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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
A Good Suggestion

q like the suggestion made by MT. Monks in letter which appeared in Saturdays Age-Herald regarding the United States marine band and matinee especially for school children said a teacher.
 >'The Marine band is our best govern ment band. It is known to be one of the best concert organizations, not only in this country, but in the world, and as it has been engaged to play at the Jeffer- son theater on the night of Friday, Octo- Der 20, 1t is hoped that matinee will also be given with cheap prices for chill dren. As MT. Monks pointed out. there Is a patriotic as well as an artistic side to the Marine band. This band is allowed to leave Washington only at long inter- vals, and when an opportunity is afford ed of hearing 1t old and young should embrace the occasion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
BibIe CIasses Popular

T read recently in a standard period ical an account of test made in one of the large colleges north of the Ma son and Dixon line regarding a knowl- edge of holy scriptures" said an old citizen. T was astounded to find how many of the students displayed ignor- ance about the Bible, I read of sim liar test at Harvard some eight or ten years ago, and while, as recall it, the Harvard young men were not ignoram- uses concerning the great book, the written answers in repy to questions showed that the majority of the stu dents were not Bible readers.
 T have lived in three different cities, and nearly all of the men, whom I have known were quite familiar with the Bible. Out of 20 or 25 men with whom I have been Somewhat intimate more than half of them seemed to have an accurate knowledge of the Old Testa- ment, and to have memorized many of the Psalms and good deal of the New Testament When I was youth Bible class training seemed to be the rule everywhere. Membership in a Bible class in my cilcle of acquaintance, while not in a strict sense a test of responsibility, was something to be proud of and certain it Is today there is in southern cities greater activity in organized Bible training than ever before. In view of this fact 1 can scarcely conceive of any considerable number of college students being as ion pt in dicate.
 Speaking of the Bible, I recall an interview with B. M Allen which l read in The Age Herald few years ago. The reporter, reminding Mir. Al len of the reputation he had for be- ing one of the best Bible scholars in the Birmingham district and of his habit of quoting great deal from scripture in speeches made before juries, asked the distinguished lawyer if he had any rule or theory on this subject. MT. Allen replied that he had very practical reason for quoting scripture. He regarded Bible knowledge as a great professional asset aside from any religious feeling or reverence I have heard MT. Allen make many speeches in court, and in nearly all of them were quotations from the Bible, all aptly introduced. This lawyers theory, as I gathered it from the in terview referred to. was that on every trial jury it might be safe to assume 10 out of 12 men had been to Sunday school some time or other. They might not be good church members he said, but while they were boys they had committed portions of the Bible to heart. and with that idea in mind | would relate Bible narrative or quote some familiar verse. The very I would start a sentence like this; You know what the good book says" l would have the acute atten- tion of the jury
 T, myself, believe In the Bible as Heaven inspired, but whether l did or not I would certainly read 1t as litera- ture. Men and women in the English speaking world should not be considered educated without a knowledge of the Bible, Shakespeare. and Bunyan's Pill grim's Progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
Vagrancy Laws for Fees

It is certainly good sign that a demand for a reform of the drastic laws of this state on the subject of yagrancy is arising in various DOT tions of the state. As the vagrancy laws now stand any one who is not the owner of property that affords him comfortable and sufficient in- come may be arrested and convicted of vagrancy. A charge of vagrancy is easily brought against a man away from home in this state, and it can not easily be repelled and upset un-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A PLEASING PICTURE.

A PLEASING PICTURE.
 If you have much of an appetite, ion't read this. Lee shippey retired from the ''poetship' of a Kansas City newspaper to preside over the destinies' of the Higginsville Jeffersonian Why, he doesn't sigh for city life is explained in the fol- lowing editorial
 ''The Cheeruptimist is not going to compare the Joys of rural and urban life, but he is going to cite an incident for the benefit of his metropolitan brethren Of the pencil and shears Sunday be strolled into his back yard in the cool of the morning. when everything was bathed and glistening with dew that was almost Icy, and ate about 37 luscious peaches, right off the tree. Nothing tones, up tha appetite better than little fruit, so he then went into the house and toyed with breakfast consisting of country ham, eggs so fresh the echo of the cackle still lin- gered around them, cherry preserves composed Ca less artistic world would be inappropriate) by Mrs. Editor from our own cherries, butter that never saw the inside of paper package that helped it weigh a pound, and was as sweet and wholesome as memories of youth, and a half peck of biscuit made-composed we mean-frpm healthful, wholesome Hig- ginsyille flour. How 1t didn't make HIS long to be back in the grilroom with one of those a la Newburg things before us once morei"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
PORE BENIGHTED 'EATHEN"

From the Louisville Courier-J ournaI
 APAN Is, and has been for several
 years, engaged in 'subdung' the N~ Formosan aborigines. In the case fof Formosan to "subdue" means to kill. There are about 10000 unsubdued savages left, and how many have been ''subdued' since the fighting began 1t would be impossible to say. The favor ite plan of action upon the part of the Japanese forces is what is called an len velopihg movement" The Formosans are located and surrounded by troops Barped wire inclosures are thrown about them and gradually the circles of barbed wire are made smaller. The extermination of the tribe begins when the circles are small enough to be crossed by rife fire. With modern arms, plenty of mountain cannon and practically unlimited numbers the Japanese might seem to have a rather easy although peculiarly bloody, task. But such Is not the case.
 The Formosans wear no clothes save a brown wastband or loin cloth. Their skins are very much the color Of the tree trunks in the dense forests in which they fight. They are, like Kipling's Fuzzy wuzzy, 'pore benighted 'eathen, but damned good fighting men" And, like Fuzzy-wuzzy, they will be "subdued" by superior numbers and superior arms. The 700 remaining villages will be swept away. Within barbed wire inclosures the remaining Formosans will be slaugn- tered fighting for what they conceive to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

From E. W. Howe's Monthly.
 When man tells me he was a soldier in the rebellion I never ask him If he was ever in battle; he will be so humliated if he wasn't.
 I have a great many ideas, but unfor- tupately for me some other man got to them first.
 When a man dies who has buried one wife there is always curiosity to know
 if his second wife will bury him beside
 his first wife or save him for herself
 Every idle person bothers two or three busy ones.
 l hope I am gallant, but I sometimes
 fear, after I have been in big crowd, that there are good many ugly wom- en. Ugly womeh attract attention, while
 ugly men do not.
 I have so many worries on hand that
 I can do nothing for Clifford Pinchot un-
 til next winter, and possibly not then !
 ' sometimes think Emerson wrote bet ter paragraphs than philosophy. s"Every man. he once wrote, "loafs as much as he dares to-"
 When you talk to me, use language I Se>h e"AiNSi oeoi'N' 'fhCi you WIitt DOOkS for me to read. make your ideas so simple that the average man may under
 stand them.
 Martha Washingtons portrait is to ap-
 pear on a postage stamp, and Washing tons mother may be similarly honored. Washington had g. father and he was a
 good man, but do you ever hear of him?
 Why this terrific ,clamor from some | women for the privilege of voting? For a dollar any woman may hire man to vote her big principles at the polls; at | some polling places the rate is even less
 than that.
 A woman who would much rather be a
 man can't hope to give much satisfaction either as a man or as woman. 'I suppose she is as happy as other people,, woman said. speaking of a
 friend. How happy are people gener- ally? Ever think about 1t? You may be able to beat your oppo- nent playing billiards and compel him to pay for the use of the table, but who pays for your time while you are en- gagged in the game? If you must be a sport. play second base or shortstop and get a salary for it.
 A magazine see mu)ses a specially of this doctrine: Smile and your troubles will disappear There is not enough in 1 the doctrine to warrant you in paying a dollar year for 1t. You can't smile away q toothache. You must have 1t pulled, and that hurts more than smile. | It is easy to make a living; 1t is easy
 to accumulate money The rules by which men achieve success are simple and not difficult. But 1t is big task to be
 modest; nearly all of us fail when it comes to modesty. The best of us are locking for an opportunity to brag. ] recently visited big town and took
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
LAUGHED TOO SOON
onn the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
 Young Richlegh's father allowed him to take trip to Europe this summer. Be- rore starting, the youth made up a cable code and handed a copy to his father, who locked it up in his desk without look ing at it. A month later the elder Rich leigh received a cable consisting of one word:
 Laugh" He laughed. It seemed to be something quite pleasant. His code was at the house. He went up there in the best of humor. He got out the code and read: "Laugh-Send me $5O0,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
Three Business Men Appointed

In naming an excise commission for Jefferson county Governor | O'Neal has selected three prominent business men of Birmingham-W. C.. Agee, Edward Wilkinson and Syden- ham Moore. In the matter of ap- pointments the governor has had no more difficult task than the one he has just solved.
 The excise commission, which must see to it that the provisions of the Smith act are strictly carried out in Birmingham, Bessemer and wherever else in the county liquor licenses may be granted, is not only of high im- portance, but the men forming the commission will have very grave re- sponsibilities, individually and collec- lively.
 The liquor traffic was voted out of Jefferson county four years ago. The Anti-Saloon league won a sweeping victory. The dry" majority was large because so many citizens of this coun- ty were disgusted with the unregu- lated saloons then existing; and in the recent election hundreds of men voted for high license and regulation rather than the dispensary on the pledge of the local option campaign committee that the very strictest regulation provided by law would be duly enforced. The saloon side was further strengthened by Governor 0'Neals pledge to appoint an excise commission that would be satisfac- tory to the business interests of Bir- mingham and the entire county.
 Of the large array of candidates for the excise commission some of them were we'll known to the public while others, altogether estimable, doubtless, were not sufficiently known to justify their appointment. The public naturally demanded rep resentative men, and in addition to integrity and sincerity two other qualifications were deemed essential knowledge of local conditions and absolute courage. It would be hard to pick out three men who know Birmingham better than the gentle men appointed by Governor O'Neal' yesterday, and certainly no men are better known in this community for their fearlessness.
 Upon the conduct of the open sa- loon under the excise commission will depend the question whether Bir- mingham will remain ''wet" indefi- nitely or whether the people will vote out liquor again four years hence Public sentiment was seldom so united on any matCer as lnSlstence now on law and order.
 The excise commission can be de- pended upon to grant licenses only to such men as will obey the law, and it can be depended upon, too, to re- yoke the licenses of any man, firm or company engaged in the liquor trade who violates any part of the Smith enactment.
 Birmingham can be made model saloon town, and it may be taken for granted that Messrs. Agee, Wilkin- son and Moore will strive to have it such.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
4 MINOR CADENCE

By John Payne. The ancient memories buried lie,
 And the olden fancies pass; The old, sweet flower thoughts wither and
 fly, And die as the April cowslps die, That scatter the sbloomy grass! All dead, my desrl And the flowers ars
 dead,
 And the happy blossoming spring: The winter comes with it's Iron tread, The fields with the dying sun are red. And the birds have ceased to sing trace the steps on the wasted strand Of the vanished springtime's feet; Withered and dead is our fairy land. For Love and Death go hand in hand, Go hand in hand, my sweet!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
APPLICATIONS OF BACHEIor

From the New York Press.
 First Q man loses his money at cards then his temper.
 When man isn't afraid of the cook he's taking his meals in a restaurant
 Even when 8 woman gets to be grand mother she knows it isn't on account of her years.
 It's the way of a girl to be able to look pretty to the man she likes, whether she is or not.
 There's a lot more praying by people for things they want to have than giving thanks for things they have already.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

From the New York World
 The surprising fact Is made public in
 the Medical Record that there Is but
 one fairly well trained physician to
 every 100000 population in China, or
 one doctor for communities as large as | St Louis. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Wash ington or Boston.
 During the recent plague in China
 the government appealed for outside medical aid, offering in its extremity cash bonuses and paid-up life insur- anee policies forN s20OoO to volunteers. Obviously there has long been need of a medical school in China. Now Har-
 ward has decided to establish one in Shanghai. Two-fifths of the sum of
 money necessary fore this project has
 been contributed by the legislature of Oregon, Washington and California, these Pacific coast states being par ticularly interested in 1essening the danger of Oriental diseases coming to
 their ports
 A corps of physicians educated ac-
 cording to the American standard will
 qualify as successful missionaries in a NO"i'i5 "hOiC Hg SicHe dHo are little understood.
 THE VOICE OF THE HOUSE In September Business (formerly The Book-Keeper), a story is told of the late Marshall Fields ability to re-stimulate the energies of listless subordnates. A
 stock boy in Fields store, who is now 8
 trusted manager had been in the habit of sighting his duties, which were prin- | cipally the regular dusting of the stock in | his section. One day MT. Field in passing l through this section of the store chanced
 to note the dusty condition of the lids | of number of hat boxes He paused bent down and wrote his initials in the 1 dust on several boxes, and then walked
 away. The stock boy from remote cor. I ner happened to notice the master execu. tive lowering around the stock shelves
 Soon afterward the lads eyes fell upor
 several potential looking M Els on dus
 ridden lids. AS he stared he metaphorical all | ly heard the "Voice" of the house admon
 ishing him. and .he mentally absorbed it. | meaning and significance It is needles,
 to say that he exercised the feather dus l ter more assiduously after that The in cident also had the effect of opening hi. eyes to a higher sense of duty to his em l ployer as well as himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

The dress experts say that skirts will be very tight this winter-so tight that many will be slit open at one side, some a few inches and some to the knee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
A KINDLY LIFE.

He dwelt in poverty. content,
 A man unnotced by the crowd His days in honest toll were spent By fell mischance as yet unbowed. His simple wants were soon supplied, His wishes did not wander far; And if, forsooth, they were denied, He did not moan his evil star. Some friends, a faithful few, he had, Whose genial worth did oft appear; Who cheered his heart when he was sad, Nor cared a fig for worldly gear His modest home, by love illumed,
 Invited thoughts of peace and rest; Where sorrows shadow, seldom gloomed, Nor bootless cares for long opprest And still he held his humble way,
 Adown the vale we mortals wend, With courage nothing could dismay,
 Sustained, whateer the fates might
 send.
 And when at last he fell asleep,
 In plenitude of earthly years, Gle ne'er had made despair more deep, Nor swelled the tide of human tears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

The center of population has been To- cated anew at an up-end sewer pipe in an Indiana town. It Is almost as diffi- cult to locate as Mona Lisa" itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

The New York legislature Is again in session and 1t will soon undo the gerry mander that the republicans inflicted on the state 20 years ago
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
Alabama Cotton Crop

There Is wide difference of opinion concerning the August deterioration .n Alabama's cotton crop" said Birming- ham man who spent Friday in Montgom- cry.
 ''Those who are trying to boost the price of cotton give gloomy account of the ravages of the caterpillar, but some of the most successful farmers in the state say the crop will be record breaker. regardless of damage from pests or wea- ther conditions. Lee Long told me that he had already picked 15 bales of an IS acre patch. and would pick something like 15 bales more. l understood Mir. Long to say that his estimate of the states crop was 100000 bales This would be a new high record, and while |, is too large an estimate, I, believe the crop will be over 1,4O0,OOO bales. Pessi- mists talk of only 1,2O0,00O bales in Ala bama, but they are far below the mark. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

The pastor who declared childless wives should be deported struck a heavy blow at the attendance upon the annual Mothers congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

Pillsbury's s225O0 pitcher has won three straight games and is overcoming natural nervousness in his new field
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
.srHERE's AREAsONr

From Judge.
 May-You seem to prefer the beach to the piazza. Maud-Yes; I prefer to be burnt by the lsun than roasted by the gossps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

Frank Gotch, the champion wrestler of the world. is an Iowa farmer, and his toe hold has held good nearly 15 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

The potato crop in this country and the beet sugar crop in Germany are both failures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

Already President Tafts speeches fill nineteen volumes, and the winona speech is the weightiest one in the whole lot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

sThe states that Mir. Taft will not visit as he swings around the circle are con- sidered beyond the influence of presiden- tial oration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

The President will on Friday next aban- don golf to play for public sentiment in the enemies country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

There are those who are mean enough to say that the aeroplane which knocked off Lorimer's hat should have flown a trif1e lower
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

The end of the Beattie trial brings to the public relief from a series of pictures that it had grown weary over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

Just think of it-Fay Tempeton Is still playing as Little Buttercup. and is popu- lar and successful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

The people of Arizona are about to ap- ply the justly esteemed recall to their con- stltution rather than to their judges whom they do not love.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

Secretary Fisher comes back from Con- troler Bay with his head and gripsack full of ideas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

Uncle Joe Cannons services in dedicat- ing new dams in the irrigation belt are In great demand. These dams are his best field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

Summer will be over when the maxi mum temperature ceases to go to 90 de- grees each day. Watch the daily weather reports
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

President Taft ignores the south in his big tour, and the south is not feeling a bit sore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

The administration prefers after all dol
 lar diplomats to scholar diplomats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

Senator Bailey says no string Is at tached to his withdrawal this time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
A FIELD FOR DOCTORS

The golden rod crop Is pronounced fine In all parts of the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
SCATTERED.

SCATTERED. Mary had a little stick, Which stick she tried to light. Alas! She found too late it was stick of dynamite.
 Milwaukee Sentinel. It scattered her most everywhere She covered lots of ground And very nearly all of her Has never yet been found.
 Springfield Union. But even If she were all found And put back in the game, We can't believe deep in our hearts She'd ever look the same.
 Houston Post. Her finish would have been the same. Or very like, I ween, Had Mary used, to coax a fire, A can of kerosene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
THE SLUGGISH BARD.

THE SLUGGISH BARD. The bard who can not sing the rose ' Along in early June, That decks some sweetly lowered close, When all the worlds in tune, Hath little music in his heart And cen less in his Tyre Why, he should play the poets part And never, never tire!
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
Birmingham Well Advertised

No city in the country gets more free said Henry F. Hennlng of Philadelphia. Tt has been known for some years as the iron and steel center of the south It's phenomenal growth. as shown by the census of 1910. attracted attention every where. No city with a population of upwards of 100000 had anything like the percentage of increase that Birmingham was credited with-245 per cent, as com pared with 1900.
 And now Oscar Underwood of BIr- mingham, chairman of the ways and means committee in the House of Rep rcsentatives, is as much in the limelight as any man in the United States. When
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
MANY DO.

Now, there's Pipps. He never bets oi horse race" Maybe not, but he does worse" s ''In what respect?"
 "He bets on the outcome of murde trials.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
OITTTE EuJDENT

QUITE EVIDENT. T found a rafe biography of Amerigo Vespucci in book store yesterday" I'm not interested very much in the lives of Italian bandmasters."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10

Adelaide, the country girl, with me [ nope l did my duty in entertaining her; anyway, was compelled to borrow mon- ey with which to come home. When ambition beckons to me say to 1t, T have ambition; send genius"
 A man who is lookinsrrfor "genteel work is not looking for work at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
TO BE SURE.

TO BE SURE. Poet Kemp says he once loved won derful girl In Kansas She was wonderfully lucky" How so?" ''She didn't marry Poet Kemp"
 EXTRA RELEASE" Every little movement
 Togo made while here In moving picture
 Shortly will appear.