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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16

OF course, the hero in the play would
never say anything like that. with a
rebellious papa-in-law-pr prospective racing
across the fosming brine to interpose an
objection to giving up his daughter or
his ducats, the hero IN the play would
swear by the remote and passionless
stars, or something distant and fmmuta-
ble that he would wed Imogene Tho,
the whole world stand in the way He
would assuredly propose an immediate
marriage with the protesting papa In
m1d-ocean flashing, wireless messages and
threatening to disinherit his daughter and
make her dowerless bride, such as the
hero has penchant for in stageland.
But the hero in this case Is more sensi-
BILE. He stands pat as the fiance OF the
daughter of the gentleman who objects,
TO becoming his father-in-law, but he
will wait until the matter can be arbi-
trated. He hopes to persuade Mr. Har-
ris that there is no reason why a young.
man who earns good living in an hon.
orable calling, and comes of good stock,
should not make Just as acceptable a
son-in-law as broker or manufacturer
would make. Prosaic attitude for stage
hero to take in real life perhaps, but
eminently practical point of view, and
one better calculated to favorably i'm
press the father of the girl than that OF
a hot-headed lover determined to marry
prior to his arrival upon terra firma
The Barrymores are a family whose
mettle has been pretty well proven upon
the stage and whose pedigree is not such
as to constitute ground for objection
upon the part Of the parents of the
bride-to-be. There is little more humor
than truth In the jokes that ascribe to
people of the stage temperamental In
consistency and a fondness for many
marriages. There are great many sue,
cessful and enduring domestic establish
ments whose bread and butter originates
in the applause of theatre audiences The
girl who marries the hero Is like others,
taking a ticket in the matrimonial lot
terry. Her chances are doubtless about
as good as those of other takers of tick
cts.
they have chosen-an occupation of vital
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16
DIR. JoHNsoN's HOME

It is only the pessimist who says%the
times are out of joint.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16
BAFFLJcD,

BAFFLED.
A celebrated conjurer,
fclept Professor Sprocketts.
Lay heiplessly in bed the while
MS wire went through his pockets
AND though he did some wondrous feats
or magic on the stage,
1ainst woman's wiles how weak his
art, i'
How tmpotent his rage!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16

King Alfonso lacks a great deal ot
having restful summer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16
TOUGH LUCK,

Whats the matter with Glubber?"
stomach trouble
why, he used to boast that he had a
rubber stomach
That's true. You see, he accidentally
swallowed a tack and got puncture.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16

Criticism doesn't seem to hurt Presi-
dent Tafts game Of golf, but he hate
to play In the rain. :
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16

Pittsburg's United States census pop
ulation is 53s, so5 The local claim was
$50 900.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16

they have chosen-an occupation of vital
Importance to every patriotic American
the temptations which beset their paths
are many. Therefore they should be aid
ed, not Stunned.
Give the American soldier square
deal,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ON A FLY DRINKING QUE OF

oS a TIL DNlNhlNd w l. OE
HIS CUP.
Busy. curious, thirsty flyl
Drink with me and drink as /;
Freely welcome to my cup,
Couldst thou sip and sip 1T up:
Make the most of life you may,
Life is short and wears away.
Both alike are mine and thine
fastening quick to their decline;
Times summer, mines no more,
Though repeated to three score,
Three score summers, when they're
gone,
VIII appear as short as one!
William Oldys
Busy, curious, thirsty flyv
Biff!-I hope to see you die.
Most unwelcome to my cup,
Even less when that L sup;
Kindness is all forgot,
What you need is Just q swat
on moving-picture screen,
Fifty times enlarged, you ween,
| saw how in filth you roam,
Menacing the hearth and home.
Short your life, twill shorter be.
1t you get too gay with me.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16

Two government enumerators in Mon
tana town have pleaded guilty to the
charge of padding census returns and
were sentenced to "a hours in jail and
fined $1,000 each. In most cities the COM
plant is that the enumerators failed to
turn in as many inhabitants as really
existed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16
THE LEISURE CLASS.

He's very proud of his ancestors ;,
What did they do?v
ihey didn't do anything. That's WHY
he's proud of them"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16
CAN'T PARTICIPATE.

ITS too bad about Scrlblets."
why SOP
All of his characters stop at the best
hotels, but Scriblets occupies a hall bed
ROOM"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16
Interesting Road Experiment

TT was particularly Interested in the
regent report issued by the federal office
of'lpublic roads which described expert
nnmts in road building at Youngstown,
Ofho," said man who takes keen interest
nLcroad improvement. 1.-The Youngstown
re,periments should be of special value to
.Eirmingham because of the similarity in
omditions and materials available.
rOne stretch of road which Director
'Fage reports has given good service re-
n aaining In excellent condition, was built
sok blast furnace Stag and refined coke
gwen tar 1t was built as follows, the
h general process being the same as that
lin regular macadam work:
I 1.-The first course consisted of blast fur
" race Stag. ranging from 31k inches to IN
/ riches in diameter, laid loose to a depth
Efef inches and rolled until firm.
1.-The second course was laid inches
deep and consisted of a mixture of three
parts of Stag from III inches to y inch
fin diameter to one part of Stag varying
kfrom 81 inch to dust, with about per
scent of tar The Stag was heated in
yfarge pan until dry and warm to the
fband. One-half of the pan was1used for
cheating each size of material. The. coarse
Stag was first shoveled into gauge
placed upon the mixing board and the
finer Stag was placed on top. After the
two had been turned twice, the tar, which
had been heated In two-barrel pot was
poured over the Stag and the whole was
well mixed. The mixture was then show
eled into wheelbarrows and carried to the
point at which 1t was spread upon the
road. The mixture was rather dry and
after rolling, it was found necessary to
flush the surface with tar. Two large
sprinkling cans were used for this pur
pose, after holes in the MOBILES had
been enlarged. Aboutsone-fourt gallon
of tar was applied to the square yard,
making a total of about III gallons. A
thin coat of Stag ss-incn to DUST was
now spread over the surface and rolled
In to fill all voids and to take up any
surplus tar
This tar was obtained from by-prod-
uct coke oven plant at Sharon, Pa, where
it was also refined by distilling off about
II per cent of the lighter oils and water.
The cost of this experimental section
was ss.45 cents per square yard
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16
Age withers If Not Decays

There is a common error that comes
into print ever and anon as to the nee
tar quality of very old whisky or
brandy" said a we'll informed man. "If
by the guage of honeyed sweetness such
ancient Oscillations are judged, then
much as strained honey, very old whisky
and brandy kept in wood In an unsealed
receptacle will come forth Now, brandy
or whisky will age only in wood. where
the process of evaporation takes place. If
these products of the still are sealed in
glass they will come forth In 10 or 20
years Just as they were when sealed.
After Is years in wood they begin to de-
teriorate and get gummy. and 20-year-old
brandy or whisky so kept needs alcohol
added. Not so with wine, for 1t improves
only in glass after the first three years.
All old rare wines have been bottled and
sealed for years, and every year adds a
bead of rare soulfulness to.the juice of
the grape clustered through the years.
80 those who smacked their lips with
longing for the reported finding Of BRAN
dy 80 years old can find something much
more palatable and exhnarattng in the
mixing of five-year-old brandy and
honey"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16
A MANS WAY

lie blamed his luck, he blamed his wife.
Because he had no pelf;
In fact, he blamed most everything,
Except, of course, himself.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16

Brussels, the scene of great confla-
grafton Sunday, is one of the most beau
tiful cities in Europe. 1t has been a
question among tourists whether Edin-
burg or Brussels was the more beauti-
full, one or the other being considered,
from an aesthetic point of view, the
most attractive city in the old world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16
THE MODERN MAID

what. by the way has become of the
old fashioned girl who wanted to take
piece of music home and pick 1t out
on the organ'?-St. Louis Times.
one takes a Photographic record
nome now and tries 1t on the neighbors.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16

THE WICKED WIGHT.
with laugh and a lurch
He goes to bed
And wakes next morn
With throbbing head.
The oasis., 1910-08-20

the Santa Catalinas is current rumor. In is known that they have been on deal for these prop critics for some time. The Giese- man, Leatherwood and Billy Reed properties compose valuable group of mining properties about forty miles from Tucson. It is known that Douglas and other representatives ofthe Copper Queen company have had a deal pending for these mines, and it is under stood that yesterday val. fixed as- r+43he dac5r for the closing of the deal. However, the departure of Douglas and his associates at an early hour yesterday morning gives rise to the belief that the deal was consum- mated on the previous day.
 Bisbee Miner: Taking with him men and supplies needed at Red Mountain Development Pete Deor- acyk, left for the Johnson camp near which the mine is located. He speaks with great confidence of the future of the district as portrayed by recent developments both as to quantity and value of ore finds. At the Centurion strike was made a few days since of the best ore yet found in that very promising prop erty. It is expected that shipping will be begun within short time, sixty days heinz the limit set by the management. At the Texas Arizona, a neighbor of the Red Mountain, the last car of ore sent to the El Paso smelter netted the company $2,980. The car contained about thirty tons of rock running high in copper, silver and lead. The shipment prior to that was composed of a scant twenty seven and half tons of ore of practical ly the same grade. It netted about $2,2OO.
 Graham Guardian: Julius Riser, of Globe, while in Phoenix last week. announced the sale of a group of claims lying in the Globe district south of San Carlos. The sellers are, besides Riser, F. A. Yeast aqd w. A. Clark. The price was $100,000, and the first pay ment, which has just been made. was 5 per cent, of this sum. Riser is shining example of the success. ful Arizona mine development man. He landed in Arizona only six years ago. At that time he had just S5 cents. Before that was gone he undertook to do $10C worth of assessment work on a claim owned by John Kavanah in the Globe district. The contract price for the work was $25 and with that money Riser went pros. pecting himself. Today, besides his share of the money paid or due from the San Carlos group, he owns half a dozen mining prop critics in Pima and Gila counties several of which are at least self supporting, besides having othel business enterprises.
The oasis., 1910-08-20
MINING N EWS.
( Collection of Short Newsy Items
 From Among the Mines of Arizona.

Yuma Sun: J. Il. Daniel, the Globe oil man, and Harry McPhaul, on Saturday taak e=~"iovk tt some oil prospect land belonging to Mo- Phaul, about 15 miles up the Gila from Yuma and Mir. Daniel ex. pressed favorable opinion of it. There is a flow of gas here, and when conditions are right to test lit, MT. Me- Phaul is to communicate with MT. Daniel and report results. Mir. Dan- iel has returned to Globe. He says he has capital and wishes personal ly to invest, after satisfying him. self as to local prospects. MT. McPhaul offered him free ground on which to sink an experiment.
 Prescott Journal Miner: Edward z. Kidd, the consulting engineer of the Federal Mining and Milling company, was an arrival in the city yesterday from his camp at Sherry Creek, and concluded the purchase of six ore cars of one ton each and a miscellaneous supply of equipment for that enterprise from the Arizona Mine Supply company. The plant of the above company is said to be one of the largest and most complete of any in the coun- ty. The development of their mines has been under headway for several months in a quiet and ex. tensive way.
 Yuma Sun: One of the most important mining deals to take place in this section for several months occurred last week when the Clara Consolidated Gold and Copper Mining company took over the Mudesbach group on a lease and bond agreement. The amount of the bond is not definitely known here, but according to agreed re- port it is we'll up into six figures A force of about thirty miners has already been put to work on the property, and it is claimed that 75 men will be working within thirty days. The men will be added as fast as accommodations can be secur- ed, and force is now employed building bunk houses and other camp accessories. Two six horse freighting outfits are now hauling supplies and lumber to the proper. ty from Bouse.
 Wickenburg Miner: The Mo. march company will build a first. class modern smelter on its prop critics near Wickenburg this fall The contract for the machinery has been awarded to the United States Sulphide Shelter Furnace com pany of Toledo, Ohio, the cor struction work to be done at E Paso. The contracting company will install and start up the smel ter. This news is official, having been conveyed to General Manager c. w. Platt in a letter from thl secretary of the Monarch company a few days since. The new smel ter is to have a capacity of 10( tons per day at the start, but i will be enlarged from time to tim as the needs of the Monarch anC neighboring mines require, it being the purpose to do custom work ant thus to aid in the development o the mining properties of that part icular region.
 Tucson Star: That Walter Doug
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-03
ANTS TO THE RESCUE.
They Side With Mealy Bugs in Fight
Against Lady Beetles.

New Orleans. Nov. 3.-With victory
almost won, it now appears that the
government forces at the sugar expert
ment station here and their army of
lady beetles will go down in defeat
before the combined forces of the
mealy bugs and ants.
The mealy bugs do thousands of dol
lars damage annually in the cane
fields in this section, living on the sap
of the maturing stalks. The lady
beetles were brought from California
and soon they began to play havoc
with the bugs. Now, the ants are fond
of sugar, but they are helpless to get
at the sap without the aid of the mealy
bugs in puncturing the cane. Yester-
day, Professor T. C. Barber. entomolo-
gist at the experiment station, discov-
cred that millions of the little ants
were busy removing mealy bugs from
stalks of cane on which beetle larvae
had been deposited, to a portion of the
field free from the beetles.
Professor Barber says this may
sound like mature taking" but all he
asks is that doubling ones visit the
station and view the operations of the
ants for themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-03
HARRY RELIHAN WEDS.
Son of Smith Center Man EIopes With
Chicago Girl.

Chicago, Nov. 3.-Niss Ray Roscheila
Bonggren, only daughter of Jacob
Ponggren, editor of the Swedish-AmerI-
can, "scoOped" her father Wednesday
afternoon by being married without his
knowledge to Dr.. Harry ]. Relihan, a
young physician of Smith Center, Kas.
Coming downtown on a shopping trio
Miss Bonggren met her fiance, who
had arrived in the city the preceding
night. Accompanied by o. A. Ipsen.
secretary of the Chicago Credit Mems
Association, the young people then
went to the Blackstone hotel. The
wedding follows romance that began
a year ago, when Doctor Relihan was
an inferno and the bride a patient at
the Washington Park Hospital
After returning to Smith Center.
where his father also is a physician
he wrote to Miss Bopggren asking her
to marry him, but her father objected.
Finally Doctor Relihan decided to come
to Chicago. and the elopement was ar
ranged by telephone after he reached
the city.
Doctor and Mrs. Relihan will spend a
few days at the Blackstone hotel before
leaving for Vancouver, B. c., where
they will live
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-03
IN STATE OF SIEGE.
Martial Law Has Reen Declared
in Honduras.
AS the Result of the Revolt of
EGen. Valladares.

Washington, Nov. 3.-Martia1 law
has been declared in Honduras as a
direct result of the revolt of General
Jose Valladares, the deposed COM
mandant of Amapala, against the gov
ernment, according to cable advices to
the state department from Minister
McCreery at TegucigalFa.
The port of AmapaIa has been
closed and the island is in a state of
siege.
The U. S. gunboat Princeton is in
the harbor at AmapaIa ready to take
hand in the revolution at the first
sign of hostilities towards foreigners
or their interests. President Davila is
preparing to send an armed force
against ValIadares and in the event of
the governments failure to restore or
der on the island the United States
probably will be asked to interfere.
It would not be surprising if Com
mander Hayes of the Princeton. acting
under instructions from the state de-
partment, should send an armed force
at any time to take Valladares into
custody However, department Off
cialS refuse to discuss the possibility
of this beyond asserting that Ameri-
can interests win be safeguarded.
Commander Hayes telegraphed the
navy department today as follows:
1.-The cOmmandant of Amapala has
informed the foreign consuIs that he
has no intention of injuring foreign
subjects or foreign property. There is
no disorder at present"
Little faith is put in Valladares'
promises by the officials of the United
States government and the Princeton
has instructions sufficiently liberal to
permit her commander to meet any
situation that arises. Whilc there are
few Americans at Amapala consider
able American property passes
through that port. One American
concern, the Rosario Mining company
whose gold and silver mines are locat-
ed 125 miles inland has exports and
imports valued at more than one mil
lion dollars passing annually through
Amapala.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-03
OFFICIAL SANCTION.
Is Given for First Time for Transmits
sion of Mail by Aero.

Washington. Nov ,3.-Omcial sane
tfon was given today by the govern
ment for the transmission of United
States mails by aeroplane for the first
time in history. Permission was grant
ed by Postmaster General Hitchcock
for ]. A. D. McCurdy to carry the
United States mails in this manner
from the outgoing transatlantic liner
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria to New
York next Saturday, when that vessel
is fifty miles at sea.
The mail pouch which McCurdy will
carry from the liner to the New York
postoffice will contain letters from
passengers of the steamship for trans
mission to various parts of the world.
The only condition imposed by the
postmaster general is the writer's of all
such letters so transmitted shall have
notice that the mail is to be carried by
aeroplane.
In imposing this condition. the gov
ernment is relieved of all responsible
ity in case the letters are lost while in
transit from the steamship to the New
York pOStOffice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-03
HODGES AT HlAWATHA.
Democratic Candidate Uses Contingent
Funds as Text.

Hiawatha, Kas., Nov. 3.-Senator
George H. Hodges addressed the first
real political meeting of the campaign
here last night the court room being
well filled by voters from the city and
surrounding country. R. T. Hopkins
Republican candidate for lieutenant
governor, had been billed for a speech
the same evening. but the Republican
committee Cancelled it. Senator Hodges
promise to lower taxes 25 per cent IN
case of his election and to work for the
repeal of the Stubs inheritance law
found great favor with his audience
He charges the state administration
with squandering thousands of dollars
in the form of contingent funds and
promised If elected, to ask for con-
tingent fund of not over $4,000 and 70
return the unexpended portion to the
state treasury. This promise followed
a discussion of Governor Stubbs' meth
DDS of demanding and securing a con-
tingent fund of $50, 900 the expenditure
of which has not been accounted for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-03
SPEED CARNIVAL.
Three Days Automobile Meet
Opens at Atlanta, Ga.
FOrty-Three Cars and 36 Dar-
ing Drivers Entered.
PRIZES OF $4,000.
In Addition to Numerous TrO-
phies and Silver Cups.
Big Event Is the 200 Mile Race
for $1,000.

Speedway Race Track, Atlanta, Ca,
Nov. 3.-With the two mile track in
the best of condition and all of the
forty-three cars tuned to the highest
efficiency, the three days of speed
carnival opened today when Official
Starter Fred Wagner fired his pistol
announcing the starting Of the first
event
The cars entered are to be driven
by thirty-siX of the most daring driv-
ers in the country for prizes aggregat-
trophies and silver cups. Only John
ny Aitken and Howard Wilcox of the
National team, will be missing, the
managers of this car having with
drawn because of the tragic death on
the track Tuesday of Al Livingstone.
The cars entered. however, represent
twenty-four different makes.
The 200 mile race Friday for the
Atlanta trophy and $4,000 is an added
and is expected to make this the big
gest day of the meeting.
Just before the racing began the
match even between Ty Cobb and Ma
poleon Rucker was declared off. 1t
was announced that Cobb had receiv-
ed telegram from President Navin
of the Detroit Baseball club advising
him not to race.
Orders were given the gatekeeper
not to allow Barney Oldfeld to enter
the paddock enclosure in his Bitten
vent him from getting upon the racing
course and giving an exhibition spin
in defiance of the American autOmO-
bile association ruling against him.