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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
Pure Foods and Drugs

McCabe has resigned and Dunlap has been sent on vacation, which is to last until President Taft returns to the capital. Secretary Wilson, how ever, says there will be no changes in the enforcement of the pure food law until the President returns. It is scarcely correct to say that Dr. Wiley is in charge of the pure food law while Tanid Jim Wilson is Secretary of Agriculture, and the Remsen board stands ready to reverse the findings of the chief of the chemistry bureau.
 The resignation of Solicitor McCabe is no assurance at all that the peo- pie are to be protected from impure foods and drugs. The Remsen ben
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
A FRENCH DETECTIVE
[ etter to London Truth.

Paris Letter to London Truth.
 An echo of the Dreyfus case comes this week in the death of NJ. Cochefert, who had the task of arresting the Captain in 1894
 Cochefert made in his early years of police service a tour round France dis guised as a wizard" He traveled with the itinerant company of a show and distinguished himself at fairs and mar kets by his sleght-of-hand tricks. He really went on the trail of a murderer. One of his practical jokes In after-life was to give diners round him in restaurants the illusion that he had fed on candle ends He had previously, with the col fusion of the waiter, got at the candles and substituted for the lower part a cylinder cut out of an apple or turnip. This end he munched while stealthily get ting rid of the wax that still remained. He could rob pickpockets of almost any thing they had on them and outdo at accarat and other gambling games at casinos the most adroit card sharpers. l His practical jokes were endless and ever fareical. It pleased him, for instance. ] to set some dull country commune in an uproar by introducing himself as a fa- nous Academician and his escort of jour- nalists In various guises. such as Minister of Shows and Spectacles. President of the United States Chamber of Commerce, Ad- miral of the Arctic or Oceanic Squadron, and so on. The whole place would turn out with the local brass band and fire 1 brigade and the school get a half-holiday. Of course the mayor and the sub-mayor came, each girt with trcolored sash to greet him. The former made a solemn
 speech and received a pompously jacose answer. Cochefert enjoyed receiving,
 when thus disguised. deputations of girls in their white first communion frocks to recite verses. present flowers. receive the paternal kiss expected of the eminent stranger and some words of appreciation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
OH. WE'RE MY LOVE

By William Allingham. Oh! were my Love a country lass,
 That I might see her every day, And sit with her on hedgerow grass
 Beneath a bough of May: And find her cattle when astray,
 Or help to drive them to the field, And finger on our homeward way,
 And woo her lips to yield A twilight kiss before we parted. B sFullg,of love, yet -easy-hearted.s -a Oh! were my Love a cottage maid,
 To spin through many a winter night, Where 1nglercorner lends Its shade
 From fr-wood blazing bright. Beside her wheel,y3what dear delight z 3saTo watch the bushes go and come, With tender words, that ltook no fright z Beneath the friendly ,hum Or rising smile, or tear-drop swelhns'
 At a fireside. legends teiling,sT 'oh were. my love g peasant girl.
 aThat never saw the wicked town; Was never dight with silk or pearl, v But grnced U homely gown How little force in fashions frown , 5eTo ,vax our pnambi tious lot; How rich were love and peace to crown 7 Our green =secluded cot; M Where Age would come serene and ; 1Aks sn autumn asy's declining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
These are old fond paradoxes, to make fools laugh F the alehouse.
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Togas Come High in Wisconsin

Senator Isaac Stephenson, an aged lumberman of Wisconsin, admits that he spent S107,000 in his successful effort to be elected senator, but he says he does not know how his hench- men spent the money. This is no de- fense,. no justification, at all. A man who pays out $107,000 in state cam paign should be held responsible for the disbursement of every cent of the unreasonable sum. The plea of ignor- ance should not be admitted at all. The plea itself is evidence of the mans dishonesty or incapacity.
 Stephenson is a very wealthy man, and he put S107,0OO into state cam paign without knowing how it was to be spent. This of itself should be sufficient to justify the senatorial in- vestigating committee to report his unfitness for a seat in the Senate. If the Stephenson plea is held to be a good defense then indeed there is no limit to the use of money by mil lionaires in the purchase of senatorial seats.
 Stephenson should be required to account for the disbursement of every dollar of the outrageous sum he ex- pended to secure seat in the Sen ate. He called for no audit of the accounts of his lieutenants. None of the money appears to have been ac- counted for-why was this the case :?
 The case calls for the utmost possi- ble publicity. If rich men can spend $107,000 in single primary, they can spend twice that sum-in fact, they can buy senatorial seat out right, and this will be done unless the Stephenson Investigating committee goes to the bottom of the Wisconsin case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
COMING BACK HOME

tention of a man who was sitting in the pilot boat, The man looked up and I could tell the passenger was nervously preparing to ask for important news, perhaps of the strike, or the English elec- tions. He called, Who's ahead in the National league?"
 No coast looks as beautiful as the shore of home. Even New Jersey looms mag nifcently at such a time The passen- gers are all on deck except those who are hiding articles from the customs off cer. The returning Americans are full of enthusiasm. They have seen enough of other lands to know that there is none to compare with the United States, none which comes nearer to giving a man a chance. The foreigners in the first cabin watch the approaching scene with quiet interest. Over in the steerage hundreds of would-be Americans gaze eagerly at the land of hope and promise. Soon they will be welcomed by the Statue of Liber- ty which holds out the torch of citizenship to every alien with s10 in cash and cer- tificate of health. The American flag appears on passing boats and 1t is the most beautiful as it is the most meaning of all the ensigns of all the nations. A man with a German accent tells me how 40 years ago. when a mere boy. he came from the fatherland to try his fortune in the new world. This year he went back for a visit, but he had a stateroom and was not in the steerage. He saw the struggle and the lack of opportunity in the country of his birth. Now he is homeward bound, satisfied that in spite of trusts and politics and coon songs this is really the land of the free, the nation of opportunity, and as the pilot took charge and the American flag went to the top of the Cameronias mast, tear triokled down his cheek telling of the ioY to his heart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
GOOD WHALING SEASON

Seattle Correspondence Portland Oregon-
 ian
 The tug Resolute. the first of the Seattle whaling vessels to return from the north, arrived from Alaska today and reports the present season the most prosperous ever known. This year the whalers oper- ated principally in Aletak Bay, Marmot Bay, Yakutat Bay and off Cape Omaney, Port Armstrong and Kodiak Island, which includes territory that is practically virgin for the whalers.
 Whales were found unusually plentiful in Aletak Bay, where the whalers some times killed as m thy as eight a day.
 Contracts for the construction of three fast steam whalers were let to a Seattle shipyard today. The new ships will be so speedy and well equipped that whale that spouts in sight of one of them cannot escape death. Nae new boats will go into commission during the winter and will operate In the waters of the North Pa cific off the coast of Washington, British Columbia and Alaska.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
As to Beer and Whisky

Some of the saloons in Birmingham seem to be conducted as model drinking places, and all of them may be so far as I know" said a well known citizen who takes a glass of beer every day. For every saloon to have the same decorum that one would find in an ice cream par Tor or a business mems meeting would be asking too much, perhaps, but there is no reason for anything but good or- der. A few years ago when saloons abounded in this city there were only a few-not more than two or thre-that called first class, so far as freedom from rowdes and uncouth takers went.
 @While the legislature was in session I was in hopes that bill would be passed providing for wine and beer sa- looms, but making it impossible to buy whisky outside of dispensary. Whisky Is abused so much that it would be bet ter if it were difficult to purchase. Ol the other hand, my idea Is that the more we encourage beer drinking the better for temperance. However, we have the full-hedged retail liquor trade now and we must make the best of it. 
 preferable to the blind tigers. but I hope yet to see the day when beer will be the only popular drink Modern beer con- tains so little alcohol that 1t is next 10 impossible for an adult to drink enough to intoxicate him. I remember as far back as 30 years when very few Ameri- cans drank beer I spent a good deal of time in Louisville and was in saloons frequently. but the German-American were about the only customers then who called for beer. Now nearly everybody who drinks at all drinks beer, and I know a score or more of men who never touch anything stronger than beer. l be- lieve that temperance crusade with total abstinence pledge excepting beer and domestic wine would be popular and would do untold good'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES
Bright Prospects

leans. representing Paul Gelpl 6 Son, importers of wines. is in Birmingham. He is one of the best known men in the south and has number of per- sonal friends in this city.
 Birmingham is looking bright and prosperous" said Mir. sohneidau. T used to come here frequently up to four years ago. Birmingham has made rapid strides ever since 1t got into the skyscraper class. There has been vast improvement in snis city in the past five or six years, and it is easy to see that 1t will go forward by leaps and bounds between now and the mid dle of this decade.v st 5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
A olrcus practlce condemnea

q attended the Barnum and Bailey show this afternoon" said prominent citizen last night, and 1t is no exag- geration to say that it was the best entertainment ever seen here under canvas.
 Tt is a great circus Every feature seemed to me to be finer than any thing presented in previous years, and nothing outside of a. geological garden could be so interesting as the Bar mum and Bailey menagerie. The ring performances were beautiful, while thu music alone would have been worth the price of admission. But there was one thing that marred my pleasure, and doubtless marred the pleasure of hund- reds of others-the hawking of con- cert tickets. This noisy selling of tick cts to the after show was common 20 years ago, but with all the advance made in the circus business I am sur prised that the 'spieling referred to has not been reformed. If these ticket spielers would wait until the circus was almost over no one would con- plain of the little annoyance that would result but they start almost as soon as the big show begins and they keep it up. I hope Barnum and Bailey will come again next year. If they do, and if I am living, I will attend, but I trust they will discontinue the con cert ticket nuisance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
Innes Rand Tomorrow

Innes and his band will arrive from Chicago tomorrow morning and will give their initial performance at the state fair tomorrow afternoon. The opening programme will be light and popular. It will include the overture to Tampa" the overture to "Bohe- milan Girl" selections from all nations, Victor Herberts Pan Americana" Ru- binstein's melody in F and excerpts from the Three Twins by Hoschna
 The programme for tomorrow night is better from an artistic point of view. It begins with "Mendelssohniana- Fantasy" The second number will be made up of "a and b"-Chopins Flu neral March" and quaint gavotte by Ghys. Among other particularly fine pieces Friday night will be Rubin steins Kamennoi- Ostrow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
THE TEST OF A MAN

From the London Evening Standard
 Giving evidence at an inquest at Yar- mouth, a market stall carrier declared he could take ten pints of beer before break fast and get home all right. The coroner told him hs ought to be ashamed to say so. and the witness replied that man who could not take four or five plnts was no man at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
NEW DECATUR ADVERTISER

The Age-Herald extends congratula lions to the New Decatur Advertises which has recently celebrated it's twen- ty-frst Dir -ay oy issuing a spec,a. edition. Editor c. J. Hildreth has been sl prominent factor in the progress of New Decatur and his paper has been very successful He is highly esteemed by Alabama newspaper men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
UNREASONABLE.

UNREASONABLE.E 8N{ Quite cheerfully I fain would go
 Along this mortal valley, tsR But Daphne fills my heart with woe
 And I'm at outs with Sallyaft The first, as you may quickly guess,
 Is what Is called esthetic, 8st7 But Sally. whom I long to press,
 Is simply energetic. And when chap cannot compound
 His loves, howeer they vary, He's apt to ask. with grief profound,
 Why woman's so contrary, And why she's still disposed to place Him in dreadful pickle And look on him with drowning face,
 Because he's merely fckle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 It's trying to be millionaire that near ly always makes a man go broke.
 The way for a man to be a hero to a woman is for him not to belong to her.
 Mock modesty is ever so much more squeamish than there Is any need to be.
 man tries to educate the children by being cross and a woman by feeding them.
 When a girl is shy with men, it's a sign her mother would be astonished if s..e knew how she really was when there weren't any parents around.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
Opening Day At the Fair


 To make the Fair great success the people of the city should turn out on the opening day. No matter how well the management has planned, the Fair cannot be opened with eclat un- less the people at home turn out, thus giving it an indorsement and a popularity that will be felt to the clos ing day. The people from all parts of the state will come along later, but on the opening day the attendance will be almost wholly confined to home folks.
 Every great exhibit will be in place today-the official exhibit of the state in corn palace, the exhibits of nine agricultural colleges of the state, and the. various county exhibits. There will be plenty of exhibits of deep interest to every intelligent citi- zen, and the people should turn out today to see the Fair at the outset. The best of order will be preserved, and the music of three bands-one of them not outranked in the country will lend a spirit of beauty and har- mony to the scene. A full attendance today is greatly desired. The state is putting examples of a years work on and surely all desire to see what she has accomplished in very fruitful wear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
OVERLOOKED

From tho Boston Herald.
 Inaccurately T. R., says:-"I never knew William to be bad boy" If Bill sikes is fiction, what's the matter with William Wynne Ryland, George ITS court cn- graver. and William Burke. wholesale murderer of Edinburgh, who enriched the language with the word Ito burke"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

saolsing the waste lime about kiins that has. boon exposed to the air.
 And while on the subject of. grass. it would be well for those interested in good lawns to know that now Is the time to top dress lawns with fer tilizer, md where this comes from the stables 1t should be followed as soon as the rainy season begins. with a dressing of slacked lime. Blue grass particularly requires a soil strong in lime. It must be remembered that na- ture when left to her own mood en- riches the soil with falling leaves. and that the lime in the soil hastens the conversion of these Into plant and grass food"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

Uncle Jim Wilson has at length read the Presidents decision in the Wiley case. He has not resigned, but he has shaken Solicitor McCabe out of his position. His own resignation may be forthcoming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

WHAT SHE WANTED. Good morning. said the young woman as she stepped to the window at the Stowe postoffiee. 'Is there a letter for me today?"
 "rll look" answered the clerk.
 The young woman blushed a little and she added: "It's a business letter."
 The man inside the window took up a handful of letters and looked them over hastily. Then he informed the lady that there was nothing for her; and with great
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

The only man who got anything from the offer of a s500Oo purse to the first aviator who crosses the continent is MT. Hearst himself. He got a deal of free advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

The worlds series of baseball games will be begun October 13, and neither Pitts burg nor Chicago will furnish the scene and setting of the games.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

It Is the best opinion that enthusiasm for MT. Taft has not been developed in the west like fire in paint store.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

The Dove of Peace seems to have crept irto the Peace Palace at The. Hague as a refuge in these stormy times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

Stephen Decatur won fame in Tripoh, or near the spot for similar results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

The Krupp gun works have not as yet laid off any men O naceount of the peace arbitration treaties
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

Senator Stephenson admits he paid s107,- 600 to be elected, but he says he told all his henchmen to keep within the law. He admits he does not know whether they diG or not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

On October 10 California will in spe- cial election vote upon twenty-three amendments to the state constitution. That is about the number needed in this state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

Italy declared war. and Turkey can now very appropriately declare peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
AFRAID OF THE NAME.

Do you know reliable dealer in auto- mobile tires?" Yes"
 Whats his name?' "Skidmore"
 ''Umph, Tell me some one else"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

Mrs. John L. Sullivan refused to let her husband run for congress. She insisted that his honorable name should not be tarnished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

Turkey seems to have been organized to get it in the neck from somebody from time to time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

The bulls and bears in Wall street have plucked the lambs and are now resting on their ill gotten gains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

The avaiators claim that theirs is one Of the highest callings of the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

Italy will be ready to discuss the Tri- politan incident when it has fully occupied Tripoli city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

The unspeakabe Turk is also the harm- less Turk so far as Tripol is concerned. He can but look on, an innocent by stsnder, while Italy seizes her territory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

Turkey gets into trouble just before the old Thanksgiving jokes become due.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

Italy will endeavor to show the world that she can make an enemy do the Turkey trot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
FOOLISH WOMAN

FOOLISH WOMAN. Mother has gone to Reno, For divorce she'll soon bring suit Declaring she's cruelty treated By pa. who's an oaf and brute. But this I am fully assured of, He never has done her wrong Though she never is home in the evening And she plays bridge the whole day a long. e,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

Hunnewell, Kan, has but S25 people and it has spread itself over the map aston ishingly well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

Italy and Turkey came to the business end of war without the waste of much ink
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05

WILEY WORKS. Dusty Rhoades the. Kansas City base ball pitcher, has brother, Wiley Rhoades, who works for a living. Wiley is night telegraph operator at Jefferson City.-Kansas City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
HIS PLANT

Italy grabbed Tripeli to keep Germany from buying it. so it is said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

disappointment depleted on ,her lovely features she went away from there. In' five miniite5 she wssa back fagain- --this time blushing more furiously than before. .sk-IYdeceived you,,% she stammered. s1t--it wasn't a business letter was ex- recting. VIII you please see if there is something for me among the love let ?"-Bostons Traveller. ,fs. AUTUMN FAD. fHs ErNlong a rout #t kTh # Of poets pale fa. Will sing about 7s5-ss October ale s ~E F- Huntingdon Age-Herabi.
 
 But when one buys
 The ale, he finds
 It's just the same
 As other kinds. ga .....--..,..... ........5 Springfield Jniou It's good, we know,
 But let's not mock;
 The cream of spring ,
 Is good old book.
 Chattanooga Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
One Good City

"This is certainly one good town, and I am well pleased that we are to have a store in Birmingham" said George Nassauer, who is opening a popular priced hat establishment. here. T am from Nashville, which is something of city itself, but I consider Birming- ham the best place in the south for d young firm. I believe that we will have a big business here from the very jump.
 Our store will be opened this week. as soon as we can place our fixtures and get the stock in. I have met great many people since I arrived couple of weeks ago, and I have met with unt- form encouragement. l have stood in front of the store and watched the people pass. and 1t has been constant stream of prosperous looking men, women and children.
 Ut see-''s to be the right thing to open a b'' in Birmingham. Several other fir, coming here soon, besides the large number of liquor houses, and they are all anticipating large business this fall and winter. My partners and myself feel that we have bright future here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-05
WE'RE GLAD.

WE'RE GLAD. A chorus girl blew into town, She wore a hobble skirt, s% But twas dudelet who fell down When he essayed to fiirt.
 H THE BARMAID. The barillafd is unknown to- this coun- try, but in England she is a sort of insti- tution. "Blushing," 'bloomingv "bux- om'' and 'sweetly smiling are some of the adJectives applied to her by English poets. She seems to be a. creature of infinite charm. One of the latest eff fusions inspired by the English barmaid appeared in the London Chronicle. Whether it was written before or after the poet had imbihed is not related The verses are dedicated to Bessie" A sweet name, forsooth, Here is the poem
 ."BEssIE."z "She stands behind London bar, Amidst the smoke and glare: hothouse flower that spreads afar Upon the tainted air The perfume of her hair Men come and go; and at her hands Refresh themselves a while; And she, the maid, all free from guile, Smiles on; and not a man but stands The better for her smile.''
 CRUEL WORDS. ''I think she expects to be taken at her face value.' as
 ''If that's the case somebody is liable to mistake her for car fare."
 A GLOOMsTER.
 That man with care
 Is doubly curst
 Who, dark or fair,
 Still fears the worst
 PAUL COOK.