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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

door sis throws a fit over the dirt on his shoes. As he takes seat she has a spell over his failure to sit erect As he heads towards the parlor a scream heads him off. No matter what he touches, he has committed a sin with his solled fingers, and no matter what he says, he has either said the wrong thing or said 1t the wrong way But all these offenses pale into insignificance tesides his transgressions at the table
 Johnnie, take your elbows off the tablet Johnnie, don't smack your lips when you eat! Johnnie, use your fork! John rie, don't make a noise when eating soup Johnnie, don't eat so fast. john nie, take your spoon from your cupi Johnnie wait till things are passed! Johnnie, boys should be seen and not heard at the tablel Johnnie, fold your napkin! Johnnie, cross your knife and fork upon your plate! And thus it goes until Johnnie loses his appetite, sneaks out and goes forth feeling like an anar- chist. Not that etiquette and good man ners are not all right mind you. but that big sisters who nag a boy into hatred of home are all wrong in their ideas of imparting it. Every one of them should be deprived of potato salad until she reforms"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
MAsCAGNrs RIsEsAND FALL
From Upton's Standard Musical Bic
 graphies.

From Upton's Standard Musical Bio-
 graphies.
 He settled down to teaching and con- posing, and one morning woke to find himself famous. His "Cavaleria Rusti- cana had caused a frenzy of enthusiasm Its fame rapidly swept over Italy, spread through Germany, France and England, and crossed the water to this country. In Italy he was proclaimed the success sor of Verdi. He was welcomed wherever he went with illuminations and torch light processions Honors and decora- tions were showered upon him. Staid critics were swept off their feet. Thous- ands of hand organs the world over were grinding out the "Intermezzo."
 Numerous other operas followed from lis pen, each weaker than it's predeces- sor. He began to lose fame as a coni- poser and sought to retrieve it as a con- ductor and manager by producing his own operas. His misfortunes and ltiga- tions in this country are of so recent oc- currence that they will be we'll remem- bered.
 In searching for the reasons of Mas cagni's decadence it will be found that he is not a well trained and grounded musician. He depends for his effects up- on the orchestra rather than the voice and his orchestration is noisy, blatant and theatrical. When his librettos are not dull they are dreadful. His fame will rest upon his tragic opera, "Cavaleria Rusticana," weak reflection of Car men," The enthusiasm with which it was received, however, evidently made him careless and pretentious. In a word, he lost his head and apparently thought anything from his pen would prove ac- ceptable. The result is a string of works, each growing feebler, his Iris" the last, feeblest of all, as it is a mere Wagnerian paraphrase
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
..nrrrsTEAK JoHNy IS DEAD

From the New fOrk Amer1can.
 "Beefsteak John is dead, and for the first time in S5 years the old place he kept at 6 Bowery is closed.
 The name of "Beefsteak John was Anton Ehrler, and for more than half century he was the keeper of the little place on the Bowery.
 The food was cheap and filling. and the price of steak, bread. butter, pota- toes and coffee was the same. no matter how the cost of living increased. It, too. was a place where the down-and-out were never turned away. A regular never went without meal when he was ''broke," and a ''panhandler' never got second one when the proprietor became ! ''hep" to his game
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
MEREDITH AND HARDY

Phelps: Essays on Modern Novelsts.
 There is something fine in the honest friendship and mutual admiration of two giants, who cordially recognize each oth- CT above the heads of the crowd, and who are themselves placidly unmoved by the fierce jealousy of their partisans. In this instance, despite a total unlike ness in literaty style, there was genuine intellectual kinship. MT. Meredith and MT. Hardy were both pagans and re- garded the world and men and women from the pagan standpoint, though the deduction in one case was optimism and in the other pessimism. Given the prem- ises, the younger writer's conclusions seem more logical; and the processes of his mind were always more orderly than those of his brilliant and irregular senior. There is little doubt-I think-as to which of the two should rank higher in the history of English fiction, where fineness of art surely counts for something. MT. Hardy is a great novelist; whereas to adapt phrase that Arnold applied to Emerson,sI should say that MT. Meredith was not great novelist; he was a great man who wrote novels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
NOT ALARMED

From the Chattanooga Times
 The Mississippi is adding a large slice of Arkansas to Tennessee. and some Ten nesseans fear that Representative Ma con may be transferred also.-Birming- ham Age-Herald.
 Only the deepest dyed pessimists are entertaining such a fear. and their alarm is needless. Calamities of that sort come only once in many decadeA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
How Adyerfisinr Pays

The Craddock Terry Co.,, the great shoe concern of Lynchburg, Va, appre- ciates the value of printers ink. as do other progressive mercantile houses that have tried it. Here is what the Crad- dock Terry Co.,, which carried large ad in this newspaper, wires:
 we have been advertising the Crad- dock shoe in the leading southern dailies and today we received orders amounting to s20,000 from one of our southern sales men, and one southern merchant sent us an order for .Craddock shoes amount ing to over $12,000'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
A SPRING LILT.

If sp1ing Is in your heart.
 A song upon your lips, And happy fancies start
 When sweetest Folly trips Her way through budding groves
 And fields where blossoms blow, And warbling birds their loves
 Are plying to and fro: If spring is in your heart
 And happy. happy days Of blither being start, As when Apollo plays, Don't try to curb the mood
 Just let your laughter out. The call of field and wood
 Puts every care to routi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
Prosperity Ahead

General business has been somewhat quiet for the past four or five weeks, but it is safe to say there will be an improvement later in the spring." said J. P. Markham of Philadelphia
 1 have visited several western states since the first of the year and have re- gently spent little time in Texas. Con- ditions are sound wherever I have been and everybody I have met has talked in an optimistic vein. It is believed in financial circles in the east that the last half of 1911 will be marked by a high degree of prosperity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

The United States is massIng troops on the Mexican frontier. and Russia Is massing troops on the Chinese frontier. The whyness in each case is thought to be similar. It is in each a matter of hulldozing a weaker power
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
New German Editor

Max Monte, who succeeds E. Lesser as editor and general manager of The Bir~ mingham Courier, has been installed in his new position. and is fast making personal acquaintances among German American citizens in this district. Mir. Monte was born and educated in the fatherland, but for 20 years or more has been connected with the German daily press of Cincinnati. He is a gentleman of genial manners, and is said to be a forceful writer.
 'I am much pleased with Birming- ham, said MT. Monte. Tt has a wide- awake citizenship, and the great future of the Birmingham district cannot be over-estimated
 MT. Lesser has been in poor health recently. He is now in New York, and will take trip abroad in June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
Roosevelt,s Good Citizenship speech

". H.. skaggs of Chicago, the we'll known former Alabama man, who is deeply interested in the question of pri- mary education in the south, reached here yesterday
 He has come to look into some per- sonal affairs and is not inclined at this time to discuss his trip to Birmingham. MT. Skaggs said he was glad to be here again and was endeavoring to map out plan to assist in the material development of the district.
 'I was very much interested in the recent visit to Birmingham of Colonel Roosevelt" said MT. Skaggs His trip over this city and his visit to the fine public schools here cannot fail to result in great good to the city. I was very much impressed with his speech to the effect that good citizenship. was of more importance than the creation. of wealth in any community. The good citizenship speeches of Colonel Roosevelt, delivered all over the country, must surely result in a better understanding of the man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

The feet of American women. say the The average woman who wore a No. shoe 10 years ago now wears a No. 5, or better still a No. 6.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

Vermont is harvesting its chief crop maple sugar. But brown sugar and glu- cose are no longer used to increase the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

The President is back in Washing ton but his army is far away on the plains of Texas, where there is small comfort and equally small glory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
CHARM OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH

greatly not only shall much be forgiven, but they shall have love in overflowing measure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
BEEN THERE OFTEN.

Mrs. Smith Jones Brown Trimmer Plumpson-Boggs has the divorce habit worse than any other woman I ever saw"
 "Yes, indeed. Mrs. Smith-Jones- Brown Trimmer -Plumpson- -Boggs long ago ceas- ed to feel thrill when the conductor of her train shouts All out for Reno.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

Former Senator Beveridge betakes himself to literature instead of looking for place on a commission as a lame duck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

The new Congress promises to be effec- tive and satisfactory because of the an- cient lame ducks who will not be in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
nEFLEcrIONs OF 4 BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

Silent tongue. slight trouble.
 Very often you can sell things that you couldn't give away.
 The softer the whisper that tells a se- cret, the louder it's echo.
 Some people have such good constitu- tions even medicine can't keep them sick.
 A man who thinks he's smart enough to do somebody else thinks he's smart enough not to be done by anybody else, but he isn't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

After the coronation Admiral Togo will tour this country as a friend and admirer our institutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

When the plague hits a hookworm suf- ferer in India he quickly succumbs. He naturally would anywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
HAVE YOU?

HAVE YOU? Have you a little garden? Dost work 1t every morn? Hast raised crop of blisters? That's why you're so forlorn? Does grass spring up like magic, But nothing else worth while? No wonder you're so grumpy, And seldom wear a smile, If thus with you 1t doth befall And husbandry holds you in thrall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

Men higher up in Vermillion county. Illinois, are breathing freer now that the grand jury has adjourned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

Wall street junta is endeavoring to dictate terms to stern old Diaz through his minister of finance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

Texas is rapidly filling up with militia officers and regular soldiers, all on ma neuvers bent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

Francisco l. Madero is trying to apply the recall to old man Diaz, but he should not attempt to shoot it into him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

The country is taking expensive geog- raphy lessons on the Mexican border
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

The United States army naturally wants to know what it is in Texas for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

ANALOGOUS. 4a T am afraid Priscilla Primpit will never be able to write smooth verse" "Why so?" "She crowds her feet Permit me deduce." ts@ Do so." "She probably gets that metrcal habit from crowding her feet into her shoes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

A Wisconsin town has imposed a s6 tax on bachelors, but thus far they remain to man single.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
TO BE SURE.

TO BE SURE. We hear the crop of chorus girls Is getting short again; We don't care much how short the crop, Just so 1t isn't plain. We rather like the little ones They liven up show. They may be old, but that's a fact We're not supposed to know
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

No cold can discourage spring weather in Alabama. In this latitude spring is sure to come back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

That new Easter outfit will be needed in abo;2t three weeks. Time do fly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

All English-speaking countries are com ing together to secure perpetual peace through arbitration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

The picking of winning baseball team is a harder task any day than the se- lection of a cabinet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
WELL, HARDLY

Carrie Nations theatrical career was a flat failure.''
 'I'm not surprised. The Carrie Nation figure is not adapted to the stage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
LUCKY.

A certain barefoot dancer,
 We've recently been told, Has been upon the stage for years And never caught cold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
THE WALKING KISS

The Roosevelt dam is not nearly so p1ofane as it sounds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

Arbitration and reciprocity are in the air. It is fine pair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE. Have you ever occupied room 1S in a hotel?' "Yes, once.'' What happened? Tt cost me $3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
EXPRESSIVE.

Full many words, argot and such, Fall from the human tongue, But few there are express so much
 As that short slang word, "Stung"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
ANNOYING.

ANINO I 1INNI. His heart was light
 What made him blue, The neighbors vowed
 His head was, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
THE SMALL. ROY

THE SMALL BUY. A Kansas editor must have been a small brother once upon a time him. self. He waxes truly eloquent on the subject. He writes:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

'It would be hard Mike. to name the most pathetic character in this old world, though the small boy with two or three or more grown sisters is entitled to se- rious consideration. As he enters the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will new, and dog will have his
 day. Hamlet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

INSOMNIA. Iris hard to sleep In our flat, The reason why, A Thomas cat Who bawls upon A fence nearby And is, withal, So young and spry, He's still nine-lived And sound of limb, Though twice we've ta'en A shot at him. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
NO NEED TO WORRY.

Mrs Plankett always has serene look on her face"
 No wonder. MT Plankett's stenogra- pher is the homeliest woman in .town.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-22

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress March & 1879.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-09-05
DOZEN INJURED IN
COLORADO ACCIDENT
Mail Sack Breaks Switch Beam, Re.
leasing Rail as Train Passes.

Omaha, Neb., Sept. AIS the, re
suit of a peculiar accident twelve
persons were injured yesterday bJ
the wrecking of two cars on tht
eastbound Union Pacific passenger
train No. "a at Kersey, Colo. None
of the injuries was serious.
The injured are:
Ruth Wallace, Council Bluffs, Ia
fractured wrist.
Mary B. Wallace, Council Bluffs.
Alva Wiswal, Boston.
Hu1da Prudential, Chicago.
Martha Berger, Chicago.
Mrs. L. D. Block, Chicago.
F. C. Berry, Waukegan, III.
Mrs. F. C. Berry, Waukegan, Ill.
B. F. Alcorn, Upton, la.
Julia Adams, Chicago.
]. G. Davis, Chicago, Pullman por-
ter.
William Virgins, haywood, H.,
Pullman conductor.
All the injured, excepting Ruth
Wallace, suffered simple bruises and
shock.
The two rear cars Of the train, a
Pullman sleeper and an observation
car, left the track. The accident
was caused by mail sack which
was thrown from the train striking
a switch stand and breaking 1t.
This was the means Of releasing the
switch after all but the two rear
cars had passed over it. The two
rear cars were considerably damag-
ed but did not turn over.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-09-05
Build New. Dreadnoughts.

Washington, D. c., Sept. 4.-The
sister dreadnoughts Florida and
Utah, the mightiest warships in the
American navy, will be in fighting
trim by Nov. Is, according to the
calculations Of the naval experts.
Within a week the Utah, just placed
in commission, will enter the docks
of the New York navy yard to re-
ceive the installation of coming
towers and sights for its guns. As
much secrecy surrounds these de-
vices they are invariably construct
ed at a government yard instead OF
in the plant of private builder.
The Florida will be placed in COM
mission about Sept. Is and will be
ready for active service simultan-
eously with the Utah.
Greater in every respect-size,
armor and armament-the Florida
and Utah will wrest from the Deia-
ware and North Dakota the honor
of being the most powerful war ves-
sells af1oat. The displacement Of the
two new dreadnoughts is 21,Sz5
tons each. Ten 12-inch guns dis
tributed in FIVE turrets and sixteen
5-inch rifles constitute the main bat
teries. The bulls are belted with
armor ranging from 8 to IL inches
in thickness, while steel walls a full
foot through protect the turrets.
The ships are 521 feet long and It
is expected will have a speed greater
than the 20.75 knots required by the
navy departments specifications.
Each of these castles Of the sea will
be manned by creY< of 60 officers
and SIS men.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-09-05
GOVERNOR DENEEN
GETS LEG BROKEN.
Illinois Executive Injured in Auto
mobile Accident.

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. An an
attempt to prevent a collision be-
tween his automobile and a two
seated conveyance near Glenarm,
about fifteen miles from this city.
Gov. Charles S. Deneen was serious
ly injured yesterday, when he fell,
breaking both bones Of his left an
kle. The governor, seeing that
collision was unavoidable, sprang on
the running board of the machine
in which he was riding to grasp the
bride of the horses. He fell with
his left leg doubled under him. He
was hurried to this city and is con-
fined in his room in the executive
mansion. Doctors Taylor and Pat
ton, who were called, said the gov
ernor would be unable to leave the
room for five or six weeks.
Governor and Mrs. Deneen and
their two daughters, Misses Frances
and Bina, left the executive man
sion in the governors machine for a
ride to Pawnee and were on the re-
turn when tho heavy car slowly
started down a hill backwards.
The governor was riding In the
front left hand seat and looking
back saw team Of horses attached
to two seated conveyance coming
towards them. up the hill. Seeing
that the automobile would hit the
surrey the governor grasped at the
horses. When the machine struck
the vehicle, the governor fell. The
force of the collision broke the rear
right wheel Of the vehicle and the
occupants of the surrey were thrown
to the ground. but none Of them was
injured. Neither Mrs. Deneen nor
the children were hurt.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-09-05
Aviator Meets Death.

Charities, France, Sept. 4.-The
French aviator Maron was killed
near here last night. He was oh
served flying over the city, where be
was to have participated in an avn
alton meeting today. Later came the
news of fatal accident to the avia-
tor six miles away.
When last seen, Maron was flying
at height of about 600 feet. His
motor failed and he attempted to
plane to the earth. He dropped 200
feet and then the machine capsized
The aviator's chest was crushed in
by the steering lever
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-09-05
RECEPTION TO
ARCHBISHOP
Priests of Iowa Will Honor The
New Prelate at
Dubuque.
TO RUN A SPECIAL TRAIN.
Mother of Archbishop Keane, Who
Lives in Minnesota, Will be
Honored Guest for the
Occasion.
H

Des Moines, Sept. 4.-The priests
of the diocese of Dubuque will meet
lat Dubuque tomorrow to plan for
the reception of Archbishop Keane.
Word has been received In Du-
buuue from the new archbishop to
the effect that it is his desire that
the reception be restricted to re.
ligious demonstration as much as
possible and that the civic reception
be withheld until after the reception
OF the psllium. It is the new pre-
late's desire that the priests meet
him at the door of the cathedral,
that he go at once. to the sanctuary
where the papal document appoint
ing him archbishop Of Dubuque be
read, and that the programme term
mate there. The programme Will
be carried out exactly as the arch.
bishop desises.
A dinner will be served immedt-
ately after the installation services
The priests of the city OF Dubuque
have been appointed as committee
to look after the arrangements. DR.
D. NJ. German of St. Joseph's col
lege has been named to give the ad-
dress Of welcome to the new arch
bishop In the cathedral. at the time
Of the installation. A committee OF
priests was appointed to decide up
lon the arrangements for chartering
a special train to Fort Dodge from
Dubuque. All the priests along the
route may board the train and be
present at the greeting to Iowa OF
the new archbishop.
The date of the reception and in
stallation of Archbishop Keane OF
Cheyenne, Wyo., has not been def
nitely decided upon but will be be-
tween the 18th and goth of this
month.
The mother of the new prelate,
who lives at Pine Island, Mimi,
will be present at the installation
services and will be taken aboard
the special Iowa train which, will
bear him through Iowa to Dubuque.