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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-04
Reign of Terror at Lewisburg

The grand jury of the criminal court ransacked the county's business for abuses, and it found good many. Its fearlessness and high sense of | justice cannot be too highly com mended. Every one of it's conclusions appeal to the conscience of every just and patriotic citizen. The county has not in many day received so good and so comprehensive a lecture as i the report of the grand jury pre- ] sents. And it seems just at every point. There is no prejudice of any sort in it.
 In this connection The Age-Herald desires to call public attention to what the grand jury says about homicides in this county. In the last fiscal year 155 citizens were unlaw- fully killed-murdered-in this coun ty! That's the number-155.
 The 2rand jury discusses at length
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The Iron Market

While the local iron market is quiet
 there have been sales of small lots which total fairly well. Matthew Addy & Go. $ Cincinnati report says:
 Speculative inquiry as to what will be
 the result on the iron trade Nf the gov
 ernment suit against the Steel corpora
 tion has occupied most of the week. Che Steel corporation holds such a command
 ing position that the whole iron business in America is intimately connected with it's fortunes. The general feeling regard ing the suit, irrespective of it's merits,
 is one of relief. If such suit had to be brought it is best to know the worst
 rather than be continually distressed and
 disturbed by the fear of impending dan
 ger ForN months the ax has been sus-
 pended in mid air and now that it has lfallen and the world is still turning around as formerly, men breathe easier. As a
 matter of fact. while the Steel corpora-
 lion has not failed to look after it's self, yet 1t has since it's formation steadled prices and maintained them as never be-
 fore in the history of the trade. It has l largely removed the old speculative fea- l lures of the market and there is no ques-
 tion but that this has been distinct ad- vantage to everybody.
 Current sales have been only fair, but inquiry during the past few days has been | increasing. As yet little iron has ioeea bought for the first half of next year, and heavy buying movement for that shipment is bound to take place in the near future. Prices remain firm and
 there is no change in them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-04
Decorum in Piayhouses

II have been a theatregoer for 30 years or more, and l think the decorum is good in all respectable houses, but now and then | hear some one complaining of had manners on the part of persons in the audience" said lover of amusements. "The behavior of most theatregoers has always been all that the conventions of cultured society could demand. and if any thing the decorum is better today than it was 25 years ago. It is not once in 10 years that I am annoyed by persons near me talking while the performance is in progress; but in New York, as in all cities chronic knockers are in evidence and sometimes knocker will be so cynical as to be amusing. One such cynic writes to New York or Brooklyn playhouse in re- cent years, but when I spent winter in Gotham I found theatre audiences models of decorum. Perhaps modern so- ciety in New York is not as exactns of itself in the matter of behavior in public places as it used to be, but l am in clined to think that the knocker in ques- tion has exaggerated facts. By what peo- pie laugh at you may estimate their in- telligence, said good Boston writer about 50 years ago., is the way the New York cync starts. This truism is brought out sharply al our theatres.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
cbnufseur.s Complaint

"I pay my license as a chauffeur in the same way that the street railway company pays it's license to operate street cars in Birmingham" said chaufreur yesterday.
 At the same time l am held respon- sible for accidents which are almost im- possible to avoid when a street car comes upon me between Birmingham and East Lake with it's flaming, flashing head lights. It is impossible for me to see anything, even buggy, in front, l am so blinded by these fearfully focused lights.
 AS a consequence I am compelled to stop or take desperate chances of col lision which might result not only in my own death, but the fatal injury of those in the automobile that l am driving. If such an accident should occur my license would be taken away and l could not earn a living.
 q do hope something will be done to induce MT. Ford or whoever isNrunning the street railway to abolish this dan gerous and outrageous system of flarins focused headlights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-04
THE WOMAN AND HER TANTRUMs

Frcm the Romantic Life of Liszt. By
 Francis Gribble in the November Book
 man.
 There was friction, again, when Balzac put Madame d'Agoult into novel,
 Beatrice-hinting therein that Liszt was
 only her lover by compulsion. The thing
 was so well done that L. said Liszt,
 who thought thoroughly. knew this
 woman, with her way of counting notori-
 ety as much as other women shun 1t, was
 amazed, and actually understood her bet
 Ger after reading the book But Madame
 dAgout, naturally, was not grateful to
 3alzac for helping Liszt to understand
 ner. On the contrary, she ran to him,
 screaming and stamping her foot in her
 indgnation:
 "You can flatter yourself that you have
 rice friends said she to me. Here's
 Balzac writing a novel about me- He
 traduces me, and makes me ridiculous in the eyes of the world. It's shame, an infamous shame; you must go and de- rnand satisfaction. Your honor is at stake as much as mine.' Liszt refused to do anything of the
 kind. and they wrangled: "Is your name in it?'' asked the weep ing woman. "Did you find your address in it, or the number of your house?" "Noi'
 >'Well, then, what are you crying about? What right have you to feel yourself attacked? Let him whom the cap fits wear it! If you can show me your name, your address, and the exact number of your house, l will go and call Balzac out; otherwise I will do nothing of the sort"
 So relations continued to be strained. The strain was intensified when Lfszt suggested that Swagger and Lies would be a suitable title for a volume of 'Sou- venirs'' which Madame HAsoult had written, and presently we come to this
 crowning confessions;
 She wished to be my muse, my Egerla, and obstinately stuck to task for which ,he was never meant. At times she irritated me excessively, and one day when she compared herself to the Beatrice of Dante, supplementing the comparison
 by tirade on the ennobling influence of woman. I answered her pretty roughly: You are wrong; it is the Dantes who create tIe Beatrices, and the real Beat
 rices die at the age of 1S-thats all"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-04
LITTLE SURPRISES
I the Chicago Tribune.


 MT. Swafford here's the umbrella I borrowed of you a week or two ago."
 ''Yes, MT. Rivers; this is the office We discovered that awful mistake in your ed- itorial and corrected it in the galley. You can go back to bed.'
 Tn cleaning up your desk this morning, MT. Brooks, found that diamond stickpin you lost six years ago.
 Dear Madame: Your late husband had insured his life for s5oOo, but he didn' t wish you to know it. Check for the amount is awaiting you at our office"
 Jack, I dreamed last night that yoI had overcome your bashfulness and asked me to name the day.
 Nav, wish you'd cut my hair; l don't like the way the barber does it." 'In view of the lateness of the hour, gentlemen. there will be no more speeches"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-04
THE PERFECT YOUTH

From the Washington Post
 Howard Bennett of Ludov''s Center. Mass, has received a gold medal for reaching the age of 21 without having tasted liquor, used tobacco, or indulged in profane language.
 Tn the minds of many Howard will stand as the model youth. There will be those to decry the dubious possession of p,iils-white virtue, and. consciously ob- li,ious of tho fact that his homage Is passed. indulge in speculation as to what sort of a man he will turn out, once he has given evidence of other qualities
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queen in jest, only to fiII the scene.
 king Richard III.
Direct Action Next Spring

The fact should not be overlooked that the Texas Legislature provided Tn concurrent resolution for a pri- mary vote next spring to determine the presidential preference of the democrats in that state. The repub- lican party in Texas consists almost wholly of postmasters and they did not desire primary, and the concur rent resolution was therefore con- fined to the democratic party.
 The states that have already pro- vided for presidential primaries next spring are as follows:
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the courage to say "No" whenever appropriations exceed the probable income. This is a call for high class men. The state has not in the past secured enough such men, and this is why a deficit now stares the state squarely in the face. Figures may falsify and mislead at times, but those of John Purifoy do not. This state needs a legislature that will keep appropriations within probable receipts. It must have legislature of that sort in January, 1915, if the states credit is to be maintained.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR From the New York Press.

FIOm tT1e NeW fOrK PreSS.
 A woman would rather have a tailor one day a year than a dressmaker, every week. You can tell how most people don't care
 for you by how much they tell you they do. Good conduct takes years to make an
 impression, but when it's bad 1t makes it
 right away. When a girl acquires the habit of liking to be In her own room for reflection she has reached the love letter stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-04
SONG

B~ Sir Walter Scott. "A weary lot is thine. fair maid, A weary lot Is thine, re pull the thorn thy brow to braid. And press the rue for wine! A lghtsome eye, soldiers mlen, A feather of the blue, 4 doublet of the Lincoln green No more of me you knew,
 My love! ; No more of me you knew. "The morn is merry June, trow-- The rose is budding fain But she shall bloom in winter snow Ere we two meet again." lit turned his charger as he spake, Upon the river shore: He gave his bridle rein a shake, Said, "Adieu for evermorc, sssy My loyo! .- And adicu for evermorol'' .
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-NtN iVA n 1otlCsPolldSi4Sc ShiSooO Sse' e<f r women wish to keep their stand
 ing in the business world they
 must stop aping mems dissipa- lions. They must stop working on the artificial stimulation of alcohol and to- bacco.'
 pr. Clarence K. Vliet. who has been making study of the neurotic conditions If women for years, declares that in 10 years the number of women suffering from nervous troubles, caused by artifi- cial stimulation, has increased T5 per cent.
 'Women," said MT. Vliet, "have always been fascinated by the freedom men have copied their pleasures and pastimes, but never have they participated in their dis sipations as they are doing today.
 '-The danger in this does not lie so much with the woman at home as with the woman who goes to business and is con- tinually out in the world. The home woman influences a certain restricted ences. by her example. one might say, hundreds of others.
 By the business woman do not mean the stenographer and the small salared person. These cannot afford the dissipa- tions that undermine not only the physique. but the mind. I refer to the highly paid secretary, to the woman who holds an executive position. to the wom- en in many professions who have gained
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THE TALKING KIND.

HE IAlsNl4Nd INi&fi. Pow long has he been a pugilist?' ''l'en years.' Dear mel Has he ever come to blows with anybody"
 THE PEACE DOVE. The dove of peace OCT Tripoli In awe moment hung; Ano then it hurried on its way Just one word, crying: "Stung!'
 Baltimore Sun. It paused a bit at China's gate, It listened long and then It heard the roar of guns within And cackled Sold againl'
 Los Angeles Express. It lowered over Sunny Spain And cooed Here ends my search" All echo, singing the refrain, Replied: Come off the perch.''
 Youngstown Telegram. It fastened then to La Belle France, said, Here I'll happy be-" But nearly died when someone cried, Look out for Germaneer'
 SURE. "A Roman punch is hitting below the Felt" Why, that's drink Well doesn't it go to the stomach?"
 QUESTION.
 If talk is cheap,
 Wed like to know
 How legal lights
 Do flourish so.
 EXPLAINED. How quiet the theatre seems" ''I know the reason why" 'Well?" 'rhe fat man in front of us just now turned to his wife and said, Put up your gum dear. The play Is about to be- gin.' "
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A wISTFUL SONG.

A WISTFUL SONG. To slip away from trouble Is what we'd like to do, And seek eternal spring-time, Where skies are ever blue And birds in coverts singing And blooms along the way Mako every morn of bliss begin .A newborn holiday! To slip away from sorrow How sweetly fair the dream And find some happy valley Where radiant faneies teem, So far away from toiling And all life's fretful pack, No phantom drear should ever come To lead our footsteps back!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-04
SOME COSTUMES

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Merry groups of gentlemen and ladies suitably attired for the evening, the ladies' beautiful in their half impatient antfcis patton, crowded the foyers.
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Your Thanksgiving turkey, if you let others pick it, is already in cold storage. It has been there a year or two, perhaps. X year is not much in such a place.
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HER INFINITE VARIETY.

IiEf0 INT I'M T E FHIII1 IT
 "A fashion note says that belts, gloves ana neclxties of rattlesnake skin will be worn a great deal by women this winter. We knew the poor rattesnake would ecIhe to 1t sooner or later. It was abou. the only Varmlnt left that women didn wcsr. Think of woman going arrayed iu d silk worm dress. seal skin sack, os- trch feather hat. goat skin shoes. whale oolie stays, kid skin gloves, horsehide belt. tortoIse shell comb, fish scale trimmings, stuffed canary birds, clam shell but tons, Spitz dog huff, camel's hair un- derwear. mink tail collarettes, alligator hide purse and now a rattlesnake neck tie Solomon In all his glory wasn't such a nenageries as one of these-and yet we love them no matter what they wear."- Downs News.
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than those possessed by sawdust doll in nerted disgust They are the hardened andsunregenerate. the kind who sheer at the smokeless and cussless, and make no bones of their leanings toward frivolous rcgtime songs in preference to the senti- mcnts expressed In such classics as .'The lips that touch liquor shall never touch nlire'
 But outside of these, what do the aver age man and youth-and by average is meant a fairly durable article, bridlewise anG dependable. warranted to stand In the traces and not kick over the dashboard what do ttey think of Howard? Is 1t no. cventful career appeals to them as some what barren and dreary? Even with gold medal at the end, do they envy the tame mediocrty of the journey? May there not arise from the depths of their subln'inal consciousness the unspol1en query. Well Howard, we know wha. you have refrained from doing; kindly pu. us wise to the things you have done?''
 Some men are born good. Lacking pos xtive qualities, they pursue negative ex- isience They live clean lives, immaculate and without the breath of scandal. But somehow we don't like them. Lacking human frailties. we have fear that they lach also human lovableness and per naps the human charities. Before we pass final judgment on this paragon, of the negative virtues, we should like to know how he looks upon his erring brother who has "chawed from. his youth up, and who has cussed at the dull ex or the stubborn calf in the pasture tot. Surely he cannot be wholly damned who has once or twice refreshed himself with the dews from mountain stills or in- dulced himself in burst of mild pro- fanisy. Such one might indeed rise to the heights of Washington at Monmouth or eo to Congress and become an ,Un,ls Joe,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-04

The men who receive the cardinalates get the first information of their appoint ments from the newspapers. Even the Vatican is becoming modern in some respects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-04

The experts in Pittsburg showed the President how to save miners. What he really wants to be shown is a way to save himself next year.
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OF COURSE HE MIGHT.

OF COURSE HE MIGHT. The following chunk of wisdom from a Kansas City paper will be heartily en- dorsed by the average newspaper man. Of course, one rather adnires the people who peck around the exchange editors desk looking for the paper from the ''old hoilie town" but 1t strikes us that native loyalty would be better shown by sending a S1 bill to the editor in the old home town. He might be able to use it.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-04
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

GOOD NEWS FOR NEIGHsoRs. Ere long, when people
 Wish to spat, - They'll have to hire
 A roise-p proof flat.
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The little Chinese Emperor forgot he was ruling by divine right when he owned up that he was ignorant and also badly frightened.
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Italy's military picnic in Tripoli proves tc be dreadful task in which men are slaughtered daily, and the dead are not ali Arabs or Berbers.
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The attempt of some reporters to spoil next years peach crop by bringing the peach trees into blossoms at once VIII ce1 tainly miscarry. The peach trees know better.
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The wearers of high crowned derbys de- clare that the matters shall not for the sake of profits introduce the low crowned article. They say they will die first.
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Mayor Shank of Indianapolis did get the upper hand of the potato trust, and now he is so conceited as to think he can best the beef trust.
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To the casual observer Manchu looks for all the world like a plain heather Chinee.
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THE ADMIRABLE TAFT STOMACH

Wall street dislikes Taft, but it dreads woodrow Wilson even more.
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The President is about to buy the third silk hat of his journey. No statesman is impressive without one.
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t is pretty we'll established that the politicians made Uncle Ike Stephenson give up great sums of money because he haG it to give up.
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Miss LaFollette declined to wait until 1918 in order to be married in the White House
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The British parliament is again legis- lating-this time under the plan of the second revolution.
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Reform in China does not wait upon constitutional changes. It goes with the side that shoots the straightest and the cftenest.
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The revoutionists may fatten on con sessions without losing any of their strenuousness.
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The Chinese government may not take the cake. but it certainly can eat hum- ble pie beyond all known precedent.
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The Hudson river was the Great White Way while the battleships were in it.
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A VERY RARE BIRD,

Pa, what is a rara avis?"
 "A rara avis, my son, is a suffragette who is the kind of woman any man would be glad to have for his wife,
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MENACE OF DRINKING WOMEN

their positions by ability and a good fight
 These women are of independent means. They no longer defer to the wishes of men as to their conduct, and. having taken drink now and then, for stimulation when tired, have fallen into the habit of drinking with luncheon.
 'rhis means that the women who do this also drink with their dinners. and 1t is not an infrequent thing for women to resort to the morning bracer' before breakfast.
 Smoking is another habit that women are getting into that is bad for them. if not from. the moral, at least from the physical standpoint The combination Of smoking and drinking among women Is round to result seriously believe abso- lutely that if such habits are continued women will lose the high place they have attained
 Many business women do not marry because they cannot on account of their h1bits. Men have established their ideals of womanhood, and when in their every day association with women they see such a disregard for the things they consider womanly woman's conduct that if the woman marries she must take man who is not mentally her equal
 There has been much cry among women about single standard of morals. he attainment of this lies much in the wcmans work. If she demands a higher standard from the man she will in time ottan it. Instead of doing that she is coming down to his level"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-04
A PRovIso.

A poet pleads
 For the self-made man; To help him along
 We'll do all we can, But much would prefer That in talking to us His present great fame He wouldn't discuss.
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The death of Joseph Pulitzer, great as he was, does not create a speck of change in the newspaper he built up.
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As the owner of Pauline Wayne, the President considers himself an authority and a duly appointed speaker at a dairy show
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The Manchus are willing to swallow themselves if the plain Chinamen will let them stay in Picking in the palace.
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LOVE DIMES.

They married for love-" Are they happy?'' ''very happy. They have a first-class too6.''
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GRoUNDLEss FEAR.

",,Vhen she sings she puts her soul in it.' cShe opened her mouth so wide I was aYfaid she might put her foot in it.''
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Democratic Hopes

q think we democrats have ground for expecting a great national victory in 1912" said Carl D. Brainard of Philadel- phia. q have been a voter since 1880 and have always cast my ballot for the democratic candidate for President. Penn sylvania is a rock ribbed republican state and it is never recl1oned with by the democrats in national election. But if enthusiasms helps the cause generally the dcm ocrats of Pennsylvania never get tired of cheering for their standard bearer. l am not enough of politician to make a prediction worth while so far as the nom- nation goes. l find many democrats in Pennsylvania who are for Woodrow Will son, but there are others who are begin ming to look upon Congressman Under- wood as a very likely candidate for the democratic nomination. Underwood would suit me all right. The remark is often made that the democrats might beat ihe republicans if they. the democrats, cx- ercised good judgment in picking the man to head the ticket; but that they general ly put up the wrong type of man. I think the democrats will be wise this time and nominate a winner.
 T am an inveterate theatregoer, q lover of the drama in all its phases. but the New York laugh often stands or sounds in the way of sincere enjoyment. When the New York laugh is complicated with the borough of Brooklyns candy eating and whisperings it becomes mad dening.
 ..i I have long since given up going to Brooklyn theatre; after being com pelled to leave the theatre several times because I could not hear what was going on on the stage on account of the chat ] ter, laugh and candy eatng around me
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Pow long has he been a pugilist?' 'tIen years"
 Dear me. Has he ever come to blows with anybody"
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, pcstoffice as second class matter under act of Congress March 3. 1879.