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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
VACATION HINT

 From the Chicago News. get two weeixA to go awayf
 And rest from labor! It is a happy. scheme, say
 So does my neighbor. i've go each year to Skeeterbite
 Beside-the- Ocean; But there the resting is not quite
 To suit my notion.o we'resup at dawn and off we go.
 Perchance, canoeing. The sun beats down and let's me know The things it's doing; My face is bursed, my back is lame,
 My arms are, aching In this delightful summer game
 Small joy I'm taking. So now I've schemed little scheme To show the bosses; If is a toiler's cherished dream
 Which brings no losses. l think i: is the very best c
 Ina all creation III ask aNweek or two to rest
 From my vacation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

Fifty years ago the people on one slde of Mason and Dixons line were jubilating ever Bull Run, while the people on the other side of the line were getting ready for the biggest effort Of their lives
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
From the Hartford courant.

" M ' Poct
 W nance sergeant at the state ar
 W senal/at Hartford has flung to
 the breeze a new post flag. It was way
 ing grandly from sunrise to sunset yes
 terday. It Is the third since the new
 arsenal was established almost two years kago The life of the average post flag Is limited to five or six weeks, despite
 the fact that it isstethered to the tall
 pole only in fair weather. This brand rev representative has the same dimen- sions as those which went before it, and which were destroyed by mutilation" be- fore the eyes of only the quartermaster oi the arsenal and an ordnance officer.
 To destroy by mutilation" this United States flag involves considerable red tape. This process applies also to other United States property In the possession of the state. Among flags which are so disposed of are the regulation post flag. the storm flag, which is four feet two inches wide by eight feet long, and the garrison flag, W hich s.24 feet wide and 36 feet long. The storm flag Is hoisted when it is rainy. The garrison flag goes up on state oc- casions. such as inauguration day.
 Such property as is to be, disposed of is first listed by the adjutant general. which is the beginning of the red tape. This l list is sent to the inpector general of this state, who is a surveying officer, after it has been indorsed by the adjutant gen. eral before notary public. The inspector general inspects and writes out what dis position shall be made and signs before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

Imagine the genius who sits in hot office in city engaged in writing about the inducements of the resorts on his lpe of railroad!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
the Houstnn Post

From the Houston Post.
 Every girl ought to learn the piano, but she. ought to know at the same time that in/the third year, of marriage the ability to tease a hrst-class hoecake from the oven looms greater in her husbands eyes than a Beethoven sonata does In his ears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

with the great throngs attending the cathedra1 services. It was my privilege to be present in the cathedral at the close of the octave when the music was of festival character. A finely trained chorus of about 125 voices accompanied by first-class symphony orchestra rendered Gounods Magnificent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

The apple crop in the north is large, al though the potato crop is extremely blight. The drouth did not reach down to the roots of the trees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

A New York man eloped with woman who took her five children along. He de- serves a Carnegie medal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

Governor vardaman coolly declares that his victory was triumph of patient right eousness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

New fall hats 20 inches high will soon appear. Height Is less objectionable than breadth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

Admiral Togo will be glad to steam away from San Francisco in something besides a frock coat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

New York's additional subways are to be designed by Bayly Hipkins. That name lacks classical ring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

,yashington's name began with "W'' and woodrow Wilson's name presents two of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

The cotton crop will be big enough ii the cotton worms be induced to take a back seat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

The proposed 800 new peers are wonder ing what it was that hit them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

The state of Texas has no favorite son, and it is booming at present Woodrow Wilson,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

Miss Mary MacLane is writing another book, and she says it is to be hum mcr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

A Boston paper, always true to causes Falls 1t Typhoid fever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

King Georges coronation was failure in the respect of trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

President Taft declines longer to worry over cabinet misisters who get into trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
The south,s Crops

This Is great crop year in the south, and if recent reports from other parts of the. country be correct the south is the only section whose crops have not been injured since the middle of July" said J. T. Hathaway of Chi- cago.
 Tn the country at large the crops will probably average normal, and bus iness this fall will be fairly good. In this section there should be a high degree of prosperity The south Is greatly favored and southern farmers, large and small, have proved themselves in the last few years to be as pro- gressive as those in the north and west. Anyone who was familiar with agri- cultural conditions In the south 20 years ago can but be struck with the vast strides that are being made now. What the south needs especially Is more population. The census made very fine showing in the matter Of the south's increase in population, but l think that in the next census the rate of increase will be far greater than in any preceding decade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

In tie ideal by-and-by both the horse end the dog will be eliminated in cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

We have not raised the Maine-we have simply lowered piece of the harbor in which the old hulk lies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16


 distract his thoughts from the tariff bills he has yet to make. His friends say that, looking ahead as man in public life usually does, MT. Underwood does not covet an Alabama senatorship, which he could. probably win. or the national speak ership since its powers have been abridged. In the present House, the ma jority leader is far more powerful man than the speaker. and having enjoyed the position of greater power. his friends say that MT. Underwood is not attracted by the lesser one with the higher sound- ing title. h,et If he should be nominated for vice pres ident or for President even, this son Of Kentucky would give an excellent ac- count of himself in the campaign. when 1 he comes Co Louisville in the faii 10 speak for Representatives James and the state | democratic ticket Kentuckians will have an opportunity to measure him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

In literature fall comes in September but elsewhere it does not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
WILL, HONOR Mn. UNDERWOOD

From the Washington Post.
 Chairman Underwood of the House com mittee on ways and means. is. to be the recipient of distinguished honors when he returns to Alabama after Congress ad-
 iourns The people are preparing to give him a reception and banquet. It is to pc a state wide affair.
 Richard w. Massey, chairman of t,,e
 Chamber of Commerce of Birmingham, came to Washington yesterday in coi,- nectiona with the plans. He wanted to find out something definite concerning the date when Congress would adjourn. Mfr. Underwood could give him no positive in- formation on that point, but everybody else with whom MT. Massey talked d.agreeJ that the session ought to adjourn within | the next ten days.
 | MT, Massey returned to Alabama las; | Evening. counting upon the telegraph wires to bring the guests to Birmingha.r | in ample time for the reception.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
THE AUTUMN GIRL
New York Correspondence Chicago Int

New York Correspondence Chicago Inter
 Ocean.
 Have you seen her?
 She has too white a face; too white be- cause, pale though 1t is, she has made 1t paler still with an art that is artful- ness.
 Her eyes have painted shadows to deep- en the reflection of her painted thoughts.
 Her hair is parted and brushed until 1t shines like satin and is coiled close to her head-Madonna wise, but yet too wise, so that it only makes a paradox. Her hat is small, too small, and very chic and pulled down so far and perched at just the angle that would cast the shadow of suspicion even upon innocence, Of course, she does not, but there is no earthly reason why she should not, walk with a fine free stride-that is no real
 reason, except her too narrow skirt and her too buckled shoes, for she wears no stays of any kind. The soft brocade or her gown clings to her ankles and is caught in high above the waist of her un-
 corseted figures.
 And so-Have you seen her? For 1t IS
 thus she comes to you-the autumn girl walking toward you out of August into
 your arms and into September You will think from all this that have seen her. Of course, I have not I cannot see through month or two any more | than YOU can. But there are certain ter
 ribly wise people, such as milliners and modistes, who can see a long way ahead, particularly when comes to matter | of fashion. And some of these very wise millIners< and modistes have caught glmpses of the autumn girl. Many of | them even travelled all the way to Paris
 or Vienna for their glimpses. s
 twill the autumn girl wear puffs and
 rats and things?" I asked.
 | Dear, no,e replied a milliner who. had | sought a glimpse.
 "she will not wear any false hair at all.
 It is to be a season of nature. No false hair, no hairpins in the hats, no corsets. Nature, pure and simple. Except the face. kThe Parisian women are going back to the heavy white enamel, dead white | thing in makeup is the eyes. Those of
 the autumn girl must be made shadowy and deep.
 | "The Parisian women rub in a sort of green-blue powder, or powder of a brown | ish color, about the eyes and beneath them. Then there is the heavy blue or
 brown pefieied line at the roots of the lashes. | f'Some women, the women with. fair, pale skin, are tracing with pencil deli- cate blue veins upon their lids. And with the empire gown cut very low the veins of the throat and breast are also traced slightly with a blue pencil. Il
 makes the skin seem more fair. 1 And will the autumn girl go uncor- seted?" I asked the wise dressmaker
 '"Surely," she confirmed. ''The women
 of Paris have been uncorseted for months Sometimes they wear a quite stiff-fitted
 band over their hips, but from the wais'
 up the lines of the figure must be nat
 ural. It is a revival of the empire period
 and the real empire gowns are not pretty | over corrected lines"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
- MARQUIS AFTER A JOB

The watermelon is altogether too full oi seeds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
.MUTILATING FLAGS

notary public under sath. He has foui
 witnesses to his signature. This voucher
 is again signed by the governor, and Is
 then ready to be forwarded to Washing.
 ton. In military affairs the brigadiei
 general is the responsible officer for the
 United States property and the governor
 is the accountable officer.
 This voucher proceeds to Washington for approval by the Secretary of War
 and is received first by the chief of the division of militia affairs, who indorses
 the voucher. The property to be con
 demned is brefed in this department and sent to the chief of ordnance, who makes any further recommendations, indorses and returns the voucher. The voucher Is received by the adjutant general with d. rections. He indorses. and the voucher is sent to the assistant quartermaster general He then orders an ordnance off, ficer to destroy the specified property, and also orders a quartermaster to witness the act s
 The witness and the destroyer sign and the vouchers are sent back to the assist
 ant quartermaster who writes the sixth anu Ihdi iiiuoi iSeiheiit, Wlth tne stdteinent'
 Action taken as directed" This voucher is then entered on the records The voucher at the end of the year is re- ported to the authorities at Washington. The orders given by the assistant quar- termaster are kept by these officers for protection. Such Is the end of the flags which we see flying from the arsenal top l bv day and of the many other old flags | possessed by the ordnance department
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08
COFFEE MARKET.

NEW YORK. January 1.-The market
for coffee futures opened steady at un-
changed prices to an advance of 3
points in sympathy with fairly steady
European markets. Owing to the floli-
days there were no cables from Brazil
and. while some attention was attracted
by press dispatches indicating an I'M
settled political situation there, they had
little or no effect on prices, which made
new high records for the season during
the middle Of the morning on continued
covering or bull support in the absence
Of important offerings. Later realizing
caused reactions from the best, but the
close was steady, net points lower to
8 points higher. Sales, 1850 bags. jan
uary. 1l.45; February. 11.S5: March. 1i.6Y:
April. 1l.5S; May. l.53: June. 11.4S: July
11.43: August. Hos; September. IL 80
October. 11.2o: November and Decem-
Der. 11."0.
Havre was unchanged to 4 franc high
err, and Hamburg 4 to " pfennig higher.
Today's firm offers from Brazil were
said to be unchanged to a shade higher.
rejecting steady primary markets. New
York warehouse deliveries yesterday
were 2.45O bags. against 2O.693 last year
Spot coffee steady: Rio. No. Z, 13sc;
Santos No. 4. lac. Mild coffee quiet;
Cordova. 13&a15&. nominal.
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new YORK BANKS.

NEW YORK, January 1.-THE statement
OF clearing house banks for the week
$9.502. 400 more than Nne requirements of
the 25 per cent reserve rule. This Is an
Increase Of $1,659. 800 in the proportionate
cash reserve as compared with last week.
The statement follows:
Daily averages:
Loans, $1.22s. s35. 500; decrease, 35s5sooo.
Specie, $3.50. 20S. 400; increase, SS13, 100.
Legal tenders. $71.171.5 500; increase, 81
Deposits, s1.sos. 10000: increase. $780,
Circulation. s47.s1s,eoo: decrease. $780,
RESERVE. ss1os74,soo; increase. $685.
:, reserve required. ssoo.s72.5oo; Increase
Surplus. $500, 400: increase 8 ,e5asoo.
Fix. United States deposits. 1852, 100;
decrease. $500.
Loans. s1,215.542.7oo; decrease. $22.ss1.-
Specie, $246. 241 800: increase. 50, $50, 800.
Legal tenders, s71,794, 100; increase.
Deposits. .1.1oL14s, TOO; decrease. 50, $751;
Circulation. .47.elsooo; decrease. $751;.
Reserve. $s1soe5.soo: increase. s1o.2s4.-
800.
:; Reserve s.s required. s2es,ae7.175; decrease.
Surplus. $1s.74s.725: increase. $12, 5e2,.
Elk. United States deposits, $1,e44,5oo;
decrease $4,000.
Summary Of state banks and trus,
| companies In Greater New York not re-
porting to the New York clearing house
Loans, O9.744.T0O: decrease. $7,GS..
500
Specie. sl1s.soo.9 900: increase. $71s. TOO.
.s Lea so. tenders 'a"sl4''0o; decrease
Teta! deposits. ,1.1eo.ss5.eoo: increase,
The Financier will say:
| The return flow of funds to New
York city was responsible for the
greater part Of the $1O,24s, 600 increase
In cash reported by the clearing house
| banks for the week ending January Z.
This. together with the large reduction
of $22.631.9 300 in loans, and a decrease
of $9.257,60O in deposits. accounted for
the expansion Of $12,563.3OO reserve.
bringing the surplus above the 25 per
cent minimum to $1S.74s.725. a total
very much In excess Of the reserve re-
lforeshadowing in q measure the trend
of the liquid capital in the direction of
the leading money markets of the
world. The statement OF actual condi-
tions on which the above figures are
| based. and which reveal more accurate
ly than the compilation of averages, the
real banking situation. was, Of course,
complicated by operations incident to
the January dividend and interest Pc
riod, but for all that the facts seem to
Iforeshadow continued ease in the
money markets. The statement of aver
ages issued Saturday makes the surplus
Of the clearing house banks only
IS. 500 400. but this reflects past opera
lions rather than present conditions
The summary Of the trust companies
and outside institutions not reporting
to the clearing house showed decrease
| Of $7.S76,S0O In loans, q slight gain Of
about one-half million In cash, and a
decrease OF a little less than four mil
lions in deposits.
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New York Cattle Market.

NEW YORK, January 7.-Beeves-Re-
ceipts, 1,s17 head; nothing doing; feeling
Exports. 1872 cattle: $50 sheep and 2. Toe
Calyes-Reccipts, 26c head; market
steady; veals, 100 to 100; fair westerns,
yeais. IL to 16iz; country dressed. 8 to II.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts. 5,11O head;
sheep steady; lambs trif1e weak; sheep.
2.5Oa4.OO; lambs, 8. 75a7.O0
Hoss-Receipts. 300 head; market
steady at $50 to s15. outside quotations
for pigs.
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METAL MARKETS.

NEW YORK. January THE metals
markets were dull and nominal In the
absence OF cables or exchanges. Tin.
trolytic. 1275a13.00. and casting, 12.5oa
1915. Lead. 445a4.65. EpeIter, kb6a|
5.66. Iron, unchanged.
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Gary a Gates Discovery.

In this connection It might not be
out Of place to repeat tho statement
often made, and never disputed. that
Judge Gary, now the acknowledged
head OF the steel trust. was ''discov-
ered' by John w. Gates. Gary was at
torney for Mr.. Gates fifteen years ago.
and had the handling Of some OF his
manipulations In the early career Of
that remarkable plunger. It was Mr..
Gates who put the judge in the fore.
front Of the organisation Of Federal
Steel. There came a conflict between
Gates and H. III. Porter, who controlled
Federal Steel. and Gary allied himself
with Porter.
Mr.. Gates said to the writer, and to
many others within the last ten years;
that as late as ten years ago he could
have contracted with Gary for the ex-
elusive use OF his services for ten or
fifteen years at $4,000 a year. Judge
Gary is now supposed to be worth at
least 100000 All OF which lends
interest to Judge Gary's announcement
that the change in the steel trust of
fetal roster is register of the corpo-
ration's opposition to speculation on
the part Of its odacials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08

An unusual feature for Saturday
was the smart rise In foreign exchange.
demand sterling advancing to 4S610 on
buying Of bills by local bankers, who
were reported to have made heavy pur-
chases of American bonds abroad.
The bank statement was decidedly more
favorable than all forecasts, with Its
huge actual loan decrease Of SO. 632. 900
and cash gain in excess of $4,000. 600.
Loans OF the non-member banks and
trust companies also showed a crafty
ing decrease.
Government bonds were unchanged on
the week. Total sales, $2,3S6,OOO.
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Ibid you get the raise IN salary you
demandedT"
mot exactly. But In recognition Of my
me with q roll-top desk ana have my
name printed on the door.''-Detroit Free
Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08

The clash between Corey and Gary has
been several months brewing. The open
rupture - understood % have been caused
by q direct conflict OF opinion between
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS, January lit was q
quiet week with the cotton exchange.
owing to the holiday Monday there were
only five days Of trading. and operators
on both sides devoted much time to a
consideration Of the pending census re-
port on the ginning of cotton up to the
end Of the year 1910. Bearish expecta-
tons were entertained in regard to this
report, and the consequence was that
the net change In prices for the week
was a decline Of 3 to 10 points on the
trading months.
The high prices were made Tuesday
when the market was to seven points
over last weeks close; the low prices
were made Thursday. when quotations
were twenty to twenty-four points unoer
last weeks finals. From the highest to
the lowest there was a drop OF 20 to
80 points.
Up to the middle Of the week there was
considerable conflict of opinion over the
pending census report. but after That the
tenor Of dispatches from the country IN
regard to ginning was bearfsh and the
average trader assumed the belief that
the census bureau would issue figures
that would affect the market unfavora-
tbly. In discounting this belief there was
ing by shorts was reached and good sup
port was derived from this source. On
the decline longs sold out freely.
The weather did not become factor
Of Importance at any time.
In the spot market prices remained un-
changed the week through. Middling
closed at IA 1916 against IA 1915 last
week and 1914 this week last year. Sales
on the spot amounted to 5,735 bales.
against 2,2s5 last week and 3.4ss this
week last year. Sales to arrive totaled
$3.50 bales. against $3.50 last week and
1000 this week last year.
NEW ORLEANS, January 7.-Spot cot
ton. very firm. unchanged: middling,
IA 1915; sales. 525 bales; to arrive, 1925
bales. The early trading on the market
was very steady. Offerings were scanty
and came almost wholly from longs.
vino were selling out because Of the holi-
day in this market Monday and the CEN
sus report on ginning that will be issued
Tuesday morning. The fact that in
terror stocks lost 10000 bales this week
was made much of and was taken as
an indication Of approaching crop ex-
haustion in some sections OF the cotton
belt. The market closed at a net ad-
vance Of 6 points.
Closing bids: January. 1870; February.
14.96; March, 1903: May, 1923; July,
1898; August, 1880.