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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
STORK VISITS THE zoo
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 n ILL SNYDER, the head keeper in n the Central park menagerie, was - standing near the hippopotami tank watching Miss Murphy and Caliph IT., when he heard a splash, and at the same moment a small head, with blink ing eyes, bobbed to the surface, announc- ins itself as the child of the huge pachy- derms. The keeper at once turned out every one in the lion house, where the hippos have their cage, and had the water drained off, that the newcomer might gain the use of it's feet before it goes in for aquatic exercises.
 Miss Murphy took her motherhood with the dignity of one who has stocked sev- eral zoos with her offspring in her 2S years of life, but her mate, Calph IT.. threatened to injure the youngster, he was so exuberant in his joy. His shorts of pleasure shook the animal house, and the lions, tigers, partners and leopards, who are in the same inclosure. took up the sound, so that the residents within @ portance had transpired.
 NltH lHe SOllcltuue or d man WnO HdS nursed all species of animals, from capy- hara to elephants, through their most trying periods, Bill Snyder assumed the care of mother and son. He was the only person that Miss Murphy would permit near her. Caliph II. was jealous of the keepers intrusion, and opened wide jaws that showed well developed 3-year-old teeth, but Bill brought the father back to his parental duty by showing a bristly broom down his throat
 It was a large responsibility that Sny- der and Miss Murphy accepted. From it's ugly nose to it's stubby tail the baby hippo was more than three and one-half feet
 in length. It weighs approximately D pounds, and if it lives through it's infancy will be worth sl0,0Oo. Caliph l., the grand father of the arrival, was the largest hip pc in captivity up to the time of his death, three years ago. The second Ca liph, who came into being as his father passed out, has not yet reached maturity, but promises to be heavier and bigger in every way than his amphibious dad. With
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
F77
 THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS

By Thomas Moore.
 Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light of other days around me-. ftef. The smile, the tears
 Of boyLood's years,
 Ife words of love then spoken; |1he eyes that shone, Now dimmid and gone,
 The cheerful hearts now broleni Thus in the stilly night, eA Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Sad Memory brings the light or other days around me. tesfeft. /. When I remember all '1 Tie friends so link'd together I've seen around me fall
 Like leaves in wintiy. weather, feel like one A Who treads alone
 Some banquet hall deserted, Whose lights are fled,
 Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed!
 Thus in the stilly night,
 Ere slumbef's chain has bound me, Sad Memory brings the light ~ Cf other daysi around me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

did triumphs between 50 and 4O, pul q great many other famous men did
 not attain real distinction until they
 were 50 or upward.
 "The Richmond Times-Despatch in
 discussing Dr. Bentons remarks says;
 John Bigelow is active mentally and physically at 93, James Burr Angell, president emeritus of the University of Michigan, is s3, and. like MT. Bige- low, has lately made a trip to Europe. Senator Chauncey Depew Is IT. These arc some who support the contention of pr. Benton.
 !" The legal profession of this nation finds in the United States supreme court some examples of old men who are mentally vigorous. Of the nine judges of that court as lately consti- tuted, four were past 65. Chief Justice White will be 66 in November; Justice Harlan Twas IS; Justice Holmes is 70; Justice McKenna is 6s, and Justice Lurton is 67. Justice Hughes, the youngest member, is 49.
 "'The Chicago Record-Herald thinks that 'in the professions and in busi- ness age seems to be an advantage, provided one keeps in good health and young in sepirit." It means breadth, experience and wisdom. For purely creative, original work" our contem- porary thinks that the Osler limit of 40 holds, though there are noteworthy examples to the contrary
 Among personages who are nearly so and who are still active in the in t. arIf al whose golden jubilee has just been celebrated with eclat, is TT. I nave personal acquaintance with Cardinal Gibbons; knew him as far back as 35 years ago. He was regarded as del icate man. He suffered from indiges- tion but by taking good care of him. self he has lived to an old age. I had the pleasure of meeting his eminence
 in Mobile last February and I thought then that his voice was as strong. his eye as clear and his frame as erect as when first I met him, young prelate. would think it reasonable to say, hu- manly speaking, that the cardinal should be in good shape for work 10 years longer.
 "In the list of notables we have an
 scholarly man in Alabama who should be conspicuous-Dr. War field Creath Richardson of Tuscaloosa. He is a native of Maysville, Ky, but has lived for long years in this state. He was professor of Greek at the Uni versity of Alabama, but has been re- tired for some time. l know of no man, north or south, who writes with more virility than pr. Richardson. His article written against the prohibition amendment proposition in 1909 was not enly unanswerable, but no snappy dis cussion in the whole campaign was quite so gripping as good old Dr. Richardson s-the young old doctors. pr. Richardson is total abstain CT and has delivered many elo- quent lectures on temperance. But re- verting to the idea of virility, pr. Rich article on Human Responsi- bilty,' printed in last Sundays Age Herald, contained some strong logic expressed in popular terms, and more discussion involving syllo- gisms one does not often find. Certain it Is that no Who's Who in America would be complete without a sketch of Warfeld Creath Richardson, SS years of age last June"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Publicity Bureau Suggested

oscar Underwood is undoubtedly a live wire in national politics and is more and more talked about as a pres idential possibility" said Birmingham business men. "The thing to do is for Underwood's friends to chip in and raise a fund for carrying on systematic publicity work in behalf of Birmins- hams foremost citizen, who is now great national figure.
 Governor Harmon and Governor Woodrow Wilson have press or pub licity bureaus and each of them keeps number of secretaries
 "Governor Marshall of Indiana, who, by the way, is one of the really high class statesmen in the democratic party today, has an organization to keep him before the public as presidential tim ber Now here at home we all know that Underwood is not only modest gentleman but he is the very last per son in the world to be self seeking. If he is ever pushed for the presiden- tial nomination it will be because his friends voluntarily get busy.
 "When Congressman Underwood was first made chairman of the ways and means committee in the House of Rep resentatives he became a conspicuous figure, but no one could tell exactly how he was coming out in such re- sponsible position. lie had been a stu dent of political economy ever sinco he had been in Congress. He was thought well of by his colleagues. Be- ing the leader of an historical party in something of a crisis, the question was, would he be able to rise to the occasion? He rose to the occasion. He had made hit and big one He re- stored harmony in the democratic party. We would come nearer winning in 1912 with Underwood as standard bearer than with anyone else.
 'In order to promote Underwood's chances for the presidential nomination systematic publicity work should be started without delay. I will gladly contribute something to the fund
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Mighty few people in the world have T good enough memory to carry faYors done them.
 :. girl knows man Is plotting to kiss her when he's so scared of her he's plan ning how to escape.
 woman enjoys going shopping to see what she would buy if that was what she had gone shopping for
 If man can't account for his mistakes any other way he will say they were be- cause of some bitter enemies of his
 When you have to tell a friend what yen think about 6 book of which he Is the author it would be better for you if you had never learned to road,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
Facts About Cotton Crop

The size of the present cotton crop and the prices that it now brings, and the prospects of higher values, are the ab- sorbing questions all over the south.
 Dallas Boyd, who for some years has travelled the south for H. and B. Beers of New Orleans, with special duty of watching and reporting on crop cohdj- tions, is in Birmingham. He has come within about 150,0o0 bales of naming the size of the crop the past six years and within 65,000 bales of naming the 190i-05 crop on a large wager. Speaking of the crop now in process of being marketed, Mr. Boyd said
 q have recently visited all of the cot ton states and my figures for the present crop are: North and South Carolina and Virginia, 2,125,0oo bales; Alabama and Georgia. S,9O0,0o0: Mississippi. 1,2509O0; Arkansas. 9Oo,00o; Oklahoma. 1,25O000;
 'exas, 4,25O.Go0; other states, 1,100,000- or in round figures 14,7750OO bales for the crop. If frost holds off until November 10 throughout the main cotton producing states, there will lbe close to 100000 bales made.
 q do not hesitate to say that March cotton contracts will sell as low as S1s cents, Lut as this is close to, if not below, the cost of production, there is bound to be a higher range of prices after the cotton forced to market is absorbed, It is fact that there Is carried over Of the last crop 2,O00,000 bales.
 'The cotton farmers by improved meth ods, selected seed. and fertilization. have not only increased the yield per acre, but they have pushed forward the crop to earlier maturity and of course earlier marketing; this with favorable weather for picking caused very heavy receipts much earlier than usual.
 '"The army worm has in some instances really helped the growing crop where the weed was of rank growth; it also headed off the boil weevil in some par ticulars, cutting off it's food supply and hastenihg the maturity of bolls. Along the Mississippi river in Mississippi is where the boil weevil has done the most damage this year; this is due to the fact of much moisture. as the weevil cannot thrive nor get in its work in dry, hot territory. such as most of the cotton area has had more or less of this season, par ticularly towards the maturing period
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
Read the Newspapers

Said Richard W. Massey, president of the Chamber of Commerce.: "The newspapers are the great practical educators of the people. Everyone should be informed as to national news as we'll as home news. Free use of them should be made to advertise ones bus mess, but while I believe one should advertise extensively he should do it judiciously otherwise great amount of money can be spent with but little returns.
 'Judicious advertising is one of the strongest levers in the mill of sue cess"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
A FANCY PRICE

From the Louisville Courier Journal
 Mr. Underwood says schedule K costs the people of the United States s104,- OO0,ooo year. A fancy price to pay for the services of such philantropists as Nelson Aldrich and Serene E. Payne in the role of, conserva tors of national welfare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
Regarding Work and Arc

Ever since Dr. Osler said somethin g class creative work, the question has been seriously asked whether the m medical savant was true in the main, or whether he was merely joking" said a professional man. "Dr Guy Potter Benton, inaugurated the other day president of the University of Vermont, said recently that a man could do his best work after he was 65.
 ."According to my observation that all depends. Many of the worlds great . est goDiuses achieved their most splen-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

MELANCHOLIA. When autumn leaves begin to fall And dreary blows the wind, We'll heave sigh and think of all The pleasures left behind. Tor 'tis our way to mourn for what We no more shall possess And grieve bowed down, though, like as
 not, lust why, we can not guess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
The Marine Band

The United States Marine band will be the attraction at the Jefferson thea tre this afternoon and tonight. Two beautiful programmes have been pre- pared and no music lover can afford to miss hearing this famous band.
 'The Marine band, under Lieutenant William IT. Santelmann enjoys the repu- tation of being a great concert organi- zation-one of the really great bands of the world" said Oliver Chalifoux. There are many good military bands, but as brass and reed proposition for playing concert music 1t is, l under stand, unsurpassed in this country or Europe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

\ SURMISE. With heart aname- He breathed her name And swore she was. his dearie. Five years have flown, She's still his own, But life seems rather dreary. I wonder why? He once did sigh Like furnace to possess her. Perhaps it takes More than he makes As well it may-to dress her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
PROFITABLE BEGGARY.


 Three years ago Lycia Susskind was evieted from her three bare rooms on the lower East Side. Her man was sick helz children were suffering for food-and she had not penny The landlord had placed her meager goods and chattels on the pavement. She Sat there. meek and cfliet Now and then she wiped away q tear with the corner of dirty shawl. Here's something" said a busy man. passing by. He clinked half a dollar in a soup plate that happened to lie on top of the mound of ragged bedding. Mrs. SusskindS dried one eye, but she did not pick up the half dollar Delaney street is poor-poor as poverty itself. But as Inc very poor are always charitable, Mrs Susskind's uptsirned soup plate that night was half filled with little silver. That clay I got SlS," said she to the officers iof tie Gerry society. ''It taught me how to live"
 Her investigators have satisfied thenl- selves that up to the moment the hurry ing man dropped that half dollar into the plate the Susskinds had been industrious, Of good character, and very unfortunate. The man worked-but he was always suf- 1ering from an accident. The woman Werked-but those for whom she worked taiied, or refused to pay her, or traded on her ignorance of conditions in this new world. They had slipped down the social nsii uutll they could.-not. pay the rent Everything of value had long since been disposed of tos the pawnbrolxer Since that day." said Mrs. Susskind, tranquilly T have never worked. One day I sit on this street-always with my little furni- ture. and my two kindchen,2 and somc- times sick man what I picked up init cough Mein husband iss in Liverpool w!iere he makes a good business. Soma months send him s2O0. some months sSO0 We have saved more as ten thousand dol lars in geld since I have become beg gar. And always live better than in my Whole life before. I have a good homo uptown. and I eat fine meals. Only the little kindchen they do not eat. Fat findchen never makes peoples give money. Only skinny kindchen do that
 Sc now she is to be deported to Liver pool-thereby saving the cost of her steamer fare-and she will join her man ana live happy ever after on the easy fortune she has won from good-hearted tools.-New York Correspondent of tha Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
THE OLD FASHIONED FATHER.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 Do you remember the old fashioned fla ther who always used to ask his daughters sweetheart to fill in at card gamer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

RAMPANT There's marked unrest in China, A world of discontent; The eountry's been unsettled Fer since the pigtail went. AnG cen before that time we Heard rumors, here and there. That when the dragon did wake up He'd go upon a tear
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

II is considered almost profane in ad- uinistration circles to discuss or even refer to schedule K until the tariff board makes report saying what Congress can and cannot do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

HAS NO SPIRIT. Before to kiss
 Her lips he tried, He sprayed the miss With germicide. No wonder she
 His face did slapl How could one be So cheap a chap And craven, too,
 As not to take Some chances few For her sweet sake?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
BEST YET

From the Troy Messenger
 Birmingham has just closed big fair which was declared by many to have been the best fair ever held in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
A GOOD GUESS.

A GOOD GUESS. "A gentleman used phrase in conver- sutton the other day which struck me as singularly felicitous" What was it?' ''He spoke of incidental emoluments.' !" ''Ill bet my hat you were talking to politician"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

TO BE SURE. "A man may win fame, as Ty Cobb has q, ne, by being a hard hitter.". That's true, but his fame depends alto gether on what he hits. The man who hits booze hard and then goes home and hits his wife hard. deserves nausht but censurey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

A CLEVELAND TRAGEDY. Here's news, be'gee, Our hearts to break; We learn John D. Has lost his lake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

German capitalists propose to build canal across Costa Rica from sea to sea-the old Nicaragua route. They may induce Uncle Sam to annex that route also
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

once it took two to make war but in the twentieth century and in Trpoli one seems to be enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

The Hague tribunal is just at present under a cloud, for wars come along with regularity and surprising ease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

The Lorimerites are hoping the people will become tired of the investigation, trd they arc in a fair way of seeing their hope turn to fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

No fan can reasonably be expected to 6eyote as much time, money or energy to good government as to roofing for his faVorite team.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

Until the worlds series of baseball is ended no one can reasonably be expect ed to do any Christmas shopping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

IDLE CURIOSITY. l wonder how the milkman would Buy jewels for his daughter, If some great profound disaster should Deprive the earth of water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

In the myriad of suggestions for the supreme bench, exSolicitor McCabe has been strangely overlooked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

It will always be a question which did the most digging at Panama, MT. Roose- Yelt or MT. Taft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

MT. Tafts real opponent will be the high cost of living. His vetoes did it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

The ideal sl1yseraper is so tall the spec tator cannot count the stories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

Dr. Sun Tat Sen says the revolution in China will cover from five to 10 years The Chinese are not given to suddenness in politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

Some think the worlds baseball seriess is being grossly commercialized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

Italy knows how to conduct safe and sane war, and the rest of the world is expected to sec and heed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

The aboriginal season is not due until November, and then it should last at least two weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

II is easy to make antitrust laws The trouble comes when officials try to en- fierce them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

The Young Turks will be permitted to keep Constantinople at any rate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

China is alert and revolutionary, but Philadelphia is tied to her standpat idols.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

Magazine publishers are now deeply in- in freight rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
QUITE DETERRENT.

Could you be happy with me, on small income?'
 NO, but I could be happy, with you on small income.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

As q ricli pessimIst James J. Hil takes the cake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

comparati moderation is to our mind a pitiful and shabby solecism
 Whenever there is a popular demand for the old time tavern, with it's simple furniture, its kindly service, it's cIeanli- ness, and it's triumphs of real cookery; when we genuinely want resorts where the inner man can be replenished to the good of his soul and the survival of his liver; in fact whenever the spenders reutrn to their senses and demand a good thing we shall have it. never fear. I've have made the bed ourselves Why scream in anguish when we lie upon il?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
BAD NEWS RETIRED

When the Chinese cut their queues they also cut their wisdom teeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
TELEPHONES

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'OCATINc .IIIc ppAIN

sA LOCATING HIS BRAIN. efIeellil cracking niy heels together" Don't do. that. You are liable to get aoncusson of the brain"
 A FIXED HABIT.
 Tho man who grafts
 And gets away
 Issure to graft = Some other day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20

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