
delivery carts by express messengers
on roller-skates who in this way can
traverse great distances at a great
speed, so that 1t is quite common ex-
perience for customers at shops to
have their purchases sent to their
homes by roller-skaters.
The Berlin Messenger Boys Com
pany. realizing the advantage of the
roller-skate in their particular line of
business, introduced some time ago
brigade of juvenile skaters for the
conveyance of express communion
tions.