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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
Progress of the Nesrnes

l The development of negro cemetery or the Columbiana road about quarter of mile beyond Elmwood has been the subject of some discussion during the past week. Said Burr Ferguson speaking yesterday.
 One has but to look at the negro of l today to see the remarkable progress his | race is making in the way of material things. Compare the negro bankers, doc tors, teachers and shop keepers of the present day in Birmingham with the chat tel of 50 years ago, and one must grant that his more or less meagre oppor- tunities have been well tried.
 For this opportunity the negro has in the main to thank the whites, who have established and are keeping up many of his schools and colleges With the op- portunity put before him. the negro does take to better conditions and the effect is altogether good. For instance, a few years ago there were two developments of property near town, lots on which were sold to negroes-Mason City and Rose dale The subdivisions were made by white men for the one purpose of making money. There was no altruism in 1t. The negroes bought built houses and are using the property now. One may see in these settlements serious attempts at i'm provement in their lawns, flowers and we'll painted or whitewashed houses.
 "one never hears of fights, brawls or disorderly conduct at Mason City or Rose- dale, showing the benefit of making the negro a property owner. Up to the pres ent time all thought of improvement of the negro has been in an educational way to better fit him for his or her work. To- ward the training in the refinements of life much less attention has been paid.
 The negros emotions have been over looked. We are strongly in favor of the development of this side of his nature, and this is not altruistic on our part.
 "A race Is judged by the respect shown it's dead. So comes the great esteem in which the Egyptians are held, the Pyr- amids being but. monuments as markers of the dead. some three or four thousand years before Christ.
 My associates and myself believe that the psychological moment has come when the negro will appreciate and take advan- tdSe oI the opportunity eo puiy hio ooou in modern, well kept cemetery; that he will take to the idea of arrangements which will insure the permanent main tenance of his last resting place.
 "That the dominant race will be bene- fted in that everything which goes to make for better conditions and better ideas for the negro is a direct advantage to those for whom he laborS,
 "So far as we have been able to learn, Grace Hill cemetery is the first of its kind"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
Italy in Tripoli

In the neighborhood of the ruins of Troy and Carthage stands the city of fripoli, which is itself almost as ancient as the hills. Near it, too, was the island of Cyrene in ancient days, but the modern Cyrene is the name of district or province at the easterly end of Tripoli on the Mediter- ranean sea. Tripoli and Cyrene are, therefore, all the Turkish territory lying between Egypt and Tunis. They constitute, in fact, the only detached territory of Turkey that some nation had not seized.
 Italy has seized it in accordance with secret agreement at Berlin in 1873, and Turkey was party to that secret agreement No doubt the seizure by France of Morocco gave Italy the impetus to seize Tripoli and Cyrene. She considered this the psychological moment, and so it doubtless will prove to be.
 Turkey has no fleet of force and power, while Italy has one of un- doubted modern strength. Turkey cannot assail Italy because she can not go near her, and she cannot march to Tripoli, for Egypt lies in the way, and England would not per init troops to cross Egypt. Turkey is, therefore, in no position to take the offensive, and in the meanwhile Italy will proceed to occupy Tripoli and Cyrene.
 All this must mean that Turkey will soon yield to the inevitable. She has little money and no efficient ships. Italy is master of the Aegean sea and all the other seas outside of the Dardanelles, and she can oc- cupy Tripoli and Cyrene at leisure Possibly the Berber tribes in Tripol may begin a guerrilla war but that will be in the hills and the ports vii remain in the hands of Italy.
 The situation calls for peace prop ositions on the part of Turkey, or elst negative sort of war on her par that would accomplish nothing anc that the powers would probably fine way to bring to an end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
RESPECT FOR IMPROVEMENTS

From the fouthS CompaniOn.
 Cy Pose was considered somewhat of a character round Hickory Forks. When he built his new house, he de- clared that it was not going to be a mere place to stay in He was going to have all the "frills." Anyway, he had a doorbell, then a new thing in the neighborhood.
 Soon after the new house was com pleted, Josh Briggs, an old neighbor, who lived on the farm just up the road, came over one Sunday afternoon for a little call. It was pleasant fall weather. The windows were all open, but the front door was shut.
 Josh knocked a little timidly, for ey erything looked pretty fine, Cy, comfortably rocking in the;frout room, gave no heed. .a. ps
 Josh Knocked against founder. Cy rocked away. silently, Josh grew restive after q moments wait, and knocked again--a good loud knock. aeF
 Cy rocked on. yses
 Josh changed feet. wiped his face, puzzled and offended, for he knew the folks were at home. once more he tried it, a loud continued knock that re- sounded over the entire place. Whereupon Cy. still rocking comfor- tably, yelled:
 "Ring the orbell, consarn vel Don't you know nothin'?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
THE RICE WINE OF CHINA

Extensive as is the use of rice wine mere are several other beverages that are more Tn popular favor, of which it may be said that. sew-heng-tsow is in .he greatest demand. It is made from a sne cies of millet and although it is a dis titled liquor am enormous uuantity ias 10 be drunk in order to produce intoxi- cation. In fact, it is exhilarating rather than inebrating, and it is this quality that makes 1t such fayorite among all classes, rich and poor. With the poor it is ofttimes .the only wine, but with the wealthy it is the wine ordained by the powers to be drunk with every new dish at any and every function, private or public.
 AS regards their sobriety, there seems to be a difference of opinion, and it is A question upon which writers disagree. but 1t seems to be the general opinion that very few intoxicated men or women are seen upon the streets. What drink ing is done, and from all accounts there must be considerable is carried on with in doors.
 Habitual drunkenness is punished by banishment and servitude, but occasional intoxication is only matter of comment and the result is the notifying person on the street in which he lives that go and so is drunk, and if the subject is not toisterous the affair is let drop. But, on the other hand. if he is noisy and shows disposition to quarrel and fight. he is at once taken 10 his rooms and com pelled to remain there until the effect of the liquor has worn away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

From Current Literature for october.
 About the same time that the governor of New York signed a bill forbidding stage representations of the figure of Christ, George Moore published in Dub- lin the most audacious. If not the most bIasphemous, revision of the gospel ever attempted in print. In play, or rather a scenario. the cratic 1rishman main tains that Christ did not die on the cross, but was murdered by Saint Paul many years later The play derives additional piauancy from the fact that Mir. Moore s apostle is a hero and not a villain Paul s motives are impeccable; he slugs Christ to save Christianity.
 In order to understand George Moore we must consider his literary forbears. Many things in his work that enrage the Philistines have sprung from his uncon- sciousness which, if it did not already belong to him as an artist, must have become second nature during his residence in France. The spirit of French art. as Mir Floyd Dell explains in the literary supplement of the Chicago Evening Post, may be likened to the spirit of club, where a group of men securely sit and discuss their own affairs. Outside the world goes by, an indifferent spectacle. Mr. Moore, having become accustomed to his club window attitude, did not de- part from it when the English public, on the occasion of the publication of "A Mummers Wife, threw brickbats through the window. He was surprised, perhaps, grieved no doubt, but when the next big idea came along to make his lips purse up. his eyes darken, and his beard to fly out centrifugally from his face. the public receded into the depth of his inconsistencies. "So," Mir. Dell goes on to say, when MT. Moore published this scenario, "he did it only for the reason mentioned, namely, that he has told the story so often at dinner tables that he fears some one else will write il up-imagining that it is his own inven- tion-and do so in a way to cause him, MT. Moore, much unhappiness."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
THE ORACLE OF THE BOWERY Nauy vnrls Correspondenpe Cincinnati

New York Correspondence Cincinnati
 Times-Star.
 Knowledge doesn't amount to much, after all unless it's mixed with some thing else. The other day one Emil Brun- ner died on the Bowery. For years he had been known as ''The Oracle" He spent the daylight hours in the Astor library At night, merely pausing on the way to panhandle a dime or two, he would locate himself in the muggy off, flee of the 15 cent lodging house, where he had lived for years. There he would
 discourse fuently on any topic from which instruction might be wrung. us-
 ually he had an interested audience. for
 a larger proportion of the Bowery's down and outs have traces of education than is generally suspected. Brunners accuracy had been established. College professors and managing editors had been known to send messengers to him. in search of a conclusive answer to knotty question. There is a broker down town,
 said the night clerk of the lodging house,
 'who offered to bet from $500 up that Brunner knew more about any 10 sub | jects, selected at random from a list of l 31, than any professor in town"
 | He knew more constitutional law than
 most lawyers. He had working knowl- edge of chemistry, he was shark on 1 history, he ate up mathematics and dis 1 ccursed learnedly on astronomy he could
 talk half dozen languages and write | a dozen more-and he wasn't worth shucks. Because of his extraordinary ac- cumulaton of knowledge he had from
 time to time been given good positions | he never sought for one. Each start on
 the road to independence meant that Brunner would come back to the lodging | house, richer by new suit and a few dollars and nn item or two of useless | Knowledge. He wasn't lazy, precisely,
 for he dug through libraries as indus
 triously as book worm. But he just was do-less. 'The only thing I ever learned that was of value to me- he used to say, was the art of stopping com pietc stranger on the street and winning l a quarter from him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
Madero's Victory in Mexico

In a fair and open election in Mexico Francisco I. Madero has been elected president, and probably Jose Pino Suarez has been elected vice president, both being on the ticket of the progressive constitutional party
 They stand pledged to free elections, liberty of the press, direct elections, the development of Lower California, the encouragement of education, the fostering of small farms and the con- tin,aed senaration of church and state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
Very Unusual Weather Prevailing

Ut is small comfort to know that the very unusual weather that has distressed many. especially the sick, is wellnigh world wide,'' said a man who takes much interest in meteoromancy.
 England has suffered almost insup- portable temperatures, we read in old world news. Switzerland has been having most unusual forest fires upon lofty peaks, that sometimes shoot and play heaven ward like volcanic bursts. This is att tributed to the burning of leaves and trash that has been accommodating in gorges for years-dry as powder from the protracted drouth and extreme heat.
 Here in this country what has been facetiously known as the goose bone weather prophets have been remarkably correct in their far ahead forecasts. One of these Horace Johnson of Middle Had dam, Conn, ;las been studying the stars from the vantage point of the top of his barn for the greater portion of his SS years. The other one. most noted, An drew Jackson DeVoe of Hackensack, N. J.. has not so many years to his credit, but he is the almanac prophet best known 10 the general public. Now both of these wise men tell us that we are to have early and frequent SHOWS in the north and west. November is to be white month. and many will eat their Thanksgiving einner with Jack Frost outside the door. and Old King Cole reigning in many parts Of the land
 Reading the stars two years in ad- vance, these two old wiseacres have been making wonderful forecasts. They fore told cyclones and the Galveston flood. They both declare that the coming win ter is to be a cold one, beginning early and running almost into mid-spring. So
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
THE FAIRY,s GIFT

By Andrew Lang. The Pays that to my christ ming came tFor they did, my nurses taught mel. They did not bring me wealth or fame, Iris very little that they brought mo. But one, the crossest of the crew, The ugly old one, uninvited, Said; 1T shall be avenged on you, My child, you shall grow up short
 sighted!" With magic juices did she lave Mine eyes and wrought her wicked
 pleasure. We'll of all the gifts the Fairies gave. Hers is the present that I treasure! The bore whom others fear and flee, do not fear. l do not flee him. pass him calm as calm can be; I do not cut--I do not see him! And with my feeble eyes and dim, Where you see pitchy fields and
 fences For me the mists of Turner Swim--s My azure distance" soon commences! Of this befogged and ;miry city, Why almost every girl one meets Seems preternaturally pretty! . "Try spectacles," ones friends intone; You'll see the world correctly
 through them" But have visions of my own, And not for worlds would undo
 them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
REFLECTIONS OF \ BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The reason children are so noisy is they might be so attractive if they weren't.
 A man seems to run out of senti- mental pet names for the girl the min ute he marries her
 What makes man specially proud of himself is his delusion that his fellow citizens are.
 The reason man wants to do so much for the girl to whom he's en- gagged is he won't after they are mar ried.
 A man can hardly suffer any greater anguish than to have the conversation work away from funny story he was scheming to slip in as apropos of some- thing that was said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
Supervision of Weights and Measures


 In the effort to reduce expenditures the commissioners decided to abolish the office of inspector of weights and measures. This office has been, filled by Mi. Hall, who has been as cour- ageous in the performance of his duties as he has been efficient. No one questions his courage or his capacity, and the commissioners abolished the office simply for the purpose of fur ther reducing expenditures.
 Unless weights and measures in this far-flung city are supervised what will be saved at the spigot will be washed at the bung, and the ultimate consumer will foot the bill. Before the city had an inspector of weights and measures it is said that 1700 pounds was the standard weight of ton of coal, and that correspond ing weights were used throughout the list of necessities. If the old weights and measures are to. be restored the ulti- mate consumer will be taxed as much in a week as the inspector of weights and measures costs in a year.
 Let us hope the commissioners have some plan by which weights and measures will to some extent be supervised. No modern city is with out such supervision, and Birming- ham can i'll afford to return to primi- tive methods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

SAVING THE COUNTRY. Candidates will soon remind us, AS the welkin rings and throbs, Once again they hope to find us Helping them to keep their jobs.
 Springfield Union. Candidates will soon remind us Of the jobs they wish to get, And they'll hand us stinkerinos- Cabbage leaf cigars, you bet
 Allentown Democrat. Candidates will soon remind us That we are all men of note; We have registered and now are Qualified to cast that vote.
 Scranton Tribune-Republican Candidates will soon remind us Down in Georgia, anyway, That our hero, Holxey Polley, Has resigned! Now let us pray!
 Rome Tribune-IIeraId. Candidates will soon remind us What they did to save the land: Put methinks they can not blind us, Though they talk to beat the band.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. Candidates will soon remind Us. As they gad about the town, If elected. they will straightwav Bring the cost of living down.
 New York Telegram. Candidates will soon remind us That our platforms built four-square: But they'll have to hike to find us- We're so weary of hot air
 Houston Post. Candidates will soon remind us Of the wonders they have done, And to this conviction bind us; That the best men never run
 Chicago Record-Herald. Candidates will soon remind us-- And this is no idle joke That the cigars which they find us, Are not always made to smoke.
 Youngstown Telegram.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
Business Improvement

There seems to be a marked improve rnent in business in Birmingham" said J. R. Brown, the well known tobacco deal- er and restaurateur.
 My cafe business in the Empire build- ing has been quite good right along, but 1t has increased substantially within the rast four or five days. My cafe trade the latter part of last week was 50 per cent better than it had been for 30 days. Tie outlook for brisk fall business is very bright indeed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

Oh, golden days, good-by!
 You'll never come again; However hearts may sigh,
 Or sing some old refrain. The past is gone for aye
 The aftermath is tears, The phantoms that dismay,
 The weight of toilsome years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

Champ Clark sees a whole string of He thinks the ultimate consumer is about to vote in accordance with his knowl- edge of the cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

The further Canada's veto of reciprocity sinks in the more foodstuffs continue to go up. The cold storage trusts are reap ing a great harvest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

Six hundred works of fiction are to be published this fall and winter and out of that number the public is expected to select six best sellers. q.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

The defeat of reciprocity added 50 cents to the price of flour, and yet some would have us believe the tariff has nothing to do with food prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

As a golf player Andrew Carnegie de- clares in favor of the reelection of Pres ident Taft. The golf players are stand ing together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

At the age of 70 James J. Hill thought of retiring from business but now at the age of B he thinks it is the last thing he should do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

time McPherson meyer put his hand in his pocket to pay for thing. When the family was going home the Londoner and his cousin went into the buffet for final glass. From force of habit he groped for his wallet; but Sandy gripped. his arm. Ma, nal" said he srYe,ve been vera gude ia me an mine this fortnicht past. Mon. we'll hae toss for this lasht wee nippie."-Success Magazine. REFLECTED GREATNESS. = What is he so stuck up about?" "IIe once rode on the same elevator with musical comedy queen"
 POPULARITY.
 What wins us praise?
 Why, bless myssoul!
 The quickest wayIs
 To flash roll.
 BUSY TIMES.
 The town was dry"
 It now is "wet,''
 And many try -hs
 A drink to get.
 So great rush
 Has been observed,
 The barkeep push
 Are quite unnerVed. EXTREMELY WATCHFUL. Do you believe love is blind?" Not always. Love when jealous seems to have more eyes than Argus"
 THE OLD DERBY. Though faded spots do here and there Most certainly appear, He says. 'I guess I'll have to wear This hat another year.
 HEADQUARTERS T don't suppose the war between Italy and Turkey will curtail the output of Turkish cigarettes?" q hardly think so The war will not be fought in New York"
 EASY MONEY.
 The verse that blows
 In magazines,
 Nobody knows
 Just what it means.
 The poets write
 In frenzy fine
 And are requite
 So much a line. fRObABLf EAAGGERATED. Do you suppose this story is true?' s'What story?' This one I'm reading, about young woman who tried to mix her own com- plexion. It blew up and she was seri- ously injured.,'
 ENGINES TO BLAME.
 So Fowler's quit
 And quit for good
 Somehow, we rather
 Thought he would
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

The oId-fashioned poor boy President of the United States has, it appears, been abolished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

Tie last rose of summer is plural this year. It is not blooming alone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
GENEROSITY.

Scotsman brought his entire family of seven to visit relative in London. They were entertained in a manner that left nothing to be asked for two weeks; the atres, suppers, cab rides about the city, excursions into the country. The whole
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

snow. And by the way it is to be white Christmas in most of the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

A skittish horse is dangerous, but a slSiddish automobile is still more so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

The sherman antitrust law takes no vacation. It works when Congress does not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

The Turcomans have captured the de- posed Shah and they are at loss what to do with him. To them he is a Mona lisa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

Mexico's election took place regardless of weather, and an army of middlemen were elected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

France meets the high cost of living by extending the parcels post so that food articles may be sent by mall at low cost,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
UPS AND DOWN.

UPS AND DOWN. "Pippkins has the worst luck imagin- able" How is that?' His aeroplane won't stay in the air and his automobile won't stay on the ground"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

Let us hope Gov. Woodrow Wilson will uproot that pickled horsemeat factory which has been discovered in his state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

The Connecticut weather prophet who predicts a long hard winter won all his reputation in predicting the blizzard of 1SSS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

The recall should be applied to summer. It is oyerstayinG it's welcome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

The Canadian election postNones the annexation of Medicine Hat, and there Is some comfort in that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

Canada still neglects to throw up en- trenchments all along the border to keep off annexation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

Senator Obadiah Gardner was born in Michigan, but he was reared in Maine, and Maine has made him a favorite son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

The Russian premer's name should be spelled "Kokortseff.' It is unpronounce- able in America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
TELEPHONES

l tell thee, Jack Cade, the clOthier, means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set new nap upon it.
 King Henry ".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
A DARING TRAyESTY

Mexico considers bull fighting less dan gerous to human life than aviation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03
THE OLD DERBY.

THE OLD DERBY.
 Though faded spots do here and there Most certainly appear, He says, T guess I'll have to wear This hat another year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-03

EXTREMELY wATCHFUL. Do you believe love is blind? ?' Not always. Love when jealous seems to have more eyes than Argus"