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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
Sanaisfs BI DIrsct Vote

In the excellent programme presented by Champ Clark before the state press association of Missouri is a proposition favoring the election of United States Senators by popular vote. The demo- cratic party may truthfuily be said to be committed to this policy. The entire country should join the democrats in this position, for it is the only plan before the people that offers any reasonable hope of driving the big monopolies out of their stronghold in the federal Senate,
 The question will bs live one in the two conventions to be held this week in New York state. The action of the dem ecratic convention is not doubtful. but the action of the republican convention upon 1t Is more than doubtful. Even If the republican platform should demand primaries. it may not demand the seiec- ton of senatorial candidates in those primaries. And yet there is no other known way in which the grip of privi- Iege upon federal legislation can be loos- ened in the United States Senate.
 This Is by far the most important poll ey before the people of the country to- day. The driving out of favored interests means that tariff Is to be devised with cut graft. 1t means that railroad and pure food legislation Is to be conducted in the interest of the people rather than corporate campaign subscribers. It means, in short. that the people would come into their own after an usarpation of monopoly, covering all the years since the war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
SAFETY DEVICES FOR SHIPS

may fall overheard. When the shout. Man overboard'' is heard, the watch officer fin the wheeihouse reaches over his head and turns small wheel. A life. saving ring, or rather several of them, are released from the sides of the ships by this action, and drop in the water. When they touch the water a tube con- taining chemical produces bright red light, which will, burn for an hour, and can be seen for 10 miles. The man over boaFd swims to one of these red lights and, grasps the buoy. and as soon as pos- sible a boat is lowered from the steamer, and all the buoys are picked up.
 The modern ocean steamer is a "one- man" control affair, as 1t were. and the officer in the wheelhouse has everything under his immediate eye. Even the port or starboard Or i1adlikhts cannot be ex- tinguished, without making itself known 'to the officer in charge A red light on diagram before him goes out when any of the ships lights go out. There are polished dials, charts, diagrams, ther- mometers, barometers. engine telegraph, telephones, levers, thermostats. and an array of switches within the reach of the watch officer, and If anything goes wrong in any part of the ship he knows it and has 1t within his power to rectify it immediately or to summon others to do the work. More and more dependence is being placed upon the automatic mechanical appliance than upon the memory and watchfulness of men; but in the wheelhouse there must always be watchers on duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
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AsTUTE MIR. sToDGE
How He Manages To Smoke in the
 House Without Being ScoIded

From the Boston Transcript.
 There is hope for the smokers. These miserable beings have long been op- pressed by the ladies of the household, who seem unaware that the floor is the proper place for cigar ashes. But the dawn of liberty now reddens the east ern sky. and smokers may be seen grin ming like any democrat Owing to the ingenuity of one Peter Stodge, they have found a way to domesticate the custom they learned to revere in the hotel lobby and the smoking car. Happy homes may be expected to spring up on every hand, thanks to the new method ->odr Stodge has invented
 Will you see this great liberator of the smoking classes hold cigar ar arms length and flick off the ash on the rug in the conventional way? Oh, never A shrewd liberator is Stodge He allows the ash to assume enormous length, and fall-quite by accident mind you-upon his s15 trousers. Instantly the ladies of the household fly to his assistance. They dust him off with most affection ate fury Thus the cigar ashes are de- poSitcu on tue llOOt, Wlieie iney DelcilB. Stodge is satisfied, and the ladies of the household are filled with righteous sat isfaction. Brethren, do not defy your rulers. Be wise as serpents, harmless as Stodge It pays By in the evening Peter sits at ease, with circle of cigar ashes all around him on the floor and the ladies of his household beaming benevolence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Prosperity md Automobiles

There is every reason why VI should expect prosperity this fail,' said w. H. Kettlg.
 The harvests are abundant and thu south has been singularly blessed 1T the matter of crops. There is Louis jana actually ready to export corn. Al the cotton states have become corr states to boot. While cotton will con tinue to be the south's great cash crop corn and hogs and diversified farming in general are now adding immeas- ureably to the south's wealth. The cot ton crop may be short this yeaf, but any deficiency in size will be fully made up in price.
 Wall street is lying awake O nights not from nervous stress or strain over the political temper of the times. SC much as because 1t is thinking about how it can get the south's money which Is to be conspicuously in evidence. II makes one tired to hear financiers dis cussing the automobile seriously as a cause of recent money stringency and as a menace to old-time prosperity Wall street is eager to sell northern se- curities to the south. and 1t often exchanges some of it's watered stocks for the south's hard cash. That is all right from a New York broker point of view. but because the peo- pie of the fsouth are now able to ride in automobiles Wall street holds up its hands and cries. 'Extravagance, Extravagance. Ruinous extravaganeV As matter of course, man who can not afford to own and keep up an automobile should not buy 1t. But It Is safe to say that most Of the peo- pie who enjoy the luxury of an auto mobile can afford 1t. Why, all this com motion about the auto and Its relation to the financial world Is ridiculous, especially when one comes to consider the fact that this country's automo- bile bill in 1910 will be only about s25O, ,000, ,Oo0, as compared with $2,000.- 900, ,oO0-I speak in round fgures- which the country spends for liquor and tobacco; and notwithstanding that much harm may come to individuals from the use of liquor and tobacco, the volume of money expended on these commodities, enormous though 1t be- has never been cited by Wall street as cause of financial depression.
 Truly, this fall Is marking a new era in the reign of southern pros perity. Hereabouts and all through the south more people than ever can af- ford automobiles and they will have 'em"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
esnsr,I Lss's status In st,,usr Hall

The friends of a restored union won . signal victory at the recent national uncampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Atlantic City. By a vote of 1ss to io2 they succeeded in Jostponing indefinitely any expres- nion concerning the Lee statue in Sta tuary Hall. The subject was warmly uiscusssd and at the end of 1t the oncampment tabled the entire subject
 When the Grand Army refuses to make deliverancs against the Lee statue It is plain sectional hatred is 1issppssrins and that the country will soon be united in spirit as 1t long has been physically
 Ono spsaksr at Atlantic City pre- oented the subject in a new light. "Ev- cry inch." hs said, General Lee is enAssa sn the pedestal of lame raisss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
SAND FOR INDIGESTION

From the New York World.
 That the ultimate cure for indigestion has been discovered Is the belief of Will liam A. Graustein, millionaire head of a milk firm at Cambridge, Mass.
 Graustein had been victim of indi. gestion for years. On the advice of g physician he procured some common building sand. sterilized 1t, and took g spoonful of 1t three times a day. IT six weeks, it is said, a cure was effected Dozens of his friends have tried the same treatment with what was declared to be favorable results Now whenever Graustein feels run down or has any work in hand requiring ''sharpened" fac ulties, he reaches into his desk and take! spoonful of his panacea from well filled vial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

Grant and the army of the Potomac. which overcame him in honorable bat tie. We cannot afford for our own rep utation to minimize either the char aoter or leadership of Lee, the best of them all"
 This should put at rest all opposi- ton to yirginia's right to set up two representative statues in statuary Hall, as other states have done or will do. Congress should proceed to receive the statues of Washington and Lee and the incident should be declared closed to the lasting peace of all patriots north or south. A statue of Lee should certainly be placed in the building in which General Lees soldiers have sat and made laws for 70 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
POETRY AND THE COST OF LIVING From the Chicago Inter Ocean.


 The wife of Richard Le Gallienne. the poet, has filed bill for divorce, accord ing to a dispatch from New York. It seems that the poet has not supported her for seven years or more Hence the suit. While non-support for a matter of seven years Is legal ground for divorce in most states, Mrs Le Gallienne. 1t seems to us. should take into consideration the difficulties in the way of professional poet. or late years these have been par ticuiarly great. Most commodities, as she must know very well, have gone up 70 or 50 per cent in the last decade. Food. clothes, house rent, amusements, wives. estabiishments-all these call for a great dsal more than they probably ever did before And yet 1t is fact no doubt easily verified that the price of poetry has not by any means kept pace with the general rise in prices. We shouldn't be at all surprised if even superficial investigation were to show that poetry was actually selling for less today than 1t did several years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
Mayer Gaynor's Story of the Shooting

Mayor Gaynor's letter, written to his sister. with no view of publication, has been given to the public. and it is widely accepted by people in all walks of life as a remarkable human document-one that perhaps will live alongside the prose classics of the language.
 It is most expressive picture of the assault with no trace of self-conscious- ness. Fortunately, 1t was dictated from q personal point of view for the reading of sister residing in a city in the up- per part of New York state. Its sin eerity and spontsneity demanded wider publicity in the mind of every one who was permitted to see the original pub.
 lication. simply because 1t presented under trying circumstances one whom all are interested in as a citizen, phi losopher and man.
 Standing on the deck of a steamship prepared for any fortune that came to him. the shot of the assassin took him
 wholly ,unawares. He was looking at the flags with which the ship was decorated
 My next consciousness" he says, twas of terrible metallic roar in my head It filled my head, which seemed as though 1t would burst open. It swelled to the highest pitch and then fell and rose again, and so alternated until fl subsided into continuous buzz. I was meantime entirely sightless" When he became conscious he tells in
 the simplest and most convincing manner how he tried to conceal the effects of the wound In his throat-how he tried to | swallow the blood that was yelling ur there. He was thinking of others more
 than of himself, although he does not
 say 70. No fear of death entered his
 mind. He had apparently done his duty as he had seen 1t, and he himself says l T was not bit afraid to die If that was Gods will to me. I said to myself just as well now as few years from now" The entire letter reveals an earnest
 sincere man. Few had understood hin
 aright. Many had misrepresented him
 but in the light of the letter written tc his sister no intelligent person will here after misjudge the man whose abilitie.
 and intentions have been appreciated
 without full knowledge of the deep, sin cere and manly character beneath them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
AN AQUATIC TRAGEDY


 When visitors came Bobby was often turned out of his room and into the gar ret for night or two. He did not ob- ject to this, but he felt that 1t endangered certain cherished possessions.
 When his uncle, the clergyman. arrived unexpectedly one night. Bobby was trans ferred to his garret quarters in haste and with small ceremony. and neglected to take any precautions to guard his treasures F. T have to thank the thoughtful per- son who placed glass of water oh the table near the bed last night" said the clergyman the next morning. T awoke in the night and found 1t refreshins--most refreshing.''
 "Oh!'' said Bobby, in tone of sorrow and reproach. You've drfnked up my nice new quarium, and all-"
 But here Bobby's revelation twas sup pressed by his mother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
A rIckLIsH SUBJECT

From the London Daily Mail.
 A great Scotch lawyer with wit and learning in equal parts was pleading before a judge with whom he was or most intimate terms. Happening to bs retained for client of the name o Tickle, he commenced his speech. lord-'
 He was interrupted by laugh in court
 Tickle her yourself said the judg, promptly. You are as able to do so a. I am."
 Whereupon the laughter increased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
COLUMBUS DETHRoNED
From the Youths Companion.

From the Youths Companion.
 The paths of great discoverers have al ways been thorny ones, as our aspirantl for polar honors win testify, but it re- maiiied for an old Vermont farmer to put forth an as yet unheard of rival to the great Columbus. s
 The farmers wife was greatly stirred up by the agitation of the woman's rights question. One evening the old lady wat condemning the men in very strong terms and expressing herself in favor of wonl- ems voting. The old man got tired Of 1t. He dropped his paper, pushed back his spectacies and exclaimed:
 "Marendy! The men hev made out to govern this kentry ever since Robinson Crusoe discovered it, and guess they win for while longer; so you keel still"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
A LITTLE LOWER
From the BuffaIo Commercial.

The Mems Brotherpood has issued a call to the churches to send at least 10, 600 men to attend the centenary of the American board in Boston in October. ~'They would be heartily welcomed. though the committee of arrangements is not providing for so large a number says the Consresationalist. At country prayer meeting in Nova Scotia, one sum- mer evening. an enthusiastic sister at- tempted to start the hymn. Had I Ten Thousand Tongues to Sing" She struck too high a note and the congregation '..'A -c. reach 1t. She tried again on g lower key and no one responded. As.c- .. ...yllent's pause the leader saids "sis- ter. start 1t at thousanu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
AUTUMN By Julian Neely Finch. There's . splash of gold

And a crimson dash On his jsrkin's jaunty fold.
 His brooches are brown AS the brown leaf-mold.
 And his sirdle sash Floweth softly down
 Tn colors most goodly gay. His cap is a gay, gold thing
 With red-bird breast and wing, And 1t fitteth his sunset head
 Al A crown should fit a king. The round of his cheek is red.
 And his eyes hold a twinkle of fun. And his lips are curved and smiling. There's the Hit Of lively song And the peal of his laughter's chime Az he goeth his way along And his fleet feet keeping time.
 There's hint of the winters cold In the breeze that about him blows, And pungeht scent and strange. The very breath Of the woods will
 change. From the summers soft beguilins. Oh. the lad is goodly one, And glad tho bis time Is brief His coat of arms Ia leaf-- A leaf brown and red and gold.
 September, 191A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

From the New York Press
 A lot of sentiment boils down very quickly to dregs Sin ssys it's prayers in public just like everybody else.
 Every old maid knows she wouldn't be If she handn't been so particular
 It will really be heaven If there is no hammer in the water pipes there.
 The reason it's so hard to keep good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

of the women. It Is as easy to tell a southern man or woman in an assem- ply as 1t would be to tell a Brahmin. Even In his language is the southerner distinct from his northern countrymen. the No, sir and Yes, sir upon all occasions and to all sorts or ~nople is enough 10 locate him in a moment South ern customs are also a noticeable feat ure which soon attracts the attention of a stranger. The habit of chewing to- bacco and expectorating in public seems as natural to a southern man as cigarette smoking is to a Frenchman. The hip pocket and it's deadly contents are un- deniably southern. The disposition to defer business until tomorrow, and the utter disregard of the laws of punctuality in keeping appointments are purely char acteristic of the south, but are quite tol- erable when such Is the established cus- tom.
 T think these peculiarities are suffi- cient to entitle the south to be consid- cred provincial by men who are born and reared and educated In such cities as New York, Paris or London"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

Secretary Dickinson is seeing Pekin from a sedan chair. while Balinger is seeing his vindication blocked by the want of a quorum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
General Clark Returns

General Louis V. Clark has returned from his trip abroad looking the picture of health. He enjoyed his vacation, he said. and he comes back in fine humor fer grappling with business propositions. When asked concerning the rumor thet he would organize bank, General Clark said:
 T am not quite ready to make an ar,- nouncement about that matter. Plans are under consideration. but all I can say now is that in the near future a bank will be quartered in my building at the corner of Fourth avenue and Twentieth street."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
STUMBLING BLOCKS.

"The road to knowledge is a, hard road to travel"
 ''No doubt of that. Old man Scrabbles- by says that he no sooner learned to dis tinguish between the p1urals, alumni and 'alumnae.' before he bumped into the pronounciation of 'demagogy' and peda- gogy.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

The colonel and his enemies are has, tening to Saratoga where the watch fires of the embattled lines will soon be brightly burning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

The big stick and the big hatpin are now arrayed against each other. and the latter in the hands of Mrs. storer has lost none of its aggressiveness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

New York has about concluded that the republican old guard is old enough to be retired. The order will be issued this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

The next republican candidate for gov ernor in New York has not been fully discovered, and no one seems to care who is to be the chief victim of the cam paign. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

The cAbinAt is about to meet to de- clare vacation days at an end. Even Baiiinser will get down to work as if his tenure of office were secure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

Uncle Joe may get seat in the Sixty second Congress. but that cory room which he has occupied six years has been pre-emptsd by Champ Clark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

Vivian Lewis-oh. shade of Tennyson- Is the republican runner-up for Woodrow Wilson. No Vivian can defeat a Wood row in m American state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

It is DO news now to say that the next House of Representatives will be demo- cratic. All know it will and something new and doubtful is called for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
pr. RiIey's Book

T am greatly gratifed at the recep- tion accorded my book, The White Mans Burden " said the Rev pr. B. F. Riley the author. T had an edition of 2o0O printed. and although the book has been on sale only few weeks. about 1000 copies have been disposed of"
 pr. Riley has already gathered some warm testimonials. Here Is one from the Rev. pr. E. Y. Mullins. president of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary at Louisville.
 "One of the gerat needs in dealing with the negro problem is a sane optimism. This book abounds in it from beginning to end. pr. Riley does not offer any cut and dried programme for the solution of the negro problem, but he firmly be- lieves In the possibility of the solution provided only we address ourselves to 1t in the Christian spirit. The book Is judicial in tone. comprehensive dn Its grasp of materials, thoroughly unbiased and generous in its appreciation of the negro's needs and possibilities, and in all constitutes a noble appeal which our southern people, in particular, should consider with great interest and profit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

MT. Taft's new nationalism includes an attack upon the pork barrel. That barrel is always attacked between ses- sions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

Alas and also alaek, the girls who write their names on eggs for market reach nowadays cold storage for keeps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

The city that does not provide every school child with teacher. seat and all- day sessions is backward and reaction ary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
An old Young Man

H. Johnston of Columbus Miss, spent yesterday in Birmingham on his way home from Atlantic City. MT. Johnston is one of the most prosperous men in the south. He Is a capitalist and has large realty investments in Birmingham. Col. W. B. Leedy. who is MT. Johnston's business agent here, said last night: "Mr. Johnston Is a remarkable man. He was 95 years old last January, but his faculties are as strong as they were half a century ago. He has been going to Atlantic City every summer for years past He enjoys the surf and enjoyed 1t on this trip as much as ever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

THOSE DETAINED. 'so your proposed homecoming week has been declared off?" Yes" What was the reason?" Some of our best known native sons couldn't come back.'' 'Why was that?' "Ahem! Well, If you insist on know ing. the governors of ten or twelve states were stingy with their pardons."
 A RANSoMED SPIRIT. Happy. happy toIler,
 Singing all the day; Something In his manner Drove dull care away. Cheeriy his heart beat As he plodded on; Never heard him sigh for Good times that were gone. Eyes upon the future,
 Hope to gild the way; 1 Happy. happy toiler.
 Singing all the day,
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

Sunny Jim is compelled to listen to the insurgent gong close at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A RHYME IN SEASON.

Melancholy Autumni"
 Somber-visioned maid, Prophecies of winter winds
 Mailing down the glade, Whence in golden days gone by April's joyous band Issued forth to scatter blooms Der a smiling land. Melancholy Autumnr'
 Thou to me art dear; Pensive- browed and wistfu1-eyed Dreamer of the year. Sweet are fancies born in spring To world of song, But when hearth-fires gieam again Sweeter memories throngi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

Sunny Jim was trimmed in his own county, and the task will be completed in fine style at Saratoga this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

The old nationalism is up against the new nationalism. The latter cries graft at every turn, and the former has not word to say on that subject.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

A robber held up a meat trust man in St. Louis and the papers of that city wonder when those two will meet again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

The Great Moral Force will be felt in Saratoga this week. and it may go there equipped with the historic big stick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

Mayor Gaynor is too popular to remain long in the invalid class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

New Jersey is ambitious to raise her standard of English, and Woodrow VII. son is gaining ground daily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-25

Some will not take off straw hats until Billy Lorimer takes off that toga