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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05

tend the Wylam road to Mulga, but on having the matter explained to him, will ingly withdrew his petition
 This does not interfere with the im- provement or rebuilding of old foads, but only applies to places where there was no previous highway. The board will continue during the next few months to connect up it's macadam roads and im- prove conditions generally.
 Yesterday E J. Byers of Johns was in the city with petition for a connect ing link between the Blue Creek bridge and Johns, distance of about a mile and half. This was immediately grant ed and will be constructed immediately. According to MT. Byers the road will make the connection perfect from Bir- minghan to Johns, and will require only three miles more to take the road to the Tuscaloosa county line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05
Real Estate Transfers.

Deeds of conveyance were filed in the office of the probate court yesterday in the following transactions in real estate in transfers in which amounts of 5000 or more were involved:
 $-.50-Gus A. Pope, Jr., and wife to John M Benton, lots and 19, in block 30, Central Park.
 $150o-Mamie F. Snyder to Anna Rhodes. lots and g, in Snyder's survey of the cast half of the southeast quarter of the sol theast quarter of section IS. township T., range west.
 sls00--James Riley and wife to w. 1T. Washington, lots 19 and 20, and the south half of lot IS, of J. M. F'riths survey in section 20, township r, range ? west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05
Maiestic-VaudeviIle.

Children will enjoy the acts of Lutz. the armless wonder, and the Nazarro troupe at the Majestic this week and there will be a special matinee Saturday after- noon for women and children. In the Navarro act there are two boys, the cleverest little acrobats that were ever seen at the Majestic. Then there is a prize fight which the boys will all en- joy, and other acts which young people as well as old people like There Is matinee every afternoon and perform ance every night at the Majestic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05
"The Cav MusIcjanv seat saI..

So great has been the inquiry about seats for the latest comic opera success The Gay Musician" which comes t, the Jefferson theatre Monday night tha there is likely to be long line in walt ing at the Jefferson box office when tn sale opens at o'clock this morning mi latest opera from the pen of Julian E. wards has proved to be an enormo triumph wherever presented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05
WHISKY FOR RHEUMATISM

To one-half pint good whisky, add one ounce syrup carsaparilla, and one ounce Toris compound, which can be procured of any druggist. Take in tea spoonful doses before each meal and before retiring, Followed up, this is q sure remedy,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05
CITY ITEMS.

Marriage License Issued.-Only one marriage license was issued from the office of the probate court, the license issued being to Willie Early and Miss Lula Hicks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05

Temple Emanuel Services.-At tn Sabbath eve services at Temple Eman uel tonight Dr. M Newfeld will take as his subject. Ancient and Modern Prejudices" The public is cordially invited to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05

Georgia Sheriff In City.-Sheriff Glenn of Wilcox county, Georgia, was in Birmingham yesterday, having come from his home county after Clarence Taylor, who was arrested in Birming- ham several days ago at the request of the Georgia authorities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05
PERSONAL

R. Aland, proprietor of the Ideal Mil linery store, returned yesterday from the eastern markets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05
THE WEATHER.

Washington, March 4.-Forecast for Alabama and Mississppi Fair Friday and Saturday; warmer Friday; moderate south winds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05

Church of the Advent.-Dr Evans will give the second of his lectures on Rome tonight at o'clock in the parish house. The public is invited. He will speak particularly of the Ghetto, the Catacombs and of several noted churches in the Eternal City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05

Local office United States Weather Bu- reau, Birmingham. Weather report for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05

Typewriting Contest.-An exciting typewriting contest was held yesterday afternoon at the Massey Business ool- lege in which MT. c. l.. Newman won first prize and Miss David won sec ond. Their final figures are as follows: MT. Newman, total net words, 106S; Miss David, total net words, 9s4; MT. Sherbit, total net words, 945 MT. Wag- her, total net words, 912; Miss Me Voter, total net words, S31. The same rules were used that are used in the interna tional contests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05

Detective Irving Here.-Detective Irving of the police department of Nashville was in Birmingham yester- day. Detective Irving came to Blr- mingham after Son" Abernathy, the negro arrested here last week on sus- picion of car breaking, and who is wanted in Nashville on several charges of burglary.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

To wreck a home is serious offense. To lead a wife and mother astray is a black-hearted crime. anG the criminal deserves severe punish ment. But suspicion and gossip are not proof. Even the confession of one of the parties is not conclusive as against the other, for confessions are sometimes obtained by terrorism or promise of forgiveness, which confess to more than the truth. If one of the accused parties is shot down in his tracks without an opportunity of de fense or explanation, the murderer is not entitled to the benefit which might accrne to him If the guilt of the vic. tim were absolutely proved. The dan. ger of admitting the so-called "unwrit. ten law as defense in murder cases is not only that it substitutes private vengeance for the proper ministration of the law, but that it opens the way for trumped-up cases of wrong-doing to excuse murder It Is conceivable that a husband and wife might con spire to put an enemy of either or both out of the way by bringing against him a false accusation. It may be said that a woman would not sacrifice her good name to please her husband or save another lover. Such cases are very rare, but they have been known. The whole principle of our criminal law is that an accused per, son has right to be confronted with his accuser and with the evidence, and given an opportunity to make his de fense. The private executioner af- lords him no such opportunity. The unwritten law as an excuse for per sonal vengeance is relic of barbarism that should not be tolerated in a civilized country. The Sicilian brig ands hold the principle that It is more honorable to revenge injuries by assassination than to resort to the courts. The American juryman who permits the doctrine of the "unwritten law to sway his verdict is putting himself on the moral plane of the Sicilian brigand.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

cial life of the army set is Mrs. Woth- erspoon. the attractive wife of Gen. Bells first assistant Mrs. Bells sis ter, Mrs. Ernest Darlington, wife of Gen. Darlington, is another army ma tron whose power in society has to be reckoned with. Mrs. Darlington Is a pretty, far-haired woman, endowed with a liberal share of the good fel- lowship and good humor Mrs. Bell displays in such a marked degree.
 In the childless home of the chief of staff Miss Sally Darlington. Mrs. Bells jolly, good-natured and good-looking young niece, has a large and import ant role to carry. Miss Sally is a dancer who has won acclaim at the amateur dramatic productions which have been features of Washington's smart life for the last fsw years, while her skill as a horsewoman gives her a forward place in the gay little com, pany of "paperchasers" who gallop over the hills two or three times a week.
 Mrs. Aleshire, wife of Gen. Aleshire Is one of the army matrons whose wit and poise count in the proper equip ment of an army officers wife. She Is large and nce-looking, noticeable chiefly for the sweetness of her ex. pression and her general air of ex treme good breeding. She is the moth
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

The United States Circuit Court has handed down a decision in Philadel, phia that the driver of an automobile is bound not only to follow the ordi- nary rule of stop, look and listen when he reaches a railroad crossing, but if necessary must get out and walk to the track, as does the con- ductor of street car. This decision is based upon the eminently sensible ground that when the passing vehicle is ponderous steel structure 1t threatens not only the safety of its own occupants, but also those on the colliding train"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

Yellow journalism is now a thing of the past or has faded to a mild ecru shade beside the saffron hue of many books and magazines. The jaundiced magazinist spatters his color with a reckless abandon. You can almost feel the chrome tints spat. ter on your face as you scan his quar- antine effusion. You cannot get by him. Epithet, metaphor and analogy are mixed into one chromatic mass on his palette and then slammed against his canvas with the splurge of a barker at a circus sideshow To say he indulges in eXaggeration Is to speak tamely. He piles Pelions of hyperbole on Ossas of turgescence If his colors do not scream loud enough to arrest your attention he. bludgeons you with his figurative mahlstick into noticing their prismatic effects.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29
SOME MARRIED MEDITATIONS.
By Clarence L. Cullen.
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Many man imagines that his wife admires him for his financial frugal ity, when, as matter of truth, she despises him for tightwad.
 No matter how quiet and sedate you are about it, your wife is firmly i'm bued with the idea that you can't take bath without splashing around like a COW. So splash, splash, and have the fun!
 The cunnin' little connivin' cutey who looks up coyly into the married mans face and purrs: T wonder why it is that all the real nice men are married?" doesn't get by with it near ly so often as she supposes.
 During the courtship: No, Gawge, deah. Please don't order anything to eat for me. I so rarely get hungry, you know" After the honeymoon: Well, it's a wonder you wouldn't take me somewhere to eat-I'm positively fam ished!"
 Extract from "The Diary of an Out ragged Wife:" This morning, by the mail which arrives at breakfast time. came a number of dressmakers' and milliners' bills, and he didn't swear or rant a bit over them. Oh, relentless skies, how long am I to endure this cankering indifference?"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

her father was sixty-three years old and had reigned thirty-one years; and If King Willem had died without al. rect issue, the crown would have been worn by a German prince. The same result would have followed if Queen Wilhelmina had died childless, and that would have been to the Dutch people a great national calamity Not only would their beloved House of Or. ange, with its long line of sovereigns have become extinct, but the stranger who would come to rule over them would be a prince of an alien race. and of that very race from which the Dutch people believe they have the most to fear. A glance at the map oi Europe will show those who are most unfamiliar with European politics why that is so, The little kingdom of the Netherlands shuts off the German Elm pire from all but short stip of the North Sea coast. Were the resistance which the kingdom can offer the only obstacle, no one doubts that Germany would soon find pretext for absorb ing 1t. But there are other powers and particularly Great Britain, which would oppose such move, and the German Emperor Is not one to pro yoke a great war to obtain that which no doubt every German covets. But If the throne of the Netherlands should be occupied by German prince, the internal opposition to an nexation would be weakened, and thai might ultimately be accomplished without war which at present is i'm. possible. So the little princess has been welcomed because the Dutch peo pie love their royal house and theii charming queen, and because they see in the helpless infant a security fol their national independence.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29
Wives of Generals Bell and Ed- wards Chief Among Social
 Leaders at White House.
GOLD LACE HAS GREAT HEYDAY
Presidential Affairs Made Gay Through Presence of Land and
 Sea Fighters of Nation.
corresnondence:

Washington correspondence:
 When Mrs. Taft, in her official role as first lady of the land, surrounded herself with a coterie of the cleyerest and brightest officers of the twin branches of the service, everybody in Washington society recognized that the era of the army and navy set had arrived. In brave array the military men form a moving background at Mrs Taft's at homes, and in their i'm. maculate dress the officers of the land and sea forces are splendid attribute at Mrs. Taft's fascinating garden par ties.
 At the White House entertainments scarcely has the line of guests passed until Mrs. Taft is surrounded by a group of officers and their wives, daughters and sweethearts. whose persiflage and laughter instantly dis sipate any indication of an oppressive or military" perfunctoriness.
 Replacing Col Cromwell, who with Mrs Cromwell were dominant factors in the social life of the capital in the last administration. Is Col. Spencer Cosby, whose career has been marked with distinction. Col Cosby is the first of the administration bachelors to announce his engagement. and in the fall Miss Yvonne Shepard, daugh. ter of Mrs. Charles R. Shepard of New York and Washington, will fall heir to the position vacated by the withdrawal of Mrs. Cromwell.
 Miss Shepard is tall and svelte. her well-carried head is graced with quan. titles of silky, fair-brown hair, and her pretty complexion is set off by the taste Miss Shepard displays in the se lection of the color of her gowns. She wears large hats, flower trimmed. and long, sweeping gowns. which accen- tuate the graceful slenderness of her figure.
 AS the wife of the Presidents aid and constant attendant. Miss Shepard will be thrown constantly in associa- tion with the White House family. and her adroitness and social graces will be put to severe test in the carrying of a role not less influential han difficult.
 Gen. BeIrs Wife Power.
 AS wife of the chief of staff, Mrs. J. Franklin Bell will have a high position in the full tide of the official season.
 Not content with standing at the head of the serried ranks of army dom, Mrs Bell is no less popular with the diplomatic as well as the con- gressional and president set. As great friend of Mrs. Edson Bradley of New York. she is in touch with the smart lie of the little coterie of the rich and important who come to Washington each winter to enjoy It's season.
 Gen. ard Mrs. Bell last winter took possession of commodious home at Fort Mye and there throughout the season Mrs. Bell challenged the ad. miration of society by the conduct of a series If delightful entertainments. her guest including the grizzled vet. erans wht surround the chief of staff, the young officers eager for an oppor. tunity to display their mettle, the debutantes the foreign guests" of the nation ant the general everyday-man and woma who goes in for Washing. tons socia good times.
 Associatd with Mrs. Bell in the so,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

In the ages to come, when all the coal mines have been exhausted, the rich cargoes on the bottom of the Ohio river from Pittsburg down will have to be drawn upon to supply the needs of mankind.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

Professor Arlo Bates says, says he, that book which Is not worth read Ing twice, is not worth reading once. Perhaps the professor will explain how one Is to determine, without reading a book the first time, whether it will bear a second perusal.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

Seldom has the birth of a child been of so much national and international importance as the recent birth of a princess of the Netherlands The pres ent queen herself was the only child of King Willem H.; was born when
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

Count Boni is coming to America to hunt grizzly bears. Perhaps he has in some way absorbed the idea that the grizzly bear and the Teddy bear are identical.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

Camille Flammarion declares that signaling to Mars is possible. Still, nobody can positively assure us that anybody on Mars is going to know what We mean when we get our sig, nals to reach that planet.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

1elen ldIt pest CnumS.
 Mrs. Edwards Wins Laurels.
 One of the handsome homes of the army set established in Washington is presided over by Mrs Clarence Ed wards, wife of Gen. Clarence Edwards, chum to the President and general good fellow. Gen Edwards who is one of the most generally liked officers of the service, has his honors to look to when 1t comes to a discussion of his wife's popularity. Everybody likes Mrs. Edwards and her place in the fla vor ot the community Waxes as the years increase.
 In girlhood, as pretty and vivacious Bessie Porter. she made her first ap- pearance in Washington, coming over 10 visit her great-aunt. Mrs. Saunders Irving, widow of Washington Irving's nephew. Mrs. Irving maintained a menage second only to the White House In point of social importance. its gentle mistress, who was an in- valid. being one of the few women up- on whom the wives of the Presidents felt it incumbent to leave cards.
 Mrs. Edwards is a slender. delicate looking woman, whose chief beauty lies in her sweetness of expression, her well-bred air and her lovable manners. She looks at life through two jolly. twinkling eyes and she has sympathy with everybody and with everything that lives, without regard to place or position. Her servants adore her and pay her the sovereign compliment of remaining in her service two decades or more.
 A very great-great granddaughter of the first white man that settled In the western part of New York. Mrs. Ed wards family, the Porters of Niagara, N. Y. held the original grant of the immense tract of land which included the falls until the taking over of the property by the State government.
 Gen. Peter B. Porter, Mrs. Ed wards great-grandfather, served as secretary of war in the cabinet of President John Quincy Adams.
 Gen. and Mrs. Edwards daughter Bessie Is a pretty little woman of 10 years, who Is chum Of her father and the boon companion of her mother. The Edwards home is reflex of the character of its owners Beginning with the generals office on the first floor photographs of familiar friends men. women and small children-run riot and overflow into the attractive drawing room on the second floor, gay in its dress of summery English chintz and filled with fine old mahogany and interesting things picked up in the out of the way corners of the army of, ficers' world.
 The Edwardses keep open house In and out of season and aside from dis pensing a hospitality as smart as the smartest, Gen. and Mrs. Edw, r9s delight in having friends to lunc. lr dine en familie.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

Twenty years from now" declares one of the scientists, we'll all be fly. ing" He may be right, but it will be prudent to go right on in our efforts to have cheaper shoe leather, just the same.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

Army enlistments have been suffi cient of late to bring that branch of the service up to it's full capacity, but 1t Is understood that Mir. Hobson Is not quite satisfied with the navy.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

Now that a fertilizer trust is being to be said about such an organization probably being in bad odor-but let it pass.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

A Baltimore man has erected mon- ument to Adam. Now let's start a fund to bring his bones back home.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

Camille Flammarion's heat-produc- ing well is a mighty fine idea, but the chesty coal men still decline to be Stampeded.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

local critic claims that Poe wrote "The Raven backwards, beginning with the last stanza. It Is a splendid way to read 1t, too.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

The kaiser is not satisfied with his salary, but he has not gone so far as to declare a strike.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

E. H. Hartman. weighs only Al pounds, but there is little waste mat ter in his makeup.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

Caruso is said to have hurt his voice by singing into the photographs. The voice usually comes back out of the photograph with a spraln in 1t.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29
Cynical Interpretation.

She (sentimentally)-It means great deal to a girl of Emma's nature to marry a man like Dick.
 He brutally)-Naturally He Is man of means-Baltimore American.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

The average American consumes S219 pounds of sugar year. And yet one occasionally meets man who acts as if he had never tasted sugar.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

Ask small boy to do something and usually he will say: Just wait 8 minute" A man would put you of till next week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29
Note and Comment

The way England is building battle ships surely beats the Dutch.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

Before a woman has returned from her wedding trip she has all her plans laid for freezing out his kin, and mak. ing a home for her own.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

A malicious truth may do more harm than an innocent lie.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-07-29

the distinction of being one of Miss Helen Taft's best chums.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-19
Inauguration as a Holiday.

Tor years there has been agitation
In Washington and to some extent
throughout the country for a change
In the date of Inauguration which
would insure decent weather at the
capital The Washington Post de-
clares that the only reason the date
has not been changed from March
10 April 80 is that no one would take
the initiative The New York Mail
and Express observes that to move
the date forward would save in the
long run many valuable lives and a
good deal of bunting, millinery and
shoe leather" Pennsylvania govern
or put the case very bluntly when he
declared, "There is no necessity for
men to 60 down there and sacrifice
their lives in the hostile March wealth
er"
While the menace to life in a March
inauguration has figured in the argu-
ments heretofore for a change, this
menace has not been emphasized The
whole country knows that Washing
ton, which is the headquarters for agi-
tation, wants a pageant for business
reasons. While the recent experience
was exceptional, about every inaugu-
raj day has claimed its toll as a result
of weather exposure. Washington
thinks nothing of four or five kinds of
weather in twenty-four hours. This
year the sun shone at noon where a
blizzard had ragged all the morning.
1t seems now that Washington is not
alone in wanting an Inauguration
pageant and that date in milder
weather would be boon to delega-
tions from all over the country.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-19
SENATE CHANGES.

The United States senate has lost
within two years by death or resigna-
ton Allison, Whyte, Proctor, Latimer,
Mallory, Morgan, Pettus, Bate and
Spooner. 1t has lost Knox, who now
holds the portfolio of state. The re-
cent senatorial elections have caused
other changes, among them the retire
ment Of Foraker, Platt and Teller
Some of the new men have been
thought to the front as the result of
direct voting for senators and may be
found somewhat antagonistic to the
conservative spirit Of the upper house.
Aside from the changes in the per-
sonnel Of the chamber, there are i'm
portant changes in work brought about
by the retirement of veterans. Lodge
succeeds to the place on the finance
committee vacated by the retirement
e Platt. Senator Crane replaces
Knox as chairman Of the commit
tee on rules, a place long held by
Spooner, who preceded Knox. While
many of the new men are known to
tf,e country, the majority are to make
their first cast for honors in the ma
tonal field on the floor Of the senate.