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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
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W. A. Gibson. a prominent official of the Pratt Consolidated Coal company. returned yesterday from an extensive trip to the Pacific coast. While away from Birmingham MT. Gibson visited many of the prominent California cities. He spent several days In Los Angeles and San Francisco. He states that Birmingham Is widely known in the far west, and that people never tire of speaking of this city to visitors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR From the New York Press

rrOIu lHe NeW OTh IIcss.
 Pinching the pennies squeezes the soul.
 A good way not to ndtstand a woman Is to be married to her.
 Either the average man is in debt or trying to be.
 The bigger liar a man could be the madder he could get for being called one.
 Explanations never explain because they try to wriggle all around the real explanation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
NATCHEZ DEMOCRATS

The Trade in Natchez" edition of the Natchez Democrat was issued last Sun day and contains 60 pages. This edition is excellently printed on a good quality of paper and shows up to advantage. The Democrat is one of. the most progressive newspapers In Mississippi and is in the foremost rank of boosters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
ADVANTAGE OF SPEAKING TUBE

From the Toronto Globe.
 Having been shown the speaking tube and had its use explained Flynn, the new porter, blew a mighty blast in it. The proprietor came to the tube and inquired:
 whats wanted down there?"
 '"Tis Oi, Paddy Flynn, Ar ye tn boss?"
 '.I am.
 well, then" yelled Flynn, "shtick yer head out av tn second-shtory windy whoile Oi shtep out on tn soidwalk. Oi want to talk t ye!',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
The country's Great Corn Crop


 Henry Clews. in his Wall street review, says in part:
 Notwithstanding some degree of ir- regularity late in the week, recent de- velopments in the market for stock ex- change securities contain distinct sugges- ton of brighter outlook. We're it not for the acute strain in the political sit uation the financial position as a whole could be considered highly satisfactory. It is fundamental that the prosperity of our great country is predicated upon the new wealth produced each year by our farms. Notwithstanding the unfavorable weather conditions early in the summer, the continuation of the growing season has been so highly favorable that, talk ing our great crops collectively, the har- vests of 1910 will come very close to es- tabishing new high water mark, if they do not in fact do so Every day that frost is delayed bring the king of our crops-corn-nearer the three billion bushel mark; and the danger point so far as frost is concerned has already been passed in by far the major part of the tremendous area of our great corn belt
 Tn other words, whatever damage may now be encountered will undoubtedly be local and comparatively slight; and it is not at this time, counting our chickens before they are matched, to view briefly the benefits that may be expected of a corn harvest that for the first time in the history of our country exceeds the three billion bushel mark. Corn today is sell ing in Chicago at more than 50 cents per bushel on which basis the value of the crop in dollars and cents is very close to s1, 800 GOO, ,00O-an almost unthinkable sum, exceeding the value of our wheat and cotton crops combined. This will give the west particularly a renewal of pur- chasing power affecting not only it's abil- ity to take freely the products of our factories, but will at the same time mean a large traffic for the railroads and ex- tenR to qualifications far too numerous to attempt to mention in detail Corn today enters so largely into food for man and beast that the importance of a tremen dous production can scarcely be overesti- mated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

The esteemed standpat press has no love for scholars in politics when they are democrats. It disapproyes the nom- ination of Woodrow Wilson, but Wilson is not greatly surprised thereat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

HE U OA1 ENO. A razzle-dazzle joy ride Among the idle rich; Their automobile starts to slide And lands them in the ditch. Newspapers print fiaring head, The lurid facts to state; Ihere's little pity for the dead They courted such a fate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

In the public schools of some states boys are taught how to sew on buttons and they should be taught how to but ton up backs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

Lightning has struck Henry C1ays monument in Lexington twice in seven years. initiating popular opinion in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
Con Was Oufwiftcd

T wasvery much amused today said a passenger on an East Lake car. when a young 1S-year-old boy outwitted blue coat and threw a little wit into the bar gain. car and the officer was unable to quiet him, so at Twenty fourth street the car was stopped and the officer alighted, loosening his hold on the boy, and turned around after he stepped on the ground, saying, Come this way, young man, and go with me-
 However, the young man grabbed his hat in his hand and, leaping past the of ficer, shouted back, No, come this way and go with me- Needless to say. the youngster soon lost his fat friend in the chase which followed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

Indian summer will come back but it cannot come back while the good old summer time and go degrees remain in our midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

New York state has collected $34o.oo0 in automobile licenses in six months. This is collecting some, but not perhaps uniustly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
THE USUAL END,

He'd get up and say this town was worse
 than Sodom and Gomorrah."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

A TIME OF DREAD. A fretful time before us looms And dread Is in the air, For soon we'll all be breaking in Our winter underwear. IT. E. M. in the New York Telegram. And when the job is under way, As precedents affirm, Each one will wish that he could say, Excuse me while I squrm"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

No harpoon will be thrown into the colonel at Saratoga Springs today. That much is predetermined
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

Intending smugglers are landing at Montreal or Quebec and then fanking William Loeb, Jr., at some border town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
HIGH LEANS

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 We now have Tower-of-P Pisa effects in hats at Pike's Peak prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

It is uncertain whether the Roosevelt cat swallowed at New Haven the Taft canary or vice versa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
SORRY FOR HIM.

SORRY FOR HIM. Mrs. Whipple has the reputation of being very perspicacious." 'Deary mel" sighed Mrs. Whooper. And her husband Is the best-natured man in the world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

New York is rent and torn by embit- tered republican factions. They are mak- ing smooth the way for Candidate Gay nor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
AN ovERwIsE yoUNcsrER.

O l11N W ISI
 An Ottawa young woman started on . railroad trip the other day. taking along her brothers little boy from Kansas City, The lad Is at talkative age and is A close observer. The shock ca a fs Ottawa young woman when, af n fz# the rounds with fruit and gum, t t.ss#z butch' appeared with a tray -sff.ss Of soda pop. "Auntie, let's
 beer," the Kansas City young. fi.== ed out at the top of his voice .aa. drowned the rumble of the wheels. The Ottawa woman writes back that she is going to engage a stateroom for the youngster on the way back.-Ottawa OKans.) Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

NO RECOURSE. "Patrice went to beauty doctor and had a dimpe put in her cheek" Well, we'll" The doctor incurred considerable risk, however" How was that?" Why, he did credit job and if Patrice should refuse to pay him, he'd have no way to get the dimple back"
 AGING. Alas, what change time brings about! used to dote on sweets, But nowadays my stomach prays For nought but simple eats.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

The oldest ex-oongressman died in West Virginia last week. but a new crop will be ripe March 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

Motor boats cannot fly and they cannot safely navigate the whirlpool rapids at Niagara. Few things in this world can.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
THE AIARMIST

Mercy mel Will you look at those youngsters smoking cigars?'
 'I hope no reformer may see them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
EASY MONEY

From Lippincotts.
 A lively looking porter stood on the rear platform of sleeping car in the Grand Central station when a fussy and choeric old man clambered up the steps. He stopped at the door, puffed for a moment and then turned to the man in uniform
 Porter" he said. I'm going to Chi cago. I want to be well taken care of I pay for 1t. Do you under stand?"
 Yes, sir; but"
 Never mind any 'buts.' You listen to what I say Keep the train boys away from me Dust me off whenever I want you to- Give me an extra blanket, and if there is any one in the berth over me slide him into another. I want to-"
 But, say, boss I-"
 "Young man, when I'm giving in structions I prefer to do the talking myself. You do as I say Here is a s2 bill. I want to get the good of it.. Not word. sir!'
 The train was starting. The porter pocketed the bill with grin and swung himself to the ground
 "All right, boss!" he shouted. You can do tn talkin' if you want to. I'm powerful sorry you wouldn't let me tell you-but I ain't goin out on your train"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

BOTHERATION. neer was in a festive mood And wished to sing for joy, But what old Trouble soon contrived To harass and annoy.
  ne'er went out to eat spread Upon a fowery plain, But what the clouds poured on my head mighty flood of raln
 1 I ne'er sat down to read a book And wished to be alone, But what the door-bell gan to ring, Or else the telephone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

Bernhardts health is so good she wilf probably be equal to several additional farewell tours
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
A FAuX PAS

'Twiggers had his picture taken with large quarto volume in his hand. which he pretended to be reading"
 It made him look quite literary, no doubt"
 Ut might have done so, but unfortu- nately he held the book upside down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

Wireless tips to incoming smugglers on the liners should be forbidden by law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

Tawneys tariff vote Is the vote that put him in his political grave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

The Utica voters do not seem to great ly admire Sunny Jim and his policies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

Cities begin to see it is not easy in census years to measure up to their own estimates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

Barnes and Roosevelt are honest war riors, each carrying his snckersnee in plain sight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

Pauline Wayne is a mother. She Is also the White House COW.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

ARE WE WRONG? It seems, to judge
 From the huuabaloo, That Dear Marian" Can come back, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
RIVALS OF READING

Sarah Bernhardt at s6 is still full of dramatic fire and vigor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

The equinoxial didn't come on the equinox It may have been detained at a siding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

MT Tafts Winona speech boosted an unknown young attorney instead of Tawney.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

In the puDne scnoolS oI some Stdtes boys are taught how to sew on buttons and they should be taught how to but ton up backs.
 Indian summer will come back but it cannot come back while the good old summer time and go degrees remain in our midst.
 New York state has collected s34o. .oo0 in automobile licenses in six months. This is collecting some, but not perhaps unjustly.
 New York is rent and torn by embit- tered republican factions. They are mak- ing smooth the way for Candidate Gay nor.
 Intending smugglers are landing at Montreal or Quebec and then ianking William Loeb. Jr.. at some border town No harpoon will be thrown into the colonel at Saratoga Springs today. That much is predetermined.
 It is uncertain whether the Roosevelt cat swallowed at New Haven the Taft canary or vice versa.
  The oldest ex-oongressman died in West Virginia last week. but new crop will be ripe March l.
 Bernhardt's health is so good she wifi probably be equal to several additional farewell tours.
 Barnes and Roosevelt are honest war riors. each carrying his snickersnee in plain sight.
 Cities begin to see it is not easy in census years to measure up to their own estimates.
 The equinoxial didn't come on the equinox It may have been detained at siding.
  Mir Taft's Winona speech boosted an unknown young attorney instead of Tawney.
 Wireless tips to incoming smugglers on the liners should be forbidden by law. The Utica voters do not seem to great ly admire Sunny Jim and his policies
 
 Tawneys tariff vote Is the vote that put him in his political grave. Pauline Wayne is a mother. She Is also the White House cow Sarah Bernhardt at 66 Is still full of dramatic fire and vi9or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
FRIENDS.

FRIENDS. Good bye and good luck!'
 The words of a parting, When hearts overbrimmed
 And tear drops were starting. At the threshold we stood
 Of lifelong endeavor And the days of our dreams Were banished forever. The conquest was calling,
 The battle was formed And many a height
 Uprose to be stormed. Though weary and worn
 By the cares we have met And the prizes we've tried All so vainly to get. There's a glimpse of the boy Tn the geam of your eyes, And your laugh brings thought Of green fields and blue skies And the hills that we climbed In the long, long ago, By the shores of a stream That murmured below. Since the days we remember. o the years that are gone But let us be thankful
 We are still ploddlng on And let us be glad,
 Though we've toiled and we've wept That the altar of friendship Has been sacredly kept.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
OPEN TO DOUBT.

q see where a Pennsylvania po- liceman was suspended because he mistook his chief for a footpad." Did you say 'mistook'9"
 "Yes."
 Well, maybe it was mistake. but you can't always tell"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3, 1879.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-20
Own Your Own Mind.

Have you ever considered the
possibility of doing this?
Remember that living in rent
ed mind, furnished with opinions
bought on the inStallment plan,
never offers any inducement with
it for the future. Not only this,
but you are not saving up any
thing
The advantages of owning your
own mind will be apparent at a
moments thought.
In the first place, you come to
take a personal interest, which you
do not feel when it is owned by
some one else. Then, again, the
natural increase in value rebounds
to your own profit. You have no
one to dictate to you as to the in
side furnishings and decorations.
Besides, it makes you more partic-
ular with regard to what you put
into it. If you live in a rented
mind, you don't care much. You
will drive nails in the walls, and
get generally careless about it. But
when you own your own mind, you
are constantly going about picking
it up. You take real pride in it.
Be it ever 50 humble, there is no
place like a mind that you own
yourself, - Life.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-20
pepsia and other diseases.

pepSla and other diseases.
1t ruins the temper and makes
its victims unreasonable.
1t inclines its victim to the use
of alcoholic stimulants.
1t poisons the breath and makes
one repellant to others.
1t iDcapitates young man for
any responsible position.
It Is a waste of money and units
one for the making of more.
1t introduces one into, and identi-
fies one with, the society of the in
dolent and vicious.
1t joins hands with impure litera-
ture. liquor, morphine and other
habits.
1t cuts the life short of thous-
ands of boys destined to live long
and useful life.
1t makes boys become dishonest,
untruthful, impure snd criminal in
their thoughts.
1t makes sneaks and towards of
boys who learn to smoke them in
hiding.
1t makes lawbreakers, for in al
most every state it is against the
law to sell to minors.
1t keeps many a boy and young
man from getting a position in the
business world.
1t interferes with the prosecution
of ones studies successfully as
school states show
1t has prevented tens of thous-
ands of boys from becoming chris
tians and landed them in perdition.
1t is, in short, the curse of the
boys body, mind and soul, the bane
of society and the enemy of all true
manhood.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-20

demand. The poor could not buy
them, and besides they have enough
of their own.
while lie cheerfully to my friends
about their children cannot help
comparing each child to my own and
the other children always suffer by
the comparison. My babys eyes are
brighter, his cheeks are softer and his
mouth is not like the cavities in the
faces Of the other children"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-20
Harm Cigarette Will Do.

Below, we give the young man
who is dreaming about the things
he is going to do, while he puffs
away at a cigarette. a few pointers
that he may laugh over, while he
talks about cranks, church men,
bers, So called good citizens and
business men who refuse to employ
bright young men who smoke CT
garettes.
There is no longer any doubt
about what a cigarette will do.
This has long since been tested by
the best physicians in the country.
We do not print pointers to scare
young men, says the Garnet (Kan)
Journal. We simply give the facts
The cigarette.
1t is full of deadly poison.
Its masters your will power.
1t dwarfs and enfeebleS the brain.
1t dulls the senses; deadens coD-
science.
1t depraves and makes unnatural
appetites.
II produces a large per cent of
heart disease.
1t impairs digestion, causing dys-
~ jsTSl.sis N -
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-20
Sentence Sermons.

Unity of aim is more than iden-
tity of appearance.
Saints seldom suffer from a
sense of superiority.
You can never pray for another
with your lips alone.
A good man is never blind to the
good in other men.
The best pride of ancestry is to
be light to posterity.
Faith does more than defend old
facts; it makes new ones.
He can never know men who
will not stop to know children.
Some come near proving the dew
il when they argue on their gold.
No man gets far in the business
of living who lives only for bust
ness.
Anxiety tries to see the noun
tains in the way and trips us up
over a pebble.
He who sets his sails to the winds
of applause steers with his back to
the future.
A present annoyance will try out
sainthood much better than a pros
pective Henry F.
Cope.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-20
BEING A
FATHER

Il know something about the proud
feelings that swell a mans breast
when first be becomes q father" said
Stimson. II have had them myself.
When they came to me was almost
afraid to go out on the street.
feared that might sink knee-deep in
the brick sidewalk. felt so large and
important.
The whole world smiled when that
baby laughed and when he wrinkled
his face to cry It seemed that the
universe was about to break forth in
. sob. Now the baby has grown large
enough to wear out six pairs Of shoes
In a year and his voice is taking on
more of the qualities of the calliope.
"One by one." went on Stimson.
'the young men who grew UP with me
have become fathers, evidently in
preparation for the census that is to
be taken in a short time and desiring
to have the communities in which
they live show up we'll in the large
book the government will soon issue
When a man becomes a father for
the first time he is suddenly bereft
Of any reason he might have pos.
sessed previous to that period.
know now that was that way myself,
but there was some reason for it.
was the father of the handsomest,
brightest boy in the universe. Many
Of my friends have felt the same way,
but could see no reason for their
citation. Their children were common
looking. There was no indication of
Intelligence about them. so far as I
could see. Compared with my child
they would not have stood any show
n all.
But have been compelled to keep
the recording angel busy when called
upon to admire the children of my
friends. Ny natural accomplishment
As a ready and willing prevaricator
has been of great advantage to me.
Ibid you ever see such head as
that?' asked Billson a few days ago.
assisting his wife in unwrapping some.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-20
Resurrection.

A cloud trailed the earth on its
endless journey, and the summer
sun dropped into the west. Twi-
light yielded to the witchery of the
night. Darkness, sepulchral, in
folded the days loveliness and pro-
claimed it dead. Hour after hour
passed. One by one the lights in
the windows of the country homes
went out, and the neighbours dog
baying the loneliness over yonder
at last crept back to his kennel and
slept. Stiffness held field. and
wood and plain in its fascinating
charm. Bud and flower; bloom and
fruit were in silent prayer. A late
watcher alone with his grief, listen
ed for some sound that would hint
the yesterday, but there was none.
Strange what hush a shadow brings;
strange too, that until noW,- when
face to face with his sorrows. the
sad watcher never realized that on
ly earth and earthly things cast
shadow and night. AS he sat there
in the open doorway looking toward
the east, the outlines of a tall tree
grew distinct against the sky, and
above the tree he saw the morning
star, that prophet of the sun and
its risen day. These things rising
out of shadow give intimations of
the tree of life: the Star of BethIe-
hem; the morning Light: the Sun of
righteousness, the Everlasting Day.
AS he sat there waiting, yeSter-
days lovelines arose out of the
night. wonder if he saw in all
this a reminder of humanity's res
direction from the dark night of
doubt and fear.-John E. Fellers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-20

Sharp & Son, who were engaged
in general merchandise business at
Emden for several years have rent
ed the Irons store room and dwell
ing house and expect to open up a
complete line of clothing and gents
furnishing goods in a few weeks.
They are good merchants and nice
people and we are glad to know
that they have decided to locate in
Hunnewell. -Hunnewell Graphic.