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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

at a word from the leader began to play.
 Alternately there rolled from his flute the sweet, single-hearted trill of the meadow lark. the caw-caw-cay of the raven from the neighboring mountains, and the happy lit of the song sparrow in the grass. Occasionally from the drum would come the rat-tat-tat of the wood becker in the giant cactus of the jungle. or the rolling cry of the kingfsher at some hidden pool, the while the home made flute broke in with the shrill whis- tie of a northward flying snipe, or the leisurely call of ducks moving through a moonlit summers night.
 In this music one forgot the blood thirstiness of the Yaqui. of which the Mexican government has said so much; I felt them to be merely home loving, home defending men and women, who might have been great in the primal arts of peace had their rich lands not aroused the covetousness of outsiders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
REFLECTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A hot temper chills warm friendships.
 Even a mean man can despise it in others.
 Lawyers have such bad names they just naturally drift into public life.
 Sometimes a boy does pretty well by taking after his grandfather instead of his father.
 Public dinners wouldn't be much more worth while than they are even if there weren't the headaches afterward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

''Umph! That isn't so remarkable.'' But this was English musical com edy, imported from-London."
 SURE. q Just what don't
 Pretend to know, But something's wrong
 In Mexico.
 A MERE SURMISE. "A newspaper writer speaks of fluffy finance.' what do you suppose he means by that?"
 "I don't know, unless he means that the huffiest girls at church. bazaar never give you any change back.'
 wHY?. There are problems in this busy world To solve are mighty tough; Pray tell us why the smallest girl Should tote the biggest huff?
 Chicago News. Or why the very smallest maid Puts on a fearful "rat' And staggers down the street beneath flower garden hatf F.
 Birmingham Age-fferaisf Or why the girl with feet too big f For ordinary shoes Goes in and tells the shoe clerk she Would like a pair of twos?
 Houston Post. Or why the dainty maiden small, Who measures ur-feet-one, Must wed buster six feet tall, Who weighs about ton?
 Springfield Union. Or why the little, sawed-off cuss, No higher than your hip, Is always looking for a fuss, And has lot of lip?
 Schenectady Union.
 CONSIDERATE There goes popular trombone player. How is that possibe?' "Well, he only plays for exercise. SC he takes out section of his horn and it doesn't make sound"
 TO BE SURE.
 How sweet Is love,
 But then, of course,
 No turtle dove
 Wants a divorce
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

 boys whispered to each other and winked at Oliver, while his next neighbor nudged him. Child that he was, he was desper- ate with hunger and reckless with misery. He rose from the table and advancing. basin and spoon in hand, to the master. said. somewhat alarmed at his own te- merity:
 Please, sir, I want some more'
 The master was a fat, healthy man; but he turned very pale. He gazed in stupefed astonishment on the small rebel for some seconds: and then clung for sup port to the copper The assistants were paralyzed with wonder, and the boys with fear.
 ''What?" said the master at length in a faint voice.
 Please sir" replied Oliver, T want some more"
 The master aimed a blow at OIiver's head with the ladle, pinioned him in his arms and shrieked aloud for the beadle. The board was sitting in solemn con clave when Mr Rumble rushed into the room in great excitement, and addressing the gentleman in the high chair, said:
 MT. Limpl1ins,f I beg your pardon. sir,
 
 There was general start. Horror was depicted on every countenance.
 For more?" said MT. Limpkins Com pose yourself, Rumble, and answer me distinctly. Do I understand that he asked for more after he had eaten the supper allotted by dietary?"
 He did, sir" replied Rumble.
 That boy will be hung" said the gem tleman in the white waistcoat. '1 know that boy will be hung"
 Nobody controverted the prophetic gen. tleinan's opinion. An animated discussion took place. Oliver was ordered into in- stant confinement; and bill was next morning pasted on the outside of the gate, offering a reward of e5 to anybody who would take Oliver Twist off the hands of the parish: In other words, f5 and Oliver Twist were offered to any man or woman who wanted an apprentice to any trade. business or calling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

A CELEBRITY. "Peary and Shacllleford are not in the same class with the man you see over there in a gray suit'' What did he ever dor" ''He once discovered a joke in a musical comedy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
MUSIC or YAaUI InDIANs

From the March Wide World Magazine. A performer called a 'tambulero,'' who carried a. drum some IA or 15 inches across
 by eight or ten inches in depth, and a cane or bone iute. seated himself on the
 ground. his legs crossed like Turk, and,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

Miss Jane Addams wears $10 hats. She evidently thinks it does not so much matter what the hat costs as it does what, is under it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
DISTANCES
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

From the Pail Mall Gazette. Oh, the blue distance,
 Reckoning, turing, In the slow twilights \ Of whisper and dream Calling me, calling, s1
 So that I follow Into the silence,
 Into the dusk.
 Here, while the winter T1. Falters and fingers, A Cometh the promise, The impulse, the vision, .aN Drawing my footsteps Down the old roadway . .. To the dear haunts s Where the violets are waiting. All the bewitchments
 Of past and of future
 Blend in the blueness That draws and consoles me; So that l pass Nx.ssss In dream, from the city,
 Down the old roadway Into the nightfall, Forth to the mystical
 Hope that .allures me,
 To the blue distances Reckoning, calling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

The candidate for mayor in Chicago whose campaign slogan was "I'll rob no one,' lost out. Chicago does not want reform with a capital R.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
pEERLEss GEORGE

From the Schenectady Union. George Washington did much more than to refrain from telling lies. Bir- bingham Ase-Herald.
 Aye. He didn't muckrake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

Some of the statesmen of the extra session may suffer from stage fright but the man who can rattle" Oscar Under wood has not yet been born.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

Rightly or wrongly, the resignation of Dr. Aked is widely regarded as deelar- ation that Johndee is tough proposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

The Japanees word for ''Hobsonism' has not been disclosed. but in print it must be something extremely disagree able.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

The new senator from Montana, MT. Myers, is said to be an old-style demo- crat. and some think he will be lonely in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
UNDERwOOD,s PLACE

From the Columbia State.
 oscar Underwood now takes first place in the public eye, that is the eye of that part Of the public which understands the situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
Would Have Made a Boom

Had the interstate commerce commits sion decided in favor of the railroad companies and allowed them to advance rates there would have been immediate activity in every line of business, and a boom such this country had never seen would have soon developcd,'' said a coal operator. My business would have been benefited at once. Taking a selfish point of view, I am disappointed in the de- cision. and the more think of it the more fully convinced am that the commission acted right and did what will be best in the end for carriers, shippers, and the country generally. An advance in rates would have been followed by righ-priced iron, high-priced coal, and high-priced everything. All former periods of pros perity would have seemed mild compara- lively with what we would have had this spring had the petition of the railroads been granted.
 But booms are in the nature of things bad for all business interests, and bad for all wage earners. Inflated values are followed by financial crashes. As 1t. is row business will go along in a conserva- tive normal way. Conditions are at bot tom sound and the year 1911 will be very satisfactory to most of us.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

Lorimer's homecoming in Illinois was greeted by cheers in some towns ana ey the tolling of bells in others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
A SORT OF PROTEST.

A SORT OF PROTEST. eff Hercules roamed the earth today do you suppose he would tackle the oil trust?"
 I'm afraid not, but he might smash few kerosene lamps as a demonstra- tion''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

pr. Aked will find San Francisco all most as tough job as New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

Governor Dix attempts to become party leader when things are hrmiy lnl- bedded, and he is powerless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

The first straw hat is long ways off in Chicago7but it may get in petore d reciprocity Dill does
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
Coal Output of This District

The production of coal in this dis trict is fast attaining large propor- tions. The sums total of the years in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

The lame ducks have gone lmping home to write their memoirs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

The country must struggle along with Out any new laws until after April 4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
Birm,nrbam CHOW, on Him.

Birmingham grows on one," said Charles E. Howe of Chicago prominent representative of the Cable Piano com pany.
 'I have seen good deal of this city in the past F months I liked it the first time I was here, and on each suc- ceeding visit I am impressed with it's growth and it's future possibilities. From what I know of the traditions of Chi cago I imagine that Birmingham today, with it's large influx of population, is something like our great lake metropolis was in 1s65-7O. Immediately after the civil war Chicago had just about the population that Birmingham has now and nearly everybody seemed to be head ed for the city that was felt then to be predestined for vast size and commercial importance.
 "Brming gham has certainly a great deal to make it grow and there are many people here now who will live to see it in the 5o0,000 population class. My wife has been travelling with me through the south. There are very few cities we have not visited and she says Birmingham is the most attract i've of all of them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

With reciprocity in sight the country accepts an extra session or congress without growl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

The Underwood tariff bill will be tho leading issue in the campaign of 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

TRULY REGRETTABLE. "A celebrated dancer, you say?" "One of the best known in Europe "She has youth and beauty, I pre- sume?"
 Both" And yet seems to think her career a failure?"
 ''Yes. You see, for some reason or oth- CT, she has never been able to hypnotize male member of a royal family
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
HEAD-RANDAGING

The harem-scarem skirt has certainly been well advertised
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
BIRD-DANCE OF yAaUILAND

From the March Wide World Magazine.
 Seldom. indeed, is the bird dance now presented, because there are few of the Yaquis who know either dance or music It consists of an imitation of various birds, the dancer wearing pIumage of dif- ferent colors, taken from different birds and built up into the shape of a very large imaginary bird, which he ties to his back, and to the tune of two singers who initiate all kinds of birds, he dances
 This dance," said one of the Yaaui chiefs. lis original with us Yaquis, but they are fast dying out, and I am not sure that we shall be able to hold a fiesta next year at all; there may not be enough of us left to make it worth while"
 The dance came on and lasted well on toward noon or until every dancer had <had a chance to show his skill. Then. when all the singing and dancing were done, the old chief decided who had danced best, and the latter, donning a mask, stepped out before the tribesmen, stood beside the fire and preached a sort of exhortation or sermon in his native tongue, parts of which the old chief trans lated into Spanish for me as he sat on the bench and I stood beside him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
FORECAST.

FORECAST. I fain would sing The joyful spring And warblers everywhere; Blue skies above, A world of love,
 The mornings wondrous fair. Iris good to know That frost and snow Cannot o'ertake us now. In after whiles, When April smiles And breathes a vernal VOW, The poets all, Long held in thrall. Will gaily tune the Tyre And blithely trill, By dale and hill, With true poetic firei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

Alabama should have 1000 boys corn clubs. It is one thing that cannot be overdone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

This is certainly spring, because avia- tors are flying and baseball players as- sembling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

The sixty-frst Congress was chiefly re- markable for the opportunities it over lool<ed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

New York is grateful that neither De pew nor Sheehan is her other senator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
NAPOLEON STRETCHED A STOCKING

From March Strand.
 It is said that the Emperor Napoleon once colored map of Italy with his own hand, and then in a moment of ca price striped it like a stocking, placed a buckle on the instep, and said to one of his generals: "Rapp you see the lady is about to kick Sicily" and anecdote which would seem to argue that the great soldier was not over-exigent in the mat ter of feminine symmetry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

SOME COMFORT. What is Loungeby's idea of heaven?" Eternity in a Morris chair, with an everlasting place to put his feet"
 NO WONDER. His heart Is in his work Iris very plain to see. He has a lady clerk As pretty as can be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

The country, hopes the extra sesison will be different That will be quite enough
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

The only real militancy in this coun- try is confined to the members Of the D. A. R.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
Tampa FIourishing

Tampa was temporarily hurt by the long strike of the cigar makers, but inn mediatey after the strike was ended business began to pick up,' said William T. Newton of Washington, D. C.. and today few cities in the south are more prosperous looking I was in Tampa six months ago, and it looked distressingly dull. It had been growing at rapid rate, but before the cigar makers trou- bles were over people were moving away. It is estimated that since the strike tfiere has been considerable net gain in pop ulation. The city of Tampa and the ad- joining town of West Tampa have a pop ulation combined of nearly 50,00o."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10


 Miss Jane Addams wears SIC hats. She evidently thinks it does not so much matter what the hat costs as it does what is under it.
 The Japanees word for .Hobsonism'' has not been disclosed. but in print it must be something extremely disagree able
 Rightly or wrongly, the resignation of Dr. Aked is widely regarded as deelar- ation that Johndee is a tough proposition Lorimers homecoming in Illinois was greeted by cheers in some towns and by the tolling of bells in others.
 --.s--- Governor Dix attempts to become party leader when things are firmly im- bedded, and he is powerless
  The first straw hat is a long ways off in Chicago-but it may get in before a reciprocity bill does. With reciprocity in sight the country accepts an extra session of Congress without a growl
 Alabama should have 1000 boys corn clubs. It is one thing that cannot be overdone.
 This is certainly spring, because avia- tors are flying and baseball players as- sembling.
  The only real militancy in this coun- try is confined to the members of the D. A. R.
 The country, hopes the extra sesison will be different That will be quite enough.
 The Sixty-frst Congress was chiefly re- markable for the opportunities it over looked.
 New York is grateful that neither De pew nor Sheehan is her other senator.
  The Underwood tariff bill will be the leading issue in the campaign of 1912. The country must struggle along with Out any new laws until after April 4.
 -.s--- Dr. Aked will find San Francisco all most as tough a job as New York.
  The lame ducks have gone lmping l,a,,,a to u-rita their memoirs The harem-scarem skirt has certainly been well advertised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3, 1879.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03

R1ADIxa ROOM PROVIDED WITH GOOD
LIGHTING SYSTEM
Courtesy American City. New York;
tricity or By enlarging windows. but
IN more than half the conditions re-
ns;sin unchanged
The woi,ie:, principals. hpytig pacer-
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03
For Better Cities,

Does not the cause Of the sfailure OF
good government in our great towns
and cities fnd its root in the civic neg
lect OF the better Glass Of male ,votefs9
They do things better oversee IN
England. for the last forty years. wo.
men have had the right to vote at
municipal elections. AS a conse-
:1aence HnElishwomcn take IN active
part in town and city affairs. II is
recognized that politics. in its larger
sense. Is household affair. Con
tcmporaneously with the broadening
OF the suffrage there has followed q
vast Improvement in the quniity of
municipal government in England.
Englishwomen have been made. eli.
gible to election for the highest munic
'pal offices.
An experiment that has worked out
so we'll in Great Britain and that
promises to lead on to common par.
'!cipation OF the sexes in y common
s'naf~el of Yrh'ic affairs ought not 70
. nnheesled III .Anie,ica @sPhi,adel ntis
Rey0rd.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03

now THE FARMER GETS TO sov1 a
GOOD ROAD.
the outlay for roads will AOoont TO
el.00O,00O day during u pseeent
road building season.
1.-The prospect for complete system
Of public roads throughout tAe United
States Is better now than sves before
IN the history Of the country. aud q
uniformity Of recent good rad laws
gives promise that this country will
eventually take its place With Trance
In having the most sensible system Of
TSad supervision and maintenAnco..
snys l.. ". Page. director ok the ONCE
Of public roads.
In California the state - isued
e1S.O0OOOO In bonds with Wthch 10
build system Of state Highways This
work will begin during tAs psssont
season. In the state Of Connecticut
n1,out 100000 will be expended this
year out OK the state TREASURY tor trunk
ikle and state aid roads. OF che $5.-
Os,.UkN, bond issLe recently authorised
in Maryland over $1.25OOoo viii b
available this year for trunk tins and
state aid roads Massachusssts will
expend from state revenues over $l.-
0OOOOO for the construction and main
tenance of state roads
1t is expected that at least %. 10000
Will be expended on state aid roads
and on trunk line systems IN ths state
OF New York In addition 70 e7.O0.O 900
already raised by local taxation. Moro
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03

rHs ktsD OF PRtuREss On \ DAD ROAD.
money Il bcing devoted % sosd I'm
pss,vpnent In New York sAau II any
Other state In the Union. a1d ~ pee-
eenfage of improved rOaAs g that
0tate has increased from - - eeos
q 1904 TO ~ per cent il -
aV,ver e Nk,.OOO II availa11e = North
Carolina from bond issuss = 60 yari-
6us counties for rad inosevsmen1
this yenr. and the legialat1se ~ au-
i thMrixed the constructioo oe ruad
from the Atlantic ocean % ~ Ceonoo-
~ Tine. distance Of ]1B qa1sA
IN 1910 thirty counties = oAlo voted
J ifkl, ,0kkI n bonds to o. expsnded
!. .thi~Near. Ohio; n'ill also ex1snA about
eitxstAA' from state revsauts. tnr roal
samnrx,Hssnent. In PennsJ1vaoia the
ssiltsA aid. appropriation WI probably
& aiiOunt sko oyer 1900. .Ooa end : Sh0-
4 s1Nllr m l,onfl asaue Il being eaasidered.
rAsisiys sn,inties In Tennssses wtll .ex.
z zls.l1ll 81 = ((,lls from hsa6 isaues
oRes "a .sfNAtnl0 will he exp@ndsd from
ssss,,si1 iaSssee In vnriouH counsies IN Ter.
~ vir,linia S:..;:aOD. .000 has beer
4 M fhsssixed ny various counties TO bt
,vistlpd this xeslr. while over 326O.
lesa s,nn hesn spRgaprtBtsd III sh. stats
. ~ ,IlEiIl. N aecQssaa anos WIN th4
ate AID sySsea
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03
IDEAL CITY OR roM
Tl,s Main Point Is to Try % e
the People.

TNo Main Point ~ to Try - eelD
the People.
The ideal city or town shoule b ma
out with carefully selected Site nn
public buildings. schools, conessa
churches amusement halls, resdden-
tial areas, business houses, factoe1eA
interborough transportation lines md
passenger and freight terminalss also
docks, bridges, ferries and tu1meo
when water courses enter hap sho
problem, and along with all ths Eug4
the matter of the distribution o1 pnx@
and parkways requires judicioos cmr
sideration. says Charles W. Ba1naoy
in Casters Magazine. All Of the
above should be located in such seAa-
ton to each other and the surruQn6
ings as to provide the people WITH tho
safest, most convenient and nos1 est
isfying accommodations and ak The
same time present highly pSsaetns
and artistic appearance.
The large parks should Be m the
outskirts and should be left In . nat
ural a state as practicable with their
native forest trees. Such paths and
lanes as are required, with their
bridges, resting hooks, ETC., should be
5udiciously treated to conform az tar
as possible with the natural surround
ings. The parks throughout the body
Of the city. instead Of being large and
few In number. should be Of medium
size. plentiful, well distributed and
connected, together with numnous
parkways Of liberal width. 1hb a.
rangement would give all pa1ts q Go
city convenient access to - pa11
spaces, which. being thus a1s1a1sd n
continuous system. could. when once
entered. be traversed throughou1 vsth,
cut leaving It. II desired.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03
board Of education committees to see
that the other dark rooms are eliminat-
ed. The matter Is now under consid-
GRAFTON.
A SUMMER QUESTION.
Whore Can People Of Small comn,un,-
tics Recreate In Hot Weather7

WnofO Sau eeoPi0 o? small Comnuft.
ties Recreate In Hot Weather7
The summer season. with its long
days of almost unbearable heat. is
here. and the desire Of those who are
cooped up within the four walls In Of
fee and store work to get out In the
open Mt least one day in the week ia
Intense. In the big cities parks. where
all mnnner of amusement is planned
TO entertain people and take away the
worries Of the preceding six days, are
plenty. The result is IL man goes back
to his work Monday morning feeling
greatly refreshed and benefited from
his Sunday outing OF course the rich
can leave their business IN the hands
nt suburlinates and 20 to the resorts
for the heated term.
Put the problem remains yet to he
solved of afrording this needed rccrca-
tion for the people who work in stores
nd offices In the smaller towns They.
cannot all go to thu larger places for
:lls recreation. Few. If any. can af-
ford to go to the mountains for even u
few days recreation and rest. Then
what can be done to provide thi. n.,c
day outing In tho week fnr the ,,e..,!i.
In the smaller piaces2
l II seems that . small park might I.
piov!ded ON the outskirts of a town..
Think WHIT i,lcssinG 1t would tc l.,
a little City, Why mt orgasize u par,.
a*sec.ntion and sci! shares. ,.s" q
money to lease \ t,cdy Of tjnt,nr,, ]!
lard ms near ns possible t.i toS-n #..s'
turn It into a pnrks-Afuliiaf tcs;2
State Journal.