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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
Troubles of tho C. 0. P.

It is not at all necessary to exagger- ate the Taft-Pinchot controversy, or even the jolt that MT. Underwood gave MT. Cannon in the House-the real trouble that confronts the republican party is the discontent which springs from the increased cost of living. II the tariff that the republican stand patters made and the trusts which the republicans have all along promoted are at the bottom of the increased cost of living then the republican party may as we'll get ready to pack up and get out immediately after 1912. For 1t is not a thing that can be lived down or forgotten. It will on the other hand grow worse, and the republican party has no defense President Taft's winona speech, in which he declared that the Aidrich tariff Is the best ever drawn, sealed his fate and that of his party.
 The Back from Elba" bogey does not enter into the case and never will Napoleon did come back from Elba and was installed emperor, but in 100 days he had fought Waterloo. and he went at once to Saint Helena to die. MT Roosevelt wants no Elba business in his'n, and the country wants no third term and will have none. The Elba movement should be called off.
 What the people want ig relief from a robber tariff and the robber trust ensconsed behind it, and they knQW that this can be secured through the democratic party only The republican party is tied to the trusts by thou sand campaign subscriptions, and il cannot be trustee to fight either the tariff or the trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
WEAR COTTON UNDERcLoTHEs

From Leslie's weekly.
 Should wool, cotton, or linen be worn next to the skin? Wool has its devo- tees, who would look on discarding their merino or flannel vest or drawers as a risk of life. Medical opinion has radically changed in recent years and now many. if not most, doctors favor cotton or linen next the skin. Wool absorbs precipitation and retains 1t; 1t absorbs it with diff culty at first, but surrenders it to the surrounding air with even greater diffi- culty. Cotton, on the other hand, asks only an opportunity to dry, which 1t does as rapidly as possible. The best plan in cold weather is to wear cotton or linen next the skin, with wool outer clothing. The wool excludes moisture and cold, while the cotton absorbs the perspira- tion quickly and dries even more quickly. This 1t does without chilling the body if the latter has an outer covering of wool. In this climate, where houses and offices are generally overheated in winter, and the transition from indoors to outdoors is attended by far greater change In temperature than in milder climates. where the houses are not kept as hot as they are in America, it is better to wear cotton or linen underclothes and to rely upon heavy outer garments to resist the cold air
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
EASILY SATISFIED.
From Puck.

La, now. Mis- Doolittle don't you 70 to mite O trouble on my account" said Mrs. Betsey Baxter when she arrived unexpectedly for dinner at the home of Mrs. Dorcas Doolittle. You know that I'm person for whom you can just lay down an extra plate an set before me anything you happen to have in the house. If you just fry chicken same as you would for your own folks, an make up pan O your tea biscuits that no one can beat. an open glass O your red currant jelly, an have a dish O your quince preserves. an some e the pound- cake you allus have in your cake jar you do that, an have some pipin' hot apple fritters with hot maple syrup to so with 'em. an some Q your gsod cof- fee. an any vegetables you happen to have in your house-I like sweet potatoes the way you make 'sm mightily-but, la. just have anything else you happen to have. I'm one that expects an is wlliin' to eat what's set before me, an no ques- tions asked ner fault found when I go visitin.' So don't you put yourself out a mite for me If you have what I've mem tioned an anything else you want to have I'll be satisfied. aint one that cares very much about what I eat. any how. As the sayin Is, any old thing will do for me"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
THEcLINcHINa ARGUMENT.

FroP AAfe-
 Ayoung man representing weii-known make of motor car had called, discussed intelligently the points of the automobile he was endeavoring to sell, had given a fawless demonstration-
 But the prospective amateur motorist
 before mortgaging his house still wanted
 to be thoroughly convinced and so he said: What you say about your car may be all right. The engine runs very nicely and it looks good to me; but tell me one thing-haye you ever sold any of these cars to your own personal friends?' The salesman smiled. Have Il Why. three months ago I was engaged to a girl
 and I sold one of these identical cars to my prospective father-in-law." Did you marry the sirl?'' "Yes, indeed. I've now got the girl, contented father-in-law, and an en- thusiastic customer as well'' He made the sale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
Governor Hughes and Senator DepeW

A republican victory in New York next fall, either to vindieate newly established primary system or to com nel the establishment of such system almost certainly means that Governor Hughes will be the candidate of his party for a third term. In case he is elected it means also that Governor Hughes will oppose Senator Depew be- fore the legislature when the sena- torial election takes place.
 It is scarcely probable that Chauncey M. Depew has lived down in New York the story of his $25,000 salary drawn from widows and orphans, all of which was disclosed in Governor Hughes investigation of the life in- surance companies, and the chances are that Governor Hughes will be sent to the Senate.
 His recent opposition to the ratifica- tion of the income tax amendment may be a part of his campaign to de- feat Depew. who is still strong among the capitalists. But whether this be so or be merely piece of imagination 1t is certain that Depew and Hughes are the republican entries for the sena, torial race The state is so districted that the democrats cannot readily gain control of the legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

a permanent place in our system or government.
 Alabama has pretty good pure food law, but some of the states have none at all, and adulteration of food articles will go on until all the states get in line on this subject. There is a sad lack of uniformity among the states. The state laws and the federal law should agree, and the House of Cover nors can do much toward bringing this plan of relief into actual use.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
sfure Food Laws Should Be Uniform

The House of Governors, organized under the unwritten law by the gover- nors themselves, will meet next Mon- day at Washington to sit for four days.
 There Is one subject that the gover- nors could discuss with advantage and profit to all, and that Is uniformity in the pure food laws of the states. The : pational government attends to articles kf food, beverages and medicines that ontor into interstate trade, but it is poWerless where such articles are made and marketed within the bounds pf . state.
 if each state would re-enact the fed. eral pure food law, or if the entire 46 would agree upon pure food law the beople would be better protected, and oonsumers would feel better protected than they are at present. The stan nArd of quality, purity and fitness for nc should be common throughout the entire country in order to avoid con. fuaion and trickery within state boun naries. No state can afford to en AanRer all by system of selfish isola non and non-conformity.
 r the House of Governors can brint nnout uniformity in pure food laws I @n rGt have existed in vain It VII 1rnn 1rstiled its exiitence outside th'
 11nnGion. It VIII bs sura to secur'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
-8s----=------------- THE CODE OF HAMMURAeI,
rom the Chicago Examiner.

From the Chicago Examiner.
 The so-called Code of Hammurabr' was brought to light during the most re- cent excavations on the site of Babylon and is looked upon as being one of the very oldest, if not the oldest, of all known records. It is believed to be al least 1000 years older than the Mosaic Law. King Hammurabi reigned over Babylon about the year 230O B. C., and the laws he inscribed on the clay tab. let's, for the most part. no doubt long an, tedate that time The Mosaic Law Is supposed to have been given to Israel about 1900 E. C.. and 1t would appear, therefore, that the Hammurabi code has the much greater antiquity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
"A WET sHEET AND A FLOWING
 SEA-"

By Allan Cunningham. 17S4-ls42.
 A wet sheet and a flowing sec.
 A wind that follows fast. And fills the white and rustling sail. And bends the gallant-mast: And bends the gallant-mast. my boys While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship fies and leaves Old England on the lee. There's tempest in yon horned moon, And lightning in yon eloudj And hark the music. mariners-
 The wind is piping loudl The wind Is piping loud, my boys,
 The lightning flashes free While the hollow oak our palace is.
 Our heritage the sea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
"cHEck YOUR RuBBERs." From the Canton (nl.) Register.

The maid met guests at the front door and supplied each lady with . number for her rubbers. The rubbers were then lined up on the front porch and mum bered. so that Identification could be made later. The guests were then point ed upstairs to three spacious bedrooms. where they left their wraps. Mrs. Rosa met them in the reception hall as they came down the stairway and they were then escorted to the east parlor, where the reception proper was to take placA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
THE FATE OF ANDREE.

From the New York World,
 The report that some effects have been found at Reindeer Lake, west of Hud- sons Bay, which may have come from the wreck of Andree's balloon is one to stir the imagination of all Christendom.
 More than Il years ago Andree and two intrepid companions set out from Spitzbergen in a great balloon to drift across the Polar sea. The day was not too favorable, the wind was rather strong and the balloon did not at first rise quite high enough, but with the sacri- flee of a little ballast 1t presently stead jed, and then little dark speck dwind- ling to nothing in the distance before the straining eyes of the attendants was all that was ever seen. s
 It was the most dramatic disappear ance in the frozen north since Henry Hudson, set adrift by a mutinous crew 800 years ago with his young son and few loyal sailors in an open boat in the great bay that bears his name. "steered north by west his dead'-to what frozen strand we know not.
 Now comes the strange tale of Esqui- mau Indians who saw "a large white house covered with ropes'' fall from the sky; of revolver like that which one of the dead men carried;, of books their ig norant finders cannot read. The place is not hard to reach. It will be visited
 What if in the smoky blackness of some Esquimau hut there shall yet be found the diary of strtndberg. or Franck- nell Or of Andree himself. telling the story of their trip! No sordid tale of the doinss of the monsy-grubbing 'kings of finance" no squabble over the spoils of political conquests, no stage-mauaged TO- nance of young kings a-wooins, could claim half the interest of such re- covered record of daring, of suffering and perhaps of supreme achievement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
oruary is a month of anniversaries

,oruary is month of anniversaries or days of which especial note is taken. First comes Candlesmas, Feb ruary 2, the day on which the Catholic church blesses candles. It is also ground hog day-a mOmentous day in this country. Mardi Gras comes on February 8. Lincoln's birthday ami versay Is on February 12; St. Valen' tines day on February IA, and Wash ington's birthday anniversary on Feb ruary p.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
THINK TT OVER.

While there's very little reason, And less rhythm to my rhyme, I rather think baby Beats a poodle every timel
 Birmingham Age-Herald. But still you wise philosophers, I'll tell you what we'll do: We'll have an English poodle And a tootse-wootsie, tool
 Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

in that, either. I further debased myself by saying that in India I saw a fakir plant a seed and cause huge tree to grow in two minutes, on the limbs of which was ripe fruit. This was another falsehood. make these frank statements on the advice of my pastor, and hope I will be forgiven"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
LOVELY WOMEN OF MEXICO

hats ever behld. As usual their faces were powdered to ghastliness, and they had a tawdry, overdressed air, but at least there were no bleached blondes among them, for the Spanish women all wear their own pretty black hair, which forms the proper frame for their dark, handsome faces. The pretty girls are exquisite; the slender oval of the face. the rich olive of the cheek, the long sweeping dark lashes over superb eyes glowing at once with passion and tender ness. the low forehead with its rippling mass of dusky hair, the slender neck, the 1.-the form, the springng step and the dainty foot, make these girls like a poets dream of darkly brilliant loveliness. not to be measured by any type with which we have been hitherto familiar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
A JAUNT WITH FANCY

A JAUNT WITH FANCY. Let's go fishing
 In a sort of dream, Pretending we are lounging by willow-fretted stream, While the ripples lit along, Murmurous and low, And a breeze stirs in the trees, Skipping to and frol Let's go fishing,
 All in make-believe, While the looms of happy thought Golden hours weave, And the sun sifts through the leaves On summers day And the worlds turmoiling sounds Faint and far awayi Let's go fishing,
 Comrade, you and l. What if up the chimney's throat Flames are leaping high? Come away and dream awhile Where the lilies are; Fancy never will be bound By the calendar!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New fork Press
 woman's idea of good clothe es is the kind her neighbor doesn't have.
 The difference to woman between love-making and loving is how much more exciting the first is.
 A man who tries to bribe his wife with an automobile could do 1t much better with . love letter.
 The last thing a man ought to want to be Is an officfholder. so that's the reason so many people try to be.
 You can train brains. you can't create them that's why so many people ought Co stop training.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

The butter makers up north are eating oleomargerine, which costs 20 cents a pound, and are selling their butter at 40 cents a pound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
ADDRESS T

ADDRESS TO TROUBLE. Trouble. Trouble. Trouble.
 Why keep bounding me? Life is just a bubble,
 Stop confounding mel Can't you tread measure
 To the tune of Hope? Is 1t any pleasure
 In the dark to grope? Trouble. Trouble, Trouble,
 Can you naught but frown? Would your sighs redouble,
 If you wore crown? What a doleful fellow.
 Overbrfmmed with tearsl Nothing sweet or mellow
 In your mood appears
 GARD" FROM LYSANDER JOHN. The following card from Lysander John Appleton Is published in the Atchison Globe:
 T have lately experienced religion and desire to take back certain lies I have told the people of Atchison. When I re- turned from my recent trip abroad told around that in China 1 had seen five pirates beheaded. It was simply tray eler's tale, told to interest the neighbors, and make them think I was devil of a fellow; really saw nothing of the kind, although heard that pirates were often beheaded in China. I also stated that in Japan Japanese girls came into my rooms at the hotels and gave me baths. Nothing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
DUE TO STAY AWAY.

DUE TO STAY AWAY. There is to be a lecture at the town hall tonight on swimming I'm not going" Gee. you don't know what you'll miss. The lecture is to be illustrated by a div ing Venus who will do stunts fin glass tank"
 T tell you again, I'm not going.' That doesn't sound like you. Whats the matter?'
 "Nothing's the matter with me. A little while ago I saw my wife reading a hand bill on which was a picture of the diving Venus"
 A FINE WIFE. Mrs. Morse is plucky- We'll have to hand her that; c. W's rather lucky, Considering where he's "at'i
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
A BAD JOB.
savannah Press.

From the Savannah Press
 The Birmingham Age-Herald favors an early primary in that state. Those of us who have lived in Alabama have no doubt the editor wants to get 1t over with as quickly as pessib's.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
TROUBLES OF A THEsPIAN.

TROUBLES OF A THESPIAN.
 Hold on, therer beloved the angry stage manager. What did you mean by spelling that last love scene?"
 I'm very sorry" said the star, but when I kissed the leading lady's hand inhaled so much talcum powder that 1t brought on a severe coughing spell"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
PRIVILEGED.

q wonder what lime in the morning Ponson's stenographer gets down to his office"
 "Is she a pretty girl?"
 "A regular peachl"
 "Oh, any old time. I dare say"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
important Industry.

N. K. Reed and W. T. Shipe of Mid dletown, O.. and several other business men associated with them in establishing horseshoe and rolling plant at Gordon Heights on the Bessemer car line, three miles this side of Bessemer, are regis tered at the Hotel Hillman. The account of the incorporation of their concern. styled the Birmingham Horseshoe and Rolling Mills company which appeared in The Age-Herald of yesterday, was read with interest as a matter of course by the business public. MT. Reed, presi- dent of the company, said last night:
 We are much pleased with the Bir- mingham district. Our company has se- two rairoads-the A1abamaG reat South two railroads-the Alabama Great South and we are right near the Atlanta, Bir- mingham and Atlantic. It is our expecta- tion to break ground very soon. Founda- tions will be laid for the rolling mill and the horseshoe mill at the same time but we will rush the latter to completion and will not finish the rolling mill un- til a little later on.
 I've had strong inducements to locate in Atlanta, but have selected the Bir- mingham district not only because 1t is an iron center but because it is the hub of the south It is really an ideal center from a selling and shipping point of view. Here we will have nearly the whole south for our territory. The Old Dominion Iron and Nail works at ID .t,.s S11raa h1lf point nearest to Birmingham where horseshoes are made Is Cincinnati.
 Wrought iron shoes, which had been supplanted to a large extent by steel shoes, are coming back into fashion. As horseshoe man I have always pre- ferred the wrought iron article l think 1t better for many reasons. good many iron shoes are used in this part of the country and the nearest mill mak- ing them is in New England.
 With regard to rolling mill products rolled steel has come into vogue In re- cent years, but there is still good deal of rolled iron used. Our mill Is to roll iron and I think we will have no diff culty in disposing of our output in this tCiiitOiS
 Mir Reed is a democrat in politics and is an ardent admirer of Governor Jud- son Harmon. "I regard Harmon as great man." he said. ''He is not showy but he is a gentleman of fine intellect and a true man anyway you take him. What his chances for reelection are, 1t is hard to say Ohios normal republican majority is about 190,ooo. If Harmon should be reelected governor he would of course be a strong man for the head of the democratic presidential ticket in 1912"
 The Birmingham Horseshoe and Rolling Mills company has rented office rooms on the sixth floor of the Brown-Marx and will open headquarters there next Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

Medicine Hat feels like retaliating on Chicago this winter. The latter Is now said to be the focal point of cold
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

The days are fast running out in which poll taxes can be paid and the right to vote secured for an entire year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
Kick on TaxIcab Rates.


 "I was an ardent rooter for Greater Birmingham until the last day or two, but as the enactment of the King bill has quadrupled the taxieab rate I am beginning to feel sorry that Greater Bir- rningham was ever thought off," said a West End resident last night. Before Christmas when I happened to miss the last car going out my way. which leaves at the early hour of 12:os1t a. m.. could find solace in a quick ride home for 75 cents. It takes the car IT minutes to reach my station with all stops thrown in, and the taxicabs make it in 10 minutes less. therefore felt fully repaid for tho extra 70 cents which my desire to reach home had cost me. Since Greater Bir- mingham became effective. however, l have found 1t decidedly cheaper to get one of the best rooms at a hotel than to make the trip in the taxi Just B is the 'taxP rate now, and I baked at it. Considering the fact that 1t has never taken taxicab longer than 10 minutes to take me to my shome, and that in the face of heavy rain which had been fall ing steadily for nearly three days, don't think the increase anyway fair. There Iare points in the original limits of Bir- mingham that are even further removed from the center of town than my home and the rate there Was 50 cents when paid 75 cents."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

Clifford Pinchot entered the forestry service on July 1, 1898, when Mr. Me Kinley was president
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

The extradition of Zelaya and his trial in this country for murder would certainly add to the gaiety of nations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
A wIsTFUL BROTHER.

Always hoping. bravely hoping
 That tomorrow will be brighter, That the way won't be so rugged
 And his burdens will be lighter; That there'll come a time for singing. And time for laughter, too, And his heart will be so happy,
 Twill forget the days of ruel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

The Pinchot-Ballinger incident may be taken up by the House of Governors now about to be convened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

A variety of hen that will lay in the
 winter months only is greatly needed, and MT. Burbanks' attention is respect fully called to the matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

Aldrich cannot gallop to Cannon quick enough to give the old man another term in the speakers chair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

When the aviators are not breaking bones they proceed to break records.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

Speaker Cannon will hereafter look for bumps under every bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

It does not seem the same Congress to Cannon That 149-to-146 vote un- nerved the autocrat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

The slamming of the open door is creating business for the diplomats in the far east.