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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
THOUGHT HIM FOOLISH

From Lippineotts Magazine
 On one of the most prominent street corners of Victoria British Columbia, two Englishmen were deeply engrossed in conversation. This part of Canada contains a great many Englishmen who are apparently from wealthy. families. and have been sent over here in the hope of the country developing them-maling them work, so 10 speak.
 trolley ear had turned the corner, stopped for some passengers to alight, and started off again, when a man turned the corner on the run and boarded the moving car.
 The Engishmen looked at each other in amazement.
 My word. Did you see him runse enc remarked.
 The blooming ass.' replied his com panion. "l wonder if he didnt know that there was another car in 20 minutes9"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

shaft. The rope from the winch passes over a pulley at the forward end of the body. so that it may be used to draw freight up to the extreme end of the loal- ing platform.
 As an instance of the value of tue winch may be mentioned it's use in the loading and raising of sales. otherwise a labori- ous. difficult problem. Heavy machinery and furniture can also be handled with greatest ease and many other difficult tasks of the truckman made correspond- ingly simple"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
EPILOGUE TO AsOLANDe

By Robert Browning At the midnight in the silence of the sleep time, When you set your fancies free, Will they pass to whereby death, fools think, imprisoned Low he lies who once loved you, whom you so loved,
 Pity me?
 taken! What had l on earth to do With the slothful with the maxkish, the unmanly? Like the aimless. helpless. hopeless. did drivel
 -Being--who? One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break Never dreamed. though right were worst cd, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise are baffled to fight better,
 Sleep to wake No, at monday in the hustle q ss worktime Greet the unseen with a chef Bid him forward, breast d, ta-k 1a either should be, strive and thrive.' cry ''Sr Hsat sf fare ever
 There as herr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 k HUSIC has come 10 possess a partic- MI ular significance when provided l in the form of symphonic con- certs. Not only does the permanent or chestra, which 1t is at present the ambi- aion of every western city to maintain, afford aesthetic delight to the inhabitants. It represents to the outside world siand- ard of civic prosperity and enlighten- ment now accounted valuable to the re- pute of a community. Alert boomers of a citys "attractions' point with pride to it's permanent orchestra. It has come to be distinguishing mark of the progress sive town today.
 There seems to be one other incentive to the creation o9fa musical body to he described as a permanent orchestra Its founders and usually it's supporters must be generous persons, wealthy and public spirited, since the community that can maintain such an organization without calls on it's guarantors can scarcely be said to exist today. But their whole sat isfaction is not derived from the enjoy ment Of the music, nor yet from the rep utation that the orchestra gives to their city. A large part of. their civic pleasure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

elaborate coiffure and neat boots Be- side her is a native lady swathed and tyeiled in white silk, with bare feet
 and ankles liberally shown above her
 sandals. Sisters, but uncomprehending
 each of each.
 The commerce of Algiers Is encrmous Wines go to France ane thence to New
 York with French labels. The oil, meat, wool sugar. potatoes, fruit, dates, that
 crowd the quays, the huge railway yards, the Chicago harVesters, the ware houses and factories, speak of a vast industry French essence, thrift and patience have made the desert blos- som.
 Government buildings are designed in Moorish style Apartment houses are just as in Paris
 The native quarter-SIl there was of Abd-el- -kaders Algiers--is rabbit
 warren of whitewashed houses. with streets like stairways iour feet wide Couchee- -c6uchee dance halls abound tiny. stuffy places, 2e feet square. Al dozen men squat on the floor and bangH caslanets. while one or two wome lii dance and wriggle. Tourists throw si yer on the floor. Yelled women in the balconies drop pennies. The heat anu crowding and perfumes are indescrib- able.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
--se'----------- A NEW NEGRO TYPE

From Harper's Weekly
 The United States census of 1910 reveals an interesting fact about the negro. De- spite crossings with lighter races, the southern negro is growing darker. Ne groes were formerly classified as octo- rooms, quadroons, mulattoes and blacks. Those distinctions have given place to homogeneous type which is not pure ne- gro, yet is not lighter in color than the negro of unmixed blood. The character istc of the new type is an accentuation of the color of the skin. The negro of Louisiana, notably of New Orleans, is darker than were his ancestors. The type Is of a softer and more velvety black than the Congolese; and the peculiar soft ness of color Is accompanied by features of a less prominent African type, while the hair is less wool like.
 It is not easy to account for all the peculiarty of this latest type. They may be due in part to a change in the cond- tions of life and in part to the weak ening of racial qualities In general, the American negro is less strong than the primitive negro, and he has less endur- pance than the negro slave Patterson, a student of ethnology, thinks that there is not one. negro of pure blood in North America, that the negroes are not real negroes, and that all the negroes have been subjected to alterations. Since their emancipation negroes have married ac- cording to their caprices. Under the rule of the cotton planter no deteriorating mar riage was permitted the end in view was to improve the race and to produce strong and healthy slaves. All other considera- tons set aside, the race was more Vigor- ous physically DO years ago than it is to- 1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
STUDY OF sEcTIoNALIsM

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 A southern paper which raises the sec tional iSsue against southern man IS worse than foolish. It is no friend of the people it serves and who support it, and it is an enemy of every man in public life from the south who may become a national character.
 The Atlanta Journal has been guilty Of the inexplcable folly of raising the sec tional issue against the candidacy of cs- car Underwood for the presidency. In holy horror it raises the cry that his father, at the beginning of the war, was "a union sympathizer." It is dense enough to arue that as reason why the son should not have the support of south ern democrats, and to provide it as an argument against and to forget that such campaign talk will not affect candidate in the northern and eastern states, from which the votes must come, if demo- crat is elected
 On this page we publish a complete refutation of that charge, in sketch of Mr. Underwood and his ancestors as con- tributed to the Atlanta Constitution and the Macon Telegraph by Senator John H. Bankhead. It shows that nit only were Oscar Underwood and his father southerners, but that his ancestors were all southerners. It makes fine reading for patriotic Alabamians. We commend it to every reader of the Advertiser. There are some among them who be- lieve strongly in heredity and if they do, they can see that the type of men who are in the line of oscar Under woods ancestry, were such as to give assurance of the future distinction 2f their descendants. The man who would refuse to vote for oscar Underwood on the ground that he is not of southern an teeedents after reading that lsographN would be a vicious bigot.
 Alabama is proud that oscar Under wood is essentially southern. but Ala bama is not presenting him to the coun- try for the presidescy because he is a southern man. We are offering him be- cause of the accomplishments of his marvellous leadership. because of his ex- ceptional ability and because or his nish character. We are not proposing him be- cause he is a southern man, and an -Ale bamjan. but because he is the biggest democrat of his day. broad enough, big enough and able enough to fill out the presidency in every nook and crevice t1ent,,cky gave him to Alabama Ala hama offers him to the nation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
HOMAGE TO THANE OF skrpo

From the New York Sun
 The Pittsburg young woman to whom the .Pauky Chiei has given the apple of beauty should not be embarrassed by her glory. The apple of moral beauty belongs to him. He builds temples to peace and PaulSiness; the earth sags beneath the bookless libraries whereby the latest pos terty will bless its tax bills and his name he has taken charge of the politics and the philanthropies of, the world; all cam eras register his loveliness; all phono- graphs utter his high virtuous senti- ments; all nations bask in his bounty; all kings. all kaisers purr at his name. The humbest of his admirers may be allowed to say that the Thames modesty is equal to his spelling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT TT

From the National Monthly.
 It was a tavern where a newly arrived commercial traveller was holding forth "I'll bet anyone s5," he said, that 1 nave got the hardest name of anyone in this room.
 An old farmer in the background shifted his feet to a warmer part of the fender
 'Ye will, will yer" he drawled Well, I'll take ye on. I'll bet ye s10 agin' your s that my name'll beat yours.
 Done, cried the commercial traveller ..I've got the hardest name in the coun- tly It is Stone. 4
 The old man took a chew of his to- bacco. Mine" he said, lis Harder"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
Birmingham in Four Years

T was in Birmingham for the first time just four years ago. said J. R. Kennedy of Philadelphia. Tt seemed at that time to have been feeling the effects of the Wall street panic. But if there was any business depression in 1908 here it has been practically forgotten. TLis city has made such wonderful progress in four years that 1 would scarcely know it as the same place.
 'The magnificent showing that Birming- ham made in the federal census opened observation can see now that Birmingham is just getting it's right pace. It will grow faster in the next two or three years than in any similar short period in it's history. Many a young citizen of this place will live to see Birmingham with a population of 500,00o or upward. It may not outstrip New Orleans in the next 20 years, but it will certainly get ahead of Atlanta, and that is saying a good deal. for Atlanta will continue to grow fast and the Atlapta people will always be hustlers.
 Birmingham and it's environs had a population in 1910, according to the cen sus bureau, of nearly 1000 more people than Atlanta and it's environs had, which ern cities, New Orleans ranking first in population. This matter of census popu- lation counts for great deal nowadays, and capitalists and homeseekers are ma terially influenced by it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 1t seems as if girl is always willing to marry man if there are reasons enough why she shouldn't.
 When n man has to go on a visit to his relatives it's sign he isn't one bit afraid of railroad accidents.
 A womans idea of being fair minded ia to say that probably another wouldn't stain her hair if she didn't have to.
 When anybody is making an explana. ton you can tell how short of facts he is by how long he is of enthusiasm
 Nobody ever heard of a good house. keeper trying to tell her husband how to run his business, but everybody hears of poor business man trying to tell lis wife how to run the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
IN ALGIERs

From the New York World.
 To ward off the evil eye the native ains his hand in tar and slaps it a dozen times on his whssewashed house ar his gray horse Children wear little Sewelled hands as cha-;ns. No city has more prosperous looking approaches Shan Algiers The gardens and orchards, the newly planted forests with fire belts bare, the orchards and villas are Admirable. i In the trolley car sits d Frenchwomaa with painted checks and pencillcd brows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
THE PERMANENT ORCHESTRA

seems to come from the success of their players when they come before metro- poitan public
 So it happens that few permanent or chestras are too remote from this city to make a journey to F'ifty-seventh street. Carnegie hall is irresistible to them. It makes no difference how far off 1t may seem when the permanent orchestra is founded out of town, Carnegie hall is it's ultimate goal. once it has achieved that historic podium and won praise. the per- manent orchestra is more of a credit to it's city than ever The home town may be prouder of it than it was before and IT y be safe in the assurance that no mistake has been made iu admirng it's players. So these artistic journeys from various parts of the country grow more frequent every year. The number of permanent | orchestras is increased by the addition of new town or two every season. The benedicton of success in New York city is prized as much as ever. All the good purposes that a permanent orchestra may accomplish for tile town of it's na- tivity are increased after it's visit to this town and it's approval by the judges and public here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
RooscyeIt's Mistak.

T read the other day what purported to be an extract from letter which Mir. Roosevelt had written before he an" nounced himself candidate for the re- publican presidential nomination, in which he said that his history was already made" remarked a democrat who knows the eXPresident personally and admires him. "In that letter Roosevelt made il plain that he would not be candidate. But he allowed himself to be over per- suaded. Those insisting on his entering the race may have been sincere. Some of them undoubtedly were sincere Bht as things look now we can all see what a mistake Roosevelt made in becoming a candidate
 President Taft will be nominated and Mir. Roosevelts standing in history will be greatly impaired. I had given Mir. Roosevelt credit for being a shrewd poll tician-the shrewdest in this country; but the best of them will blunder sometimes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
LITTLE SURPRISES.

Mister, that smooth lookin chap on the other side of you is tryin' to pick your pocket"
 "Go ahead and enjoy the banquet. Ark kins; I'm not going to call on you for a speech"
 Let me say a word, MT. Keeker Your complaint is well founded. Want your money back?"
 My dear girl, I am good deal richer than you thought I was. We are going to spend our honeymoon in Italy"
 If you'll look at the paper this morn ing, Myrt, you'n see yourself pictured as the most beautiful girl in Chicago
 What are you kicking about. sir? There is no mistake in your check, Twenty five cents is all we charge for tender oin steak. s-Chicago Tribune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

cne of the candidates for Nunited States senator in New Mexico comes straight from Pennsylvania, where he vas a part of the machine. It is 10 \ ondor that there are jaekpots in the new state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
CLERICAL. PROFANITY.


 MT. F. Darlington Weems tells the fol- lowing amusing story of a bishop, who kuows how to get very close to the men he works with. The bishop is the Rev. Peter Rowe of Alaska. Once he met a lone prospector to whom he was unknown houndering along over lumpy ice with wearied dogs. The bishop, too, had had his difficulties, and wondering what lay ahead of him. made inquiry of the strang- CT It's he'll, the prospeetor replied, and proceeded to relieve his pent-up feelings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

The effort to draw Justice Hughes ln- to the presidential race will fail sim ply because the justice prefers to stay where he is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

Greater Birmingham with a popula ton of 2l1 ,9gl begins to have the lone- some feeling. for it has no peer th.s side of New orleans in the southeast,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
Regarding Presidential Stature

"The people have been looking over the presidential candidates, and a remark that one frequently hears now is, Under wood is towering above all the candidates in either party" said democrat who has spent a considerable part of his life in Washington city "A year ago Har- mon was in the lead and l thought he would easily secure the democratic noml- nation for President. Harmon is still quite strong, but his strength has dimin- ished, l think, rather than increased Champ Clark seems to be developing more strength than most people thought he would. Woodrow Wilson has large following, but it is nothing like so large as his partisans claim.
 Underwood was not much reckoned with generally as presidential quality six months ago, but he is regarded today as being by all odds the best equipped candidate in the field. In fact, there is no man in this country who Is so well qualified by training and temperament for the presidential office as oscar Un- derwood He makes a splendid impress sion wherever he goes and his modesty, combined with his wonderful reserve pow CT, so different from what we look for in politicians or statesmen. And this very modesty wins all who come in con- tact with him. UnderWoods visit to Maryland with his genial but unassuming manner was notable event. The Ala bamian made an impression that will be far-reaching Underwood rises to the occasion every time. He will be nomi- mated and will be elected''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
KNIGHTS oF THE BATH.

EN1N INIII k' OT IT ID I4A TIT. In the days of old The knights were bold And followed glory's path, But when twas cold, We have been told, They seldom took a bath.
 Birmingham e-Herald, In the days of old To bathe, we're told. Was just as hard in summer. For when they chose To shed their clothes They had to hire plumber.
 Milwaukee Sentinel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

Silly old Andrew Carnegie is engaged at present in naming the prettiest girl in Pittsburg, to the girls great con- fusion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
\ Judge With Splendid Record

The Hon. Thomas w. Vert, judge of the law and equity court of Morgan county at Decatur, is holding circuit court here for Judge Pugh Judge Vert is the youngest judge on the bench in Alabama and has splendid record
 He is winning golden encomiums from the bar and litigants in the courts here" said a prominent attorney, "by the promptness with which he dispatches business. He has discriminating mind and grasps the issues involved immedi- ately. and has the happy faculty of stat ing those issues succinctly and clearly. He possesses many of the qualifications of a great judge and will always be welcomed on the bench in Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

The moving picture men are on the job al Hnlsville. Va, but they are not approaching within shooting dis iance of the Aliens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

The Easter hat will next week ba of more importance than all the politi- cal hats that have been kicked around
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

Mary, Mary, quite contrary. is not sure she has any garden to grow. for none of her seeds have sprouted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

The motor truck is slowly but sure ly driving the horse as a draught ani- maj out of business in all towns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
POLITICAL POINTS

Florida Times Union: If Alabama sticks to Underwood despite a reduction of her tarif why should Louisiana care toe much for a little sugar?
 Pensacola oJurnal: The oJurnal be- lieves that the money Underwood is spending in circulating his campaign supplements is not only legitimate, but we'll spent, and does not criticize him for so doing.
 Montgomery Journal: There is really a warm fight over in Georgia between Un- derwood and Wilson. Both sides are put ting up good fight, but from this dis tance it looks like Underwood is going to secure the delegation from that state, which will be good news to his friends in Alabama.
 Houston Post As another proof of Underwood's unfitness far the presidency the Atlanta Journal is declaring that Os- car went to Minnesota and spent several years shortly after his birth.
 Montgomery Advertisers: It may be that the Atlanta Journal is mean to Mir. Un- derwood because Tom watson is for him. M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
.ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

with profane account of just how pad 1t was, to which the bishop listened. quietly. And how's it been your way, partner?' he concluded. With sincere con Nletion the ehurchman responded earn estly. It's just the same."-World $ Work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
LONGEVITY.

One man tells us How not to die: I'm ninety-nine. The secret-pie." Another says,
 "The same age l. Behold a man
 Who ne'er eats pie"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

Senator LaFollette is North Dakotas favorite son. and the senator may as well stand pat on that fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

Nearly every man has discovered ''the prettiest girl" in the world, and MT. Carnegie has no monopoIy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

One can dance the turkey trot with out breaking the peace. but he may break his suspenders,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
MILITANcY.
QUITE IMPOSSIBLE

The hallway light was burning dim,
 His wife was waiting up for him. He would have been quite free from cares, Could he have left his jag downstairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

z. E. Morgan, W. G. Wharton and George MeMasters are the only author ized travelling representatives of The Age Herald in it's circulation depart ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postoffice as second class matter undef act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

Captain Scotts return to civilization is natter that interests a( great many scientists. even during a presi- dential campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
HRIEF THE RESPITE.

Now smile and look pleasant Is easy to say, But what if at present You're not feeling gay? Though fame is bubble And wealth is a myth, Sooth, old Mister Trouble Is hard to deal with. He tramples you under. In spite of protest Until it would sunder The heart in your breast, And just when you're thinking He'll surely refrain All balefully blinking, He starts in again.
 MILITANCY. "There goes man who wouldn't give his wife penny" Huhl I wouldn't give my wife q penny, either" .Whatg' If I didn't offer her any more than that she would chase me all over the place
 QUITE IMPOSSIBLE. The hallway light was burning dim,
  He would have been quite free from cares, Could he have left his jag downstairs.
 A BARE POSSIBILITY. 'so they were we'd" Did they live happily ever after?e T suppose so. They parted the next day.
 SURE.
 Who's on the go.
 Both soon and late?
 Why, don't you know?
 The candidate. TOO EVIDENT SATISFACTION. Although we must admire the under taker who takes great pride in his work" "Qdite so." "still, we would prefer that he subdue his ssmirk as much as possible until the funeral is over" STRONG LANGUAGE NEEDED.
 1t takes a most
 Offensive term
 T express our view
 Of any germ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27
IN CONTEMPT.

Whoever placed this quart bottle on the courts desl,'' said the Bilville jus tice, lis in contempt, an is no gentle man. but so far from it as to be more of a hound dog, and if he will step for ward I'll accommodate him with the lickin' of his life. To add to the gray ity of the offense, the bottle is empty. the bailiff testifying that he was unable to drain a dozen drops out of it. If the cu,prit ever staggers our way, may the Lord have mercy on him, for this here court t,"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

The Allen outlaws of Virginia arc being captured on the installment plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-27

The Toledo Blade suggests mass meetings of the survivors of the winter of 1911-12