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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
KING GEORGE OF ENGLAN Ds.
Isaac N. Ford in Munsey's.

Isaac N. Ford in Munsey's.
 N the character of Britain's new kins
 there is strong Victorian strain O
 . sincerity, consciousness, common sense, and domestic virtue He was no an idler in the navy. He conducted i'm l perial missions with thoughtfulness an6 painstaking care. He has never spared l himself in the service of the crown. He has never taken his pleasures easily, but has labored over his shooting, for ex- ample, until he is one of the best marks men in the kingdom. In seriousness plodding habits, and capacity for work he resembles his uncle, the Duke of Connaught, who inherited so many of Queen Victoria's qualities.
 King George has never been the idol of smart society nor an enthusiastic patron of racing. He has made the rounds of country houses because he lcves outdoor life, but he has been a listless bridge player, dislixes baccarat and gambling. has not been infatuated with bright, volatile talk and has been happiest in the retirement of his own home, where he is an affectionate hus- band and a devoted father. He is at once an arduous worker and genuine home body" like his grandmother.
 The King has been we'll trained in the practical business of government. As soon as he settled down to regular work after the funeral of Edward VII the court officials observed that there was no marked change in the method or routine. He was as punctual, as method ical and as urbane as his father had been. If his knowledge was less pre- else and his memory less trustworthy, he knew his mind, reached a decision quickly and was efficient in disposing of business. There was neither procras- tination nor vacillation. Every ques- tion was approached with frank direct ness and settled with shrewd intelu- gence.
 Every fine morning in London he pre- pares himself for an arduous days work by an early canter in Hyde park with pair of mounted companions. When he meets his secretaries, officials and equarries there is ample employment for the large staff, for he insists upon kteplHB dDredSI Wltn DuslneSS anQ not allowing 1t to fall in arrears. He is a master of detail.
 In a broader way, his fathers ex- ample tends to make the sovereign a master of men. At first he was inclined to write too many letters and to over- weight himself with drudgery in read ing and revising documents, but before long he was substituting conferences with the right men for tedious corre- spondence, and protecting himself against chatter over minor details. While he lacks his fathers felicitous blend of distinction and cordiality, he has flexibility and tact, is an attentive listener, and speaks pleasantly. but firm ly withal.;
 While he attaches less importance to the ceremonial side of royalty than his father used to do, he is adapting himself to the modern conditions of monarchy. He will undoubtedly order a sumptuous corona ton, conduct with elegance of manner a stately court, exchange visits with con- tinental sovereigns, and magnify the i'm portance of the monarchy as the full jeweled link of a worldwide empire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
Ealsa Rills of Lading in Court

decision in a. trial court in New york city upon forged cotton bills Of ,ading will serve to bring up anew a uost unfortunate series of forgerieS nerpetuated in the south. Judge New hunger of New York holds that when tba Hanover National bank collected
 o,, draft forwarded by na- ..,, hank at Decatur, Ala, 1t war
 Ito gonuineness of the bill or ,ad,ng attached to the draft. The case
 ,,, to annealed to higher courts and if the higher courts sustain Judge .,..,..,,rgar,s decision a swarm of suits .,,, he brought to enforce liability on ar+ of the home banks that han a1od the drafts with forged cotton pills attached.
 This opens up new chapter or
 -ret+able chain of forgeries. It will be many year before the i"s' .u naard of these forged bills and in tbe meanwhile steps should be taken .o wander railroads careful not to ls- s,a hills of lading upon cotton they ~ no+ received, for that was the source of all the forgeries that took .,,oa The system of taking 8 ship ner,s word when the goods should soax for themselves was at the bot nom of the frauds that have injured 'he ood name and credit of the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
THE GENTLEMAN BURGLAR

From the Washington Post.
 The time has gone by when criminal characters of the kind that enlivened the pages of Eugene Sues romances can hold the spellbound attention of the reader, Red Leary the Slasher, and Jimmy the Mouse have had their day. and even the thrilling experiences of Jack Sheppard. with his remarkable escapes from Lon don's most famous prison, cease to inter- est the present generation. These once famous worthies have made way for a new species, and now the gentleman bur- glar has come into his own.
 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle began it, when he created Sherlock Holmes. With that prince of detectives at work, 1t only re- mained to bring to the front denizen him at every point. Mir. w, E. Hornung saw the opportunity, and at once discon- tinued his recital of bearded Australian desperadoes. and substituted therefor the charming Rallies. And now the rage for this romantic figure has passed from the legitimate drama to the vaudeville, and from vaudeville to real life.
 With his slender white hands, his clear cut face. his aristocratic bearing, and the fau]tless perfection of his evening clothes, it is no wonder that the matinee girl pro- nounces him simply grand" And when he begins to talk, pausing refiectively be- tween cigarette puffs, the words issue forth from his manly chest like the gur- gle of a cool spring from a mountain cave. He is a friend of the downtrodden, help in time of need to females in dis tress, and, withal. 8 connoisseur in the matter of jewels. His philosophy is of the new order. a kind that would make Plato blush for his reputation and send Marcus Aurelius to seclusion. So engaged is he at times in expounding his peculiar theory of the rights of property that he all but falls into the clutches of the mer- cenary minions of the law-or so it would seem-but he laughs them to scorn, if the scarcely perceptible parting of his clean shaven lips may rightfully be termed a laugh. None so gifted as he in the high art of proving that wrong is right, that black is white, and that the unequal and unjust distribution of wealth is the curse of the human family. What remains then, but to applaud him to the echo, as he makes his nouchalant getaway" and to smile pityingly at the discomfture oi his miserable victim, and the unavailine efforts of the detectives to camp upon his misleading trail?
 The gentleman crook is @ genius, and mediocrity must bow before him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
Large yo,.me of Holiday Trade
RAID ON THE wRIGHTs, BARN

From the Chicago News.
 How the Wright brothers-Wilbur and orville-fell under the suspicion of the law some D years ago. some time before they startled the world with their flying machine, was told recently by R. A. Hauer, a civil engineer of Dayton, O., who passed few days in Chicago.
 'It was all of a dozen years ago." said MT. Hauer ''The Wright boys were un- Together they conducted a bicycle repair shop and they had rigged up a small laboratory and workshop in the barn at the rear of the Wright home. All swens merry as a marriage bell until they be- gan to devote their evenings to the con- struction of an airship-the first poor attempt, the outgrowth of which was later to have such tremendous success.
 ''They worked late and sometimes passers-by would notice the single eye of light which radiated from the one small window in the frame structure. One night a local policeman noticed it also. The hour was late-possibly, early, for that matter in the morning. The officer gazed curiously and passed on. When he re- turned an hour later the light was still burning.
 Now, there was gambling in Dayton at that time and the copper got the idea into his head that that was what was going on in the Wright barn. AS a result he planned a big raid.
 'The approach was conducted with the stealth of red Indians and not more than half an hour after the officer had last seen the light the barn was surrounded by detail of police. At given signal there was no response. Again he knocked and still there was no reply. Then the others burst in the doors with what Hashimura Togo might call official shoulders
 Absorbed in their plans, the amateur inventors had not heard the knocking. As the door fell in they were discovered lowering over the improvised drawing table in the midst of the wires and planes which were afterward to make them famous.
 ''The detail fell back in surprise, but their bewilderment was as nothing com pared to that of the Wrights. Complete ly at a. loss to understand the meaning of the strange proceeding they gaped in wonder at their early morning visitors. Then explanations followed and the of ficers departed sheepishly.
 But the story could not be hidden and next day it was all over Dayton. The fact that the father of the boys was a Methodist Episcopal clergyman added to the ridicule. of the attempt. It was a long time before Dayton forgot the raid on Wrights barn."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
HEALING BY SUGGEsTIoN

From the Atchison Globe
 Heard by woman who went calling; A doctor had g. very sick patient who should have gone to a warmer climate to recover but was too poor. So the doctor had sun painted on the ceiling of the patients room, and hoped to in- duce him to believe the sun was real and cure him by suggestion. The patient seemed to be doing fine and the doctor was delighted with his ruse. Suddenly one day the patient dropped dead. The doctor was heartbroken; thought his scheme had failed. It had not; the patient died of a sunstroke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
WAGNER FIFTY YEARS AGO

We had more than enough of the lar tiste of the future." Richard Wagner, whose confused. noisy, frantic, and al- most impossible overture to ''Tannhaus- er," taxed the powers of the band to the utmost. and must have absorbed for It's rehearsal very large portion of time and attention, which might have been much more profitably employed.
 "1t is quite delightful, after all this im- potent raving-this sound and fury sig nifying nothing'-to turn to the simply grand and beautiful chorus of Mozart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

1 Instead of distrusting n nfhlster #Hs #. polling eminent men, a that eaHlis Georges were in the habit e ioipr 8a t#a. welcome the cooperation a his ltfaalasf subjects. He may not suceoes fr tfaII0= his father as a diplomatst fnt. fl= central figure of system of saa aa4 political order he is not ll-ri7. ta t sass the dignity and prestige oi th. e-ae c
 Apart from the inf1uenc 1f her and training, the king h. reaa
 vealed Individuality and af
 acter. His recent visit Aide, where parades and revie were pensed with, and the tra ng af
 troops was witnessed in delrti pfssH timely innovation. This ecial kr4ss.. edge is brought into use whenever 5z fleet is inspected. He con -r.a
 marine spectacle into an ol cot iss.orz = efficiency. He has his ow idf abe royal functions, and does n-s Neriiataz |. adopt some of the Germ n arae methods of supervising the dsttiat ices.
 One of the earliest acts of Nat was decisive suggestion tlst rfe esq minister and the leader of the 5oi should arrange conferenee ros9 ch constitutional questions Whste4e- ~T be the ultimate result of the narAt si i.. sa 1t was a judicious exercise af .la 4f prerogative in the direction of peate
 Courage was required for ta. nar cd. for there was little faith tf any tsf.s could be accomplished when T5Vard K In spite of his brilliant talei ar e44 ciliation, had failed to bring bout promises on education, licens x. rna democratic budget. Neverthe g. ca6f4 did not shrink from repea e ii.s fort to make peace between anh r parties and Jealous houses H. rN right moment, and exerted h f without straining the royal u-erog s He voiced public feeling thro ghoui country in favor of an arm Ice intervention was at once y7s Inn against the continuance of par ian tflff between classes and masses, s tffI cious overture for a statesman sc sst ment between the houses of Isriautfssf
 Prosaic, industrious, and hie--iu. saaH King George has reserves of a q H force. moral principle, and shl A patriotism. Modern in trair E d H open-minded from wide circuit he has opportunities for supren .y 95 work. His conservatism might l. hH of danger, if he were impu lr. self-willed; but he has sobriety of E' ment, and there is a safeguar6 H fexibility-the prime virtue of cor k tional rulers, by which they ad pt selves to political situations aid exigencies of state.
 The mother of dull, obstinate III used to din into his ears rar exhortation: H
 George, be a king!''
 Queen Alexandra has not need ef io lt- f peat that parrot cry during the o1 months of the new reign. Her scn H # not be destined to become a comuiura55s personality in European diplom cy a he can never be less than a king -e progressive monarch, sobered by ita -e- responsibilities of power, and ins ned t the obligation to render persona, serf.es to the British empire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Heaps and heaps of affection is habit.
 The best conscience is when it's chioro- formed.
 The devil invented loafing to do most of his work for him.
 If asman won't love a woman enough to make her happy, she can love him enough to.
 A mother dreams of the time when her son will be president: a wife of the time when her husband will be millionaire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
Spokane and Birminxham

Spokane not only makes splendid
 showing in the census-104. 4o2 as compared with 36,S48 in 190o-but 1t will keep right on and get into the 250.0o0 class in 1s20,"
 said A. c. Donaldson of Chicago. Like Birmingham, Spokane was too modest to appear in the table of principal cities with estimated population printed in the last New York World almanac. Mem phis was there with an estimated pop ulation of 17b,0Oo and Nashville with an estimated population of 10000. But Bir- mingham and Spokane were both com spicuous by their absence. was in 6po- kane last April just before the census
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
COME SOUTH, OLD MAN

From the Centralia (Ga.) Courier.
 We have one woman who raised 5000 bushels of corn, 500 bushels of oats, ten wagon loads of pumpkins, nine children and 9 shiftless husband on eighty acres of land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
EIks' Christmas Gifts

"The Elks' Christmas tree this year was by far the most successful we have ever had" said a member of the order last night. Sunday afternoon at the Elks' home we cared for about 500 boys and girls. and visitors thought it a grand sight to witness so much happiness among the youngsters.
 "To each little girl we gave a dressed doll and horn and to each boy a metal wagon and horn. In addition to this there was given to both boys and girls basket containing fruit, candy and nuts. We always invite the Mercy Home and East Lake orphanage chil- dren in a body and in addition to these there were numerous other deserving children to whom we issued tickets
 "rhe tree at the home was enor- nous, was electrically lighted and in- deed beautiful. Claimants orchestra plays for us annually on these occa- sions and taken as a whole the occa- sion was very happy. Santa Claus was In an automobile this year and when he drove up with the big machine load ed down with good things 1t was a sight worth while to see those chil- dren."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
TAMPA TIMES

The Christmas number of the Tampa Times contained 12o pages, and was fine achievement. Tampa is one of the south's most flourishing cities and The Times is it's able exponent. The Age Herald extends congratulations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

enumerators started to work. It was gen orally said that the city had population of about 10000, but there was no oras- ging. Birmingham and Spokane will each cross the 100000 line in the next cen sus, and it should not be surprise II Birmingham passed the 3OO,OO0 marx.
 "The south is coming to its own and southern cities will make enormous strides during the next ten years. De- lieve the race between the south and west will be extremely close, but the closer the better for the two sections and for the country at large"
 Large Volume of Holiday Trade
 "It has been generally observed that Birmingham's holiday trade was uncom- monly large," said a prominent member of the Chamber of Commerce.
 Not only in Christmas goods but in every line of merchandise the volume of local business is believed to have ex- ceeded that of any previous season.
 'T have been citizen of Birmingham a long time and I have never seen peo- pie so generous in their Christmas pur- ohases. There are no hard times in this district, certainly as far as one can judge by the plentiful way in which money has been circulating"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

Pocketbooks were last week overtaxed by Santa Claus and the high cost of liv- ing pulling together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

Deacon Hemphill continues to say Doc Cook went to the Pole despite his con- fession to the contrary. The deacon never retracts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
HAPPY FEELS

From the Talladega Reporter. Birmingham has been pouring her con-
 traband booze into Coosa river. Thought some of those cells brought here had been acting funny of late!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

After Christmas man feels that if he has stray dollar he has some right to use 1; as he thinks best
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

The record of 1910 is being made up, and it will be fired at readers a day or two ahead of time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

Some think the wool schedule. should be operated on at once The democratic diagnosis calls, however, for an opera tion next winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

The railroads are boisterous when thev put on a. new train, but when they take off one they are as still as mice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

John D's s100Oo.Ooo goes to fit up and make more attractive the old midway of the worlds fair days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

John D. declares that the University of Chicago will hereafter have to toddle along alone. He shucks 1t off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

Western farmers are returning to tho effete east to buy up the deserted farms of that section
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

The postal clerks and carriers are glad Christmas comes but once year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

The jlngoes decline to work the potash war scare with Germany for all it is worth. They prefer something Japanese.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

The sale of Red Cross stamps has been double of that last year, and the hope is that the total will go to $50O,0o0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

There are fewer Iowa farmers and more Iowa politicians. The drift from the farm to an office is unmistakable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

If war scares keep on accommodating they may be offered by the dozen at re- 'duced rates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

The endurance rides for army officers have been abolished, but the endurance walks still perplex our fat officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

Winter Is just beginning and all strikes should be postponed indefinitely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

Panama is full of women's clubs and is short on housekeepers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

Sunny Jim will not hereafter attempt to count quorum that does not want to be counted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

our life exempt from public haunt Finds tongues in trees, books !" 'Ae running brooks, Sermons in stones, and Gooa in
 thing As You Like H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

Dec Cook comes back to be our national nero with a cheek.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

Mrs. Carrie Nation begins to hear the call of civilization to bury that hatchet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
Healthy Normal Trade Predicted

There is much more cheerful feel ing over the business outlook for 1911 than some people think" said L. N. Parrish of Philadelphia. who spent a few hours in Birmingham yesterday on his return east from San Antonio, where he had been in search of health and pleasure.
 "When I left home six weeks ago the business situation seemed satis- factory enough, but have read in some Of the papers recently lot of bearish views. But the country is in too healthy a condition for depression to prevail for any length of time. I look for d very brisk spring trade in all lines of merchandise, and considerable &C., tivity in iron and steel. Rooms are not desirable. High pressure prosperity we do not want. But a good normal state of trade helps everybody and 1t is this sort of trade we will have in 1911."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

That slO,ooo,OOO peace dove is the swell est Of the specie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. l4lS New York avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27

From John Moody and George Kibbe Turner's 'The Masters of Capital in America,' in January McClure's.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-01-28

NEW VARIETIES OF TOMATOES
For Special Table Use-Required by
Large Hotels - Greenhouse
Grown Fruit Most Desirable.

The forcing of tomatoes under glass
has assumed considerable proportions
in the middle and northern states,
and the demand for the green
homegrown crop is steadily IN
creasing. This is due to the fact that
tomatoes when grown under glass are
superior to those that are grown in
the extreme southern states and
which must necessarily be picked
partially green and shipped long dis
tances before reaching our markets.
For special table use, such as is de-
manded by large hotels, the green
house-gr fruit will always be in
demand. A number of varieties have
been put on the market for cultiva-
ton under glass. Some of these are
very good, but none has all the char
acteristics which would render 1t
ideal. The ideal tomato is one with
the following characters combined;
/. A fruit without depression at
the stem end.
2. A round fruit without ridges.
8. A fruit with the interior well
formed and compact.
4. A fruit of medium size growing
in large clusters.
5. A plant having the first flowers
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