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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

From the New York Tribune
 The population of Scotland. according to the British census returns, is 4,795, ,445- an increase of 2s7,342 since 1901. The pere- centage of gain was 6.4-a lower ratio than that for any other decade since 1S51-61. Yet the decline in the rate of in- crease was relatively small, the average decennial gain in the last half-entury being only little over Il per cent. Un- like Ireland. Scotland has had a steady growth. One hundred years ago Ireland's population was just three times as large as Scotland's. In 1S41 it was even more than three times as large, but Irelands heavy losses by emigration after 1S45, coupled with Scotland's normal gains, speedily reduced the disparity. In 1901 Scotland finally drew ahead, having 4,472, = 103 inhabitants to Ireland's 4,45S, ,77o. Now Scotland has 4759s 445 and Ireland 4,3S1, ,95l.
 The Scotch birth rate has been much higher than the Irish in recent years The deaths in the two countries have been | about the same-nearly SO,O0O a year-but
 the births in Scotland have averaged about iS1,500, against about 101 ,5O0 in Ire land. Immigration has also been unequal,
 Ireland losing every year on the average about 15,000 more inhabitants than Scot lana has lost. The Irish outflow is now diminishing, but it is doubtful whether lreianG will overtake her northeastern neishbor in population. in spite of the lafter's vast area of waste and unculti- Vatable land. Industry is more varied in Calec' mia than in Hibernia, and the for mer's population is more trained to t'lrift and has a greater capacity for making the most out of national resources The unoccupied and non-productive ele- ment' ;n tie male population above 10 years old in 1901 was about twice as great in Ireland. Scotland will undoubt- edly go on furnishing thousands of high eIass immigrants to Canada, Australia and the United States. But the ancient Kingdom wiil also continue to push ahead. enlarging it's population and increasing it's
 Influence as component part of the United Kingdom. The race which inhab- itants fl is sturdy and keen and can be counted upon to hold it's own against com petition either In the present or in the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
Steel Rail Orders

Now that the railroads are begin- ming to place orders for rails-and some of the orders already announced are quite large-general industrial ac- tivity will soon. be in evidence" said a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Most of the railroad companies have prospered during the last 12 months, and with great crops in sight it is reasonable to say that all the transpor- tation lines will be crowded with traf- fc Curing the last half of the year. The big railroads have demonstrated that there is no difficulty in raising money for extensions and betterments, and what the extensive systems can do on large scale the smaller lines will be accommodated with money as readily al the large lines.
 "The weak iron market has had a somewhat depressing effect in indus trial centers, but just as soon as the railroads turn loose the iron mark ct will go up to SIP or SIS, and probably sl4. I expect to see iron bringing SIP in the early part of July; and SIP iron will make things in Birmingham look wonderfully bright"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
Lumber Here and in Canada

Commissioner of Corporations Her bert Knox Smith says concentration in the lumber industry has gone on until today 195 holders now have one half of the privately owned lumber in this country. A dominating con trol of our standing timber, says Mr. Smith, in a comparatively few enor- nous holdings is becoming both pos- sible and probable.
 In the Pacific northwest, the south ern pine region and the lake states there is enough timber to last about 55 years, but the largest holders are not cutting great deal of timber. They prefer to hold it for higher prices. By far the largest holder is the Southern Pacific railroad. Its timber stretches from Portland to Sacramento, a distance of 680 miles. The second largest holder is the Wey- erhauser Timber company. The third in the list is the Northern Pacific company. The three big holders are cutting very little timber They thus reserves to themselves those incalcu- liable profits which are still to accrue with the growth of the country, the diminishing of timber supply and the further concentration and control thereof. The fact that mature timber is thus withheld for use is clear evi- dence that great additional profits are expected to accrue through fur ther increase in value.
 If the reciprocity agreement be- comes law the S1.50 duty on Canadian lumber would be swept away and the forests of Canada containing billions of feet of lumber would be added to the future supply of this country. Properly handled this supply would be sufficient for generations to come, and the lumber trust would be unable to mark up prices in the lumber mar ket beyond the known supply and the well known facts of the situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
DORA GORDON AND WILLIAM "
From letter by Henry Watterson in the Louisville Courier-Journal.

From letter by Henry Watterson in
 the Louisville Courier-Journal
 IN a recent letter I said, "If you will
 be good,' addressing myself, of ! course, to the readers of the Courier Journal, q will tell you story" mean ing to drop into poetry and legend, and to take turn with a few ghosts into certain of their haunts. when you, dear sir, or madame, or miss, as the case may be- and I were living that "other life,' whereof we remember so little that we cannot recall who we were, or what name we went by, howbeit now-and- then we get a glimpse in dreams, or a "hunch" from the world of spirits, or spir- it's and water, which makes us fancy we might have been Julius Caesar. or Cleo patra-as maybe we were!--or at least Joan of Arc, or Jean Valjean!
 Toward my intention might take a cue from an investigation, involving discus sion, which for the moment stirs bit of interest here. It were easy to make Q story" out of this, for it relates to the death and burial, and the grace. of a once beautiful and famous woman, who, although no better than one of the wicked, vas, nevertheless great-great-grand- mother to several of the grandchildren of the late Edward the Seventh, and the ancestress to some of the noblest houses of England. She went by many names in her time, but was generally known and will be chiefly identified and remembered as Dora Jordan, the Irish actress One Stickney, a professional guide, seems to have got at the facts-that is, he has dug out of the archives the place where she was buried, with certificate of her death from the mayor of St. Cloud-which relates that she passed from the world in that environ of Paris July 5, 1914
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
FILTERED MUSIC

From the Columbia State.
 By means of a cloth-lined box to con- tain the phonograph, and a four to eight foot tin tube full of peas and beans, cor rugated with age," John G. McKendrick has succeeded in damping out the sounds of the machine and removing the dis tasteful overtones of high pitch. This "accoustical filtration results in music dulled somewhat in quality, but without the squeaks which interfere with natur- alness. The inventor tried glass balls, marbles, gravel, shreds of tin, and other substances. but peas worked best. Cor rugated zinc restored the brillancy of tone. "Zinc, peas, and beans," we learn, remove frylng-pan noises" The oppo- site might have been expected. Science is always playing these little tricks upon expectation. Nevertheless, it is pelasing to note in this the triumph of the com mon place If our friends will experi- ment further he will find that the par abolic reflector, against which he aims the tin tube so as to reflect the music, may be replaced by cake mixingbowl upheld by the family andirons and poker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

Of course every reader of history knows that William the Conqueror was a natural son of that Duke of Normandy who gave its title to Meyerbeer's opera and was known in his day as Robert le Diable,' and that the Richmonds and St. Albans of our day spring from the bar sinister of kingly descent. But it is not so generally known that Dora Jor- dan, no less than Louise de Kerouallie and Nell Gwynne, played mother to "a race of royal bastards." She was born near Waterford. Ireland, in 1762 Her maiden name was Bland In 17so she be- came the mistress of the Duke of Clar- ence, who at the time had no vogue or standing, being tough sea dog, but was ultimately crowned in succession to his brother George the Fourth as William the Fourth She lived with him nearly 20 years and bore him 10 children, each of whom took the name of Fitzclarence.
 All sorts and sizes of stories have been told of this precious pair, but in 1S11 they were separated For the mainten-
 oi herself and her family an income of 94400 was secured to her. In 1872 she came to France and passed as Mrs. James, living first at Boulognesur- Mer From there she went to Versailles. and thence to St. Cloud, where she used the name of Johnson. Here, two years later. she died, and there is Latin epitaph, composed by Genest, on her grave, as stickney, the guide. informed us.
 The Duke of Fife, who married Louise. the eldest daughter of Edward the Sey- enth. is a descendant of one of the 10 children born out of wedlock to Will liam the Fourth and this Dora Jordan, You can work the conumdrum to suit yourself. l shall not take the trouble to follow out a rather tangled yarn. Twas an ancient Gaul, not of semi-modern Brit ain, that l set out to write
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
CONTENT
By Robert Greene.

By Robert Greene. Sweet are the thoughts that savor of
 content;
 The quiet mind is richer than a crown: Sweet are the nights in careless slumber
 spent
 The poor estate scorns Fortunes angry
 frOwn: Such sweet content, such minds. such sleep, such bliss Beggars enjoy. when princes oft do miss. The homely house that harbors quiet rest. The cottage that affords no pride or care, The mean, that 'grees with country music
 best,
 The sweet consort of mirth's and mu.
 sics fare Obscured life sets down a type of bliss: A mind content both crown and kinss
 dom is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
Race Preiudice Condemned

Colonel Garrard, commanding the cavalry post at Fort Myers, opposite Georgetown, has been "called down" by President Taft and told not to do it again. His offense is best told in his own words. He says in an in- dorsement on Private Blooms pa- pers: "The applicant is a son of MT. Joseph A. Bloom of Jewish persua- sion,. who is now and has been for a number of years tailor at this post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
BIG FUTURE FOR HIM

From the Housekeeper.
 The visitor to the Sunday school had been asked to talk to the scholars. His theme was the possibility of youth. He dwelt at some length upon the attain ments of men of obscure childhood, and to point his remark turned to a little child near at hand and said
 Tell us your name. little man."
 In voice heard through the room. the little man piped up.
 Sarah Watkins sir"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
A wIDE-AwAKE CONSTABLE

From Harper's Weekly.
 '.Ye say ye aint been speedin', eh?" said Silas as he stopped the car.
 Mary speed,' said the chauffeur, try ing to be amiable.
 "When did ye leave Quinceville?" de- manded Silas, suspiciously.
 Five o'clock this morning." said the chauffeur, with a wink at his companion
 Hive this mornin, eh?" said the con- stable, catching the wink. Taken ye six hours to come four miles. Wa-al, | guess I'll run ye in, anyhow, only I'll change the complaint from overspeedin' to obstructin' the highway"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
some Good Features

One good feature of the times is a large and well sustained bond market" says the Wall Street Journal New issues of any standing are taken readi- ly, although the investor naturally de- rlands something attractive and gets it.. It has been remarked that a good bond market always precedes a good stock
 market, and there is some truth in the belief, although the two may be far apart. During the depression which lasted from 1893 to 1897 we had a good bond market, as experienced read CTS will remember. It was, however, not until four years after the panic that the public began 10 buy stock., freely. The railroad borrowing, with some financing by other corporations
 has been partly of refunding charac- ter. but a substantial portion of the Eew capital has been raised for imme- diate expenditure This should stimu-
 late business even although we are now fairly into the dull summer period With few distinguished exceptions the
 railroads have undoub tedly allow ec equipment to run down by curtailmen; of maintenance expenditures and re- placements There Is a point where lsuch economy ultimately proves to be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
REFLECTIONS OF 4 BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Under diversity friends disappear like snowf1akes in June.
 man is willing to guess about nearly everything in the world but his breakfast.
 Life is so made up of mysteries that even siasy man can like corned beef and cabbage
 girl can get her legs so sopping wet in the rain it's mystery why she hates to go in a bathing suit.
 When woman wants a new gown she Is clever enough to begin asking for it by telling her husband how he must have 6 new tie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
 ALL OFF
GA seashore Idyl.)

GA Seashore Idyl) tier eyes were blue,
 Her hair was gold: She let me have
 Her hand to hold. Her eyes were blue.
 Her hair was gold 1 said, My dear,
 How sweet are you, With hair of gold
 And eyes of blue" I said. My dear,
 How sweet are you" Forthwith she smiled
 Oh, wondrous sight! Her teeth like pearls
 Were gleaming white. Forthwith she smiled
 Oh, wondrous sight, My heart beat fast
 And faster yet; A kiss was what
 I hoped to get My heart beat fast
 And faster yet. Alas, twas then
 Her husband came, The while my soul
 Was all on flame Alas, twas then
 Her husband came.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
RANDOM THOUGHTS

From the Albany Journal.
 Nothing makes sycophants like suc- cess.
 Whether it is wise for a man to act upon impulse depends upon whether his impulses are usually good
 A woman who marries a man to re- form him sometimes succeeds. Floss of faith in oneself is severer one than loss of money.
 A wise tradesman says all the good he can about his own wares and never says anything bad about the wares of others.
 Patience is often rewarded just when 1t has become almost exhausted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
MORE PLAIN WORDS.

MORE PLAIN WORDS.
 The editor of the Mansfield Press takes another rap at the captious summer boarder as follows:
 There is a class of S6-a-week clerks in the city, who were born and raised on d hillside 40, 25 miles from a railroad, who eat at the free lunch counters in the city, sleep on a cot in some garret or hallroom, who get weeks vacation and spend the time in the country. It is this class of mutts who want an eiderdown couch, an electric fan a Turkish bath, lambs chops and green peas, mashed potatoes and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
THE RoCKING-cHAIR TOURIST

 George Willoughby, in National Magazine for June.
 am a rocking-chair tourist. I'd rather read a good book on travel than to go myself. It doesn't take so much time. nor so much money, and if the truth be known, I haven't much of either It is surprising what a lot of traveling one can do through books, and not miss single day at the office. So let us understand one another in the beginning. There are some who go and some who stay behind but all are tourists whether the trip IS made in a steamer chair or in the old side-arm rocker. can't begin 10 tei' you how many times I've crossed the ocean in the old chair, and never once have I been sea-sick. l have enjoyed ''home cooking en route, and altogether have had mighty fine time of 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
FIsHHooK 20 CENTURIES OLD

From the New York Evening Telegram.
 The fishhooks used today are of precise- ly the same shape as those employed 2O centuries ago. The only difference is in the material of which they are made. Then they were of bronze; now they are of steel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
THEY eco INv EARLY

From the Rochester Democrat and Chron-
 ice
 Boys near the great lakes says the Birmingham Herald, "are expected to stay out of the water until June 15.' The Age-Tierald man should have taken a walk about the environs of Rochester on one of the hot days in May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
WEIGHT OF QUEENS GROWN

From the PhiladeIphia Ledger
 Queen Mary evidently does not intend that her head shall lie uneasilv beneath the crown it is about to assume It will weigh but 19 ounces. The crown of James l and Charles l, which was destroyed ir l549, weighed 71e pounds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

Gov. Woodrow Wilson, formerly presi- dent of Princeton, is a tiger, and the Detroit Tigers are supporting him to a man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
HTJS POLITICTANs ;

JUS POLITICIANS. Now here's a fact, And not a myth: We've Bryan still To reckon with.
 Birmingham Age-Herald And, sad to tell. The tale will run: Now ain't it-well, Once more we're done.'
 Schenectady Union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

John Hays Hammond may find that Queen Mary has also barred knee ness will vanish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
T. r

She has a very dainty foot
 'Twould be far more pleasing sight If we could only be convinced
 The shoe she wears is not too tight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
ALTOGETHER

"Pipps is in luck"
 How so?'
 ''He is teaching an heiress down at the seashore how to swim"
 Do you think she willtmarry him?"f
 That depends altogether on the num- Der of times she has been taught to swim" ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
DEEP WATER.

They're in society now.' That's so."
 Do you hear anything like faint call for help?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

It must have been a comfort to Citizen Diaz to take a shot It inc insurreotos he met on his way to Vera Cruz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

Canadian reciprocity has not yet ap- peared in national platform. It will make its bow in that way next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

Senator Root as a representative of the paper trust is trying to amend and there fore to kill the reciprocity agreement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

The lamp of reason did not prove)to be a good cigar lighter to the tobacco ttust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

If every subsidiary company of the Stal dard oil musthave a principal office, No. 26 Broadway will be overerowded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

Every Phiadelphian has a Sunday prob lem. He doesn't know whether to go to church or to Atlantic City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

No one cares how hot 1t is in the Sen ate chamber. A do-nothing body should In some way be rendered uncomfortable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

The docility of the convicted trusts Is something remarkable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

Justice Harlan is the only insurgent on the supreme bench.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
WORK AT HAND.

blttie Boy Blue. come blow your horn,
 Whate'er befaIls. don't be tismayed fou re wanted early in the morn
 TO lead suffragettc parade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

MT. Bryan Is opposed to Baltimore as the place for the holding of the demo- cratic national convention
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

No cobwebs are to be seen as yet at 10, 26 Broadway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

All want just now plenty of rest and rainstorms, especially the latter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
A DREAD DISEASE.

Mrs. Harry Able, of North Fifth street who has been quite i'll with pantominl State Register.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

chicken gravy. angels food and dump lings, three times a day; an automobile and servant, all for the price of s350 per week"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
HOPELESS CASE.

You don't know what you miss by not hunting"
 T wouldn't know what missed if I did hunt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
HARD TO ESCAPE.

HARD TO ESCAPE. Pm free from debtr cried Arthur Blum, With all his might and main; But when he'd celebrated some Was deep in debt again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
MIR. GROIrCH.

Here is an account of a remarkable endurance test" "Umph! Some couple been married for 50 years?"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
OFTEN THE CASE

OT H44N IIIE OAOE' ''Is he man of decided opinions?" Yes" Who decides them?" His wife,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

New Yorks s1O,OO0.O00 library does not however. make 1t literary event.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

President Tafts COW has gone to Wis consin, where she may meet Senator La Folette's favorite mlker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

AS a plain matter of fact there are few ers Americans in London than there were year ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
SCoTLAND,s CENSUS

In the prevailing heat everybody twit- ters for rain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

In this torrid weather the bathtub is the one enjoyable spot on earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

California is ambitious to build a dam that will outrank the Roosevelt dam in Arizona.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
OUT OF THE Drprus

If ghosts could living mortals task,
 From dark Plutonian shore A hollow voice would often ask.
 Say, friends, what was the scorer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

How green you are, and fresh, in this old world. king John'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

oNE-SYLLABLE RHYMES FOR JUNE. Compiled for Busy Bards) boon, coon, croon, dune, loon, moon, noon, prune, rune, soon, spoon, swoon, tune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

1 ANO Oiit ddA6S AloN iiOb II IS AAA tAA1 oNh ate chamber A do-nothing body should In some way be rendered uncomfortable.
  Canadian reciprocity has not yet ap' peared in a national platform. It will make it's bow in that way next year.
  Senator Root as a representative of the paper trust is trying to amend and there fore to kill the reciprocity agreement.
  If every subsidiary company of the stal dard oil musthave principal office, No 2G Broadway will be overcrowded.
  It must have been a comfort to Citizen Diaz to take a shot It inc insllrreotos he met on his way to Vera Cruz.
  Every Phiadelphian has a Sunday prob lem. He doesn't know whether to go to church or to Atlantic City.
  MT. Bryan Is opposed to Baltimore as the place for the holding of the demo- cratic national convention
  President Tafts COW has gone to Wis consins where she may meet Senator La Eollette's favorite mill1er.
  AS plain matter of fact there are few CT. Americans in London than there were a year ago
  California is ambitious to build a dam that will outrank the Roosevelt dam in Arizona. In this torrid weather the bathtub is the one enjoyable spot on earth.
  New York's s1O,OOO.OOO library does not however, make 1t a literary event.
  All want just now plenty of rest and especially the latter.
 -.s.- Justice Harlan Is the only insurgent on the supreme bench.
  The docility of the convicted trusts Is remarkable.
  No cobwebs are to be seen as yet at Uo 26 Broadway. In the prevailing heat everybody twit- -ers for rain.