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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10
THE "I.ITTLE PEOPLE"

From Fairies, F1ans and Picts.''
 The attributes with which the little people of north Europe are accredited cannot be given in detail. It is enough to note that they were believed to live in houses wholly or partly underground, the latter kind being described as ''hol- low mounds or hills; that when people of taller race entered such subterranean dwellings (as occasionally they did) they found the domestic utensils of the dwarfs were of the kind labeled prehistoric" in our antiquarian museums; that the copper vessels which dwarf women sometimes left behind them when discovered surrep- titiously milking the cows of their neigh bors. were likewise of an antique form; further, that they helped themselves to the beef and mutton of their neighbors. after having shot the animals with flint headed arrows; that melodies peculiar to them are still sung by the peasants of certain localities; that words used by them are still employed by children in their games; and that many families in many districts are believed to have inher- ited some of their blood.
 Of this intercourse between the taller races and the dwarfs, there are many records In old traditions. In the days of King Arthur, when. as Chaucer tells us, the land was fulfilled of faerie,' the knights errant had usually dwarf as at tendant. One of King Arthur's own knights was a fairy. According to High land tradition. every high caste family of pure Gaelic descent had an attendant dwarf. These examples show the little people, in a not unfriendly light. But many other stories speak of them as malignant" foes, and as dreaded op- pressors. Of which the rational explan- ation is that these various tales relate to various localities and epochs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

lin financial sentiment As we have already stated Wall street Is now get ting to be about the most cheerful spot in the country. and this in spite or eS- cessive dullness there and a general slackening in trade circles. The req son. of course is that our leading fnan- ciers recognize that liquidation has been thorough and that unfavorable infiu- ances have been amply discounted. It is quite possible that a few weak spots remain, and that the house cleaning process Is not absolutely finished, but the worst concerning such cases IS thoroughly understood and causes no uneasiness.
 "The main factor in the present sit uation is the exceptional outlook for money Now that April 1 is past funds will return to New York and during the summer months at least we are practically sure of a plethoric supply of money.
 AS for the supreme court decisions, whichever way they go, activity will be resumed when suspense Is ended. The prevailing opinion Is that the decisions will be unfavorable. and doubtless this fact will be found to have been fully discounted. As previously intimated. some delay may be expected for the reason thats the new judges required considerable time for reading and dl- gesting the enormous mass of evidence Nevertheless, a decision upon any Mon- day would not be a surprise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10
Prevalence of HookMorm

The Georgia state board of health officially says that the hookworm disease has been found in 127 of the 146 counties of that state. It is silly to say that there is none of the dis ease in this state. It is as prevalent 4 here as it is in Georgia, and the chances are that the disease will be found in at least 30 of the 65 counties in this state. Georgia has 5000 actual cases under treatment, and Alabama should have as many. The battle against the disease is to be warmly waged in Geirgia, and so it should be in Alabama. Thus far little or no work has been done in this direction except in the southeast corner of this state.
 The first annual report of the Rock efeller sanitary commission has just 'been issued, and it is full of inter esting facts. The parasite has se-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10
The Peanle,a Hank

After more than 20 years in the same banking offices the. Peoples bank will move to palatial quarters in the First National bank building said a bank CT. Tt is almost the twenty-first an- niversary of the stay of the Peoples bank in it's old stand
 "The new bank will not have the largest quarters in the south, but none will be more elegant or more conveni- ently arranged. The bank has large number of windows, giving excellent light at all times of the day, and when necessary there are new and modern artificial lights convenient.
 Marble from the Alabama quarries was used in the bank and the effect is beautiful. The quarters are large enough for the growth of the bank for at least 10 years to come. The Peoples had long since outgrown the facilities at the old stand on Second avenue, and believe the move will result in a rapid additional growth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10
A DEVIOUS ROAD TO FAME
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun
 h E comes from New Brunswick, Canada, originally, where his
 \ I forbears. the Blisses and the Wins slows, ran things pretty much in their
 own way for a good many years. It
 wasn't a long time ago that George Ed
 ward Theodore Roberts was born there, for he is still young man, and at 13 he was sending poems to the Frederic ton papers; symbolic poems mostly, sad poems about death and brave men in tears and noble women. One of these early efforts was pub lished in New York weekly that is noted for it's advanced style in spelling. 'I was
 a very poor speller," MT. Roberts said
 recently, but the editor didn't seem to
 mind. Perhaps he thought l was years ahead of my time and was spelling weird
 ly with an evangelistic purpose" 1t was at Fredericton, where he lived
 with his brothers, Charles c. D. Rob-
 erts and William Carman Roberts, and his sister, Eliza beth, that the idea of
 collaborating in a book of verse first struck the literary young persons. They got their verse together and insa few years Boston house published 1t with an introduction by Charles G. D. and a fore
 word by Bliss Carman, their cousin. One of the poems that young Theodore wrote
 when 15 years old goes as follows, On the hills god lies dead Carl the girdled one;
 With the white stars for his bed, For his shield-the sun. On the hills a god lies dead; Centuries have gone
 Since his soul rose up and fled From the crimson dawn. MT. Roberts does not remember now who Carl was or why he fled the dawn. but he does remember the great inspired feeling that he had when he wrote that. When he was 19 he came to New York end got an editorial job on the weekly that published his juvenlia. Along came the Spanish-American war and MT. Rob erts decided that he must see some of it.
 He persuaded the weekly 10 send him as it's correspondent with the somewhat sim pie task of writing weekly letter from
 the front. After the long wait at Tampa he went with the other correspondents on the Olivett.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10
THE FEAR OF DEATH
pm the Washington Post.

From the WaSnlnStOn Tost.
 When Morris Glatz, "The Twinkler,' . shut the door of his home in Long Island City last Sunday, lay down on the bed, and shot himself through the head with a revolver, he lifted the strain of years and met the fear that he was no longer able to await
 Glatz had been a pickpocket but after ward reformed. In his new life the once hunted joined the hunters. The exigen- cies of his new calling made him the in- strument of the law that brought a for mer companion in crime to arrest, con viction, and Imprisonment. This victim of his detective efforts vowed vengeance. "Tell The dTwinkler for me that when l serve me bit he'll get his." The telling at first produced only laugh. But 1t came again and again, at unexpected times and through various mouthpieces. until at last Glatz weakened. Bit by bit the fiber oI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10
EAT FRENCH MUSHROOMS

From the New York World.
 It is not generally known that mush- rooms, on account of the amount of nj trogen they contain, approach nearer to animal food than many other vegetable products. An analysis made by Professor Atwood shows that mushrooms contain 3.5 per cent proteids, boiled potatoes 25 and onions 16 Experts say that musn- rooms should be eaten perfectly fresh and never eaten after repeating or being warmed over.' One of the extensive mushroom farmers in England says that persons subject to rheumatism and gouty attacks should abstain from mushrooms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

1 strangers and a welcome is extended pro-
 vided you belong to the class nine.
 l The town is illuminated (sometimes by electricity. Coal oil cocoanut and candle power lights are turned on at dark and | turned off at dark. The financiers of tho town are H. Nix on the Chatter and the editor of the Star. The population is cos mopolitan. You will find here American Swiss. republicans, English, immediatis- tas Jews. Californians and missionaries
 They are loving community and helpful to one another. Americans here are all wealthy. They work because they like to. The mosquitoes do not disturb you |in fact, no one pays any attention to them when under a mosquito bar The streets are beautifully paved-with mud.
 The markets are monuments to Iloilo Products of all descriptions can be pur- chased here, The market is flushed with
 water every day and night-providing 1t rains or the tide is a trif1e high. The usual market smell is of course nere with the addition of other smells Cute little dabs of beetlenut juice can be seen everywhere. Enticing glasses of the luscious tuba are set out for your delec- tation. In the tuba glass can be seen the camaderie, the spirit of equality or the Philippines. Everyone drinking out of the same glass, tao or illustrado, rich or poor. sick or well, it's all the same, and down she goes. It's clean, it's health ful and we los Americanos, should pat tern ourselves a little after our dear little brown brothers.
 The police here are ever watchful for the welfare of the citizen, be he pants or pantless The fire department? Ahl Ye of other towns take notice: The wells and the town pump are at all times there and ready. and so is the bamboo mer- chant. Oh, you inhabitants of other cities, come one and all and visit this gem, this jewell this lalapaloosie! Come here and dieis
 P. s.-Plenty of room in the grave yards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10
JOWETT OF CARES LANE From Harper's Weekly

In securing the Rev. Dr. Jowett for the pastorate of the Fifth. Avenue Presby- terian church. America has deprived Great Britain of and annexed to herself one of the strongest intellectual forces and one of the most stimulating personalities in the religious life of the day. Jowett of Carr's Lane has been a familiar name to all Englishmen for a decade and more. The gift of such man as Dr. Lowett to the United States will be another bond of living sympathy between these tive great sections of one family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10
Music and Good Roads

"The National Good Roads convention to be held in Birmingham the fourth week of May, is attracting wide atten- ton, and the attendance will be tine largest in the history of the good roads movement, but of little less interest in Alabama is the music festival to be held during good roads convention week." said a prominent citifien. q hear that many parties of music lovers are arrang- ing to come to the festival. A merchant who is especially well informed tells me that he estimates that Victor Herbert and his festival orchestra will draw al least 1000 visitors to the city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10
Argentina and Her People

In an announcement of a volume en-
 titled, Argentina and Her People of To-
 day" by Nevin o. Winter, writer in the
 New York Sun says:
 Tt is a clearly written, interesting ac-
 count of the most interesting country ir States.
 'sWe are just beginning 10 comprehend the Argentine's prosperity, which is prac- tically second only to our own. It is a country in which a man may get rich not in any miraculous fashion, but in slow CT, more solid way. It is one-third the
 size of the United States; it reaches from the edge of the tropics to freezing Terre del Fuego. Buenos Ayres, capital and principal city, is in about the latitude rel atively of Atlanta. Farms are not reck-
 oned by the acre, but by the square league (6O00 acres).
 ..Mr Winter treats of the whole country from commerce to savages, of which there are certainly a few in Terra del
 Fuego His description of Buenos Ayres is most fasicnatng. It is the London Paris and New York of the country; nc other place compares with it. Also it is the largest Spanish speaking city in the world Madrid having but half as many
 inhabitants. The book is we'll illustrated
 and carefully printed on excellent paper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10
PREFERS SIBERIA

From the New York Herald
 Tired of the struggle for livelihood in this country, which for him has been a harder battle than for most of his coun- trymen, Mark Seiboff has decided to spend the remainder of his life as vonvict in the mines of Siberia. He left this city himself up to the officials from whom he escaped four years ago.
 TO carry himself back to captivity Seiboff will devote the savings of four months of hard work in New York city and vicinity A few cents put away each day finally amounted to enough to pur- chase a steerage passage and he figures that he will have just about enough left to carry him to St. Petersburg.
 Seiboff is accused of being member of revolutionary organization, which is under the ban in Russia. His father was arrested years ago on a similar charge, sent to Siberia and died a convict in the mines. When Seiboff was arrested, about four years ago, he had His fathers late in mind. So he seized the first oppor- tunity to escape, fled to London and from there went to Toronto, where he found friends. His search for employ ment, however, was not successful, and it became necessary for him to accept the assistance of relatives and friends sev- eral times About six months ago he de- cided that exile to Siberia and the wretch ed life of Russian prisoner would Joe preferable to being an object of char ity.
 Sciboff's mother, who Is a French woman, fled from Russia when her hus- band was sent to the mines and is now at Marseilles. Seiboff plans to stop and make her farewell visit before placing himself in the hands of the St. Peters, burg police.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 There are lots of vacant apartments in big head.
 After people get out of school they be- gin to learn they didn't learn anything there.
 The reason girl can feel a man is in love with her is some other girl can feel she is the one.
 A man can make himself believe he S got the gout from riding in street cars instead of automobiles
 It might be cheaper to buy an suin- brella than to hire a cab to save a hat lut it could never seen so reasonable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

his courage was worn away. And in the end he killed himself.
 "The fear death is more to be dread ed than death itself" Thus wrote Pub Illus Syrus half century before Christ. When the witch of the mountain pleaded with Arbaces, the Egyptian, for the elixir of immortality he wondered that one so wretched should wish to prolong exist ence. Tt is not the love of life, o mighty Arbaces," she replied, "but the fear of death! Yet there is that which is more to be dreaded than death It is the sense of impending doom, memorable, neither to be hastened nor delayed. The unseen things, the creations of the mind, are more fearful than the most monstrous re- slity. Abraham experienced this when he
 fell into deep sleep and horror of great darkness came upon him. Jacob pillowed his head upon the stones at Bethel and dreamed of the ladder upon which the Elohim ascended and descend
 ed, and when he arose he exclaimed,
 How dreadful Is this place" Even the gate of heaven meant death. It was in
 the visions of the night that Job met unspeakable tcrrors. Poe in his tale of the "Pit and the Pendulum" described the agony of descending doom more uncomfortable than the swift mercy of ex- ecution. Eugene Sue told of the man who followed the tiger tanner over the coun- try, always sitting in the front seat, pa- tiently waiting to win his wager that the beast would kill it's keeper. until the iron nerve of the tanner broke down.
 Thus. doubtless. did 'The Twinkler" finally succumb to the terrors of his inn agitation, driven forward by the fearful reaction of his own alarms to embrace that which he most greatly dreaded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

President Diaz, s2 years old, is afflicted with both a congress and a civil war. He is, however, as stern and autoeratic as he was 30 years ago
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10
Wall Streets CheerfuIness

Henry Clews in his Saturday review says in part:
 "The stock market has shown stub horn and significant resistance to un- favorable news. Within the past few
 weeks a series of shocks occurred
 which exerted little or no effect upon values First in importance came the interstate commerce decision refusing permission for an advance in railroad rates; then followed delay in the oil and Tobacco cases an extra session of Congress; continued tariff and reciproc- ity agitation; the Mexican difficult
 ties:, the decline in New York Gen. tral dividend, and the two decisions handed down on Monday. On limited prices and tfie commodities clause. both of which were construed as unfavorable to. capital inasmuch as they support the restraints upon monopoistic ten- dencies.
 That in spite of such series of dis coura gements the market should main- tain it's present firm undertone is un- mistakable evidence of . radical change
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10
THE SISTERS

By John Banister Tabb. The waves forever move;
 The hills forever rest:7 Yet each the heavens approve, And love alike hath blessed ~ A Martha's household care, 4 Mary's cloistered prayeH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

Uncle Joe is in position now to do some
 active insurgency himself. He seems to ahavo declined the minority leadership in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

Champ Clark says he will drive those mules when democratic President is in- augurated, and he may be the inauguree
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

The National baseball team in St. Louis is owned by a woman, but Roger Bres- nahan Is it's manager, and between the two it will be held up to standard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

The vice president is not in need of any particular amount of public sympathy. for his pockets are stuffed with season baseball passes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

The Japanese are not a bit alarmed over any prospect of war with the United States. This is mortifying to say the least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

Out in Missouri the word ''unoften'' has been declared legitimate and all right, but t should be put on paper straight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

New York still has six horse-car lines left, after abandoning 30.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

Justice O'Gorman stepped down from the bench to become famous and possi- ble candidate for the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

The belles of Borneo have worn hobole skirts for ages without exciting comment from the other sex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

Let us hope this is to be a wet year, even outside of state politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

Great Britain never had a bigger reve- nue, nor Canada for that matter There is good deal of thrift in all British com munties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

Four aeroplane stations have been es- abolished in the American lines near the Mexican border
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

Thearailroad press agent nstermines the scene of the summer vacation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10
BRYAN STILL A FACTOR

The recall was freely applied to ths late lamented Congress-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

Uncle Joe has begun his congressional life over again down on the floor IS a plain. everyday congressman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

Should peace be declared In Mexico the professional insurrecto might have to go farther south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

''I distinguished myself chiefly by coin irg down with the fever," said Mir. Rob-
 erts. Tt wasn't hard work that caused
 my sickness I used to pity the regular | correspondents. They would hop up and down the deck and bribe with tears in their eyes) men to row them ashore to telegraph office, and I would stroll Up,
 as they were starting. with my letter
 ready, and ask them to please mail it whenever they got a chance. l saw the
 bombardment Of Daiquiri, and then at Si-
 boney I was very sick indeed. Ewing, a
 Toronto paper man, got me aboard tramp called the Gussie that was going
 back home, and then came long time of
 not remembering much that was going on and I was back in Tampa That's all saw of the war;
 He went to Newfoundland to get well
 and liked the place so much that he stayed there for two years. That's where
 he got the copy of his latest novel, "A
 Captain of Raleighs,'' though that wasn't the title he had chosen originally He wanted to call his book "The Firing | Captain" MT. Robert says that the men
 who sailed Sir Walter Raleigh's ships were patriotic Engishmen until their
 leader was thrown into5he Tower. Then | they turned against England and became
 gcntlemanly pirates. They were known | all along the coast they harried from Newfoundland to Virginia as the erring captains, and the hero of his last book I is one of these.
 | With Kirk Monroe, whose yarns have l frightened the youth of two generations, | Mir Roberts went on a coastwise boat up to Labrador, and met Dr. Grenfell at Bat | tie Harbor. He fell in with Devonshire skipper, who rejoiced in the name of John 1 T-i-zed-a-r-d, and whose literary equip ment was a blind devotion to Lorna Doone,' and with him sailed to Barbados, Iswhere the windlass broke and they had
 to put in for repairs. MT. Roberts liked
 Barbados so much that he stayed there
 for two years and picked up more literary material
 He is back in New York now from three
 years In Europe and is engaged on new
 book which is to tell an adventurous tale
 about the old-time wreckers who set out
 false lights along the shores for the un- doing of at merchantmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

Cold storage eggs are looking for al active market as Easter approaches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

Switzerland elects a president every year, and no one in that republic wants fewer elections
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

The cost of conflagrations in this coun- try would build Panama canal every two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-10

shakespeare's 21.Ooo words have never been so effectively used since his day.