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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16
CANNON'S POWER
 IS FADING AWAY Diekema's Candidacy Shows How Sentiment Is Turning POLITICAL SACRED COW Cannon Has Long Been Worshiped By Rank and File of Republicans as a Leader But His Star Is
 Declining.

| Washington, January 15.-(Speeial.)- The Cannon organization of the House Is disintegratins. Accepting as fact the retirement of Speaker Cannon from po- litical prominence at the end of his pres ent term, candidates to succeed him are coming openly into the field
 Representative Garritt J. Diekema of Grand Rapids, Mich. announced his can didacy today. Mr. Diekema Is a stand batter, a friend and follower of Speaker Cannon. Positive knowledge that the passing of Cannon was inevitable is the only thing that could have forced MT. Diekema into the field as an avowed can didate for speaker of the House Of Rep resentatives
 Representative Denby, a colleague of Diekema from Michigan, carried the tid- ings to Serene F. Payne, republican floor leader. and Henry Sherman Boutelle of Chicago, strong Cannon men.
 Have you heard,' said MT. Denby. that Diekema is out for the speaker ship to succeed Uncle Joe?"
 "Diekemai Diekemai' repeated Payne. "Who the devil is Diekema?"
 The republican floor leader knows fewer members of Congress than any other man in the House.
 
 gets out" said Boutelle.
 May that day be far distant" said Denby enigmatically, as he turned away. MT. Denby could not tell what the Michigan delegation would do in support of Diexema. Charles E. Townsend Is from Michigan also and he may be candidate for speaker. He has been a near-insurgent, talking against the Can non rules and voting for them.
 DIekema's Experience.
 Mir Dieken1a is a member of the House committee on judiciary. He was chair man of the Michigan lower house and a member of the Spanish treaty claims commission. He succeeded Senator Will liam Alden Smith in the House and his vote has always been with the regulars and opposed to the insurgents
 ''But" said MT. Denby. "who knows whether MT Diekerna is to be reelected to Congress? Whether I am to be re- elected? Whether the House will be re- publican? It strikes me 1t is trifle early to determine the speakership question" Other prospective candidates for the speakership are being talked of openly by their delegations. There are from the old guard Dalzell and Olmstead of Pennsylvania; Currier of New Hamp- shire, Mann of Illinois, Walter I. Smith of Iowa. Fassett and Parsons of New fOrK, IOTfneI 6pcdhSl J. W aiiou tASAASr of Ohio and James A. Tawney of Minne- sota-
 The insurgents are perking up after their recognition as republicans by Pres ident Taft. and with rosy indications of accommodating strength, are talking of speakership candidates. Gardner of Massachusetts, North of Nebraska, Mur- doch of Kansas are mentioned in cloak room talk.
 Champ cIar<'s Chances.
 Champ Clark and the democrats hope to capture the next House.
 There is a rumor that Champ Clark will be urged to make the presidential race. If he enters the fight he will not be elected speaker and Underwood of Ala bama will get the Clark following for the speakership.
 Representative Albert F. Dawson of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16

J- w. HlCOUuflSlIt CIUlIIIIlB. Mrs. A W. Miller, meat and potatoes Mrs. J. A. Montgomery. clothing. Mrs. A w. Miller, groceries and cloth ing.
 Dr. Don c. LAVerne. professional ser vices.
 CHARITIES,
 Mrs. Wallace T. Ward. President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16

Nothing better than our $10.65 Suits or Overcoats. Get yourself one and be satisfied. Varley 6 Bauman. 1910 3rd Avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16

The Southern Iron and Steel company today paid it's corporation license tax to the probate office. Tho sum paid in was s2,s5S.M This is the first time that the company has paid tax as a foreign cor poration, the old company having been organized upder state laws. The old ta1 was only S75o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16
Club Meetings.

Ensley chapter of the Girls Helping Hand will meet Tuesday afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. w. T. Tendon, on Avenue c and Twenty-third street.
 Mrs. Cory, Mrs. Thurston and the matron of the Girls Home at East Lake will be present and address the meet ing. All members and friends are urged to attend.
 The Young Ladies' Missionary society of the Cumberland Presbyterian church was deligh fully entertained at the residence of Mrs. Roy Goof, Avenue I and Twenty first street. The regular missionary programme was rendered, Miss Ruth Phillips being the leader The next meeting of the society will be at the residence of Mrs. J. H. Read, Avenue I and Twentieth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16

tafned- The lady had her hand caught in a piece of machinery and so badly burned and crushed that amputation of several fingers was necessary. The action Is brought by Attorneys BiIbro, Izner & Stephens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16

l.. l.. Herzberg, senior member of the dry goods house of Herzberg-Love- man, today announced himself as Q can didate for the office of probate judge. This makes three men in the race, tho other two being the present incumbent, J. W. Penn, and ex-Probase Judge J. H Lovetoy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16
Franklin Theatre

specsaI Monday-Benefit of Ladies -Aid Society of Methodist Church. aACRoss THE ISLE OF CEALoN' one must see this instructive film to appreciate the beautiful and instruc- i've scenes It contains,
 The other picture equally gooo or better.
 ADMISSION 10c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16
Personal and General.

Announcement is made of the ap- preaching wedding of Miss Gaston of Gastonburg, Ala, and the Rev. Law son A. Reagor, pastor of the Cumber- land Presbyterian church. The mar riage will take place at the homo of the bride-e elect on February l.
 Miss Georgia King is quite i'll of typhoid fever at her home on Avenue F.
 MT. and Mrs. William Burroughs, who were recently married in Los Angeles, Cal, were the guests of MT. and Mrs. T. F. West last night
 Rev. Father Kennedy of Pensacola. Fla, was in the city yesterday visft- Ing his sister. Miss Grace Kennedy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16

Miss Bessie Jenkins, the young lady who was injured in the Empire laundry last month, has brought action for the recovery of @60oo for the injuries sus-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-22
CHOICE MISCELLANY
A Wizard With Fiqures.

"pr. Gottfried Rueckle Is his name,
aud If he should extend his trip to the
United States see him-he's wonder
writes an American from Austria,
He is n master Mt memory stunts,
and his mathematical aCrObatiCs nre
marvellous. was one of the small
audience before whom he showed
these First he asked seven people
to put several numerals in n row. and
these seven rows were read off to his
secretary, placed one under the other
OH a slate. where the doctor could not
SEQ them. making n square Of 40
Then the doctor ratified off the figures
forward aud backward. diagonallY and
gpirnly. The square with ttR forty
nine figures seemed to be Mt his grasp
ut any point Multiplication, division
and subtraction with large groups Of
figures seemed to be fun for him. Ills
solution of problems in cube and
square root we're like saying /, .. 3
all accomplished mentally. ! don't
know which of hia feata was the most
remarkable, but when he had two
squares put up. each with twenty five
figures, cracked jokes and told stories
and then gave the position of each fig
ure in each of the squares | was Rnt.
igfied that had witnessed wonder
New York Tribune.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-22

The people Of the Persian gulf md
its neighborhood judge not only the
ship. but the nation that owns her. by
the number Of smokegtacks sported.
They had n belief in the might or
Britain until u German warshlp came
along With three tunnels to our one.
Then they believed in Germany. But
we regained our loet prestige by send
ing the four ftlnnelcd Powerful and
Terrible around and have kept our po-
attion ever since.
Now when our nultifunneed sleep
ing volcanoes are anywhere in the
neighborhood their standing orders are
to show themselves to the people
however much they may have to so
off their course in so doing. Germany
may get ahead of us yet by sending
down ship with six tunnels, md Il
building duel may arise between the
two nations, ending in 81 parade in the
east Of warahtps with lines of chin
neys from stem to stern.-Pall Mall
Gazette
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-22

ing nothing therein contrary to law, do
hereby approve the same. This done
and signed on this the 10th day of April
1910. J. M. FOSTER,
District Attorney First Judicial Dis
trict Of Louisiana.
Endorsed Filed and recorded April
20, 1910. S. o. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oficio Dsputy Re
corder
State of Louisiana, Parish Of Caddo:
hereby certify that the above and fore
going is a true and correct copy Of the
original act, as the same now appears on
file and of record in my Office. Given
under my hand and seal of office this
goth day of April 1910.
S. o. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-officio Deputy Re-
corder. 81
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-22
TIE ART OF BEING KIND.

II is the history of kindness which alone
makes the world tolerHbls. If 1t were not
for that, for the effect of kind words.
multiplying SPREADING. making ono happy
through another and bringing forth behe9
fits. some thirty, some sixty. some thou
sand fold should be tempted to think
our life practical Jest In the worst pcs
eibis spirit Robert Louis Stevenson.
Your neghbor or friend has failed
in some enterprise or slipped "A cog
somew here ar lost his job He is mis-
ernbie over the situation and hungry
for little sympathy. though he is too
proud to show 1t.
Your disappruval will only add snlt
to his wounds
Or an acquaintance has committed
an error He is heartily ashamed Of 1t.
1t was wrong. to be sure. But human
ity tx not angelic. We MI make mis-
takes. Are you going to be big aud
help him along or little and turn him
down?
Be big. Help him.
If YOU turn deaf ear and an unsym-
pathetic heart toward your hayward
or mistaken brother or sister you show
yourself u weakling.
God radiates and uplifts. Great
souls aud good souls ure godlike.
Can you Imagine pitiful God who
sneers at the one who fails or fallsg
No more can you fancy a great human
soul in such an attitude
When all this sad world needs
Is just the art OF being kind.
And thut Is where most of us fail
In the minor ministries of everyday
kindness. Thoughtfulnesa. gentleness.
encouragement. the kindness of little
things, are forgotten in our selfish
heedlessnesS.
This is d good habit--never let day
go by without making some one hap
pier.
1t mny be d cheering word to help
some struggIer through the day or u
smile to child or an inquiry at the
door of siekroom or few flowers
on birthday anniversary.
Trihes?
No. They are expressions Of love,
and love is the greatest thing in the
| world.
You have troubles of your own?
Surely. But will 1t not help yourself
to lay II kindly hand on the weary
shoulder Of another? touch of kind
ness IL like the rubber ball YOU throw -
| It bounds back.
/ Talk happiness. The world is sad enough
| without your woes. No path Is wholl'
rough.
Look for the places that are smooth ant
| clear
And speak of these 70 rest the weary en-
| OF earth, so hurt by one continuous strali
OF human discomfort and grief and PAIN
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-22

onous und exurtIng work OF the aver.
age botiHekpepef. His nerves will DE
on edge before Il day is over. and til"
longer he continues the nearer no will
be to the insane hospital
Who nrt. The Iunfers in every COM
muuity-meu or women Who are the
''vagsf' DO you sec many tramps who
are wODen2
Or
Go to the peuiteDtlaries and compare
the number of men with the women.
Do you tind many women in the sa.
looms or in the gambling housesf
Do you find many women engaged
In occupations that ure not only un-
productive, but also ruinous TO he
mapity2
The tenuous theory OF the sapient
professor does not fit the fact
Merely because in most "asea the
women are not the wage earnerE of the
family are they to be chased ~ unpro
huCtive and expensive
Even considered economically fnnd
that seems to- be the professors view
pGinti she who Bnves n dollar or eK
ponds II so as to get the most out Of 1t
is MS useful to the fenily md to soCi.
ETY. rs he who earns n dollar.
Is not the woman who mikes the
| home for the husband and uurtnr"s
and trains the children. to say nothing
of her labors as housewife. bearing
her Fair share OF the burdens of the
| homer
| And besides
When wife and mother goes down
| into the valley Of the Bhndow for the
sake of the unborn child is she not
paying her way in the world-aye, In
| the next world also2
Let us be personal. Does this absurd
professor Believe that when his moth
err bore him md nursed him in infancy
and watched over him in sickness and
| health that she was unproductive2
Maybe she was. Some sons turn out
to be both witlesg and ungratefuL
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-22
Heart toHeart
Talks.
VICTIMS OF SELF.
By EDWIN A. NYI.

II / kill another man the law-hu'
vman and divine law-will hold me re-
.sponsblr TO the limit of penalty.
Which Is right.
III kill myself human law will not,
-cnnnot, touch me. But there Is no
doubt that divine law will reach me
somehow. somewhere.
which is also right.
Bf in this lie violate the laws of
nature aud Iniure myself the laws Of
nature viii punish me.
And tits again Is right, because ma
ture In just AMI impartial.
These truths simple and self evident,
are often forgotten or neglected by
people who bring troubles upon them.
selves.
III. being In full control Of my own
rDuind and bodY. use them in such q
way as to injure them, who Is re-
sponsible for the injury2 Am ! not
che victim Of myseif7 And is not the
punishment which follows the injury
self inflicted!
There are persons who when they
retire at night go about to shut down
the windows, closing every possible
aperture through which the air might
have access to them. And then when
consumption attacks their lungs they
raise pious eyes to say, at il the will
of the Lord"
Which Il not true.
There are persons who will neglect
proper sanitation and water supply
giving no heed to what they eat or
drink. And then when typhoid fever
lays them on their backs they will
pray, Ills will, not mine. be done"
Which is almost impious.
There are persons who will neglect
their diet and gobble down their food
like pigs And then when indigestion
makes them miserable they will lay
the responsibility on their ancestors
saying. stomach trouble runs in on
family"
Which IL nonsense
These persons are not being punish
ed they are furnishing themselves. 1t
Is not the Lords fault or the fault of
their partnts. they are victims Of self
And 50 of mental punishment. If I
all my mind with images Of imburity
my actions sooner OF later will pro-
claim me impure. If ! I'll my minu
with bitterness and hatred sooner or
later nv fhafifraz will fell tha afurv
of a mean aud vicious spirit.
| am victim of self.
IT Ii the plalnest sort Of PROPOSE
don. If take the risk of injury and
my body Ii burt | must not blame Dl-
vine Providence, aud If I'll my soul
with nawholesomeness my spiritual
illness Ii not caused by Divine power.
but by myself
Is Il not sof
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-22
Whose pe+tieoat9

After the teacher had trained her
class 10 habits Of comparative neat.
ness she instructed them TO keep
watchful eye on each other. II hands
were soiled. shoes rusty or uneyenly
laced each embryo Sherlock who not
ed anything amiss was requested to
write on the blackboard, somebody's
shoes are unlaced.' or q similar warn
ing.
One morning every CHILD in the room
fastened TO the board and wrote
Somebody's petticoat shows Forty
sentences thus glaringly proelaiming
the brazenness OF pettlcoat moved
the teacher to unusual watchfulness'
and as one little girl after another
crossed the room she kept sharp look
out for the obtrnsive petticoat. But
none appeared. So far as she could
see, every pettleoat present was mod
estly keeping itself within fashion,
bounds. Her enlightenment came
when the board was needed for arith'
metic. With eraser In hand the teach
err faced the class and said:
HAS somebody tidied herself up 50
that / can now erase this waFningT
''No-o-or' shrieked every child In tFi
umph. Its yours. teacher" New
York Press.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-22
Cross EYED PEOPLE.

Strabistnus is The technical name
given by oculista to cross eyes" And
do you know there is such thing us
mental strabismus?
Just as the vision of the natural eve
Is impaired by the defect, so the vision
of the mind, 1.-The minds eye" Is af-
fected by like malady.
Like the cross eyed person, the vic
tim Of this mental disease sees dis
torted object.
| know q farmer who has mental
strabismus. When it rains he Is sure
the crops will be ruined by the wet
season. and when 1t doesn't rain he
Is certain there will be long and dis
astrous drought.
know d merchant who suffers In
the same way. 1t Is never cold enough
to sell willter goods. and 1t Ii always
too chilly for the sale of summer
fabrics.
| know lawyer who thinks nearly
every member of the bar ID crooked
and TINT the community never has
given him credit for bis ability.
Cross eyes
know a preacher who IL forever
deploring the decline Of religion and
the state of the church and because
people do not come to hear him preach.
know a doctor who takes up your
time to explain how his brother ply
sicians violate professional ethics
and who leaves the impression that he
thinks himself immaculate.
| know IN editor who continually
finds fault with his town and the peo-
pic and who seldom prints a boost
for bis community.
Cross eyes
know man who sees nothing
good In bis fellows. who finds fault
with bis neighbours children and who
is busy the whole summer through Ii
q controversy with other peoples dogs
and chickens.
| know a woman who scents a scan
dial whenever she sees two persons o.
opposite sex talking together alone
who il sure the grocer cheats her OF
every purchase and Is always ready Il
suggest that so.and-so IL not as goot
as she appears to be.
Cross eyed people.
You know them. They are In ever,
place, and their distorted vision make
them obnoxious to all.
The cure7
Natural cross eyes may be straight
ened and cured by a surgical opera
ton that has become common wit
oculists. But there Is no way that
know of by which mental strabismu
may be cured.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-22

ton since the Gays Of the building OF
the pyramids .
Certainly 1t is u long cry FROM the
sphinx to the dying machine,
We do not know what purpose that
inscrutable face Of stUue half buried
in the sands was iueunl to serve.
Nor do we know how the pyramids
were built ut time when there was
no steam or electricity. no derrigks TO
lift the vast stones and no dynamite
to blast them out Of the quarry.
We only know that great swarms of
slaves lived and died at The task.
We have made grent progress since
the day when some tIaster lmaginn'
ton saw in bis vision the contour of
that great stone face that for centuries
has looked out over the desert sands.
But how?
True. we have taken gtent leaps in
the matter of transportation aud loco
motion.
But what boots it that we can boast
of our dying machines or of an ex-
press train that goes from Chicago to
New York in eighteen hours? Is that
civilizations
What IL civilization
Our books on economics say that civ.
iiization consists IN the organization of
industry. the accumulation of wealth.
dispersion of thrift. invention. etc
what the New York editor says.
But great Frenchman told US n
hundred years ago that these things
were but the civilization Of the mt hill
and the beehive.
The ants and the bees organize In
dustry, accumulate wealth. dispense
thrift. and. what Is more. they organ
tie governments and maintain law and
order.
No: these things of which we boast
nre only the induces of civilization
sort Of byproducts.
Civilization Is more than these. 1t Is
the near realization of the ideals Of
the best men and women Of our day.
1t is more than the development OF
mind. II is the development of the
HEART.
Civilization is that state OF society
where men md women FEET. as we'll
as think
Clvilization-th real thing-is prog
ress along the line of human brother
hood. II il ORGANIZED kINDLI-
! NESS. True civilization consists in the
spirit of IfELPFuLNBSs
If the editor wanted to compare
something that really showed our
progress he should have compared the
pyramids with greut modern hospital
Or naylutn OF home for the friendleRs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-22
A sLuR ON WOMAN.

Every once in awhile some college
professor makes himself ridiculous by
iii considered twaddle.
An instance is that of a Northwest
ern university professor Of economies
who told an Evanston woman's club
that women did not earn their living
and were unprodnctiYe and expensive
to society.
Which Is but silly slur.
There may be a few-a very few
women who do not pay their way and
earn the right to live in the world. but
they are the exception and prove the
rule that women even more than men
earn their living
Unproductive aud expensive.
Women fhp world over work longer
hours than men. especially women of
the household. who form large part
Of the sex.
Lat q man try 10 perform the monot.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-22
the SILVER LINING.
Ths inner side Of every cloud Is bright and

Tha inner side of every cloud Ii bright and
shining.
therefore turn my clouds about
And always wear them inside out
-E. r Fowler.
n However the world may seem TO
you. however miserable you may be.
smile.
When the slow tears force them
selves under your lids because Of self
pity laugh aloud,
You Say you can't do that-you must
Oe honest with yourself and you must
act as you feel.
OF course you cannot put your best
foot forward. your best side out, ex.
.cept by practice. And In the practice
20 forced optimism the world is tind.
eng some wonderful cures of mind and
body.
We are strange creatures. None OF
fus quite understands himself. But we
all admit the wonderful Influence of
sanind attitude over the body.
DO you know there IL such thing
az ''laughlng eureT' Every day the
patient sits for twenty minutes before
a mirror aud laughs. The mere act
suggests hunor nnd before long the
person Is laughing In NIL reality. Per-
sons vino have tried this for certain
ailments melanehoia. etc.-say It real
~ cures.
Most Of Us take ourselves too seri-
.ously.
You can literally coax yourself into
d melancholy. You can magnify your
alls and form the brooding habit. II by
this habit of mind you can make your.
self miserable. why cannot you by men
tai coaxing and habit minimize your
sis and put yourself In a cheerful
frame OF mind?
Wear your clouds inside out
Live on the sunny side Of your exist
ence. You cannot improve bad con
sdition by living In the shadow.
And II you 60 about with long fac
and story Of bud luck your bes
friends by and by win turn a corne
in order to keep from meeting you.
Smile.
Hold up your chin and smile.
DO your best aud look for the bes
and all the DAP long act as II you wer
d son or 4 dauphtcr Of Gods roya
family. which you are Aud remembe
the slangy bur philosuphic stanza;
The difference between the optimist
And peasfntst Is droll-
The optin4ist secs the doughnnt
The pessirnist the hole.