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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27
CAME ABACK HOMEv

From the Murfreesboro CTenn.) Home
 Journal.
 Last fall MT. Jacob Robinson, who owned fine farm near Florence, in this county, and who says he was doing well, sold his farm, stock. household goods, etc., and emigrated to the state of Wash ington, to get rich quick in those widely advertised and much boosted farming lands in that section. He located at Bel lingham, on the west side of the state, bought some upland, with timber on it, because it was cheaper than the valley land, and proceeded to make home. It cost him $50 an aero to clear the land. Shortly after his arrival he saw that he was in for it and began his preparations to leave. The residents there told him he was going too soon; to stay and unload on some customer, who would, in time who had been waiting for a long time to catch a sucker and were impov- erished by the wait, concluded he would get out while he had some money left.
 So last week they arrived here and MT. Robinson is looking for farm. He says that he knew when he had enough. He says that 1t is @ first rate country to go to for ones health, but to go there and live as farmer it would be sheer folly. Fruit crowns in abundance, but it is specked with the seal and unfit for mar ket. He further says it does not pay to grow timothy hay that brings SIP ton on $500 an acre land. The price of eggs there is high, but the hens don't lay.
 Mr. Robinson's experience cost, he says, about $3Oo0 and he is back in old Ruther- ford to make back what he lost to the land sharks of the glorious state of Washington.
 This experience is a true one and should give an impetus to the 'back home" movement now working in the south. Those who left their homes in the south ern states should dome back to see how the country has improved and how easy it is to make living on the farms that were once red clay, worn out washed hills.
 Come on back, boys. come back home. ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27

covery, especially encouraged from the doctors fame; he added he would take care to convey him to the doctor and so left the doctor to give order for a. dark room against he came, and re- turned to the fellow for plate and note to carry to his master, who himself would weigh it, and he would immediate ly bring down the money.
 Away slips he out of the back door with his burden and when the fellow had outstayed his patience he desired to speak to the doctor to whom when he approached the doctor concluded him to be his bespoke patient, and, being in the middle of recipe, bade him sit down and he would discourse with him nres ently, by his bell summoning up his servants, and as soon as at leisure be gan to question him how long he had been i'll. He, staring. replied that he had not been i'll. I mean, said the doc tor, or this new fever He answered he never had it in his life. The doctor would fain feel his pulse; the fellow struggled to prevent it, and began to say ne came not for physic, but for money for his plate, or his plate again. Im- med1ately three of his servants were commanded to seize him, and a chIru- geon sent for to let him blood. which by mere force he did, and to take great quantity from him, nay after, sent for barber to shave off his hair, and the more the fellow argued for his plate or money the more madman he was &C., counted, and having lost his blood and hair, was clapped into a dark room not only kept there that night. but the next day also, and the night following.
 "The goldsmith all this while, conclud- ing his servant run away with the plate. was determined to garet him, but A gen tleman accidentally coming to the doctor and he mentioning his new patient. the gentlemans curiosity tempted him to see him who, it seems, the fellow had seen and began to declare whose ser want he was. The gentleman knew him not in that disguise, but, sending for his master, the cheat came out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27
Government Buildings in This State

Government Buildings in This State
 Step by step our Alabama towns are Aecuring public buildings. The total appropriations for the fiscal year beginning January to this state total s380,7O0, as follows: Anniston, postoffice, s32O0; Birming- ham, postoffice, $2OO,O00; Ensley, Postoffice Gin the city of Birming- haml. s25, 1000; Florence, postoffice, $30,000; Gadsden, postoffice, $5O,O0O; Jackson, postoffice, S7500, and Tal- 1adega, postoffice, S3O,OOO.
 Each state is pretty sure to dip into the treasury for about an equal amount per capita, and Alabama went no deeper than the other states. As things are going Uncle Sam will soon have building of his own in all the cities, big and little, in the land-in all cities above 5000 people at any rate. There is no reason why the federal business should be conducted in such towns in rented building. It is better in every way to house the government in dignified and appro- priate building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27
FIGHTING FIRE IN JAPAN

From the New York Herald,
 Tokio.-As a display of low comedy tall ent, of acrobatic skill and of lung capac- ity. the review of the TolSio fire brigades at Hibiya park may have hadaa certain degree of interest, but as demonstra- tion of practical efficiency in dealing with what the Japanese translator loves to designate "conf1agrations' it was un- utterably farcical. After witnessing such a lamentable display of ineptitude one could only marvel that the capital has hitherto escaped total destruction or that tho ravages to which Osaka was sub- jected last year were restricted to some a0O0 houses.
 It is true that the metropolitan Ire companies represent a great advance upon what they were during pre-Meiji days, when the greatest soicitude of the members of the ''hi-keshi-gumi' was devoted not to the task of extinguishing the flames but rather to that of preserv- ing from incineration the little effigy of a god or patron saint, which every company unfailingly carried with 1t on these expeditions for good luck.
 Old resdencts bear witness to the vo- ciferous energy and enthusiasm with which the f1remen fulfilled this self-ap- pointed task, while the fire in it's turn merrily discharged it's mission of gutting everything inflammable within an access sible area. If, however, in the end the fremen escaped in withdrawing with their little wooden god still in tact they were immensely pleased with themselves and were satisfied that society at large could have no ground for demanding anything more than this.
 Cool and capable in war, the Japanese, despite centuries of familiarity, appear to lose their heads when fire starts. Con. fusion reigns supreme. Connected with each fire station are large numbers of what may be termed auxiliaries, who have really nothing to do with the ac- tuai task Of extinguishing the flames, but whose duties consist in appearing on the scene at the earliest possible mo- ment armed with lanterns and in there after helping to remove goods and cnat- tells from the buildings within the dan ger zone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27
THE CRY OF THE DREAMER

By John Boyle O Reilly. am tired of planning and toiling
 In the crowded hives of men; Heart weary of building and spelling,
 And spelling and building again. And I long for the dear old river,
 Where I dreamed my youth away; For a dreamer lives forever.
 And toiler dies in day. I am sick of the showy seeming Of a life that is half a lie; Of the faces lined with scheming
 In the throng that hurries by, From the sleepless thoughts endeavor
 I would go where the children play; For dreamer lives forever
 And a toiler dies in day. I can feel no pride. but pity,
 For the burdens the rich endure; t There Is nothing sweet in the city
 But the patient lives of the poor. Oh, the little hands too skillful. 4
 And the child mind choked with weeds! The daughters heart grown willful,
 And the fathers heart that bleeds! No, no. From .the streets rude hustle,
 From trophies of mart and stage, I would fly to the woods low rustic
 And the meadows kindly page. Let me dream-as of old by the river,
 And be loved for the dream alway; For dreamer lives forever,
 And toiler dies In day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27
NOTED SWINDLE OF 1881
From The Lancet.

From The Lancet.
 >HHAT the publications of the His
 | torical Manuscripts Commission
 A are not altogether dull reading may be gathered from the subjoned ex- tract from 'Calepdar of the MSS. of .Ae Marquess of Ormonde, K. P, Preserved at Kilkenny Castle" tnder date Lon don, April 30, 1s61," Col. F. Cooke writes to the Duke of Ormonde, then lord lieutenant of Ireland. a long letter in which after communicating certain polit- ical intelligence he proceeds to retail some remarkable stories of the town:
 "One habited like the better sort of serving men, having more subtility than honesty, viewing the plate exposed to show in a goldsmiths shop, took a note of it, which reading to the goldsmith as parcels his master, naming a doctor of physic the goldsmith had heard of, had sent him to buy, the goldsmith undertook to furnish him to the value of between 50 Ii and 60 Ii. The goldsmith and his ap- prentices immediately fell furbishing up the plate, he appointing to call for it within two hours, because his master was to make a present of it that night. Ac- cordingly he came just as it began to be dark, borrowed one of the servants to carry it, and the note of it's weight and worth along with him.
 "As soon as he came to the doctors house he ordered the fellow to stay in corner of the hall till he waited on his master, and immediately ascended the stairs to his closet door, and on knocking had entrance, told the doctor he had a kinsman, a hopeful young man (exactly describing the goldsmiths servants per- son and habiD, who from the distemper of this new fever, though he had recov- cred his strength. yet had so impaired his senses that he frequently fell into having fits. the warning he gave of their approach was to fall a-tallxing of plate and money, and money for plate, and then two or three men could scarce hold him; because he had not long been so distempered he the more hoped of re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27
The Summer School

A marked advance in educational expansion is evidenced by the sum- mer school. Many of us can remem- Der when there was no such thing as school work after the June com mencements until September. Now lcolleges in various sections of the Icountry offer special summer courses, band these courses are singularly at tractive to post-graduates seeking to 1specialize, and under graduates who are behind in their studies; to all, in Iced, who are eager to extend their Nssnowledge.
 The largest and oldest summer school in the south is that at Knox vile, conducted under. the auspices of the University of Tennessee. In re- cent years the University of Ala bama has been conducting an excep- tionally inviting school during the summer. This school opens this year June and continues six weeks.
 Special lectures will be delivered at the University by men and women admirably equipped for the part they are to take in the summer work. Charles H. Barnwell, professor of English at the University, will select a timely theme. Governor Emmet O'Neal will deliver an address on "The State and Education" State Superintendent of Education Henry J. Willingham will discuss "Educa- tion in Alabama" Frederick D. Losey professor of rhetoric and public speaking at the University, will dis course on Shakespeare" John Y Graham, professor of biology at ths University, has not yet selected hi' subject, but it goes without saying that his lecture will be full of inter est to students of modern science Miss Frances Higgins, instructor ol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27
LITERARY TOWN NAMES

From the London Chronicle.
 If the commonwealth capital Is named Shakespeare, it will not be the only Shakespeare in the world. Ontario con- tributing one already. Bacon, on the oth- CT hand. figures twice in United States town nomenclature. though one cannot be sure, without local knowledge, whether 1t was the man who didn't write Ham let," who is meant. There is often that difficulty in looking through town names apparently reminiscent ol literature in these new lands. America is full of Mil- tons and Byrons; but do they all com memorate the poets3s One feels less doubt about the dozen Burnses, the two Tenny sons, and the Shelley and Keats. Dick ems scores three, Thackeray one. Carlyle six. Ruskin two, Racine eight, Hugo three. Balzac two. Goethe one and Schil- ling one; but we look in vain for Spenser or Dante. On the other hand, Homer, Virgil, Plato and Cicero abound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27

English at Montevallo, will tell about School Improvement in Alabama Prof. c. McCorvey of the University will be heard on some epoch in his tory. Thomas McAdory Owen, state archivist, and one of the best assets Alabama has in the intellectual field, will talk about libraries. William T. Sheean of the editorial staff of the Montgomery Advertiser, will read a paper entitled How Civilization Was Established in Alabama" William B. Stafford, professor of Latin, will se- lect for his subject something relat- ing to philology; and Mrs. E. D.. Thames, chairman of the education committee of the Alabama Fedora tion of Women's clubs, and Mrs. j.. H. Phillips, president of Women's clubs, will deliver addresses.
 From present indications is may be said that the enrolment at the Uni versity summer school will be larger this year than ever before. Following the example of the universities the Board of Education of Birmingham conducts summer schools under the direction of Superintendent J. H. Phillips in order to afford opportuni- ty to boys and girls who have run behind in their classes at the regular session, from one cause or another, to catch up. All this summer edu- cational activity gives a wonderful uplift to youth with serious pur- pose. No matter how much illiteracy there may be in certain rural districts of the south, the opportunities for ac- quiring a first-class public school education in the cities are already ex- cellent, and they will improve year by year; and as for the institutions of higher learning they were never SC appreciated or so prosperous as now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27
Gadski.. PopuInrity

Mime. Johanna Gadski has decided to remain in America at the close or the opera season in order to fill serles of festival engagements, including one in Birmingham, at the same time deVot- ing a portion of her time to concert and recital work in. the larger cities of the east and middle vest said muslclan' "The prima donnas present season mas been the most successful in her career At the Metropolitan opera house Cad ski nights have become synonymous wlth sold-out houses The singers recent car negie hall recital, following four appear ances in New York as soloist on All Wagner programmes with the Philhar- monic society under Gustav Mahler, Is generally commented upon as one of the striking successes of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27
LUCKY NUMBER AT MONTE CARLO Ia1ez .,.a4 i.s<.<

G. R. Sims: 'Dagonet Abroad.'
 One day there was an amusing incident in the gambling rooms. An Englishman arrived early, and. sitting down. crossed his legs and stuck one foot out in an at- titude of ease. Suddenly there was a wild rush of everybody to the tables, and Italian barons, Spanish countesses and Russian princesses fought with each other to get their gold and silver pieces on to F. The croupiers stared, the inspectors looked nervous, and when 17 came up the entire staff seemed petrifled. What had happened? Had the wheel been got at? Had some clever trick been played? Why had everybody rushed to back 1T?
 The croupiers looked about and saw every eye directed at the Englishman, who, finding himself the object of so much attention, blushed violently and burst into a profuse precipitation. Then a roar of laughter went round the room and the croupiers and the inspectors and even the solemn attendants in livery joined in it.
 The mystery was explained. On the sole of the Englishman's boot was the Mo- r in chalk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27

sponsible, and as the Inquirer sug- gests the democratic party will strive to make good, and so will the south. The Inquirer fears, however, that the southern gentlemen who will soon be entrusted with great power will prove more academic than practical. This may be true of some old-time demo- crats, but it will be found that men like Oscar Underwood and Champ Clark are eminently practical, and that they will apply all their skill to the bringing of the greatest good to the greatest number rather than to the enrichment of limited few who can be trusted to make up liberal campaign funds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27
ART IN THE NUDE
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 There can no longer be am doubt about
 the great qualification that has been
 wrought by the apostles of the uplift.
 Every day brings renewed evidence of
 the dawning of the great white light of
 virtue. Especially does the wave seem
 to have struck states having high protec-
 tive tariff tendencies. Only few months
 ago we had in Pennsylvania the evidence
 of great moral reform. From Philadel-
 phia to Pittsburg swept the cry that the
 nude statues wrought by the sculptor
 Barnard for the state capitol must be
 covered with some sort of drapings
 Now the uplift has found it's way into
 the heart of that other citadel of protec- tion, Massachusetts. Right into the cen- ter of culture, the city of Boston, have the purifying waters penetrated. No less an authority than Bishop Willard F. Mall lalieu, of the Methodist Episcopal church, has bitterly denounced the exhibition of
 nude statuary in art galleries. His de-
 nunciation is based on a bill before the ] Massachusetts legislature appropriating Foo,VoV loi iiiC DoolOu IuuSeuiIl OI me arts. This is the way the bishop puts his objection:
 hope that not dollar of public money will go to the museum until there Is a de- cided reform. I should favor taking out all of the nude art in the Boston art mu- scum, or any other museum in which 1t is
 publicly exhibited, and use it for paving the streets. I have visited every large
 museum in Europe and Great Britain, | and I don't want to see installed in the
 museums of America the hdeous things that are found there. I am not in favor of nude art in any form.
 Having visited all the European art gail leries, the bishop has seen all that is to be seen To show him any forms of
 American art would be like carrying coals to Newcastle. Perhaps, when the | residents of Boston have seen all that is to be seen, they, too. will join in the out | cry against art in the nude. What we cannot understand, however, is that the
 bishop should advocate the paving of streets with these wicked statues. Are
 the streets of Boston to be tainted thus?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Truck Farmers Coming

"To those interested in the farm move ment in Jefferson county, which the Bir- mingham Chamber of Commerce is pro- noting, it is highly encouraging to see how fast Baldwin county, across the bay from Mobile, is filling up with truckers, said a man who recently spent several days in the section referred to.
 "Baldwin's population has greatly in- creased within the past two years, and the indications are that the rate of in- crease within the next two years will be still greater
 That county presents an inviting field for the truck farmer, but no more inyit- ing, all things considered, than we find in Jefferson.
 The soil of this county is admirably adapted to horticulture. and there is the additional advantage here of a large market. Birmingham is an enormous con- sumer of food products of every sort, and the greater part of the food supply han dled in the local market now is shipped from distant points. And as Birmingham is strding forward, the market demand will. of course, grow approximately.
 "The success of the Baldwin county farm movement is the result of organiza- tion and systematic work-a systematic colonization work that began about seven years ago. No substantial results were apparent during the first three or four years after colonization society was formed; but the colonization enterprise was not allowed to flag, and when the results did begin to show, hundreds of small farmers with their families were migrating from the north to Baldwin county.
 'The same thing will happen in Jeffer- con county. The Chamber of Commerce farm movement was started less than a year ago. It has brought many inquiries and in two or three years this county will probably number among its citizens 1000 or POGO truck farmers instead of between 100 and 200 now'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27
Southern Chairmanships

In mentioning the fact that the south will secure in the present Con- gress the speakership and nearly every important chairmanship with the exception of Fitzgerald of New York, who is slated for the head of the committee on appropriations, the philadelphia Inquirer says: Now if such a thing had happened twenty or thirty years ago the land would have rung with the announcements that the southern brigadiers were in the saddle, etc. The north would have been in an ecstasy of rage, as if the civil war were to be commenced all over again, while the south would have 1ndulged in peans of triumph. It is much to the credit of the Ameri. can people that there is no sectional feeling expressed at all. No one is excited because Speaker Clark comes from Missouri or his lieutenant, aUn- derwood, from Alabama. These men won on their party merits. In the last twenty years there haven't been so very many democratic members from the north, and such as have appeared in Washington have had uncertain tenure. The south sends it's men back for many terms, and thus in a democratic House they get the plums and the prominence"
 | This prominence is, however, a re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27
OSCAR UNDERWOOD
From the Marion Standard.

oscar Underwood Is coming rapidly into, the full form of the public eye. The Saturday Evening Post features him this week in It's Great and Near Great column and calls him the "unruffled un- dcrwood." It's says that 1t matters not what the excitement nor how others may rant and rave, Underwood remains peace ful, pacific and placid. Should he rise and inject few well chosen remarks into the situation he gendshlly brings home the bacon.' That's not bad sort of statesman and just the kind needed to fill the important place of chairman of the ways and means committee in tho coming congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27
Told on Ernest Hutcheson

A press agent tells this on musical artist well known and esteemed In Br. mingham:
 His royal highness, the Ameer Of Af- ghanistan. wanted court pianist ana
 teacher of music for his 300 wives The choice fell on Ernest Hutcheson, who declined courteousy, but firmly. Were you afraid that accepting the position might hurt your pianistic ca
 reer?" asked an inquisitiye friend.
 My career? My head.' said Hutche- son. 'It would have been off at the very first wink
 "Whose wink?'' persisted the friend. But the pianist. with rare discretion, refused to answer.