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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27
NAPOLEON NOT THEREr

Mrs BIC. Baskerville's Paris Core
 spondence in the New York World.
 What if Napoleon never saw St. Helena
 What If he fooled the English to the last and died, as he lived, a free man?
 ''Absurdr' you exclaim. Tons of lit- erature. written in every language of modern civilization, tell you he did die a prisoner on that rocky island. You be- lieve in 1t as you believe in the Fourth of July or in Thanksgiving Day. It is a lard, solid fact. which nobody ever doubts.
 And yet a very distinguished French historian has been doubting it for>years, and has searched proofs to back his doubts for decade. Finally he has bold ly declared to the world that history for once is wrong.
 NJ Omessa, the historian in question. boldly declares that Napoleon I, after losing all on the field at Waterloo, refused to give himself up to the hated English, escaped to Italy, and, instead of himself sent his double, Private Robeant, to St. Helena, in accordance with plans laid long beforehand. General Bertrand, the friend Ol of accompanying Robeant to the island so as to blind the English to the trick being played on them. For seven years, &C., cording to Omessa, the real Napoleon lived in Verona, selling speetaeles to Brit ish travellers. At last the desire again to see his only son, whom he adored Cor was 1t some new political plans In that restless brain?), not the better of his eau ton. The former emperor, the former conqueror of Europe, the hero of the finest army the world has ever seen, went to Vienna, where his little son was in the care of Francis II, Austrian Emperor, who had thought it an Honor to call Na- poleon son-in-law. and was shot down like dog while trying to climb the wall which divided him from his son.
 Omessa, whose declarations have created a tremendous sensation throughout Eu- rope, backs his statements with various documents.
 sensational historical romance" he said. "Neither are they published just to annoy the English. They record strange events known at the time of their happening to more than one Frenchman, but Loyalty kept secret by those who worshiped their emperor as god These facts are drawn from various sources. One witness Is an an Austrian-all enemies of Napoleon, who had no interest in believing him elsewhere than at St. Helena"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27
Summer Activity

After an unusually dull spring in many branches of trade a marked improve ment in business is predicted for the sum- mer,'' said l.. J. Soule of Chicago.
 "June is almost sure to be a better month than May, but we will probably have to wait until July before there Is anything like rush of business. Every body seems to think that the last half of the year will witness solid prosperity from one end of the country to the other. Of course this idea is based on the coming harvest. If we have the bumper crops that are now practically in sight the railroads will be overtaxed and that will mean big net earnings. The rail- roads will buy rails and equipment freely and all lines of industry will be in full swing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27
LAST EDITION OF BURNS

From the London Globe.
 In 1920 William Chambers of the cele- brated Edinburgh firm, then in small way of business. printed an edition of the Songs of Robert Burns" No trace of this little book. of which 750 copies were issued is to be found. It was very roughly printed. for, if we remember alright, Chambers described his first print ing press as "groaning with anguish" every time the handle was turned, for 1t was in a state of senile decay when he acquired it. The book was bound in boards covered with yellow paper with a vignetteA and the price distinctly marked in each copy. Most likely the book bore the imprint of Chambers, but this is not certain. The coming exhibition in Gias- gow is likely to contain many Burns relics and rare editions of his works, and if copy of this obscure edition could be placed there it would form by no means the least interesting exhibit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

From Harper's Bazar.
 Mrs. Champ Clark joins the fellowship of James G. Blaine, Whitelaw Reid and other national lights in maintaining that "McGuffey's Readers" encountered in the little neighborhood schoolhouse, have been one of the greatest forces in her life. She insists there is nothing in the modern text books to compare with the moral and religious tone of the stories in those quaint volumes. The pointed doggerel of 'Meddlesome Mattie"-who can forget the exaggerated scorn with which Ex-Presi- dent Roosevelt would flash this classic epithet,-the shining virtue of Grateful Julian," and the horrible fate of the Idle Schoolboy"-She learned them all by heart and she has handed them down in the storytelling hour to her children. All these men and women whose early memo ries hang about some other little school house, and who feel that the way of life has been frightened and things sometimes made clearer through the influence of that far-off struggle with the thumbed pages of certain little blue-covered books, will approve the place of honor accorded a | complete set of "McGuffey's Eclectic Readers"-(Old Series) on the bookshelves | of Mrs. Champ Clark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27
THE LURE OF HIDDEN GOLD

From the WasnlnStOn fost-
 "The lure of hidden gold continues to- day just as 1t did in the days of our boyhood, when we read tales of the search for wrecked vessels that had been laden with millions in ingots," said Elmer s. Stepney of New York and London at the Ebbitt "Only the other day we all heard of 6 ship that had to be aban- doned, and which was sunk at sea. This shir held s50O, ,000 worth of silver in bars, and the doleful information was added that the silver had gone to the bottom Of the sea for gold, as no diver could ever reach it. This Is only a modern instance. In the old days of shipwrecks, when we had only sailing craft and small boats, how many millions in gold bars and dust must have been lost, with no man know ing even where. to search for it.
 '.In the old days the boats from the California gold fields had to come around Cape Horn, and many ship has gone down in that treacherous passage With all the millions of money in use on the face of the earth there must be much more wealth under the water. buried fathoms deep in the sand of the sea. Every now and then we hear of expedi- tion5 planned to find some sunken ship that went down century or more ago.. but somehow we do not hear that the men who planned the expedition have ever been rewarded.
 Modern diving apparatus will aid much in recovering the lost gold, but the trouble is to locate the exact spot where tho treasure is. It has been several hundred years since the Armada and Its gold went down, and many plans have been made to find the sunken ships and the gold they were known to carry, but nothing has yet been accomplished. The attraction will continue, however. throughout the ages, and much in the way of discovery. and much for the benefit of science. has been achieved by expeditions for sunken tr easure, so that the efforts are not all in vain"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27
Sheriff Jinwright's Neglect of Out,

Sheriff Jinwright's Neglect of Duty
 In an unanimous decision the su- preme court has removed from office Sheriff Jinwright of Bullock county He is removed because he took nc steps to defend a coaored prisoner although he knew a<nob was in Union Springs ready~ro return to the jail. He and hic<deputies went to dinner. The jail<was left entirely undefended -.and- ss'little later the sheriff was seized in the courthouse and then the Jail was broken into and Aberdeen Johnson, negro prisoner, was taken out and lynched.
 Justice Simpson, speaking for the court, says that the sheriff with three or four resolute men could have kept the mob out of the jail, and the members of the court say they can not escape the conclusion that Sheriff Jinwright was negligent. They there fore removed him from office.
 The meaning of this case is, sher- ifs must be up and doing when their prisoners are threatened, or else they will be impeached and tried and re- moved from office. The Jinwright case will stand as a precedent. The decision of the court is concurred in by all members of it. Jinwright did try by deplomacy to hold his prisoner until troops sent by Governor O'Neal could arrive, but further steps should have been taken. Men well armed should have been kept in the jail to defend it. Jinwright did not organ ize force of defenders, and his pun ishment is removal from office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27
EDMUND ROSTAND'S COPY BOOK
From the Denver Times.

From the Denver Times. TN a public school in Marseilles about
 30 years ago, there was an excep- tionally brilliant pupil, a boy whose parents destined him for the law. The teacher had singled him out for special observation because of the unusual ouaI- tiles he had observed in him. But one day the teacher was astonished to notice that this star pupil was paying no atten- tion to the lesson he was striving to drive home.
 Boy" he called, what are you do- ing?"
 Nothing sir" came the usual reply. "Then come here, boy, and bring with you that copy book in which I see you writing
 The boy rose and carried the copy book, somewhat reluctantly. to the masters desk. The teacher put on his glasses and read what the pupil had been writing when he ought to have been attending to the lesson.
 Indeed" commented the teacher Writing a play. are you? So this is the
  money. This is how you are pursuing your studies, If you want to write plays you must write them in your spare time and not in school hours. Go back to your seat and write me 200 lines of Yer gil This book Is confiscated.'
 But, sir-please sir.' protested the boy.
 Don't stand there arguing, boy Do as I tell you at once"
 The boy went back to his seat crest fallen and smarting under the loss of his brainchild.
 This boy left school and went to the University of Paris, there to complete his studies of the law. He continued to write plays, but in his spare time and not in study hours. While studying for his degree he wrote an essay on senti- mental and naturalistic fiction In com petition for a prize offered by the Acad- emy of Marseilies It won the prize. The master also left the school He, too was drawn by the drama, not as a writer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27
TASTE OF WHALE MEAT

From Hunting Whales with the Japa- nese." by Roy Chapman Andrews. in the
 June Metropolitan.
 I suppose no question is more frequent ly asked than. What does whale meat taste like?" It is a hard ono to answer. for the flesh has flavor all it's own and quite unlike anything else In the first place. 1t is not at all like fish. And why should 1t be, for a whale, although liv- ing in the water. is no more of Ash than is horse or COW. True, some species at times eat small fish, but it is not hab- [itual with any of the larger whales, the Mood consisting chiefly of little shrimp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27
cI,.nre. in 3o Years

My first visit 10 Birmingham and my cnly visit until now, was in 1ss1," said Edward F. Donelson of Buffalo. N. r., who spent a few hours here yesterday on his return home from the gulf.
 T am greatly impressed with the city's growth and handsome appearance. Thirty years ago Birmingham had population of about 40o0 In the census of 1880 the enumeration was just little upward or 5000
 "As well as I can recall, scarcely any of the landmarks seen in 1881 are stand ing today. The city was not much more than a mining camp. met few prophets of Birmingham's greatness, but thought their talk was exaggerated and their prophecies full of hot air. But now Bir- mingham is metropolitan city, and one of the most beautiful in this country. With a population of 150.ooo at this time, present day prophets are well Justified in expecting a population of 100000 in the next 20 or 90 years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

how radical the masses may be-, the Britishers have always loved. and always will, gorgeous shows on state occasions
 .The coronation festivities are now in full swing, and from all accounts the coronation itself will be the most mag nihcent in the way of ceremonial and pageantry in the history of England. King George V seems to be a quiet, sober minded man-the last man who would care for pomp for pomp's sake-but he un- derstands thoroughly his subjects. He appreciates the psychology of this coro- nation display and takes profound in- terest in it. There have been numerous rehearsals at Westminster. and when the time comes for the religious rites and the solemn investiture everything will 1novo with the smoothness of frst-class spectacular drama on the stage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27
BLEW HER KIMoNo OFF!

Gary Qnd) Dispatch to the New fork
 World.
 Mrs. w. J. Carroll was on the lawn, clad in kimono and slippers. A score of persons were on the street. A gust of kind stripped the young woman of the kmono. The cords and buttons of>the garment were out of commission, and it could not hurriedly be put on by the wearer.
 Mrs. Carroll fled to the house. Mrs. Bailey. the landlady, and the other board CTS, all women, were indignant at her ap- pearance. Mrs. Bailey told the police. and Mrs. Carroll was arrested. She plead ed that the wind was to blame.
 Judge Windermuth, the first part of whose name the prisoner was blaming held that women in kimonos ought to be prepared for emergencies and wear some thing under them. Mrs. Carroll said she had exercised reasonable restraint" in manipulating the garment The judge fined her s25. She moved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

about three-quarters of an inch in length. The red-meat has a decided 'gamy" flavor and rather reminds one of venison. but its grain Is very coarse. The Japa- nese prepare it in variey of ways. but perhaps it is most often chopped finely and eaten raw with vegetables, dressed with a. brown sauce.
 One of the most common sights of g Japanese village is the peasants carrying great chunks of meat on pans swung from their shoulders. selling 1t from house to house or In the streets. The flesh of the humphacl1 whale Is most highly es- teemed, and in the winter sometimes brings as much as 30 sen q5 cents) per pound. During the hot summer months, when the price of the meat is very low and 1t will quickly spoil, the greater part of 1t is canned. At the Oriental Whaling company's stations thousands of cans are made, filled and labeled. later to be shipped to all parts of the empire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27
ASTRAEA

By Ralph Waldo Emerson. Each the herald is who wrote His rank, and quartered his own coat There is no king. nor sovereign state That can fix hero's rate; Each to all is venerable. Cap-a-pie invulnerable. Until he write, where all eyes rest. Slave or master on his breast. - I saw men go up and down, Tn the country and the town, With this tablet on their neek- "Judgment and a judge we seek" Not to monarch's they repair, Nor to learned jurists' chair; But they hurry to their peers, To their kinsfolls and their dears; Louder than with speech they pray, '.What am I? Companion, say?'' And the friend not hesitates To assign just place and mates; Answers not in word or letter, Yet is understood the better; Each to each looking glass Reflects his figure that doth pass. Every wayfarer he meets
 What himself declared repeats What himself confessed records, Sentences him in his words;
 The form is his own corporal form. And his thought the penal worm. Yet shine forever virgin minds, Loved by stars and purest winds, Which, OCT passion throned sedate Have not hazarded their state; Disconcert the searching spy, Rendering to curious eye
 The durance of a granite ledge,
 TO those who gaze from the seas edge. It isi there for benefit;
 It is there for purging light: There for purifying storms;
 And its depths reflect all forms:
 It cannot barley with the mean.
 Pure by impure is not seen.a
 For there's no sequestered grot,
 Lone mountain tarn. or isle forgot, But justice journeying in the sphere Datly stocps to harbor there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

of 1t, however, but as a critic, While still school teacher he wrote under an assumed name and made this name fa- nous.
 Pupil and master are today at the head of their respective branches of literature in Europe. The boys name was Edmond Rostand, the teachers name, Rene Dou- mic Soon after Rostand left school one of the theatres accepted from him A lit- tie play called "Le Cant Rouge" It had a snort run and most of the critics were unmerciful to it. But there was one nfo wrote friendly lines about it and signea them Rene Dorlac. To this critic the young Rostan wrote letter of thanks for his encouragement. And the critic answered him in a personal letter. sign- ing himself not Rene Dorlac, but Rene Doumic. In the letter he said:
 "I was interested to recognize in 'Le Cant Rouge piece which was already familiar to me- though when I first read it-in a classroom at the Lycee Stani- slas-it was entitled Les Petits Traits"
 Thus did the play which he had con- fiscated in school-and undoubtedly re- turned when Rostand had finished writ ing those 200 lines of vergil-come again to his notice, and thus did Doumic hold out a helping hand to a debutant youth in whom he saw signs of promise while all the other critics condemned his first effort.
 Rostand's career from that date onward has justified the faith of his old school teacher. He has not written much, but "Cyrano de Bergerac," "L'Aiglon," "Chaticler.' La Princess Lointaine," Les Romanesques" are sufficient to give him very high place in literature And the teacher. Rene Doumic, has won a no less eminent position, for there are many who would call him the greatest dramat- ic critic of the day.
 Rostand became an immortal" member of the Academic Franchise. A few years later Rene Doumic was elect ed to that august body and it fell to the lot of Rostand to welcome his former school teacher when he took his char under the cupoa of the institute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New I0rk Press.
 The balder man can get. the more pride he can take in his mustache.
 When man can't resist writing insane letters it's sign it's a love affair.
 Fighting seems to be perfectly respect able when it's in the church choir.
 Tell girl what lovely eyes she has and she'll know you mean mouth, teeth, complexion and hair too.
 Some men seem to think they're mighty devoted to their wives if they see them for minute at breakfast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

Postal savings banks are to be estab- lished at the rate of 1o0 week. Even Postmaster General Hitchcock has be- come convinced they are good things to have in great numbers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

The college announcements may tell us what that Standard oil decision really means.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

New York's sl0,00o.0oO library was com. pleted in nine years. It has more floor space than the Congressional Library but not more books.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

The joyriders and the boat-rockers should be exported together, or at any rate segregated in one bunch. Let them opearte on one another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27
The Iron Market

Faith in and hope for the future gre a large part of the iron trade just now,'' say Matthew Addy & Co. in their review of the pig iron market. "If they do not materialize charity will be the next thing in order. As a matter of fact trade is at water mark and change now ought to be for the better.
 Since March Of last year the iron trade. as far as furnaceman are concerned, has been either just holding it's own or re- ceding There have been long periods Of quiet. But thero was no such absolutely dead time as has been the case for the past 90 days. And that is about as long as the iron trade can go without some- thing doing. Future business certainly looks promising. Tn some branches there is genuine activity. For example, all the pipe shops are full and there is an abun- dance of work for them offering. The agricultural implement season is about over but 1t has been exceptionally good, l such national concerns ss the Interna- tional Harvester and American Seeding having had maximum sales. Stove busi- ness has been only fair. Malleable foun- dries that depend largely on railroad work
 have been slack. In fact, wherever you come in touch with the railroads there is compliant of a woeful lack of demand, Tn many ways the iron situation is up to the railroads. If they were to resume buying there is no question of what would happend. In. the very nature of things they cannot go on indefinitely for you cannot run the railroads of this coun- try if the equipment runs down, and in their pairing process many of the railroads have about reached the limit
 Business this week has been slightly better than the week preceding, but there could be much further improvement without hurting anyone's feelings
 English Democracy and the Coronation There have been great political and
 social changes in England within the past 10 years.'' said a man who takes an in- terest in world affairs. Democracy has
 been steadily gaining since the time of the elder Georges. but it's greatest pro
 gress has been in the very recent years.
 "In many respects England today Is
 far more democratic than America. Those who do not visit England or keep
 in touch with 1t often express surprise
 that, with considerable radical reform
 element In parliament, and with the rad
 ical tendency of certain influential news
 papess, royalty as an institution should
 continue it's strong hold on the British Ecop2 But no matter how democratic or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

Two hundred and seven set speeches nave been delivered in the House in P days. And the session may dast until october
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

When Mir. Taft goes west next fall Winona Minn., will not be included in his itinerary No, indeed He desires to forget that town
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

Castro, Abdul Hamid. Manuel and Diaz, all bosses, have had to go, but Penrose remains sepene and confident
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

Queen Mary is pretty plainly the real thing in her line. She believes queen should rule the women at least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27
EVIDENT.

A fashionabiy attired young woman or Mt. Vernon, N. Y., stopped over to pick up hatpin and broke three ribs. As We said before. she was fashionably at- tired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

Dr. Wiley is giving great offense to the pie eaters by exposing the contents of their favorite food.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

The Standard oil has no intention of committing hari-kari. and John D. pro- poses to live to see the century mark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

Gov. woodrow Wilson has reached Ore gon, where he must feel at home among a people devoted to political progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

The Guggenheims may yet consent to have the summer White House located in their province of Alaska.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

Madero is kept busy in trying to put down the insurrection that he himself started.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

In Mexico 1t is all over but the voting, and this is always well regulated by the party in the saddle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

Mir. Taft can be renominated, but can he be elected? That is a horse of another color.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27
MRS. CHAMP CLARK's "READERs"

AS soon as one trust prosecution is end ed another. or perhaps two, is begun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

Zeppelin announces that he will fly again. This means that he will go to smash again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-27

Madero is about to have a cigar named after him. Honors are falling thick and fast about him.