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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18
VERY SELECT CAT-rERY

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean
Evanston has a model cattery, the only
one in the west devoted exclusively to
the breeding of blue-eyed Persian cats.
The white-furred creatures of distin-
guished lineage, which purr softly and
gaze intently out of truly blue eyes, are
the proud possessions of Mrs. Albert E.
Butler.
Mrs. Butler has named her cattery
of White Chrysanthemum, the king
and winner of innumerable pdizes. White
Chrysanthemum is complacent egotist.
Mere kittens he disdains. His queens he
admires lazily. He glowers contemptu-
ously at Sir Friar, the rival king, and
one of the most noted sires in the coun-
try. But to one rule he bows gladly
the soft hand of his mistress.
Mrs. Butler has 81 blooded animals in
her cattery-kittens which will shortly
blossom forth as debutantes In cat show
circles and older animals which already
adorn the pages of the feline social regis
ter.
There are many batteries in the west,
where various kinds of high bred cats are
raised. In the Chrysanthemum -Cattery
only the blue-eyed Persians are raised.
This establishes this Evanston cattery as
unique, inasmuch as It is the only one
in the west and one Of the few in the
entire country devoted to blue-eyed
felines.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18

the annual production OF English fur
naces. The number in blast in England
last year was S1s1, and their annual pro-
duction per furnace was 1924 tons. One
American furnace is in the average as
good as three English furnaces. No fig
ures are at hand by which the relative
production of American and German fur
naces can be tested. The latter are,
however, newer and better conducted as
a rule than English furnaces, but it is
safe to say that the average production
OF no other country's furnaces is equal to
that of the American furnace.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18
HE MATCHED IT

From the Newark News.
After ten years he returned. footsore
and weary. His wife met him at the
door.
81 thought you were Dead she told
him.
"You should have known better than
that" he said. do you remember that
last piece of net I tried to match for
you? You scolded me because there was
difference of an eighth of an inch in
the width of the folds, and I vowed that
would never again return from match
ing anything for you until I had found
the exact thing you wanted
He handed her a package
'Here is that old rose binding braid that
you told me to buy. I found it last
Monday in Billings, Mont. have looked
for it in 81 state.'
She tore off the wrappings.
ut is little too dark" she said.
"But the sample has faded some in 10
years." he reminded her.
Its little too heavy, besides"
"But handling by thousands of clerks
has worn the sample away some. 1t
was heavier when 1 started out"
IT suppose I can make 1t do she said.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18
Annual Blast Furnace Output

The Iron Age shows that the average
annual output of the coke and anthra-
cite furnaces of the United States has
this year been close to 100000 tons. The
recent curtailment in production includes
large furnaces as well as small ones.
BY turning back to its files. the Iron
Age is able to show that the average
annual capacity OF a furnace is now rs
to s0~per cent greater than it was ten
yearSago. On March 1. 1900. th Y;..
s64 furnaces in blast, with an Average
capacity of 57,264 tons year. On Sep
TENDER last there were 243 in blast, and
they were producing iron very close to
an annual rate of 10000 tons a year
each.
The American production is all the
more creditable when oontrasted with
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18
GRANT MYSTERY TO HIMSELF

From Grant, the Man of Mystery" by
Col Nicholas Smith.
Has 1t ever occurred to the reader, or
to the average student of history that
on the pages of American biography, a
character, a hero, is found. whose in
| trepidity and achievements in war are go
picturesque and dramatic, and whose rise
to fame is so instant and enduring, that
fiction 'can furnish no match for the ro-
nance of his life?" Search where you
may in fiction or biography belonging to
any country or any age, and you will
fail to find an equal to Ulysses s..
Grant. If we reckon with his services
on the field, the strangeness of his whole
career, the solidity of his faith and
hope, and the impressiveness of his unos-
tentatious character, ne is supreme
among men.
First the student of the life of Grant
| discovers the mystery of his character.
We must not expect fully to understand
| him. We can no more understand him
than we can tell with certainty why a
| suspended piece of steel, touched with a
magnet, turns toward the pole. He was
a mystery to Lincoln, and to Sherman,
who, of all the generals, knew him best,
and he was "a mystery to himself" 1t
has been stated that twice he distinctly
| felt within himself an intim1tion of
what would come to MIN in the future;
once on the day of his graduation from
West Point and again when Vicksburs
| fell. Some have set this down as an
| IDLE fancy, but whatever view may be
taken of these incidents, it is quite evil
dent that in his younger manhood, par
ticularly when he left the old army
under a cloud, he had visions of a clear
ing sky beyond the shadows, and dark
ness, and disappointments and trials OF
a struggling and fruitless career. He
seems to have been conscious of a. mis-
sion.
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These are five in all of cities having
over $1,000 population. A goodly volume
of reports covering southern cities is now
due and may reasonably be expected
daily.
The five southern cities each and all
show creditable gains, and when all re-
ports are before the public it will be
possible to compare southern cities with
northern cities This can be done at pres
ent.
In all tables the line is drawn at loo, 900.
To use a baseball phrase, cities possess
ing more than 100000 inhabitants are con-
sidered in fast company, while cities
with a less number are still minors. A
minor In America is, however, generally
promising.
1t is difficult to say whether commerce
or manufacturing is the more promotive
of growth in population. Atlanta and
Schenectady point to their factories,
while New York, Cleveland and Detroit,
all prosperous, unite commerce with
manufactures.
But the returns are as yet few in num-
Der and conclusions should not be based
on partial reports. Denver Is far from
navigable waters, and yet 1t shows a
gain of 59S per cent. Water is not abb
solutely essential, and yet 1t is a handy
thing to have within easy reach.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18

The band concert in Capitol park THIS
afternoon will be the last of the season
but one. Today week will be the last
Sunday in the month, and then will be
heard Birmingham's farewell open-air
concert for 1910. Bandmaster Snow has
prepared an exceptionally choice pro-
gramme for this afternoon. AS the days
are growing short the concert will begin
promptly at p. m, instead of 4:3o, as
in July and August.
Referring to the park concerts, prom
inent business man of musical taste said
1.-THE band has improved from week to
week, as might have been expected, for
the oftener the musicians practice and
play together the smoother will be the
ensemble. 1t is now a very fine band
| as good as the average band heard in
most northern cities.
| so popular have been the concerts In
Capitol park this summer that it will be
easier to raise $1,000 or $1,000 next year
than it was the $1,000 which the ladies OF
the Music Study club raised to build a
band-stand and provide the music this
year. We should have daily concerts
next summer. and If we raise s6o0o-the
city council should appropriate at least
half that amount-we can have a band
of 81 or % performers playing every
day."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18

From the Neosha (Kans.) Democrat.
One of the busiest nlacas In town n,

From the Neosha Kans) Democrat.
One of the busiest places in town these
days is the cider mill plant being OPP
Grated by George Hatfield on North
Lafayette street near the Kansas City
Southern tracks. At o'clock this morn
ing there were IL or Is wagons already
lined up in front of the mill waiting
their turn to have apples ground up into
cider. A charge of cents per gallon is
made for extracting the cider and ever
since the mill started this season 1t has
had all and more than it could do Some
OF those in line, this morning had left
home at 2 or o'clock in the night and
driven several miles in order to be here
the first In line If possible. Several thou.
sand gallons of cider have already beer
made and the season is just fairly start
ed. The parties bringing the apples tc
the mill, of course, have to furnish the
barrels to hold the cider, but at the
preesnt low price Of cider apples person
~, GUY apples and barrels and then gel
his cider at low price.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18
THE TOWER OF LONDON

a excellent precision that I almost
sigh'd to be a Injun when was in
the Rocky mountain regin. They are a
pleasant lot. them Injuns. Mr. Coop
| er and DIR Catlin have told us of the
red mans wonderful eloquence, and
found 1T SO. Our party was stopt
on the plains of Utah by band of Sho-
shones, whose chief said, Brothers! the
pale face is welcome. Brothersi the sun
Is sinkin' in the west and Warra-
bucky-she will soon cease speakin'
Broth ers! the poor red man belongs to
a race which is fast becomin' extink'"
He then whooped in a shrill manner,
stole all our blankets and whisky, and
fed to the primeval forest to conceal
his emotions.
l will remark here, while on the sub
jock of Injuns, that they are in the
main a very shaky set and when Il
hear philanthropists bewailin' the fack
that every year carries the noble red
man nearer the settin' sum-" I simply
hav to say I'm glad of 1t, tho it is
rough on the settin' sun. They call
you by the sweet name of brother one|
mint, and the next they scalp you with
their Thomashawks. But I wander. Let
us return to the tower.
At one end of the room where the|
weppins is kept in a wax figger oil
Queen Elizabeth mounted on a fiery
stuffed boss. whose glas seye flashes
with pride and whose red morocker
nostril dilates hawtily, as If conscious|
of the royal burden he bears. I have|
associated Elizabeth with the Spanish
Armady. She's mixed up with it att
the Surry theatre where "Troo to the|
Core" is bein' acted. and in which al
full bally core is introjooced on board
the Spanish admiral's ship, givin' theI
audiens the idee that he intends open-|
In moosic hall in Plymouth the mol
ment he conkers that town. But al
very interestin' drammer is "Troo to til 81
Core" Notwithstanding the eccentrio|
conduk of the Spanish admiral; and|
very nice it is in Queen Elizabeth to|
make Martin Truegold baronet.
The warder shows us some instroo-|
ments of tortur,' such as thumbscrews,|
throat collars, etc, Stain that these|
was conkered from the Spanish Ar-|
rnady. and a0din' what a crooil peple|
the Spaniards was in them days-which|
elissited from a bright-eyed little girl
of about twelve summers the remark|
that she thought 1t was rich to talk|
about the crooilty of the Spaniards|
usin' them thumbscrews, when he waS|
in tower where so many poor pep1e's|
heads had been cut off. This made the|
warden stammer and turn red.
l was so :mprest with the little grid
brightness that / could have kissed the|
dear child, and 1 would If she'd been|
six years older.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Woodrow Wilson in Politics

III TINS country we have had a few
educators and literary 'fellers' in politics,
Out never have we had such a conspicu-
GUS example of the scholar and academic
man IN the political arena as now in the
case of Woodrow Wilson. democratic
homlnee for governor of New Jersey"
SAID an ex-officeholder.
IN Great Britain the scholar in poll
Ties is the rule, but in this country, by
reason of various conditions, among them
our comparative youth, the high-class ed
ucator is not considered quite practical
enough Tor legislative or executive posi-
lons Within my own time, perhaps,
the best rounded scholar in public life
was William L. Wilson, chairman of the
ways and means committee In the House
OF Representatives and a member of
President Cleveland's cabinet. in his Sec
ond term. Mr.. Wilson was a ripe scholar
and a great orator On retiring from pol
itics he accepted the presidency of
Washington and Lee university, Lexing-
ton, Va. Mr.. Wilson was not only a
scholar and a stanch democrat, but he
was one of the most lovable men per-
sonally who NIT was ever my privilege
to know.
Woodrow Wilson has never held a
public office. but being a man of great
intellect and common sense, he will, if
elected governor, make good. His polt
ical opponents may speak disparagingly
OF him as a doctrlnaire and as one of
them literary fellers, but just watch. He
will make an able governor and will be
still further honored by the democratic
party.
Woodrow Wilson is a southern man;
was born in Staunton, Va, and reared
in Augusta, Ga, where his father was
pastor of the leading Presbyterian
church. He is a graduate of Princeton,
and afterward took the law course at the
University of Virginia He practiced law
in Atlanta nearly two years, but the
greater part of his life since then has
been spent in the north. What I espe-
cially admire about Wilson is the fact
that he did not allow his northern en-
vironment, largely republican, to shake
his democracy. He is a democrat from
principle.
Soon after the war I often heard
southern men say that II they lived In
the north they would vote the republic
can ticket, because most of the best peo-
pie there were republicans. Such spine
less and snobbish persons always dis
gust me, as they did others of us who
were democrats from sr,nciple and not
for social reasons.
II am not personally acquainted with
Woodrow Wilson, but feel that he is all
right. 1t is cheering, too, in these de
generate days., to see such a high class
gentleman, like Wilson, accepting party
leadership"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

And then to politics he turned
To butt his way to fame by votes;
He only got his fingers burned
And Joined lodge of goats.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
He then went in for literature,
He'd be a literary glim.
And even yet he's not quite sure
What the proofreaders did to him.
Houston Post
And then he thought he'd aviate-
Cut capers way up in the sky; .
His engine balked-O hapless fate
He long since told the world good
bye.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18
Growing Cities North and South

Trustworthy reports from Washing
ton,'' says the Nashville Tennessean, 'in-
dictate that Nashville will probably be
given 10000 population" The Tennessean
rejoices in the fact that its city has got
ten into the 100000 class.
The census bureau has reported thus
far cities in the cotton belt as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18
ON GIVING ADvICE.

I was figuring the other day tn g
amount of labor I had performed since
started out to reform the world about
a dozen years ago. I was surprised to
find out that 1t amounted to over 400
columns of advice alone. That means
about 500 feet of simon pure recipes
for being saved. If any of that long
string of advice has ever been needed
1 have failed to find it out. If it has
ever made me any money somebody
else got 1t and spent it long ago. If
1t has made me any friends they have
failed to come around and tell me about
1t and pin medals on my breast. But
like all philosophers, I have toiled
away in the heat of summer and the
billiards. of winter. Like the fellow
who works on his perpetual motion in
vention, / hope some day to grab Sue
cess by the tail and have a downhiil
pull. I know that / have never taken
any of my own advice unto myself.
have waited in vain to see how 1t
would work on the ether fellow. But
am not discouraged. I shall keep
on giving advice and working out the
great problems of reform. When the
walls of Jericho fall I shall jump up
on the ruins and claim it was the blast
of my trumpet that did the business
The Village Deacon in the Osborne
Farmer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18
Nature and Art Combined

mot only Is nature seen here in majes-
tic beauty" said John S. Forman of Chi
cago, "but the enterprise of man and the
taste of the landscape engineer are in
abundant evidence. Birmingham has a
mountain right in town, and from its
ridge are seen other mountain ridges
in the distance I was on the top of the
nearby mountain, called Red mountain,
a few days ago and felt enchanted by
the soft and graceful sky lines far away,
and the tranquil valley just below where
I was standing.
with the growth Of Birmingham the
number of residences on terraced sides of
the mountains will increase rapidly. The
street car lines that reach these lovely
mountain retreats will certainly prove
a boon to folks of moderate means"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18

IN n FUNGI my GEAR SIT sAuf0e-
MI ly need inform you that your
excellent tower is very poplar
with peple from the agricultooral dis
tricks, and it was chiefly them class
which found waitin' at the gates the
other mornin.' / saw at once that the
tower was established on firm basis.
In the entire history of firm basisis
I don't find a basis more firmer than
this one.
you have no tower in America ?"
said a man in the crowd who had
somehow detected my denomination.
"Alars! no." 1 answered, 1--WE boste
of our enterprise and improvements,
and Wit we are devoid of a tower.
America, O, my unhappy countryl thou
hast not got no towerl It's a sweet
boom"
The gates were opened after while
and we all purchist tickets and went
into a waitfn' room.
+ my frens," said a pale-faced little
man in black close, this is a sad
day."
"Inasmuch as to how?" I said.
ct mean it is sad to think that SO
many people have been killed within
these gloomy walls. My frens, let us
drop a tearv'
mo" I said; you must excuse me.
Others may drop one if they feel like
it; but as to me, decline. The early
managers of this institootion were a
bad lot and their crimes were truly
orful: but I can't sob for those who
died four or five hundred years ago.
If they was my own relations, 1
couldn't. It's absurd to shed sobs over
things which occurd durin' the rain
of Henry the Three. Let US be cheer
full" continnered look at the festiv
warders in their red f1annil Jackets.
They are cheerful and why should it
not be thusly with us?"
A warder now took us in charge
and showed us the Trater's Gate, the
armers and things. The Traters Gate
is wide enough to admit about twenty
traters ARREST, I should jedge; but be-
yond this I couldn't see that it was
superior to gates in gen'ral.
Traters. I will here remark, are a
unfortnit class of people If they
wasn't they wouldn't be traters. They
conspire to bust up a country-they
fail. and they're traters. They bust
her. and they become statesmen and
heroes
Take the case of Chester, afterwards
Old Dick the Three, who may be seen
at the tower on horseback in a heavy
tin overcoat-take Mr.. Gloster's case.
dye. and If he'd failed he would have
been hung on a sour apple tree. But
| Mr. G. succeeded and became great.
He was slowed by Colonel Richmond,
but he lives in history, and his eques-
TRAN figger may be seen daily for a
| sixpence in conjunction with other
eminent persons. and no HEtra charge
fer the warder's able nd~Doetiful lee
| tuc
There's one king In ..lc -oem who
is mounted onto foamin' steed. htn
right hand graspin' a BARRIERS pole.
didn't learn his name.
The room where the daggers and
pistils and other weppins Is kept Is
interestin.' Among this collection OF
choice cutlery 1 notist the bow and
arrer which those hot-heded old chaps
used to conduct battles with. 1t is quite
like the bow and arrer used at this
day by certain tribes Of American In
jins. and they shoot EN- or with such
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
Engaged people find a sure cure at the
altar.
A lot of gasoline is wasted in family
disputes.
Advertising surely gives great results
when it's a scandal.
The way woman rules man is to
let him think he's doing 1t.
Money is made up of the pennies you
are going to receive and the dollars you
have to pay out.
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before.

Miles Poindexter, senator-elect of
Washington, is a native of Memphis,
while Woodrow Wilson, candidate for
Virginia. He once practiced law in At
lanta
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18
IDLE STEPS.

IDLE STEPS.
IT'S sweet to roam in autumn woods,
Bewitched- by Natures pensive mooos,
The lure of leaf and sun aslant,
Where rustic choirs were wont to
chant
Their hymns of praise; to pause and
hear
A mountain stream that plunges sheer
Upon the tumbled rocks below
And whirls and whirls in ceaseless
flow;
To wander DER the dreaming hills,
Whose etern crests with wonder fills,
At mans short shrift-become akin
To swift shy creatures of the glen,
And thus proceed with scarce thought
OF any destination sought.
PAUL COOK.
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THE BEST BAROMETER.

"a married man has invented what he
calls domestic barometer to show when
a domestic storm is brewing"
-"Pshaw! 1t would be cheaper and safer
for him to watch his wife's face"
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A CERTAIN SIMILARITY.

when he was a small boy he
dreamed of some day being pirate"
And his dream didn't come true"
well, I couldn't say positively that
his dream didn't come true. He now
operates taxicab company"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18

When Champ Clark becomes speaker
he will turn his back on any proposition
TO vote him an auto. pair of mules
and an old-fashioned shutdown would suit
him better.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18

The baseball season is ended, and all
who have enjoyed the fine outdoor sport
this year should remember the players
themselves tomorrow. 1t is to be their
sole benefit game.