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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
PROGRESS MADE IN. TURKEY

homes If five men got together anywhere
 in Beshktash, they were liable to arrest for conspiracy. Gatherings of the evan gelical unions were often hndered, and l when hel1 were attended with great | difficulty and personal risk. All this nightmare Is past
 As for other things, the present is more
 than ever before the era of railroad and carriage road construction. The railroad
 from Trpoli to Hons has been opened that from Bandurma to Soma is under
 construction, as is also a long section
 of the Bagdad railroad; while the Sam soun-Sivas line and that from Hodeida
 to Sanaa are about to begin Many high
 ways are being built. All these opera tions give employment to thousands. In the army improved uniforms. better
 care of the soldiers. regularly paid wages. and the construction of better barracks must be noted. The navy is rejuvenated
 and has made several successful cruises
 and is now visiting ports in the Aegean. Public instruction does not make rapid strides, but the improvement in govern ment schools within three years is real and encouraging. The sending of embryo teachers to Europe and America and to the American College for Girls, and the starting of the Imperial Lyceum for Girls at Candilli are among the facts.
 In the government offices the elimlna- ton of a horde of useless salary eaters and the introduction of longer and more regular hours, based on the European system of time, is remarkable; and 1t is interesting to note the adoption of European time on all the railroads, and in practically every institution in Con unknown, any more than it is in the Lorimer case and other American in- stances, no one can doubt that bribery IS not as rife as it used to be, and that justice is more frequently done.
 The problems of equality and brother hood have not made equal progress to- ward solution. Here is where the most deep-seated difficulty lies. The clash of personal, national and racial interests fills the air with electricity. Some or the steps taken by the new governmens have been of doubtful expediencey. No one can deny that the empire is now at most delicate crisis Yet, as in the case of many a disease. if the patient can be kept optimistic. this is of immense aid to the physicians. Let each we'll wisher of the Ottoman empire realize that the situation is not hopeless, and this will aid in the discovery of the right remedies for the present political, social and moral dis eases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
KING OF THE MOROS

Philippine islands; besides the two con- stabuary officers there is only one, German. who is getting railway ties for. the Philippine Railway company. They use precious woods for that purpose over there, the favorite being molabi, which looks like maple; but it is hard and will last 150 years in water. Ipila, which Is similar. is also used Every month a steamer comes along down there 10 pick up the ties and take them to their desti- nation.
 We used to have four companies of constabulary, but of late there have been only two companies of 50 men each. I make my headquarters at Bongao, which is one of the smaller islands. In fact. is only big rock. It is only about % miles from the Borneo coast. Some of our is- lands lie right in Darbel bay, which be- longs to Borneo.
 | ''I have to act as judge in addition to my constabulary and executive work and get good many domestic cases to deal with. All the dattos or Moro chiefs are permitted to settle most of the cases among their own people, and if ,he liti- gants are not satisfied with their decisions they appeal to the head man.
 Yes, have frequently to deal with di vorce cases, though the number of di- vorces is diminishing. Under the Mo- hammedan religion a Moro is allowed as many wives as he can support. Under the same religion divorce is easy. A man may get rid of his wife by saying to her, T divorce thee, I divorce thee, I divorce thee' He must say it three times, and there need not be any intervals between speeches. We have shut down on that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
A CHANGE TO OBTAIN A LORD

From the New l Ofk w OTTO.
 The Marquis of Queensberry. who is now in New York. expresses a willingness to cast his lot with us. He is piqued by his failure to obtain a seat in the house of lords, where there is enough room for a great many peculiar persons ancient tiles in the British realm" and is otherwise dissatisfied with conditions at ho-ae.
 Why Should not inducements he held out to him to become an American cit izen? If there is no seat for him in the lds he can find welcome one at every rinsside. His name and ancestry make him peculiarly eligible for a place on New Yorks state commission for the regulation of boxing. Fifth avenue and Newport have uses for him, and there should be a position for him a bank or corporation director The value of a lord on a company board is well recog- rized in England.
 A live lord among us, indeed, and a Dolgles at that would be an important social asset to the community. Lords may tc at a discount in England, but they are not here. and the domestication of one associated in the public mind with social interest. It would compensate in a measure for the exportation of Amer ican fortunes to secure titles abroad and establish a more equitable balance of trace in that respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

From the Washington Post
 H OWN in little Virginia to"h' II whose name is important through O having tackled to its conclusion the impressive suffix of "Courtnouse'
 the world old tangle of misdirected pas sion is being enacted for the thousano'h time. In this forgotten hamlet there is 4 meeting of the extremes. The nay wagon iostles the big motor car The sneedy life. the simple life. and the double life are mingled together. The SOD squad is on hand making the most or the varcolored scene, and splashing "''h gorgeous abandon the hues Of the lmas- mary over the drab setting Of the ouii and commonplace. There is interest everywhere. It hangs tentatively al the heels of the youthful Beattie. It fastens with keen intent upon the heartproheh father It gloats remniscently over the memory of the midnight ride, the nrihs of the gun, and the tragic death Of the fwife in the lonegly wood, far from any witness, unless the stars took cognizance and the filmy eye of the owl made ho'e' But over and above all these, It cen ters In Bculah.
 | Who or what is Beulah Binford? 1T she were greater, she would be better un- derstood If she were more palpably de- prayed. a quick classification would soon rob her of her unlisted attractions. but
 she is neither the one nor the. other.
 Yet. being neither the one nor the other' | the immensity of her power for evil seems | to have been enhanced rather than dl-
 uinisbed. In the whole whirl of evil
 she has been the unmoved and impassive
 center around which all has revo'ved'
 herself the point of negation, incapable or
 a praiseworthy impulse toward good, 1 equally incapable of an overt act or | crime. a chit of girl viewing the unl- verse from her so limited vantage point,
 Ter system of life so measre and yet to
 her so real her heroes so tawdry, her
 herones so Spitifully small. And with all
 that. herself so completely satisfied with herself, pastng pictures of cheap ceie- hrities in her little album, and all un- touched by the gloom of an irrevocapie and irreparable past, cogitating hhe pos abilities of her little future!
 Nature has her moods, sublime as well
 as peryerse. She makes woman With a soul so great that, touched by the Ia diance of her countenance. men aspire only to yirtuous deeds. She moids (leopatra. and fills the panther creature
 with the desire of the desert ana 'he longing of the east. and . warrior cHeA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
= Railroad Model Farms

The Central Railroad of Georgia proposes to do some demonstration work for the especial benefit of the farmers along it's line of rails. It proposes to lease 40 acres at one sta ton or another and to till the tract in the most thorough and approved manner. One such tract at every sta ton would be handsome and telling effort.
 The country has awakened to the fact that the average farmer will heed nothing of an academic nature. Neither pamphlets bearing the gov ernment's stamp, nor editorials yards long,snor lectures, however wise and sound, accomplish any good Noth- ing short of actual demonstration in the county at least will do any good. When farmer sees what the soil of his own county can be made to pro- duce, he begins to think that, after all, he does not know it all He be- gins to rise to the fact that there is more money in scientific than there is in slovenly, farming.
 The Central of Georgia should dc modern farming in each of the coun. ties through which it passes-Lee Chambers, Tallapoosa, Coosa, Clay Talladega, Shelby and Jefferson. lief ferson county needs demonstration f40-acre farm as much as any othei county in the state. These 40-acrt tracts will not be purchased. They will be used to show how much bet ter scientific work is than any indif ferent system, and then they will b, to owners, products ant edoeat;on being thrown in to boot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
Business and Sentiment

''I have talked with prohibitionis,s who said they could not understand why prom inent business men laid so much stress on the importance of having the liquor traf fc legalized in large cities said large property owner.
 There is a psychological side to this matter which is, I think. quite clear if one will but reason calmly. Anyone vho takes an interest in Wall street and reads the financial reviews issued from time to time becomes familiar with the word sen timent. Stocks and bonds that nave oer- tain intrinsic value often go up and down because of sentimental ideas. The phi losophy of sentiment or tendency as ap- piled to the stock market, and in broader sense to the whole world of capi- tal is thoroughly appreciated by grea. financial leaders. Capital has always been timid, and it always will be nervous.
 Tn 19o6 the political movements for dras- tic rate regulation in certain states didn bring on the financial panic of 1go7 but they contributed in no uncertain measure to financial disturbances. Political radical- ism, including trust busting, made for panicky conditions, and after the Wall street crash the depression in this part of the country was made worse by the radical prohibition wave
 Just as soon, however, as the people by their ballots showed that they had Tad enough of radlcalism and made il clear that a return to conservative poll
 cies was in order the outlook brightened at once. The defeat of ultra prohibition il state like Alabama, so rich in natural resources, marks a new era in prosperity. Capitalists who are looking for large in- vestments and who are ready to assist sonal interest in the liquor traffic beyond the matter of tendency. Prohibition never gets rooted in any of the great cities, and rorthern bankers and capitalists, as rule. have regarded the anti-saloon move ment as something worth while for small towns, but not for real cities. The men who do things in progressive cities can te counted on, with few exceptions. as opponents of prohibition.
 I'Upbuilders have due regard for public morals, but being the reverse of fana.ical O. intolerant. they have liberal views aud while mnay of them are total abstainers, they would rather see regulated. open sa- looms in communities like Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery Atlanta. Chatta- nooga, Nashville and Memphis than to see the blind tiger connived at. This is where sentiment or tendency as applied to the commercial world has a very de- cded philosophic basis. and whether or
 not the busy developer stops to locate the
 idea or analyze the question by the rules
 or logic, he knows it intuitlvely.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
MARION CRAWFORD's ESTATE From the New York Sun.


 F. Marion Crawford, the novelist, left an estate valued at only s4S,000, according to the transfer tax appraisers report filed in the surrogate's office. The value of the authors rights at the time of his death to profits on his many books by contract with his publishing house is given as $3O.934S4 Royalties from the book ,The White Sister" amounts to ;24,OOO. or half the value of the estate. The book paid it's authors estate s14,OOO in the first wear after his death Down to June 20, 1910, the royalties for the dramatization of ..rhe White Sister, were s11,5o0
 The percentages paid the author run all the way from Il IA per cent on "The Nevel" to 70 per cent on Casa Braccio." The calculations of the appraisers give the book rights of "The Novel" at the time of the authors death at s5o5, those of Hove in likeness at SIP. those If the later Tn the Palace of the King al si.sil.s5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
Navigation In the Warrior

"The United States government, y says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, lis doing little more to keep the Missis- sippi navigable than it does for the Black Warrior whose 'navigability' is made the excuse for a proposed fed eral tax of $1 per horsepower an nually for electric power used in lighting the. city of Birmingham. Here, for the first time, the federal government has it's opening to lay imposts on municipal improvements. Of all precedents of restrictive in- ternal taxation, this promises to give the greatest opportunity for the worst. It amounts to federal tariff taxation on the capacity of municipal public service corporations to be paid by municipal consumers. It is op- posed to the principles of American institutions and to sound public pol icy under institutions of any kind. It ought to be stopped on the Black Warrior before it reaches the Mis- sissippi."
 The trouble with this raid of the Post-D Dispatch is it's alleged facts. The entire yarn concerning federal tax is fiction pure and simple. The bill that became law provides for a 63-foot dam and no provision for water power is included in the bill.
 In the long session a plan for water power rights above the head of navigation may be worked out, but at present no steps have been taken in that direction by Congress. The dam and locks in question are needed primarily for. the improvement of the Warrior river to the point of slackwater navigation feet deep. If anything more is feasible it may be added by Congress after proper con- sideration and deliberation. The Post Dispatch is unduly alarmed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
OPPORTUNITY

By Walter Malone. They do me wrong who say come no
 more
 When once I knock and fail to find you
 in For every day stand outside your door And bid you wake, and rise to fight and
 win. rf is Vail not for precious chances passed
 away,
 Weep not for golden ages on the wape; Each night burn the records of the day. At sunrise every soul is born again. Laugh like boy at splendors that have
 sped:
 Fo vanished joys be blind and deaf and My judgments seal the dead past with its But never mind moment yet to come. Though deep in mire, wiring not thy hands lend my arm to all who say '1 cam, >,o shame-faced outcast ever sank so
 deep But vet might rise and be again man. Dost thou behold the lost youth all aghast? Dost reel from righteous retributicn blow? Then turn from plotted archives of the past.
 And find the futurels pages white as snow. r.t i ssk kM Art thou a mourner? Rouse thee from | thy spell; sS
 Art thou a sinner? Suns may be fir | given: tr Each morning gives thee wings 10 nee
 from hell
 Each night star to guide thy feet 10 heaven
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
AVALON LIGHT
Ie Los Angeles Times.

From the Los Angeles Times.
 Mary, Star of the Sea-" in fact as well as sentiment, that is the dream which the Rev. Father Philip Williams, pastor of the little hilltop Catholic church at Av- alon, has had long in mind, and now it is coming true in way both practical and poetic.
 Plans were decided upon for fine new re-enforced concrete church to be begun October 1 next on the commanding site of the preesnt small frame edifice high above the clue bay.
 High in the mission-like tower above the red tile roof of the new Spanish Renaissance church will blaze a great white light by night to be known as the Avalon light By day the lighthouse will present a white cross.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
Feast of St. Augustine

In the Catholic calendar today is tho feast of St. Augustine, one of the most eminent of the Latin fathers of the church., born in Numidia in the year S53. While the feast Is not of the class or rank that makes 1t obligatory upon the faithful to hear mass 1t is observ- ed in the larger churches in some dis tinctive way. In St. PauPs church in Birmingham the benediction of the blessed sacrament is given after the o'clock mass.
 St. Augustine was the son of a pagan father and a devout Christian mother, the latter instructng him in religion In his youth he was an ambitious stu dent, but had a propensity for worldly pleasures. At the age of 19 he em- braced the doctrines of the Manicheans. According to Rev. Dr. s. NJ. Jackson, & well ll-known Protestant author, Angus tine adhered to Manicheism about nine years, during a part of which time he lectured on rhetoric at Carthage In the meantime his mother by her pray CTS and exhortations strove to convert him to Christianity without success. At length he perceived that the mystical phrases and futile speculations of the Manich cans were not capable of satis- lying the wants of his spiritual nature He became deeply interested in the Platonic philosophy and after he re-
 nounced Manicheism studied the Bible I from Platonic point of view
 l The sermons of St. Ambrose made l deep impression on him, and after SC we're spiritual conflicts he became 2 Christian and was baptized on Easter l eve 3sT. Tie was ordained priest a l Hippo in 3a1: was consccrated an asso
 ciate bishop in 395, and was installed
 bishop of Hippo in 39S. He publishe' his econfesslons in 13 books In 397, an'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
RErLECTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A girl who isn't ashamed of big feet hasn't got them.
 If man has enough money to get married he wouldn't have if he already were.
 A boy gets a vacation from school only to have it spoiled by not getting 1t from the bathtub.
 Maybe the reason man will never write to his wife is the love letters he wrote her before she was. --
 When a woman is d thousand miles away from her husband on a visit she |csn lie awake all night guessing what time he will come homo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
Growth of Southern Ports

The Panama canal is not open and yet southern ports did well in the fiscal year ended June 30. Our own Mobile shows export values in 1911
 aggregating s30,154,037, IS against $27, ,526,245 in 1910. The imports of Mobile foot up $4,031,797 in 1911, and in 1910 they were but $2,s43,350. Other southern ports also did well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
NERO OJTDONE

From the New York Telegram.
 l<ia, Chinese tyrant, was also a volup- tuary. To gratfy his favorite concubine in 1,10 B. C.. he provided her with a magnificent palace, surrounded by a lake of wine, of which 30O0 men drank at the sound of a drum, while the trees hung with dried meats, and hills of flesh yera piIed lIp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
Regarding Excise Commission

'rhe report that Governor O'Neal would be in Montgomery early this week is in- correct said a Birmingham citizen who keeps in close touch with the state s chief executive. T understand, however. that he will return from the east the lat ter part of the present week.
 Tt is the governors purpose, l believe, to spend about two days in Montgomery and then go away again for little need ed rest. Everyone in Birmingham, of course. is interested in the excise com mission question. l have no idea which of our worthy citizens will be appointed. George Ward has host of admirers who will urge his appointment. l happen to know that Ward is not q candidate, but suppose if one of the places on the commission were offered to him that he would not decline 1t. !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

Mr. Tafts attack upon Mr. Underwood and Speaker Clarke is the more untind cratic leaders had rendered the passage of his pet reciprocity bill possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

Andrew 10th "a steelworker, spent 70 years in prison for crime which he did not commit Andrew Carnegie granted him a pension of s40 a month. and he has gone back to Austria to spend the remainder of his days. He has had quite enough of justice in this country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
THE WOMAN IN THE CASE

Let Rome in Tiber melt and the wide range of empire fall! And in an on day she creates a woman without a soul.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

Admiral Togo expressed his honorable appreciation of our honorable hospital ity, and then vanished into Canada So long, old war dog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

Once more .he hulk of the old battle ship Texas is to be battered by big guns Poor old Texas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

Aviator Nedrines could fly across the Atlantic if some one would establish gas oiue stations along the route.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

Make room for Arizona and New Mex gress meets a2ain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

Tama, Iowa, should get ready to well come home it's distinguished citizen. He has overstayed his time in office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

The Pribylov seals moved to safer location and their new rookeries have been discovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

England has just escaped two wars one over Morocco and one over wages. Mr. Asqulth is playing politics in great luck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

In South Dakota a tornado mixed a lot of picnickers up with their custard pies, and both were sight to look at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

One million patents have been issued, and yet no one has discovered how to keep street car windows from sticking fast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

The Mexican people are promised square deal. which should include' square meal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28
Two and a Half Cent Fare

q was in Richmond, Va, recently said a prominent professional man of Bir- mingham, and was surprised when the conductor came along for my fare that was asked to pay only 21a cents. It was early in the morning. and the con duetor explained to me that between 6 a. m. and 7.30 a. m. the fare was only 2h cents. This was done for the bene- fit of the wageworkers. In change for my nickel the conductor gave me slip that was good for another ride any day from to- 7:30. It struck me as very good thing from several points of view. It enables working people to ride at very small cost. It increases the traffic dur ing the hour and half
 T would not be in favor of 2ia cent fare unless the street railway companies could charge such small rate and live, but it gave me a good impression of Rich- mond's Up-to-dateness. It struck me, too, as being an excellent advertisement for the old Confederate capital. Richmond, growing cities in all the south. It is a city of elegant residences, is a bank ing center, jobbing center and an in- dustrial center. The wage earners there constitute a great army. Richmond has never been a prohibition city. It has. looms. and if anyone were to talk seri- ously about a prohibition election there he would get the horse laugh.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

The Penrose machine in Pennsylvania is beset and embarrassed with factions, all bitter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

The tariff bills have been put to sleep, salaries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-28

Washington is the true source of taint- ed foods, tainted drugs and tainted poli- ticians.