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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
Mir. Taft's denomination

No republican president who had served a full term has been refused renomination with the sole exception of Rutherford B. Hayes, and there is no reason to believe that William Howard Taft will become the second exception. All signs show that he will be renominated. He may be re- nominated by exclamation without the taking of formal ballot, for as things stand no other name will be presented except MT. 1aFollette's, and it is not believed that the latter can at the outside get more than 256 votes out of 1064 in the convention. To nominate, 532 votes will be needed, and MT. Taft has these secured all most without an effort.
 The anti-Taft delegates will come from California, Oregon, North Da kota, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin-96 in all. Possibly Mon tana and Idaho casting 16 votes should be added, bringing the solid anti-Taft delegations up to 116. MT. LaFollette may secure part of the delegations of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and Nebraska. If he should get all of these delegations he would have but 256 votes, and the chances are that he will get nearer 150 than 25O votes. Mr. Taft will be easily nominated on the first and only ballot as things look now in the political field.
 The reelection of MT. Taft is a horse of another color. His tariff record is inconsistent, unsound and unpopular, and next winter bids fair to add to all these obnoxious quail ties. No impartial observer considers MT. Taft's chances of reelection good. MT. Roosevelt proposes to keep out of the campaign, and the split in the party will be widened as time and tariff legislation go on. The Presi- dent is at heart a standpatter and he is so regarded, especially in the north west. The cost of living is advancing. The protected trusts and monopolies will continue to be greedy and grasp ing. The last one of them will de- mand prices for products up to the tariff limit. The President has re- fused to put meats and cereals on the free list. He will probably fail of re- election but he can be and will be renominated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
Doth thou think, because tbou .rt Sirtuous, there shall be no more cakes md alef Twelfth Night.
Dr. Wiley on Cotton Seed Oil

In searching for pure food products Dr. Wiley has become a warm advo- cate of the use of cotton seed oil in salads and for cooking purposes. He says the health of the people will be better if they eat more cotton seed oil. He thinks large quantities of this wholesome product should be consumed in this country. This opin- ion may not be indorsed by Secretary Wilson, who comes from the land of hogs, or by Solicitor McCabe, but it is the confirmed and expressed opin- ion of the chief of the bureau of chemistry at Washington. Dr. Wiley holds the good will and respect of the best people in the country, and his opinion concerning cotton seed oil will almost certainly lead to great exten- sion of it's use throughout the coun- try.
 It is used in the navy for all cook ing purposes, and the time is fast coming when this home made vege- table oil will drive out of all kitchens the product of hogs in all sorts of con- dition, cholera included. Dr. Wiley considers the use of the former of supreme importance and benefit to the public health.
 This oil is of necessity a southern product, and it is safe to say it will not soon be adSlterated at the source of supply. The cotton states should take steps against any adulteration of this most valuable oil. It should De kept wholesome in the south where the seed is crushed and the oil is pre- pared for shipment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
THE CHARM OF ELLEN TERRY

From the Boston Transcript
 When Ellen Terry began a series of dra- matic recitals in London recently there
 was some doubt as to whether or not the
 English public would like the entertan- | ment which had been offered by Miss Terry in this country and which our ! amusement seekers had eagerly accepted.
 All doubts in the matter, however, van
 ished at her first recital, and this is what
 the reviewer of the Times found to say of it:
 There is nothing conventional nothing stereotyped about Miss Terry's recital
 or lecture on the triumphant hero lines of
 Shakespeare. Wherever and whenever she speaks it, it will always be different and
 always fresh, not the dry discourse of
 an expert scholar, or literary critic, but
 the living, laughing, triumphant, fearful,
 scornful words of a great actress, who is proud to be woman. It would be all
 that If she read only what is written in
 the big book propped up on the table by
 which she stands or sits But she gives her hearers far more than that. Some times, so to speak, she sits on the table, At all events she did once yesterday. The magnetism and charm of her is for ever breaking out. not only in her con- sidered reading and acting, but in num- bers of little womany imprefnptu ses- lures and remarks and asides Enter Mistress Page she says--fumblng with the manuscript from which she is going
 to read the letter scene between the two
 Merry wives-7and. as she is not so young as she was, puts on her spectacles.' And forthwith on they go, and you wish that she would never take them off until she does, when you are ready to swear that that is just how you like her best. And as she talks of Beatrice and Rosa
 lind and Celia and yirgilia and volumnia and Portia, and adds to her list Mistress
 Ford and Mistress Page, you begin to un- derstand the why and wherefore of Miss l Ellen Terry. She is to English audiences what she is, not merely because she has played almost all the great Shakespeare heroines but because she reflects them in i her own self and personality"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
WATER POWER

From Cassier's Magazine.
 While the hydro-electric source of DOW CT is still in the beginning of it's devel- opment such is the number of natural sites available that no calculation can be accurately made as to the extent to which 1t will be installed throughout the United States for industries. illumination and other purposes We have fairly accurate knowledge of the principal water power Geological Survey and hydropraghic rx- perts It has been estimated by Prof. w. C. Uuwin that the total available water power in the United States is more than 3O000,000 horsepower and that this can be increased to 150, 900 horsepower by storage reservoirs. It is estimated that the difference in cost of steam power and water power is SiO per horse power per year, at the minimum. Thus the manu- featuring regions of the southern states alone, which are depending on steam in stead of water power, would save $SO eco, ,- coo per year alone.
 The development of the water power at Niagara indicates the possibilities of the manufacture of electricity. The power of Niagara might generate is estimated by Professor Uuwin at 7,0o0,00O horsepower. The same authority estimates that there are fully 2,Oo,00O horsepower available on the upper Mississlppi while the southern Appalachian region can furnish a mini mum of 3,00000O horsepower.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
JOHN BIGELOW WELL AT 94
Author and Diplomat Shows No Trace
 of Recent Breakdown
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
 John Bigelow, the venerable author and diplomat, has made a most remark able recovery from his recent almost com plete breakdown, which had theratened to end his eventful career At the age of 94 his vitality and mental keenness are amazing; all his senses and faculties are acute. He hears distinctly, reads and writes without the aid of glasses, and his sense of humor is marked His robust laughter and firm, steady tones of voice startle those who come into his presence expecting to see a decrepit old man. with quavering voice, sightless eyes and ears that hear not. His mind is alert and he discusses the economic and, political ques- tions of the day with the same keen, shrewd acumen and intellectual force that made him famous in his earlier days
 The old gentleman has kept thoroughly abreast of current events and can enter intelligently and aggressively upon a dis cussion of any live subject, while his mind is as an open book on all matters of mo- ment in the turbulent times through which he passed and in which he took a prom inent part.
 MT. BigeIow had not consented to see newspaper men for some time, but re- porter found him seated on the veranda of his summer home at Highland Falls known as the Squirrels, which overlooks the Hudson from the summit of a rocky promontory many feet above the level of the stream. The grounds are beautifully lot T den spot for the old diplomats rambles. The frs and pines form an encompassng shelter from the summer suns and ren- der the always cool atmosphere of the mountains even more delightful. wide spreading branches of giant oaks, and the environs of his home more enchant- ing.
 He was cool, serene. courteous and cor dial. and was deep in a volume of Francis Bacon, published in 166l in London, and authorized to be sold on Fleet street." MT. Bigelow sent for cake and lemon ade and partook freely of the refresh
 nents with his guests, who included, be- sides his two daughters, Miss Grace Bige- low who is his constant companion, and Mrs. Harding. a bevy of pretty nieces who had driven over from Tuxedo park in their touring car. He evinced the great est pleasure in playing host for the live l ly lot of young people. and laughed .lnj chatted with the gayety of youth. He cut the cake, poured the lemonade and served the refreshments himself.
 1 The old gentleman rises early in tho morning, as has been his custom through out his active career. In the cool morning air he strols about his place, which i'm mediately adjoins that of Major Genera I Roe, commanding officer of the New
 York State National Guard, and is onl, l a short distance from the summer home
 of J. Pierpont Morgan. MT. Bigelov
 takes much interest in his gardens, where
 all the vegetables and fruits are grown 1T | season. In all his rambles MT. Bigelov
 is accompanied by his daughter Grace, { sweet faced woman, who has never mar
 red and whose hair is as white as l.ei | fathers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
Loss of Political Patronage.

When l was young voter democratic statesmen and republican statesmen dis oussed the great principles of political parties, but among the rank and file party patronage was considered of greater inn portance than theories or'doctrines, said an old democrat
 General Grant. during the eight years he was President. weakened his admin istration by appointing his friends and their friends to office regardless of the fitness of the appontees. Grant had many relatives and some of these he put in office This started the cry of nepotism
 "Samuel J. Tiden, who has elected in 1876, but was counted out, was a grea. lawyer and statesman. but he was also q spells politician. When he was governor of New York no man could get on the police force in the large cities of that state without MT. Tilden's Q. K. He controlled directly democratic inunicipa machinery. In those days every femar and every city hall clerk. as well as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

every laborer on municipal pay roll, was strict party man. MT. Tilden hau spoken in a general way in favor or civil service reform, but had he become President the old Jacksonian motto, 'To the victor belongs the spells, would nave continued in practice. In fact, one oi Mir Tildens slogans was, Turn the ras- calls out meaning the republican office holders.
 "The republican conventions began to put small civil service blanks in the party platform before MT. Clevelands first elec- tion to the presidency but Cleveland was according to my notion. the first real civil service reformer. He did not extend the civil service law that had been passed by Congress to all government employees, but he did broaden the operation of inc law from time to time, and in his last administration he did not leave many plums for the republicans. Had MT. Roosevelt, as President, enforced the civil service rules as strictly as he ad- vocated their enforcement while he was a civil service commissioner, there would have been no republican patronage out side of collectors, postmasters and the ju- dietary.
 While I am nothing of a politician, and take no part in party affairs further than to cast my ballot at the polls, I am old fashion enough to believe that An drew Jackson was right In his attitude toward the civil offices. However, the civil service idea has crystalized, and we Ior tnf- fees filled up with ward politicians. In the Birmingham postoffice, for instance, even the assistant postmaster is under the civil service rules, and the state referees cannot supplant the gentleman who holds the job, for political reasons, although he be a democrat.
 By the way, the President will likely act within the next 10 days In the mat ter of the vacancy caused by the death of Postmaster Montgomery. Postmaster General Hitchcock and the Alabama ref erees will agree on MT. Aldrich and the President will act on MT. Hitchcock S recommendation. Our two senators and MT. Underwood, however. will be consult ed before the appointment is made, but unless they offer objections the man the President appoints will become postmas- ter, and will be confirmed by the Sen- ate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From fhe NoW 1olk IresH
 Good intentions are terribly slow be- ginners.
 man might just as well be in love with girl as try to convince her he isn't.
 You can tell man with a family of children by how nervous he gets when he drops a coin on the floor even in his office.
 One thing a woman can never forgive lin her husband is to forget the color of her hat tho day they started on their honeymoon.
 Just what you really think of 8 man who maRines you admire him wouldn'i surprise him any more than what he real- ly thinks of you would surprise you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
PERSUASION

By William Wadsworth. a.z. Mans life is like Sparrow, mighty
 King. That-while at banquet with your Chiefs
 you sit
 Housed near blazing fireis seen to lit Safe from the wintry tempest. Flutter-
 ing.
 Here did it enter; there, on hasty wing Flies out. and passes on from cold to cold But whence it came we know not, nor whither it goes. Eve. istbe vcyat tram.
 sient Thing, The human Soul; not utterly unknown While in the Body lodged, her warm
 abode; But from what world She came, what woe
 or veal On her departure s~ats, no tongue latl,
 shown: This mystery if the Stranger can reveal. His be welcome cordially. bestowed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
STORY OF AN ITALIAN BOY

Do you know who drew that?' asked the architect of the Italian.
 Sure" was the prompt reply. "Gi- otto.'
 What" gasped the architect. What do you mean by 'Giotto? Giotto was dead many. many years before the tree from which that board was sawed was a sapling in the forest"
 "Si, signor; l know" said the man gravely. But Giotto-he my boy"
 The architect understood then, and he grew eager.
 "A boy who works for you?" e4a | "Si he worl<-a for me-. ?
 q want to see. him." said Strate. That boy has talent-great talent. I'll take him into my office. I'll educate
 Now Giotto has an airy office in which to work, and some day-but here the &C., count must end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Mr. Dahhs, Trin.

A. H. Dabhs of Carrollton, president of the Bank of Carrollton and president of the Merchants and Farmers bank at Gordo, both in Piekens county, is at the Hilman hotel. He is accompanied by his wife nd-rhildren.
 We have ,been making an automobile tour, having passed through Birmingham week ago last Saturday northward bound," said Mr. Dabbs. We visited Chattanooga, Knoxville, Tate Spring and Bristol, the latter being our objective point Regarding the condition of high ways, the road from Carrollton to Tusca- loosa, 40 odd miles, was not good. From Tuscaloosa to Birmingham. the road was in splendid condition. We made a very fast run from Tuscaloosa. We found a good road most of the way between Bir- mingham and Chattanooga, but north of Chattanooga there is a great deal of rough roadbed. The country along the line of our travel looked very prosperous in- deed'
 Mir Dabbs and family will leave today for home. When asked about crops and business in Pickens county MT. Dabhs said cotton was in excellent shape when he left home. There fear of the cat erpillar. but in spite of damage that might be done by this pest an unusually large. crop, he thought, would be picked in his section. He said that the banking bus- ness at Carrollton and Gordo was highly satisfactory.
 MT. Dabbs is young looking man to be president of two banks His manner is quiet, but he is a gentleman who can make friends anywhere. and he has quite a number of them in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
Judge CahaIan on the Fee System

Judge Frank Cahalan, senior judge
 of the criminal court of Jefferson county, finds the docket for the con- ing term of the criminal court loaded up with 800 felony and 400 misde- meanor cases. He ventures to say that "sevcn-eights of the misdemeanor cases will be thrown out of court for lack of evidence, or want of prosecu- tion. There are too many trivial eases brought into this court and you (speaking to the grand iury) can attribute every bit of it to the curse of this county, the fee system.' ? Judge Cahalan went on to show that the costs in the criminal court are heavy not less than $50 in any case-and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
Democratic Prospects

'.rhe democratic outlook for a national victory is bright" said John F. Holton of Illinois. Just after the democratic victory in 1910 1t did not require any great amount of optimism to see a democratic presidential victory in 1912. Later on old party men like myself felt that after all President Taft might succeed him self, but the situation today i~ all that could be desired by democrs s a year ahead of a presidential camp ign.
 T had been thinking that Governor Harmon would be our best man for stand ard bearer, but even if the party in con- vention assembled should nominate some- one else-Woodrow Wilson or Congress- man Underwood-the party would poll the biggest vote on record At any rate the prospects are good enough to i'll all democrats with hope and enthusiasm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN

Thomas D. lason in The Popular Science
 Monthly.
 The prairie chicken was once so abund- ant that in Kentucky. where the slave owners fed it to the negroes, they tired of 1t and begged their masters not to make them eat it. It was commonly known as "nigger bird.' To find ,he prairie chicken now. one must tramp the isolated regions of the west. Even in the Indian Territory, hunter is considered lucky if he evYh gets shot at one. have heard the old settlers gay that the prairie chicken was once moro abundant than the English sparrow is now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
EASY PICKING. n

EASY PICKING" Every now and then some one emits a squeal about the graft in the city ad- ninstration The "tin horse and cart brigade, which was discovered by Com
 missioner Fosdick on the payrolls in l Queens county, is alluded to. and the nor al Is drawn that New York's government was never in more parlous state than 1 today.
 This is Spotless Town compared to what it was in Boss Tweed's day." de- clared one of the old-timers. He told a story which illustrated conditions as they
 were then. One day Tweed met an old | friend on the street and asked after his | health and prosperity. | Bad, Mir Tweed" said the old friend 'I'm down and out | "Go down to the city paymaster on the 1 first of the month, said Tweed. "There will be something there for you.'' m He walked on. The other was sfnysti- | fled, but he visited the paymaster,s Of | fee. Peering through the little wicket was another friend. e-
 You, teo?' said the other friend.s Gee! | It's getting good.' 9 He handed the broken down old fnap $125, with the information that he would be on the payroll for that amount each month
 But what's my iob?" asked the first voice, as they said in Columbus during the dictagraph tragedy.
 You are gate tender al Mount Morris park said the other after looking it up. Where Is Mount Morris park?" sDerned if I know" said the pay clerk. What do you care?" And during Tweeds reign he drew sl25 month for being gate tender at Mount Morris park When he died, not many years ago. it was his boast that he had never seen the park.-Cincinnati Times Star. sA
 A DEARTH, OF GOOD ONES.
 In verse the cheer-up fellow s.ss.s
 Competes with one who sighs; Some bards are always mellow,
 Some bards have fearful eyes.
 Some bards are always wishing
 For what they'll never get: Some bards will tell you fishing
 Will banish all regret. Some bards say love is 1eeting,
 Some bards say love is true; Some bards are always meeting With joy and some with rlle. a Some bards are often busy.
 Some bards seldom indite, But few can make us dizzy lBy anything they write. MOST PROBABLY. 'I see where the women are going to wear aeroplane hats with aviation bows.'
 'Ts there any particular reason, other than a, fad, for calling them aeroplane hats?"
 "I guess not, but the husbands and fathers who have to pay for those hats will probably go up in the air PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
THE MOBILE REGISTER

The Mobile Register issued it's annual trade edition on September 1. The liberal advertising patronage reflected In its pages proves the Register to be enjoying undimnished prosperity. One Of ;hc ablest and fairest newspapers in the south the Register has commanded universal respect and esteem for many years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
LUCKY Y

From the St Louis Globe Democrat
 We call Mi. Bryan's attention to the fact that luck Is running with MT Underwood of Alaba ma. The special session has kept him out of the fury of prohibition campaign in his own county. And the election came off the day after Congress adjourned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
THE DERELIcT.

God pity him whose heart is torn
 By vain desires and discontent! Who never smiles to greet the morn,
 But all his days in gloom are spent The hopeles wight whose weary soul
 Cries out on life's montony; No purpose has. no aim, no goal,
 But roams vast, uncharted sea, Where sunless skies o'erarch the deep And lowering storms of passion sweep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

The people of New York have received the release on parole of Capt. Van Schaec< of the steamer General Slocum with approval. They seem 10 think some one higher up should have been caught and punished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
RESTORED TO GREATNESS

From the Houston Post t11
 Chattanooga will probably feel ashamed of itself when it ascertains that we are spelling Birmingham in caps in the off ! cial itinerary. Birmingham is a patriotic city and Alabama is one of the glories of the federation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

The stars in the flag now number IS and they cap settle down to long stay in present positions No moving over a little can be forsseen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

The governor of south Carolina Cole Rlease, Is giving close attention to the books used in the public schools. He is trying to set history right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

Those coatesville lynchers are seeking all the delay that the law affords, and it usually affords round lots of il to rich prisoners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

President Taft proposes to take a va cation by delivering 200 speeches in 24 states This kind of vacation takes the cake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06

St. Louis 2 is endeavoring to start a movement that will enable men to keep their hats on their heads in hotel eleva- tors.