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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
AN REFRIGERATION

Aust,, Dohson in the Cornhill Magazine ,Villian, Makepeace Thackeray, born July
 IS, 1911.
 An what a world the words bring back T,hosa hald words in the Almanack! once more they come-from days long
 fled. & The towering form, the grand white head; r,he upturned lool. that seems to scent qhe paltry and the fraudulent; The kind eyes that too soon confess Their sympathy with wretchedness; N or only these, but all the train ThatSAssued from that teeming brain. 1rooping they enter, one by one, T.istinct and vivid. strangers none; .Say-if that can be-better known Than mortal kinsfolk of our own: .I,eclly," Amelia" "Dobbin," "Jos," "Pendennis." Warrington" and "Cos"- "Cos" with his "oi.-Pen's uncle. too, 'Florac"' thei colonel, e''Icthel," Kew" ..Trix' and her mother. and not less, That later '.Trix'--the baroness. "Esmond of course, and George and
 Harry"
 The rogues and, rascals-"Deuceace."
 Barry"
 Evil or good. none immature. From "Yellowplush" to "Barbazure;" None djmly seen or half achieved Or drawn too vague to be believed But each, however small the role, A talpE complete, [. apished whole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
The Parks of Memphis

Memphis is a smaller city than B1r- mingham, but it has a wonderful start over us or any other city of it's size in the country in the matter of park said a travelling man resident here.
 "wt>Gout going into details, Memphis has two great 300-acre parks, and num- bers of smaller ones, and great 20O- foot speedway circling the town that is an everlasting joy.
 Every man, woman and child in Memphis takes a personal interest in their parks, and talk almost as if they owned these beautiful spots personally. The other day the president of big Memphis bank and the head of one of their great wholesale grocery firms, of fered to show me the parks, and when I expressed a fear that they were los ing time from their business to show a stranger sights that were so old to them, they assured me that they made a thorough trip through their magnifi- cent zoo and parks at least once a month And we did; we heard the ele- phant roar and were awed by the majestic lion; we counted monkeys and had cold chills run down our backs in front of the rattlesnake cage; we passed Hastily by the stork in the pond, and fed peanuts to the guinea pigs, with all the gusto of three 10-year- olds on circus holiday.
 "I believe Memphis splendid growth during the past few years and the ag- gressive way in which she is going after the worlds business in lines she is equipped to handle, Is to a very large extent directly due to the city's broad minded policy of park development, and constant endeavor to make Mem phs the most desirable town in which to live.
 "I wish Messrs. Exum, Lane and Weatherly accompanied by Raul, Jemi- son, Martin, Smith and Stack-our park board-would take a trip to Mem phis, and see what a city somewhat similar in size sto Birmingham has done for it's parks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues.
 -1 King Henry VI.
Science Now and Science in 1873

Chattanooga is taking steps to pre- vent a recurrence of cholera in it's city. It remembers 1873. So does Nashville. So does Birmingham, which was then but small town and which was almost obliterated by the disease.
 But really there is no occasion for Chattanoogas spasm of cleanliness and nervousness. In 1873 the doc tors knew less than they do today Today any medical student can draw a picture of a cholera germ and tell you just how the disease can be com municated. Any medical student in his first year knows that mere near ness to victim of the disease is inn material. The germ theory was un- known in 1873, and people lacked the courage to put up a stiff fight against sporadic cases. An immi- grant carrying the disease recently went to an upstate city in New York and died there. That was all. No case sprang from it, and no one was frightened out of his wits,
 The difference between 1873 and 1911 is the difference between utter ignorance of the causation of the disease and the story of the micro scope and of the passage of germs down ones throat in food or drink. No cholera germ floats in the air in sthese' days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
GENIUS OF CHARLES DICKENS

leby in his own family? Who does not hiess Sairey Camp and wonder at Mrs. Harris? Who does not venerate the chief of tha. illustrious family who, being sticken by misfortune, wisely and greatly turned his attention to 'coals," the ac- oomplished, the epieurean, the dirty the delightful Micawber?
 l may quarrel with MT. Dickens art a thousand and a thousand times; I I'de- light and wonder at his genius; I recog- nize in it-I speal; with awe and rever- cnce-a commission from that Divine benefieence whose blessed task we know it will one day be to wipe every tear from every eye. Thankfully I take my share of the feast of love and kindness which this gentle and generous and char, itable soul has contributed to the happi- ness Of the world. l take and enjoy my share snd say a benedction for the meal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
TO NOMINATE UNDERWOOD

From the MOblIe Reg1ster
 The Birmingham Age-Herald, like the Register, believes that Alabama will have a great opportunity in the next democrat ic national convention to lead off with the name of a southern man and an Ala bamian Congressman Underwood. The Birmingham paper says: He can be nominated, and once the party standard bearer he would stand a good chance of election. Alabama has an oppor- tunity that has never in the course of nearly a century been within her grasp, and she should not fail to avail herself of it. She should seize that opportunity with both hands by dropping all other as- pirants and by centering all her strength on her most distinguished citizen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
Texa. Campaign Closing

l q have seen a good many political campaigns-several in which prohibition
 was an issue-but I recall no contest of moment so free from bitterness or mud singing as that in Texas now closing, ]" said E. l.. Partley of Chicago My business has taken me to Texas twice within the past eight months.
 Early in the spring when I visited San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth and other large towns I heard little of prohi- btion politics. The issue was being
 worked up but there was so little noise about 1t that an outsiders attention was not drawn to the matter. But week be- fore last when I spent several days in Texas, all the people seemed to have be- come interested in the prohibition fight, but compared with similar fights in oth- CT states the Texas campaign has been mild right up to now. I did not meet anytfie who felt confident as 10 which side would win. From my limited ob servation I would say that so long as we cannot abolish the liquor traffic, condi- tons under local option in Texas were satisfactory to all but fanatics and pro- fessional agitators. If l were betting on on the local option side.
 If the state-widers in Texas had tried their scheme two or three years ago they might have won, but after Alabama has had statewide prohibition and aban- doned 1t, and after the enormous major ity against statewide prohibition In Missouri and after the defeat of the same issue in Florida, to say nothing of Maryland and Virginia that declined, through their respective legislatures, to submit the question of statewide to the voters, Texas is not apt to make itself laughing stock by being behind in the procession.
 'I never lived in a community where an election was held involving the liquor question. Prohibition used to appeal to me, however, and a few years SEQ my sympathies were with the Anti-Saloon league But many of the Anti-Saloon leaguers themselves have found that dras- tic prohibition was a failure and have been frank enough to say so. It has been many years since I entered saloon, but I could readily imagine that in an or derly commercial city like Dallas, and in great tourist resort like San An tonic, the saloon is no more objection able than a dispensary would be, and
 after surveying the whole field I would
 say in conclusion that the saloon is not half so bad as the blind tiger, which
 is the curse of every prohibition state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES


 Since taking up my residence in Bir- mingham nearly 15 years ago l have bal lotted In several important elections, said prominent citizen known as one or Birmngham's upbuilders. "The most ex- citing campaign, and the one fraught with greatest danger to Alabama, was that forced on the people by an hysterical legislature in 1909 l refer, of course, to the amendment campaign when the prohibitionists of this state tried to have New England puritanism incorporated in the constitution. In November of that year the voters defeated the constitutional prohibition proposition by a decisive ma jority.
 We had an important election last year in which the prohibitionists were again defeated, and now comes county election of vital interest. This com munity is scandalized by the blind tiger Liquor conditions here could not well be worse. Judge Lanes frank statement should be enough to convince every reas- enable man who might have been a pro- hibitionist that prohibition was a failure and that a regulated liquor trade would he the best thing in view of all the facts.
 The advocates of the high-license sa- loon will carry, l, believe. If Jefferson county should by any chance, go dry, Birmingham, as progressive and favored as 1t is would be set back several years Prohibition in large cities is sign or Birmingham certainly has no business being narrow. The saloon question should be decided not only in the affirmative, but the bigger the majority the better effect it will have on the gen. eral business situation here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
A Building for Young Women

This afternoon at 5:30 o'clock ground will be broken by Mrs. Mabell Sloss Cecil for the new ex tension of. the Young Women's Chris tian association. Mrs. Cecil has been asked to do the formal act of break ing ground" because it was she who began nine years ago to urge the good people of this city to aid the young women who need it. She sue ceeded in the spring of 1903 in per fecting an organization, and today she will very properly be called upon to break ground for one of the finest buildings in this city.
 The money for this creditable piece of construction has been sub scribed and will be duly paid in. When the building is completed the association will have a property worth s125,O00 admirably located and steadily doing a great work among the 5000 self-supporting young wom- en of this city.
 There is scarcely any public work in this city that has a wider field. There is scarcely one that is more successfully conducted, and the city will be more nearly well-equipped city when the new building is con- pleted, and the young women have home that is commensurate with the demands upon it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
The Iron situation

Matthew Addy & Co.'S iron report says in part:
 "Curtailment in production is still going on, probably on larger scale in the north than In the south. The percentage of furnaces in blast in southern Ohio is exceedingly small. This reduction in output will undoubt- edly do more to help the situation than anything else just now.
 Interest is still centered mainly in steel making irons. Some very large sales are reported and some more good sized inquiries expected to develop dur ing this week. This is not only true in the east but in the south where the basic consumption is remarkably good The railroads are svtdeptly more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

inclined to come across with their requisitions, and several have been heard from within the past few days. Pipe shops are comparatively busy, es- pecially in the south, where the melt is more than satisfactory.
 "Considering the season of the year, shipments are moving nicely It is only a question of time when the oue>- will realize that he cannot go wrong if he covers his future requirements or pig iron at less than the actual cost to make it. The sooner he realizes thls the sooner buying will begin in earn est"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
REFLECTIONS OF BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 Domestic troubles usually date from tie time a mans wife began to buy his ties for him.
 A giel with four feet of veil streaming behind her hat seems to be waving to every man within mile.
 Mayhe in the next world the dead beats rave to work 1t all out stokng the fiery furnace at dollar a century
 A man has to eat good many fine din hers with friends to think all of them but together are worth one call from him
 A woman who won't worry bit about taking on 70 pounds of weight will 2, wild about taking on two years of age
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
DISTRESSING.

Here is the account of poor woman who lost both arms in railroad wreck
 Tt must be dreadful to go through life without any arms"
 ''Yes, indeed. And much worse for a woman than for a man."
 How Is that?'
 Well. a woman without any arms can't reach around to feel if the back of her collar and the back of her belt are all right
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
OF SHORT DURATION.

'Plimply is afraid to ask old MT. Punk CT for his daughters hand"
 Why, Plimply told me yesterday he stood in with the old gentleman
 "Oh, that was only for few minutes in the vestibule of an office building, dur ing a shower"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
\ NICE DISTINCTION.

'1s he what you would call a hand some man?"
 We'll not handsome enough to pose for union suit advertisement, although he is extremely good-looking."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

The voters of Illinois should decide the jackpot issue at their next state cleo ton. They are the jurors who should try and decide the matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
APPOINTED WITHOUT HESITATION

APPOINTED WITHOUT HESITATION. Not long ago United States circuit court judge died, and there followed much gossip as to who would succeed him. Before the dead man was buried, there were current several stories that the successor had already been chosen. senator who was especially anxious for friend to get the vacancy hurried ta President Taft the day after the judge had died, and asked eagerly:
 "ls it true, Mr. President, that, my friend Smith can have Judge Blanks place?"
 He can." answered the President seri- ously, and added, after a pause: If he thinks the coffin will fit him com- fortably. .'-The Twice-a Month Popular Magazine.
 A QUICK-CHANGE ARTIST. A certain reckless woman who has fre-
 quently been wed,
 Doth every year or two become a wife; By friends disposed to knock her have
 heard it has been said
 That husbands are the mile-stones of
 her life. PAUL, COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
A DISTURBER.

Each morn a noisy ruralist beneath my.
 window cries
 And, sooth to say, himself with me he
 less and less endeafs. Just when I wish to doze a bit and lie with dreamful eyes, He bellows forth, String beans for
 sale! I've got some roasn' earsv'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

Uncle Ike Stephenson will find it diff cult to show that he spent legitimately s107, ,ooo on the legislature that elected him senator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
CHEERED.

Cf1EERED. My heart Is very sad" ne said, My heart is very sad; And I am very much afraid That nought can make me glad" Just then cool mint Julep came Across his line of view; Forthwith he ceased to be the same And quite forgot his rue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

No one cares how baseballs are made, but many are interested in the Ty Cobb manner of hitting them over the heads Of all felders
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
THE HON. COLLIE, JAMES
From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
 . The people of the country who think that because MT. James of Kentucky is named ollie" he wears runles around his neck. chews gum and warbles in the upper register are ratty in their garrets. Ollie is big of foot and body, Is solemn of countenance and attire and is as mega lophonous as sandpawing Rolled Angus bull s-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

Few backyard vegetable gardens are coming through the summer in accord ance with the glowing pages of the seed catalogues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

New York citys vast foreign popula ton may send less money across the At lantic when they can hand it directly to Uncle Sam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

The last words for or against reciproc- tv will be said today and then a great si- lence will settle upon the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

All health bulletins from John W. Gates should state how much he is willing to Let and the public can then judge how his health is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

countless variations For instance, the young lady may say, Have you Violet Eyes And the clerk wil answer, sNo, miss My eyes are brown" She may come in some other day and ask-or an- other young woman may come in and ask,
 Have you Too Many Wives, the comic sueeess?' And the fresh young man will answer, Take back them cruel words. m not bigamist." Likewise a matronly woman may stroll into the music depart ment and say, T would like to get Two Little Cherubs'" Then it is the clerks cue to answer, Madam, babies are checked at the womans rest room, first floor. You may find your two little -cheruos there." A Kansas newspaper presents the young-lady- who-comes-into- a-music-store-and-a asks fora song -with-a- title-that-is-misleadin joke in this form:
 pretty young lady entered music store in Centrala the other day, and stepped up to the counter where a new clerk was asserting music and asked, Have you Kissed Me in the Moonlght'?' The clerk turned half way around and said, Tt must have been the man at the other counter, I've only been here a week."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

James R. Garfield is willing to consider the Adams family a good precedent John and John Quincy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

Ex-seeretary Garfield is the latest entry of the insurgents for the presidency. He will be left at the post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

Secretary of War Stimson is seeing Panama. This Is the chief duty of mod orn war secretaries in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

Shoemakers say that either women's feet are becoming larger. or else they are wearing shoes that fit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

Gaby Desleys is coming to America and so is ex-King Manuel, but they will not travel together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

New York should swat the cholera germ ever if it has to overlook the house. Iiy and the mosquito.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

The country will not forgive New York if it permits cholera to become national atfliction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

The silence from Oyster Bay is so great it is oppressive, and there are no signs Of early relief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
SKINNY.

I know certain damozel-
 1 sure would hate to be her, Cause, when she's in the water-well,
 You simply ought to see heri
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

John Sharp Williams" is~plainly more than Senator Williams"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

In fighting Dr. Wiley only pure unadul- terated facts should be employed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

While England is talking about increas- ing her house of lords, Colorado and Georgia are decreasing the membership Of the American house of lords.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

No matter how many schools of med- cine mey be established in China, the ma lives in the back districts will continue to drive away disease by beating tin pans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
TEMPERANCE IN ALABAMA

The potato crop-white potatoes-is bat ting very low this season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

The residents of Alaska cannot say they are receiving too little attention Some of them are receiving more than they know what to do With.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
OUR FAVORITE.

That man we have no patience with Who says the cherry trees a myth, Oh. where is there yarn to match it. , Bout little Georgie and his. hatchet?
 Birmingham Age-Herald. And we esteem that man a crook Both by and large and on the whole Who dares to say that Dr. Cook Did not discover the north pole
 Springfield Union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
CAN'T SEE OUT.

CAN'T SEE OUT.
 DO you know it's a fact that few women 'are in the habit of looking ahead?"
 T hadn't thought much about the mat ter. How do you account for it?" Well, at the present time their failure to look ahead may be due to the kind of hats they are wearing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

DISCRIMINATE. Oh, swat the fly Each one you see; But do not try To swat a bee. - Birmingham Age-Herald. On what you say No kick at all; But we want Browns Who swat the ball.
 St Louis Times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

ANOTHER VARIATION.
 The young-lady- -who-comes-into-a-mu sic-store-and- asks -for-a-song-w with a-title- that-is-misleading joke is susceptible of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

Entered at the Birmin gham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

z. E. Morgan and T. s. Millsap are the only authorized travelling repre- sentat of The Age-H Herald in it's circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
HOLD HOPS FOR HIGH PRICE.
Yakima Growers Make Few Sales at
Present Figures.

North Yakima With the English
crop out Of the hands of the growers
and promise of higher prices for
what is left on the Pacific Coast, hold
ers Of the few lots of hops left in the
Yakima valley are waiting for still
higher prices and few sales have been
made this week.
McNeff Borthers have closed their
option on 1000 pounds at 40 cents
from the Mckee company, and bought
70 bales from Paul Lindahl at the
same price. Robert Livesey bought
two lots aggregating s77 bales at 40
cents.
/. In spite Of the fact that 40 cents
can be obtained now for hops, and
that several growers are holding for
still better, figures, several contracts
for future delivery have been made at
Is and 20 cents a pound. Louis Brit
ton signed contract to furnish Rob-
ert Livesey with $4,000 pounds Of
hops year for the the next five years
at Is cents pound, and also con-
tract for 200 bales year for the next
three years at 20 cents pound.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
TURKS HEM IN TRlPoLI.
Tables Turned on italians, Who Are
Now Beseiged.

~
Paris-That the town of Tripoli is
virtually beseiged by Turks and that
HONS is in no better situation is the
opinion of the correspondent of the
Temps, who has succeeded in joining
the Ottoman forces near Zouagher.
He telegraphs regarding the Turkish
side Of the war, under date Of Novem-
Der IL, and says:
cit is certain that after month
and half of war, after large expend-
itures and serious losses, the Italians
are no farther advanced than on the
day following their Decentralization.
If the Turkish forces are inferior in
number to the Italians, they make up
in confidence. expected to find dis
order and encouragement. On the
contrary, everywhere met order, dis
cipline and contentment.
Patient and ready for everything,
the Turk is accepting all without COM
plant. If he suffers he knows it is
for the empire of Islam, while the
Arab knows that if he dies, Paradise
and Mohammed will be his. !"
The correspondent is unable to d.
vulge the number or plans Of the
Turks, merely saying that their mill
tary attacks must await observation.