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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
Position of the INSURGENTS

The effort to find an abiding place
or the insurgents Will come to moth
ng until after the November election.
Then all will know where they are
at" and the insurgents Will know
whether they can control the repubIi-
an party or must seek help elsewhere
n their campaign against privilege and
monopoly.
The standpatters seem to be getting
ready to revise the tariff in the next
congress. They are asking for large
aum to enable the tariff commission to
ascertain the difference between the
lost of articles here and elsewhere.
They are preparing to surrender some
Of their Aldrch booty. They Will en-
deavor to push through another revi-
sion before November, 1912.-ac least,
that Is the outlook at present. They
see that the Aldrch tariff cannot be
defended before the people and they
viii probably attempt to amend it In
the long session beginning in Deem
Der, 1911.
insurgency will remain a factor I'M
til then and really until the election
of the following year. The position OF
the Insurgents may not be altogether
pleasant. The administration never
fails to give them the cold shoulder
and they are not ready to join the dem
ocrats. And yet they ale more pop
ular. than the standpatters and theJ
may be elected to the next C,ngres.
In Increased numbers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

Roosevelt can be induced to take the
stump for Longworth it is figured out
in republican circles that the state can be
rescued from the democracy and Senator
Dick can be reelected.
1t is a very pretty scheme, but it at
least calls for the consent of Papa Roose-
welt, which has not yet been obtained, to
fill the role assigned to him. The scheme
turns upon what Colonel Roosevelt is will
ing to do. If he will actively stump the
state for Longworth and the republican
ticket the gloom of defeat will disappear
from that side of the house, and Ohio
will become the scene of a warm cam
paign.
Governor Harmon will not wither or
pale before Roosevelt onslaught, and he
would certainly put up a good and pos
sibly winning fight He would certainly
be able to hold up Nick Longworth as
one whose mentality is as small as his in
dividual political strength. 1t would be
a fight against the house of Roosevelt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
Natural Gas In This District

Natural gas petroleum and coal are
each and all attributed to the natural
dstillation of organic matters that have
been burned in the strata of the earth.
Natural gas is the volatile outcome of
these organic matters, and petroleum and
coal are farther and final products. BY
the term "organc matters is meant
both burned vegetable and animal
substances lying under impervious strata
The stored gases are oftentimes reached
by boring through the everything rocks.
This theory is commonly accepted, and
yet coal, petroleum and natural gas are
rarely found in close proximity. In Cali
fornia, for example, gas and petroleum
are found, but there is no coal within
thousand miles. And so it is in Canada,
but nowhere is natural gas found unless
coal or petroleum is within mailing dis
lance.
There may be no petroleum stored
under the soil of Fayette. but there is
plenty of coal near at hand and the
causes that led to the production of the
one no doubt led up to that of the other.
The value of natural gas to this dis
trict cannot well be overestimated. 1t
is the cheapest and most convenient of
all fuels, and if the coal of this district
IS to be supplemented with natural gas
manufacturing plants will come here for
economical reasons in large numbers. The
'ayette gas field should, therefore, be
pushed and promoted to its limit. Simply
because We have coal seams is no reason
why we would not find natural gas use
.ul. Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio
and Indiana have numerous gas wells and
hey have equally numerous coal seams
Coal and gas would pull together to-
wards the development of this district.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
EXPENSIVE BEDROONS
From the Chicago Journal.

From the chicago journal.
A rich London lady a year or two ago
spent over $4,000 in furnishing her bed
chamber The carpet-a grand, hand-tied
purple Axminster-cost $500 The chairs
and other furniture are of solid, carved
ivory, with ebony and gold inlay The
toilet fittings are of Oriental alabaster
and cost some hundreds of pounds In
the center of the room is a Cochin China
table inlaid with mother-of-pearl and
worth $3.50. The bedstead is of brass, in
laid with fine pearls and at the head is
an artificial landscape of crystal, ivory
amber, pearls and other stones.
Stephen Marchland, an American of
vast wealth, made up his mind to have
an even more extensively fitted bed
chamber, and with that purpose in view
he spent not less than $4,000 on a bed
stead alone. 1t was constructed of mas
sive ebony, with elaborate carvings of
solid ivory and inlaid with gold filigree
At the head of the >bedstead was huge
trophy cut from one piece of ivory. 4
special journey was taken to Africa to
obtain a massive tusk for the purpose
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
0hio's Remarkable Son. in-LaW

In six weexs Theodore Roosevelt will
breathe his native air while he treads
again the soil of his native land. He
will come back loaded down with greater
honors than had ever in our history been
accorded to an American. He will come
hack the idol of the people regardless of
party.
wade Ellis, who is managing the repub-
Mean side of the Ohio campaign, sees all
mis-. and now 1t is said he proposes to
utilize the Roosevelt influence by putting
n nomination for governor the man who
married Mr., Roosevelt's favorite daughter.
Nick I1ongworth could not Of himself de-
feat Judson Harmon, but If Theodore
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
CARD sHARPER's TRICK

London Correspondence of New York Sun
A Moscow card sharp has confessed
that he has been winning money at the
chief clubs for thirty years past by the.
following trick
On the pretext that his eyes We're
weak he Invariably wore dark spectacles
at night. His favorite game was one
called bank in which the Fights and
mines are the most important cards. In
his waistcoat pocket he kept a prepara-
ton of phosphorus and by touching the
backs of cards which he wished to mark
he made them slightly luminous His
dark spectacles enabled him to see, the
small phosphorus marks, which were in
visible to the other players. After a few
deals with pack he could play with
absolute certainty. a.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
Novel Aid for Census

1.-The action of the Birmingham Rail
way, Light and Power company, in plac-
ing at the disposal of the census super
visors the services of their street car en-
ployes," said a suburbanite, deserves
much commentator. / don't know VINO
furnished the printed forms whereby any
patron of the company could notify the
census bureau that he had been missed
by the enumerators, but the whoie
scheme is a decidedly practical one. !
was impressed by the public spirited ma
ture of the plan, and President Ford and
his associates should be accorded the
thanks of the community in their mover
method of assisting in the proper com
pletion of the census. | also nouceo una
several persons on the car when coming
to town last night filled out the pianhs
aud rave them to the conductor winch
tended to show the scheme was not only
navel. but effective"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Some rules laid down for people who
like to read:
Never hold a book near a fire.
Never drop book upon the floor.
Never turn leaves with the thumbs.
Never lean or rest upon an open book.
Never turn down the corners of leaves.
Never touch book with damp or soled
hands
Always keep your place with thin
bookmark.
Always turn leaves from the top with
the middle or forefinger.
Never pull a book from shelf by the
binding at the top, but by the back.
Never touch a book with a damp cloth
or with sponge in any form.
Never place another book or anything
else upon the leaves of an open book
Never rub dust from books, but brush
it off with soft, dry cloth or duster.
Never close book with a pencil, a
pad of paper, or anything else between
the leaves.
Never open a book further than to
bring both sides of the cover into the
same plane.
To avoid injuring the leaves of books,
never put a pencil mark in a library
book.
Always keep your books out of reach
of small children and in a clean, dry
place.
Always keep any neatly bound bor-
rowed book covered with paper while in
your possession.
Never attempt to dry a book, accident
ally wet, by fire, but mop off the
moisture with soft dry cloth.
Never write upon paper laid upon the
leaves of an open book, as the pencil or
pen point will either scratch or cut the
book leaves.
Never lend a borrowed book, but re-
turn it as soon as you are through with
it, that the owner may not be deprived
OF its use.
Never cut the leaves of a book or mag
azine with a sharp knife, as the edge is
sure to run into the print, nor with the
finger, but with a paper cutter or ordi-
nary table knife.
Never hold a small book with the
thumb pressed into the binding at the
lower back, but hold it with the thumb
and little finger upon the leaves and
three fingers upon the back.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
THE JEST TURNED
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
A student in one of the well-known
medical colleges in this city was always
prone to ask some foolish question after
the professor was through with his lee
turer His object was not to seek infor-
nation, but to amuse the class and hold
the professor up TO ridicule. How he sue
ceeded can best be shown by the follow
ing conversation which took place in the
classroom the other day. The professor,
disguised with him when he asked an ex-
tremely silly question, said young man.
do you know that fools can ask more
questions than wise men can answer?'
The young student, undaunted, slowly re-
marked: II guess that was the reason we
all failed in yesterdays exam And
everybody laughed but the professor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
View of Indiana Man

NJ L. Corey of. Argos, Ind, secretary
of the National Hardware association,
said yesterday: you have to come to
appreciate. The outsider knows little OF
the great worth of Birmingham. The flu
ture. which awaits Birmingham as pro-
ducing center is unlimited, for 1t is al
ready a great distributing point, and when
YOU begin to manufacture your crude
products the money will stay here and
be turned over, every time for the bene-
fit and growth of your city.
Il enjoyed astrip to your steel plant
today, which is one of the greatest in the
world. That was, enough to remove all
doubt Of any pessmistic northerner who
might have been trained to think that
nothing good exists down south. How
ever, rubbing sleeves with your people
would dispel such thoughts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

1--WE are exploiting in Birmingham az
the present time very unique up
naratus for breaking down. coal III
mines" said ]. A. Yates yesterday III
is a hydraulic mining cartridge which
takes the place of explosives for preak-
ing the coal and it has proved re-
markedly successful.
1.-The cartridge is forged steel CYL
inder of varying lengths and diameter
and having eight duplex rams or pis-
tons arranged in a row along one side
Tho action of these pistons, is, o.
COURSE simultaneous, the pressure De-
ing applied through the logltudinai
massage in the steel cylinder at the
back of the plstons. A liner of snee,
iron. about a inch thick, 4 inches
wide and % inches long is usually
introduced in the lower side of the
hole TO present a uniform bearing sur
face for the pistons and prevent Their
sinking into the coal
"The cartridge is operated by new
and improved form of pump. Thoueh
small. it is extremely powerful peihs
capable of exerting a pressure of seven
.or eight tons to the square inch. 1t
is of special design, simple construc-
ton. and is attached direct to the rigid
pipe by which it is connected to the
cartridge. The pump is fitted with a
water tank holding about Y pints.
This quantity of water is sufficient for
a complete operation and most of the
water returns to the tank and can be
used over and over again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

whole course in pedagogy and was the
source from which Montaigne and hous-
seau drew the Inspiration for their the
cries on education.
The Montpelier committee has only oo'
600 francs $4,000 to spend upon the mon
ument, and the Lancet remarks truly ,hat
there should be no difficulty in obtairing
funds for more ambitious project.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
Iniaue Souvenir

Il was delighted with the souvenirs
given last night at the jobbers' banquet
to the hardware men" said President
Peck of the Wisconsin Hardware assocla-
tion. 1.-THE emblem on the back OF the
menu, which I understand was drawn by
Harry Jones' the genial POSTMASTER, ex-
presses Birmingham in clover leaf. with
capital, labor, coal and iron In iron INKS
around Birmingham, the center OF trade,
is described just what astonishes the
newcomer to your city. The claim of 5Oo'-
600 population in 1880 does not seem so wild
when COMPARED with the relative popula-
ton of 200 in 1871.
..-rhen. the lock and key which deco
rated the little souvenir ice cream pox
was a fine idea. Birmingham certainly
gave the hardware men the key to her
door, and we have used 1t to great aoVan-
tage. We are glad we come.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

DR.. George F. Becker in Science.
Edmund HALEY was a very great man.
He was not only the first to predict cor
rectly the return of comet, that which
is now known by his name, but also
before Newton had announced his re-
suits to anyone-arrived at the conclu-
sion that the attraction of gravitation
probably varied inversely as the square
of the distance. While these and other
important achievements of his are we'll
known, it seems to have been forgot
ten that Haley devised a method of
determining the age Of the ocean from
chemical denudation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press

Some people ask you to do them a
favor as II they were doing it to you.
One good thing about boys going
through college is it never has to hap
pen but once.
Even a man who drinks nothing at a
public dinner can be fool enough to
make a speech there.
The reason girl can fall in love so
quick Is she's trying to beat all the
other girls doing 1t.
man always thinks his brain would
be more appreciated by people II the
climate agreed with him better.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
ELECTION AFTERMATH

Memphis Commercial-Appeal Local op-
ton gave statewide two black eyes and
a bloody nose in the election of O'Neal
over Mallory as governor of Alabama.
Columbus Enquirer Sun: The result OF
the primary election in Alabama is un-
questionably a victory for local option as
against statewide prohibition In that
state. The issue was too clearly made
for there TO be any mistake in this par
ticular. But whether it means that Ala
bama will return to the open saloon sys-
TEN is a matter of conjecture.
Charleston News and Courier: The elec-
ton OF Mr.. O'Neal does not mean that
Alabama has been handed over to the
liquor forces. 1t does mean that the peo-
pie of Alabama have set their faces
against fanaticism. 1t does mean that
they are in favor of conservative legisla-
ton. 1t does mean that they recognize
that communities, like individuals, diner
and that what may be the best possible
thing for one community may be the
worst possible thing for another. 1t is a
victory for temperance.
Savannah Press: The election in Ala
bama yesterday was not a surprise. In
fact, 1t was a foregone conclusion, after
the verdict last fall, in which the people
refused to incorporate the drastic prohi-
biton measure in the state constitution.
If yesterdays election means anything
it means that the state will probably re-
turn to local option. The vote for gov
error and state house officers indicates
that this question itself must be decided
by a convention of delegates who are
expected to frame up local option plank
for the next legislature. So far from TAX
ing an ultra stand upon the subject of
LIQUOR, Alabama seems to have wheeled
around entirely and to have indicated
desire to go back to local option. This Is
significant. 1t was probably aided by
the reaction brought on by the present
state administration, which has not been
entirely popular with the people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
RATHER QUIET
From the Chattanooga Times.

FTOn tfle CHHttaHOOga IIlies'
A good many Alabamians will be sur
prised when they read in the papers this
morning that primary election was held
in that state yesterday. That campaign
certainly must have been affected with
hookworms. f.,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

THE BEST EVER.
The 'joie de vivre" s a happy phrase
And means the way you feel
When life's a round of holidays
And beauties rare reveal
Themselves to eyes rejoiced to see
The mornings tints unfold,
And things are as they ought to. be
And no ones growing old!
A song ascends from thankful hearts
And works pure delight,
From which one with reluctance parts
When comes the fall of night.
Tho world o'erbrims with happy smiles
And laughter, soon and late.
1t beats dull care thousand miles
The 'joie de vivre' is great.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
A CHOPPER

From the Chattanooga Times.
Governor Conner of Alabama was thrown
over his horses neck. Good prohibitions
lists will not approve Of this horses neck
business.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

If Mr.. Roosevelt undertakes to elect
Collector Loeb governor of New York
he will tackle job size too large
for him or anyone else
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

On May Is a reunion of those who
saw Halley's comet in 1886 is to be held
in each state. The Alabama meeting
has not been called yet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

Alfred Austin still threatens to greet
the Colonel's coming to London town
with an ode. and there is no law to pre-
vent the impending stroke.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

Mr. Taft plainly prefers to talk and
travel while Aldrich and Cannon stay
in Washington to get administration bills
through Congress-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

May flowers and May showers are
starring together in these parts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

The mail order houses would be glad
to buy the census cards at 21a cents
per name.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

Today is the day to send in your name
if you have not been counted
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

The Panama canal should be completed
before dreadnoughts too large to pass
through 1t are built.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

Lorimer's election to the Senate is not
redounding to the glory of Illinois,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

Senator Depew says he is going to
Europe, but he does not say that I. r.
sent for him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
PIED PIPER REVISED

Lorimers toga is to be sent to the in
vestigation laundry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

A bungalow is simply a house that
has seven times as much porch as it
has enclosed area.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

1t seems to be settled that the Colonel
cannot be counted, no matter how many
animals he killed in Africa.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

ignal and only
& ISIS "A REQUIEM.
s (Contributed.)
My garden yest're en- in its livery OF
green
Was smiling in beauty and bloom,
But a frost last night in its gar
ment of white
Has shrouded it all for the tomb.
The rose, too, is dead that had lifted
it head
To blush on the bosom of spring:
No perfume is there, to float on the
air,
A lure to the butterfly's wing.
The roses we gather in youths sun
ny weather >s.5H
We hope will keep fresh through the
years
But they wither and die, as time
rushes by,
tears.
And our hopes. SO sublime in youths
early prime
Take leave when life's battle is on:
They shrink from the strife OF the
strenuous life
And leave us to struggle alone.
L. A. Woodson. s
Oakman, Ala.
EVER THUS.
lecturer stated on the platform
last night that money was dross"
He didn't charge anything for his
lecture, then?"
"Oh, yes; quite a large sum-"
Il thought so.''
MR., A*l'
THE EASY GOING.
Some people fight from day to day.
With valor and persistence,
While others choose, along life's wav.
The line of least resistance
AFRAID HE'LL MISS SOMETHING.
What makes Viewed hurry home 80
early in the afternoon?"
His baby is learning to talk"
OH, JOY!
Lift up, We bardlets,
A jubilant strain:
Peek a-boo trolleys
Afs with us again.
GASTRONOMIC.
You say her pies speak for them
selves?"
Not exactly; they speak by proxy
How is that?"
well, If you eat one of her mes n
VIII make you talk in your sleep."
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

The orbit of Halley's comet is not
half so dazzling as that of Colonel koose-
vel as he glides from one crowned head
to another.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

The insurgent Danville elephants are
now in ST. Louis and local trouble is
feared in that city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
NOT RELATED.

NOT RELATED.
Paul Cook of The Birmin CHAM Age
Herald is promising young man, but
developments during the past year tend
to cast suspicion on his name. It's a
pity the doctor couldn't make his pol
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

Uncle Jim Wilson urges folks to go
back to the farm while he stays in
Washington to get his own rations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

The bride center has shifted from AL
bany to Chicago-from Aids to Lorimer
without change of color or spots.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

In John W. Kern's case the spotlight
affords a second chance-a chance to
recover from the i'll effects of 1905
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

Another $4,000 prize has been hung up
in England for an aeroplane voyage be-
tween London and Edinburgh, 400 miles
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

cine vaccination take. Pensacola
Journal.
1t is indeed pity. His manners are
SO much better than those of the man
who is now proclaimed as the "or-
iginal and only"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

England's new budget has gone into
operation quietly and effectively born
though it was in days of revolution.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
JUST GROUNDS.

JUST GROUNDS.
why do you want a divorce@ asked
the sympathetic judge. -.
your honor, my wife insists on me
wearing purple vest that belonged to
her first husband
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

Unless the weather improves rapidly
Halley's comet will have to shine on
unappreciative millions of this planet.