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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02

From the New York Herald.
 I have just heard, son, that you are about to be married. Let me tell you something; let me give you a thought to turn over in your mind while you are fretting because your bride to be insists upon giving so much of her time-it isn't your time yet-to her rousseau.
 | Most marriages, son, are a success dur ing the honeymoon. It is easy enough to I be happy and to make your wife happy while you are both in the full flush of marital enthusiasm. But there is a day coming when you will both sink to the dead level of prosaic married life What then? Are you prepared for those hum drum days?
 l am not joking, son, even though you may think I am. In the lives of every married couple there will be humdrum days, and plenty of them. There will be days when you will sit across the break fast table from your wife and wonder why you married her. and theer will be just as many days-and you vii be lucky indeed if there are not more-when she will almost wish that she had married the other man. Those are crucial times, son. Those are the times when you and your wife will make or mar your mar riage
 For the true test of marriage, son, lies in the ability to keep things going when under just such a strain and stress. It is always easier to run than to walk, be- cause when you are running, son, your nervous system is keyed up to it's high est pitch but when you come to walk, to but the grinding power of your will.
 And no matter what you may think about it now, son, you will walk during the greater part of your married life. You will plod-snd plodding is at best a monotonous occupation. It gets on one s nerves, 1t drives some men to drink and some to other and more harmful forms of dissipation. and it has driven many a matrimonial ship upon the jagged rocks of the divorce court Men and women are made that way. It is hard for them to endure monotony, but to live down the dull uniformity which makes up so much
 of, every married life is glorious
 achievement aAd well worth the effort of any man or woman
 l I didn't mean to say that it must be | lived down, son. That was a mistake l It should be banished. There you have the secret of a happy married life, son Banish montony. Make living a joy and face the daily problems of your household with grin. There is a lot of moral sal. vation in a good healthy grin, son There will be a lot of comfort in it for you and for your wife. It will help you over the rough places without seeing or feeling them; it will keep your wife from ever being sorry that she married you 1 No woman ever yet applied for di- yoree from a man who could meet worry and discoura cement with cheerful grin
 Just remember that, son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
Truck Farming in Jefferson

The United States department of agriculture has reached a high state of efficiency, and practical results are seen in every part of the coun- try. The advance in agriculture has been due in large measure to the demonstration work of the govern ment. The south has been particu- larly benefited by the governments farm demonstrators.
 But up to this time truck growing has not come within the province of the department at Washington so far as demonstration work is concerned. The government now, however, of fers to extend it's demonstration ac- tivities to the trucking industry. The cost of carrying on truck farm dem onstration in Jefferson county dur ing the next twelve months would be only $1200. Of this sum the govern ment will supply $500, and Birming- ham is asked to cooperate by raising the other $500. This is an insignifi- cant amount and it should be raised without delay.
 Few enterprises undertaken recent ly by the Chamber of Commerce have been more practical or more far reaching than it's farm movement" !" The Chambers farm committee has done a great deal >of preliminary work, and although the movement for bringing settlers here to engage in horticulture was started less than a year ago, several high-class truckers have established themselves in the county, and before another year rolls round the number will probably reach the 100 mark.
 No county in the states offers bet ter advantages for truck farming than Jefferson; and when the prox- imity to large market is concerned no other county offers anything like the advantages. Within the next three or four years the immediate Birmingham district should number fully 1000 truck farmers. This truck farm movement will be immeasurably enhanced when the government starts it's demonstration. No expenditure could prove more business-like or bear better fruit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
BuT HOW ABOUT PoLYGAMYs

From the New York World.
 In the long statement which the World printed yesterday from Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mormon church, we find no direct assertion that the church has kept faith in the matter of polygamous marriages.
 President Smith has much to say about the church's attitude toward the Bible and the government and the family, but he does not say that polygamous mar riage has ceased.
 On his own behalf he makes the follow ing explanation of various domesticity;
 For myselfrand 1t may sound strange ly to you-that means that believe in be- ing true to five wives, who are loving, loyal. contented and happy mothers. They have been my wives for from over 27 years 10 more than 40 years. They have looked up to and been true to me through all these years, and I have held my love and duty to them above all things else; my love for them, my con science and my manhood would not allow it to be otherwise"
 Pedple are at liberty to draw their own inference from President Smiths state ment. But inasmuch as all the so-called persecution of the Mormon church turns upon the question of poiygamy, the simple way for the church to eonfound its critics would be to furnish convincing evidence that polygamous marriages are no longer tolerated by the Mormon hierachy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
Wall of Steel Around the Maine

A wall of circular tubes but foot or two above high tide level in the landlocked harbor of Havana has been built around the Maine and the pumping out of the water is to be begun June 15. The plan is novel. Engineers are, however, confident it will prove wholly satisfactory The leaks will be small, and they can be readily controlled.
 This coffer dam of novel construc- tion is convincing the people of even Havana that the ill-fated battleship is to stand exposed, and the story of it's destruction perhaps told. The dam consists of 5000 steel tubes 75 feet long, and the belief is that it will do for the Maine all that Congress de- sires to be done. Congress has not vet decided what shall be done with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Industria, Outlook Bright

The announcement of Chairman J. J.
 Hill of the Great Northern that his com
 pany would expend s27o.O0o.OoO in improve ments, including new construction. will have an immediate and farreaching ef- feet for good on the business situation generally" said a prominent citizen
 Those men who have been taking a gloomy view of things did not think 1t probable that better times would come untiA after the presidential election; but with the promise of bumper crops and with such facts as Mir Hills announce ment this week, to say nothingof other favorable signs, I feel sure that the last half of this year will be as busy and profitable as any like period in the his tory of the Birmingham district.
 By the way, the small industries here abouts-machine shops, foundries and such-are all in operation, and are not only at work but most of them at full capacity. This Is particularly good year for various industries The resumption of work at the Tennessee company's rail mill in about two weeks from now will have brightening effect on all branches of business in Birmingham. The middle of July is the time usually mentioned for the beginning of new era of prosperity, but there will be a great deal of bus- ness activity in this month of June."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
Presenting the Convicted Trusts

Attorney General Wickersham says the government has definite plans by which it will proceed to secure crimi- nal conviction of all violators of the antitrust law. "Prison sentences" he went on to say, would be the most effective means of enforcing respect for the antitrust law. Criminal prosecutions against the meat pack :. CTS, milk dealers, grocers, the naval stores, and window glass combina- tions and other alleged violators of the antitrust law would be aug mented by other prosecutions"
 The oil trust is not specifically mentioned and it is much too early to anticipate the sending of any official or stockholder to the penitentiary. All expressions of opinion by the admin istration at the present time are tine tured with the campaign poison of 1912. Everything that is done or not done relates to the campaign that is [ fast coming on-that is in fact al ready opened. The Wickersham crim- inal prosecutions will be found to have an eye single to that campaign,
 MT. Taft is to be renominated and if he is to be reelected it will have tC be the outcome of an immense cam paign fund. Heretofore big cam
 ii funds down to and includin, the Roosevelt Hartman episode hay been controlling, because big sum could be used in the slums of large cities to buy enough votes to control .ali-important states. Will there be criminal prosecutions now that will preclude big campaign funds next year? Unless MT. Taft proposes to depend upon the tariff benefactors in 1912 he will not be apt to prosecute as Mir. Wickersham says the trust magnates from a criminal point of view. The people will want to be 'shown" before they accept Mir. Wick , ersham's promises of criminal con- yictions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
Today's Great Hen Shower


 In society linen showers are well known, and the ladies of the auxiliary of the Anti Tuberculosis association have decided to have a hen shower.
 And today is the appointed time. For people suffering from tubercu- losis raw eggs are essential, and it is also much better to have the raw eggs fed to patients fresh, absolutely fresh.
 At times it is extremely difficult to procure such eggs for use in the camp for tubercular patients on Red mountain, and this is why the ladies will hold today a hen shower. They ask every person to send hen that lays eggs or chicken that will lay eggs to one of three places today-to Fowlkes 6 Myatt, H. A. Milner or Shropshire & Daniel, any one of whom will place the hens in coops in waiting and will at the same time att tach to each hen a tag bearing the name of the donor. Send all hens to one of the grocers named, for they will be prepared to keep and transmit them to the camp on Red mountain.
 The Age-Herald bespeaks general attention of a kind public to today's great hen shower. Too many hens cannot be sent, for many will be needed during the rest of the year to keep the camp supplied with fresh eggs.
 And then, too, by sending hen to the hen shower you may be excused from furnishing a COW when a cow shower is held. Fresh milk and raw eggs go together in the fare of tuber- cular patients. The COW shower may not be held, but the hen shower vii be open when today's Age-Heralo reaches the reader. Do not forget ths event. Remember the need of raw eggs in the camp on Red mountain Send a hen to one of the grocers named, and he will do the rest with precision and dispatch. Let the three grocery stores be flooded with hens with an occasional rooster thrown in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
Chances for the Democracy

"A few months ago it looked as if the democrats would have landslide victory in 1912" said a man who has always voted the regular democratic ticket, "but party dissensions are starting up and marplots may ruin our prospects.
 Tn 1892, the last time the democrats elected President, there had been a bitter fight between the Cleveland and the Hill forces, but after MT. Cleveland was nominated harmony prevailed and we swept the country. Since 1892 the re- publicans have had easy victories. I am hoping that we may see harmony again before next year, but from the way things look now the republicans are uniting and will not be surprised to see MT. Taft succeed himself. The democratic party for the first time of late years is we'll supplied with statesmen of presidential equipment. It will be a pity indeed from my point of view, if we cannot put either Governor Harmon, Governor Woodrow Wilson or Governor Marshall in tho White House next year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02

ty on shining plate. It is always one of
 the ''plats du jour-" You may eat 1t in
 cheerful room, the walls of which are
 covered with light green trellis-work, or
 in soberer room in which the ochred
 walls and chocolate-hued couches and
 floor of walnut brown, polished like
 looking-glass, form delightful back
 ground to the bright colors of a lady's
 dress.
 Truth to say, not any, or at least not
 many of the Parisian butterflies go to
 the Boeuf a la Mode. The clientele Is
 mostly of quiet gentlemen who know
 good cooking when they meet it, and like
 to eat their breakfast or their dinner in
 reposeful atmosphere. But when a lady does bring a touch of crimson or a light note of pink or blue, gray or laven-
 der, amidst the restful browns, she has
 the supreme satisfaction of knowing that
 she forms the highest point of light in very artistic picture. If she brings taste for the delicacies of the table with her,
 she will also appreciate the Sole Gen. tenaire' to which "moules" give the es-
 sence of breaking waves in the savory sauce that attends it.
 M Auger possesses a personality very
 unusual, and had career in the kitchen of great English admiral, where he be- came celebrated chef He talks good English, being the son of the proprietor of one of the large Dublin hotels. There | is an attraction, beyond the good cooking and the historical atmosphere of this old | eating house, which man dining by him. 1 self will appreciate, for 1t is one Of tho few remaining places where he can ob- tain half a portion of any plate on the menu for just little more than half what he would pay for whole portion. | Localisms of this sort are good to know | in vast city where 1t Is so easy to go
 wrong. The Boeuf la Mode is the most
 satisfactory of dining places For lunch cons Champoux, in the Place de la | Bourse is to be commended. There the stockholders gather daily at the noon- day hour. They very well know what is good to eat and drink. and what is fair price, and will brook nothing less, or else. | When in luck they treat the goddess. If 1 the market goes against them they con- | sole themselves with the best. M. Cham- | poux understands them well and finds l them steady patrons. Where they go for l their food 1t is safe to follow and it is Q sight to see them at their meals, to which | the roar of the bulls and bears across the | way furnishes monotonous accompani- | ment like untitled drums beating the | rogue's march.
 | Hotel Continental, Paris, 1911.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
The Liauor Question

| Those men who stood out against pro- hibition and asserted that prohibition
 laws never diminished the consumption | of liquor are vindicated In the United
 States government statistics," said Ed
 ward V. Dawson of Washington, D. c. While I am in nowise connected with the liquor traffic, and am not interested l in the question of wet or dry, except in It's general bearing on morals and com merce, I have studied internal revenue figures with much interest in the past few years The tax paid to the government on alcoholic and malt liquors reached high-water mark in 1906, believe. In 1907 there was falling of from the highest figures, but that was attributed by the leading prohibition organ to business de- pression resulting from the Wall street panic.
 Prohibition territory had greatly ex- sion of the dry area the consumption of
 whisky, instead of being reduced, was in creased.
 Tt Is a mistake, perhaps to say that | figures do not lie. Statistics, at any rate, are often misleading, but the United
 States internal revenue figures are not at
 all complex. They are very simple and
 they do not lie. But that matters neither
 here nor there when 1t comes to a par
 ticular locality. If the majority of the
 voters want their county to be without sa-
 looms they will get up an election and
 win at the polls. But after several years
 of prohibition experience nearly every city
 of good size is ready to vote back saloons.
 Take Birmingham for instance. There
 seems to be so question whatever but
 that an overwhelming majority now is
 for high license and regulation, and when
 the election is held the i-prohibitlonists | will surely win.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
Birmingham's Bond Basis

A bond issue of about $1 ,300,000 to clear up a deficit to January 1 is to be put before the people. If the total bond issue is to be limited to $1 ,500,- GOO but $200, ,000 would be left with which to build, later on under a new election, a high school, a crematory and a jail The latter sum is sur prisingly small and the former sum surprisingly large. A high school, a crematory and a jail adapted to the uses of 100000 people cannot be built for $200,00 It follows, therefore that an increase of public debt be- yond $1,500,000 is unavoidable under the plans of the commission.
 ~~ The commissioners should make very plain the deficit they propose to meet by a bond issue of $1,9OO, ,OOO. Anything less than full and explicit statement expressed in words that all can understand will not suffice. Much depends upon that statement, and there should be suspension of public opinion until that statement is issued The decision will rest with the peo. pie, and every voter should get ready to read and inwardly digest the forthcoming statement of the com missioners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
ARABIAN LAUGHING PLANT
From the Washington Post.

fTOlH lHt w IOSl.
 q saw a little of Arabia in my trip around the world by way of the Suez canal" said Reuben Ferguson of Nary land, at the Raleigh last night. "I was just a little tired of sightseeing after so many thousand miles of travel, and for few days wished myself home. I yearned for taste of something familiar, or at least something new and out of the ordinary. It seemed wicked not to en- thuse over all the ancient things that de- manded wonder and attention, but even travel pals at times In the midst of my gloom an English tourist-one of the kind that is never blue, and who can find ser mons in stones, and all that sort of thing with the laughing plant of the Arabian region. He had native find some of the plants and the seeds thereof. predicting that if l would make tea out of the seeds, or even make the seeds. and leaves into & powder, and take a dose of it oc- casionally, the effect would be cheering, and that I would desire to laugh for an hour or more, without apparent reason Once assured that there was no danger from the effects, tried the seeds, and am ashamed to tell what others told me of my antics. It was case of high jinks, dancing, and fooishness, both in conver- sation and actions. I cannot recall what said or what sort of capers I was guilty of. but those who were with me seemed to take delight in telling of my in. toxication and the utter nonsense of my conversation. Once they had told me q few things, l decided to have nothing more to do with the laughing plant"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
ON WITH THE PRoR1Nc,

ON WITH THE PROBINGi In referring to the congressional In vestigation of the weather bureau th, Marion Record says:
 Half the time it Is too hot or too cold. too wet or too dry. The wind comes along and blows out the wheat, and festive foods wash out the corn. Just as the hopes of men are mounting high with the prospects of an abundant fruit crop the thermometer gets the drop on us and the infant fruit is gathered to it's fathers. A delayed consignment of February weather lands in May and men with straw hats get caught in snowstorm. No man knoweth when it is time to take em off and put on the lighter ones, and the backbone of winter has to carry an um- brela and palm leaf fan. The weather bureau must face the music. Let the in- vestigation be without fear or favor. And thorough, from blood heat to 40 below zero, Let every drawer of the bureau wind. snow, rain and hail Columbia be overhauled for evidences of rebates, dis crimnations and overcharees. The weather bureau is on the carpet at last where all bureaus of the best families are supposed to be. Throw the whitewash bucket out the window, gentlemen, and prove to your countrymen that bureau, no matter how richly panoplled. is no more above the law than the humblest washstand in the land"
 A GOOD RADIANCE.
 He rocked the boat
 And quickly drowned;
 Our grief, youI note,
 Is not profound.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
Railroad ReIief Funds

Since the organization of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Employees Relief funds $50, 633, ,920. .64 have been paid out in ben efits to their members" said 8 local rail- road man. This fact is brought out in a report issued recently by the company which also shows that in the month of April the benefits amounted to $196S63 49.
 '"rhe relief department of the lines east of Pittsburg and Erie in the month of April paid to it's members the sum of slssO36s4, representing s4S,042.14 paid to the families of members who died and sS9, ss4. 70 to members who were incapaci- tated for work. The total payments on the lines east of Pittsburg and Erie since
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
nEFLEcTIoNs or A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 For most people fun begins where sense leaves off
 Experience that you have to buy doesn't return even l cent on the dollar
 When man refers to some old sweet heart of his, how often does he meal his wife?
 The reason/a girl likes to make 8 foo of man iN so he will think she ism doing 1t.
 man can Eonsole himself for mos anything excepA. getting somebody else. old hat after btg, dinner.