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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
A JAPANESE SLEEPING CAR
From the Railway Age.

From the RAILWAY A6e.
 This night we had our first experience in a Japanese sleeping car. The track is ns rrow gauge and the standard sleeping cafs have six seats running lengthwise, each seating two passengers with cen ter aisle The upper berth is the regular Pullman style and section will accom- modate two passengers. The night was during the extreme heat of midsummer the car was crowded and in addition to the regular curtains each berth was pro vided with a mosquito bar which added to the general discomfort Passengers were taken on and let down at all stops so there was a constant processioi' ! through the aisle all night. Part of the car was reserved for local aceommoda- tion and those who sat up smoked inces- sanity, so that long before morning the atmosphere became intolerable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
MAN AND THE COCOANUT

Evlia Elffendi: "Travels
 According to the opinion of the old his- torians and the commentators of the Koran, God created from the remalnder of the clay of which Adam was made the Kullserr, or cocoa tree, which IS found in abundance in the Indian Islands. It produces nut which is brought to Anatolia and Roomili. The interior and oily part Is nourishing and fortifying food. The shell is worked into spoons and cups of the size of mans head. It is a round black nut, on which all the parts of mans head may be seen,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
Birminsham's Retail Trade

'The outlook for autumn and winter business is very fine indeed,' said Marc Link yesterday. "I have just returned with my family from a few weeks vaca- ton in northern Ohio, and 1 find the gen eral feeling in retail circles here much more optimistic than when l left town. I awaited the election result with keen interest and it Is hardly necessary to say was gratfied when l came down next morning and the hotel clerk told me Jeff ferson county had gone wet.
 Retail trade is certain to improve under the new order of things, and gen eral crop reports are favorable all of which boosts business"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
LOOKING GLASS RIVER

By Robert Louis Stevenson. Smooth it slides upon it's travel, Here wimpie, there a gleam-- O the clean gravel. y o the smooth stream! ~ Sailing blossoms, silver fishes, Paven pools as clear as air W How a child wishes
 To live down there! We can see our colored faces Floating on the shaken pool
 Down in cool places,
 Dim and very cool; Till a wind or water wrinkle. Dipping marten. pumping trout, Spreads in a twinkle si'.* And blots all out. S See the rings pursue each other; And below grows black as night, Just as if mother
 Had blown out the light! Patience, children, just a minute See the spreading circles die;
 The stream and all in 1t Will clear by and by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
KEEPING THE MIND CLEAR orison Swett Warden in Success Maga

 orison Swett Warden in Success Maga-
 zine.
 VI orking or thinking without system en- feebles the mind and leaves the mental facilities in a clogged condition, so that they do not work sharply. The mind must be kept clear and clean for the present problem, so that it may seize and grasp with all it's might the thing 1t is attempt ing to accomplish
 There is only one best way to learn how to act: that way is the way of system. Systematize your thoughts, your energies, your abilities. Learn early in life to do this. and it will prove the master habit that wins success.
 Systemless men are always surprised that the heads of great enterprises can find so much time for social life, for hobbies, for travel. They cannot un- derstand it at all. They do not realize that a man of great organizing ability, with a splendid system, can do more eff fective business in a single hour at his office than a systemless man can ac- complish in 12. It is not the number or hours, but the effectiveness of the sys- tenn that tells.
 One of the advantages Of cohese course is that it trains the mind to work bv system Whether he likes to or not the student is forced to concentrate ms mind when the time comes, no matter what his mood. or how he feels. Fonr years of training in this should put the mind into working order. It should tune the intellect so that all the strings will he in harmA. A good college education should tra he mind to think concisely, deeply, effectively at will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 It's so easy to begin an argument because it's so hard to end it.
 A man doesn't mind burning up money if it's himself not his family. doing it.
 The only person who will work hard all the time, and without pay, too, is the housewife.
 Women's rights aren't nearly so i'm portant for her to get hold of as wo- mems wrongs for her to get rid of
 If man gets counterfeit quarter passed on him, he's just crazy to have his wife go to church and put it in the collection plate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
MURPHY'S MAIL

MURPHY'S MAIL. freckled-faced girl stopped at the postoffice and yelled out:
 Anything for the Murphys?" 'No, there is not" said the postmas- ter
 Anything for Jane Murphy?" Nothing"
 Anything for Ann Murphy?" NO"
 Anything for Tom Murphy" "No."
 Anything for Bob Murphy" NO, not a bit.' Anything for Jerry Murphy?' Nothing at all' Anything for Lize Murphy?' NO, nor for Pat Murphy, nor Dennis Murphy. nor for Pete Murphy, nor Paul Murphy, nor for John Jack nor Jim Mur- phy, nor for any Murphy, dead, living unborn, native or foreign, civilized say age or barbarous, male or female, black
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

countries, and when it is supple mented with parcels post the full
 benefits of a modern postal system will be extended to this country. It is not creditable to this country that selfish interests have so long limited the convenience of the people in the conduct of their own business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

From the Metropolitan
 "HERE are scarcely 50 men in the
 financial district of New York who
 ! have a speaking acquaintance with Pierpont Morgan. He shuns publicity, rarely attends public meetings and IS greatly irritated if a camera fiend sue ceeds in snappng him. Next to the aioof- ness, the vigor of MT. Morgan's person. ality impresses those who came in con- tact with him.
 It is a personality of the Olympian orr der. incapable of doubt and indecision as simple in action as a thunderbolt and as little to be argued with His intuitive grasp of business proposition enables him to make instantaneous decisions At Cottingen, Morgan specialized in mathe- matcs and the mathematical habit Of mind remains. His interests are in tan gble things, whether railroads, business combinations hospitals works of art; political or social, theories, things of dreamy or unsubstantial sort do not ap- peal to him. The Kaiser, when entertain ing Mr. Morgan, opened the subject Of socialism and was very much surprised to find that his guest knew and cared noth- ing about that great modern movement.
 A young Englishman. who conducted Mir Morgans party on a trip up the Nile and into the Sahara, relates that with the exception of pleasant first greeting, his employer hardly spoke dur ing the trip. Neither the wonders of the Nile nor the grimness of the desert reused him from his reveries. Apparently his reflections were on things financial, for occasionally he would send back tele- gram from one of the stations along the route His only distraction was smoking big cigars from Santa Clara province in Cuba of which MT. Morgan is the sole landlord. A journey which to the ordi- nary tourist would be full of absorbing interests, was spent by him in perfecting business plans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
, BROTHER BRYAN
From Life

From Life.
 Bryan has wonderful nose for dan gerous democrats. First he got after Harmon; now he is batting Underwood. Thus far he has approved of Wilson.
 What is the matter with Governor Will son? Isn't he dangerous?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
A PREREQUISITE.

"A noted educator says that all school teacher needs to be a great success is the 'come-hither look in her eyes"
 That may be true to a certain extent, but I don't imagine the school teacher will be able to accomplish much unless she is also able to deliver the goods after the pupil comes hither.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

The President fighting tariff speech at Hamilton has increased the insurgent re- publicans beyond reconciliation. The President has no such word as tact in his dictionary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
A HAPPY THOUGHT

How do you sleep these nights?'
 Much better since I got into the habit of leaving my dollar watch out in the hal on the hatrack" E
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Heard on a Train

C. I. Grower, business manager of the Columbus, Ga, Enquirer-Sun, spent yes terday in Birmingham. He represents a well edited, popular paper, and its advertising space is always in good demand.
 Columbus Is growing and Is improv- ing in every way" said MT. Groover We have one of the best towns in all the south and it will always give good account of itself.
 AS for Birmingham, this city is go- ing forward rapidly. It has made won derful strides since my last visit. The fact is. Birmingham has exceptional re- sources for the making of a great city. l overheard a conversation on the train recently which interested me no little. One of the men who was talking spoke of Memphis as a city with big fu- ture Another man said, Yes, Memphis is all right but Birmingham Is the com ing great city of the south.
 '' No said No l, 1t is too close to Atlanta
 Too close to Atlantar No. re- piled. Why in 20 years from now At lanta will be to Birmingham what Lit tie Rock is to Memphis today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

on September the postal authorizes or Great Britain will start the first official aerial postal service in history An aerial post is the latest thing under the sun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

Westminster Abbey is to be reopened September G. Il has been recovering from the coronation fever of which 1t had an acute attack last June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

The imports of champagne and dla- monds are increasing, and yet some would have us believe that the times not as good as they should be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
HORRIBLE EXAMPLE,.

"Bilgely fell off the water wagon last night with such a bump that his head aches like sixty this morning."
 Did he drink whisky?,
 Yes
 What induced him to do that?"
 sHe saw a moving picture of a drop of water lin which bacillf were magnif1ed 40,00O times"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

The Remsen board is applying the si- lent contempt method to it's purchase of $50 bull pups.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

MT Taft's Hamilton speech will deprive him of perhaps more votes than even his Winona speech did, although both were on standpat lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

Politics is increasing rapidly. and there will soon be enough and to spare for everybody.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
A LESSON IN ETIoJTETTE.

A LESSON IN ETIQUETTE. The captain was trying to impress upon the sailor the importance of saying Sir in addressing his superior
 Flows her head?'' he asked
 Nor by east" answered the old tar gruffly. Another trial was without sue cess.
 Let me take the wheel" said the skip per, "and you ask me the question:" "Ow's her head?' roared the sailor. Nor by east, sir replied the captain. Keep her so, my man.. said the old tar while I goes forward and has a smoke. .'',-Success Magazine.
 REPLIES.
 Cheer up, bald heads! The latest vien- nese operetta has an extra heady kiss waltz.
 Some people don't look natural in auto mobiles. It will be quite a task to keep the clouds out of that hundred-story build- ing.
 Great fame waits upon the man who will dig up a white mans hope'' who won't cave in on the first showdown. It is terrible thing to be misunder- stood but the world sizes up most people correctly. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
MORGAN LIKE THE SPHINX

Mir Morgan is very much at home in London, having three residences In the British metropolis. His connection with London is natural; the Morgan reputa ton began there when the elder Morgan succeeded to the business of George Pea body, the great philanthropist. which he greatly expanded. The firms New York office was for a time rather branch of the London business. and J. Pierpont was placed in charge of it by his father, for the special purpose of protecting the English clients of the house who had in- vested in American railroads. In fact, most of MT. Morgan's career has been passed in constant struggle to rescue English capital invested in enterprises in this country and threatened with loss.
 At his Princes Gate mansion, opposite Hyde park. he has constructed a great art gallery, filled with the treasures gath cred from all over Europe. Leslie M. Shaw once asked him why he did not bring these beautiful things to America so that his eountrymen could enjoy them. The answer was that he could not afford to as the duties at that time would have amounted to at least s6,0O0000. He not only has agents on the lookout for pur- chaseable art treasures, but he person. ally keeps track of some things he is specially anxious to acquire. His inter- est in tapestries and old plate is equal to that in pictures. Original manuscripts of many of the famous works of literature are to be found in the Princes Gate house.
 Mr. Morgan's manner is far from genial, even when doing favors or really showing kindness. He will listen in silence to re- quests for aid for charity or benevolence, giving or refusing with equal brusqueness. But the decisive mien and laconic speech do not mean lack of human sympathy; philanthropsts who have approached him in fear and trembling and stated their re- quest abashed by his unresponsiveness have frequently, if the plan possessed merit, received more than they asked for.
 
 mouth, nose. eyebrows eyes, hair and whsl<ers, before it was formed from Adams clay A wonderful sight! From the same clay God created also the Walk walk, found in India, the fruit of which resembles a mans head which shaken by the wind emts the sound of Wakwak. Finally was created also the palm tree from the remainder of Adams clay at Kufa, near the water Tinnoor. This is said to be the cause why the palm trees of Kufa, Medain and Ommaun are ] straight and upright. like the stature of a man. If you cut its branches. it does not only no harm to it, but grows even more, like the hair and beard of men; but if you cut off the head of the palm tree, it gives reddish juice like blood, and the tree perishes like a man whose | head is cut off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

Mules in Kentucky are fitted with trousers to keep off green flies. Every farmer is therefore valet to one or more mules.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
SOUNDS LUCKY.

Here are some verses entitled By the Lake.
 Are they about flshing?"
 They might very well be, If there were anything in a name"
 Why so?"
 The poets name is Ketchum.t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

Automobiles are transforming the Amer ican people into machnists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
Ont of Date Picture

Tn a Seaboard dining car I picked up post card on the reverse side of which was printed a Birmingham scene-First avenue for several blocks, but it was an out-of-date picture said a prominent citizen. "I thought it a good thing the Seaboard had done for this city in an advertising way, but when I came to take in the view in detail I saw that it was old First avenue before a single sky scraper was built. The photograph was taken more than 10 years ago and the only massive building shown in the pic ture was the Morris hotel. The ChalifouN building, which stood on the site of the Chamber of Commerce. Is displayed in the view. That was a five-story building and a very good building indeed, but it was of the old mode of construction and when it caught fire the flames destroyed it rapidly. Directly opposite the Chali- foux corner (now the Chamber of Com merce) was shown the O'Brien opera house. I am very glad to have the picture card for it's reminiscent suggestions. The vista from Nineteenth street several blocks eastward filled me with memories of 20 years past. The sky lines on either side of the avenue are low and ragged It gives us Birmingham as we recall it in the sos.
 But a First avenue scene taken now would show not only beau tiful seven story concrete Chamber of Commerce building at Nineteenth street, but three skyscrapers on Twentieth street corners and number of handsome build ings west of Twentieth street. The pie ture card alluded to carries the caption, Atlanta Birmingham Special l would suggest to the Seaboard passenger off cials that the old picture cards be with drawn, and that as soon as the Ameri can Trust and Savings banks 1S-story building is completed a new card be is sued showing four steel frame structures at Twentieth street and First avenue am not a knocker and would not call attention to this First avenue scene of the years gone by if it were not for the fact that Atlanta people are chuckllng oyel. if ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

or white, franchised or disfranchised. na,uraI or otherwise. Nol there is posi- ,lVe,y nothing individually, jointly, sey- erally, now and forever"
 The girl looked at the pos+nastar |, as tonishment and said: Please see if there IS anything for Clarence Murphy. Nor. man D. Mack's National Monthly.
 ONE WORD IS SCOTCH. saw highland lassie
 Some Paris headgear trying; And loud she grat To own a hat
 She had no chance of buying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

Wall street is disgruntled because the public refuses to look it's way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

St. Louis says no mishap has ever be- fell an aviator who started from there, and 1t believes nothing ever will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

The railroads announce that after this .ear they will no carry trunks more than 70 inches lorg. Nothing is said about height
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

Presidential ground swels are chiefly notable by their absence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

An aviator reaps either a fortune or a funeral. There is no middle ground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
THAT PICTURE.

Great crowds of people go to see
 The place where Mona used to be, Who never thought when she was there The lady was so wondrous fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

Spooning in roller chairs on Atlantic City's boardwalk has been forbidden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
LOOKING FORwapD

Thanksgiving Day will soon be here Let's mediate Bout wholesome gastronomic cheer Heaped on plate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

Ed Howe says that when he was a reporter he discovered that nothing hap pens to s99 out of every 1000 people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

Aviator Atwood is one of those who saw a good deal of America first.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

We pity the peons of Mexico, but not the baseball players who are bought and sold like so many tubs of butter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
IN TROUBLE

IN TROUBLE. Eerchoo, Oh, dear. Hay fever's here. Whats that you say? Now, don't get gay. By jinks, I'll sneeze Whene'er l please. Whats that to you? Er-hum-kerchooi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

Labor Day will be more widely cee- brated this year in all parts of the coun. try than ever before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

All good things have an ending, even the baseball season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

Ex-I<ing Manuel has no allowance now. Portugal cut it off and no amount Of diplomatic pull can restore 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
A GENTLE INFLUENCE.

The lady lyncher' plays a part
 That should be much admired; We read whene'er she's on the scene That Mot a shot was fred"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
DENSE.

''Tibbs is a stupid fellow"
 "Yes?"
 'If he should happen to read in a news paper that a prominent society woman had gone to Reno. it would be just like him to say, I wonder what for?' ,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
More Of Words

and that the country at large will be fairly prosperous, although not booming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02

clouds out of that hundred-story build- ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
REPLIES

Some people don't look natural in auto mobiles.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-12-22
CHILDREN'S BUREAU.

Washington, Dec. 21.-Senate bill No.
252, known as the children's bureau
bill, has been favorably reported to the
senate, and was called up on the morn
ing of December IL for consideration.
Senator Hepburn, of idaho, who is al
ways out of harmony with any humani-
tartan legislation, interposed his usual
objections The bill proposes to estab-
lish in the department of commerce and
labor bureau to be known as the chill
dren's bureau, TO be under the direction
of chief to be appointed by the presi-
dent, and who shall receive a salary of
1000 per annum The bureau is to
investigate and report upon all matters
pertaining to the welfare of children
and child life, especially the questions
of infant mortality, the birth rate, or
phanage, Juvenile courts, desertion, dang
erous occupations, accidents and diseases
of children, employment, legislation af-
{, ting children in tho several states
and territories, and such other facts as
have bearing upon the welfare of chill
dren,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-12-22
JUDGMENT FOR MINER
STANDS.

indianapolis, Dec. 21.-The suit OF
John P Dougherty, coal miner, against
a coal mining company has been con
firmed by the appellate court of Indiana
in the sum of 81, $50 for damages caused
by rock falling from the roof of the
coal mine. The mining company con
tended that the evidence showed the
miner was assuming the danger of the
loose rock because he had called the at
tention of the mine boss to it and had
begun to work under the rock after the
boss had placed some props under the
loose rock and that the defect was such
that the miner could have made exami-
nation and determined the safety for
himself. The appellate court holds, the
mine boss, having undertaken to make
the place safe, the miner was not bound
to examine the boss work to see if it
was well done, nor was there any as
sumption of risk.