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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
New Departure In the Yiaduct Matter

The meeting of the City Coun eil next Wednesday night will be anticipa ted with interest, for at It a proposition will be made by the railroads regarding a via duct in First avenue that will show whether they mean business or whether they are simply seeking more delay.
 It Is rumored that the railroads pro- pose to hand over a sum of money. pre- ferring to put on the city the construc- tion work. This rumor has not been au- tbenticated and probably will not be un- til next Wednesday night. It will then be necessary to read between the lines of the proposition in order to see what 1t really means.
 The delay in this matter has well nigh exhausted the patience of a long-suffer- ing public living east of the dangerous grade crossings in First avenue. Of the making of propositions and counter prop ositions there is seemingly no end. and the first question that will come up on Wednesday night will be the true intent of the railroads. All will simply have to wait until the City Council meets Tn order to see how much or how little the railroads are in earnest in their deal irgs with the city over the viaduct mat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
GOETHE AND FRAU voN STEIN

From November Current Literature.
 And now, latest of all the iconoclasts, a German writer comes to undo the fair name and character of a woman who has commanded admiration almost un- challenged for nearly century and half-Charlotte yon Stein, commonly known as Frau von Stein, the object of enduring of the many fervent loves of Goethe, the heroine of a romance that ranks among the classic love stories in history. In a certain respect 1t Is the most remarkable love story of all, for though the love between Goethe and Charlotte occurred in that notorious age of loose morality, the eighteenth cen tury, the rococo period, and though tn cir love was of that wild and passionate nature which, as a rule, brooks no re- straint, 1t remained a pure love. Of this there Is no doubt even to this day. But a woman may be outwardly vir- tuous and lnwardly full of sin. She may be loved by a genius and yet be unworthy the love of a valet. This is one of the things that Eduard En- gel tries ot prove in his new work on Goethe.
 It is true that Frau von Stein has had earlier detractors. One of Goethe's first and best biographers. George Henry Lewes, called her a coquet. But none of the important biographers be- fore Engel ever doubted that she was a woman of high mental attainments and a fit intellectual companion for Goethe. Eduard Engel strongly not doubts but denies this. Both mentally and morally, he asserts, she was not what she is commonly considered to be. He bases his opinion upon a mass of damaging evidence, such as has not been similarly collected and co-ordinated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

that direction? Did you ever see any, body hand around silver quarters, or packages of groceries, or pairs of socks, or any other useful article to friends they wished to please? Why is it that the treat ing fiend who is so highly gratified as his friend digs down into cigar box for Queen would feel a contempt for the same party if he should. instead, take plug of chewing tobacco, a pocket comb, couple of lead pencils or anything else he might happen to need? Why does he limit his generosity to liquors, cigars and soda fountain froth when there are so many useful things his nickels and dimes would buy? The more we reflect upon this question the more bewildered we become in our efforts to understand it. On one point however, we are perfectly clear and that Is the fact that most men who set 'em up to Tom, Dick and Harry are hog wild about economy when their wives and daughters want little pocket change
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
oPERATIC MOTHERS

From the Boston Post
 Mime. Gerville-Reache has Joined the ranks of operatic mothers.
 Last year Miss Garden expressed the opinion that no woman could be a good mother and good opera singer. Louise Homer, who is another. took issue with Mary, and Gadski and Schumann- Heink joined Mime. Homer in defense of motherhood. This year Lieukowska, who had to get special permission from the czar to leave Russia, because her hus- band would not indorse her application for permission to leave the country, has brought her little girl to America.
 So Gerville- -Reache, who has present ed a healthy infant to her husband, pr. Rambaud of New York. Is quite in the fashion. Her admirers will be interest ed to learn whether the cares of moth erhood have affected her magnificent contralto voice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
Lynching of a Mexican In Texas

:. When Judge Lynch tackled a Mexican at Rock Springs, Tex, November 3. he tackled a man who had a whole republic behind him, and the result is that Judge Lynch's Jurisdiction will not only be ques- tioned, but he will. if possible. be hunted down and Identified.
 The spontaneous action of the Mexican is not surprising. The Mexicans who have become Diazized do not recognize Judge Lynch at all, and when one of their own countrymen was strung up near the bor- der without trial, they naturally became indignant. They became so indignant that they hurt Americans ruthlessly also.
 Both sides are at fault. The Americans of Rock Springs had no right to resort to
 lynch law. and the Mexicans should have assisted in arresting and punishing the offending lynchers.
 All this is said without reference to the guilt or innocence of the man who was hung at Rock Springs, Tex. The lynch ing of Rodriguez is to be thoroughly in vestigated, and possibly the lynchers themselves will be brought to trial if not side of the line are uncalled for. Both governments regret the entire affair, and both will endeavor to set things right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

JUST A GUESS. There's a Minnesota woman, Seems to play losing card When she asks for affmony Cause her husband kissed too hard. Course you understand he kissed her Not the housemaid or the cook; Yet, she didn't seem to like it And she hollered, Get the hooki' Which, perhaps. will help to show you What a foolish woman s this Geei unless there is some other Chap she'd much prefer to kiss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
Concerning Prohibition

sI have long been In favor of any sane movement seeking temperance re- form, but have always felt that sumptu- old citizen who clamis that he never tasted anything stronger than wine or beer.
 T believe that if the Woman's Chris tlan Temperance union had not included beer and wine in their abstinence scheme. and made their fight against whisky and other strong stimulants. they would have accomplished more permanent good, for as a general thing I believe in their cause. Everybody must admit that the over-indulgence in whisky has brought on untold misery; but men who confine their drinking to beer or mild wine rarely experience any i'll effects.
 ''The very fact that prohibitionists de- veloped into extremists has to great ex- tent defeated their object. Two or three years ago prohibition was sweeping hys- terically over large sections of country. but the statewide and constitutional amendment movement got some hard blows in last Tuesdays elections, just as it did in Alabam a year ago. Mis- souri gave landslide majority against the statewide proposition. Florida and Oregon like Missouri, voted on consti- tutional prohibition and rejected the pro- posed amendment Prohobition works very well in small towns where ma jority of the people belong to the dry side, but 1t is far from satisfactory in cities.
 Had 1t not been for self-seeking politicians Alabama would not have been saddled with such intolerable laws as are now on the statute books am not a politician and I care so little for beer or wine that I am not informed as to the probability of the new leg islature modifying the present strin- gent laws.
 Among the industries that the Com mercial club welcomed some years ago was beermaking. The consumption of beer Is large and is steadily ipcreas- ing. So long as thousands of people in the Birmingha am district bought beer. to say nothing of the beer con- sumers in other parts of the state who trade in Birmingham, 1t was re- garded as good business to manufac- .ture this popular beverage here at home But the prohibitionists, in a spirit of fanaticism. closed up our breweries. and since that time millions of dollars have been sent out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

of the state for beer and the money withdrawn from circulation. If drink ing beer were a crime. per SC. then the manufacture and sale of it should have been prohibited. But obody but a fanatic thinks beer drinking a sin in itself.
 Alabama needs more population and among the inducements to farmers of the cold northwest to settle in this state and cultivate the waste places was that our soil and climate, especially in the section north or Birmingham, were adapted to grape growing and the wine industry; but now 1t is unlawful for a vineyardist to convert his grapes Into wine. The pas sage of the drastic bills by the last legis lature has cost Alabama directly and in- directly millions of dollars, and what have we got to show for it morally! Mighty little.
 T have heard a great deal of talk about scarcity of labor in the Birming- ham district. Various causes have been suggested. have an idea that proh1ol- ton is one of the most serious causes Not only do Italians and Germans drink mild stimulants,. but many Americans who come here from the north like beer, and doubtless complain when they have difficulty in buying 1t here. high-class mechanic who makes big wages here told me recently that he was going back 10 Pennsylvania. his former home, because wages were the same there as here and he and his wife could drink beer there without violating the law"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
Returning From Europe

''Mr. W. J. Rushton will return home in a few days from Europe" said a friend Of the well-known Birmingham business man, last night. 'He went to Vienna as a delegate from America to the International Congress of Refrigera- ton, and has found time in the intervals between the sessions of Congress, and after its adjournment, to make side trips over the continent.
 Letters from Mir Rushton show that lie has thoroughly enjoyed his vacation, and has not allowed his acute faculty for observation to rust. We are antici- pating some interesting and valuable frst-hand information from him as to conditions in the lands beyond the big pond"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The fastest flying machine Is gos- sip.
 An average Is struck in all things; cold welcome, warm farewell
 By loving a man reasonably a wom- an comes to loving him unreasonably
 Any woman would be content with only one hat if all other women had none.
 Coal is right in the devils line of business. so probably he writes the bills. too
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

MT. Taft went away on a cruiser with altogether too many recollections of that Mnona speech to be wholly happy. He may, however, be able to forget at Pan- anna the place where his foot slipped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
N0 M0NOpOIY

If love is such precious thing,
 As oft the bards are telling.- A draught from some diviner spring,
 Whose sweetness is upswelling In happy fields of light and song,
 Where all the days are golden And mortals conquer every wrong,
 To love alone beholden- If love is such a precious gift,
 To free world of trouble, And darlling clouds of sorrow lift
 And make our smiles redouble, I'm very glad no wicked trust
 Has engineered .'corner' And said swain must raise the dust, Or ever be mourner!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

The landslide in Indiana could not wait long enough to distinguish between a progressive and a standpatter. But MT. Kern is also a real progressive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

Keep your eye now on the farmer ora tor. Jim Maritime, the next senator from New Jersey. He is enthusiastically greater
 than Gumshoe Kean whom he will un- seat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
FEEL BAD TO-DAY
From the Chattanooga Times

From the ChatlaHOOga IImes.
 Birmingham is still talking about her census showing. The newly-weds eff fusions about their baby couldn't be more tiresome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

President Taft is listening to what the sad sea waves are saying, and 1t Is a relief from what the wires said just be- fore he left Charleston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
TIMES IDLE JEST.

Do you see the bald-headed man just in front of us?"
 "Oh, yes"
 "There isn't enough hair on his head to hide a microbe."
 Well. hardly"
 "YH he says he was born with more hair than most babies have"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

Never before in it's long history was Oyster Bay struck dumb. The situation there is unprecedented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
THE TREATING HABIT.

THE TREATING HABIT.
 The Horse Editor of Kansas paper has the following to say about the treat ing habit. Reformers call 1t the "pernici- ous' treating habit.
 Did you ever delve into the philosophy of the treating habit? Did you ever see a man show any symptoms of sense in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

No one stands ready to say he is an admirer of the Aldrich tariff except MT Joe Cannon and presumably MT. Aldncl himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

l One socialist in Congress may not be
 party. He is, however, beginning.
 His name is Victor L. Berger and he lives l in Milwaukee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
aDRy, TOWN, ToO!

From the Savannah Press.
 Birmingham is going to have Jubilee over the showing of the census. It will get some of its citizens in condition to see double and the count will appear larger than 1t really is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

Joe Cannon will simply be among those present in the next Congress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

Uncle Joe will soon step from the speakers chair to become a private in the rear ranks. A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

GET BUSY. 'Scuse me, please, I forget Done your Christmas Shopping yet? Birmingham Age-Herald. No, we ain't, Not quite yet, Cause we made A lection bet.
 Springfield Union. No, we ain't- Same old fret Cause we don't Know what to get.
 Cleveland Plain Dealer. And we ain't. Which we deplore, But we'll wait One payday more.
 Houston Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

The election has decreased. 1t is said, even the sales of African Game Trails" which is no longer one of the six.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

The progressives will not even permit Uncle Joe to become the minority party's candidate for speaker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

The Aldrlch tariff was practically or phaned in the late election. No one is willing to own 1t now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

All democrats should learn by heart President Taft's Thanksgiving proclama- tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

The Outlook issued no extra after the election. The contributing editors pen is paralyzed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
Rel,earsiuE Elijah

'"rhe Birmingham Oratorio society has had some good rehearsals on Elijah, which we expect to sing at the next festival" said Director Fred L. Gramns.
 We called off last Tuesdays rehear- sal on account of the Fornia-Tibaldi re- cital, but we will rehearse every Tues day night in future. I hope to have a full turnout next Tuesday,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

And Cabot Lodge. too, Is about to be sent to some vast wilderness resembling Oyster Bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

The democrats are insisting that the Thanksgiving proclamation shall continue to stand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

The colonel says nothing because there is nothing to say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

Even Wall street is surprised because the colonel persists in staying dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

Congressman Berger will find other pro- gressives in the next Congress besides himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

Champ Clark is now devoting all his leisure moments to a calm study of muleology.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
! nECIOSITY~

A reader complains that the word
 'preciosity," used in a quotation yester- day from The Spectator, doesn't make sense as it appears in the sentence, "It is curious to hote how the exuberance of preciosity lapses Into the fatuity of the Babu." Webster gives only one defini- ton of the word, as meaning precious ness. It Is defined more fully in tho Standard dictionary, which gives among other meanings that of "overniceness, "extreme delicacy' It seems to have been used in that sense by contributor to The Spectator
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
WOMEN RULE TEHUANTErEo

Butterine will have no representative ir the next Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
QUITE LIKELY.

QOIIE r, DO you see that man riding In a luxurious touring carr" Yes" Five years ago he was a peddler." 'Jerusaleml He must have peddled gold brieks.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
nnN,r nrr Av

DON'T DELAY. Hast Christmas gift to buy? Now's the time to get it. If you put your shopping off, Surely you'll regret it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

WELLMAN'S TRIP. Since it was So quickly done for What was WelIman's Trip begun for?
 Houston Post Maybe twas For advertising; + If twas not, Iris most surprising.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. Seems to me More likely that He took the trip To lose the cat. Spokane Spokesman-Review INSPIRATION. As fishing songs are out of date And rhymes of roses, too, A bard will simply have to wait Till Spring trips into view!
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
SUCH A SURPRISE.

SUCH A SURPRISE. We didn't think, Six months ago, That bold T. R. Would ever know How Jeffries felt When Johnson dug Into his ribs
 And spoilt his mug.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-31
COTTON MARKETS.

New York. July SCATTER an early decline
due to bear pressure and LIQUIDATION for
owe. the Weekend. the cotton market rallied
on trade buying and comm ssion house sup
port. with the close firm a; a net loss OF only
3Vo points The market opened steady at an
advance OF point on the old crop, but GEN,
orally e4o points lower under scattering IL
Quotation for over sunday and the fortAcom-
ing condition reports I-oca professionals
seemed TO be bearsh. probably on an idea
that after the advance OF the earlier week
considerable long interest might be forced
out scale down, and with selling also
encouraged by the bearish showing OF the
visible supply statement and private predlc-
lions for rain IN Texas, offerings became ag-
gressive during the early trading Prices
soon broke to a net loss OF about loel5
points, but there seemed TO be less long cot,
to nfor sale than there had been anttcipa T.
ed. Reports from the dry goods trade were
encouraging, and when the Western belt
torescast was published, predicting lower
temperatures, but no rain. the market arm-
cd up on trade buying and fresh demand
from commission houses, while many of gtha
early sellers tried Tor cover, causing a shari
rally during the last hour, The close was
at practically the best point on the winter
months. and within 3 points OF last night
finals on those positions. With new months
relatively easy. Reports from Fall River
said that sales Of cloths for the week had
been in excess of full weeks production
for the first time in a long while, and re.
views OF the dry goods market generally
indicated better demand for cotton pro-
ducts. OWNING to the bank holidays there
were no cables from Liverpool. and the mar
ket there Will remain closed until Tuesday
The private conditions reports to be publish.
ed on Monday and the governments August
figures are expected Monday or TUESDAY.
Receipts of cotton at teh ports to-day were
1866 bales against 1850 last week and 1925
last year. For the week 1900 bales AGAINST
ao,7S0 last week and l0.257 last year. Totdav's
last year, and at Houston lat bales against
$3.50 last year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-31
UNUSUAL Y|ELDOF
IRISH POTATOES
Special to The rlmes-pispatch. I

Especial to The Tlmes-Dtspatch.J
Cape Charles. Va. July 30.-A few truckers
are still digging Irish potatoes The yield
has been unusual. A number OF truckers
have dug al the rate or over 100 barrels to
shipped from Cape Charles 100000 barrels of
potatoes. This is more than the whole
county grew ten years ago. This year. how
ever, it is only about half OF what has been
shipped from Northampton county. The few
who had any onions this year have heen very
lucky. as the price has been uniformly good
on that one product.
Finding that as fast as girls were hired to
set typo In a Milford printing Office they
were married by young men of the town.
the Office has issued a statement in which
it details the trouble that Cupid has caused
In It's Office force.
The storehouse, blacksmith shop, stables,
carriage house and granary of j. Z. Bell s.
Company. of Eastvl!le, were entirely de-
loss is $500. covered by insurance.
Horace Palmer. young farmer, near
Principle was kicked to death by u young
colt Several years ago Mr.. Palmer's brother
met similar death on the same farm.
While driving through Parsons Woods
John j. Wooddal Jr,, was held up and
robbed Of a gold watch and his money by
three highwayrnen. one white and two col
ored The white man held the horse while
the others took his valuables.
During an electrical storm two barns on
the farm OF George ]. kihler. near Whitleys-
burg, were struck by lightning and Destroy
ed. In addition, Mr.. KILLER lost about forty
tons of hay. large Quantity of corn, two
! carriages and all farming implements. The
loss was $4,000.
There was thunderstorm of unusual
verify In lower Northampton recently. The
fall of water was unprecedented During the
storm tho dwelling of Henry Nottingham
was struck by lightning, by not seriously
damaged Bryce Hitchins and Conway Scott
were severely shocked and stunned by
| thunderbot while they were reeflns the sails
aboard their schooner just off Fsherman's
Island
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-31
CHICAGO GRAIN a1ARKEr.

Chicago. III, July ao-crowded galleries
on the Board of Trade to-day wero puzzled
and disappointed. The spectators had gath
cred in the hope OF seeing a wildly excited
market, the finish of a supposed corner in
the July wheat option. To-day was the
last day when delivery of the grain could
be made. and there had been much gossip
cha. the exchange officials might take sem
sationaI action to foil audac!ous SPECTATORS
who were asserted to have manipulated con-
dit.ons SO that purices could be otherwise
rushed UP without mercy. Instead of whlrl
OF business and in place OF rapidly mount
Ing quotations onlookers witnessed a hum
drum Saturday session. and actually a ne;
decline of sz a4Ac. in wheat for July. Other
options We're unchanged to sc up Corn.
except for July. finished III 9lhc. higher,
and oaths S1lAc. The close In provisions
was TIC decline TO ooc. advance.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Omen. High. Low Close.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-31
DIVIDEND DECLARED.
Cotton Seed Oil Company is Prosper
ous-New Bank Organized.

Special to The ulmeS-D lSpatCh.1
Spring Hope, N. c., July 36.-At a
recent meeting Of the Spring Hope
Cotton Seed Oil Co. an annual divi-
dend of 20 per cent. was declared
Large dividends have been declared
by this company every year since it's
organization.
A movement Is on foot among tho
women to organize a Woman's Better
ment Association. The primary OBJ
iect is to improve conditions around
the school house, but later the move
ment will extend to other places In
town. The women ara determined to
make the town more beautiful. The
local paper is behind the movement.
The Bank at Bailey. one of Nash
countys newest towns, has been Or
ganized, with j. X. FIales, of Wilson.
as president; G, IT. Blssette. OF Bal
ley, vice. president, and cleveland
Glover, cashier The bank Will be
opened In the fall. The castalia Bank,
also in, Nash county, will begin In
the fall