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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
PresideutJaI Outlook

T think 1t is safe bet that Wilson will be elected, but find some of my friends are ready to put up little money on Roosevelt" said J. M. Littgow of Phil adelphia. T am an independent dem ocrat; will vote the democratic ticket this year, but my second choice for the presi- dency Is Roosevelt. The ex-President will probably carry Pennsylvania, but I be- lieve the democrats will carry New York. If, however, Roosevelt sentiment con tinues to grow in the Empire state as 1t is said to be developing now it need sur prise no one if Roosevelt gets the electoral vote of New York;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
The Wire Mill and Other Plants

''rhe people of the Birmingham district are awaiting eagerly the announcement from New York that work at the Amer ican Steel and Wire company'sa great mill at Corey will be shortly resumed" :" said a member of the Chamber of Com merce.
 "I am told by persons who ought to know that everything Is in readiness to begin installing the machinery in De- tober. There seems to be little or no question that the wire mill will be the scene of great activity in the near fu- ture
 T have an idea that the Tennessee company will break ground within the next few months for its projected plate mill. The site has been selected and all the plans have been made. There is now talk of the National Tube com pany, subsidiary of the Steel corpora tion, building a plant here, but just when announcement to that effect will be made no one in this part of the country seems to know at this time. It is safe to say, however, that in the midst of all this prosperity throughout the country many millions of dollars will be spent on new construction work in the Birmingham district within the next IS months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
PATRICK AND THE FISH

From the New York Mall.
 A Boston bred woman came to the office window in great delight the other day. She said she had found a little restau- rant somewhere in this city where she could get a dish of swordfish. The or flee window man followed her to the place and found that it was true.
 Swordflsh is very good and is constant ly found on the bill of fare in Boston hotels and restaurants. But the idea seems to prevail in this city that it is not fit to eat. It must have been here that the well known incident happened to Patrick. Remember the story?
 Pat went into restaurant on Friday. Have yez any swordfish?" he asked the weiter.
 NO"
 Have yez any whale?"
 "No."
 Have yez any tarpon?"
 No"
 Then bring me some cornbeef and cab bage--God knows I asked for fish.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
PEARLS MORE PRECIOUS , the I ,Andon Standard.

From the London Standard.
 The announcement that, owing to the lack of success attending pearl fishing this year, the Geneva jewellers will advance prices 25 per cent in the autumn, will come as welcome news to owners of pearls and those who invest in pearls as silt edged security.
 For some time now the pearl has been fashionable stone, and it's popularity shows no sign of diminishing" said one of the leading Hatton garden dealers to a representative. Pearls seem to be pre- ferred to colored stones by many peo- pie, and during the past year have been very much sought after. Fine pearls are very scarce, as are large pearls of good quality. Pearls are advancing steadily in price: within the past four or five months the rise has been anything from 10 to 30 per cent and they are bound to go high
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

From the New York Press.
 NNE of the most pathetic figures in the world today is Mrs. Russell O Sage, upon whom the fortune left her by her husband imposes a fearful burden. There is scarcely a day that she does not weep, one of her intimate friends tells us She sits and cries at the intol- erable burden of having 100000 on her shoulders, at the task of distributing that huge fortune In the way that will do the most good. She is 80 years old and has a New England conscience. She wants to do just the right thing with it all, and it requires an amount of thought and study and imposes a feeling of responsibility that is hard on an old woman who only wants Q quiet corner to spend her few remaining years in.
 Mrs. Sage has aged very much since her husbands death. She has grown thin, pale. bent and wrinkled. Aside from the natural grief over MT. Sage's death, Mrs. Sage was plunged almost instantly into a storm of appeals which amounted to a persecution. Her mail for some years be- fore MT. Sages ueatn ndu diHouhteu to between 40 and 50 letters day. It leaped instantly to 900 day, and the entire sur plus was appeals for money. Within two months after MT. Sages death 1000 letters were carried away from her house un- opened. Two secretaries work night and day almost to handle Mrs. Sage's private mail. If she attempted to read 10 per cent of it personally she would be able to do nothing else.
 At first she tried conscientiously to look it over herself She was astonished and disgusted at some or 1t. Before MT. Sages body was cold in the coffin she re- ceived a letter from New York man whom she never had seen asking her to send him check for 5000 by return mail, and he was kind enough to enclose a stamped envelope for reply. She never asked for advice as to the disposal of this fortune, yet within the fihst two months of her widowhood she received letters from more than 1000 different men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
The Tax Burden

The people of Jefferson county have been always ready to pay taxes on their property in any reasonable amount. They are not tax dodgers and never have been tax dodgers. All that the property owners are protest ing against is the grievous inequality of this tax "raise" business.
 Jefferson has long been paying into the treasury of the state more than its just proportion of taxes. Large taxpayers hereabouts have sometimes submitted without any vigorous pro- test, but the policy of the tax com mission is now such as to call for united and determined action of re- sistance through the lawful channels.
 The courts will give our people jus tice, ultimately, but it is very un- fortunate that anything like an op- pressive policy should be attempted. The Birmingham district has brought an enormous volume of capital into Alabama and Birmingham up-builders have played a great part in the de- velopment of the districts resources. This county has added untold wealth  to the state. The future is bright. In this era of prosperity people are gen. erally optimistic, but nothing could be so calculated to retard progress in mineral Alabama as excessive tax assessments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
FINDS WEALTH A BURDEN

instructing her how to give away her money so as to do the most good.
 The letters that really affected Mrs. Sage at this time were pathetic appeals for help from individuals. Many of them were to all appearances genuine, the ap- peals of poor and ignorant persons suffer- ing in want and hardship. and pathetical- ly confident that the kind hearted woman who had more money than she knew what to do with would give them the little that would make them happy. Some of these letters distressed Mrs. Sage greatly: but they came not only from every state in the union, but from foreign countries. Had she responded to them she would have dssipated her entire fortune in small checks to indidivuals all over the world. So finally Mrs. Sage gave up her mail Now letter which is manifestly from personal friend is given her, but nothing else reaches her eye.
 It is not only impossible to reach Mrs. Sage by letter-it has become one of the impossible things to see her. Mrs. Sage formerly was one of the most approach- able of women. Not trace of snobbery or purse pride is to be found in her make up A plain, old fashioned village woman she started her career, and that she remains to this day. She never cared anything about fine clothes or society, and her friends were chosen by preference from among the people who are doing the work of the world. With professional women she was particularly friendly. That period of her own life, 1s47, when she was graduated, and 1869 when she married MT. Sage, was spent in teaching school whenever her health would per- init, and she never felt above any ons who earned his or her living. Any one who had ever been introduced to Mrs. Sage could see her as easily at her own home as if she had been the wife of q clerk instead of a multi-milionaire.
 Some one wrote a book once on ''Pr1s- oners of Poverty" Mrs. Sage is prison- CT of wealth. Behind this human ram. part she sits, afraid that some one may reach to torment her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

stantly expanding, and at present one can talk from New York to Denver, a distance of 2160 miles. In no other part of the world is oral communica- tion possible to that extent. At present one cannot talk to San Fran cisco, but perhaps that will be ac- complished later on. Anything is pos- sible in the world of electricity. All that has been accomplished has been done in 36 years, and the inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, still lives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
A Deserved Thrashine

T read with much satisfaction the &C., count in The Age-Herald recently of the thrashing administered to a swould-be masher' by man who resented ain im- piled insult to his wife, said man of family. There is no class of individuals more obnoxious than the well dressed loafers who congregate on certain street corners and 'ogle the women and girls that pass along.
 Many of them are leeches on the com munity whose attentions would be a re- f1ection to any decent girl. and yet they make so bold as to attempt to thrust themselves and their undesirable atten- tions on ladies they do not know. The gentleman in question may have violated the law in taking it into his own hands. but his manly course in resenting an im- piled insult is generally commended. Such creatures as he whipped should be driven from the streets, so that lady can pass along without having to run the gauntlet of crowd of impudent 'mashers,' no mat ter who and what they may be-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
THE BIGGEST SIGHT OF ALL

Francis Nance. who was born in China and lived there until the mature age of years, was brought to this country by his parents this summer. When the family got ofse the boat in New York. Francis vas reasonably impressed with the tall buildings, the din of traffic and the other big boats in the harbor.
 In few moments. however, his mother
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
THERE WAS

THERE WAS A MAN. There was man in our town Who used to go on toots, Until he saw pink elephants Emerging from his boots. Indianapolis Star. There was a man in our town Joy riding oft was seen, Until one day he broke the law, lamp-post and his "'bean''
 Boston Transcript. There was man in our town Who never took drink, But when he'd see pretty girl He'd always want to wink.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
Small Farms

'I read the other day an advertise ment in which 40 acre farm with a house on It, three and a half miles from the Terminal station, was offered for sale for $S00-s400 cash and s400 in de- ferred payments" said business man. There must have been some mistake about the figures for the farm land was described as rich. I would think that the house and improvements were cer- tainly worth something. Instead of $500 the agency advertising the farm must have meant sS000.
 "A 40-acre farm only three and a half miles from Birmingham should certainly be worth s1O0 an acre. It is probably worth $50; so $s000 would be good bar gain purchase I have travelled a great deal and I am. familiar with the truck farming industry. I know of no better county in tho south, and few anywhere so inviting to the homeseeker or the truck farming expert, as our Jefferson"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

An English boy was killed the other day by a gun that had been loaded 42 years before in the Franco Prussian war. Couldn't blame him for not know ing it was loaded. He wasn't born when it was loaded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
The Univer.,ty of Alabama

For some years have thought that the University of Alabama was going to play a large part in the advancement of the state, but not until recently have I ap- preclated its wonderful possibilities" said a professional man..
 'The university in entering upon its new era of progress has made it's leadership strongly felt. I am glad indeed, to see that it had total enrolment of 505 as against 400 last year. Mere numbers will never make university great. Practical results In education as well as In the com mercial world count. One hundred thor oughly educated young men mean more to state than 300 who are only half edu- cated. But we can have numbers and good work too.
 "Dr. Denny, the president, is evidently the right man in the right place. He be- lieves in thoroughness in university achievement. He is making the University of Alabama attractive to aspiring youth, and 1t may be safely predicted that this time next year the registrars books Will show an enrolment of not less than 1oOo."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

If half the things that the bull mooses say about the regular republicans, and the regular republicans say about the bull mooses, are true-oh. well, whats the use?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

The musical shows are hitting the road early this year. Well, you can't expect a tired business man to sit through a high-browed drama on a sultry night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

noticed that he seemed greatly depressed and was devoting his time to peerinG about as if he were searching for some body. |
 Whats the matter, Francis?' she asked. Don't you like all these big sights?"
 They are pretty good, said the young- ster, digging one fist into his eyes, but I thought I was going to sec Teddy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

The fall style of derby looks as if it might have been at the Chicago conven- ton and been mistaken by the steam roller for Roosevelt delegate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

A South American explorer has brought back to this country a rat weighing 50 pounds. We've seen rats" on women's heads that we thought must weigh almost that much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

There Is something in the life of the average singer that makes for avoir- dupois. We haven't found out what it is yet, but we are Investigating
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
"READY MoNEYv MONTGOMERY

From the New York World.
 If there Is any one who doesn't be- ieve know how to spend money let him spend an evening on Broadway with me-"
 The speaker was Jimmie Montgomery,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

A comparison of the democratic and re- publican vote In Massachusetts Is not cal- culated to fill Sunshine Hilles with uncon- fined joy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

A Boston doctor says the women of that town are not knockneed. And he talks like a man who knows whereof he speaks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

The bank clerk who stole the $55,000 evil dently thought he would make a prac- tical stab at predatory wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
ADRIFTs WITH THE TIMES
THE CHAUFFEUR.

Tn chauffeur is a wight, ween,
 Who has but few regrets; He seems to live on gasoline
 And Turkish cigarettes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

Alfonso is having almost as much fun being a king as Manuel is having by not being a king.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
ACTS THE PART.

'Is he man who does things?" T presume SOL
 Why do you presume so7" His hair is always rumpled and he snorts frequently"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

T. R. says he will break the solid south. Four years more of him in the White House boosting the cost of living, and he'll do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

T. R. doesn't care much for music, except. of course. the music of his own voice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

A thief in St. Louis has stolen a gas range. He will be unable to use it un- til he robs safe. Gas Is too high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

Many a man might own a small auto- mobile If he were not too proud to beg his gasoline from door to door.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

HAVE PATIENCE. A few weeks more, And storms shall sob, And we'll hear less About Ty Cobb.
 Denver Republican. A few days more, We have no fear The last straw hat Must disappear.
 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. A few weeks moro And then, it's plain, That football will Be here again.
 Milwaukee Sentinel. A few weeks more The thought is sweet And then we'll talk Of turkey meat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

Some experts declare that the hobble skirt makes our women knockkneed. We are from Missouri.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

Taft is hopeful T. R. is confident and Wilson Is serene. For true optimism commend us to candidates for office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
FOOLISH, FOOLISH MAN.

A Louisiana man hid his money in a gas pipe. Somebody came along and hit the pipe for s25oo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
NEEpLEss ALARM

''Festina lente, my friend.'' What do you mean by thatY' Make haste slowly"
 Why didn't you say it in English? I was afraid you were asking me for . loan"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
TRULY DISTRESSING.

Charley Sappington is bewailing his hard luck"
 whats the matter now?"
 He spent months learning how to be- come an expert turkey trotter and just about the time he became proficient the dance was pronounced passe."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
Colonel Mallory on Howard

"The article appearing in recent issue of the Alabama Baptist from Col. II. s. D. Mallory of Selma on the subject of the annexation of the Birmingham Medical college to Howard college, located at East Lake, contains many important sugges- tions, said a Birmingham citizen, "and is worthy of Birminghan's attention. As Colonel Mallory correctly states. Tn Howard college, with it's fine traditions. its established character, and present equipment, we have the foundation on which to commence the establishment of university Birmingham now has How ard college, belonging to the Baptists; Birmingham college, belonging to the Methodists;. the Medical college. also the Dental School and School of Pharmacy. Why not combine these under one board of control n-denominational but com posed of men from these churches and from the city and from the professions represented? Schools of technology could be added and a real university of high standard established and maintained"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
HAS NO WOOL,

You say Gladys pulled the wool over MT. Stodgers' eyes?''
 "She certainly did"
 q don't see how she managed that His head is as slick as billiard ball.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

The copper walks upon his beat,
 With most complacent smirk, Or chat with friends he haps to meet,
 And yet he calls that work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
HAPPY THOUGHT HUNTED

The Chicago river is good joke in Cleveland
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

Behold the shiftless, lazy man
 Who makes no effort to advance, And yet he bawls as loud s he can, Alas. I've never had a chance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

THE KIND TO WATCH. "Dibbs apparently has no bad habits" Beware of that mani!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26
A COMMON TYPE.

A COMMON TYPE. Behold the shiftless, lazy man Who makes no effort to advance, And yet he bawls as loud s he can, Alas. I've never had chance"
 9Iatl- FROM ACROSS THE WATER. Passenger. But I thought this train stopped here"
 Porter. Tt ought to. but there Is lit- tie coolnsss between the driver and the station master, so 1t never does.'-Rire. Sweet Young Thing Do let me pick just one daisy. I want to consult the oracle"
 obliging Policeman. "sorry, miss. but it's strictly forbidden. But if you want to find out if he still loves you, you can try it on the buttons of my coat."-Flis- gende Blatter.
 Clever Guide (to tourist who has fallen over the edge of a precipice and is hang. ing to guide rope) Pass your purse. That will make less weight for me to pull. "-Pele Mele.
 Doubtful Admirer. And your last nov- el, my dear sir! Admirablei Superb! I would give hundred sous for such tal- ent as yours,"-Pele Mele. Vicar. Well, Mrs. Grundy, amid all your troubles, am pleased to see that your gratitude to Providence does not fall
 Mrs. Grundy 'No. sir, rheumatiz is bad indeed, but I thank 'eaven I still 'ave a back to ave the rheumatiz inr'-Lon- don Opinion.
 VALE.
 Our hearts at peace.
 And this is why:
 We soon will cease
 To swat the fly.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

AN EASY LIFE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

z E. Morgan and ". q. Wharton are the only authorized travelling represen- tatives of The Age-Herald in its clIou- la tion department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

From the New York Press.
 NNE of the most pathetic figures in . the world today is Mrs. Russell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-26

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-03-02
Keeping the Dollars at Home.

Ten years ago farmer put his ini-
tials on a dollar bill. The next day he
went to the nearest town and spent it
with merchant. Before the year was
out he got the dollar bill back. Four
times in six years the dollar came back
10 him for produce, and three times he
heard Of it in the pockets of his neigh
bors. The last time he got it back was
four years ago. lie sent it to retail
Mail Order House. He has never seen
that dollar since. nor never will. That
dollar will never pay any more school or
road tax for him. will not build or
brighten any Of the homes Of the COM
munity. He sent it entirely out of the
circle Of usefulness to himself and his
neighbors.