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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
CURES FOR sEAsICKNEss

From Tid Bits.
 There are a great many preventives of seasiekness, and very weird some of them are. It is difficult to imagine a person in the throes of mal-de-mer calling for petrol to ease his suffering, yet petrol-in pow der, not as a liquid-has been suggested as an infallible cure. Triturated petrol, the powder in question, is not so difficult to take as petrol itself would be, but most people prefer seasickness.
 Some of the cures" are very ingenious. A French physician puts forward the theory that seasickness is due to lack Of pure air, and recommends oxygen to relieve the breathing of the sufferer. As. however, the seasick one has to pump % to 40 pints of pure oxygen into him to get the full benefit of this doctors cure, this scheme is not likely to please the average traveller, who wants something cheap and compact.
 Another gentleman, an Italian ambassa dor, believes in placing a mirror before his bed, and in gazing steadily at his re- fieetion. In his case this strange remedy certainly gives relief but 1t is hardly like ly to apply to invalids in general.
 A well known foreign gentleman has an- other theory. In his opinion it is best for the sufferer to shut his eyes and forget the sea and every evil connected with if. Unfortunately, an attack of seasickness is not so easy to forget.
 One other peculiar cure recently put forward by doctor advises travellers to eat very heartily both before and on their travels. Lack of confidence, in his opin- ion. is the real cause of seasickness. Peo- pie imagine they are going to be sick, and get so resigned to their lot that if they are not seasick they are quite dis appointed.
 Christian scientist has suggested the repetition of a formula, such as, "There is no such thing as seasickness. There is no seasckness. It's only my imagination. I wonder what's for dinner" The writer, having crossed the Channel recently, has to disagree very strongly with this cure
 When seasick drink hot tea and wear red spectacles,' advises continental doc tor, who has decided that seasickness is due to a lack of blood supply to the brain. This ..cure' certainly causes the blood to rush 10 the neau' put feu spec'oNieS e bad for the eyes, and there are other drawbacks to this wonderful idea.
 After a good dose of saline, procure long strip of flannel and wrap it tightly round the stomach" suggests another medical man. Exactly how this is going to prevent seasickness he doesn't explain, but it is certainly a novel idea. or course, there are numerous patent medi- c;nes. and these undoubtedly give relief in individual cases; but an absolutely in- fallible cure that will satisfy everybody has yet to be found.
 Aerated waters are very good and chain- pagne usually gives wonderful relief. enfferers should also diet very carefully before taking sea trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
Thanksgiving Day

President Taft was a standpatter also when the subject of Thanks giving Day came before him for consideration. He had long been accustomed to the observance of the last Thursday of November and he declined to let the fact that next No vember contains five Thursdays make any difference. The last Thursday of the month became in his New Eng land mind the proper day, and so No vember 30 has been declared Thanks giving Day.
 It seems that the interests" ap- peared before the President in this matter. The theatrical people did not care which Thursday became the holiday, all they wanted was the nam- ing of the day so that their contracts and bookings could be intelligently made. College football managers also wanted to know, and the sole objec- tions came from the bankers who said a holiday on the last day of a month would be embarrassing and even dis tressing. The President declined to heed the bankers. He stood by New England precedent which has de- clared from time out of mind that the last Thursday of November is the day that should be proclaimed. Thurs day, November 30, will therefore be Thanksgiving Day this year. Few can recall Thanksgiving Day at the very end of November.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

mission has been in existence over three years. It has been extremely extravagant, and the entire business has been conducted in such manner that monetary reform has been by it retarded, rather than advanced. No doubt our banking and currency sys- tens need reorganization, but. such reform could better be obtained from a small commission of financial experts than from IS politicians, the most of whom are dead ducks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
Aldrich's Monetary Commission

Out of the IS members of the Aldrich commission II are lame ducks. By means of the Aldrich de- vice they are drawing congressional salaries, and they have besides spent nearly S25O, 900. Lame Duck Burrows of Michigan is member of the commission. It was he who fired a broadside at all insurgents when he was about to sail away to Europe on a pleasure trip. The famous junket of the commission which took place last summer is not forgotten. At that time all the members of the commits sion went to Europe ito study foreign banking" at the expense of the tax payers.
 Senator Cummins is endeavoring to wind up the affairs of this big scheme of the rejected standpatters OH DtCtIlDcl T ilCAb, anu Iilt NOtt UIi his proposition will be interesting Senator Bailey and ex-Senator Flint of California have resigned from the commission, Band the whole thing seems to be going to pieces.
 As originally constituted the com. mission consisted of nine senators and nine representatives, few O whom were financial experts. Fey of them have given the subject O monetary reform much attention an' this is especially true of the Il h have been turned out of seats in Con gross. Their salaries were, however continued, and this has at length be Dcome a national scandal. This com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
Regarding the Campaign

q had been thinking that the local option campaign would be quietly con- ducted to the end" said a business man. Tt went along quietly enough for a while, but 1t now reminds one of some of the wrathful prohibition cam paigns of recent years.
 T am for saloons and nJost of my neighbors are going to vote on the 24th of August for the saloon-in preference to the dispensary. AS Judge Lane suggests, the dispensary may work well in small cities, but it would not do in a big city like Birmingham. Believing as l do in the right of men to drink liquor in moderation, the regu lated saloon under an excise commis- sion, will in my judgment prove ideal. But I deprecate incorporate language. Let us all peek cool"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
ORIGIN OF GOLF

From the St. Louis Times.
 The word golf is supposed to come from the Dutch word "kolf," meaning club. Some authorities. however sug- gest that 1t may come from the Ger man word ''kolbe," meaning club also. AS to the origin of the game there can be no doubt-it is the Invention of the Scots. To fix the exact year when the sport was first induiged in would be impossible, for even the Scots themselves cannot hark back to the beginning of 1t. It is recorded that when James VT of Scotland succeeded Queen Elizabeth on the English throne his Scottish court introduced golf on Blackheath. The mem- bers of his train had, in fact, the first organized golf club. which, curiously enough, gives to England the credit or having the very first organization of the kind For 250 years it had the honor of being the only golf club south of the Tweed. In the meantime, however, the game had been growing in popular favor in Scotland. It appealed to all classes and grades of society. Any village in East Lothian could boast of its crack players, the village cobbler not infre- quently meeting the neighborhood laird on the links The game appealed to the spirit of democracy, and to this day the spirit remains much the same in the country which gave golf to the world. The two. famous Scotch associations, the Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers and the St. Andrews. although younger than the original English organization, are of far greater importance in the history of the sport. The exact date of the formers organization is not known. but there are records to show that it was in existence as early as 1744. The St. Andrews of Scotland was organized in 1754, and ever since has been the
 recognized leader of the sport. The first clubs established outside of Great Brit ain were the Calcutta Golf club of East
 India, founded in 1929. and the Royal
 Bombay club, founded in 1S42. Canada cs ught the infection In the early 70s, the founding of the Royal Montreal Golf club resulting in 1873. The game was brought
 to the United States In 1890, the St. An drews of New York being the first organized club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
HE NEEDS A REST

From the Canbrake Herald.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald of Sunday contained an article. Has Beens Often Make Good There is one "has been" who never will make good, which is plainly evidenced by the desperate means he is resorting to in order to keep him self in the limelight. When man tries to besmirch the character of an honest, fearless man like Oscar w. Underwood it is plain that the assa,ilant is jealous Of the one he tries to assail and the pres- ence of jealousy in any person is an ac- knowledgment that the other party is su- perior in every way Bryan of Nebraska is simply another example of the man "wl1o has had his day." but he don't seem to have sense enough to realize it. For the good of the democratic party, and for Mir Bryan's own personal good. some kind friends ought to take him on slow going sailing sloop around the world three or four times without once landing. He needs rest and quiet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Self-made men can be prorider of them- selves than their families can.
 A man can believe he's q natural born gardener if he takes the hose and squirts water on the lawn.
 The reason lnanA can teach his wife so many practical things is she already knew them and lot more.
 A girl believes everything a man tells her because it's the easiest way to pre- pare him to be fooled by her.
 What specially apnoys a bachelor about children Is the way everybody expects hisD to pretend how lie likes them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
B. M. Allen Returns

B. NJ. Allen, lawyer and capitalist, who has been absent from Birmin gham since July s, returned yesterday. He is a past grand exalted ruler of the Elks in the United States. and attended the annual meeting of that popular or der at Atlantic City. He spent three weeks in New York; several days in Washington; visited his native state. Virginia, and now, well rested and toned up, he will resume hard work eagerly and keep 1t up the rest of the year.
 q enjoyed my trip said MT. Allen. q found Atlantic City as attractive as ever. The hotels were crowded. but. as showing what large capacity they have for the accommodation of guests S the Elks and the Christian Endeavor convent tions met there at the same time and all the delegates seemed to be com fortably housed.
 ANo, Atlantic City is not prohibition resort. All 2the hotels that I visited have bars but there seemed to be a regulation that made every alternate block wet and the other dry, This Struck me as DellS d me drTdHS efHent |, for the good people who didn't want to be around where liquor was publicly dispensed could confine their pleasures to the dry blocks, while the good peo- pie who were not prohibitionists could feel. at home in the wet blocks
 q was in New York while the con gressional probe committee was in ses. sion hearing testimony regarding thu United States Steel corporation and ths Tennessee company. The Birmingham district got great advertisement through the investigation reports pub lished in all the papers.
 While l was in Washington Oscar In derwood and Ollie James had their tiit By the way, l heard Underwood praised everywhere. met people from all part of the United States and was glad | hear them speak eulogistically of our bir mlngham congressman. He is being con sideretLseriously for the democratic pfes' ldential nomination.. Eastern men whom met seemed to be particularly impress ?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
coRALs, ON THE "MAINE,

Will Carleton in Harper's Weekly The warrior ship had moored beneath the
 waves,
 It's tangled depths were crowded thick
 with graves;
 Each jeweled sword had bent a scllat- Before the rustlng sabers of the sea. True patriots could not let their heroes lio Without one glance of pity from the sky: So delved among those caverns, ot. ae--
 spair, And all the ghosts of ruin slumb'ring
 there. No gleaming triumph of the builders toll. But one demoniac moment served to spoil: And hearts long loved and cherished night
 and day, .a NA Were in midnight tempest swept away. That warning: how or when 1t comes to rh,s world must heed the universal touch. Ana fall in Ruins ever-waiting clutch Rut lo,-amid that sad and silent place. Were tiny craftsmen or the coral race ,r,.ose 1nobstrusive "toilers of the sea- Those builders of the islands yet to be- With placid thrift. they piled their wizard
 trade, c,ose-clinging to the fragments War had . made, As if those had been summoned to their
 call: They knew not that the wrecks were
 wrecks at all. xz 48 II was lesson to our hearts with joy We felt that Ruin Is in Gods employ. And there are builders that we cannot see, Erecting gxander worlds for you and me. It was lesson to our souls!-above The gloomy graves of those we loved and love.
 ! The joys they sought, our martyred lads
 may know. .tss 4. ,. a,.ss.. ssass <.,-se.s. On spirit islands fashioned long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
COOLER DAYS

COOLER DAYS. Cheery were the tidings
 Waited by the spring; All the buds were blooming. Birds began to sing. Silver streams were winding Down the sunny vales, Frolic breezes blowing
 Festive little gales. Ardent hopes were springing In each human heart, Lovers fell to wooing
 With persuasive art. Earth was lil1S the golden . Realm of Already; Bliss was ip the uplands,
 Bliss was by the sea. Languidly came summer
 Ger the bloomy plain, With a troop of blossoms Dancing In her train. Somnolently dreaming,
 We began to shirk, Nothing seemed to vex us Like the thought of work. / Then upon the weather
 Laid we all the blame, Indolently lounging,
 Scarcely feeling shame. Now glad announcement Fills our hearts with cheer; Iris to the effect that
 Autumn's drawing near.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

| with Cnderwood's business-like handling of the complex tariff question. "One thing observed in looking over the House of Representatives was that Alabama had the handsomest delegation. refer to personal pulchritude. Our con gressmen, taken in bunch, are fine look ing fellows. Leader Underwood, Tom lief lin and Richmond Pearson Hobson form as handsome trio as will be found in this country.
 "on my way home I stopped over in Richmond and there met several of my old friends. Everybody In Virginia is talking about the Beattle murder case. and Richmond is especially excited over it. Beattie, the alleged wife murderer, mas employed Hill Carter, one of the ablest lawyers in Virginia, to defend him. The case will be tried altogether on cir cumstantial evidence. but they have a way in my native state of infiicting capital punishment on all men convicted on cir cumstantial evidence.
 "I am glad to get back to Birmingham will roll up my sleeves and go to work"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
LEFT THE LIGHTS OF BROADWAY

From the New York American.
 HHE last place any one would ex-
 pect to find Duke Brown of
 A Broadway-Clarence Brown, the srendthrift son of the late Commodore Brown, millionaire yachtsman-is Sus- sex. NJ J. For MT. Browns career and love affairs on the Great White Way during the 9Os with breach of prom ise suit by the beautiful Fannie Ward, made his name known on both sides of the Atlantic. But now he is in the lit- tie Jersey town with his three little girls and his pretty wife raising white Leg horns and shipping eggs to the market
 In the evolution of the once famous sportsman into successful farmer liv- ing, as he says, high and dry on the spring water wagon" will be a surprise to all the old Broadway crowd who once made the street merry at his expense; for in all the history of New York "Johnnes" no one has yet ever beat the pace for lavishness and generosity set by Duke Brown.
 He was dubbed the Duke of Broad way' one night at gay supper party by Nina Harrington, then playing in "The Duke of the Chappies." MT. Brown want ed to light cigar and he used a five dollar bill as taper. So impressed was Miss Harrington that pouring glass of champagne over his head, she dubbed him "the Duke of Broadway" and the name always stuck.
 It was at this same dinner that he n ct Fannie Ward. After a courtship of threc years, she sued him for s100000 for breach of promise and her mother asked $500d0 more on the ground that he had deprived her of her daughter s support in causing her to cancel the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
woNDERFtrL MAN

From the New YOrk TeIegram.
 In addition to stopping Spain. race suicide, dear Maria" and English rule in Egypt, see that MT. Roosevelt says he also stilled the panic of 1907. When Ire land gets home rule MT. Roosevelt will rise and bow, and at the last great day. when the final trumpet is about to be sounded, fat man full of teeth and eye glasees will be noticed trying to get Gabriers horn away from him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
Local Iron Market

"The local iron market Is improving" |" said Horace Hammond of Hammond &; Byrd There is an increasing inquiry for foundry brands and the market seems to be firm at $10.50 on No. 2 basis-an advance of 50 cents as com- pared with quotations of two weeks ago. The present week is starting off well, and l believe a fairly brisk trade will develop this month"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
Birminrham's Growth

Birmingham seems to have made it's greatest stride in the past for or five years" said Henry T. Donaldson of Buffalo, New York.
 q first visited this city in 1899 and was here again In 1903. I also paid sflying visit in 1905. Birmingham was a progressive looking city in the first part of the last decade, but it has gone forward rapidly since 19o5. It's large census exhibit in 1910 was a surprise to outsiders. Birmingham today prop ably has 15o,Ooo. and It will require little imagination to predict Soo'ooo Tn 1920, for Birmingham's greatest growth will be from now on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

outspoken contempt for bunch of pikers'' increased in violence. Finally ba. joggled Gates agan
 "Will you let me play in your gamer" he asked. T want to get some of this ensy money away from you pikers'' Gates nodded, and with a tremendous display the drummer drew out hundred dollar bill. Charley Gates was the bans- er John W. Gates looked at the bill moment.
 Give the gentleman a white chip, Charley said he. The white chip was passed over, the drummer being too stunned to protest that he did not know the "piking" game was tuned so high, Before he got his breath cards had been dealt him, his chip had been antied, and Gates showed stack forward "A thou sand dollars to play" said he. The drum mer didn't even turn his cards over before he pushed his chair away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
m HIS snnRnw

From the Richmond Dispatch.
 Several of our exchanges have discov- cred that it is difficult to make Under wood tho under dog," observes the Bir- mingham Age-Herald. Also Colonel Bry- an discovered it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

The American Poultry association says the average hen lays only 80 eggs year whereas she ought to lay 15o This is question that seems to be beyond the power of even the commission form or government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

The two best known men in Congress met last week in daily conferences over the wool bill, oscar Underwood and Fob IaFolette.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

The death of Senator Frye leaves but one aged man on each side of the cham ber-Cullom on the republican side and Bacon on the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

Julius vedrines, the French aviator, awaits the coming of hurricane when he wants to set the worlds record 'in speed. He and hurricanes are on good taruoe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

The Kansas bride who had the 16 prac- tical jokers who had stolen her husband arrested lacked, it is feared. the Amer ican sense of humor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

Lord Roberts joined the insurgents in the house of lords just as they were marching to defeat. He always has been bit cranky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

MT. Perkins says Moore & Schley were going to the wall, and yet Mir Schley testifies that he saw no wall. When magnates disagree who shall decide?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
cost of living

In the baseball match between repub- licans and democrats of the House of Representatives the lone socialist con- gressman had ben selected to act as unn- pire He escaped however with whole skin by pleading a previous engagement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

Without fear of Spelling Reformer Car nege his old town has caused itself to be known as Pittsburgh" Observe the fi- nal ''h"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

The British lords have stubbed their toes again. They should avoid democrat
  ic obstacles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

Little Pu-Yi who is emperor-elect Of China vii start for school in September like other little boys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

Togo received his naval education in England. One of his squadron command CTS rrla, was educated at Annapolis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

There are some who believe the end of the world is near at hand This would at any rate cut short the Lorimer in- vestgation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

Des Moines iss nothing if not original It has taught the country a new way in which to settle trolley strikes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

The ex-Shah of Persia has won one bat tie, but one battle will not restore his former power in that land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15

The rise of IaFollette is one of the marvels of these progressive times.