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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
rHe MIsTL EroE DoUoA.

By Thomas Haynes Bayly. The mistletoe hung in the castle han, The holly branch shone on tho old oak
 wall
 And the baron's retainers were blithe
 and say,
 And Keeping their Christmas holiday. The baron bsheld. with . fnthers peias. His beautiful child. young Lovsfl's bride, While Shs, with her bright eyes, seemed rhs star of the sosdiy company. '1'm weary of dancing now.' shs cried; 'T3sft tarry . moment-ru hide-rh
 hidsl
 And, Lowell. be sure thourt first to trace The clue to my secret lurking place" They sought her that night, and they
 fought her next day; And they sought her in vain, when a
 weef passeA away! In tho highe1t-the lowest-the loneliest
 spot roeas Lowell sought widiy--but found
 her not
 And years flew by, and their grief at last Was told in sorrowful tale long past. At len lsns,s P. .a s.h shsst that h.d lons wa. found in the eastis; tnsy rAis.d tn. ~ sss'stsa fern lsy nsla~sns n - Ssaasa vs~asa . snas iazt aunn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
Our Network of Telephones

There are twelve million telephones in this country, and each of them is used on the average six times a day. This means billions of calls year, and it is difficult to estimate in dollars and cents such vast number of calls.
 When it is remembered that these conveniences of communication have sprung up in about twenty-five years, we see at once how quickly the homes as we'll as the business houses of great people have been tied together by the telephone. If these telephones were suddenly plotted out, the entire country would stand overwhelmed and sore-stricken. All branches of busl- ness and social intercourse have been adjusted to the telephone, and civiliza- tion can not spare this development of electrical energy.
 The conveniences of this age are surprising, but none of these conven. fences supplant industry and integrity, which are as important today as they were before these conveniences of life were known. No mere convenience can change the basic conditions of a successful life, although they can won derfully overcome small obstacles in the path of such life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

As the new tariff Is higher than the one it supplanted and the trusts are becoming more aggressive daily, there seems to be no reason to doubt that ten years hence will bring another doubling of prices.
 In the meanwhile, however, move ment against the trusts is to be or ganised on . large scale. A national antitrust league is to be organized in Washington. This league hopes to secure a million members who will pun together to stay the greed of the trusts that are increasing the prices q the necessaries of life. The Wash ington effort may check the march of an tsusts. althoush 1t comes rather 1nto ln tho dax. and 1t will have tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Factors in Ad Writino.

Messrs. Ben M. Jacobs & Bros. are Just Tn receipt of a handsome check from the Hoosier Manufacturing company as a prize for selling the third largest num- Der Of Hoosier kitchen cabinets under the club plan which was operative in nearly all cities of the United States during the two months preceding Christ mas" said John Sparrow last night
 This is great record for the house and also for Birmingham. proving that there is very large number of up-to- date housekeepers in this city. The first day of the campaign Messrs Jacobs broke all one-day sales records in the United States, fact which has the at- testation of the Hooser Manufacturing company. MT. Word M. Canaday, man ager of the trade promotion department of the Hoosier Manufacturing company, in a letter acknowledging the receipt of copies of the series of advertisements run by Ben M. Jacobs & Bros. during the club campaign, says: It Is one of the best laid out campaigns we have seen for the Hoosier club, and 1t helps to explain why you were so successful As I had the pleasure of preparing the copy. in cooperation with the Messrs. Jacobs, am naturally gratihed by this compliment to the advertising, but I would be inexcusable for making this personal reference if 1t did not give me the opportunity to state what I cop sider vital point in advertising, and that is the importance of cooperation by the adwriter with his employers. When @ campaign is conducted on such a basis it Is usually successful The publicity campaign of the City Delivery company. which is being copied by ice companies in different parts of the coun- try, is an instance of the results of collaboration by officers and adwriter. This has been the method of the Nor wood campaign from the inception of the Placid Place. the management and the adwriter being always In close touch. I get inspiration from cooperation, and do not hesitate to attribute whatever success I may have had in the adver- tising field to a recognition of the neces- sity for this mutuality Of effort"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
DO IT NoWi

Who ashes strews upon his walk Where slippery snow has swirled, Will find them not upon his path When in the other world.
 New York Sun. We have no snow in Dixie land, But on the other shore A golden crown awaits the man Who always shuts the door,
 Birmingham Age-Herald. And somewhere in the under world A fires built-'tis true ~ To roast that guy who asks you, 'Ts It cold enough for you7'
 -Philadelphia Telegraph
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
THE FAST LIFE.

A lavish liver went the gaits
 At quite merry clip; He spent his money recklessly
 And often gave tip Much larger than the weekly wage
 We poor joke-writers get Who toll along from day to day
 And can't keep out of debt. He hitched his wagon to a star
 Who tripped upon the stage And with the johnnies of the town
 Was simply all the rage. For gasoline and servant hire
 He spent a large amount; How much his little dinners" cost
 He didn't stop to count. With such fnroads upon 1t made,
 His bank roll soon gave out And then he sadly asked himself
 What was 1t all about. His money gone his friends went. too,- He loudly moaned his fate. The trouble is, when we wake up,
 We always wake too latei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

Alfred B. Williams, until recently the editor of the News-Leader, Rich mond's leading afternoon daily. is now in editorial charge of the Roanoke Times. morning paper, and the Roa- noke News, published in the afternoon. He is not only skilled in his pro fession. but he writes with uncommon force. Everything from his pen is full of pith, and one reason why his ar ticles always have weight is that when he discusses issues involving a ques- tion of morals he never straddles but, on the contrary, writes from convic- ton. At one time MT. Williams was the editor of the Greenville IS. O, News, but he went to Richmond about ten years ago and has been since rec ognized as one of the ablest editors Virginia has had in modern days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

left Philadelphia he has repeatedly re- quested me to go home, but I have posi- lively refused to do that and told him I would kill myself if he left me alone"
 Mics de Janon Ia Poetic.
 That the girl was of poetic nature was demonstrated by several rhymed notes handed to Cohen at the Bellevue. Stratford hotel by Miss de Janon. One the table for her in the hotel dining room was as follows Nothing to do Freddy darling. Nothing to do, Freddy darling, Nothing to do, you say. Let's take a trip on memory's ship, Back to the bygone doys; Sail to the old Bellevue-Stratford, Anchor outside TIT, look in and you see, There's you and there's me; A couple or kids once more.
 Chorus:
 Love days. love days, dear old golden
 love days.
 Kissing and hugging and quarrsling, But always sure to make up right away. You were my king, the waiter man, was your bashful little girl You put me down on paper, I love you
 so,'
 When we were couple of kids"
 In describing her elopement tonight, Miss de Janon verified what Cohen had told tho police, and added:
 When I asked him to go away with mo told him that had been neglected You see one that lives In brown stone fronts on boulevards is not always hap py."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
MRS. APPLETON sNIFFs.

''The lure of dab Of rouge and fun of chiffon is as nothing to mans heart compared with bowl of onion soup." was decision handed down by tho New Wifehood Guild of New York and, when Mrs. Lysander John Appleton read of 1t she sniffed so hard she fell down in 1t. T know the men," said Mrs Appleton. "A man likes a good cook before dinner. but after he has eaten his onion soup and all that goes with it he doesn't want hardworkins woman to come around him, tired out, and with her hair un- curled and her eyes still red from peel ing the onions; he wants some light. fluff " creature with the rouge and the chif- ion, and who doesn't know an egg beat CT from a carpet sweeper These wom- en's clubs can't tell me anything; know the men" Then she sniffed so hard she burst all her corset strings. And, when woman sniffs so hard she bursts her corset strings. the sniff Is the climax of contempt.-Atchison Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
Girl Will Be Welcomed.

Philadelphia, January 10.-Roberta dc Janon. the sole hsires of her grand father, Robert Buist millionaire seed dealer of this city, disappeared from the Bellsvue-Stratferd hotel here December p. few days before her seventeenth birthday. Her father, T'srdinand dc Jan on, New York stock broker. received several letters from her on that day in which she announced that she was go- itg to commit suicide by drowning. be- cause she could not bear to live after tho death of her mother.
 The wife of Erederick Cohen, walter, z years old. it is said here. who had served Miss de Jancn's meals at . ho- tel. however, reverted that her husband also wAs missing and produced . 1etter of an Affeotiofate nature that she alleged Miss de Jen6n sent him.
 The suicide theory was then abandoned and search was instituted for the missing couple.
 Two central ofeice detectives left to- night for Chica6A Robert Duist. the gifl's millionaire grandfather. who had oom- pleted preparations for her adoption only the day before che dinappsazed, denied himsslf to all intsrviswsrs, but close as- spoiates of his say that he still sticks to the declaration which he made today that he would extend full forgiveness to the girl, but would bend every effort to have Cohen prosecuted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
Dickinson Leaves Havana.

Havana, January 1o.-Seoretary of War Dickinson was entertained today by President Gomez at . typical Cuban breakfast at his sugan estate near Ha- vana. The Secretary was escorted aboard the yacht Mayfiower this after noon by the members of the cabinet and other government officials. He ex- pressed himself as greatly pleased with his visit to Cuba. The Mayf1ower pro ceeded for Charleston, S. C.. at 450 osc1odk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

entire Aldrich-Cannon wing of the re- publican party to fight from the very outset An army of a million house. holders can, however, accomplish a great deal if it will stand shoulder to
 shoulder against it's common enemies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
Mir. UnderYood'S Brilliant Victory

Whatever Mir. Underwood may have lacked in national reputation he se- cured last week when he urged the insurgents to join hands with the dem- ocrats in order to bring MT. Cannon to true sense of the situation. The initiative was MT. Underwoods, and when the insurgents had surged suf- ficiently strong, MT. Underwood led the allied forces to victory. The Speaker ceased to be an autocrat by a vote of 149 to 146, and that vote holds good. and it is conceded it will remain good
 The vote not only renders the white washing of MT. Ballinger more diff cult, but it shows the insurgents that they can at any time unhorse the auto crat by simply calling to their aid the democrats The only democrat who failed to respond last Friday was MT. Fitzgerald of New York city, who is a democratic suspect of long standing. There is no other, and no other is ex- pected to appear.
 MT. Underwood's brilliant victory has made him a lion at the capital, and his friends are anticipating the time when in democratic House he will be made chairman of the ways and means committee, thus becoming the leader of the majority side of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
TrIbutes to Peokhan,.

washington, January 1o,-The recom- mendations recently adopted by the bar of the supreme court of the United States in appreciation of the career and character of the late Justice Peckham. embodied in resolutions. was presented today to the court by Attorney General Wickersham Chief Justice Fuller re- sponded, paying an eloquent tribute to Justice Reckham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
THAT LITTLE BED AGAIN.

I dearly love my little bed, Its comforts never scorning; But most of all-Oh, sleepy head.- love it in the morning.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. dearly love my little bed Right after an election. Betting gives me an awful head, For they run in the wrong direction.
 St. Louis Times. I dearly love my little bed From Tuesday until Sunday; But it's doubly dear. it may be said, On the morning of a Monday.
 New York Telegram. I dearly love my little bed, love 1t every minute, I mean that Summer garden bed When onions flourish in 1t.
 Scranton Tribune. I dearly love my little bed Right here the plotlets thickens- I dearly love my garden bed. But oh, you chickens.
 Houston Post
 KNOCKING. T hear only golden opinions of you" Thanks
 Everybody thinks you are rich.'
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
Special Message Read.

washington, January 1O.-Although the provisions of the special message of Pres ident Taft proposing further railroad and anti-trust legislation were known to all of the members of the Senate, 1t was read today as a special compliment to the executive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
REFLECTIONS oF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Freckles are worse to a woman than knock knees, because they show
 mans idea of patriotism is getting speeches. with rage over a public ques- ton.
 Even a man who can get along with his own sister sometimes can't do 1t with his wife.
 A generous act makes . man 50 proud of himself he is then fit to do most any mean thing.
 The dickens about marriage is 1t teaches y0u % many thin6s you ought to havs tnown before, e you wouldn't hevt eApe k
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
WHAT'S GALLANTRY?

WHAT'S GALLANTRYf A girl gets attention When things don't suit, That Is, provided
 She's lawfully cute" But the plain-faced maiden, Unless she has pelf, In this workaday world Must shift for herself!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
As to Date of Primary.

''I am in favor of an early primary both for county and state" said bus mess man who takes a reasonable in- terest in politics.
 '"rhe only argument I have heard ad- vanced by advocates of August primaries is that late primaries would give an opportunity to thousands of citizens not now registered to quality themselves as voters at the general registration in July.
 Someone remarked the other day that early primaries would disfranchise about 50,00O But I think 1t safe to say that the July registration win not add 1000 to the total vote of the state. Five or six thousand would probably be as many as would be affected. But suppose the number were 10000. To offset the new voters which July would give us, thou sands now qualified would be deprived from voting in a late primary-August or September-because they would be away on their summer vacations. The county primary in which Colonel Higdon was nominated for sheriff was held in the summer. I was sitting on a veranda in Denver with 13 or IA other Jefferson county men while that primary was be- ing held Most of us happened to be Stiles men, but Judge Stiles lost those votes and no telling how many others because it was in the good old summer time. By all means let us have early primaries this year. so that we may get a needed rest from politics."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
A sHREWD scHEMp.

Gridley will soon be a very rich man." What makes you think so?" He has begun to manufacture candles with peppermint flavor for the arctic trade"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

Winter may be striving to make a record and win prize. Nothing else will well account for It's unwonted bitterness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

Elephants do not shed their tusks, but when the Roosevelts get near fine pair of tusks the elephant is shed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
THEY ARE NUMEROUS.

From the Washington Herald
 "A college professor says he knew all along Dr. Cook was a fakir,'' says the Birmingham Age-Herald. All right; but the highest we can list him is Exhibit 647923.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

The farms are deserted because the farmers boys prefer to be motormen in the city than adolescent farmers in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

The breezes from Saskatchewan are hummers. They are the real stuff, and there is no occasion for disputing their yigor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

The otocyon discovered by the Rooseveltss and their 300 porters proves to be but Brer Fox after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
THAT'S THE BUBBLES.

There is something exhilarating about the pop of a champagne cork"
 Naturally; the exhilaration follows the. cork.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

Even the price of cats has gone up. A cat worth s2,o00 Is offered to the public, and 1t is not fat cat at that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
Ten Years of Tarif. protseldd Trusts

In ten years the meat trust snugly ensconced behind high tariff law has worked these changes in meat prices in Chicago:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
ArchbIshop Ryan Recovers.

Philadelphia, January 1o.-Arch- bishop Ryan has fully rscovsred from his late indispoRttion, cause1 by holds and hae soOonod hn duttoaI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
SevIers Good Story.

Among the excellent speakers heard at the annual smoker of the Business Mems league" said John L. Parker Twas one by MT. Sevier, the prominent rail- road official and one of the best illustra- tive stories I have heard in a long time was that which he got off.
 While it was story which MT. Sevier would tell at gathering for men only, 1t was not half as broad a risque- riskay as they say-as many of the things heard on the stage at high-ciass theatres. It was brought out in a quiet way so apropos that 1t stamped the speaker as a man of humor as well as an able and successful railroad official. I refer to the story in which he showed that Birmingham would not be neg lected-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

The railroads are expected to stand still whileAMr Taft and Congress tako their meastir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

This is the period of broken rails and broken resolutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

The North Pole has annexed this country, judging from recent temper atures and storm movements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

The Florida orange crop is still hold ing out against this unprecedentedly cold winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

The joint committee of Congress Is to be packed in the Senate to give Ballinger fine coat of whitewash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

It begins to appear that Andree got to the pole first, but he did not get back alive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

Banker Morse is optimistic even when he is known by prison number only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

Hitchcoek's steam roller is now con fronting the insurgents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

Zelaya no longer stands in the focus of the limelight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
soMnMHERN ARo11r.

When Phoebe, who's a perfect dear, Plays golf with any laddie, I'm very much inclined to fear Dan Cupid is the caddie!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

The six railroad presidents do not seem to have modified the special message over't much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

The shells of peanuts are now sent to breakfast food factories to be ground up with the other stun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

Halley's comet will get full of icicles if it comes}near the earth this winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

The ice companies up north are puzzled for an excuse for raising tho price of ice next summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

Mark H. Una is in his grave, but his ship subsAy scheme continues to re- turn to fe annually.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
Hawthorne May Run.

Walter Hawthorne, the well known Birmingham travelling salesman of the firm of Heyman & Hawthorne. Is con sidering the advisability of entering the race for secretary of state against Cyrus B. Brown of Montgomery.
 T have not made up my mind" stated MT. Hawthorne last night, while discussing the matter. But 1t Is prob able that I will make the race. am preparing to go on a trip north, how ever, and will not be in a position to state my plans positively until after return"
 MT. Hawthorne is we'll known in Bir- mingham and Alabama. He formerly lived in Wilcox county, where he has many friends. Some years ago he re- ceived fattering mention as a proba- ble candidate for Congress from the Second district.
 Should MT. Hawthorne enter the race 1t is generally believed that Mir. Brown will have strong opposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

TAs makeys Of eaf teDs afs rsAping fnraiAes In the Middle West.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

An angel is like you, Kate, and you are like an angel.
 -king Henry V.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
Some Hard Worked Men.

Three of the hardest worked men in the city's employ these days are the three captains of police, Captains Eagan. Haygood and Johnson." said a well known citizen. They have an im- mense amount of territory, every part of which should be visited by them every day but the limit which nature has put upon human beings makes this an impossibility.
 "As matter of fact if they succeed in covering the entire district in three days they have done something re- markable and the end of each shift will find them limp from overwork. They have to depend upon the street cars to carry them from place to place and by the time each point is visited and an inspection made. probably requiring at least half an hour for a good look around. then wait for car and move on to the next place, the eight hours will have passed and the captain finds himself anywhere from three to six miles from headquarters.
 "Sympathizers have advised the pur- chase of an automobile. which only brings looks of grief from the cap tains. They have made plaint that they consider such a sympathizer as nothing but a brute, doubly so considering the distressing circumstances'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
LIVING IN HOPE

She just despised her aged spouse, But suffered and endured, Because he deeded her the house And had his life insured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
A MAN.s PRIvILpar,

T wonder what makes sunragettes have such a grudge against men,
 Maybe they are sore because they cant get a whack at the free lunch.''