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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
OLDEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD


 From the Christian Herald.
 One of the most interesting expositions of the year is the Japanese British ex- position being held at Shepherds Bush, near London. Japanese landscape gar deners have turned large tracts into flower gardens dotted with quaint Jap anese houses, and there is a magnificent exhibit of the arts, crafts and indus tries of Japan. A party of Ainus, the people often called the oldest race in the world, who live in the northern part O. Japan, are attracting much attention. at one time they doubtless held a great part of Japan. It is thought that they will soon be extinct. It will be noticed that their faces bear but little resem- blance to those of the Japanese. The Ainus are sometimes compared to the American Indians, both having held full sway over a country for centuries, only to be driven into a s,nall part of their former territory by stronger and progressive race. The stronger and vic torious races have often been unjust oppressive and murderous in spirit and action as the white man was against the red man here Strange to say, the ahorlgines of almost all lands, wher they are crowded back by the stronger arm. die almost as rapiGiy from civiliza- ton as from the bullet, like wild .ani- mals that pine and die when confined within pens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
Successful In New England

Edgar l.. Brown. a former Birming- ham "boy," but now u successful bari tone singer and voice teacher in Hart ford, Conn, is now in his old home, taking a needed rest. T am doing well in Hartford," said MT. Brown yester- day. 'and in addition to my regular pro fessional work l have several oratorio engagements for the winter season. am to sing the baritone part in The Messiah on Christmas day in the big Congressional church m Hartford, and later on I am to have the title role in Mendelssohn's Elijah
 T saw Mr. Guckenberger, formerly of Birmingham, in Boston recently. He has a large music school n Boston and is having splendid success. He employees many instructors and has all the pupils he can well look after. Mrs. Gucken- berger as the Birmingham people remem- ber is a fine vocal artist. She is thor oughly appreciated in New England. The fact is that she ranks at the very top of concert and oratorio singers in Bos- ton.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
AN .EI.EGY !

By Tennyson, Tn Memoriam." Unwatched, the garden bough shall sway,
 The tender blossom flutter down.
 Unloved. that beech will gather brown, This maple burn itself away; Unloved, the sunfower, shining fair,
 Ray round with flames her disk of seed,
 And many a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air; Unloved, by many sandy bar,
 The brook shah babble down the plain.
 At noon or when the lesser vain Is twisting round the polar star; Uncared for, gird the windy grovA
 And flood the haunts of hern and craluoa
 Or into silver arrows break s The sailing moon in creek and cove1s Till from the garden and the, wild <
 A fresh association blow, And year by year the Landscape grow Familiar to the strangers child; As year by year the laborer tills |, His wonted glebe. or lops the glade, Y Ard- year by year our memory S61 z From all the circle of the hills. N r.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
A DIFFERENT MATER

From the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
 F. Hopkinson Smith, painter, author, engineer and professional dptimist, tells a story showing that Boston boys of the street are like all others. He overheard conversation between two youngsters selling newspapers. N
 Say, Harry, watts de best way to teach girl how to swim?' asked the younger one.
 Oats cinch. First off, you puts yer left arm under her waist and you gently takes her left hand-'
 Come off; she's me sister,
 LAW, push her off de dock"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
THE MAGIC OF A NICKNAME

There formerly was an impulse to hall our present chief magistrate as "Bill," but somehow it failed 10 hold the pop- ular fancy and has reverted to the ex- elusive use of Yale men. We view this as among MT. Tafts misfortunes.
 Teddy" is a great asset. If he ever loses it his name will be Dennis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
SECTIONAL FEELING CROPS OUT From the Louisville Times.


 The bigness of Texas is evident from a cursory examination of the map. But it's effect upon the people of that state is not generally known. It is about six hundred miles from Brownsville, at the bottom of the map, to Dallas, which Is several hundreds of miles from the top of the map. Hence the following con- |versation in Brownsville recently be-. tween two of the old time residents:
 where have you been lately, Bob? l ain't seen much of you"
 Been on a trip north"
 ''Where'd you go?"
 'sWent to Dallas" "Have a good time?'
 Nav; I never did like them damn yankees, anyway"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
nEFLECTIONs OF A BACHELOR
From tbe New York Press.

From the ,New York Press
 Easy come to call hard to get to go away before dinner
 The way a woman wants you 10 love her is to say 1t to her over and over again.,
 The reason a man seldom ever takes a drink except at home is that's the place he tells it.
 The fun taking a trip to Europe is the tone of voice in which you can speak of 1t to those who didn't.
 girl can convince a man he's in love with her a good deal easier before they are married than after. t,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
OLIVE OIL FOR THE CINDER

From the New York Sun.
 The man with the cinder in his eye was suffering great pain. Every one had A. different method of relief to suggest, but nothing had the desired effect. At length one of the bystanders procured a little olive oil from the lunch room This was poured into the eye and relief was instant.
 .I learned that method of dealing with .cinders while abroad said the bystand- CT. land I guess 1t is about as effet tive as anything after all"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Rain In Time To Help Cotton

This rain will add 15O,ooQ bales of cot ton to the Alabama crop" said mar who keeps informed on crop conditions as he stood watching hard shower yesterday afternoon. "The weather bu- reau has been predicting showers but they were slow in coming. But now since the dry spell is broken we will probably have ample rain to help late cotton.
 With good showers and late frost Alabama will come very near making a new high record in cotton this year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
EATING WATERMELON

A young woman who signed herself Guenivere, but whose real name Is Molly, writes to the Emporia Gazette to know what is the proper way to eat a watermelon. That excellent counselor and guide replies: "The Gazette is no Hilfs Manual of Etiquette; neither Is it a GaskelPs Compendium of Social Forms. Still it does know how to eat a water melon. First, you slough off 30 years; then get a 10-acre field adjoining a corn field which borders creek; prepare care
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
POLITICAL TERMS.

POLITICAL TERMS.
 "So you told your cook that she couldn't come back?" -. "Yes. After we had considered how many promises to reform she had made and failed to keep, we decided that she belonged to the old Guard 7" -..
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

Joe Sibley says he has a weak heart in- stead of cold feet. He is Joe Cannon 8 best friend. and this seems to have weak ened his heart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

The colonel's speech-making tour will be wound up at Saratoga Springs. where he will appear as a delegate on Septem- Der 26
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

John D. probably holds his nose and his breath when he taxes a whisky bath, for he is a prohibitionist of the state wide sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
THERE ARE A FEW.

There are some people who can figure up how much an automobile has cost them since they bought it and still be- lieve they are getting their moneys worth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

Tim Woodruff is not letting politics disturb the color scheme of his vest He stands by his vests regardless of party or even the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
Emperor Williams Medieval Nonsense

When the German Emperor says he rules by divine right he simply says he will govern according to his own mo- tions regardless of parliaments, assem- blages of the people or resolutions of the people. Now that is exactly what he can not do, no matter how bold he may be in asserting his sacred claims. He can not expend a dollar of the money collected from the people until it is voted by the reichstag. He cannot change the laws of the empire until the imperial parlia- ment acts, and more and more socialists are securing seats in that body A recent socialist victory in Saxony is believed to have inspired the latest outburst of the Kaiser.
 Neither Germany nor the rest of the world will take seriously the revival by ment. In all countries the people share in the government, and Germany is no ex- ception to the rule. The only effect of the Emperors outbreak will be to make pos sible more socialistic victories not unlike that of pr. Goehre in Saxony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
MERE SUPPOSITION.

With apologies to Cartoonist Goldberg, What are you kicking about? Suppose you were a standpatter?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

James A. Patten says a substitute for wheat as food is badly needed. Let him cast his eye on the ripening cotton seed. It is just what he desires
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
LIVING IN HOPE,

Heaven is place where there will be no ballads reciting the loves of Indian maidens and no moving picture films de- picting the loves of Indian madens. s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

The beef-fed MT. Sherman Is no match for the man who has oeen nurtured on scrambled crockodiles' eggs for a full year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

The Coal Barons wiH'-not mind the waning of the summer when they are clnching their hold on the second posi- tlOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

Champion Jack Johnson is about to join Willie Waldorf Astor and other pluto crats by making his home in Yurrip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

Missouri turns loose Sunny Jim boom- let, but the rest of the country will have to be shown in this matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

New York Is fast becoming the setting of imposing railroad stations-the New York, that is to say, of Manhattan is- and.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
Passenger Business As Barometer

O. l.. Mitchell, general southern pas senger agent for the New York Central lines, with offices in Chattanooga, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Business has been very fine in the south this summer,'' said MT. Mitchell ''The numerous excursions that have been operated kept us very busy all the sea son and we have reaped magnificent harvest as a result. The general bus mess conditions may be safely gauged by the people who ride on passenger trains on pleasure. When l see trainload after trainload of persons en route to Niaraga Falls, New York Buffalo and other points, l fiatter myself that bus mess is picking up in every line and that the people are earning good money. If 1t were not true they would not ride. Dur ing the panic the passenger business was cut into half and even to one-third That demonstrated more forcibly than anything else that business was on the down grade. It continued that way until it. was gen. orally believed that the panic was over when everything frightened up. We fol- lowed with heavy trains and have been running them ever since. l am great believer in this method of determining just how business is.
 Birmingham has contributed her share and more to the general run of good business. This city sent as many per- sons on those excursions as any town this size in the country That shows that Birmingham is all right"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

The conIriDuung euiI0r Of Ine Outlook is certainly keeping in touch with the peo- pie while he deals out platitudes and fla pdoodle in wholesale quantities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

The colonel seems to be ready 10 dis cuss almost every conceivable subject except the A1drich tariff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

A MESSAGE SHE DIDN'T MEAN. My true love lies over the ocean,
 My true love lies over the sea; Oh, piffle! What gave me the notion Were some words on a postcard to me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
SKEPTICAL.

What did Scraggs say when you told him that he had been weighed in the balance and found wanting?"
 "Oh Scraggs said there were so many crooked scales these days that he didn't feel at all discouraged."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
HE STAYED LATE.

"Curfew shall not ring tonight" The maiden softly said, And on her lovers manly breast
 She laid her lovely head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
Fine Crops In Wiregrass Section

This is a great crop year In Alabama, said Prof. J. K. Powers of Florence. "l ana just from the wiregrass and the corn and cotton crops down in that section are very large. Here and there are fields of cotton that is not doing so well, but those cases are the exception to the rule. The wiregrass cotton, taken as a whole, is in splendid condition.
 From every part of Alabama l hear of fine crops. This state will make big cotton crop and as for corn there was never anything like it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
Large Orchard Crops

"I have been in five different states within the past four weeks and in each of them I have heard of large orchard crops," said R. F. Boswell of St. Louis. .In my own state the apple crop is very large. and in other states-Kentucky, Tennessee Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia anples are more abundant than usual an7 are bringing good prices.
 'The orchards are adding greatly to the wealth of the south. It is a wonder to me that the orchard industry did not receive more attention years ago. Apple growing is comparatively easy and there Is always a brisk demand for fruit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

Even the members of parliament begin to think they should DC paid for their public services.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

The maiden softly said, And on her lovers manly breast She laid her lovely head.
 DISCOUNTING A HANDICAP. Well, well! According to the cen sus report, Kalamazoo continues to grow.'
 'So it does. You can't always tell how things are going to turn out. l once knew a man named Sniggs who had quite a successful career"
 TWAS SURPRISING,
 The way his tongue
 Would run on,
 Wheneer he got
 A bun on!
 DUE TO ENVIRONMENT. "Does he take a gloomy view of life?"
 Necessarily. His room has only one window and that opens on an alley.'
 MIGHT BEGIN AT HOME. Hes a great believer in civic re- form"
 T haven't much faith in his abil- ity as reformer.' "Why?"
 His wife smokes cigarettes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
AIabama's Depot Facilities

Railroad Commissioner w. D. NesDltti after spending several days in the east, returns to Alabama convinced that this state has the east and middle west thor oughly bested when it comes to certain features of the passenger facilities on railroads
 | He thoroughly inspected the passenger stations of many points while absent from Birmingham with a view of com pairing those in this state to others. Alabama is certainly ahead of 100 other places when it comes to depots and the proper facilities for handling traf- hc," said Mr. Nesbitt. This is true even after we eliminate the negro pas senger who must be given consideration | in every railroad depot question solved in this section.
 "Our depots are built stronger, they are better designed and in many other points are superior to the ones in the east and middle west. I am very much pleased to find this condition as l have been un- der the impression that our depots and railroad facilities Were inadequate.
 "There is just one little point on which the other towns have us bested. That Is the free use of paint and the upkeep. The other depots are given fresh paint avarv few months and always look In fine condition. Down here we neglect that point
 "Then again the depots up there have only one class of people to serve and are better prepared to handle their crowds without getting in inferior sanitary con dition. Down here we have the two classes who do not intermingle. With tha other condition we would have the railroads in the states l visited very much bested in every way. As 1t is, am well pleased with the facilities we have and just hope they will always com pare as favorably with other states.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

Don Jamie proves to be quitter and Colonel Roosevelt could tell him that quit ters never reach the top .>.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

but he will not at present travel over the provinces
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

When John Chinaman cuts off his queue curls and puffs will be cheaper in the rest of the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

When King Alfonso goes up in his air ship Don Jamie expects every wind to do its duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
Railroad Companies As Manufacturer

'In their quest for new ways in which to effect savings in their operation, some of the railroads of the country are se- riously turning their attention to the manufacture of some of their supplies, which in the past they have purchased in the open market" says the Railway World.
 "One important group of railways in the west, one of the largest of the rail way groups of the United States, has laid definite plans for the operation of plant for the conversion of it's scrap iron into tie plates and other similar supplies, and expects thereby to bring about a saving which will more than cut in two the expense which the roads in this sys- tenn have been under for the purchase of the supplies which they now propose to manufacture for themselves. The esti- mates upon which the plans for this new
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

When a gambling room in Wall street is raided fine distinctions have to be dra wn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

And when his race was ended
 On earth, the good and i'll, Belize ill some sweet realm afar
 His soul was singing stllli
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
A SINGER.

He sang to greet the morning,
 He sang to welcome night And all his days were happy days
 And all his burdens light.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

The avators are able at any rate to shake off the insurance agents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

Tn ere never was a fellow
 Who put more heart in song, Nor one who had more joy of life In all the human throng.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

Some politicians die with boots on, and some with their gum shoes on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
DIsCoUNTING A HANDICAP.
MIGHT BEGIN AT HON

Necessarily. His room has only one window and that opens on an alley"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
 WILLIAM MES

Hoke Smith comes back with his from name intact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

From Minister Maurice F. Egans Doctor Cook in Copenhagen: A Footnote to History" in September Century
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-13

at Webster, Massachusetts, Decem-
Der 3, 1851, and came directly to
Salem, Oregon, by ox-team across
the plains, in June. 1857. He was
carpenter and cabinet maker by
trade and Immediately entered upon
career of usefulness that builded
up for him and his family COM
Portable fortune before he was
forced to retire from the field of
this worlds activities on account. o.
old age. For many years he was
engaged in the furniture manufac-
turing business In this city, one Ot
the first of Salem's manufacturing in
dustries, In partnership with F.
Babcock, and in fact, 1t was one of
the first manufacturing industries to
have been established in the state
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Hannah e. Parmenter and FIVE chill
dren and two sisters. They are:
Nellie M. Parmenter and Emily r..
Cornell, of Portland, daughters;
Charles L. Parmenter, son, and Mrs.
Mary Pratt, daughter, of this city,
and Anna b. Parmenter, daughter.
of Portland The sisters are Mrs.
Eliza Dodge and Mrs. Henrietta
Parrish, both residents of this city.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-13
Capt. Bogardus Again Hits the
Bulls Eye.

This world famous rifle shot who
holds the championship record of 100
pigeons in 100 consecutive shots is
living at Lincoln, Ill. Recently inter-
viewed, he says: 81 suffered a long
time with kidney and bladder trouble
and used several we'll known kidney
medicines, all of which gave me no
relief until / started taking Foley's
Kidney Pills. Before l used Foley
Kidney Pills l had severe backaches
and pains in my kidneys with sup
preston and a cloudy voiding. On
arising in the morning / would get
dull headaches. Now ! have taken
three bottles Of Foley's Kidney Pills
and feel 100 por cent better. I am
never bothered with my kidneys or
bladder and again feel like my own
self. This l owe solely to Foley's
Kidney Pills and always recommend
them to my fellow sufferers Red
Cross Pharmacy (H. Jerman
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-13
CHARLES M. PARNENTER
DIED THIS MORNING

After a life of usefulness and ac-
tivity In the upbuilding of the COM
mercial and Industrial interests of
the city of Salem particularly. and
the state of Oregon generally
Charles M. Parmenter passed away
at his home, No. S23 North CONNER
cial street. at 1880 o'clock this
morning after a four months illness
of creeping paralysis. aged S2 years,
months and two days. Funeral
announcements will be made later.
Deceased was born in Sutton,
Massachusetts, July IL, 1928, and
was married to Miss Hannah Pratt,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-13
DECLARED
Bible is THE
WORD OF GOD
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HOUSE
OF DEPUTIES ALMOST UNANI-
NOUS IN TURNING DOWN REV
A. A. MORRISON, OF PORT
LAND.
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Cincinnati, o., Oct. 13.-"I have
nothing to say at this time" said
Rev. A. A. Morrison, rector of the
Trinity church of Portland. today,
following the action of the Protes-
tant Episcopal house of deputies, in
refusing to abide by the statement
that the bible was not the word Of
God, which was made by Dr. Morri-
son before the deputies a few days
previous.
In his speech Rev. Morrison said
that to consider the bible as the
Word of God was to open up the
church to criticism of thousands of
persons and that no thinking man
today considers the bible in that
light He vigorously declared that
the time has pasesd when the bible
is to be taken for all It has been
said to be-"
Rev. Morrison's speech created a
furore owing to the fact that he Is
one of the most prominent church
men in the Pacific Northwest. Il
caused much heated discussion
among those in attendance. Mat
ters finally we're brought to head
late yesterday afternoon when Rev.
]. r. Winchester, of Memphis. Ten
nessee, told the gathering in the
house that he would resign HIS rec
torship from the church unless DR..
Morrison's assertion was voted down
officially.
He offered a length resolution
which ended as follows:
Resolved, that this house place
itself on record as accepting the
fact that the holy scripture as &C
cepted by this church is without de-
bate the word of Almighty God"
The resolution was CARED almost
unanimously. A few laymen and
several ministers, however, refused
to take part in the proceedings.