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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
Good wits will be dangling; but, gem ties, agree. -Loye's Labor Lost.
Stock Exhibits at the Fair

The Alabama state fair of next 0c- tober will include perhaps the largest and finest stock exhibits the state has ever known. The indications are that all stalls will be filled and additional ones will have to be built. Cattle, sheep and hogs will be placed on ex hibition in large numbers as well as chickens and horses. Heretofore the display of cattle has been narrow. This will not be the case this year. The management of the fair already has in sight fine live stock exhibit
 Exhibitions of live stock lead to the purchase and growth of better farm animals, and the management should strive to put before the thousands and tens of thousands of visitors from all parts of the state such animals as all farmers should possess. This is what the fair people are endeavoring to ac complish, and they already see way to it.
 A good stock exhibit should arouse the people of Alabama to the need of sharp war upon the cattle tick until it is driven from the state. It af- fleets the supply of milk, the value of hides, and lessens the profits on all lines of. the cattle industry in this state. A fine cattle exhibit will be an object lesson against the cattle tick .The pest should be driven out $ of this state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
pUST yOlTR MIND

It is a great thing to learn to shut off the mental steam when you quit work, says Orison Swett Warden in Success Magazine. What would you think of a. factory manager who would leave all of his power turned on after the operators had left the factory. the delicate ma chinery running everywhere, pounding it. self to pieces, grinding out its delicate hearings without producing anything? Many of us do not turn off our mental power after we are through producing or creating for the day. We carry our business home, take it to bed with us, think, plan, worry and waste precious thinking, foolish worrying that produces nothing, but grinds out the exquisite mental machinery and units it for the next days work. It is great art to learn to shut off power when through our days work so that we can oil our men- tai machinery. refresh our minds and re- cuperate ourselves, so that we can go to the next days work completely rein vigorated.
 Many men seem to think that they are accomplishing something If they keep their minds on business even when not at work, but they really accomplish less than nothing, because they are wasting precious mental energy. the power for concentration. the vigor, the focusing of the mind, which Is imperative for creat- ing purposes A.,-.-.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
When the Canal Is Open

In 1914-possibly in the later months of 1913-the Panama canal will be ready for the passage of ships, and many cities are ambitious to send the first, merchant ship through it. New Orleans is a, con- testant. It is about to establish a Pan-American line to Pacific ports, and it desires to send vessel of this line through the canal at the head of merchant ships.
 The opening of the canal will in- deed be the opening of a new era in the south. Much trade that has been diverted to New York will seek better grades and shorter mileage through the gulf ports-through Mobile and Pensacola and New Orleans and Gal vestion.
 The work on Culebra cut is almost completed, and next winter the fill ing of the artificial lake will be be- gun. This lake covers about one half of the distance between Colon and Panama. The locks of this lake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
Waman fo Woman

"If I wanted to learn a lesson in dis courtesy said a suburban resident, '1 would try to initiate the actions of women towards women, especially on street cars, at bargain sale counters and in churches.
 "Take the street car for the first ex- ample. The seats are supposed to ac- commodate two passengers, yet l have seen time and time again one woman occupy the whole seat, and if she did move at all to make room for snother woman she did so with such reluctance and bad grace that instead of confer ring a favor she earned and deserved the look of scorn with which the new passenger regarded her. Of course, a man would no more presume to ask such woman to give him part of the seat than he would tread on the tail of a tiger.
 "The bargain counter scuffle requires no description, but the climax is reach ed when two women simultaneously bounce upon the same article Talk of Greek meeting Creek it Is more like cat meeting cat on back fence. No man ever ventures twice at a bargain sale counter.
 But a person would expect better in A. church, yet even there when a wo- man takes the end seat in pew, she is as dangerous to approach as was the dragon that guarded the Golden Fleece If would seem that the woman's motto | is. Touch Me Not, Disturb Me Not
 Robbie Burns sings, or rather com nlains of mans inhumanity to man. but it is not to be compared to woman discourtesy to woman. at least in not | few cases"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02


 "A liberal education is more generally appreciated in this country than it was twenty years ago, or even ten years ago, and in view of that fact the colleges are being better attended" said an old citi- zen.
 T can remember when only the bright est boy in a family was sent to college, and he was to be educated for one of the professions. The old idea was that unless boy was to be trained for the medical, clerical or legal profession he would get along as well, if not better, without an academic education. That notion no longer obtains among enlight- ened men.
 "No one needs a college education more than a farmer. His intellectual side should be developed, and when it comes to technical studies he should be well ad- vanced in chemistry. Agricultural chem istry has played a most important part in the past few years in the forward movement of husbandry, and it will play even a larger part within the next five or six years,
 "The banker the merchant and the in- dustrial operator alike can, to great ad- vantage, make use of college education. Colleges and universities of the south have been improved in recent years. and as the farmers, as well as the business men of the cities, have thriven much or late, their sons vii be found in large numbers on college rolls during the com ing scholastic year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
ReCarding Tips

Except in few of the very large cities the restaurant tipping practice in this country is not so noticeable IS it used to be-" said a club man. Here in Birmingham it seems to have reached its minimum. Only in the high price restaurants Is a tip considered a matter of course. The rule is to give the waiter 10 cents. In a good eating place with a moderate price list no one thinks of giving the waiter more than 5 cents; and in restaurants con- ducted by ladies, employing female walters, tips are not allowed.
 According to a writer in the New York Sun the tipping habit is worse than ever. He says: Isn't it time to enter another protest against the en- slavement of. the American people to the tip disease? Last evening it was forced upon my attention is peculiar way. I had lunched at an inexpensive restaurant, alone. My tip amounted to one-half the cost of my lunch Each one who sat at the table gave at least D per cent of the amount that the food came to. We felt obliged to cough it up.' The waiter lowered about like vulture, and we knew that his sur- illness must be pacifed, and as thoughts are things none of us wished to be damned on our way out.
 "'But I refer to a later experience. Wishing to hear some bright music and push dull care aside I determined to go to a certain show. After the first u,br ha come down the aisle with some drink ing water. Having partaken of the beverage that nature wills l returned the glass. After the next act I disen- tangled myself from the fascinations of the play to observe that each drink CT was clinking his nickel or dime in payment for the small glass of water that any rightly conducted theatre is supposed to contribute for the comfort for their seats.
 "'Now 1t happened that lady sitting next to me was very thirsty and want ed some water. She and her escort did
 their best to attract the attention oi | the water boy, and so did l, but be-
 cause 1 hadn't given him a tip he would
 not look our way at all, though we three were concentrating our atten-
 tion upon him and he could not fail tt |. know it.
 "One finds the shaving at barber
 shop rather too expensive. The price o1
 a shave usually being IS cents, every
 man knows that the attendant expect.
 a tip. Five cents they consider an in
 suit. and 10 cents brings the shave tt
 25 cents That is more than most mer
 can afford; the he,consequence is that mer
 are using their own razors more ant more.
 1 "I spent over IS years serving thu ly as any of these, in work that called for personal attention, but was never il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
Location of County High Schools

The location of county high schools is progressing so rapidly that the hope is entertained by the friends of the public school system of a high school in each and every county of the state. These high schools are capped by Tuscaloosa and Auburn, and in this way the system becomes as good as the resources and popula- tion of the state will justify.
 The high school commission will not hand over 5000 year, of the states money until satisfactory building located on large lot and equipped with sanitary appliances is provided by the county to be benefited. The smaller towns of the state are re- spending excellently. As a rule locality must provide a building and lot worth about $10,000 in order to be- come the official location of state high school. There are plenty of ap- plications and the contests that arise are evidence of the virility of the people and their appreciation of pub lie education.
 No county should let the states of- fer of 5000 a year go unimproved. The county that does do so is indeed unprogressive and unambitious. Such a county has no thought of its future, for the pupils of the county high schools will soon be that county's leading citizens. The counties that have not secured high schools should speedily act. The offer of the state is all that reasonably can be asked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02

Victor Herbert in New York American. vV/ITH the announcement of my w new opera "The Enchantress."
 " I have found, judging from in- ouiries that have been made of me, that there is q great deal of ignorance on the subject of light opera making which might easily dspel
 The prevailing opinion seems to be that the composer is sort of musical ma sician, who. after making due oblation to the muse, proceeds to be struck by light hing flashes of inspiration and creates on the spur of the moment. Then it is gen. orally supposed that the verses are writ ten to fit the music, which is reversal of the usual rule, as the words are the guid- ing factors in the movements of the mel cdy.
 First in the creation of any light opera comes the contract, or order from some manager or star, accompanied, in the case of an established composer or libret- tist, by Q. cash deposit in the form of ad- vance royalties. AS to the collaboration of composer and librettist, customs differ. Some librettists show merely the lyrics, from which the composer is to gain his idea Of the opera and the quality of the music to be supplied; generally, however, he gives his fellow-worker the book as fast as 1t is written, so he may gauge the spirit of the entire thing. At allotted intervals in the libretto occur the musical numbers with which he has principally 10 deal.
 
 In the composition of light opera I fol- tow the Wagnerian method to a certain extent For the principal thread I use a left-motif, which recurs as the story develops and figures prominently in the finale. No matter how tenuous the theme every light opera must have a backbone, otherwise it Is an indeterminate thing. which never arrives at consistent and convincing climax. As the plot to the lihretto. so the left-motif to the score, binding the entire composition into mu- sical whole. Having once settled the form of the score, the composer must
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02

allow any illicit competition that saps
 his own trade. The business interests
 of Birmingham are advocating sa- looms, and hundreds of citizens who voted dry in 1907 will vote for sa- looms on the 24th of August. The strictly regulated saloon will without doubt prove the best solution of vexing question, not only from a com- mercial, but from a moral point of view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
r,,U SONG OF THE SUN

px, ct Francis of Assist. q Lord we praise thee for our Brother who brings us day. who brings us gold
 en light; He tells us of thy beauty, Holy One. We praise thee, too, when falls the quiet night. Tor Sister Moon, and every silver star That thou hast set in heaven, clear and
 far, For our brave Brother. Wind we give thee
 praise; For clouds and stormy skies. for gen.
 tie air; And for our Sister Water cool and fair, Who does us service in sweet, humble
 ways; But when the winter darkens, bitter cold, We praise thee every night and all day
 long .4 For our good friend, so merry and so bold. Dear Brother Fire, beautiful and strong. For our good Mother Earth we praise
 thee. Lord; For the bright flowers she scatters every
 where; For all the fruit and grain her fields af-
 ford:
 For her great beauty, and her tirelsss
 care.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02

at Gatun will be one of the wonders of the world.
 This district should rise to an ap- preciation of the trade changes that the canal will inaugurate. This dis trict cannot afford to let Colonel Goethals make West Virginia coal the official coal of the canal. If Colonel Goethals persists in remaining an ad- vocate of West Virginia coal, then Congress should be asked to look into the matter.
 In the meanwhile this district should get ready to send the coal of this district to tidewater by water. When the coal of this district is land ed at Colon and Panama without bearing a cent of railroad charges West Virginia and even Colonel Goe- thals will begin to sit up and take notice. There is work ahead of this district and not over two years in which to do that work in. Let the ,oals of this district be officially in yestigated to begin with. Let them pc compared in every possible way with West Virginia coals, and then ct the water-borne figures be. con- -rasted. Ships are not going out of he way to take coal. All coal for lse in ships going through the canal must be supplied at Colon or Panama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
ADRIFT WITH 1E TIMES

the otheie d the street from his own front stA is distress of mind became perfeetly,hot painfully, evident to of- iicer Magf m patrol.
 Why, IFonplzins.' said the officer. noticing bKns's troubled expression as he eam,on him in the dim light Of the corner,n1 ,.yhat seems to be the tfoab,ea1
 ..ss do not,u Naginnis." said Tomp- "ins. MS seratg his head in perplexity. ou. 'he1e methin' queer goin' on on fnV lfent s. I've shignalled to 'em Two tis already as it went by, o.u lne car bid contraption goes right car" ~ "''S
 ste a,e' 'ne kir officer waited until the sup come md the fifty-third time, without interse ,,,ith tte orda7.,, nrop-
 sie 'k.-Harper's Weekly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
Politics md Rusiness

'The fine crops this year will certainly make for prosperous times between now and next spring, and many things will concur to bring about one of those healthy periods of activity similar to some during the past 25 years that business men may readily recall,' said Charles T. Wheeler of Minneapolis.
 "I have travelled good deal in the west since early spring, and I had come to the conclusion that the last half of this year would witness a genuine boom. Poli- tics, however. may prevent the business movement that is due. That will be too bad, of course. When I was a young man we expected some halt in trade in a presidential campaign year, but a quick revival after the inauguration. In the past few years politics has got to be con- tinuous performance. and if we do not have high degree of prosperity this fall it will be chiefly due to politics"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
A LAND OF JAGS

"A LAND UT J.AuS
 James Cliver Curwood in Success Maga-
 z.ne.
 Some of these "surprises'' that are al- ways popping up are merely unusual, and few of them humorous; but they are all mighty interesting and would fill hook foot thick every twelve-month. Sometimes they stun even the veterans of the Royal Mounted-men who are sup posed to be prepared for. anything.
 "There's a brewery somewbere east Of the Hay river" was the report brought in to Sergeant R. Field at the Chipe- wyan station little over year ago. II some one had brought in two-headed moose, or live, kicking moose with no lead at all, Sergeant Field would not have been more amazed. For the Hay river is a thin black line running through the white terra incognita south of the Great Slave. A brewery-six hundred rifles from civilization! And not only that, but in the heart of a country that even the map-makers have left blank!
 Field made a personal Investigation and he found a happy lot of Indians, among whom firewater was quite as com .non as it used to be down in Ken lucky He found that nearly every buck was the proprietor of a "brewery," and that life south of the Great Slave was one long and joyous spree. strange white man had told the secret of mak- ing frewater to the Indians and they were manufacturing brew of pota' toes, hops. sugar, and yeast, which, when allowed to ferment, was strong enougr To cause intoxication. During the warn summer months the Indians raised pota- toes for this brew. but in almost no ln' stance can they be persuaded to raise anything for food.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Pleasant Dog Days

We are now in August, and pleasanter weather I do not recall,'' said an old weather prophet. Many people think of August as sultry, fever-produelns month, but in Jones Valley it is one of the healthiest months of the year.
 The dog days are supposed to begin about now and end early in September but of course. the term dog day has no significance. This August will be partic- ularly pleasant, I think. Having had a great deal of rain in July and excessive heat in June and part of July, dry and fall-like days and cool nights will be in order"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02

From Human Life.
 Sir Ernest Shackleton, apropos of a piece of geographical ignorance which he had encountered, said:
 Tt was incredible. It reminded me of little waiting maid:
 As she brought me my tea and toast and bloater one morning, l said to her:
 What a rainy morning, Mary! It's almost like the food
 The food sir?' said the little maid. She looked at me with a puzzled smile.
 Yes said l. The fiood-Noah, you know, the Ark, Mount Ararat'
 She shook her head and murmured apolosetically. I ain't had no time to read the papers lately, sir"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
CHANSON.

CRIMSON. How sweetly smiles the garden rose, Kissed by the morning breeze: But everywhere Belinda goes The prospect seems to please And were that nook of blossoms bare The simple truth to tell And she l sing were only there, I'd like 1t just as well. Why, even on the desert sand, With not d leaf in sight, If she'd but let me hold her hand, U'would so my soul delight That all the plain would seem aglow, A wilderness of bloom, And this sad heart would cease to know A right no stars Hume.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
THE CHOLERA SITUATION

From the Journal of the American Medi-
 cal Association, July 29, 1911.
 Notwithstanding the somewhat alarm ing headlines in the newspapers regard ing the presence of Asiatic cholera Tn the limited States, there is no cause TOT alarm In the first place, those in charge of the quarantine stations are thoroushiy alive to their responsibility,> and' conse- quently. there Is little fear of many cases coming to this country. h addition to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02

the usual methods for preventing those suffering with infectious diseases from landing in this country, the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Ser vice has made additional regulations for the present conditions, in that all steer age passengers arriving from ports that are likely to be infected with cholera are subjected to bacteriologic examination and detention until such examination proves that they are not cholera bacillus carriers The period of observation has also been extended from five to ten days. It should be remembered, further, that medical science has so advanced that even though the epidemic did obtain fcothoid in this country, it could easily be controlled, and the individual cases managed much better than would have been the case 25 years ago. re. repeat, there is no cause whatever for alarm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
A DEMONSTRATION.

"The W.lo Australian Cowboy now appearing in a London music hall, was recently fined s1o for biting one of his bronchos cn the ear. Maybe someone scoired at the pretensions of the untamed one and, acting on the suggestion of his press agent, he proceeded to prove that he was "the goods" s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
MERELY ASSUMING.

W. H Bunpus advertises himself as being plcrared to transfer baggage in the ciy of New York. Should we ever have ally business relations with MT. Bumpus, we ventLre to surrnise that he wouldn't burnH us so much as he would our trunks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
WHYIs YIsCRIMINATE?

when Berger med his pension bill He proved If a noddy; Anere oaght De a pension bill
 To pension eybody. The elders anqe younglings. too
 For simrly br born. men there woube no work to do
 And none Nolfeel forlorn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Nobody has to advertise for trouble to find it.
 A fat purse helps mans reputation more than most anything.
 The trouble with looking before you leap is then you'll never get over.
 man can do a lot of good in this world just by refraining from doing evil
 If a woman knows man isn't to be trusted she can do it just to prove 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
WELCOME!

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Nominated for the statesmen bench Teehee of the Oklahoma legislature Bojoo, MT. Teehee Come right in!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
HOW l. GOT OUT.

Gladys Maud promised faithfully that she wouldn't breathe whisper about my engagement and now it's all over town" ''She kept her word."
 "I don't see how"
 'She didn't breathe whisper She wrote 1t in 2. note."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02

The Lorimer mess is beyond disinfec- tion The Saturday night washtub in the kitchen is a poor substitute in droughty weather for the ole swimmin' hole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
EVER NOTICE?

Please don't ask me to explain it, l beseech, on any score; But the stork is always friendly
 With a fellow when he's poor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
PROBABLY NOT AT ALL

From the PensacOla JourhaI'
 A northern paper while indorsins un- for President says he lives too far soutb. The Journal takes 1t upon it. self to say that oscar doesn't object to as far, north as Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02

INVESTIGATING "SUDS." Hoo!ay, IJooray for Doctor Wiley Oh, let us give the Doe" cheer. He's stil. on deck, serene and smiley" And now he's going after beer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02

Another secretary of war has been car ried in warship to Panama and back again. This thing is becoming tiresome in the telling of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02

The Aldrich and Hines testimonies can rot be reconciled even with the aid of a diagram. The one or the other fibbed reckleSslY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02

Truckless trolley lines are in operation in Leeds. England, but their feasibility. in bad weather remains to be demon strated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02

A great deal of money was spent in browning King George, but he is not sub Iect to d recall, and the money will not te thrown away.