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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
Extravaganza of Last Administration


 The senate finance committee or ficially investigated the condition ot the state treasury at the end of the Conner administration, and it pre- sents these facts concerning the four fiscal years ended October 1, 1910:
 Total receipts for the four years, $1S,712, ,746.20.
 Total disbursements for the four years, s2O,1O5, 5,6OO.36.
 Excess of disbursements over re- ceipts, s1 2,854.16.
 Cash on hand October 1, 1906, $1,- s2e, ,32eo9.
 Excess of disbursements over re- ceipts, s1, 2,845.16.
 Cash on hand October 1, 1910, s43S, ,471.93.
 Four more years of similar extrav- apance would bring on the state de- ficit of at least million dollars,
 This report of the senate finance committee will be carefully studied before the revenue bill now pending before the legislature is passed. It should be rereads whenever bill is brought up providing for an in- creased appropriation.
 Unless this legislature brings re- ceipts up to disbursements it will be considered a signal failure by the people. The chief object of the ses- sion should be a forced parity in re- ceipts and disbursements. Such con- dition has not existed in the state since the first session of the Conner administration, and Governor O'Neal should not continue policy that is bringing the state nearer and nearer to an indebtedness that means tenn. porary loans at present and perhaps an increase of bonded debt later on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
Programme of New French Cabinet

Programme of New French Cabinet
 Ex-Premier Briand was and per haps is a socialist, but he does not believe that state employees on state railroads should be permitted to en- danger the public safety and to in- convenience helpless communities by joining the general confederation of labor, thus becoming subject to the orders, not of the government, but of the notorious Pataud, who is at present the executive head of the con- Moderation. M. Briand stopped the strike by calling the men on strike to the colors, thus bringing them {. within the orders of the government
 He discharged many of the more of fensive strikers. This resulted al least in the overthrow of the Brianc ministry.
 Premier Monis, radical, submits a programme that reverses all tha' Nj Briand had done to put dowr strikes among government employees He proposes to reinstate the strikers that had been dismissed. While thi
 will avert from the Monis ministr, fhe anger of the extremists, yet i Will surely encourage strikes amonl governmental employees, and the peo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
STRANGE JAPANESE FARMING

From HarperS weekly
 Japan possesses two of the oldest farms in the world. From one there goes out each year a crop of tens of thousands of snapping turtles This farm has solved the problem of preserving the sup ply of what is to the Japanese as great delicacy as diamond-back terrapin is to some Anericans.
 This queer farm consists of number of ponds. Certain of them are set apart
 as breeding ponds. Once day man
 goes over the shores and with little wire
 baskets covers up all new egg deposits.
 Sometimes thousands of these wire bas-
 kets are in sight at time, marking the
 places where the eggs lie and preventing
 the turtles from scratching the earth
 from them. l
 Matching requires from 40 to 60 days,
 according to the weather. The young'
 as soon as they appear are put in sep
 arate small ponds and are fed with finely
 chopped fish. They eat this during Sep
 tember and October, and late in OctoT
 Der burrow in the mud for the winter,
 coming out in April or May Most of them are sold in the market when they are rom three to 'nVe eai old, at which time they are most delicate. The island empire also contains pearl oyster farm. In the Bay of Ago there has been established plantation from which a rich harvest is obtained. In May or June stones weighing from six to eight pounds are sunk in shallow water and in August the tiny shells be- gin to appear on them. Here the stones remain for two months, but, since the young oysters cannot stand cold, in No yember all rocks in less than five feet of water are moved farther out, where the temperature is more even. At the end oi | three years, when the shells are about | two inches across, they are taken from 1 the water, nuclei for pearls are inserted | in them, and they are put back again | 30 of them to every six square, feet oi | bottom.
 They are left there four years Then
 being seven and a half years old, they are removed and searched for pearls. l The harvest of artificial or 'culturc' pearls Is very large. but, unfortunately these are only little more than hal pearls. for although large, lustrous and | of fine quality, they are flat on one side | This farm has an additional source o income in the natural pearls that its oys | ters produce. for there is not lacking 1T them the usual proportion of perfec gems to be found among oysters of thi- variety.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
SOME MIXED METAPHOR


 Even the best writers and speakers sometimes fall into absurdities of mixed metaphor, but the citizen who fired red hot complaint at the manager of the water company at Watertown. S.. D., probably takes the prize as the most prolific mixer of metaphor on record. His letter was reproduced in Public Ser vice. and is as follows:
 "In the matter of shutting off the water on unpaid bills, your company is fast be- coming a regularly crystallized Russian Bureaucracy running in a groove and deaf to the appeals of reform. There is no use of your trying to impugn the verity of this indictment by shaking your official heads in the teeth of your own deeds.
 If you persist in this kind of thing, a widespread confiagration of the popu- lace will be so imminent that it will re- quire only a spark to let loose the dogs of war in our midst. Will you persist in hurling the cornerstone of our per sonal liberty to your wolfish hounds of collectors, thirstng for it's blood? If you persist, the first thing you know you Will have the chariot of a justly indig- nant revolution rolling along in our midst and gnashing It's teeth as it rolls.
 If your rascally collectors are permit ted to continue coming to our doors with unblushing footsteps, with cloaks of hyp- critical compunction in their mouths, and compel payment from your patrons. this >bbllcy will result in cutting the wool off the sheep that lays the golden egg, until you have pumped it dry-and then farewell, a long farewell to your vaunted prosperity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
A CRIME TO FELL A TREE

From the Wide World Magazine.
 Two trees to be seen in the main street of Thorshavn the capital of the Farce islands, have an interesting history Trees resolutely refuse to grow in these islands. except in some few sheltered spots, and the inhabitants therefore prize them greatly. When the road was made it was decided to leave the trees in the middle of the carriage way, rather thar be guilty of the crime of felling them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
REFLECTIONs OF A BACHELoR

From the New York Press
 Good intentions always spoil before it's time to use them.
 Confession in church is sign you would never think of doing it right out in public.
 It's madness for a man to write love letters; it's suicide for them to be made known.
 Next to how the government ought to be run. man thinks he knows best how coffee ought to be made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

:. The Presidents red neclSte may ex plain this war movement toward the Mexican border. He did not put it on until the movement had been resolved upon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

Eugene V. Debs says there are 12 fed eral judges sitting in the United States courts who are the tools of corpora tions. He does not, however, print list of them, nor does he state where they live. These particulars are awaited with in- terest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
To Visit south America

MT and Mrs. E. T. Shaw of Birming ham will sail about March 25 for Val paraiso, Chilli. They will be gone about six months.
 We will go by way of the Panama canal and proceed by coast steamer along the west coast of South Amer ica," said MT. Shaw yesterday. This route may be rather slow and tedious but we expect to be recompensed in the scenery and the glimpses of the towns
 along the coast where we will probably make stops.
 a study of conditions and methods that
 may prove of benefit in my business
 We will be gone probably till Christ. mas.n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

The office boys in Wall street are now they go along. One of the Keene boys cleaned up s5O,OOo on Hooking Valley this week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

President Taft proposes to push the reciprocity agreement into law. or know the reason why to the contrary. His backbone is very rigid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

The new French ministry begins with a majority of POO in the chamber of depu- ties but a few months in office may dis sipate all of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
WHERE'S ONE?

There used to be a famous steer in Missouri named Ever Onward"
 That would be fine name for mule. if one could be found that wouldn't balk',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
Enthusiastic About pirm,neb,m

Colonel William Dalton Mann and family, after short sojurn in Birming- ham, left yesterday evening for their home in New York.
 The more I see of Birmingham the more l am impressed with its solidity and its beautiful residence sections" said Colonel Mann. 1T have travelled a great deal-lived 12 years fin Europe and seldom have l seen a city that has pleased me so much as Birming- ham. The fact that I was a prophet of Birmingham, even before the town was built or even the name selected, gives me a special interest in this wonderful city, for, as I said to a newspaper man a day or two ago, ] predicted as far back as 1869 that right here in this vaHey would grow up a great industrial town. It was nearly 25 years ago that I saw Birmingham last, and while 1t wasn't much then in the way of a city, I stuck to my prophecy and said that it would some day become a wealthy manufacturing fulfilled in large measure I am natur- ally proud to refer to It."
 Colonel Mann has been quite an in ventor Among other things he patented the Mann Boudoir car, which was a sleeper with a vestibule feature. The Pullman company, having attempted in vain to utilize the vestibule device with out infringing on the patent, finally bought out the Mann company.
 cot taken an interest in newspapers. While he was looking after large commercial enterprises he generally found time to write a good deal for the press. For several years he owned the Mobile Register, the oldest democratic news paper in the United States; it was es- tablished in 1920. While living abroad Colonel Mann owned and published the London World, a widely circulated weekly paper. He was the founder and publisher of the Smart Set, and continued to own 1t until recently. The only newspaper property that he owns now Is Town Topics, which he has edited and published for 22 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

The interstate commerce commission is endeavoring to see that the railroads do not own the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

Australia is ready to fight our beef trust and Canada is more than willing to take a stand against our shoe ma chinery trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

Private Secretary Hilles is after all the assistant president, no matter how his name may be pronounced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

China is too weak to revise the treaty of 1881 with Russia, and she simply re- enacts it fearing something worse. N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

Every Monday is decision day in the United States supreme court. and the next one may bring us momentous de- cisions in the great trust cases
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

The chautauqua societies are rearrang- ing the schedules that the extra session fractured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

West Virginia has encountered a s7,000, 600 fiareback which bears interest from the sixties of the last century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

Congressman Cannon is sitting back concocting brain twisters to be fired al Champ Clark in the special session ot Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

The Missouri factories made oorncoh pipes last year to the value of s45O. AIS. and it was not good trade year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
DIPLOMACY

DIPLOMACY. "He proposed to her on a rainy night Did the gentle batter of the rain on the roof make him sentimental?' NO. I suspect that was just scheme of his to borrow an umbrella
 l.,UL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

Dr. Aked shakes the dust of Fifth ave nue off his feet, and nothing is said about the rest of New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

The people of New Mexico are still us- ing language unfit to print because they were left high and dry on the territorial rocks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

up riot when Gorkys new play wa presented
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

Senator Stone seems to be the slated leader of the minority in the Senate. He can .gumshoe with the best Of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
The Texas lCampaIgn

"Notwithstanding the fact that prosper ous states are steering clear of~state-wide prohibition. and that Alabama, which has tried 1t. is repudiating 1t. Texas is an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

SURE. He'll win some day Can't be denied, Who, come what may, Still points with pride. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

The new French ministry has prom ised to reinstate the railroad employes that MT. Briand dismissed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

Montanas new senator once edited the Sedalia, Mo. Bazoo. He must be a real democrat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

The intermission will enabld all men- bers of the old Congress to forget the past and to turn over new leavks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
SOMETHING MISSING.

SOMETHING MISSING. 'Is he newspaper man?' "Yes."
 "A well-rounded newspaper man?" Well, you could hardly call him that He has never played poker with a printer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
AN IMPORTANT POINT

HIN POINI, "A poet advertises to sell his works at half their value' Does he fix their value, or the pub lie?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
FULL MANY"

FULL MANY.' Full many man who has made a pile And won success in life, Owes half his wealth and all his style To the brains of his little wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

FASHIONABLE TROUSERS. Right here and now We speak our mind; We will not wear The skin-tight kind!
 Birmingham Age-IIerald. The reason why We're free to tell, In summer time They cling lille-glue
 Springfield Union. We'll never wear, Sure's you are born, Pants to slip on With a shoe hornl
 Allentown Democrat. These fashions, sir, Patience exceed. When/they reveal That we're knock-kneed! Scranton Tribune To us that .skin-> Tight fad looks stupid: We're built too dog Gone much like Cupid.
 Houston Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
ADRJFT WITH THE TIMES
THE FISHERMAN.

THE FISHERMAN. He hears the ripples murmuring And hope is mounting high; The fish will all be biting in The
 sweet
 by
 by. The jaybird shrills across the fields, Unclouded blue the sky: There'll be some corks a-bobbing in The sweet
 by
 and
 by And the contents of little jug Will make the moments fly. No wonder he is dreaming of z-tThe
 sweet
 by
 by,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
EXTREMELY so.

EXTREMELY so. "Is he poor man?'' Poor? The mere sight of garage makes his head swim.'
 ON A MORNING PAPER. There was a man in our town Who ran around at night And oftentimes would not get home Until the day was bright. Now, don't suppose he was rake And drank lot of booze; Because he only ran around To gather up the news.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
DON'T YOU?

DON'T YOU? While not an apostle of dolor and gloom, Pm sure now you will not deny That often you run across people, to whom It's pleasure to say 'Good-by"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

He hath never fed on the dninties that are bred In book. o.+
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
AT A SAFE DISTANCE

AT A SAFE DISTANCE. "A western editor has printed a pie ture of the worlds ugliest woman.' "Well?" 'Tll bet she lives on the other side of the world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

Washington Bureau Age-Herald' l4l0 New York avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter uhder act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11

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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-06-28
Get Rid of Reaches
Easy Way to Kill OFF These
Repulslve Bugs

AZ the first sfGn OF the repulsive
cockroach or waterbug. mt Stcarrs'
Electric Rat and Roach Paste in the
SINKS and on the shelves az nlrht. and
IN me morning YOU can sweep up a
pantul OF dead cockroaches. Easy 70
powders
Stearns' Electric Paste is sold on
guarantee Of money hack " q fails 10
etc.
Sold everywhere, BE sure 90 Sc, the
genuine 4ae ana Sl0l Stcarns Elsc.
tric Paste Company, CA!cago, m.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-06-28

facts of interest The Information
win ho used by the state equalization
board iu oWaliling the assessments
ON all banks In the state, ana It is
more Than likely that the assessments
of local banks win be raised from
go per cent TO the fun 100 per cent.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-06-28
Bcu,icw Nsks for sldcvall,..

petition from ;hc residents oi
Ha..'.sw Addition was filed yester.
aaE with taa City Commission. ,ask-
.uS tha, several sidewalks and other
ID improvements be made in that
addition The commission promised
o. see ,-at several Of the requested
improvements were made
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19

name for 1t. You must watch him
constantly, if opposed to him.
1T may seem odd that a veteran like
Murphy could be shown anything new
by an athlete, but if you will pardon
the personal, I'll prove that he does.
1.-THE old method of hurdling was to
curl the leg and draw it under the body.
l went to Penn a g%reenhorn, at train
ing, but the most natural way for me
to hurdle was to take the hurdles with
the leg straight out, Is If stepping
Mike saw at once this was the speedier
method.
mo credit is due me, but he grasped
its advantage and we went to work to
perfect it. Now it is the accepted
method. others probably hurdled the
same way before my time, but I was
the first Murphy chad seen, and he took
to the scheme at once.
IT can scarcely believe Murphy is to
leave Penn and they will be making a
grave mistake If he is permitted to
leave. He is a fine conditioner of men
and he KNOWS FOOTBALL.
Murphy is a genius and that's all
there is to it. He and Yost are in a
class by themselves. They have many
points in common. Both are keen stu
dents of human allure and 1t Is re-
markable that they are two of the
greatest family men I yer knew"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19
COMISKEY
ABSOLVES
B. JOHNSON

CHICAGO, Dec. 19-President Charles
C%omiskey, of the Chicago American
League Club, at a dinner party given
in his honor last night threw consider
able light upon the resolution adopted
at the American League meeting in
New York relative to cutting off off
cial intercourse with the National
League except to keep the peace agree
ment.
Comiskey gave President Ban John
son a clean bill of health so far as the
proposal of the resolution was con
cerned.
"Mr. johnson had nothing to do with
that resolution he said, and there
fore could not have proposed 1t to di-
vert attention from the ticket scandal,
as some of his critics have said. |
was one of the men behin6 the resolu-
tion.
I'VE do not eritieise Johnson our
selves and will not stand for criticism
from outsiders. He is a clean sports
man.
THE American League wants to keep
its part of the peace agreement and
can do so only with the National
League as a friendly rival 4
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19

Il cannot help feel that Mike Muir
ply is the greatest trainer in the coun
try" said Alvin Kranzlein, athletic
coach at Michigan University. II never
worked under Keene Fitzpatrick or
Jack Moakley. but I would place them
next to Murphy. 1t is not because |
have worked under Murphy that feel
this way. Look at his record.
HE vas the pioneer college trainer
Back in 1898 he was training Yale
teams and since has alternated he
tween Yale and Pennsylvania. lie
trained the New York Athletic t'iuh
teams and twice was in charge OF
American olympic teams.
This means that he has peel at two
Of the most successful universities
considering them from an athletic
standpoint) and has had charge of some
Of the best athletes in the world. With
his power of observation he has picked
up many points from them hat other
wise would have escaped him. No man
has trained such wonderful perform
ers as Murphy.
The successful trainer must know
human nature continued Kranzlein,
land I know of no one, unless it is
Coach Yost, who equals Murphy In
this respect. Personally he is a grand
man-and clever, why, that is lot the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19
Fred King, lO4; Otto Leuteritz,
1903, and William Southland,
lO1, the Lucky Ones.

Fred King, with a mark of 104; Otto
Leuteritz, with 103, and William
Southland, who scored 1o1, were the
watch-fob winners in the STAR
headpin tournament on the Iro-
quois bowling alleys last night.
To each, of these bowlers was
handed one of the trophies offered
by the STAR to all who reach or pass
the century mark. OF the ten teams
that performed last night eight were
from Elizabeth. 1t was the third night
which has been devoted so far this
season to the Union county pin-knights
and most of them mad a fine showing.
Otto Leuteritz, of the Anchor team.
of this city, when he obtained his mark
of 1913, took with it considerable of the
loose change which had been in the
possession of the onlookers. Leuteritz,
who is a bowling enthusiast of the real
sort, strutted around before his turn
came along, telling everybody that 1t
was a shame for him to pick up that
easy money which was offered for first
prize. Sundry remarks of a similar
nature aroused the fans and bets were
quickly made, all to the effect that
Leuteritz would not win a fob. He
started with a nice hit for nine pins,
followed with a strike and two more
"nines,'' and then a a seven" and a
nine for a score of 81 in the sixth
frame. This vas shooting some and he
kept up his steady plugging all the
way. He had SO in the eleventh box,
and when he knocked Town seven pins
with the last ball he CAV a fine imi-
tation of q man who had just received
money from home. Even the losers had
to join in the shout which went up
when that last ball was delivered.
Fred King rolled his 104 in he very
first squad, rolling with the Elizabeth
team, which went IN with the stand
ara Oil quintet. Killing had fve strikes
In a row after the first frame, Tailed
SO in the eleventh box and finished
with a good hit for eight pins. steg-
meier, who started with three strikes,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19
BEENS" NOT
WANTED IN THE
SOUTH ATLANTIC


SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec. 1s.-"Has
beens' from any higher class league
are not wanted in the South Atlantic
League. This was decided on at a
meeting of the league last night, when
1T was provided that pitchers and
catchers who have played in ten games
in higher class leagues, and in the case
of other players, twenty games, cannot
be carried on the payrolls of any South
Atlantic League team"
The league decided that not more
than four players to a club, including
the manager, who ever played on a
team of higher classification than class
G can play with any club in that
league, In the case of pitchers, ten
games, and of other players twenty
games in higher company will be the
eligibility test.