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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
Rescue of the Living at Briceville

The rescue of five men after de- tention of 60 hours in the mine at Briceville, is relieving incident in a great tragedy. These men batticed themselves in mine room, using their coats to stop all cracks. In this way they kept off the after damp which followed the explosion. Their good sense and mining skill saved their lives. Possibly others may have adopted similar plans, and there is still room for the hope that more lives will be saved.
 The distress in the little mining village is very great. It holds today at least 50 widows and 160 orphans, and the charity of Tennessee and of other states is appealed to in their behalf.
 The miners at Briceville are Ameri- cans. Located in the heart of East Tennessee, the mine readily found miners from the families of long American descent. The tragedy car ries sorrow throughout East Ten nessee. The activity of Dr. Holmes on the spot and in the mine cannot be too highly commended. He is the director of the United States bureau of mines at Washington. Instead of staying at his comfortable desk at Washington he hurried to Briceville, where he led the rescue parties in the mine, pushing the work to the utmost. Wearing oxygen helmets they are ex- ploring every part of the mine, many of the entries remain, however, un- searched.
 No doubt windy shot ignited accu- mulated gases, and the explosion fol- lowed. It seems to be well nigh inn possible to induce miners to avoid either an accumulation of gas or windy shots. The two coming to- gether, creates the terrible scenes that all coal mining districts know too well, and that are the dread of all underground workers. Some one is, it is true, to blame. Gas should not be permitted to accumulate in a mine. The dust on the floors should be sprinkled, and no flarebacks of pow der in blasting should be permitted. But in spite of all rules and all super vision men will become careless, and awful mine explosions continue to occur,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
CARUsO wEEPs AT BIER

From the New York Herald.
 With Mr. Enrico Cafuso, the tenor, as chief mourner, the funeral of MT. Edoardo Misiano of the Metropolitan Opera com- pany. was held yesterday at St. Joseph's church, in Sixth avenue. at Washington place.
 Through snow, slush and mud MT. Caruso walked alone behind the hearse and then sar alone in a pew immediately beside the coffin while the funeral service was read With him as mourners, both in the funeral procession and at the church, were more than a score of men connected with the Metropolitan opera. Among them were Messrs. Gatti-Casazza, Scotti, Amato, Viafori, Saracco, Viviaai and Alfano, as well as Alfred Seligsburg, counsel for the company, and pr. Calder azzo of Naples.
 All walked in mud ankle deep from MT. Missiano's home, at S4 Sixth avenue, to the church, and accompanied the body to Hoboken after the church services.
 MT. Caruso gave way to his grief dur ing the brief address, and was weeping when at the end of the services he fol- lowed the coffin out into the street. His love for his old friend seemed to appear in the massive rosewood coffin in which the body lay It was mounted in silver, the handles being great silver bars ex- tending the full length of the coffin on each side.
 MT. Caruso last night confirmed a re- port that he had sent 5000 by cable to the family of MT. Missano in Italy. The money represents what he will receive for his appearance in La Gioconda,'' in which he and Mir. Missiano were to have appeared together on Thursday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
THE ROMAN ROAD

Rachel Armand Taylor, in the Living Age. Bury me close to the Roman road
 That the Pageant passing by May trumpet through my dim abode, And make it less to die. To my House of Stone let the rumor run Of the ringing reins of old Of horsemen riding in the sun
 Through worlds of windy gold. A pomp of princes, side by side, The proud Crusaders go, - And now the Free Companions ride
 Glittering row on row. And slim white girls with burning hair Dance with the wind; and in Great ropes of roses red they snare
 A gleaming paladn. o singing East! O dreaming West.
 Ride, ride so splendidly To the City that is loveliest
 That never soul shall see will not lie in green abode
 Away from the hurrying feet have ridden for long on the RumfA
 road tf -.~ And still is the riding sweet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
Good House Manners

How many persons apparently well hammered in every way are guilty of very unnecessary acts in .rooming houses" said a sufferer.
 For instance, some men walk like mules in second story stable, coming and going, and when they depart in the morning slam the door like a dynamite explosion often jarring the windows. Now just because a fellow don't feel the best in the world or envies another who is snoozing away is no reason he should wake up the whole house with his door slamming. The highest test of the gentle man is a thought of the golden rule Yet after all much of that complained of is thoughtlessness, but even that should be guarded against as to habits that annoy others.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
SHANK

l From the New York Sun.
 Our esteemed Alabama contemporary the Birmingham Age Herald, speaks tc our face praise not wholly to be accept ed nor wholly cast aside:
 Now that Mayor Lew Shank of Indian apolis swatted the middleman in the con- | fines of his beautiful town is known from one end of the country to the other the fact should not be forgotten that the New York Sun discovered him. The ,Sun began to sing Lew's praises more than two years ago, and it has been conducting a Shank campaign ever since"
 The Hon. Lew Shank is not 8 discov- cry, although whole continents of genius are being discovered in him. In sense he is original, primordial, permanent. He continues the tradition and achieve ments, duly hallowed and sung In this observatory of Virtue, of the lamented Hagen S. Pingree. Wherever from h. dianapolis to Iran, from the lmpid Wa bash to Wady Sis, a generous hand has fed the people at living prices, wherever monopoly and middlemanhood have been blasted, there Lew Shank has lived and been loved. Mythologically he is the Vegetation Spirit, the Horse of Poseidon. the Olive of Athens; he is the Culture Hero, Triptolemus, Glooscap. He was of the firm of the Gracchi brothers, he is the maker of all agrarian laws and of all statutes against and penalties for forestallng. He is the patron of auc- tions and trade.
 In his present manifestation and ava tar, the Hon. Lew Shank Is the one prac- tical statesman in the United States; in a generation born with cutoff mufflers he is sole to do and not yawp; sole in a mob of pretenders to reduce the cost of liv- ing and to feed his fellow citizens with cheap potatoes and turkeys instead of wind.
 Naturally, this man who would have been a god in antiquity, who ought to be President now, is not in that cata- logue of mediocrities "Whos Who" What of it? The voice of the people is not to be found in books. even in h. diana, the center of the book belt but In thousands and hundreds of thousands Of American homes rises the noble, the pious, the grand old hymn:
 "Then shout once more
 Our praise and thank;
 Revere, adore,
 Our own Lew Shank!
 From ,brimming eyes
 Drop gracious dew
 Upon the wise
 And only Lew! Lew, Lew, unlimited Lew, Who swatted and potted the middlemen's
 crew."
 Indiana's man of men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

have been nominated, probably, for a
 third term, but as he was 70 years of age and in wretched health he passed
 the honor to Van Buren. Jackson coquetted a good deal, and deep down
 in his heart he seemed to crave the
 presidency for four more years, but owing to his physical condition third term was out of the question.
 There was no more third term talk until General Grants time. He was receptive candidate before the end of his second term, and was a full fledged candidate for a third term in 1880. He was the great northern hero. He was idolized by the masses. In the republican convention his friends had compact, vigorous or ganization. But with all his Advant- ages Grant was easily defeated for the nomination.
 Notwithstanding traditional pre- judice against third-termism, the democrats would, it is believed, find it easier to defeat President Taft than Theodore Roosevelt. The eX- President has the name of being ex- tremely cratic, but he is very shrewd politician, and if per chance his friends should stampede the con- vention and the nomination should be forced on him he would give the democrats a run for their money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
An Able Engineer

H M. Waite, formerly citizen of Bir- mingham where he held the position of superintendent of the Seaboard Air Line, was one of the most popular men who ever lived here. He was not only civil engineer by profession but was an able Ill round man, and his friends were not surprised therefore to learn that he had been chosen city engineer of Cincinnati.
 Ut can be readily understood that mu- nicipal engineering has to deal with a wide range of problems. said local en- gineer in speaking of MT. Waite. .In most cases city engineers are chosen from the local engineering force. This is cs- pecially so, believe, in large cities. Lo- cal experience is considered prerequisite. But Cincinnati departed from the rule and took an outsider which, of course, Is all the greater compliment to my friend Waite. Knowing his general capacity and his quickness to learn new things I will predict that he will prove to be the very man Cincinnati needed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
cHILD,s GIFT TO MOTHER

From Harper's Bazar.
 A gift that will delight mother more than almost any other is the doll. This Is really more useful than 1t is attrac- tive, for when she undresses it each article may be used to special advant- age in the kitchen. The body of the doll iss wire soap shaker. A round cake of soap, which just fits the case, is placed inside, and the outer surface is covered smoothly on one side with white muslin. Eyes, nose, and mouth are drawn with ink to represent the face The dress is made of one yard of cross bar glass toweling hemmed and finished for a towel. then folded just a little longer than the soap shaker. A Turkish wash cloth is folded diagonally. placed around the head, and caught under the chin. A red ribbon tied around the neck and knotted in large bow in front converts the wash cloth into both a hood and shawl Each article is easily removed, and all are ready for immediate use.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
National Art Museum

A special dispatch from Philadel- phia says that that city has matched an art scheme that promises to be a rival of the great national galleries across the sea. The nation is to erect the building in Philadelphia, and then the four great private collections of pictures and other works of art pos sessed by J. Pierpont Morgan of New York and P. A. B. Widener, John G. Johnson and the William L. Elkins estate, all of Philadelphia, are to fill the building. This is important if true. The report has not been verified and perhaps will not be. If to the four collections were added the Wal ters pictures in Baltimore the sum total would indeed be national col lection of great value.
 The greatest art treasures in this country are composed of these five collections. It is easy to dream that they are to be joined in national gallery-much easier than to bring it about. All that is known is the leading art lovers in the country are trying to bring the combination about. The joining of the five great collections would in- deed be a national event, and the gal lery may as well be located where a majority of the pictures are hanging today-in Philadelphia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
In Case of a Deadlock

Yesterday was election day in Ari- zona, and the presumption at this writing is that the future forty eighth state-the last of the mainland went democratic.
 Not little depends upon the vote in Arizona in case there should be a third or insurgent candidate for President, and no choice by the peo- pie. The election would then, for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
UNDERWOOD CLUB

r TUIH tlIb NUDlIt IteII.
 Hon. Oscar w. Underwood, the popu- lar congressman from the Ninth Alabama district, and leader in the lower House. is being strongly championed in the state for the presidential nomination. The lat est movement is by the students at the University of Alabama, who are now enthused over the movement. An Under wood club was organized at the univer- sity and a committee named to enlist other educational institutions in the state. The Underwood boom is on in Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
Fish and "sore Mouth,

'It is not generally known that during the winter months bass are afflicted with sore mouth,'" said fisherman.
 This comes from sucking moss in lakes and ponds and the alge that fish are forced to eat from the lack of other foods. This time of year fish are hunting water vermin, worms and other food deep down. Bream will take any bait this with but all fish have their days when they are not biting.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

From the New York Press.
 Girls know so much because they pre- tend not to.
 Loud talk vanquishes people in an ar e,,ment, but never convinces them.
 The trouble with the people who can tell you how to raise your children right is they cant their own.
 Optimism is thinking q man you bor- rowed from without paying. will be anx- ious to lend you more.
 Nothing seems so awful to an en- gagged couple as to go some place where they have to act sane for few minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
 THE TPAVEIERS.

TIE TRAVEIERS. Along the broad highway of life A host of people go; And some with heavy cares are rife And some are deep in woe; And some bewail their hapless fate In accents sad to hear, Who started forth in youth elate And had no thought of fear. But, oh, the road breaks many hearts And many heads are bowed. And many slain by evil darts Among that mighty crowd. Whence come they know not, where
 they go
 No voice has ever told; But always on, through joy and woe, A tide resistless rolled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES


 EVERGREEN MAUD MULLER. Maud Muller on a winter day Worked in the kitchen, blithe and gay. Although she wasn't strong on looks She was a queen among the cooks, And as she baked pumpkin pie The judge came slowly honkng by. He took one look; it knocked him flat. Quoth he, Here's where hang my hat"
 Milwaukee Sentinel. Alas, poor judge! How sad is life. As soon as he made Maud his wife She gan to put on queenly airs, Refused pointblank to climb the stairs. And started out to cut dash, Because the judge had lots of cash Nor eer again to kitchen went, But all her time at parties spent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
FRANKS FAUX PAS. 7

r
 Frank Shaughnessy, attempting to cut the pigeon wing without girl to prop erly- balance him, swung his right leg against the iron leg of a bed last Satur- day night and broke the small bone just above the ankle. Doctor Hughes reduced the fracture and Frank will promenade on crutches for awhile. He will circle to the left on his left foot, meanwhile.- Charlton Courier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
WHAT HE DESERVED.

A scornful smile upon his face,
 In s auto sped he from the town; How sweet to ride from place to place And on pedestrians look down. But once the tortoise beat the hare
 Autos are risky, there's no doubt; Some fifty miles from anywhere
 A tire blew up and threw him out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
NOTED CONFIDENCE QUEEN

Sparkhill N. r., and here she was re- spected generally for many years during her criminal career, her friends refusing to believe the reports about her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

The president of the woolen trust is also assisting MT. Tafts tariff board to make proper scientific figures from the standpat point of view
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

The republican papers are trying to create friction between Speaker Clark and Leader Underwood, but they cannot do 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
UNDERWOOD STOCK RISING

From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
 In the race as it stands it appears that Underwood stock is going above Clark stock, and that 1t is still rising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

The French chamber of deputies is dis cussng Mona Lisa, thus showing that the tension over Morocco has disappeared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

The new Hudson river boat is to be called the Washington Irving. This is but justice to the literary prophet of the stream.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

Kipling gets one dollar word for every word he writes. He should write at least ten words before breakfast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

Mayor Whitlock of Toledo refuses a raise of s5Go in his $400O salary. He is scarcely considered sane in Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

Senator Kern of Indiana says whisky drink is two inches and a quarter. This is the first official statement of the mat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
NOT SOON, AT ANY RATE.

NCl ooo4>, Al A-N ie@A i1' with Mareoni able to send a message 4000 miles across the. ocean and direct communication by wire to be established between New York and Tacoma, talking around the world will soon be a compar- atively simple matter" "No doubt. Still, I don't believe that sort of talk will ever be cheap" 
 VERY PROBABLE.
 No doubt the good
 Lord hates a quitter;
 And also the
 Promiscuous splitter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

Los Angeles now wants municipal weekly newspaper. Denver has one and Philadelphia has another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

The Chinese revolution is working hard in a large country to make history With precision and effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

An Illinois man "got even with his tickle fiancee by marrying her mother. We fear that young womans new father will be very strict with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE.

"A Chicago man has invented gnath- odynamometer."
 "Ahem! Did. he invent 1t all at one timer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
NO ECONOMIST.

NO @EOOINONII "Blinks is one of the most impractical men who ever lived" "How is that?'
 why, he would hire taxicab to ride around in while he was trying to figure out the smallest possible sum on which one person could live.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

The man who blew up the Maine should, if living, follow in the footsteps of the McNamaras.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
JUDGED BY HIS HOURS.

 when Herbert Parsons, former con sressman and at one time head of the ,oeai republican organization, gets really interested in politics, he goes at his task Ill thorough fashion. He card-indexes every man in his district gets line on ms past performances, his present tenn per, and how his wife feels about it. and then plays an argumentative hose on any name Of dissatisfaction he may show In order to get his card indexes, he sends out young men, who go at their task in census taker fashion
 "One man lived in my districtr said Mr. Parsons. ''who may be called Cor man, because that is not his name. He was a rather well to do bachelor who was the Compleat Rounder. He went to 9 theatre somewhere every night of his life, and never got home until he could ride with the mil<man. He had an old negro servant who kept house for him. One of my census takers, failing to find German at home. called on the servant for information
 "'What is MT. Germans full name?' he asked.
 John Hannibal Gorman.' said the ne- gro. And what are his politics? I dunno, said the negro, excep' he say that the republican, pahty gwine to plum ruin de country
 And what is his occupation? You mean what he do foh livin'?' "The census taker said that was what he meant.
 "I ain't certain, boss said the ne- gro, but he nevah gets home ontwell o'clock in de mohnin, so I guess he mus be a night watehman.' '-New York cor. respondent Cincinnati Times-Star.
 AN OLD FAVORITE.
 The stock of Christmas jokes
 Is rather large this year;
 Some very happy strokes
 By funny men appear.
 That jest about cigars
 It must be known to you
 Is banded at the bars
 And seems as good as new.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

Clarence Darrcw's silence turns out tc have been golden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

Los Angeles is losing its hectic fusl and will soon be normal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

Men are increasing faster than womer in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

All the infections that the sun sucks up, From hogs, fens, flats, on Prosper fall
 and make him
 By inch-meaI Il disease: Tempest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

Prince Chun, China's regent decided not to await a recall applied by the rebels in person.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

Presidential messages on the piecemeal plan will soon prove boresome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
DIFEICULT.

To think well of ones neighbor Is rather hard to do. When, spite of all your labor, He won't think well of you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

New York's first snowstorm cost the city s265, ,0G0 And it was only five inches deep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

The buyers of McNamara buttons ar, not displaying them freely of late.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

Butterine is at any rate a good thing to keep the price of real butter down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
REELECTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

Congress has not yet earned it's Chris mas dinner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

In New York 1t costs 5000 street car to keep them warm during the cold season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

No town is so well advertised as Los Angeles, not even Washington or New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
CHANGE TO RETALIATE.

Nor eer again to kitchen went,
 But all her time at parties spent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13


  Los Angeles now wants a municipal weekly newspaper. Denver has one and Philadelphia has another The Chinese revolution is working hard in a large country to make history with precision and effect.
 
 The man who blew up the Maine should, if living, follow in the footsteps of the McNamaras. Prince Chun, Chinas regent, decided not to await recall applied by the rebels in person. New York's first snowstorm cost the deep.
  No town is so well advertised as Los Angeles, not even Washington or New | York; | In New York 1t costs 5000 a street car to keep them warm during the cold season. | | Butterine is at any rate good thing to keep the price of real butter down.
  1 The buyers of McNamara buttons are I not displaying them freely of late | Presidential messages on the piecemeal l plan will soon prove boresome. | 1 Los Angeles is losing its hectic flush and will soon be normal. | Clarence Darrcw's silence turns out to have been golden.
 Men are increasing faster than women ] in this country. Congress has not yet earned it's Christ l mas dinner.