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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
Greater Birmingbam'S Critics

l All the newspa pers of Alabama except possibly the Montgomery Journal, and all the editors of the cotton belt ex- cent Deacon Hemphill formerly of Charleston but now of Richmond, have received with pride the census report Of Birmingham's population. The state Is glad it at last has a city in the 100000 class, and the south as a whole is glad n hoe q sisna1 instance of growth based on industrial enterprises.
 Those who congratulate Birmingham on it's growth as officially reported have not heen a bit misled. This city lies in a narrow valley and this valley is inclosed hv hills. The valley is locally known as Jones valley, and every acre in the citv's bounds is mapped and held as city property. Every acre is connected by trol,av with the heart of the city. Every lot in the city bids fair to be needed for city purposes before another census is taken. The vacant spaces will be util- ized and A compact homogeneous city will be built in this valley. Statements h the contrary are misleading. They are baseless They are not in touch With the situation in Jones valley. The filling of this valley with people Is not task that appalls anyone in Birmingham for all see how readily it can be done, and when it is accomplished no city will be more contiguous and more logical than this very city of Birmingham. There is not a locality or neighborhood in this city which does not belong in it. There is not one that could be induced by vote to withdraw from it. It is a well-knit, sound and neighborly city and all re- ports to the contrary simply spring from the envy which always accompanies sue cess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
TO ROBERT KERR MARSH

By Mrs. Mary Ware s Shine on, calm stars, ins-.your mystic
 light .gssf @swsSs Move on. pale moon, so wan and white; Blossom, oh earth, with verdure and And wreath with beauty poets tomb. Let fairy fingers bright chaplets twine. And children deck the hallowed shriney The beautiful flowers so fair and bright, That smile in summers golden. light, Are types of the thoughts his soul gave
 birth, And they brighter grow, for his stay on earth. 4t.s ~ But in the morning of life, in the glory
 of youth, NA He has gone like beautiful dream of
 truth. And a mournful silence broods above The fair young flowers he used to love; And his loved ones feel, as they softly
 tread as4s How much of the light of earth has fiedl But folded away from sorrow and care Is the beautiful life that was 50 dear!
 September 2S. 1010
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
UNFORTUNATE
CentraI Law Journal

From the Central Law Journal
 The negro boy was up for the fifth time on a charge of chicken stealing This time the magistrate decided to ap- peal to the boys father.
 Now see here, Abe" said he to the darkey. this boy of yours has been up in court so many times for stealing chickens that I'm tired of seeing him here"
 "Ah don't blame you. sah," returned the father. Ans tired O seeing him here, too."
 "rhen why don't you teach him how to act? Show him the right way, and he won't be coming here"
 "Ah has showed m de right way. sah, declared the old man earnestly. "Ah has suttenly showed i'm de right way, but he somehow keeps getting caught comin way wid dose chickens"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
HEREDITARY TALENT

From the Youths Companion.
 From the postoffice steps Freeman Davis watched Professor Lane cross the road and enter the wheelwright's shol on the opposite side.
 "Goes in an out free as you or me, MT Davis remarked to Jabez Sewall "an' nobody knows how many letters he's entitled to write aftey his name"
 Jabez nodded. But what l can't just make out is how he come by all his smartness. Ears I know, none of his forbears ever amounted to much in g 'rary way
 what you talkin about?' MT. Davis demanded, warmly. You knows wells I do that his father could spell Nebu. chadnezzar quickern any other boy ir schOol!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
X Thrifty CoIOred Man

Prince Mitchell, colored man, came here from Dallas county 30 years ago He is thrifty and has accumulated con- siderable property. being a landlord with seven tenements he rents out near Sayre- ton. Mitchell is a successful pork maker and sells off his killers about three times a year.
 Speaking of this mans pork raising business, citizen familiar with his sue cess said yesterday: Mitchell makes one trip day for his hog food. He gathers up the slop and waste from some hotels and big boarding houses. To some he gives $1 per week and to others he just tips the cook. He buys poor shoats when they are cheap and sells them fat to the packers if the price is right. In the winter he daughters some himself and sells to customers who buy the whole hog. He says hogs are high. He is offered cents on foot for hogs that are ready for killing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
REFLECmoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 It's young moon that sees no spoon ing.
 The less man talks about himself the more he would like to.
 A man can't get half as mad over other peoples religion and politics as over theil dogs
 Unfortunately, when the autumn leaves begin to fall coal is going up to spoil the poetry of 1t
 When a woman Is consumed with jeal ousy she proves it by insisting upon tell ing how she isn't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR
, Chicago Journal.

From the Chicago Journal.
 Three little girls were playing. Tht mother of one came into the room anc engaged the children in conversation Marian, what are you going to be wher you grow up?" she asked
 q am going to be famous singer, she replied.
 "And you, Susie, what are you goint to be?''
 "oh, I. am going to write stories wher I grow up,'' she answered. And what is Marjorie to beT con tinued the mother. Marjorie, aged 5. thought seriously { moment, and then said, "Well,,I am no sure, but 1 think I'll be a widow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
STILL WONDERING

From Scraps.
 The deaf man got out of the tram car on to the other line of rails
 Look out, there's a car coming?" cried the conductor.
 s'What?' said the deaf mute.
 .'There's a car coming
 "What?''
 Just then the car caught and knocked down the deaf man. and as he picked himself tip he said: T wonder what that fool kept me there taking about?R f4ssaa-sa@s --,s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
AYIArIoN IN DREAMs

Hayelock Ellis in October Atlantic.
 Dream flight, 1t is necessary to note, IS not usually the sustained flight of bird or an insect, and the dreamer rare ly or never imagines that he Is borne high into the air. Hutchinson states that, of all those whom he has asked about the matter, hardly one has ever known himself to make any high flights in his dreams. One. almost always flies low.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

The person who thinks It funny to write an anonymous letter.
 The person who thinks it funny to be noisy when other people prefer to be quiet.
 The person who thinks it funny to poke pistol in your face and say: Hold up your handsr'
 The person who thinks it funny to slam you in the slats when you are already thinking of going to the hospital.
 The person who thinks 1t funny to throw water, grease or green paint on smother persons clothes.
 The person who thinks it funny to see a paralytic trying to board trolley car.
 The person who thinks it funny to steal candy from babies. beat old people with club and run down pedestrians in an automobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
The Iron Market

The pig iron market is still slow and low. Some of the brokerage concerns still report the price at Birmingham $ll on a No. ? basis. It Is known that $11. was offered and declined recently for 50,000 tons for speculative account Rogers, Brown &. Co.'S Cincinnati report says in part
 September business footed up satisfac- torily. Sales, however, were but part of the large inquiry put forth during the month, and of which there is much pending. Buyers continue to put of pur- chasing to point which seems strange when present. prices for spot and future
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

with skimming manner, slightly, but only slightly, above the heads of pedes- trians." Beaunis-from his own experi- ence-describes what I should consider a typical kind Of dream flight as a series of light bounds, at one or two yards above the earth, each bound clearing from 10 to 20 yards, the dream being accompanied by a delicious sensation of ease and movement as we'll as a lively satisfaction at being able to solve the problem of aerial locomotion by virtue of superior organization alone I.afcadio Hearn, somewhat similarly, describes in his Shadowings a typical and frequent dream of his own as series of bounds in long parabolic curves, rising to a height of some 25 feet. and always &C., companied by the sense that new pow CT had been revealed which for the future would be a permanent possession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
MorrIs Back From Atlanta

W. A Morris, president of the Farmers union, returned to Birmingham last night from meeting held in Atlanta of the Farmers Cooperative Machinery com pany directors. This company, which is owned by the farmers, manufactures agri- cultural implements for the tillers of the soil, and is being extensively patronized by the farmers. MT. Morris stated last night that the company is making money, the directors contemplate extensive im- provements and that everyone is pleased with the showing made by the annual report. He said:
 "The reduction of the cost of modern agricultural implements for the farmers has long been desired. This company owned by Us farmers brings this about We are able to give them fine implements at fair figure, and they are taking ad- vantage of 1t to a gratifying degree. The farmers are coming to realize that 1t Is the best to cooperate, and this is re- sulting in satisfactory relations and the saving of a great deal of money to them. The meeting in Atlanta demonstrated that the plant is making a great success, for the earnings have been in every way sat isfactory and we are all pleased"
 In speaking of the cold wave that was felt in this city yesterday, MT. Morris said:
 If 1t does not frost I think this cold snap will do good. However, l would fear for the result if we should be visit ed by frost. The cotton is coming in very fast, but any such visitation as a frost would be seriously felt in the south. Personally I think the weather will break without damaging the farmers to any very great extent. At least, we all hope this is true"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
THE MULE STAYED ON

From the Galveston News.
 The peoRe who happened to be in a certain drug store when big negro teamster called up his employer to report an accident heard only one side of the story, but undoubtedly they heard the best side. With a little imagination the tale is perfect. "Yessuh,' he was saying "yessuh, done tried dat" A pause.
 'Yessuh. De man wifi de plug hat he tried dat.
 NO, suh. He ain't much hunt. His nose hits busted
 "Yessuh I done dat
 .'No suh. De lfl boy he ain hunt moi a-tall; jes' jolted.
 "Yessuh. De school teacheh. Hit to his clo'es up some.
 Fire? Yessuh. Not much, no, suh He moved a little bit, yessuh.
 "Yessph. One O de wheels wuz burnt a little.
 1.-TWO O de wheels. Yessuh. Well suh, de wagin hit buhned up. No, sah De ain nuffin' lef'. ''De muel? Yessuh. Hes dah yit. Yessuh."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
A BLYTHE SPIRIT.

A BLYTHE SPIRIT. When skies are blue and birds sing, too And all the world is gay, Doth please me well to roam abroad Upon a holiday. When blizzards rage and days are drear And Winter howls amain, Iris sweet to sit at home and hear The tattoo of the rain. So every scene brings sparkling joy And hope abideth still, Content with what the fates bestow And glad to live until Life's little day draws to close And darkness settles down. Then let this be my epitaph, "He dwelt in Laughtertown.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
JUST A HABIT. The newspaper bard
 Says nothing Is worse And hammers quite hard At magazine verse.
A DEEP THOUGHT.

DEEP THOUGHT.
 Tt will be noticed in this issue of the Free Press that. the. season for women's clubs officially opens Monday. As we said before, we do not care to be per sistent or anything of that kind but we would like to know what the clubs are going to do with the expression, Art Is chaos grouped? We originated that expression right here in Winfield while we were eating pork and apple sauce at Moores restaurant. You wouldn't run across as hot a one as that more than dozen times in a generation.s It would be fruitful source of papers by all the clubs, it could be embodied in resolutions; in fact, 'an art chaos grouped club could be organized. It is deep thought. You can think over it for weeks and still have something to think about We are modest and never care to put ourself forward, and we will wait pa- tiently a few days after the club season is officially opened before saying any, thing. Winfield Free Press.
 NO COMPLAINT TO MAKE, Though winter comes,
 I shall not weep;
 These frosty nights
 Are fine for sleep INFLUENCE.
 "Confound that beggar.''
 What did he do?'
 "When offered him a nickel he advised me not to give him more than I could spare" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
.GROWTH

Tuscaloosa Times Gazette: Brming- ham is known all over the country on account of its position in the census re- port. Numbers do not count for every thing. but they certainly do count in elections or in sizing up cities.
 Richmond Virgnian: The fact that Bir- minghams increase in area and popula- ton was about 300 per cent In each in- only three people added to a mile of ter ritory taken in.
 Savannah Press: Birmingham broke the population record and almost broke the hearts of Memphis and Atlanta in do- ing so
 Gadsden Times-News: Birmingham has made tremendous growth and judging from the things that are being said about the city by the papers of the country, there is no danger of Birmingham head not keeping up with it's general size.
 Elba Clipper: Birmingham leads all the cities of the south in growth during the past ten years. It has grown from 3S,OO3 in 1900 to 135,0OO at this time. This is growing some.
 Roanoke Leader: Birmingham is feel ing big. The new census gives her a population of 132,6S5. We are all proud of our metropolitan city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

visions of Sherwood Forest and Robin Hood and Frier Tuck and other roman tic figures of olden time.
 There is probably some intangible in- f1uence about words that gives them for some people a peculiar charm which for others is entirely absent. Thus not every one will see with De Quincey a subtle suggestion of the greatness of Rome in Livy's oft-reiterated phrase, consul Ro- manus." Virgil, indeed, possessed the cu- riosa felicitas to an eminent degree. The landscape lover, lord of language, man. aged to make words express meIIifuous- ness and dignity at will. Johnson used to say the most beautiful words in lit- erature were Maro's
 Formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas;
 but the line is hard pressed by the same authors
 Suadentque cadentia sidera somnos. The English poets have not lacked the lndefnable quality of charm in words You will find it in Pope. passim. And glorious John.' when he cared to ex- et himself; was not far behind Tenny- sons most euphonious line is generally said to be
 The moan of doves in immemorial elms but you must be careful not to pronounce the last word as a dissyllable If you associate moan not with doves but with dentistry, you make quite a diff ferent chord vibrate.
 Wordsworth. too, has some particularly happy effects. Take this stanza from 'fThe Highland Girr':
 Will no one tell me what she sings?
 Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things,
 And battles long ago.
 Battle itself is fine word, but the printer who, instead of "battle-scarred veteran set up the type to read bat tle-scared veteran and on being ex- postuated with, went one better and produced "bottle-scarred veteran" shows us how very little in these matters lies between the sublime and the ridiculous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

Payne, Depew and others of the old guard were present at Saratoga, but they did not assert their personality in any way They did not open their rejected mouths.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

The Chinese regent keeps a string tied to all the legislatures he authorizes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

Count Tostoi declines a Nobel peace prize. recommending that it be given to the religious sect known as Donk hobors. He evidently thinks they could use 1t advantageously to buy clothes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

Bread is now sold by weight in New York city. A young brides biscuits would bring in good deal of money if they could be sold in that way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

new department store-the Gimbels of Philadelphia-opened in New York had 100000 customers the first day II rays to advertise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

There is a shortage of sheep in the United States and of lambs in Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

The Denver school board expends sl200 a year in teaching every child how to swim. The curriculum of the public schools Is apparently boundless
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

Sunny Jim will not be urged to sta2d for reelection in 1912 by anybody.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

Missouri has been shown a very low percentage of increase-none at all out side of St. Louis and Kansas City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

Senator Tillman announces that he Is going to Washington in December and If he stands the work will run for a. other term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

New Jersey begins to feel that three years of Woodrow Wilson would be none too many.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

The padding or census figures has not been attempted this year, although 1t  was popular 10 years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

Woodrow Wilson ascribes to corporation joy-rides most of the evils of present day politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

All gambling stopped. officially speak ing, at midnight of last Friday in Ne vada, never, of course, to be resumed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

One New York boy whose skull was the hospital for discount on it's rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

Henry l.. Stimson would be overtaxed should he be asked to travel in Hughes footsteps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

Not even bridge whist can hereafter be legally played in Nevada
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

Missouri gains plain everyday people slowly, but she still has penty of mules and statesmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

The Sultan of Sulu has not called on the Longworths. He once asked Alice to be his wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

HUMORISTs.
 The person who thinks it funny to annoy another man when he is busy The person who thinks it funny to hide personal property belonging to another person.
 The person who thinks it funny to pull a chair from under an old lady when she is about to sit down. The person who thinks it funny to haze a newly-married couple The person who thinks it funny to tie crape on a door where nobody Is dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
POSITIVELY BRUTAL.

What did the editor say when you of- fered him that poem you called the child of your brain?'
 He said ought to put it in a reform school at once"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

The Edward Everett Hale statute fund in Boston is slowly increased. At the latest accounts s52oo had been received.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

THE MELANCHOLY DAYS. 'The melancholy days have come The saddest of the year" But buckwheat cakes and sauer kraut Will help to bring us cheer.
 Youngstown Telegram. "The melancholy days are come, The saddest of the year." When 4"Have you changed your under wear?' Is all the talk we hear
 JUST FOR A CHANGE. Turn on your phonograph' "Oh, no. It might cause talk "Try a song record.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

DOUBTFUL PLIGHT The cook was gone, he clasped his head And said in accents of despair What good s 1t do to earn ones bread, If no one will his meals prepare?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

Pretty soon Champ Clark will say "Giddap there, Jule.i' as he drives his historic team down Pennsylvania avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

We nre such stuff As dreams are made on; and our ht.ie life Is rounded with sleep. -fempeS'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08

Pretty soon Champ Clark will say "Giddap there Jule.s as he drives his historic team down Pennsylvania avenue. The Edward Everett Hale statute fund in Boston is slowly increased. At the latest accounts s52oo had been received.
  One New York boy whose skull was fractured five~-times in year is asking the hospital for discount on it's rates.
  All gambling stopped. officially speak ing, at midnight of last Friday in Ne vada, never of course. to be resumed.
  Missouri has been shown a very low percentage of increase-none at all out side of St. Louis and Kansas City
  The padding or census figures has not been attempted this year, although 1t was popular 10 years ago.
  Missouri gains plain everyday people slowly, but she still has penty of mules and statesmen.
  The Sultan of Sulu has not called on the Longworths. He once asked Alice to be his wife. Henry l.. Stimson would be overtaxed should he be asked to travel in Hughes footsteps.
 -----------as-------- New Jersey begins to feel that three years of Woodrow Wilson would be none too many.
 Woodrow Wilson ascribes to corporation joy-rides most of the evils of present day politics.
 There is a shortage of sheep in the United States and of lambs in Wall street.
 The Chinese regent keeps a string tied to all the legislatures he authorizes.
  Sunny Jim will not be urged to st@d for reelection in 1912 by anybody.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-28

she was II. in the winter of 1S71-7S. and remained until recently in a coma tose condition. Consciousness returned tO her suddenly. She did not know where she was: didn't recognize her father or the room where she had lain for thirty-twO years. Presently she felt hungry and asked for a baked herring her favorite dish when she was a young girl She said she felt tired and somewhat dazed.
 Her memory came back by degrees how she walked half mile to school. the name of the teacher and those of her school friends and what the local parson looked like. She remembered having a toothache. but could not say whether she had suffered from head aches or whether she had hurt her head. As to her long period of sus- pended consciousness her mind k a complete blank. IL took her a month to learn tO walk again and her eyes re- main very sensitive to light but her appetite was excellent from the time of her awakening and she has since slept normally every night. Strange to say she has forgotten nothing of what she learned at school and at once want cd to go on with her lessons She showed good mental aptitude and has just been confirmed by her Lutheran pastor-New York Sun.