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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14

had been spent in trouble with the animal.
 but at last they camped for the night with man who seemed to know all about handling balky horses, and he volunteered this advice:
 When your horse bal'-s get bottle and give him hard blo . on the top of his head. It will will nldke him dizzy. but he'll forget all about being balky, and will pull all right
 The horse did not balk again, however,
 until just before the secluded camping place in the mountains had been reached. Then he refused to move another step. The driver thought of the advice given him. and taking a heavy beer bottle from the wagon, struck the horse a forcefui blow on the top of his head The blow
 was too much for the horse, and he dropped dead in his tracks.
 The driver was shocked by what he had
 done. Then realizing his predicament in
 being far away from where another horse could be obtained, he suddenly began
 dancing like wild man, and shouted If had that man here who gave me that crazy advice, I'd give him taste of his own medicine. if I had to hang for It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14
A Fall Made Hair Gray
New York Telegraps.

From the New York Telegraps
 Somebody asked Charles J. Ross, the actor, few days ago how long his hair has been white. MT. Ross. by the way, has head of hair that would mako even Santa Claus jealous.
 You may not have known it." he re- rlied. but I used to ride running horses. Back In the I0s I lived in Kansas and used to ride for Newt Douglas and Tony Rose out around Topeka. One day in 1875 I was put up to ride in a race at fair at Cameron, Mo We had a spill and l landed on my head. For eight months I was in a hospital suffer- ing from concussion of the brain. When l finally regained my health," MT. Ross concluded, my hair was just as white as it Is now"
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Out of Russia. by Crittenden Marriott. ]. B Lippincott Co.,, Philadelphia, N.25.
 A learned professor disturbed at potter ing about in his library by a command
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,e.s of bis career prove the truth of

facts of his career prove the truth oi this estimate of the man.
 His charges against the character oi Hamilton. the author tells us. are based upon the statements made in the vindica- tion. of the charge of speculating Ill treasury warrants that were published by Hamilton himself That vindlcation topether with autograph letters bearing on the same subject the author informs were upon his desk. as he wrote this hook. The author has endeavored to present a conscientious estimate of Ham, iJton hut The impression remains that there is certain lack of proportion in the picture presented.
 Hamilton might well be called the many. sided and just estimate of the man is manifestly impossible If he be viewed from one standpoint. Hamil- tons brilliant genius and oratory are lightly touched upon. No credit IS al lowed him for statesmanship. Nor Is he given any grace for his part in forming our constitution. Alas, poor Yorick
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14
He Cured the Balky Horse

From the Portland Oregonian.
 Among those who went camping Tn the Cascades last summer were man and his family from Albany, who had in their team balky horse. part of every day
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Fat is
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 your fat a pound a day. ..
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 "A Study in Alexander Hamilton" by
 Fontaine Fox (Neale Publishing Co.,.
 New York SD
 Tn this book is given a review of Hamilton's private life, his character, his theories of government as they are to be found in the Madison papers, the notes of which, the author says, were examined by Hamilton and admitted by him to be correct The book reviews his argument in behalf of our written con- stitution in the Federalist; his conduct and measures proposed by him as sec rotary of the treasury. their purpose, their aim and their effect through our federal courts upon our government and it's political affairs This, in brief, Is the book; and the author has evil dently studied carefully the career Of Hamilton. He has not, however, been swayed in his judgment by the dictunl of that wise man who said: The way to appreciate men of genius is to at tend to the qualities in which they ex- eel; that genius should be estimated by the heights to which 1t Is ablesto soar when the circumstances are not fa- vora ble,
 If Hamilton's career touched any heights the author does not admit 1t. The reader Is carried through the valley and the shadow of his life His motives are all impugned. and there IS only contempt expressed for his life and his conduct
 Stress is put upon Hamilton,s pri- vate life. the charge against him of speculating in treasury warrants, and the Reynolds episode Perhaps an un- biased judgement is hardly possible. Perhaps the judgment of the world upon those who have left it is as Shakespeare says:"The evil that men do live after them, the good is oft intered with their bones."
 At any rate one feels that the book presents but an unfinished protrat. That too much is made Of what Hildreth calls "an undigested and garrulous collection of libels." of what Gilman characterizes as "a disagreeable story"
 Due acknowledgement is made by the author of the fact that he had been taught from youth to respect and ad- mre Hamilton. Like a star revolving around some sun in space when it gets out of it's orbit flies afar, so the author. having lost long cherished admiration. flies far in another direction and thinks that nothing good can come out of Nazareth at 4s
 "In intellect, he writes Alexander Hamilton was a giant, morally weak lipgy without father, without a conn- try, without god he could have been nothing less than what he Was. The
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-22

Santa Fe, N. M., April 22.--After a hearing in which creditors of the New moval of c. c. Murray of Pittsburg as receiver on charges of fraud, the court held the charges not substantiated and retained Murray as receiver.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-22
RELATED
 HAPPINESS

Engaged to Martha Tyler? Mrs. Ward gasped when Ter brother an nounced the interesting news to her. Why, it's the most absurd thing I ever heard of" 6
 At this rather unusual form of con graduation her brother Leonard laughed
 'On the principle that there's no fool like an old fool?" he inquired. Well, since we're in for adages, as one might say, I prefer Its never too late to mend And joking aside, I'm surely the luckiest fellow in the world to have the finest and best girl in the world saved for me all this time I can hardly believe it's true"
 From that moment his sister al ways said. he never had a glimmer of intelligence until after the we'd ding
 The affair had developed with re- markable suddenness while Leonard was passing the holidays with his sis ter Leonard and Martha Tyler had known each other from childhood. So
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-22
AlRSHiP STICKS IN TREE
German Dirigible on Its FirsN lnterna- tional Passenger Carrying Flight
 Has Series of Accidents.

Berlin, April 22.-Ill luck continued to pursue German dirigioles, when the Parseyal VI., which had started from here to Amsterdam on the first international passenger-carrying aerial trip on record, crashed into a tree at Hanover and became fast in the brancehs.
 The Parseyal carried four passen- gers, besides Lieut.. Stelling, in com mand, and a crew of three The fare was $125.
 After several hours work the dirigi- ble was dislodged and an effort was made to continue the flight. But the balloon again came to grief in a marsh few miles beyond Hanover. Here 1t was necessary to take it apart and send 1t back to Berlin.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-22
JUAREZ AWAITS BATTLE
General Madero's Forces Cut Off All Escape Pending Daz Medication
 Rebels Must Attack.

Fl Paso, Tex, April 22.-With its .outposts within easy rife range of the federal garrison, the army of General Francisco l. Madero, the revolutionary leader, spreads fanwise around three sides of Juarez, cutting off all commu- nication except across the two interna- tional bridges.
 Madero's two cannon and his ma chine guns are in position to carry out his threat to shell the city unless he receives official notification that Presi- dent Diaz has abdicated. lie has noti- fled the foreign consuls that the bom- bardment may be expected any time
 General Navarro, the federal com mander, gave orders that offensive op- erations must be started by the insur- rectos.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-22
BUTTON STRIKE STILL ON
Employees of Iowa Factories Are Holding Out for a Better
 Understanding.

Muscatine, Ia., April 21.-Negotia- tions between the local button manu. lecturers and their employees are again off. At meeting of the union the men unanimously voted not to re- turn to work until better under. standing had been reached.
 State Labor Commissioner Van Dupn, through whose efforts a work ing agreement looked toward a settle. ment ot differences was reached, is unable to adjust matters at this time. but before returning to Des Moines said he believed that soon a better understanding between the two forces would be reached.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-22
NUDE STATUARY IN HOMES
Pittsburg Woman Says That Children Should Know the Esthetic
 Beauty of Human Form.

Pittsburg, Pa, April 22.-Mrs. Enoch Rauh, a noted club woman, stirred Pittsburg by denouncing stork fiction and advocating nude statuary for the home, that the children may see the beauties of the human form. Mrs. Rauh was addressing the Outlook Ali ance on The Social Relation"
 She said: "l believe in accustoming the child from the start to the aesthet- ic beauty of the human form A child will see in the Venus de Milo only the beauty of the curves. The first i'm pression of sex the child receives will last throughout it's life and children must be prepared by their education in the home to realize that the human form is the most beautiful gift of Cod
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-22

Washington, April Representa-. tive Martin Littleton was the guest of honor at dinner at the New Willard. Representative Frank Clark of Florida bet a dinner that Sparkman of Flor ida chairman of the rivers and har- bors committee, was the poorest pen. man in congress. Representative Hardwick of Georgia backed Adamson of that state, chairman of the commit tee on interstate and foreign com merce. Littleton, the judge, gave the honor to Georgia.
 Clark paid the bet
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-22
MICHIGAN SESSION ENDS
Legislature Defeats Suffrage and Re call Bills-Passes 2-Cent Rail-
 road Fare Measure.

Lansing, Mich, April 21.-Marked by considerable confusion in the house, the biennial legislative session of 1911 adjourned. The session, 71 days, was the shortest regular one in years.
 The house passed 200 bills and the senate 112. Among the most impor- tant measures passed was 2-cent railroad passenger fare in the upper peninsula. The important bills de. feated were the initiative, referendum and recall and woman suffrage.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-22

inc license. To do him Justice. he was quite as much disturbed as the most exacting sister could have wished when he was told that there would be barely time in the morning for them to go down and get 1t and return for the ceremony
 He rose bright and early the next morning and seemed so alive to the seriousness of the occasion that ms sister allowed him to leave the house without any misgivings as to what ne might do while away. However, as time passed and he did not return her serenity deserted her. She nd geted uncomfortably for 10 minutes or so. then called up Martha's home. She was informed by the maid who answered the telephone that Leon ard had just left the house. suose- uuent short interview with Martha's sister revealed the fact that Martha and Leonard only few moments be fore when both their toilets should have been well on the way to com pletion, had been found reading po- etry in the library.
 "He certainly is crazy" said Leon ards sister, almost in a tone of awe
 Not a bit more crazy than she is, said Martha's sister.
 Fifteen minutes after Leonard had returned home and then had disap- neared into his own room, with strict instructions from his sister not to do any more foolish things until after he was married, Mrs. Ward heard a meek voice calling from the hall.
 Carrie" the voice was saying. "I wonder if you could help me"
 Mrs. Ward went to the door of her room and looked out. In the hall, looking thinner and more forlorn than she had any idea he could look, stood her brother. In one hand he held a small jar about half full of some sort of yellowish. greasy con- coction. in the other an uncomfort- able looking towel With the towel he now and then gave futile dabs at his face, down which was sliding in slippery streams the other half of the COuleHAS Ol ih0 JtiA L4iAhoiNh NAti4 e4il- pery brooklets of soapy water
 What is it?" he asked, forlornly. q thought it--it was a shampoo, but 1t seems so queer
 Mrs Ward snatched the jar out of his hand why, you great idiot" she said, with more force than po- liteness, tits goosegrease! It's ap- propriate enough. I'm sure"
 For a minute she gave herself up to the joy of contemplating him. Then she took him firmly by the arm and led him back to the bathroom. where she soaped him and stood him on his head in the washbowl and rinsed him and then began the process all over again Within half an hour of the time set for the wedding she pro- nounced htm sufficiently cleaned.
 Some time later just after em- bracing the bridegroom who looked so rare that he might have been called raw. Mrs. Ward turned to the bride
 Martha" she said, I've always thought that I'd hate to give Leonard up to anybody, but after this last week I've changed my mind. I have enough natural affection left to hone that you'll be kind to him. but. even if I knew you'd beat him. I'd be glad to turn him over to you You're more than welcome to him
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-22
Mormon Church Asks Inquiry.

Salt Lake City, Utah. April 22.-For the first time in the history of the Mormon church, 1t has started a move ment to secure public investigation of charges made in England that the church is inducing the immigration of women for immoral purposes. Gov Spry has suggested civil inquiry.
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there was more than one covert smile and sarcastic comment when after going east and remaining for year Leonard returned and, at the ripe age of forty-five, fell desperately in love with Martha, aged forty,
 Leonard came west again a week before the wedding evi- dence of insanity. his sister said
 The day before the wedding he and Martha disappeared as completely as If the earth had swallowed them up. t was ten o'clock that morning be- fore Mrs Ward realized that her brother had left the house without in forming anybody as to his intentions She called up Martha's sister with whom Martha had made her home, and asked if Leonard were there. The two had gone out together some time before
 Didn't they say anything about getting a license?" inquired Mrs. Ward
 Martha's sister was sure that noth- ing of the sort had been said in her presence. Mrs. Ward hung up the telephone receiver and then gave her self up to the hopeless process of try ing to convince herself that James couldn't have been such an idiot as to forget the marriage license,
 At eleven o'clock that night Leon a'a w"rdered in, happy and without
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-22
MORGAN WILL AID GOULD
FlNANcIER TO COOPERATE WITH
 ROCKEFELLER.
Break Between Syndicate and Former Missouri Pacific Head Proves 10
 Be Great Aid to Latter.

New York, April 22.-That the Mor- gan following hereafter will cooperate with George J. Gould, John D. Rocke- feller and James Speyer in the reha- Utilization of Missouri Pacific and Wa bash is the belief in the financial dis trict.
 Reports that the break between the Kuhn, Loeb & Go. syndicate and the Goulds was caused by assurances that even stronger interests would provide money for Gould line improvements were borne out by statement issued by George J. Gould that the Gould se- curities would hereafter be sold to the highest bidder It is believed that the new issues will be purchased by a syn dicate consisting of J. P. Morgan X Co.,, Speyer & Co.,, Blair & Co.,, the National City bank and the First Ma tional bank.
 Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City bank, declined a posi- ton on the board of directors of Mis- souri Pacific because of his relations with Union Pacific and Southern Pa cific, which are competitive lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-29
Col. E. L. Russell

One of Alabama 8 strongest men and most beloved citizens is dead. Col. F. L. Russell. vice president of the Mo- bile and Ohio railroad. who passed away last night after brief illness, was a native of Alabama but his early life was spent In Mississippi. He was under 16 years of age when the war began but in the autumn of '61, just after he had turned 16, he enlisted as a private soldier. His record was one of splendid daring.
 He was in all the bloody battles around Chattanooga. He was wounded in the Murfreesboro engagement and again at Chicamauga. After the sur render young Russell returned to Mis- sissippi. He planted cotton, followed the blow and attended school six months In the year.S At odd times while earn ing a living he read law and in 1871 was admitted to the bar
 In 1876 Colonel Russell accepted the position of general solicitor of the Mobile and Ohio, and from that time on he was a familiar and a popular figure in the public life of Alabama. He took an active part in politics and was chosen by the Alabama democratic state convention in 1888 as presiden- tial elector for the First district and was elected an elector- -at-large in 1892, leading the ticket in the state.
 Colonel Russell was an able lawyer and man of large capacity. He was broad minded, happy hearted. ready and eloquent speaker, and one of the most chivalrous gentlemen who ever lived. No one loved the southland more than Edward L. Russell, and none had truer friends than he.
 His death comes as a shock and the lament throughout this section will be sincere and profound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-29
 Increasing Interest In Music

Including opera, symphonies and voice and instrumental recitals, this season has been crowded not to say over-crowded, with high-class musical attractions. This is especially so in New York, Boston, Chicago and few other large cities. In the lesser cities high-class musical at fractions have been numerous, and they have been for the most part well at- tended, all of which would indicate a growing interest in music of the artistic class.
 xaver Scharwenka, the distinguished composcr-pianist. wf1b is giving recitals in this country does not pretend to have the brilliant technic of Paderewsisi and other popular virtuosos of the modern school. but he Is one of the greatest mu- sicians living-intellectual poetic and ai- thoritative-and his playing is, therefore as educative as it is satisfying to those discriminating listeners who care more for
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pear altogether. and this would be deeply
 regretted in all parts of the country
 They are fast falling victims to their own beautiful plumage.
 The slaughter. too, of robins in the south is widely deplored. They are birds of passage and they are killed in large numbers in the south as they fly towards their nesting grounds in the northern states. The robin is about the only bird left to many sections, and those sec tions appeal to the south to let the birds pass along unmolested. Some states for bid the slaughter of robins as they stop in their long flight to pick up rations, but all states do not, and the pot-hunters kill thousands of the innocents. The slaughter of so small and so showy a song bird is inexcusable, and no consid- crate man, no lover of birds, will level his shotgun at them.
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1 solid muscianship than for dazzling per formance.
 l Scharwenka made limited concert tour in the United States 15 or 20 years ago. He was well received then, but his play ing on this tour, it may be said. appeals more especially to the higher culture of musical America than it did in the years past, when music lovers were fewer and before muiscal art was studied so seri- ously as 1t is today. On his former tour of the United States, whenever Scharwen- ka appeared in cities large enough, or pretentious enough, to support a sym phony orchestra, he played a concerto of his own composition, but such cities were only four or five in number. Since that time a wonderful interest in orches- tral music has been developed. Notwith- standing the large cost of maintaining a fairly good orchestra of 40 or 50 players, score or more cities now boast of such orchestras This fact alone cannot fail to impress itself upon the visiting com- poser-pianst, and if he should return in five or six years he would find in nearly every city of 15oooo or 100000 population an orchestra capable of playing symphony music.
 Musical pedagogy is at last having large place in our colleges and educa- tional system generally. and the time will come when young men, as well as women, will be considered deficient in education unless they have some knowledge of. mu- sic, and can at least follow a sonata, concerto or a symphony intelligently and feel an elevation of soul when hearing the music of master composers.