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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
Poet and Tax-Gatherer

Will Carleton, in a recent speech be- Ifore the Writers club, related the follow ling reminscence of a visit to the poet |Whittiers old home: '.I was billed to lecture one evening at 'tho town which had been for long years |the home of the good Quaker poet. Just Ibefore I went over to the hall a thrifty Hooking citizen accosted me. | h"Will you probably say anything in praise of MT. Whittier tonight?' he asked |after a few general remarks
 Why, yes,' I replied. 'I had thought of referring to him, and in very com plimentary way I have read, admired and revered him all my life. and it will be privilege. here in his own town, to add my humble tribute to that of the World at arge.'
 -s"Well, that's all right responded the thrifty-looking citizen, and we've no ob- jection in particular. to your doing so' but you mustn't be disappointed, if you dont get any. applause. with it.'
 "Why?' I inquired. f"Was he not idol !sed here-is not his memory held in veneration. Has he not advertised this town all over the world?'
 Well, perhaps SOL was the reply but hfter he died We found out that he wasn'' paying taxes enough on what property he owned and, don't you see, 1t has kind pf made him unpopular"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
Sleep in the City

From Harper's Weekly.
 Is if possible to obtain eight or nine hours sleep every night in the great ana noisy city? Surely it is. The man or woman who pretends that this is impos- sibe is either victim of self-deceptlon or a very rare invalid. Let us consluer a few cases in New York, the biggest and noisiest city in America. There are liv- ing in that city some half-million or more oe men who work as day laborerS, me- chailics. etc., and who sleep as soundly In tencments in the most congested dls- tricts as in the equally noisy outskirts or the city. Any cases of neurasthenia ol
 ,i,4a4ta among them? Not to any great extent. Of course their hard manual la bor gives them fine appetite. their means are small, and their diet therefore plain, and the good, honest fatigue re slltlng from a day of physical toll sends them swiftly into sleep that restores to them abounding vigor next day.
 It is not so long since the eight-oared crew of Columbia university won the in telo oliegiate championship of all America at Toughkeepsie on the Hudson, and sev- eral times since then the crews of this university have finished second in the great struggle, so close up with the lead CTS that spectators could not tell who had won. Yet these young athletes lived dur ing nearly all the period of training in the busiest, noisest city In America, and If they had not taken plenty of sleep they couid ret have made such splendid showing against the crews of Cornell, Pennsylvania, Syracuse, Wisconsin, Geoi E etown. etc Moreover the champion amateur eight-oared crew of America to- day is that of the New York Athletic club. made up of young men most of whom wei born in or near the big town and who cam their daily bread by hard work in the sf;y-scrapcr district. At every nationai regatta for years the crews of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
ENGLAND's WATERWAYS
Problem of Great Britain Is Similar to
 Uncle Sam's ''ss

From the New York Post
 The preliminary report of the na- tional waterways commission follows within less than month upon the re- port of d British royal commission on internal waterways, which, after the thorough manner. of British royal copi- missions, had been studying the sub ject for nearly four years. The prob lem in this country and in England, allowing for the great difference in area under consideration, is largely the same. In this country and in Eng land the rapid development of the rail- road, following upon an era of canal building, relegated internal water-b borne traffic to state of obsolescence. Eng land in this respect has fared worse than we have, since, according to the findings of the royal commission, from 1881 onward the whole system of wa terways has remained where 1t was or has deteriorated;" so years neglect, ac- cording to the present pace of the world, is quite a handicap. With us the faith in canals has held out better, and the present movement Is as much a demand for the extension of internal navigation as for the rescue of exist ing waterways from progressive de- screptitude. In both countries, of course. the movement is primarily a protest against what is felt to be the oxactions of the railroads. Yet from the year 1880 to 1906 the percentage of total traffic within New York state carried by the Erie canal has declined from IS per cent to 8 per cent, and ab- solutely from 4,600,O00 tons to 2.SS5,- 900 tons.
 But in spite of the task involved in lifting up the ca Ials and rivers from their fallen estate, our own commits sion and the British commission are agreed that the thing is more than worth trying-the British a good deal more positively than our own, it must be confessed. But both commissions agree on the all important point that the improve ment of internal naviga- ton must be taken up as an enter prise that recommends itself and not as mere club for railroads. "The funda- mental criterion" says our own com mission, should be whether a railway or waterway, when constructed or improved, will be a profitable invest- ment." The British commission looks forward to the creation of a traffic so considerable that, in course of time, an adequate return, direct as we'll as indirect, on the outlay may fairly be anticipated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

young business man and has been gen
 eral manager and treasurer of Roberts
 & Son for the past seven years, making a
 signal success of that business, now the
 largest concern of its kind in the state.
 MT Richard w. Massey, who is one of the most prominent and influential
 business men of the city, was elected ivice president.
 MT. James G. Smith, who has been
 secretary and cashier of the company for several years, was elected secretary and treasurer.
 MT. G. F. Thum continues as superin- tendent of the plant. A large force of 1. 100 skilled people are employed in the various departments of Roberts & Son
 with a capable foreman in immediate
 charge of each department. The reputa-
 ton of this establishment for producing highest grade work extends all over this and into the adjacent states.
 MT. Herbert l.. Wood is manager of the stationery department, assisted by MT, G. Edgar Hart, who is in special charge of the engraving and embossing and society stationery. and a corps of ca pablo, and accommodating clerks and statesmen are to be found in the stationery store
 MT. R. T. Anderson is the we'll known and popular city salesman and Mir J. H. Mobley is special stationery salesman, and MT. CnarleS u. ElllSOn IS the ODllB- Ing office salesman.
 MT c. w. Ufford, who retiers from the presidency of the company, which he has held for the past two years, still remains a stockholder in the company and mem- her of the board of directors and has merely disposed of his controlling interest to MT. Ewing and associates. , l MT. Ufford has been one of the most energetic and active young business men of the city, prominent especially in all movements for the public welfare and benefit of the community. He will prob ably not become engaged in active bus Illness again for several months, but will remain a part and parcel of the business l life of Birmingham
 The growth of Roberts & Son is some- thing for which the city should be proud having the largest complete lithographing
 plant in the state, making speciality of |bank lithography of all kinds. and also Ptperating a complete engraving and em- bossirig department and the largest gen
 eral printing. ruling and binding busi- ness, complete rubber stamp and seal press department and the largest station cry and office supply house in the state. The. business occupies the four-story.
 double brick building at 1810-1S12 Third
 avenue, which building was especially
 built for and is well adapted to their
 ntrposas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

this club have won one or more cham pionships, competing against the ablest crews from all parts of this country and Canada. Does the strain, the noise, the hustle, the crowd excitement of the me- tropolis affiict these young athletes with insomnia or neurasthenia? What a jokel City-born city-bred, city workers, they are splendid types of the clean. normal, well-balanceG athlete. And whether they are living at home In the noisy city or for a few weeks preceding race at quiet Travers island, Coach Giannini always sees to it that they sleep eight or nine hours every night, varying the amount to meet the needs of each individual.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
Robert W. Ewing
 President Roberts &SOn
HE ACQUIRES CONTROLLING INTER- EST IN CORPORATION FROM C.. ". UFFoRD-A STRONG BOARD or DIRECTORS

MT. Robert W. Ewing having recently acquired the controlling stock of Rob- erts & Son was. at the annual meeting Saturday. elected president of that con- cern.
 The stockholders meeting was held Sat urday at 12:30 o'clock in the offices or the company, 1872 Third avenue and more than four-f1fths of the capital stock or the company was represented in person and by proxy. The reports of the finances and business of the company showed the same to be in an excellent condition.
 The stockholders elected the following board of directors:
 Richard w Massey,
 W B. Dickerson,
 Maj E. Tutwier.
 C. w. Ufford,
 Hill Ferguson
 James G. Smith,
 G. F. Thum,
 Richard V. Evans
 Robert w. Ewing.
 The board of directors, with all mem- bers in attendance, assembled immediate s1y upon the adjournment of the stock holders meeting and elected Robert w. Ewing president of the company.
 MT. Ewing is an energetic and able
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
ava lessons to do, which are by no

have lessons to do. which are by no means easy.
 To eo to bed at 10 o'clock is considered early and in harvest time the work is still harder and the hours of sleep still shorter.
 Child labor in the grape-growing dls- trict is entirely unrestricted. From early to late small children toll in the vine yards, gathering. carting and packing the fruit The summer holidays in the Rhine district are later than in other parts of Germany in order that the children may help in the grape harvest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

I am elected, and false ru- mors, started in desperation by friends of defeated candidates, cannot change the result.
 My friends will be at the polls Monday and punish, with their votes, this kind of dirty politics.
 The death knell of the Fec System has been sounded. JOHN B. REID.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

That there will be important action at the consstory which is to be held tLls month, affecting the church in America is certain. It is. hardly probable, how ever, that the long expected American cardinals will be named. His holiness has not as yet, l am informed, been able to see his way clear to name any Amer ican prelate without creating hard feel ngs and this he is determined not to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

 , King Victor is the most athletic of all European monarchs. Ever since his boy hood he has been used to an open air life, and his training was so Spartan-like that when he had a cold his tutor used to send him out for a hard ride on horse- back, no matter how indictment the weather might have been.
 King Victor eXcels at most sports, in- cluding shooting, fishing, yachting, mo- toring. He is also keen horticulturist, whicn fact probably induced him to found the Institute of Agriculture.
 The following story shows the king is a good husband as well as good ath- lete.
 He was cruising off Monte Cristo island in his yacht one day when news reached him that the queen was ill. The yacht was at once steered toward the port of Laurento, where a motor car was in waiting, but the great roughness of the sea prevented a landing.
 Without an instant's hesitation the king plunged into the sea- and after much diff ticulty managed to reach the shore, his entourage watching him in an agony of anxiety from the yacht. He arrived at the palace much exhausted, but was just in time to receive the news of the birth of a little daughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
DEFENSE LEAGUE
 AGAINST TIE POLICE
Authorities Cause Most Dis
 turbanoe in Berlin
FINE PAINTINGS TAKEN
British Museum Gets Lot of Chinese Art Work That Was Rejected by the
 Germans--ChiId Labor Laws

Berlin, April 2-(Speeial )--No German political movement of modern times has been carried on with so much fervor or determination as the franchise move- ment One wonders how long the mas ters of Prussia, the Agrarian magnates whose bidding Dr. von Bethmann-Holl- veg must do, will be able to defy the growing tide of popular indignation.
 Attention has been diverted from the main issue and concentrated on the tac- tics of the police in 'suppressing' dem- onstrations. The completeness with which Herr von Jagow, the police-presi- dent of Berlin. has been outwitted by the socialists Sunday after Sunday mas caused much merriment to the public, with whom the police are a most unpop- ular institution.
 | All observers agree that the socialist processions have been models of good or der and self control. On no occasion was there the slightest excuse for the dashing cavalry and sabre charges which Herr von Jagows warriors executed at the ex- pense of innocent and defenseless by islanders, who in several cases included women and children.
 Once upon time Emperor William l delegated an adjutant to investigate con- ditions in a district seething with labor disturbances The adjutant telegraphed to Berlin: "All quiet except the author lities." That accurately characterizes the state of affairs in Berlin whenever street demonstrations take place. It Is almost invariably the police who disturb the peace and the public is so incensed that many are advocating the organization of a League of Defence Against the Po- | lice"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
A Merry Golf Widow

From the Smart Set.
 Time. Saturday, 2:25 D. m.
 Mrs. T. Mashie at the window looking out wistfully into the June sunshine. Mr. T. Mashie appears. every detail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

White Star markets motto: Quality, Cleanliness, 16 ozs. to the Pound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

Is it wise to change our judges without any cause? Vote for Judge William E. Fort for senior judge criminal court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

or his costume suggesting longing for the links. His cap Is in his hand and his clubs within snatching distance For the fraction of an instant he leans nonchalantly against the doorway.
 Well. my dear," he asks, 'how shall we spend our half holiday" Shall we motor or drive or walk? Because" rap- idly, as Mrs. T. Mashie Is about to speak, If you really don't care about any of these things I have an engage ment to play golf at 2:30 and-by love, must be off at oncel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

Old Sam Blake is a sure win ner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03


 | favorte word with Germans to des- cribe things which exercise considerable Influence of one kind or another, but can mot be exactly defined, is imponderabilia.
 Two of such things which largely infiu- ence the impressions made on foreigners are the Prussian tone and manner. Int I former is usually (to foreign ears, at Ileast harsh, and the latter overbearing. The military spirit and training are no doubt in degree responsible for both. These reflections are suggested by an oc- currence which shows that Germans themselves cannot stand the way in which they are almost invariably treated Iby those who have any authority over them.
 There is a convalescent home for con sunptiyes at Buch, near Berlin, and on Thursday it was announced that no lew CT than 23 patients had demanded and obtained permission to leave at once. They made no complaint about the food or general arrangements; they simply could not stand, as they expressed 1t, the rude military treatment to which they were subjected by the medical men In charge. The previous day the medi- cal man in question addressed, with cus- tomary brutality, a patient who had not accurately followed his directions. The patient, losing his temper asked for leave instantly to quit the place. The doctor angrily agreed, whereupon more than score of other patients made the sa me demand and got the same permis- sion.
 | A rude or harsh expression may seem hardly sufficient to justify patients who II had reasonable hope by remaining In the home of an eventual cure and must re- turn to the circumstances very unfaVof- able to their prospects of recovery. but tvery likely there were other impondera- bilia to cause such wholesale abandon ment of the home
 learn from a private source that an- other attempt will be made shortly to extend the bill regulating child labor In cities to the country.
 | The law passed in 1905 prohibits the employment of town children for longer than three hours daily or hour during the holidays and also between at night and 8 in the morning, but no law protects their brothers and sisters in the country. Peasent children in many parts of North Germany rise in the winter before D | o'clock feed the cows, clean the stalls, help with milking. and take the milk round before their scant breakfast, which consists of cup of weak coffee and a slice of black bread and lard School be- gins at &, then follows other hard work, such as then bringing in. of wood and turf, a nasty dinner and back to school.
 When school is over the morning work is repeated, and the children, dead tired,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

The conclusion that there is a direct con nection between the two is irresistible"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
THE TEXAS WONDER

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 matic troubles; sold by all druggists, or two months treatment by mail for $1. pr. E. w.. Hall, 2926 Olive street, St. Louis, Mo- Send for testimonials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

Judge Charles w. Ferguson, on his record, asks an indorse- ment for second term as judge of the city court of Bir- mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

Races are becoming more and more popular in Rome. Up to two years ago people were satisfied with four days rac- ing in the spring. Now, spread over the end of winter and the early spring there are 17 official race days and, besides that, informal meetings, organized on the spur of the moment, constantly crop up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

A remarkable duel'was fought at Avel- lino recently, the combatants being young man named Pascal Santosuosso and his fiancee. Marie Navajo. It seems that violent quarrel broke out between the lovers through jealousy, and rather than strike his fiancee Santosuosso chal- lenged her to a duel. The pair fought with pistols without witnesses, and after several shots both fell seriously wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

Dr. Bodes German detractors-and there are many-and their name is legion are assailing him afresh for allowing a wonderful collection of Chinese paintings to be captured by the British museum. The collection was gotten together by German lady, Frau Wegener and was on | exhibition last year at the Berlin Roya Academy of Arts.
 | Prior to the exhibition, the general ad- ministration of the Prussian Royal mu-
 scum. of which Dr. Bode is the head, ex-
 pressed the opinion that the paintings were not genuine, but merely Japanese copies, and did not reply to Frau Weg- ener who had offered to sell the pictures
 to them. Now they have been bought by the British museum under conditions
 considerably more favorable than those which Dr. Bode rejected. Local critics
 of the Bode regime cite the opinion or famous art dealers as to the collection, and point out that it makes the oracular judgment of the Berlin art authorities ut- terly ridiculous. 'The price paid for the
 zoo Chinese pictures" remarks Herr Fritz
 stahl. one of Dr. Bode's most implacable
 enemies, lis much lower than that of the
 false Leonardo bust"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

It is officially denied that Prince Joa- chim of Prussia, the Kaiser's youngest son, has been designed for naval ca reer. His royal highness will continue to serve in the army. Prince Adalbert or Prussia, the Kaiser's third. son. thus re- mains the only sailor prince" of the family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

Improved railway communication be- tween Innsbruck and Venice IS being provided by the joint action of the Aus trian and Italian governments The Val Sugana light railway from Trent, in the Tyrol to Tezze, the terminus on the Ital- ian frontier, is being converted into a line of normal gauge on which to run through expresses from Innsbruck on the Italian side the line is being con tinued to Primolano, whence 1t connects with the shortest route to Venice. It IS expected that the new route will be ready for traffic in July.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-11-30
SeCCi0n reCreatlVa
Ell, ITO sABIRONDO

Uabfa en- TerueI un hombre al que
aue llamaban el ito Sabirondo, porque
como LEILA y escribia regularmente, pre-
tendia saberlo todo.
Una vez quiso reirse de el ell medico
miranda al cielo, dijo:
-Mucho saben los que conocen la
Astrouomia, porQue leen en- el tirma-
,mento como un hbro alberto.
va pue uste icilo, que es bien Yer
da-contest6 el tic Sabirondo-Lo mes
mico leo yo ALA arriba que el sinor Vi
carlo pu4 Ieer Ell su misal. A juerza
de amos que leo ALI de corrido.
i Ah Pero usted conoee la Astro
nom1a
-TalcuaIicamente.
-6Y ESQ que es, que no m acuerdo
en- este instanteo
-Pues hombre, sabfendo 10 que es
Astronomia no sabe 10 que es ESQ?
-. All. 81! Vamos, viene ser igual
~sch? Todo ESQ 10 conozeo yo 10 mesmo
que le conozco ust6
-iH como Sc arregla para leer en-
el cieio2
-Pus me tumbo en- el campo panza
arriba, va bien entradica la noche, y
ALI voy fernando letras Miust6, la
luna es la Q mayuscuIa: las estrellas
con rabo son las les griegas, too asi,
nor tpSp ordnn
-Mucho talento tiene usted, ito Sa
biondo-prosigui0 el n6dico, procur&n
do contener la risa.
--Es que hi estudiao de todo.
-Hombre de todo no.
Hi dicho que de todo y 10 repito
-Pero comprenda usted que hay mu
chas cosaS modernaS.
-lIasta 10 mas modorno que haiga
-Por @jempIo los rayos x =. la ra
diografia !, los reIanpa gos, too ESQ Sc
10 que ,s
PcA>d q, otro poncrte en- un aprieto
y ai5aa;6:
= 81 aluesta usted a que no ha es
tudiado Ent5ofobia? Fijcsc usted bien
hidrofJb;a La hidrofobia es una cien
-ria nntva "ue casi uadic conocc en- nues
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Continuara.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-11-30
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