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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
Fine Crops In Sight

We NAV not export much wheat this
wear but there is every assurance that
tbere will be a record corn crop and
good cotton crop A large corn crop
means more provisions for both export
and home consumption. The effect of
dry weather on the spring wheat crop
has been overworked. Some experts put
the corn crop at three billion. bushels
The truth is, there is nothing in the
crop situation to create distrust. There
Is nothing anywhere to base demoraliza-
+,on unon unless 1t be the effort of the
speculative magnates to bulldoze the
United states supreme court into making
Z decision in the oil and tobacco cases
that will maintain the trusts and en-
able the holding companies to work the
American people in their accustomed
manner. The Sherman antitrust laws
are to be interpreted. and the magnates
desire to impress the court with the
hangers of a strict Interpretation Of fed
D
era1 statutes. But for this suspense, this
unrest. business would be abundant AS
1t is it is in a wholesome condition, and
when the antitrust law is fully inter-
spell of prosperity will set in in this
collntrv
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
TWO MASTERS OF FICTION

From the Washington fost.
There comes from France a sugges-
ton of truce among readers of Enshsh
fiction in the perennial controversy as 10
the relative literary merits of IhacKeray
and Dickens. The suggestion takes the
form that 1t shall be agreed that the
genius of Dickens resembles that of Du-
mas. while Thackeray is more like Bal
zac as a master of analysis of human
nature and of its individual developments
All this is apropos of the coming centen-
NAL of the birth of Thackeray In 1871, and
of that of Dickens in 1872.
There was lively critical comparison be-
tween these authors when they were Nv
ing and the difference of opinion contin
ues. The adherents of Dickens have So
cieties, clubs and their distinctive liter
allure, both in the United States ana In
Great Britain. The devotees of Thack-
eray have not been so diligent in identi-
fying his characters or locating his
scenes It does not appear that they
have gone so far as to publish guide
hooks for the doubtful edifcation of
tourists. Yet it is probable that the
most stalwart disciple of Dickens would
concede that the cult of Thackeray has
been growing. This is especially true
among those who are sensitive to SUI
periority of style. 1t no longer holds
good to deprecate the so-called cynicism
of Thackeray. He saw shams, but so did
Dickens; each made attacks upon them
by different methods and from variant
points of view The one was as much
a cynic as the other. 1t may be true
that the method of Dickens was the more
genial. He could laugh when Thackeray
scowled The smiling philosopher may
be the easier to understand; or If not
intellectually more comprehensive, he
may be to many temperaments the more
agreeable.
But the comparison might be pursued
into detail without conclusive result. 1t
is a more or less familiar and friendly
criticism. however. that one of Dickens
greatest works, the Tale of Two Cities
most nearly resembled the method and
analysis, If not the style, of Thackeray.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
wIDowERs


If widower mopes around and won't
Iningle in society and refuses to take part
in any little innocent amusements the
women say he is putting it all on for fear
folks will think his grief is not real.
If he mourns for the conventional period
and then begins to sit up and take notice
the women say he is a callous brute and
they pity the woman who is foolish
enough to marry him.
If he puts in all his spare time with his
children they say 1t is too bad he doesn't
pick out some motherly woman and
marry her and give his children real
home.
If he doesn't spend all his spare time
with his children they say the poor little
things are cruelty neglected, and that's
what might be expected of man. any
how.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
GIVE ALL TO LOVE.

BY Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Give all to love;
Obey thy heart;
Friends, kindred, days,
Estate, good-fame.
Plans, credit and the Muse.
Nothing refuse.
IT'S a brave master;
Let it have scope;
Follow 1t utterly,
Hope beyond hope:
High and more high,
1t dives into noon,
With wing unspent.
Untold intent:
But 1t is god.
Knows it's own path,
And the outlets of the sky,
1t was not for the mean;
It requireth courage stout
Souls above doubt.
Valor unbending:
Such twill reward
They shall return
And even ascending,
Leave all for love;
Yet, hear me, yet.
One word more thy heart beloved,
One pulse more Of Arm endeavcr.
Keep thee today.
Tomorrow. forever,
Free as an Arab
OF thy beloved.
Cling with life to the maid;
But when the surprise,
First vague shadow of surmiee
Fits across her bosom young
OF a joy apart from thee.
Free she be- fancy-free:
Nor thou detain her vesture's hem,
Nor the palest rose she flung
From her summer diadem.
Though thou loved her as thyself
As self Of purer clay,
Though her parting dims the day
Stealing grace from all alive;
Heartily know.
When half-gods 60,
The gods arrivA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS

From the PenSdCUIH
Jefferson county, Alabama, in which
is Birmingham, delivers a knockout
blow to single blessedness. The clerk
of the probate court of that county
shows that within the past six months
marriages have materially decreased,
while insanity has greatly increased.
Divorces are also on the increase in
that, as we'll as in most all other coun-
ties. Obviously then, it Is getting to the
point in Alabama where one must
either marry or go crazy. Sometimes
people do both, either going crazy and
marrying, or marrying and going crazy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
INTIMATE ACQUAINTANCE

From the Chicago Post.
H. Chandler Egan the golf champion.
told. during one of his visits to the
Wheaton links, a caddy story.
"A gentleman was playing at Chovy
Chase" he said, when famous ambas-
sador passed by. AS his caddy saluted
the ambassador respectively, the gentle
man said:
You know the ambassador. do your
'Sure!' the lad replied. He's a great
friend of mine. These are his breeches
I've got on F."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

From the New York Press.
Maybe giving advice is so popular be-
cause taking it is SO unpopular
Some men are SO naturally nice to wom-
en- that they can be even to their wives.
What a woman can't understand about
a man is why ~ would rather talk about
the weather thin funerals.
Even when man hasn't spear Of hair
on his head he can make himself be-
lieve 1t isn't noticeable in his case.
Because a man pays the bills of his
family he can't get 1t out of his head
that he does the thinking for them, too.
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full market value for them. He may
have to sit steady in the boat for a
while, but the chances are that the prob
lem will be fully settled before the new
cotton year is opened.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

From the Columbia State
And everybody can afford to eat
peach pie" says the Birmingham Age
Herald = but who would cook good
peaches? The peaches of South Caro-
lima are far too good to make into pies.
The sole excuse for peach pie is hard
peaches.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
1T PROVED FATAL
xk1 N-ots--oI nj,

Little Ethel came running into the
house one day with very sad face.
Mamma" she cried, my dolly has
been dreadful sick and died and gone
down to Cod
What was the matter with your
dolly?" her mother asked.
1T had the doctor dreadfully." Ethel
replied.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

When Magnate Rick Woodward goes
north to secure better players, the fans
have expectations and they do not expect
to be disappointed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
Italians Lead Immigrants

Washington. July PA total Of 22a,45s
italians and 12s,s4S Poles, the two coun-
tries furnishing the highest number of ar
rivals, are among the factors in the grand
total of 1.041 $40 immigrants admitted into
this country during the past fiscal year.
This is 2Ss. 1874 less than the previous year.
The figures were made public by Commits
sioner General Keefe today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

The ohautauquas non la-days in the
middle west hire the halls and procure
the speakers, thus relieving the campaign
committees of no little expense. But the
managers of the chautauquas have little
respect for the bosses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

Ross Cox has picked Judge Brown OF
Dayton to win the Ohio republican nomi-
nation for governor. He is a standpatter
and a supporter of machine politics.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
EDITOR PROTESTS
From the Atchison Globe.

From the Atchison Globe.
We don't like the word ''proletariat."
A reporter used 1t in the Globe Saturday,
and the next time he does 1t he is going
to get into trouble with the management.
The mana cement doesn't know what the
word means, and doesn't like the looks
of 1t, anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
Young woman KilIs self

New Orleans, July 1.-Miss Pauline
Monteil aged 80 years, who resided with
her mother at 1922 North villere street,
committed suicide by swallowing car
bolic acid this morning. Her act is
ascribed to nervous prostration.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

Oklahoma City, with an increase in
population of $40 per cent since 1906,
should have no kicks. Even directory
census could not have improved much on
Census Director Durand's figures.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

I'm portions of Jefferson county com
plant is made that there are too many
dogs running al large and endangerlns
people with a threatened epidemic OF
rabies" said butcher who has taken
a hand In discriminating worthless ours
in the East Lake section.
"A mad dog bit several other dogs
in my neighborhood and the people
are greatly alarmed. He bit all the
dogs of small pack of hounds. Inc
owner has confined them and is walt
Ing to see If they will go mao'
don't take any chances for L kllieo
my dog that was bitten by the sans
brute"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

Some think that heavy firing in the
vicinity of oyster Bay is what led Pres
ident. Taft to evacuate Beverly and to
take himself to the Canadian border.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

Mr.. Lippitt and Colonel Colt are COM
peting for Aldrich's seat, and both rep
resent private interests. Rhode Island
seems Joined to her idols.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

The standpatters are discouraged by
Mr.. Cannon's stubborn refusal to take
himself out of the speakership race.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

Chicago, July 25-Chief of Police Stew
art issued an order today prohibiting
the exhibition of the Jeffries-Johnson fight
pictures. The order read: Permit the
exhibition of no pictures or representa-
tions in any form of acts illegal In the
state Of Illinois.~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

The silence of Aldrich, Guggenheim and
Penrose in relation to the rubber trust and
its increased duty is very dense and per-
sistent
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

The insurgents were all warmed up by
the campaign of the aged Cannon in Kan
sas. and the war will go on brisker than
before
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
cooI. AND COLLECTED

From the Pensacola Journal.
The Birmingham Age-Herald thinks
that Memphis and Atlanta are nervous
ly awaiting the census bulletins. How
about Birmingham?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

The monorail is even more dangerous
than the aeroplane, and that is saying a
good deal.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

The government goes along pretty we'll
although the President and his cabinet
are not at present on the job.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

The tax collector is camping on Jack
Johnson's trail, and he has already col
lected 500 from him. He talked too
much.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

Bacon Is worth as much now as it was
in the days of the civil war. when few
had time to raise hogs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

The rubber trust also furnishes rubber
consciences to statesmen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Active Coal Trade


The coal trade is active" said w.
E. Leake, one of the best Informed
men In the districts industrial circles.
While an individual operator here and
there may remark that the coal bust
ness is not as brisk as he would like
TO see 1t, most of the companies min
Ing good coal are selling their output.
The fellow who complains is apt to
be one whose product is of poor quail
ity.i Nearly all the mines are running
at practically full capicity
This district benefited in a large
measure by the strike in Illinois and
the southwest. Early in the summer
there was a heavy demand for Alabama
coal by railroads outside of this terri
tory; and now, while there is no uh-
usual rush, there is a steady trade.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

All weeds should be cut down, both
hose of nature and those of politics Cut
10th unsparngly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

Baseball feels the high cost of living
when major-league club pays $4,000 for
7 minor-league pitcher.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

The curfew law in New York does not
apply until a. m. and then to lobster
palaces only.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26


From the London Chronicle.
The Mullah of Somaliland, whose death
| is again reported, was mircale worker,
General Dornler one of the OFFICERS en-
gagged against Inc mahdi' also acnleved
temporary reputation IN this capacity
ACCORDING 10 Col. hiVett-Carnan' Dor
mer Is known to fame as having put
TO night the mission TO Loro "oiseiey
sent by the Mahdi to enJoin the whole
BRUSH most TO follow MIN as the true
prophet
Inc mission supported their arguments
Win reiations OF the miracles performed
oy the noiy man.
eau ne 10 TINS says jim pornher'
taxing out OF It's socket MS glass eye
ana 'then chucking 1t up IN the air ana
catcning IT, renxlng II IN It's socket gar
ing at ,he mission the "hiie' ana aou-
ING 10 'he erect ps putting po'h "anos
10 MS nose, a1ter the naughty manner
oi our ehiidhooo.s
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

The postmaster at Oyster Bay COM
plains that he is overworked.
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The labor vote and DR.. Woodrow Will
son do not gee very we'll.
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
MILD DIsAPPRovAL.

breadth Chicago street?-Louisville cou-
rier-Journal
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
A LA MODE.

LA NUDE.
Upon her rat.
She wore a hat
OF most stupendous size;
So wide the brim,
1t served to dim
The lustre of her eyes.
Her gown was new,
Expensive, too,-
She wore a hobble skirt
And heels SO high,
One fain would sigh,
ALAS. you foolish fiirt"
A carmine tint,
With powder blent,
Did overlap her cheeks;
l haven't seen
More STYLE" / ween,
In weeks and weeks and weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

A foreign correspondent writes:
This method of trial leads to some
amusing things once In a while For ex-
ample. there is a brigand in Sicily-one
Falila Mulone-whose sentences of I'M
prisonment now amount to the rather
unusual term of 1874 years. So far he has
not been captured. these sentences hav-
ing all been passed in his absence and
presumably without his approval. Every
time Mulone breaks the law in some
more than usually outrageous fashion the
court meets and solemnly passes what
is deemed to be a suitable sentence upon
him."
If Failla is humorist he may some
day address the court in a facetious note
to the effect that If it makes the learned
body feel any better, his next sentence
may be doubled. or even trebled. It
would not distress him In the least.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

Bipartizans and jackpotters are as thick
as fees in Illinois, and other states have
some of EN-.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

The colonel has plenty of company this
summer
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
The birmingham District

t. A. Weller, land agent of the Bes-
sener Coal, Iron and Land company, mas
returned from a vacation trip OF TWO
weeks, having divided his time between
Virginia and Atlantic City.
After short absence Birmingham
and the Birmingham district look better
to me than ever" said Mr.. Weller.
realized, of course, that the district was
going ahead fast, and that 1t was the
south's great industrial center; but AFTER
seeing other parts of the country am
impressed with the fact that there Is
more business activity hereabouts just
now than anywhere else in the SOUTH
THE Birmingham district Is talked Oh
in the east today to the exclusion of al
most every other industrial field In the
country. and the south as whole is
attracting the attention of the world more
than ever. The movement of population Is
certainly southwark"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

TO BE SURE.
To kiss a miss is very nice
And scientists give good advice,
Who often say
A piece of antiseptic gauze
Will give the microbe armies pause
And block the way
That leads from clinging lip to lip,
But, Holy Moses who would sip
His honey thus?
I'm not so wise, yet t seems to me
That such a soulless smack would be
A blunder-buss!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
Between Birmingham and Chattanooga


Roads In many southern states must
have been greatly damaged by excess
sive rains and here in Alabama 1t will
keep county supervisors busy from now
until winter to put the washed high
ways in first-class condition again" said
a Birmingham automobilist.
THE road between Birmingham and
Chattanooga was excellent nearly all the
way, but there are some very rough
places now. The rough places and mud
holes between Alfalfa and the Tennessee
line are especially noticeable. 1t is said
the DeKalb county commissioners are
not as progressive in their road policy
as are the commissioners In other pro-
ductive agricultural counties; but those
commissioners and all the taxpayers
should see that nothing In the way of
expenditure pays so we'll as good roads"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
Rapid Growth

email communities in point of growth,
said W. " Ainsworth of Chicago
.sWhen | was there few weeks ago
prominent citizens were claiming pop
ulation of 5000, and from the crowds
of people seen on the streets I would judge
that the city was even larger in popula-
ton than the figures just mentioned. If
the suburbs were included, Oklahoma
City's population would be upward of
10000.
1.-The metropolis of the state Of Okla
homa, which is also Governor Haskells
ca pitaI. is a thriving commercial center.
II is in the midst of rich agricultural
section and in 1920 1t will probably have
a population of double whatever 1t is in
this census
yet with all of Oklahoma City's Won
derfu progress In the past three years. 1t
makes nothing like the impression on a
visitor that Birmingham does. To begin
with, Birmingham is considerably older
and is vastly larger than Oklahoma City.
This metropolis of Alabama has not only
a substantial appearance In it's business
district, and a steel plant of great mag
nitude, but in it's residence sections the
landscape effects are of surprising beau
ty. Birmingham is indeed an enchant-
ing city, and it will grow at even a faster
rate within the next 10 years than 1t has
in the past"
As will be seen by The Age Herald's
teegraphic news the census director has
announced Oklahoma City's population at
g., POS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

Arizona celebrates statehood in rain
that is the first in a years time.
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Commercial Value of CocIxroaches

Commercial value OF CochrVucheS
There is steady market here in Biz
mingham for cockroaches,' said man
who is fond of fishing.
Several thousand are trapped here
abouts each week. They sell for 30 cents
per hundred and are as staple as fresh
fish. The cockroach is the most popular
bait for Dream. And small trout Will take
them on the hook also. A roach trap
(price 10 cents. if placed in dark base
ment or corner and baited with cheese
on bread with a little beer poured over
it will catch sometimes 80 cockroaches IN
a night. Dealers in sporting goods allow
some of their help to carry stock of
reaches. 1t is probable that Morris ave-
nue. stores furnish more reaches to the
dealers than any other source of supply.
The supply is not near up to the demand
at present. and some fishermen have been
forced to abandon trips because reaches
couldn't be had
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GUT OFF.

CUT OFF.
1--WE were sweetheartss. when we were
little chaps"
your"
Yes; her father built fence around
his backyard seven feet high"
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NUMBER TWO.

NUMBER TWO.
Have you seen the Widow Green's
new carpet beater?"
mo; what sort of continuance is it?'
Slightly bald and spindle-shanked.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26
FIRST HELP.

FIRST HELP.
Il see where Japanese store is having
bargain sale of oriental back scratch
ers."
For bachelors, of course?'
''Why do you discriminate"
married men have their wives, you
know"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

GRASP AND GREED.
Old Grasp and Greed
Have never freed
A shackled soul;
Have never yet
Been known to set
A worthy goal!
ECCENTRIC.
"Pipps is never late at an appoint
ment."
queer chap, isn't he?''
NEVER
On days like this,
It's hard, l wis,
To do a bit of rhyme;
No lazy wight
Could ever write
A poem that's sublime.
IMMINENT DANGER.
I'm afraid our pitcher is about to blow
up"
ooh, George! I want to go home.S
HAT MONEY.
Chicago woman lawyer has collected
a fee of s32,50O. 1t is possible to believe
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

HAT MONEY.
A Chicago woman lawyer has collected |
a fee of s32,5OO. 1t is possible to believe
that she may get the hat on with a shoe
horn, but can she wear it in a medium
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-26

SURE SIGN.
rs he a successful financier?'
at guess So Everybody hates him."
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at guess so. Everybody hates him."
A DEAD GIvE-AWAY.
what did you pay for this hat?7
give dollars"
1T was going to say $780,"
'No; S."
..Maybe the merchant raised the price?n
mo"
.rwell, If were you I'd erase the price,
mark
QUITE THE FAD.
we have a most progressive town
IT'S really rather rippin;
A man right here in Birmingham
Located Doctor Crippen.
PAUE COOK.