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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17
CONCERNING WELSH RABBIT

the rabbit and the cursed henbane. But not being able to make a rabbit that would pour, she chose the less deadly mixture Besides, she was a woman, and the feminine heart shrinks from cruel and unusual forms of punishment. @
 There are 69 ways of making a Welsh rabbit, every one being the best-or worst Cheese, butter. and beer are the main ingredients. The rest is matter of detail. After the combination has as- stunned the appearance of seething Vesuvius, red pepper is added quant. suff., as the doctors say.p If this isn't down with more beer. It then becomes too thin. whereupon you put in more cheese. You then cut the cards as to the next addition, and apply beer, internally, following which 1t is customary to add a lemon peel, dash of bitters, and sprinkling of per1manganate of potash, stirring briskly all the while. The rab- bit now has the flavor and texture of secondhand oakum, and should be eaten hot and hurriedly before your courage fails.
 Nevertheless, the department of agrl- culture is right in saying that the rabbit does not cause nightmare. It is the mak- ing of 1t that produces these portentous after effects But at any rate, the rabbit has been scientifically vindcated. and we can only say, as did the Cheeryble brotohers, of precious memory, flor this ard other blessings make us duly thank ful!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

Some of the subjects in presidential messages are worn threadbare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

In the coming year 2O0.o0O,O00 Chinese queues are to be Topped off, and they will be shipped to America in carload lots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

The governors will meet next time al Spring. Lake, New Jersey. It is outside the mint julep belt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

The sleighs of yesterday will all be needed on Christmas night, but not in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

Ir the passion play at Oberammergau the star actors got for summers work but s625 apiece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

George w. Perkins will be missed most by campaign managers about election time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

The low temperature championship is going to the men whose fish got away last summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

Uncle Sam can give us all farm if we will accept one in Alaska.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17
ATTIC INSTALLATIONS ABROAD

The voting machine is popular wherever it has been well tested
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

The lame ducks in Congress are almost as hilarious as a small boy after spank ing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17
AS WE WE'RE SAYING.

"Old Scrooge" has an on his name Clarismond. We put one there, but it got lost in the shuttle yesterday morn ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

Prices of food articles fall as reluctant ly as the leaning Tower of Pisa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

Paris proposes to hold an international exposition in 1920. Alabama will pull off hers in 1919.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

Women want to vote for just one reason = because they cannot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17
OIITE ELASHY

It seems he's had run of luck,
 His bank account is fat And on his head is proudly stuck A fuzzy-wuzzy hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

All of us have Cause To wall the dimming of our shining But none can cure their harms by wail- ing them.
 Ing them. king Richard HI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

In all moral reforms the reformee should do the work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17
TRULY DELPTITc.

Some of Flubbers epigrams are rather ambiguous"
 For instanceg'
 "One of his favorite sayings is, No matter how often a man inhales he isn't 8 smoke-consumer.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

pleasant afternoon" said Mir. Johnson. And now I must go back home. I have note in the bank I promised to meet on Friday morning."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

ENFORCING WISE PRECEPTs. If your mother was A spanker,
 You should never cease To thank her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17
RAzzLE-DAzzLB REPARTBE

HAZZLE-DAZZLE REPARTEE.
 Sir, you have nothing on mer ex- claimed the chorus lady, haughtily.
 Quite right. my dear" answered Reginald Bounder. Some other fellow is paying for the ostrich plumes and cut glass you wear"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

that is of equal intensity with that OF OruIe'
but that is of a vastly different quality. ~
means bruised faces, strained muscles, even on
occasion broken limbs. It has been known 10
result in serious in ury and even IN death. buT
for all that, the end is something beside the
demonstration of physical superiority and the
Science" of cultured sluggery. 1t is different
end, and different method There Is as much
head as Drawn involved in the struggle-more
head, in fact, than Drawn. But the great dit
ference between game and fight is that the
one is unselish, the other applied brutality for
the sake of money. The game has behind it the
moral force of the hundreds or thousands Of young
men who make up the institution that sends
forth the team Theirs is high and patriotic
ideal. For its sake they enter as young men
upon course of training more severe than that
Of the prize-fghter. They keep 1t up longer 10
it they sacrifice all the soft ndugencles of their
youth, all the things which interfere with the
expression of their manhood. From 1t they learn
decision GOODNESS in time of crisis, above all
selfrestraint and the regimen OF obedience. Inc
time has passed when there existed the college
boy whose sole purpose IN education was foot
ball. With the preparation for a contest as
gruelling as any that was fought out IN
the gladiatorial amphitheatre he must carry a
standard Of scholarship The football player,
better than any other particular product OF pres
ent day civilization is apt, indeed, to show forth
the ideal expressed long ago in the adage, mems
IN corpore Sdno
1t is battling to us that more people do not
understand these elementals Of the militant game
Ct the college youth. Because II looks rough
because on account of its exec lcnce il every Sal!
attracts general attention. its casualties are mag
niied They are no greater than those of base
ball. not nearly so great as those Of hunting, or
swimming, or even golf 1t ought to be necessary
in order to see the distinction only to picture the
two scenes-the one, the two rival colleges ami
mated by loyal spirl: tl,',,ing expression after
long preparation in a struggle in which the IN
stitution and not the players is concerned, the
great holiday crowds gathered as spectators of q
manly sport whose character cannot fail to make
for pride in YOUTH on the other hand the
scraping> of the city sunni, tic hobces, the gam
bers the touts the sports" of hulking shoulders
the reck of all the conglomerate of-scourlngs OF
vice assembled about a small ring in which two
naked men pummelsone another to set standard
for wagers and to earn for themselves the none!
which the gaming instinct always generously
pours out to those who are able to whet its In
satiate but always satiated appetite
The Nirginian is far from endorsing the game
of football as it has been played in the past There
is reasonable demand that it be made more
safe and that its elements of force should give
way to those of brain. This is both possible
and necessary to its salvation But TO put thu
game on the plane Of the fight is TO be both in
accurate and unjust.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
COLONEL MOSBY.

The summary dismissal of Colonel John s.
Mosbv a special attorney Of the Department
Iof Justice after All official service of eight
years will not be taken kindly by Virginia or by
the South. Of the daring figures Of the War
Between the States, Colonel Mostly was one Of
he most eminent and appealing. He touched
the sentiment of the South and flecked the North
upon the raw. In the midst of great contest
of armies. he was in almost individual combat
almost an army in himself. With the first glim-
mer of reason after hate he was recognized
type of the intrepid American spirit
Now, however, Colonel Mosby is old The
war il far ways off There is clamor from
those insatate in their thirst for Office Doubt
less it is considered by the Department of Justice
that there is no longer political place for an
old OK Confederate of whom Republican politics
has sought to make a political asset Wicker
sham casts him aside. Notwithstanding the fact
thai his allegiance has been consistent with as lit
tie concern as he might fire" wine-bibbing
butler 1t is no use to become ''hot" over such
matter 1t is policy, and history, and the con-
sistent practice of politics, system beside which
the corporation without a soul'Fis Charity per-
sonified We do not get mad with snake,
nor condemn fish for its want of blush. Be
side either, politics is coldboodied TO the point
of a chill
There is this reflection about the case of Colonel
Mosbv, however that the Republican party is
"a stranger to gratitude. 1t predcates everything
upon trade. Its philosophy does not get be-
vond that Of the qo'd pro quo 1t is ready to de-
mand sacrifices, to make promises to dange re-
wards before the eyes Of those who will serve it.
It is fertile with sophstries and adroit in tempta-
tons. But always it looks TO its own ends-its
selfish ends. Always it works with an Interior
purpose. Always, when they are no longer SER
viceable, is it ready to Tighten ship by throw
ing over board its friends.
Colonel Mosbv fought for the South to the
gasp The war over, he was led to see the hope
of peace in acquescence with the South's con-
querors. He seduced to transfer an al
legiance that was constant in war upon the con-
clusion of bloody peace, We do not question
his sincerity, or hint that he party to the
trade We do say that the party that sought
his allegiance sought to use him as tool in the
design of seduction of people away from the
principle and the faith which alone were left
them from the war. Colonel Mosby now, no
doubt, realizes this bitter truth. His experience
should cause other and younger men to hesitate
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
and consider that for their service also, is held
out the hidden bride, is held ready the ultimate
kick
JEWELS AND PASTE.

The Chicago tax officials do not seem to under
stand that it is sometimes necessary to humor a
Jest. Preparatory to giving trouble to the So
ciety folk of the Windy City, they have pre-
pared book of clippings in which are preserved
all and sundry the accounts of fashionable func-
tons, with the lists of jewels worn by the women.
Stomachers, tiaras, pendants and ropes of pearl,
ETC., are all duly indexed against the time when
their owners will prepare to go on oath as to
their possessions of personal property. 1t is then
expected that something will drop" and values
rise. We can we'll believe that there is great CON
sternation at the news.
The point is, however, that these brilliant sun
bursts of jewels are in great measure either
imaginative-or paste. They are not seen and
set down by industrious reporters-how could
they to do it in their glare but are furnish
ed to the papers by their wearers 1t is thus easy
for one society matron to be as extensively be-
leweed another, and without apprecable cost.
But as matter of fact, what is perfect aurora
IN the morning paper is as apt as not TO be tai
low dip in the evening. Many woman who
wears twenty thousand dollar necklace to the
opera walks home afterward to save car fare.
We fail to exactly understand this Chicago
crusade. Surely the city officials do not wish to
expose the comparative poverty of their fair
city. Surely they do not intend to make more
modest the accounts of the functions of Chicago's
four hundred. And certainly they do not a mo-
ment credit the things they see in the papers re-
garding these Jewels. The West is not as green
as that. If it is hoped that the society folk will
pay the tax rather than admit the pretense, there
is disappointment in the plan. For many of them
could live on the tax in comfort, if they only had
the amount of it as principal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
AN ORACLE.

The news that Walter Wellman Is now to fly
across the Atlantic Ocean in dirigible ballon,
recalls a cartoon which appeared about the mo-
ment when he was preparing TO set sail for the
Pole.
Walter Wcman and William Jennings BRYAN
were represented as standing before the Delphc
Oracle asking of their chances, One eye closed
in an expressive wink the Oracle made answer
Yes, Wallic, you will reach the North Pole,
when Willie becomes President.
Eyes, Willie, YOU will become President,
when Walie gets to the North Pole"
We expect Wellman to arrive from across the
seas and ahght at the Fort Meyer parade ground,
on the very day when an enthusiastic country
shall be acclaiming the inaugural address of the
Gentleman from Nebraska.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
SOME DIFFERENCES"

A correspondent in Yesterdays virginian
raises a question which indicates what we can
only describe as a sort of intellectual blindness
born of the refusal 10 use his eyes. For the
life Of him, he cannot see wherein exists the
distinction between football and prizetighting.
He is unable to perceive why the one should be
accorded public support and the other uni
versally denounced. How, he says, ANYONE
can consistently condemn the ring and approve
football is to me an unknown continent, an
indescribable mystery, a fine point, perhaps,
which my feeble vision fails to focus. Over
against football, he continues. 'the ring APP
pears TO me humane, dignifed and almost de-
cent commercializing of miserably misdirected
skill and muscle.
If our correspondent is of those who find fault
with any sport which calls for action so vigorous
that it involves danger, he will never see the dis
tinction which he proclaims that he is seeking.
Football is rougb--frankly Its players work
for long minutes at time in a sustained and
hearth breaking exertion. 1t requires a courage
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

the violent electrical getting the credit for
the vacant cells 1t is argued that the with the
accompanying idea that the world coming to an
END drove many negroes and ignorant whites into
the church and made for better morals
The prevailing hot wave is laid at the comets door
oy many swelterng mortas Superstitious folk in the
neghborhood of Gettysburg Pa believe that the recent
visit of the comet is affecting the growth of vege-
table sand grain One farmer exhibits radish having
tail 80 inches long Peadods six inches in length are
said to be of unusual size. Comet eggs so
numerous that they longer curiosity. The
chester Star
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
Let the Virginian Follow You.

If YOU intend leaving Richmond for a vacation,
have The Vir9inian sent daily 10 your cottage
or hotel. You may then enjoy the mountain
or seashore air and at the time keep In
close touch with all that is happening In the
city and State, and country-poiitical, social,
business and sporting circles.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

Governor Mann wins victory in securing a
real trial for negro accused Of q high military
crime The attempt of the Gettysburg authorities
TO try a negro for felony by court which had
jurisdiction of misdemeanors only was race pre-
judice-wih the reverse English on ii.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
REFORM IN AUTOMOBILE LICENSES

The age limit Of eighteen years fixed for chauf-
fers Is step in the right direction. The Vir-
ginian has several times called attention 10 the
necessity for such an ordinance, and has urged
its adoption. We would have been better satisfied
had Ii been placed AT twenty-one years, and if
women had not been permitted to run machines
As it is however, the crying danger Of little boys
running big automobiles and little girls whisk-
ing around corners in fast run-a-bouts will be
stopped.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

Some excitement caused late yesterday evening
in the southeastern section of the city by report that
the dead body OF lying the railway
track in the Wilkes street tunnel Men. women and
boys proceeded to make an investigation and upon
entering tunnel they found a colored man sound
asleep the track He had been by liquor.
The darkey after dificulty. removed to a
place safety. Had he not been discovered he would
doubtless have been killed by train which
through the .tunnel-Aexandria Gazette.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

Three cheers for Roosevelt" at a dinner com
p'imentary to Secretary Ballinger was not ac-
ton calculated TO give the guest of honor a relish
for his vituals.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

Considering the irregular warfare now being
conducted against the administration, Wicker
sham do doubt thought that there was no necessity
of retaining in the service so persistent war
rior as Colonel Mosbv
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

Frank Gould,s wife having announced her en-.
gagement, Gould announced his own marriage OF
several weeks standing First honors TO Frank
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

Speaking by the card of her photograph, it
cannot be intimated that Mrs. Marila NJ Kicker,
candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, will
not make manly fight for election
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

Mr. Fred. Robinson. OF Fall HILL has six acres In
alfalfa! His first cutting yielded ton the
and he Is cutting the second crop with equally
good yield 1t Is beautifully cured-Fredercksburg
Lance
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

Frances E. Lawrence negro politician OF Chester
Pa, who time aspired to become ar assistant
sergeant in the House Representatives at
Harrisburg when he heard that white man from
Delaware county had the coveted position went
telegraph Office and the following
dispatch to the representative from his district:
A naught Ia a nausht,
And a figure is a figure:
All Offices for the white man
And nothing for the Niger.
Alexandria Gazette.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
Aisxt Venrs aird,s Mat

Echoes OF the comet are still hoard. For the first
time in a long while the Rockingham county jail Ia
empty The tailor is opening doors and windows
airing the cells and the Harrsonburg policemen
complaining of the good order. Halley's comet and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
Virginia Comment


The Staunton Rifles hope to have the largest dele
CATION the "tryouts" for the State rife team this
summer, allotted to single command OF the
Virginia militia. The usual allotment men to a
but in view OF the activity OF the Rifles
long shooting. they have been assured a much
larger representation. Last they had three OF
the fifteen men chosen TO represent Virginia the
National Match at Camp Perry. and this year they
hope TO do better. The names of the following
expert rifemen and sharpshooters have been sub
mtted to the acknowledgement for trial for place on
the State team-Captain H. H. Opie. Second Lieuten-
Charles P Serrett, Quartermaster Sergean,
Thomas F. Opie. Sergeant T. F. Douglas Corporal
Henry H Ransom Corporal J. n Harlow, Cook w J.
Rohr. Cook c. A. Robertson. Musician Z. ". Opie
and Private n. r. MitchelL--Staunton Leader.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

The trouser factory Is one OF Lexngtons in.
terestinR Industries and II Ia good that thu
plant is thriving Mr.. sicelon manager tells a re-
porter that several months he has out
at least one-thrd goods than the business ever
made before. week In five days 100 pairs Of
trousers were made. About 1000 pairs per month
ia the usual output. Soon the will angs
and the plant will begin making up spring goods
Until then II is likely that the work viii be cur
tailed just the fall orders being finished up
Lexington Dispatch
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

Have you completed your graduation essay" No"
replied Mldren. II read 1t over to father ne
understood every sentence I've got to II and
put in words of four syila bles Was gton
Star.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

II think he has Interior motive in attendptin.
to awaken the voters OF the country ''wha's his
plan ?" III heyire actually sound asleep he'll
probably sneak in and for Congress" st Louis
Star.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

The Richmond and Henrico Railway EN-
phasises one of the chief reasons and expressions
Of Richmond's growth toward the estate of a
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-14
Tn. southsrnsr and Corn.

The southerner feeds himself, his pigs
and his progeny upon corn. He slept
In his froniersman's cabin upon q mat
tress made of the husks. To-Day be
contributes some Of its pith to the
manufacture of gun cotton with which
to blow the enemy to Beelzebub and
some more of 1t to the manufacture OF
ceilulose to pack behind the arnor Of
his country's battleshIps to prevent
them from sinking when projectiles
pierce their plates. He plants corn as
early in the springtime as the season
will permit and gets up at dawn to 60
into the fields and tickle Its spreadir.g
roots with a double shovel plow. In
midwinter be smokes bis corncob pipe
before a corncob fire. Looking into q
bed Of glowing embers through a blue
haze Of the smoke Of incense burned
to Mondamin, he returns thanks for
the cornmeal In the cupboard and
dreams happily Of the 'ros'n ear Of
the golden summer to come. His ap-
probation OF the value Of Indian corn
Is high. His affection for 1t in It's vari-
GUS forms Is abiding.-Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-14
AIsxan0ria 6azsffs.
SATURDAY EVENING. MAY IA. 1911
What a Poet Writes.

sYou never can tell whether poetry
is loaded or not" said a Columbia pro-
fessor descanting upon the muse, "and
what a poet writes In the moments OF
his fine frenzy rolling may be suscep-
tibIe OF changes which would make
him curse the pen did he but know
whence 1t pointed. Now, listen to this
couplet:
Help US TO save free conscience from ths
OF hireiing wolves whose gospel is their
NAV.
at sounds like some kind of fam
fly poem, doesn't 1t, with paw and
nav coming in to make the rhyme?
Do you imagine the poet when ne
wrote the lines ever thought OF the
parents represented in such a homely
way and how the meaning OF the
whole thing could be changed by
changing the meaning OF the end
words of two lines2 Was he begin
ner? Oh, no; he was not a beginner.
He had written several very classy
things. He was John Milton You re-
member he wrote Paradise Lost and
two or three other pieces Of considera-
BILE merit, though he never quite got
Into the six best sellers list, and these
two lines / have quoted close bis SON.
net 10 Lord Protector Cromwell, writ
ten In 1652."-New York Herald.
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LAWYER Sentenced

New York, May 13-Haviug PLEADED
guilty to co indictment charging forgery,
Henry A. Doelliuger, 8 lawyer, arrested
10 Philadelphia on April 2, where be
vas known az William A, Rusb, was
sentenced by Judge Grain t,daY to Dol
less than one nor more than two years
in Sing Sing prison. In 1907 Doelllngei
induced his wife and daughter TO sign
and swear to forged deed which ne
hy pothecsted for SO, 900. He then fed
the city goiug to Seattle and Portland.
Detectives traced him there, tu' he
eysded them aud vert to Philadelphia
where be was csptufed while 10 mot.
Ing picture Establishment. He denied
bis identity and fought extradition bot
when finally brought back here admitted
bis quilt.