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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
Canadian TaIilf Agreemen;

Scared almost out Of his boots the Pres ident has secured 21a per cent reduction in Canadian duties on P or 13 articles, in- cludlng cottonseed oil He offered the Dominion minimum rates in return, and the premier, Sir wiifrid Laurier, finally concluded it would be prudent and bet ter to accept the offer than to reject it.
 Canada forbids the export of wood pulp taken from crown lands, and this stands. and so does our duty on print paper. The paper trust is wholly satisfied with this feature Of the settlement. ft44
 AS cold matter of fact the republican party would have found some excuse for avoiding the imposition of maximum rates against Canada, which would have led to . tariff war. even if no concessions had Been granted by Canada. The Canadians, However, want peace. and the small con sessions were granted Not border state could have been carried by the repub- Iicans if a tariff war wita Canada had been precipitated,
 The settlement with Canada puts an end to maximum rates. The minimum rates of the Aldrich tariff are, however, e . rule far beyond the prohihitiye point. They were put beyond that point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
AN INsIsTENT HOST
inc Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 She was calling on him. There was no violation of the proprieties, however. as she was years old and he was a. They played and played and played, out in the sunshiny yard, while the chick ems went clucking about and the lit- tie buds came popping out on the un- a cloud in all the big, blue sky. Ev- orything went happily until
 George Henry! George Henry! Come in the house and put on some clean clothesw
 Out in the yard, Rompers addressed little Miss Elue Pinafore solennly:
 twill you wait till I come back 2"
 Mis- Pinafore was dubious. IT do know" she replied.
 Rompers pondered deeply; there were a few moments of activity, punct ua ed by lively remonstrance. Then Rompers marched dutifully upstairs to don his white ducks.
 But from below came squeals of a most piercing and rebellious voice, squeals that rose to an unbelievable . pitch, but did not advance or retreat squeals that stayed right in the same place, agonizing. os-
 George Henry" a mother said. ac- cusingly, George Henry what have you been doing?"
 Rompers considered. "WelI--well," he said. .she wouldn't stay-wouldn't stay till I got on my clean clothes, so I-l locked her up in the chicken coopstil I could get back down there again"
 And he had.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

to afford the benefieiaries behind the tariff wall chance to work up home prices and to place upon home consumers a still higher schedule Of living.
 The dealings with Canada were con ducted directly with no intervention whatever by the British minister. Can ada has this right under it's constitution, and this, perhaps, is what enabled MT. Taft to receive some concessions to save the face of the republican party. These concessions are not much in themselves, but they will be used for all they are worth and more in the fall elections.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
PASSING oF THE COLON

From the New York Post.
 In the days when the masters of state liness and noble style were still respected, the Colon was power in the land. To- day we know him not, save rarely, and then not in his rightful service True, he may be found in conjunction with the Dash, but the Dash is supine rascal, indetermnate hesitating, and no fit com pany for one who was want to be very pillar of strength in the temple of letters There is something deeply pathetic in the silent passing of this grand old fellow, after all his noble record But the world has changed, and the Colon has passed scrawling Comma or hurried Dash or, if we do rise to the height of the Semi colon, that is but half Colon, after all, and not to be compared with the fine old figure which served to buttress the great phrases of the masters. In the average book of the present one will not find a single Colon used for it's original and chief purpose. Either the curt Period breaks in, or the limp Comma makes it's intellectual protest against aimless per- petuity. One can fancy our gallant old Colon fleeing from the tumult of linotype and multiple press. He must have gazed regretfully at the coming of all these strange, awkward creatures to the com posing room. He was the day of small clothes, lace and snuff-box. He fingered, indeed, in company with the splendid makers of English in the middle of the nineteenth century; but having done that he could do no more. And now he is al- most forgotten by his erstwhile asso- ciates in the printers case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
President Wilson's Ideals

In anticipation of a democratic victory in 19i2 President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton university outlined recently in a speech what that victory should stand for. We should. he said, take the gov ernment out of the business of patronage, the business of granting favors and priv ileges, of arranging the laws so that this, that, or the other group of men may make large pro1its out of their busi- ness, and draw it hack to the function os safeguarding rights. general, not par ticular rights; the rights which make not so much for the prosperity which enables small groups of individuals to pile up enormous fortunes. as for a general stim- ulation, a universal opportunity for en- lightenment and justice. am thinking of course, of tariff legislation
 This is excellent, and when it is put in practice as it assuredly will be some day 
 many of the evils of these times will be- ain 10 disappear, for all our plutoeratic and monopolistic troubles can be traced hack to a protective tariff. It sowed the noxlous seed and the harvest did once threaten the existence of the republic in all respects except in name.
 MT. wilson is. however, an optimist. He believes we are upon the eve of a new era of political liberty when men literally and more truly than ever be- fore desire to realize the ideals of popu- lar government and of individual privi- leges. This is good politics and good sense. Look back decade, or two dec ades at the most, and see the difference. Things could be done then that cannot be done now. The corruptionist stalked in capitol Hobbies in those days and even invaded the courts. Much ground has been gained, but much more remains to be gained. And the chief step to be taken hereafter will be taken when the party under which monopolies were formed and fostered is driven out of power. President Wilson is confident this will be done in l ,o,a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
souE BOSTON WAYS

From tie New York Morning Tele-
 graph.
 Some of the people down in Boston are queer,'' said a man who is staying at a downtown hotel Last time was there a native called my attention to a horse and buggy that stood near the Old South church.
 'Fine team, that?' said hc.
 "'Why, you don't call single horse team, do you? said I.
 Certainly was the reply; a horse and buggy is always Q team in this town Later on I was hunting up 8 man named Pierce.
 "'Oh ' said the elevator man, I pre- sume you mean MT. Purse
 "'Wa-al.' I retorted, trying to be as countriled as possible, 'daown tew old New York we folk call him Pierce
 Tn the beaneries it is good form to call for beans alone. Over here we must have our beef an or ham an, but in the Hub dish of beans alone is con sidered food enough for anyone"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
Corn Raising in This Slata

State Cotton Statistician Seymour is up in arms against the state department of agriculture. He claims that the latter is prejudiced against the Williamson method of growing corn-a method that seeks to minimize the plant and to send produc- tiyeness to the ears of corn instead. It involves deep blowing and thorough fer tilization, but so do all other plans that result in large yields to the acre.
 Mr. Seymour's grievance relates chief ly to the suppression of the fact that the champion corn grower of last year, MT. Vann of Henry county, was a close dis ciple of Williamson. In every particular he adopted the method of the South Caro- lnian, and he made a little over 142 bushels of shelled corn on an acre oi Henry county upland soil. Another man in Colbert county did almost as we'll MT. seymoud does not distinctly say that the Colbert farmer followed the William son method, but he leaves the reader to Infer that he did.
 The Williamson method cannot bs sneered out by the commissioner of az. riculture. It cannot be waved out oi existence by even Uncle Jim Wilson. | has come to stay, and Mr. vann oi Henry county is ready, no doubt, to wir the states first prize again on the Will Hanson line of culture.
 Ii would be worth going miles to see ar acre that was producing 142 bushels of shelled corn. Few men have seen such a sight in Alabama, and get there is not a county in the state that could not duplicate MT. Vann's acre in accordance with the Williamson method. MT. Will kerson should give that method it's due
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
Jasper's Postomee

"The Jasper postoffice has made a fine record and based on the receipts for the fiscal year just closed 1t will be advanced from the third class to the second class" said Frank V. Evans, editor of the Walker County News.
 While Jasper has not reached the 5000 mark in population 1t Is busy town; Is in fact a center of commer- cial importance equal to most cities of 5000 or 10000. It's postoffice business indicates as much. With Jasper's post office in the same class with Anniston and Gadsden it is enough to make our citizens a bit proud. In offices of the second class postmasters' salaries range from s20O0 to sso00. And being ad- vanced from the third class to the sec ond class entities the Jasper office to a larger clerical force.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
Peonle Not unaratcful


 That old saying, Republics are un- grateful is not always true when ap- piled to the voters of this country said an old democrat. "The aphorism or re- mark just quoted carries with it cynical note but 1 am glad to believe that the public. instead of being ungrateful, IS appreciative of the efforts of patriots and those who save a state from politl- cal tyranny.
 "Emmet o'Neal who organized the movement to defeat the un-American and iniquitous constitutional amendment proposition last year, will be our next governor. He will win In the primary on May 2 and his majority over Colonel Mallory, who tried to force the amend rnent upon Alabama, will be of land- slide dimensions; and feeling of grati- tude on the part Of the people will count very largely in victory"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
THE GENTLE ART.

IT 1A1AN LIZ He lies beneath a willow tree, The waters purl below, The birds are singing roundelays And frolic breezes blow. Ah can it be one ever toiled To earn his daily bread, Or ever tossed through sleepless nights Upon a city bed2 Although the fish aren't biting well, What could a fellow ask, Who's brought a dandy lunch along His pipe, his book, his flask?
 Happy, happy fisherman,
 Nothing can disnay,
 Who has the right materials
 To make holiday A slouch hat shades his lhalf-shut eyes, His clothes are very old, The ground is warm. he has no fear Of ever catching cold. The sky is calm and blue above, The world Is all a-dream, A spraddle-legged snake doctor' sails Across the sunny stream. Nearby a bold woodpecker drums Upon rotting tree And from the fields comes sweet perfume, Where roams the honey bee.
 Happy, happy fisherman,
 Nothing can dismay,
 Who has the right materials
 To make a holidayi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
 Likes the Music

"Tsehaikowsky's opera, Eugene Onegin,' to be sung at the festival, is bright and beautiful, judging from the chorus numbers said one of the most experienced chorus singers in R.rming- ham.
 The chorus music is not very dit- hcult and those singers who have been attending the rehearsals regularly know their parts we'll.
 q understand that the solo numbers are fine and we may depend upon it that the orch estration is rich in color. Eugene Onegin' has made great hit In New York and other cities where it has been heard and it will make a hit here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
The OId soIirs


 However ficlSle the public may be to- ward things in general said Richard j.. Jose. .'fond memories still cling to the songs Of other days
 Richard Jose is qualified to speak on songs and singers. Not the masterpieces of grand opera or the symphonies of great geniuses. but the heart songs of the people sung by minstrel balladists Jose himself was a favorte with thea tregoers 20 years ago, and he is just as popular now
 "The songs our mothers sang, he said will live long after the sensational suc- cess of the day are forgotten.
 Silver Threads Among the Gold3 What song written in the last ten years has chance of supplanting 1t in the af- feetions of all true lovers of melody of heart interest?
 ''The names of some of the songs of the last 20 years have been inseparaoiy linked with the names of their singers Banks Winters and White Wing; Edwin Harley and "A Curl From the Baby's Head' William J. scanlon and 'PeelS-a- Boo; Charles A. Gardner and Little Bunch of Lilacs'; Raymond Moore and Sweet Marie. Maggie Cline and Throw Him Down MeclosSy.; Joseph Murphy and The Handful of Earth; Charles T. Ellis and Sunshine Win Come Again could go on naming them for an hour
 T think the most prolific writer of pretty American songs was the late Paul Dressler. He wrote hit after hit. and many of his songs still finger in the hearts of thousands.
 Some of the best of his songs were The Lone Grave. Since Nellie Went Away, The Convict and the Bird, The Pardon Came Too Late. Just Tell Them That You Saw Me, On the Banks Of the Wabash, (which, by the way, Is sung in the public schools of lndiana); and we could go on down the list until we had enough to stock music store, The chief beauty in Dressler's songs was in the consistency with which the melody fol- lowed the sentiment of the theme
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
HOBsON
From the Washington Star.


 Captain Hohson of the Sixth Alabama district now has clear Held for re-eloc- ton. There was opposition for a time, based principally upon the vote he cast in favor of a new hearing for the negro troopers who had been dismissed from the army on charges of shooting up Brownsville, Tex. It was the vote of a man who. respecting the eountry's uni- form. thought every man wearing 1t en- titled to a square deal. Captain Hob son is q little obsessed about Japan. but otherwise all right and his people should send him back by a~sood vote
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
REFLEcT1oNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Falling in love is so easy because it is so dangerous.
 Most people are as suspicious of truth teilers as of liars.
 No girl ever cares enough for msn's future to refuse his proposal of marriage.
 A girl can never see the beauty in am other one that she could If she were the other.
 If man can boil water in tea kettle he gets an Idea that he has talent about steam power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
THE oLp-FAsHIoNED WOMAN.

What caused your sudden blowing in?'' asked a veteran in Shade Land of a woman who arrived yesterday. The won- gave a sigh that blew over tombstone as she replied; "I am an old-fashioned woman and did my work in a kitchen with six-hole range, a big sink, three long tables. two pantries and a dlshpan large enough to wash a turkey in. Two days ago I went to visit my daughter In a big city and found her cooking for her family in chafing dish, doing her dishes in washbowl and lseaping them stored in the lower part of the washstand. When I saw her get the bread out of big bowl on the piano, called a jardiniere. and reach for the butter out of the window. l felt a cold chill come over me, and when she made soup by opening a tin can and pouring out mess to which she added water from the wash pitcher, knew no more." Then the old-fashioned woman gave such sniff of disgust 1t blew all the shades over into the next Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

splendid Terminal station and your busi- ness houses. These compare favorabiy with any in the United States, all in all. I should say that Birmingham has as enterprising a set of merchants as any city in this country. My wife and Will look forward with much plea sure to re- turn visit of Ereater length
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
THE YELLOW, VIOLET

By Bryant.
 When the beechen buds begin to sWen. And woods the blue-birds warhle
 know, The yellow violets modest bell
 Peeps from the last years tNeyes
 below. Of all her train, the hands of ap9dpE, First plant thee in the watery mold And l have seen thee blossoming Beside the snow banks edges cold. Thy parent sun, who bade thee Et4w Pale skies, and chilling noisture alp, Has batbed thee in his own bright hue, And streaked with jet thy gloxin1
 lip. ss n And when again the genial hour
 Awakes the painted tribes qf H9h& I'll not o'erlook the modest flQUpS That made the woods of April brlFh1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
THE BETTER WAY.
.en the Youths Companion.

tfotn the fOutns 5 toHPahioiF' ks
 Through the good offices of powerful American residing in Paris. an ambitious young girl from our west obtained an audience with the late Constant Coquelin of the Comedis Francaise. who gracious ly consented to hear her recite.
 After listening to classic or two the great French actor went up to the young aspIrant for histrionic honors and placed his hand on her head. as in benedic- ton.
 My dear child.' said he. marry soon. Good-by." V I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

Kansas City believes in ship subsi- dies. Six packets are to receive the benefits of million-d dollar fund in that enterprising city. There is need of a ship subsidy movement in Bir- mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

In Hooppole township, Posey coun- ty. Injianner, a boy went out to milk the cows and did not come back for 4s years. But he came back with full pockets and he now proposes to take good care of the old folks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
A PEsKY PERSON.

Oh, how we hate the sight of him And hope to see him sold The man who says, All winter long I haven't had cold"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
GEORGE AIDE KNEW
m the New York Mail.

From the New York Mail
 Evidently Tom Taggart doesn't know what roulette wheel is. George Ade once defined it. "A roulette wheel" said George, after a night at Monte Carlo, lis contrivance without any number 1T on it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

Florida is bidding for good slice of the Rockefeller hookworm remedy, for she announces that 90 per cent of her school children are afflicted wltn the parasite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
A ZINE DETERMINATIONS.

His face lights up when whisky and water are set before him" three drinks his entire system lights up.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
no DE sUnE

From the Atlanta Georgian.
 Ty Coob and Hans Wagner both get larger salaries than members of Con- gross Hut The Birmingham Age Her. aid suggests that they work harder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

The Duke of Orleans announces he is ready te come to Paris whenever the royalist uprising is ripe. As a mat ter of fact it has not budded as yet. The noble duke should put away his grip for another 50 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

The crowned heads of Europe are lSowtowing to Colonel Roosevelt to such an extent that they are in danger of losing their headgear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

In Berlin Theodore Roosevelt of oyster Bay is to be treated as reign ing monarch and he may like it. But the untamed voter will not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

The psychology of the mob is the best description of the landslide that has overtaken the standpatters and the high cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
SARCASTIC.
your hair

How will you have your hair trimmedT' s
 with pair of scissors, please Lawn mowers are only used for such purpose in the comic supplements"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
THE MONTGOMERY JOURNAL

$ The Montgomery Journal has recsntly bought. a new home. where 1t will Do ,in- stalled with all the conveniences neces- sary to the making of a modern news paper. The Journal is enjoying matksd prosperity and has become one of s2ths best newspapers in the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

True conservation from the vertrees- Ballinger point of view is the conser- yation O. the Guggenheims and Gun ninghams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

Let the census man be instructed to count the honest men in Pittsburg. It will not take him long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

slim chance of becoming popular.
 That's right. Nobody cares for jo ride on steam roller"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
INDIFFERENT.

sHonkl honki'
 The pedestrian in front of a rapidly ap- preaching automobile contemplated his danger without emotion.
 'Honlxl honk.'
 A woman in the car screamed, the chauffeur turned pale and a policeman started toward the scene when the pedes- trian languidly stepped to one side and the automobile whirled past, barely graz ing his elbow.
 .sWhy didn't you get out of the way?" several people asked. You didn't seem to care whether you were run down or not. :" "You are quite right. I didn't care" answered the listless pedestrian. I'm on my way to a dentists offce.'
 QUITE A VARIETY. 'Twould take a learned naturalist, Who had his knowledge pat, To tell the name of everything Upon q woman's hat.
 THE POINT OF VIEW. "A fellow accumulates lot of junk go- ing through college"
 Referring to the classics or pipes and pennants?"
 roo SLOW. The chauffeur of steam roller stands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

Jeffries and Johnson are to fight for the pngilistic championship of the world-and s101,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

T. R. permitted 40 centuries to look down on him in Egypt. Any less term would have been scorned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

March came in like lamb and it didn't go out like lion. Old weather signs are not holding good these days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

The Jefferson county primary Is next Monday and the state primary four weeks from Monday.