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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
From the Kansas City~Star.
II" HE SYNDICATE" h

From the Kansas City~Star.
<<" HE SYNDICATE" has taken
in the Jefferson theatre at
L Jefferson City. That APP
pears to be a simple announcement.
But 1t is not. 1t is one of those little
intrinsically inconsequential straws
chosen for weighty demonstration. This
particular small straw demonstrates
nothing less than that time flies and
that the world moves, and that the
good old days" are passing swiftly In
Missouri N..
The full significance of the fact that
Klaw & Erlanger have put Jefferson
City on their lis. simply cannot be
grasped by one who does not wildly re-
call Braggs hall, Clark's theatre and
Lohman's opera house-types of the
piayh ouse of small western cities.
Bragg's hall, the favored observer of
the flight of time will recall, was where
the Simon troupe and the McGiboncy
family trod the boards. CHATS whet
they did In those days-tread the
of the home talent presentments, when
the legislature was In session and the
members" were counted on to buy tick
cts. Peyton's Comedy company, Kate
Bensberg-the singer-were other reg
ular visitants and. more rarely, Milton
and Dolly Mobiles and Buffalo Bill
before the ambitious days of his Wild
West show
Fire regulations weren't very strict
when Braggs hall was doing business
another reminder of the fugacity of
time. If you should happen to be an
old timer of the capital don't you re-
member the little old corpulent gentle
man, carrying a lantern. who used to
wait at the street entrance when his
daughters were enjoying the show? lie
hadn't The heart to keep them from
the firetrap," as he called IT. but lie
was always on hand with his trusty
lantern-presumably to find the blaze
liz 1t started and carry his girls to
|safety.
1t took more than Major Clark's
theatre to put the older hall out of
business. Folks never did take kindly
to an upstairs opera house when the
first floor was livery barn. They used
to say the whinnying of the horses
marred the effects of the orchestra. So
LIT was not until Lohman's opera house
was opened that Bragg's hall was cut
up into offices.
Wasn't 1t Nine. Janauschek, in great
and unenfeebied old age, who graced
the opening night? At all events, she
was there early; for you will recall It
was the night Rem Dallmeyer was
married. The wall was thin between
| the theatre and the home of the bride,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
"A soUrHERN VOLUNTEER
From the Atlanta Constitution

rom the Atlanta Constitution.
Yes, sir, fought with Stonewall,
And faced the fight with Lee;
But II this here Union goes to war,
Make one more gun for me!
/ didn't shrink from Sherman,
AS he galloped to the sea;
But II this here Union goes to war.
Make one more gun for me!
1 was with 'em at Manassas
The bully Boys In Gray;
heard the thunder's roarin
Round Stonewall Jackson's way;
And mafy time this sword Of mine
Has blaxed the way for Lee;
But II this old Nation goes to war,
Make one more sword for me.
I'm not SO full o. fightin',
Nor half SO full O. fun,
As l was back in the COS
When l shouldered my old gun;
1t may be that my hair 10 white
Such things, you know. must be,
But II this old Unions IN for war,
Make one more gun for me!
hain't forgot my raisin-
Nor how, in sixty-twO,
Or whereabouts, with battle shouts,
charged the Boys in Blue;
And say: / fought with etonewall.
And biased the way for Lee;
But II this old Unions IN for wax,
Make one more gun for mel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
Payment of Corporation Taxes

The corporation tax calls for payments
to the government of we'll nigh s27 600, 900,
and any delinquency after next Saturday
will be followed by seizures on and after
July 20. Undoubtedly the payment of the
tax will be general and few or no seizures
will be necessary on the part of the gov
eminent.
The corporations are, however san
guine that the supreme court will not up
hold ,the validity of the tax The court
has granted a rehearing in the cases
before it involving the laws validity. and
the corporations are led to believe that
the court is at least divided over the
constitutionality of the tax
The reimbursement of the tax would.
however. follow a decision of the su-
preme court denying the validity of the
Jaw. The money paid in would come
back after a year of delay without in
terest. The loss of interest would not
In that event be considered distressing.
The need of ratification of the pending
income tax amendment would be appar-
ent II the supreme court should smash
the corporation tax. The court has great
It is altogether possible that it may wipe
out the corporation tax.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
ONE FLAG AND ONE COUNTRY.
HIS NORTHERN BROTHER

From the Minneapolis Journal.
Just make 1t two, old fellow,
1 want to stand once more
Beneath the old flag with you
AS In the days of yore. s{.-t
Our fathers stood together
And fought on land and sea
The battles fierce that made US
A nation OF the free.
I whipped you down at Vicksburg,
You licked me at Bull Run;
On many field we struggled,
When neither victory won,
You wore the gray of Southland,
1 wore the Northern blue;
Like men we did our duty
When screaming bullets flew,
Four years we fought like devils,
But when the war was done
Your hand met mine In friendly ciasY
Our two hearts beat as one.
And now when danger threatens,
No North. no South, we know.
Once more we stand together
To fight the common foe.
MY head. like yours, Is frosty
Old age is creeping on;
Life's sun Is lower sinking,
My day will soon be gone.
But If our countrys honor
= Needs once again her son.
: TIM ready, too, old fellow ~
I. Do. getsanother gups W. !,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES


Public libraries, artistic music and
art galleries are the three agencies
that, next to religion, make for moral
progress" said professional man.
THE library is usually considered the
most educative Of the three. Well
doubtless it is first viewed strictly as
an educational institution; but as
humanizing agency I would put the art
gallery first And next to pictures and
sculpture I would say that high class
music was of the greatest value; and
then the libraries.
Everybody will stop to look at a
beautiful picture and nearly everybody
can be taught to love good music: but
there will always be considerab BILE
percentage of folks who will not read
books. What a pity 1t is, though, that
pictures cost so much. Birmin CHAM has
already the nucleus of a valuable IL
brary and in little while we will have
a big library In few years Birming-
ham is almost sure to have respect
able symphony orchestra giving con-
certs once or twice a week. AS it Is
Birmingham. like all other cities is
visited by fine orchestras and virtuosos.
But picture galleries come so high that
l am afraid several generations will
pass before even a start Is made on
anything worth while in the art line
In London this week a sale of mod
ern pictures. chiefly of the Barbizon
and Dutch schools, brought what might
be regarded as moderate prices. 1t was
the celebrated collection of Alexander
Young. The lowest price which any one
of these works brought was $4,000. The
Shipwrecked Fisherman, by Joseph
Israils. sold for $4,000. That was the
highest. 1 believe. A painting by J.
Maris brought $4,000. The total of a
three days sale was $760,0no.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
PUsHCART PEDDLERs WEALTH
From the New York Sun.

A pushcart peddler called Jerry Cippo.
larlo, familiar figure in Upper First ave-
nue., was arrested on Saturday night by
an inspector Of the bureau of weights
and measures. who found that one OF
yerry's scales marked just one and one.
half pounds short weight. On arriving
before Magistrate Corrigan the prisoner
found no difficulty" In giving 500 bail,
since 1t was stated that he 10 worth $7o,-
coo.
Some persons professed great surprise
at a pushcart peddler being 30 rich.
why should anybody be surprised? ia
not the explanation easy to see? Pa
thence, industry, frugality, and very short
weights are lucrative consultation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
REFLEcrToNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
Women. like some of mems other mis-
fortunes, are sometimes a blessing in
disguise.
1t takes good many years to gain a
reputation that you can lose in less than
five minutes.
Imagination helps out lot in an en-
gagement, but 1t seems to go out of
commission in matrimony.
II man would wear a lock of his
wife's hair over his heart he could steal
her jewels and she would think It was
tender sentiment.
When bridegroom begins to estimate
what the honeymoon is costing It's a
sign the bride should take him home
and look after his coffee and eggs for
breakfast.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

George F. Baer considers his partner
ship with Providence in the hard coal
business quite above and apart from gov
ernmental interference. The interstate
commerce commission will no doubt at
the first good opportunity teach him
otherwise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

Jimmy Wadsworth, the SON in-law of
the late John Hay, knows when to quit
and he refuses this year to be a candidate
for any office. 1t is confessedly a lean
year for machine men.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

This country would quickly go to the
1t good advice on every conceivable topic
He has knocked Andrew Carnegie as a
national adviser out altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

Official figures from the census Office
are anxiously awaited to put an end to
the shreds and patches of guesswork now
eagerly accepted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

Colonel Roosevelt prefers to go right
along being an editor instead of getting
again into the treacherous stream OF pol
tiles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

Illinois congratulates herself that she
has two or three Legislators who did not
share IN the jackpot and did not vote tor
Lorimcr.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

While the summer capital 1 -mans at
Beverly the governor of Massachusetts,
is seated in the back row of seats under
gallery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
THE 1ooo-FooT SHIP

From the New York World.
Mavor Low eight years ago wanted
New York to get ready for the l0oo-foo'
ship. 1t will soon be here. what Is
New York to do with It?
The Mauretanfa is 100 feet long ana
her gross tonnage is 1880. Her displace-
ment.- or weight when loaded-the true
comparative measure of ship, ana the
standard used In all navies-is ABOUT
AZ 900 tons. The White Star line Is build
ing two boats $50 feet long, OF 4e'Wo
tons gross and about $1,000 tons dispiace-
ment Now the Cunard company In turn
announces two CO. 0oo-ton ships. Their dis
n,acement will be over 10000 tons; they
will weight nearly three times as much
&c the great 32,0O0-ton battleships which
naval men are just beginning to plan. or
five times as much as the original
Dreadnought.
IF the new Cunarders are to be de-
signed for speed they will be nearly
1000 feet long. A slower model with mod
crate engine power would give them
length of about 800 feet. In either case
thew are too long for the soo-foot DOCKS
Of the Chelsea Improvement. The new
nav Ridge docks offer plenty OF length
and depth of water, but II 1ooo-foot ships
are to become common they must ulti-
mately look, in all probability 10 the
great new harbor in Jamaica ~Bay Tor
their gigantic berths. The Mersey DOCK
BOARD of Liverpool is about to build
10oo-foot docks for them at the other
end of the route.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

The earthquake shocks recently re-
corded here and there are now believed To
have been simply President Taft sitting
down
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

Speaker Cannon is coming back In Sep
tember from his vacation to take the
stump. He may advocate the hanging
of insurgents on the spot
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

A New York statute prohibits the ennis
sion of smoke by automobiles, but In the
rural districts the statute Is considered
unfit and inapplicable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

That talk between our only President
and our only ex-President settled nothing.
All questions are still before the people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

The Diaz way of winning elections Is
the machine way of this country ampli-
fed and carried to a logical limit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

The nickelodeons will now be the scenes
of the prizefght. They will supplant
Reno at lower rates.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

Diaz spends no money on campaign ci-
gars-at least not while there is room in
Jail for his opponents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

When the colonel cuts down trees just
for fun he forgets his friend Oxford
Pinchot and conservation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

ticket-takers and PAY. Dirt Pete" would
still be pursuing the elusive nugget.
1t was at Amagose springs in Death
Valley, two hundred odd feet below sea-
level; was in July and the drip from the
canteen was falling on the thermometer.
Still she registered 40 degrees. That's an
the marks there were on it. The sides
of the tent were hooked up and Pete"
stretched on his blankets, was just re-
marking that he had struck the finest
trace that morning that he had ever
struck, when up walked the Professor
and said Speaking of traces, the best
ever got was in Alaska. Twas on Cold
creek and winter Just setting in. l was
scooping my dirt from the bottom of the
stream and getting about $50 to the pan,
but 1t was freezing so fast that had to
crack the ice from the nuggets and first
thing I knew was frozen in clear above
the knees; had to pull my feet out and
leave my rubber boots there till spring.
Well, sir, before morning 1t was freezing
so fast and hard that you couldn't melt
a cake of ice in a tea-kettle of boiling
water
At the end of five minutes discourse
by the Professor on the cold of Alaska
Pete had rolled himself in his blankets
and was begging me to let down the sides
of the tent. Yours truly,
S. A. FISHER.
Patagonia, Ariz., June 30, 1910.
P. S.-Since writing the above I have
received another copy of The Age-Herald
read "Adrift With the Times" column
and concluded to freeze poor Pete" to
death. Yours, S. A. F.
PUTTING IT PLAINLY.
'Perspire' s refined,
And yet, and yet ss
On days like these
We seem to sweat!
WITHOUT REGRET.
IT miss the little Smthkins boy"
Come now, You know that boy is a
holy terror
"Oh, I didn't say how I missed him."
PEEVISH.
Shave, sir?" inquired the physiognor-
ical tonsorial artist of the man with
three days growth of whsker.
"Of course not.' snapped the man in
the chair Bring me charlotte russo"
FAME'S ECLIPSE.
The Washington Herald calls him
Henry Thurston Peck" Oh well; call
him Henry. as long as he is down and
out He had no business writing love
letters, any way.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

Governor Gillett's political reasons did
not agree with Governor Dickinson's,
and the latter had the last word,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

The Hale family has gone out of fash
ion down in Maine Both father and sor
have been turned down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
McI.arn Returns

{. s. McLarn, who was a delegate to
the national train dispatchers convention
in Spokane, Wash. returned from his trip
to that city yesterday.
While in the west Mr. McLarn visited
many cities of the Pacific coast and
among the various delegates to the largely
attended convention he spread glowing
reports of this city.
while the west Is, of course, hustling
and very busy said Mr.. McLarn. IT
failed to see a city that could draw me
from Birmingham. 1t seems to me as
though every one was taking a holiday
out there and no serious work was being
done. Although this is the impression,
at the same time the westerners are con.
tinually boosting and never lose an OPP
portunity to brag about the great ad-
vantages of the west over any other sec
ton. I liked the people very much, but
to me they seemed to glow with selfish
ness that is absent in the south. While
we desire as many friends and settlers
as possible, at the same timewe can absent
this impression from our personality when
we are entertaining our friends from
elsewhere They may have all the Golden
West they care for, but Jones valley
suits me very WE'LL
Mr.. McLarn will assume his duties at
the Alabama Great Southern offices with
In few days. He was accompanied by
Mrs. McLarn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

The 500 women who attended the JEFF
fries-Johnson fight have not since been
heard from.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
: AME's ECLIPSE.
EASILY EXPLAINED.

EASILY EXPLAINED.
The geHeralds pert Photographer was
made to call Jack London Jack Lindon,'
but that was mere typographical slip
of the wrist 1t is a well known fact
that the letter and the letter are next
door neighbors on linotype machine.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

The novelists will now return from Reno
and proceed to get out a winter supply of
fiction.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

Thou shouIdst not have been old till
thou hadst been wise. king Lear.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
About Persons

The Rev. Father Coyle. the esteemed
mas tor of st. Paul's church, Is no" III
his native town, the beautiful and MIS-
tor,o Athlone. He intends to spend the
greater part of the summer tnere' eo'
ing for a short trip to the continent
lust before returning to the United
States. Father Coyle is remembering MS
friends here as evidenced by beautifui
souvenir cards with happy greetings
which are being received. $685.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
A YARN FROM ARIZONA.

A YARN FROM ARIZONA.
Mr. p Cook,
Dear Sir:
The Professor was a most convnc-
ing talker. Had he trained for the pro-
motion of Christianity, instead of
mines, have no doubt but good Saint
Peter would be advertising for assistant
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
seattle After Birmingham Brick

II have today received request TOT
a price on light colored pressed prlcK
laid down in Seattle, Wash, said Jonn
w. Sibley of the Sibley-Menge bricA
-company. This is the most remarkable
long distance query have ever known.
1.-The letter comes from Gaggin anu
GaeeIn. architects Of Syracuse, N. H.
explaining that they are building 40 one
story buildings for L. c. Smith IN sea-
tie. and asking our prices on light pricK
delivered F. o. B. in Seattle.
HE wants the lghtest colored prick
on the market. and while we couid haru-
ly compete with nearer orick inaAei'
on some classes, we have a rev nisn
class light brick, such as those useu
IN tho Empire building. which cannot De
procured anywhere else. ! merely men
ton the incident to illustrate now well
known Birmingham is oocomihs as
manufacturing center"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
THE PISTOL TOTER

III London American women wear the
largest hats
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

The betting men are no longer consid-
cred infallible.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

FULL OF MEAT.
You seem interested in that book. 1t
must be meaty."
How did you know what was read
ing?f
II didn't know"
well, you made a good guess. Pm
reading a book about Packingtown!"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07
Company Building steel Cars

So1uPany nuAiuAh8 StCcI SuTh
c. w. Lewis, superintendent of the Pull
man company, has returned from Chi
cago where he inspected the new cars
that are being made by the Pullman COM
pany.
Our shops in Chicago are completing
two solid steel cars per day." said Mr..
Lewis. And just as fast as possible
these cars will be placed in service. The
company intends to destroy the wooden
cars as fast as they are UNIT for serv-
ice and no more wooden one will ever be
made by our company The frequent
wrecks wherein the wooden cars turn
over and are burned have Influenced the
sleepers. These solid steel cars can 20
through a wreck. pillow up the side of
bank, turn turtle down an embankment
several times. and never be wrecked or
gnited. In addition to the complete
abandonment of the wooden cars the COM
pany will not equip any more cars with
gas lights. In the future all cars will
be equipped with electricity. The axles
will be attached to a generating plant,
which will generate the power as the car
axle revolves. AS a matter of course
auxliery candle lights will be provided
to care for accidents In connection with
the electrical equipment
with this new work. new era Is
dawning In Pullman car operation, No
more will one read of fearful WRECKS
where people have been cremated in our
equipment"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-07

| line. Only a day or two ago ! read an
alleged news letter covering a quoted
interview with A. Busch, the well-known
brewer of ST. Louis who is now in Eu-
rope. The correspondent says among
other things Mr.. Busch's plea for drink
comes at time when many of the GER
man educators are joining IN grea'
movement to suppress beer drinking In
the German universities. The professors
claim that the students are stunted NOR
ally, mentally and physically by the
prodigous amounts of beer which they
consume
ct is hardly thinkable that any sane
or honest newspaper man In Germany
could write such stuff as that. l was
a university student myself-three years
at Heidelberg and three years In Ber
lin. l have visited Germany within re-
cent years. Moreover am con-
slant reader of papers published in Ger
many. Conditions in the Fatherland are
the same now as when | was STU
dent In the universities there are con-
niyal fraternities or clubs. and many OF
the students vie with each other In
drinking capacity But 1t is champagne
and that mixture of rum and cognac
which they drink. And of course these
make them drunk 1t was that way IN
my day. 1t is that way now-no more
no less.
"A century ago our great philosopher
Emmanuel Kant stressed both the phy-
siological and the moral value OF tenn
perance. lie earnestly deprecated strong
drink. There were well organized tenn
perance societies In Germany. which cor
respond somewhat to the Y. NJ {. A.
in this country, before was born; the
same societies are numerous In Germany
now. They work for temperance, but
not for total abstinence. They nave
their own club houses and in all OF
these places beer and light wines are
served.
But. coming back to the matter Oh
MISREPRESENTATION by a certain class oi
reckless newspaper writer's, it is some
times disheartening, but I believe In tne
old saving that truth will triumph IN
the end