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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
JOHN DREAMS
Dream of Magic

Dreams of magic may come to you in various forms. At times miracles seem to be happening without any external cause. such as the sudden change of dry land into water, of fire into feathers, of animals into humans. Or else 1t may happen that you dream that you are attending a per formance and magician on the stage or someone in your own home is performing parlor tricks. No matter in what form this dream may come to you, the in depreciation l am about to give you holds good. These dreams of magic mean that through q happy circumstance you will be able to change the one thing in your life which causes you most trouble and anxiety a source of happiness and contentment.
 Let us take one instance: a woman who lives unhappily with her husband will, through a sud- den inspiration as to the manner of approaching him, find a way to change his bad habits into good ones, to make an atten~ve help mate out of an inconsiderate spouse, to transform an idler into capable worker. Just how this transformation will come about I do not know, but most likely you will. pondering over the source of your discontinue, conceive the right idea and in following it out will bring about the desired re- suit. This dream is exceedingly hopeful and should give courage to all those who are beset by anx- ieties. Bear in mind, however, that the change from bad to good will not come through outside in fluence, but through your own doing, and that once you have conceived an idea of how to work the magic transforming evil into good, you must follow this plan resolutely until your object is achieved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
SMILES
Properly Amended
Philadelphia Ledger)

(Philadelphia Ledger)
 Miss Feathers, instructing a class in English, called upon nine near old Tommy Wiggins.
 Thomas" she said, write on the board, John can ride the mule if he wants to :
 That Thomas proceeded to do, to the satisfaction of all con- cerned.
 Now" continued Miss Feathers, when Thomas had returned to his place, "can you find a better form for that sentence?"
 "Yes, ma'am, I think I can," was the prompt response of Tom my, "John can ride the mule if the mule wants him to-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
FEWER BLIND
(New Orleans States)

America has 5000 fewer blind than it had ten years ago. This is due first to safety first cam paigns, second to improved atten- tion to the eyes of newborn ba- bies. On the other hand, the na- tion's eyesight is getting weaker. You have noticed the increasing number wearing spectacles. We gain on one side and lose on the other. Such is life in our age of world vaudeville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
Calisthenics and Homework
(Youth's Companion)

(Youth's Companion)
 Physical culture is awfully in- teresting" cried the eager girl who had just come back from boarding school for a vacation. Look, papa! To develop the arms l grasp this rod in this way and then move it slowly from right to left. Do you see?"
 Wonderful" replied her father in admiration. What extraordi- nary things teachers have discov- cred! If you had a bundle of straw at the end of that rod you'd be sweeping"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
WHY NOT PROHIBIT THENIt

IMChlnney COurIer-GaZette)
 There have been few times in the history of the world when statesmen have been face to face with the momentous questions which are confronting them today. Many of these questions are being solved ip that great American statesmanship way But there is one query which has never been answered to our entire satisfac- tion and that is, Why are chig- EerS?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
Dusky Feminism

(Penn State Froth.) Judge-Do you believe in di- Vorce?
 Liza-Yas, suh, I does. Rastus Gnterrupting) H W come you believe in divorce, wom- an?
 Liza-Well, it's this way, judge, l sorta feels we need somethin' to keep us women in circulation,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
How Milk Ordinace Works

(Gadsden Times-News)
 The Gadsden ordinance does not require that all milk must be of a certain standard nor that it must be pure. It does require that all milk sold must be graded and the bottle so stamped that the pur- chaser may know what kind of milk he is getting. Gadsden has way of doing things that other places have failed in, and it is not at all unlikely that this ordinance will be enforced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
CITIES EASIER

Manitoba, Canada, has repealed the dry law by 30,0OO majority, but 2G,Ooo of the majority came from Winnipeg, the chief city. In Canada, as in the United States. it is in the cities that the vets find their chief strength. The liquor interests find it easier to organize |" tho city than in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
S0meCOnsolaffow

(Ozark Southern Star)
 If you would just think about 1t, there is some consolation about everything that happens. This hot weather, for instance. It's miserable to most of us, but it's sweet consolation to know that our farmer friends are enjoying 1t to the fullest degree. They are harvesting their grain and the heat means death for MT. Boil WeeVil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
Best for Its Size

piCCANiiic -AuNOcdlc
 Greenville> has more than any other town of its size that we know of. Better people. prettier homes, finer business houses and banks, hospitals, churches and schools. It has paved streets, good water, one of the best steam electric plants in Alabama, and everything necessary to make q good place to live, including a splendid opera house, good parks, ball grounds, and even q golf club. There are towns with better mu- nicipal properties, but you'll find that the towns also have more people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
ToMBIcBEE-TENNEssEE CANAL

Major Earl North has reported to the department of engineers that the project of joining the upper Tom bigbee and the Tennessee rivers by canal is not at this time feasible owing to lack of available tonnage. Major North says that the territory that would be served by the proposed canal has not yet been developed to a point where the government would be warranted in undertaking the pro- ject. This will disappoint those who hoped to see this project approved, but there are some ameliorating fac tors in the report. In the first place, the canal is not reported as ultimately unfeasible. It can be built and the physical obstacles are not great. It is inferred that proper industrial de- velopment of the territory to be served would finally furnish tonnage sufficient to cause the engineer to reverse his opinion. This is indicated by the fact that Major North points to the Warrior as a warranted under taking because of the great tonnage developed. Of course, his statement, that the Warrior with all its tonnage is not making money, must be re- garded as the findings of an engineer who reports things as they are and not as they might be. Everybody knows that if the Warrior were ac- corded rate justice it would earn a profit.
 It is interesting to note that Major North recommends that any initial work should begin on the lower reaches of the Tombigbee, gradually extending northward as tonnage and other conditions warrant. Such work would begin near Demopolis and be carried as far as Columbus, Missis- sippi, as process of improving a nat tural channel already existent. Thence northward more or less canalization would be required as smaller streams and cross-country conduits would be developed. The project is regarded by many as one of the inevitable out growths of industrial development at Muscle Shoals, which is expected to furnish the required tonnage for ex- port.
 Alabama is more than academ- ically interested in he project, for every transportation medium contributing to the tonnage at the port of Mobile, strengthens that ports hold upon world commerce and adds insurance to- the pros- pect of port earnings sufficient to retire the indebtedness incurred in port development. That is why Ala bama insists that Muscle Shoals be leased to Henry Ford for industrial expansion, knowing that such expan- sion will contribute not only to the states prosperity and the states cof- fer's, but will also swell the tonnage at Alabama's only seaport. Major North's report contains as much en- couragement as it does disappoint- ment, for ultimately thesreasons that he alleges against the proposed canal will cease to exist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
10 FAVORITE BOOKS

GAS chosen by John T. McCutch- con, cartOOnist; in war and peace has sketched in Asia, Europe, Africa and Americn; fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and president of the Chicago Geological Society,"
 Madame Chrysantheme Goti). Tow Sawyer (Twain).
 Treasure Island (Ttevenson). Three Musketeers (Dumas). Kipling's Early Poems.
 David Copperfield (Dickens). In Darkest Africa (Stanley). Vanity Fair (Thackeray).
 South Sea Stories (Louis Becke). Two Years Before the Mast CDana).
 Copyright. 1923. in United States and Great Britain for The Herald by the North American Newspaper Alliance. All rights reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
Another Side of It
Greensboro Watchman'

Greensboro Watchman)
 While the Birmingham legal fra ternity is engaged in the com mendabS effort to rid the profess sion of Ambulance chasers," it should not lose sight of the fact that the corporations do some chasing" themselves. That part of the question should also re- ceive their attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
Can't Blame Them
(Dothan Eaelal

You cannot blanc people for not giving the right of way to a road that will when built leave their houses off the road, and that is likely what would have hap pened in some instances, and still. 1t is not the policy of the com mission to not recommend roads that will cross the railroads, so that accidents will be lessened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
SIGNS OF IMPROVENIEN
Houston Post)


 A year or more ago the Ameri- can Legion was seeking jobs for former service men. Now the ta- bles are turned and the Legion is seeking men for jobs in some of the Southern cities. This is an evidence of prosperity that is really gratifying. No doubt, the labor of the former soldiers given jobs last year helped much to ere ate better conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
Protection of Health

Any people who once are in po- sition to feel that they are secure in the protection of their health are a happy people. but no people can be happy when constantly confronted by the danger of the great white plague's invasion. There are many persons in this country today who are harassed by that very menace, and until danger is removed they can never enjoy peace of mind. But remove the danger and you will have given them something that is worth more than money, a longer lease on life, which is every ones most precious possession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
THE PARAGRAPHERS
Was Well Stored
(Providence Lonrnall

Providence .Journal)
 In 1867, after we had purchased Alaska from Russia, somebody scornfully referred to 1t as "Se- wards icebox." Well. the icebox has since proved to be stored with many delectable things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

So far there are no indications that Senators Borah and Johnson will get any more out of the national conven- ton than few little favorite-son jollies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
Crops Doing Well
(Cullman Tribune)

Crop conditions in Cullman county have improved wonder fully during the past three weeks. The sunshine ~and untiring work of our farming people have had telling effect, and notwithstanding the fact that planting was from four to six weeks later than the average season. fine stands have been secured in both cotton and corn, which have been already worked two to four times, and the growth has been good with nice showers in many sections for the past week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
Going Right Along

(Cleveland Plain Dealer)
 The president is headed for Alaska and the vice president is in New England, but as Garfield remarke ed on a much sadder occa- sion, the government at Wash ington still lives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
A Rare Exception

(Detroit News)
 Thomas W. Lawson is going back into Wall Street, Tom is the exceptional burnt child that still loves to play with watches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

There may be some significance in the fact that the boast of the coun- trys two-h hundred -million-dollar sur plus was not made until after con- gress adjourned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

The West Virginia reporter who lived on two dollars and half for week to win bet probably figured that the prospect of full pocketbook justifies an empty stomach.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
Se1f-Reliancc


 Down in Butler county the en- terpriSing citizens are going to erect a cotton mill. They are not asking for outside money or help. and are going to finance and erect the plant with home money and by home men. That is the kind of spirit we admire. No pro- motors for them. They know what they want, they have the money and brains and will put over the enterprise. It is fine spirit, and one we like to see in a people. The town that sits and waits for outsiders to come in and do for them will have wait ing" on it's tombstone. Go to 1t, Butler; we admire your pluck and Independence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

A contemporary suggests that law be enacted against Mars. There is already plenty of law to cover his case, but the trouble, as usual, is to get it enforced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
Is Even Worse

Nashville Banner)
 A human sausage mill of the czarist regime has been found in Russia. But at that the present machine in Russia grinds the lives of it's subjects much finer than any Romanoff instrument.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
VIII Be a Good Job

(Tampa Tribune) If Wall Street can clean up the bucket shops as successfully as bucket shops have cleaned up their customers, the job will be well done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
THE ALABAMA PRESS
An Appropriate Time For It
(TaIladega Daily Home,

NIaIIduegd DaIIy Honey
 Georgia set the example of call ing its legislature in watermelon time. It is now on and awaits the example of Alabama. Sick 'em, Tige.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

When Al Smith tossed his hat into the ring, it was the first time in years that MT. Bryan didn't get himself in terviewed. Perhaps he had no vocabu- lary to fit his view of the situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue
 Little Boy Blue
 Now blows his horn
 At half-past two
 In the summer morn.
 For little Boy Blue
 Is full of corn. R. s. L. Criticism of Parents Is Held Un- just"
 Give the poor creatures a chance. Many promising parent has been ruined by careless children. One way to solve the agrarian question is to turn all the farms into golf links. The demand for golf al- ways exceeds the supply.
 Voice From the Sporting Desk Yes, we have no tickets for the ball game. One word can make the road of life An anguish to endure. It fills the soul with pain and strife One simple word: Detour. Today they turn the first earth on the auditorium site. They are going to plant a garden, we presumr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
Just So (JI16PaN

"Why were you exceeding the speed limit?"
 Judge, I was taking a friend to the station"
 Guess I can't fine you, then. We are told to speed the parting guest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

One of the hardest tasks of the schoolboy these days is to keep up with the changes in the worlds geog- raphy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

to the American tourist to spend three months with them this summer. That is about as long as the average tour ist's pocketbook holds out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
POINT FOR LEGISLATURES

(BaXten, Ark., BuIIetfn) From personal experience so far this year we have come to the conclusion that fish do not need any protection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

Some folks are so inconsistent that they set the alarm clock with the hope that it won't ring loud enough to awaken them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

It is reported that the soviet outfit is forming new constitution. The soviet is too hard on it's constitutions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

One of the greatest assembly plants in the world for glee and gloom is Ellis Island.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

The Irking Sole It is a pleasant thing to roam At eve along the shore And gaze upon the flying foam And hear the breakers roar. Wild thoughts go rushing through my
 dome
 And misty dreams of yore. It is a pleasant thing to stroll At eve along the strand And watch the merry wavelets roll And splash upon the land. And yet, feeling irks my sole My shoes are full of sand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

The French couple who got married in an airplane at an altitude of nine thousand feet must have entertained high notions of matrimony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

The possible political dark horse seems to be already casting a shadow before him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

It is not thought probable that the beauty specialist who recommends dish-washing to get pretty hands will worry about her income tax.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
The Short Game
Gife)

(Ll1e) Mrs. Grubbidge: George, you'll drive me out of my mind,' George Gan inveterate golfer): That's not drive, my dear that's putt"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
The Reason Why

(HouSton POSO We take it that the world court as proposed by Harding is not to be much more than fake. Borah approves it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

And our cold nights are due to the spots on the moon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

Shelby, Montana, appears to be talk ing it's dull thud quite philosophically
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
rIkl7SSelORCF I& BEARER.

Yes, our cool summer is due to those spots on the sun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

And our bad luck is due to the spots on the cards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

A good many men brag over the success which resulted from their ca- pacitY to escape justice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
WORK ALI THE TIME

(NeW 1Ork Tribune) America is a country in which nearly everybody goes on strike formers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

It is reported that European coun- tries are sending pressing invitations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

FREDERICK l. THOMPSON. President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
The Irking Sole

As Lady Macbeth said, and so forth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
Manhattanese

Manufacturers She soitingly is bold. Little Goity Murphy, She lives on thoity second street A block from thoity thoid. She reads the Evening Choinal, She reads the Evening Woild, And all the boys love Goity When Goity's hair is coiled.
 Dick AK. Gasoline mixed with hooch is an able substitute for the old-fashioned fireworks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
CHEERFUL CORREsPONDENTs

(ChappeII HeWS m NeNaUa PlCa-
 yune) As this place is almost dead and everybody around it, l thought I would let you know I am still able to kick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

Historians have no respect for the dead. One of them informs us that Benjamin Franklin was an enthusi- astic chess player.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
Song

hear it wherever I stray, These words that are making me gray I throb with distress When they answer me: "Yes, We have no bananas today"
 The Duke
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

Today they turn the first earth on the auditorium site.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
THE AGE-HERALD

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postoffice Hs second-class matter under act or congress. March 6, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09
Scopolamin

ScopoIamin
 The shades of night were falling fast When through sleeping village passed A man whose soul with fear was rife, For he could not deceive his wife
 Scopolamin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

American Pays $42,000 for Bi- ble."
 It will be worth the money if he reads it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

"The wife is the ruler of the house. hold," says jurist who has forgotten to consult the janitor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

So when she met him in the hall He spilled the beans and told her all. He said: q gambled with the boys, And drank and made lot of noise"-
 Scopolamin. He did not know at breakfast time His wife had spent a slender dime To buy a hunk and grind it up And put it in his coffee cup
 Scopolamin.
 -G. A. M.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

The modern American does not shoot fireworks on the Fourth of July. He shoots golf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-09

They are going to plant a garden, we presumr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15

town. an come back alone In tn
moonlight.
''Th' Irish ARE poor marksmen.
Htnnissy, except whin they fire in
platoons; but that big man loomin'
up in tn moonlight on a black horse
cud no moro be missed thin tn r-rock
Nv Cashel.
'He niver knowed what hit him.
an Pether tn packer como down tn
followin' month. an a jury Nv shop
keepers hanged Shaughnessy so fast
it med even tn Judge smile"
WELL" said Mr.. Hennessy, "I sup
pose he deserved It; but. If I'd been
on tn jury, Td've starved to death
befure I'd give tn verdict"
'"Thrue," said Mr.. Dooley, but Dor
sey was fool. He might've evicted
twinty thousan' tinants, an lived to
joke about 1t over his bottle. Twas
TIL music Nv tn band an tn dancin'
on th'<hill an tn lights tn Galway
man seen whin he whit up TIL muddy
road with his baby In his arrums
that done tn business f'r Dorsey"
Copyright, 1877
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15
, Magnetized Borers.

IN South Africa 1t has been noticed
that bore holes driven to a depth
of 500 to 1000 feet saow strong de-
Walton, which is generally toward
the north. 1t Is said that this is prob
ably due to the magnetization of tho
long stem Of the boring tool, result
ing from its rotation In the magnetic
field Of the earth. The south mag
netic pole forms near the top and the
north near the bottom.
The effect OF the attraction exer-
cised by terrestrial magnetism is to
impart to the tool a curve. with it's
convex side toward the south. and
thus to produce a deviation OF the
hole toward the north, which becomes
more pronounced as the depth in
creases. When the hole deviates in
other directions than north. 1t Is be-
lieved that the cause lies in the
obiquity OF the strata OF rock that
are. traversed s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15

some fifty canoes, manned" by wom-
en-. the entire female population went
to the big Island every day to gather
firewood and fruit and vegetables.
For the small Island TO Vac could not
support its four hundred inhabitants.
and the native women had according
iy made their gardens on the big
island. This morning. as usual, the
women were accompanied by an
armed guard. for the Vac men did
not take any chances when 1t came
to question of losing their women.
Late in the evening the canoes came
back again. The women had worked
all day, many Of them with children
strapped to their backs; the men had