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delight that came from our first visit
to circus and though having passed
beyond the circus stage, can still en-
joy and share the real pleasure a visit
to the circus gives our children
Il felt a certain amount of pity to-
day for an estimable gentleman, well
advanced in years, who rather boast
ingly said he had never been to a
circus and didn't think tn ere was any
benefit to be derived therefrom. OF
course he had a right to his opinion
on this subject, but I for one. would as
soon abandon the noble. uplifting senti-
ment that give our children Santa
Claus, as TO deprive them of the gem
uine, healthy and to my mind, in
structive pleasure of attending cir
cusn
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THE SCISSORS GRINDER

l
He tolls along with a shambling step
And YEARLY rings his bell,
With a far-away look In his dim old eyes
| And lips that perchance could tell
| OF youthful dreams in a distant land,
And hopes that the years denied;
OF home and wife and babes that
were his
And a fathers honest pride.
But all the past is dreary tale
He travels the road alone
And lifts UP a wailing, quavering cry,
Or bends low over the stone
That whirls with a wheezy, asthmatjc
rasp,
While his foot treads up and down,
His thin lips pursed as he plies his task,
On his care-worn face a frown.
Though children flock round the scissors
man."
lie gives them never a smile.
Nor needs the questions that prattle and
When the asking's not worth while.
So deep are the wrinkles on cheek and
brow,
So poor and old and sad,
They wonder II ever he laughed in his
life.
II ever his heart was glad.
The whirring stops he studies each blade,
Makes sure the edges are keen;
The housewife returning, he pockets his
fee
And still with a bordering men,
He lifts up his burden and shambles
away,
Al a turn of the street disappears.
But long after that his-shrill, alien cry
Is borne to our listening ears.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
DOES NOT PROHIBIT

From the St. Louis Times.
The Times, the leading paper of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, reports rather pessimisti-
cally on the prohibition experiment In
its part of the state. And incidentally,
it makes plain the fact that the lid club
Is not peculiar to st. Louis, unless it be
in the matter of name.
During the month of March, says the
Times, III 'drunks" were treated by the
city judge, as result of the activities
of the police department.
The newspaper which reports this state
of affairs infers that the locker clubs"
must be doing fiourishing business, and
that the blind tigers are not as timid as,
they are purported to be-.
Here is an instance which speaks for
itself. There are two sides to the pro-
hibition arguments which are not always
easy to settle. Those In favor of prohi-
bition maintain that prohibition prohibits;
those opposed to it Just as vigorously
deny that 1t accomplishes any sueh res
suits.
But when III men are arrested for
drunkenness in one month In q city that
is prohibition where not cent ID
received for licenses, and where theoreti4
cally. there are no saloons-then is the
public supplied with an argument that
cannot but be final.
There are many phases of every prob
lem that are perplexing; but there Is
one fact In connection with the prohi-
bition problem which is becoming estab-
lished beyond question: Prohibition does
not prohibit.
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o'NEAL's MANLY REPLY
From the Mobile Item.

Z TDfil Tie N1tblit lttIii
Hon. Emmett ONeal of Florence, the
peoples champion for the goyernorship,
has made reply to the query OF State
Senator Spragins on his attitude toward
Madison county on the question of pro-
hibiton and saloons. The Florentine re-
iterates his former utteranccs, those
made on the hastings in his magnificent
defense of the people against the iniqui-
tous constitutional amendment and which
he so ably fought to a successful finish.
Mr. O'Neal speaks from the shoulder
fearlessly and boldly and declares his full
purposes, if elected governor of Alabama
land he will be) to recognize the voice
of the people as enunciated by the legis-
lature which is to be chosen at the same
time he Is named for the high office.
Mr. O'Neal does not nince his words.
He deals frankly with Senator Spragins,
as he has always dealt with the whole
people of Alabama. 1t is, indeed, manly
reply and worthy of perusal and consid-
Grafton by every one.
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Amendment Principle

1.-THE prohibition amendment was over
whelmingly defeated last November, but
the faction that clings to the amendment
principle-and the adherents of the princi-
pie are still quite numerous-started
one in the gubernatorial campaign hope
full that their side would be victorious.
The election is only a week off and no one
OF ordinary intelligence or ordinary in
formation believes for a moment that the
prohibition amendment candidate has any
chance of winning. The people of Ala
bama are weary of agitation and they
will elect Mr. O'Neal governor. Colonel
Mallory would have made an. ideal gov
ernor had he not allowed himself to be
used by fanatics, and the Anti-Saloon
league agitators. The very day that
Colonel Mallory went to Montgomery to
help get the amendment submission bill
through the senate his political doom was
scaled 1t was a pity. too Colonel
O'Neal Is comparatively young man and
could have waited four years unit
Colonel Mallory had served out a term
But now Mr.. o'Neal is the winner
and 1t is right that he should be. He Ii
a gentleman of brains and strong char
acter, and his views are about right OF
all Important issues. Moreover, Mr.
O Neal deserves the gratitude of the PEG
pie, for but for him Alabama have APP
proved the amendment measure almost By
default"
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CHARACTER OF JOHN D., sR.


There seems to be no room for doubt
that he is deeply religious, and that his
religion has the tinge of asceticism. A
tinge of asceticism, It may be remarked
is not a bad thing, II 1t be genuine and
not assumed for a purpose. Think of
what an exhibition we might be having If
John D., Jr., had had a slant in the
other direction! Let us thank the good
Lord that the heir of all those millions
has no marked prediction for chorus
girls. la Thaw. or for breaking the
boy, 1t is said, he manifested a pious
disposition and cared more for Sunday
school than for the field Of athletic sports.
At Brown university he was a leader
in Christian work and led what we call
the ascetic life when somebody else leads
it. and what we call the simple life when
We ourselves lead 1t. He was not par
ticularly poptear perhaps But he was
respected, and he was selected to handle
the football funds Of the varsity team.
He is pallid and an observer is apt to
infer that he is anemic. Perhaps he is;
but 1t is said that he used to rise regu-
larry at In the morning and take a
horseback ride in the Pocantico hills be-
fore breakfast. and there is another story
about cords of wood which he cut, also
in pre-breakfast time. That does not
look like anemia exactly. His eyes. how
ever have given him some trouble, and
he has worn glasses ever since his school
days. He has broad shoulders. but is a
little less than the average height. In
all things he is abstemious and in the
matter of alcoholic liquors he 10 and al
ways has been total abstainer.
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The Hotel Question

ut is generally remarked that Birming.
ham needs 100000 or s1,5o0.000 hotel, "
said member Of the Chamber of Com
meree. "and 1 think it safe TO say that
We will have one in the course of con-
struction within the next 10 months.
Everything twas ready for starting a
l0-story hotoel at Fourth avenue and
Twentieth street in 1907, when along came
the Anti-Saloon league with its dry
proposition and carried this county.
Sentiment has changed since then.
Jefferson county gave big majority
against the amendment and 1t will give
a much bigger one against the statewide
prohibition candidates in May The next
legislature is almost sure to return to
local option, and If it does. we will have
the grand hotel for which there has been
much demand. 1t is almost impossible
TO make an expensive hotel pay without
a buffet.
THE buffet privilege was worth $4,000
to the Piedmont In Atlanta and 1t would
be worth something like that in fine
hotel here"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
Birmingham,s Public spir,t

people are still talking about tue
music festival and expressing gratifica-
ton at the financial as well as artistic
success of the undertaking. said mer-
chant.
Ever since the Confederate veterans
reunion in 1903 Birmingham has been
right TO the front in all matters depend
ing upon public spirit. Birmingham has
always been prompt in raising relief
funds when disasters have overtaken any
part of the district; but in public spirit
1t was somewhat lacking until a few
years ago The reunion was a splendid
success and everything that has come
Spouse on the part of the citizens"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
The c,or,es or the Circus

Next to the coming of Santa Claus
probably no other event An child's
life stands as high in his estimation
as a. circus said the father Of sew
eral small boys. Whatever may be said
against this form OF entertainment it
would be almost as cruel to disillusion
the childish mind as to his belief in
Santa Claus and declare him~a myth
as to deprive him Of the genuine pleas
ure of attending q circus. Many OF
US can remember the keen thrill OF
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
HalEeq'S Comet and the NEGROES

The New Orleans Times-D Democrat sees
signs OF general cessation of labor on
May IS on lie part of the negro popula-
tion Of the south unless active steps are
taken to rob the negro prophets of their
power. One. telegram from an interior
town of Louisiana states that negro
preacher is preparing his flock for ascent
o. descent on May Is. The coed negroes
arc to be taken up to the better world
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

The following story Is credited to
Mayor Lyons of Mobile.
"No; / cannot pronounce judgment on
this question yet. Do you take me for
Judge Taliaferro? Judge Taliaferro,' the
mayor explained, was holding court
back before the war in the little courtt
house of Chronicle. 1t was a cloudy
spring afternoon, and very difficult and
puzzling case was on. The lawyers
wrangled, quoted from great law books
and broke into grand flights of eloauenee'
While Judge Taliaferro listened solemnls,
or gazed out of the window at the ap-
preaching storm. 1t grew darker ne
Judge snatched sheet of paper, scrubbed
a line or two upon it, and, placing It be-
meath a paperweight, took up his hat.
Colonel he said brislsly to the lawyer
who had the floor, excuse me fo inter-
ruptin' yuh, sub; and | want that you
should go right on with your argument,
TO it's good one. But it's suah gon'
TO rain this even, colonel. an / Just
natchrerly got to set out my sweet poia-
toes right away. But you go right on,
colonel; an, majah, you follow him sp;
an when you two gentlemen get through
you'll find my decision under this leah
weight And the Judge disappeared
through the door before the lawyers had
time to exchange one astonished glance"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IIONS n DhO1H11hzOH
From the New York Press.
It's funny how long it takes arithmetic
to get child when the measles can grab
him in minute.
Most of us forget that how a man parts
his principles is much more important
than how ne parts his hair.
Money is good thing to teach a man
to wish he hadn't spent it the way he did
without teaching him not to do 1t again.
Every time a girl takes walk in the
woods she expects to meet fairy prince
who will carry her off in a golden chariot.
Where a woman can get fooled on a
man is thinking that because she can
make his brains work wrong she can also
make them work right.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

The present Senate will feel orphaned
wnen Aldrich goes, but after March next
we are to have better Senate
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

the white pugs nearly had a spasm and
all the sporting writer's were peevish un-
til JEFF said he'd fight again"
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AFTERWARD.

your dinner was charming and SO much
enjoyedl.
To her hostess declared Mrs. Cert;
But on the way home she seemed rather
annoyed
And loudly condemned the dessert.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

Depew and Cannon refuse to follow AL
drich and Hale into retirement, and the
people will have to set UP their guillo-
time
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

Fifty the western census enumerator who
has TO tramp through SHOWS to pick up
information for Uncle Sam.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

The Oldest West Pointer is dead-Major
General French of the Confederate army.
He was born in New Jersey but he died
in Alabama. an honored ex-Confederate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

II Tom Taggart becomes senatorial
candidate Fingy connors may accumulate
a senatorial bee in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
IRRESPONSIBLE.

sI understand young Squinty proposed
20 Miss Homelee at the ball last night"
IT wonder how he ever came to do
that?"
lie probably forgot his glasses, or else
he had too many"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

in Hyderabad have greater interest than
the enshrined frauds which the Buddhists
venerate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

The farmers are watching the men who
are holding back the postal bank bill
and also the parcels post bill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

A sadder world is this without Mark
Twain, whose CLEANS Of humor came as
surprisingly as they did delightfully."-.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

roet John Carter may make his as
sumed name so famous that people will
net be curious to know his real name.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

Tariff reform and moral reform pulled
together in the Rochester, N. Y, cleo
top.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

Congressman are now beset with re-
quests for the government cook book
rather than for garden seeds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

The comet will give evening perform
ances after May IS. 1t gets UP early now,
although 1t has no alarm clock.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

Democratic victories and falling food
prices are coming together-just case of
cause and effect.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

Congressman-elect Ravens declines to
run again. He does not see another AL
drdge to run against.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

With Aldrich goes that central bank
scheme, which no one outside of Wall
street wants.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

Ask your grocer to take note OF the fact
that the prices of necessaries are declin-
ing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
Moving Picture shows

| II am a great friend Of the moving
picture theatres" said a man OF high
culture. IT often visit them and get much
| pleasure and profit from such visits
These exhibitions are unquestionably a
means OF education There have been
given within the past few months beauti-
full representations of such pieces as La
Tosca, 'Rigoletto.' The Man With the
Iron Mask and st. Elmo and repro
duction of such scenery as the Rhine
from Bingen to Coblence, the Alps, and
Niagara Falls, which rivaled nature her.
self. The pieces-long and short--have
been as rule clean and wholesome.
while the vaudeville feature does not
appeal to me, do not object to 1t as long
as 1t keeps within the bounds of proprie-
ty. There has recently shown itself in
fSome Of the best moving picture theatres
of the city tendency--as decided as 1t is
deplorable--to coarseness in the vaudeville
part of the performance. In fact. there
have been used on the stage expressions
usually considered profane, and the jokes
are often not merely vulgar, but actually
border on the obscene 1t is sad to hear
little boys in the audience laughing loudly
at such things. I have even heard dis
gushing profanity used by an employe
of the theatre while he was on duty in the
little box-like room from which the pic
lures are thrown. He spoke, too, in a
tone loud enough for large part of the
audienceladies and children among
others-to hear.
ut Is not good policy on the part Of the
proprietors of these moving picture thea
tres to allow such things to continue. Re-
| fined people will stop visiting these places
and warn their friends against them.
Public sentiment will soon be aroused and
crusade against the vile will begin.
From the first rumblings OF the storm the
| business of these men will suffer"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

The best tariff the country ever had gets
a black eye at every election that is
he'd.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

Governor Hughes may be placed on the
supreme bench to get him out of the
presidential race
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

The ultimate consumer maintains no
lobby and he gets, therefore, no hearing
in Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

Mr.. Taft. alas, is left to hold tn bag
CT the Aldrich tariff schemers.
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HE COULDN'T AGREE.

'"rime will tell Time will tell!' shout
ed the orator wildly waving his arms in
the air.
Pardon me for dissenting" said a
man in the rear MY watch has
stopped"
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The rlump in food prices came too late
to save Boss Aldridge.
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NECESSARILY.
AN ALABAMA ANEcDoTE.

AS a rule, an easy-gopg man has a
we'll oiled conscience.
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MITIGATING cIRcUMsTANcEs

your honor, he hit me with a piece
of coal.'
But 1t was soft coal, your honor.
might have hit him with a vitrif1ed
brick"
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SOON TO BE.

The old lawn mower has been hauled
from the shed
And painted and oiled for the fray;
Ere long at the dawn will pa leap from
his bed
And the neighbors will hear with dis
may
The whirring OF blades that play havoc
with grass,
But not without plenty of noise;
And some will exclaim as they listen,
ALAS,
Late mapping has lost all its joysv'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

know no ways to niince ii In love
but directly to say--I love you.
king Henry V.
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SETTING HIM RIGHT.


Let me see, how were the Boxer
troubles brought about?' asked the man
with a high forehead, who had just been
reading cable dispatch about unrest in
China.
I'm surprised at your ignorance of
contemporary events said his fellow
passenger, as he laid down the pink edi-
ton 4of an afternoon paper. when
Johnson put Tommy Burns to sleep all
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
IMPoTENT OPPOSITION

All democrats and Independents are will
ing this year to run for Congress.
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UNUSUAL.
"sleezick had some words with his wife
this morning.
You surprise me-"
Il thought you knew her to be quarrel
some"
"of course I do. You spoke as If slee-
zic answered back
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
A JOYOUS TIME.

Everybody starts to smiling
And the cheering-up begins
When we've had pitchers battle
And
the
home
team
wins!
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Oh, the sun seems shining origny-r
And the saddest fellow grins.
When the other side gets ratified
And
the
home
team
wins!
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Why, we'd even cheer the umpire
And forgive him for his sins,
When somebody raps bingle
And
the
home
team
wins!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

A week from tomorrow the democrats
of Alabama will choose the next governor.
It will be Emmett O'Neal
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DON'T ASSIST.
If your neighbor wants to worry,
Let him do it,
But you needn't, in your hurry,
Lead him to it!
PAUL COOK
The Globe-republican., 1910-01-27

subteness, accentuatlng the sardonic
cheerfulness Of the character and merely
suggesting the sinister motives Of lSa-
tan's mundane activities. He has q
splendidly modulated voice, natural
physical grace and most agreeable per-
sonality. His performance was tranquil
and realized, without ostentation, the
specious wlokedness Of Mephisto.
The Marguerite Of Miss Adele Hurley
was tender, womanly and refreshingly
real. Her scenes with Faust especially,
were carried off with quiet and affect.
Ing sincerity. Mr.. Chas. E. Bird played
the part Of Faust with excellent repres-
sion. Miss Jane Garter contributed an
interesting Dame Martha. The rest Of
the company Is we'll cast. The produce
tlon with its electrical effects and all is
as elaborate as any production of
"Faust" that has been witnessed In Des
Moines.