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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

we can De juices, Wnlcn we air, tho we won't admit it.
 There was enough good American mum ny turned loose in England last week to make the Nasional debt feel tired and all the spenders got out of it was the priv ilege of looking on-that Is all but John Hayes-John was rite in the middle of the puddle. with his knee pantletts, which weer the start attractsion and he was making noise like Sir Waltur Rally tho 1t is not recorded that John spread his cloke on the ground for the Queen towalk on, but John would have deliv- cred the goods if it had been necessary and he had had the cloke John Is a husky chap all rite. and when it cums to legs, we guess that Johns compared fav urabuly with enny pair in the show--that was in site. Frum the newspaper ac- counts. our esteemed feller Citizen Jack Johnsing was verry much in evvidense with his motor car. Jack frum all ac- counts was receeved with open arms by the British public and he whirled thro Lundun like a streek of lightning on dark mite. Jack playing the part or the mite, leaving an odur Of 8asserllne ana Nigger behind him, which mixed should have been enough to queer the show.
 Our American Aristoclrasy, composed
  cording to the number of times they have been marryed, has Nocked and mostly Nocked in vain on the doors of uropean Royalty for a long time and on big days like this they must contint themselves with sect in the bleechers where they can make faces at the show, and attract attension by there dizzy display of wealth. But we air glad of 1t. They air not true representatives of the American peepul ta ho i,tdo ht-f flar, eyven by the job lot of Dagoes al the Corronasion John Hayes will sorter do and few uthers ovver there who have continted themselves with one living hus- band or wife as the case may be, but, we would not like to be represented at dog hte by menny names we see mentioned as "Prominint Americans' who weer 'also present.
 We at home, who didn't have the price
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ocrats of the Grover Cleveland stripe and either, if nominated. will be Grover Cleveland's successor in the White House
 And yet there is going to be a fight in 1912 I am frank enough to say this that if President Taft grows in popular esteem the next twelve months in the same proportion he has in the last six months it Is going to be a race for either
 Harmon or Wilson, or both of them. Don't forget that.
 intend to write miles and miles of stun about Judson Harmon and Wood row Wilson before the snow flies, but right now am going to say some words about wool, and I wish every letter were dagger as the first Pitt said to that fellow Murray, who was later Lord Mans field. If I can possibly restrain myself and I am sure I cannot-I will not again
 wash this very dirty linen in public, and yet publicity is the only wear. Both
 Bailey and LaFollette are agreed as to that.
 At least 60 democrats hold their seats in the House of Representatives of the
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~F all men in the world King
 George has recently been O most in the public eye. The splendor of his coronation has sur passed all that the eyes of men have looked upon in times past or in the present So far as I know he is worthy all the ado made over him: l remem- Der when I was in England the tongues of scandal mongers were busy about the King, and even lately unsavory things were said about the defender of the faith" which were silenced by the Kings demand for an investigation. So, that he stands before the world with clean hands.
 The present Kings title has sent me back to the first of the Georgies. George the First was very different person from George V. He could not have demanded an investigation of his conduct with any hope of coming out with clean hands and reputation -,worth having, For. as all the world knows, his character was not only tainted, but 1t was rotten to the core. He was voluptuary and an adulterer, and the partners of his shameless life he brought with him from Hanover to England when he became king. But to 20 back to Georges call to the throne of the British.
 Queen Anne died on the first of Au- gust. 1714 She had hardly breathed her last breath before the privy council commanded the lords justices to issue a proclamation declaring the Elector George of Hanover the King Of Great Britain, France and Ireland'
 The haste with which this proclama- . ton was made, was due to the grow ing influence of the Jacobites. Bol-
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Ihow single one of the democratic rep resentatives stands on the wool question.
 congressman may go home and crate
 loud and long, swear by everything be-
 tween earth and sky and by all above sky and by all beneath earth. that he
 was for free wool, but he cannot prove it. Why? Because the caucus took him
 captive, bound him hand and foot, and
 decreed that he should not vote for or
 against free wool on a roll call of the
 yeas and nays. the one and only means by which an official record can be estab- lished MT. Cannon is made respectable
 The late Tom Reed Is idealized and can onized.
 Only six weeks ago taxed raw wool had no more show in this Congress than a gnat in Vesuvius when In full eruption
 But the machine walks in darkness to waste at monday, and the perfidy was ! accomplished. The biggest fool fn Con
 gress-and some of 'em are hopeless
 knows that the tax on raw wool is the fence that divides the two parties. the issue that separates democrats from re- l publicans-the quarrel between doctrine
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This is the old; Brains. honesty. ap- plication. desire to serve. his fellows. will make any man distinguished.
 In illustration of this fact the careeH of John P. White is the new.
 You have heard about General Nogt of Japan?
 You know he Is the hero of the army Admiral Togo is of the navy, both winning their fame In the Russo- Japanese war.
 big man?
 He is But he was not born to greatness He was the son of poor common folk His father was not able to educate him, but young Nogt determined to get an education by his own efforts
 The young man went to ap 1ace where there was a "clan school" His days in the dormitory there were days of great hardship.
 In his time it was the custom for the boys to bring their own unhulled rice to the dormitory and pound 1t for themselves in the mortar provided for that purpose: also the boys cooked the rice for themselves, collecting the fuel necessary from the neighboring woods.
 You see, the Japanese diet is mostly rice, and with rice theimain ration
  Russians, who are great meat eaterUL
 Now
 Nogl, being a poor boy who had to make his way. in addition to provid- ing his rice and fuel, worked at groom- ing the horses of the school.
 An easy job?
 It might have been If one had clip pers and currycomb and brushes, but there were no such things provided. Nogi has to singe the horses coats with torch which he made with twisted twtgs also he chopped the straw for the bran mash feed of the horses with a hand ak.
 Just try to singe a horses coat with a torch-without burning the horse.
 Besides all the manual labor, young Nogi of course, must study his lessons and recite with the rich boys who had more leisure. This double task made severe strain on his powers of 'en- durance and he nearly broke down.
 But Determined to ge. his education, he got 1t. And when he was called upon to use his sharpened mind in leading his soldiers he was fully prepared.
 You see
 ] A boy. like a loaf of bread will rise according to the amount of yeast there is in him Nogi had plenty of yeast in him, and 1t kept working.
 Give the yeast In you chance.
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1 few flowers that would not be missed Trust boys right feeling; trust the sweet instincts of a right think | ing, observant, tender hearted lad to do justice and love mercy. | It was not stealing! I do not care what the calf or buck
 ram bound books in the law libraries
 may have to say about the legal phase | of the boys actions.
 | Or, if you must stick to your Black
 stones definition of petty larceny, why
 let us appeal to a higher court.
 Let us put it along with Uncle Toby's
 slip. Uncle Toby was guilty, but-you know what happened
 The recording angel dropped tear
 upon the oath and plotted 1t out for ever.
 John P. White now stands in the shoes once worn by John Mitchell. He | is the head of the United Mine Work CTS of America.
 | story of poor boy coming up through tribula tion. . His father dying when White was 6 small lad, leaving his mother to strug- gle along with six children, young Johr
 went into the mines as a trapper boy at the age of 13.
 Of her children the mother believed JOnn OeStlneU to nlgn plaCe She was a devout Christian woman
 of more than average intelligence. and while she could not send John tC school, she put into his mind a keer desire for learning.
 The boy read everything. He borrowed books right and left When the campaign speakers came to the mines he studied their language and words and arguments and ges- tttr dat inc t0 ta tor After a time the young man took a leading pavt in the discussions of the miners. After he was married, night school being opened near his home White enrolled. While other miners slept or lounged in the saloons he. a grown man, studied~by the side of lads and misses in their teens.c Another thing
 He had vision of the needs of the
 miners and in trying to- carry out his dream of their betterment became a leader He saw their dangerous la
 bors, their isolation, their poor homes,
 their improvident ways and their lack
 of diversion. But
 When he tried to organize the men
 he lost his job. Again and again he
 was discharged on account of his ac-
 tivity.
 Finally he was elected secretary
 treasurer of district No. l3-the Iowa district
 Then came tiD battle of his life in getting the miners of the district to pay larger per capita tax. His per suasive oratory won. Today the dis trict has a fund of two to three hun dred thousand dollars In its treasury.
 Under White death and endowment benefits were introduced. The dis trict has the highest standing In the country. Its contracts with the op- orators are scrupulously carried out, and $10O,000 labor temple is to be erected for headquarters. Like John Mitchell. White has often taken the unpopular side, but he has never be- trayed the miners. tf l'e1a \ I said this was an old-new story. It is.
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TX I 1sTuR EDDlTuR: Last week M ovver in England, King George, " A by the grace of using awful fine judgment in selecting his parrints, was crowned King of Crate Britton, Ireland
 and Scotland, Emperor of India, High Mogul of the Episcolopian church,
 Grand Mastur of the Masons, and a few uther less important jobs and then sum. It was dun in dew and ancient form, and in a perfectly legal and workmanlike
 manner, and was duely approved by our offsal representative, the Honorabul John Hayes Hammund.
 Ovver in this Land of the free and home of the brave where evvery citi-
 zen is an uncrowned king, and is mon
 arch of all he surveys if he's got a deed
 to it, and is neerly as good as enny body
 else. we look with a lot of sneers and
 sarcastick temarks upon what we air pleased to term lot of rot and foolish ness by our English cuzzens. We grow quite ellerquint about the noth-eeten aris- tockraSy of Prope and point with pride to our free institusons guaranteed to us
 by the constitusion of the U. s. A. and the Standard Oil Co. and declare that air proud that we air thus. and air not like
 those. Yet every time one of us ac- cumulates few million bones we get \ longing for a change of seen and yern manfully to swap one of our fare daugh- turs for a 'Tom-tit" of a man latcheN onto title four miles long, and give up enough mummy to burn a wet dog to boot. Evvery time one of our Captains of ln- dustry gets to rub elbows with the Duke of DoNuttes, M. P. Groom of the Royal Flush, Patryarch of the Starr and Gar tur, Potintate of the Bath-robe, and Grand Sachime of Porus Plasters to H. R. H. the Prince of sumthing, he counts it @ grate event in his life, and instintly changes his views about the Nobility or the old Country, and will declare the Duke to be reel mise feller'' don't cher know, and is perfectly willing to be snubbed menny times to he patronized occasinelly, in order that he may cum home and tell the rest of us about 1t. SO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

ISixty-second American. Congress because old Joe Cannon was czar. But lor'l the machine made by the democratic caucus of the present Congress is ten times more of a despot than our fine old Uncle Joe ever was, or ever pretended to be. They brought about a restoration such as that our ancestors in England hoped for when Roger Wildrake sang:
 "We'll drink till we. bring,
 In triumph, back our King" And King Caucus was re-enthroned What followed? A protective measure about wool, of all thingsl It has been denounced by democrats and lauded by republicans. And it is party perhdy and party dishonor
 | Jim Smith and Cal Brice and Arthur | P. German would have made that bill. Grover Cleveland and John G. Carlisle and William J. Bryan would have spat upon it. And here comes King Caucus with ukase that the American people shall never have official knowledge of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

quets from the elaborately dressed mound. Hiding the flowers under his jacket, he crept back to the neglected grave and gently bestowed them.
 Then he said,' That wasn't stealth was it?"
 Course not" responded the other.
 Don't you think that little baby had just as good right to flowers on it's grave as some of those old folks?'
 Aye, boy!
 Somebody had forgotten baby's grave, or was unable to get flowers or was i'll, or something.
 That was no reason why the boys should stand by and allow baby s grave to be neglected that was nc reason why the tender feelings of two boys should be hurt
 Benisons on their heads and hearts
 They felt the reproach caused by the neglect or inability of baby's friends. They removed the reproach and repaired the neglect by taking q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

the morning mists. Laugh and the sky turns blue. Laugh and your petty trou- bles fold their little tents and silently steal away. a
 Laugh! Laugh and you Shall live long in the land.
 This Is a true story of what hap pened in Prospect Hill cemetery, at Omaha Neb
 Two boys were strolling through the cemetery, where many of the graves were decorated with flowers. In their walk the lads came to small grave that had no flowers on 1t.
 The younger, aged about ' years, stopped and looked at the grave. He turned about to see if any one was near. The coast appeared clear, whereupon he crept over to a nearby mound that was almost covered with fine blossoms.
 And then .=4.
 Telling the other boy to keep watch, the little fellow selected several bou-
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ing the teaching with her own infecti-
 GUS laughter Paris capitulated. Helene
 had arrived. A fad? To some extent. The Parisian nature easily absorbs a belief that fits of mercurial disposition But
 There is much medicine in the cult
 medicine for body and mind. It is na- lures cure. A real laugh both messages
 the liver and drives the cobwebs from the corners of the brain. .s Thy the laugh cure. Helene says: You must begin each day
 with laughter. Begin as soon as you open your eyes in the morning. There 8 magic in it.
 That's it.. If you begin the day with a laugh the world will laugh with you. It Is
 all in the mental attitude with which you approach your day Laugh early and often Laugh and your torpid liver loses It's lethargy. Laugh and your fears flee like
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
Thinnest Man Takes a Bride

Chicago Dispatch to the New York World
 The thinnest man in the world was married by Municipal Judge John R. Newcomer at city hall
 "I had to look three times to see him." said the judge.
 The man Is Arthur Atherton. A years old Though feet tall he weights only S pounds. He married Blanche Buckley. 1S years old who weighs 136 pounds.
 The man really does not look so small. for his facial muscles are well developed. but when you feel of him he feels like wind would blow him away.
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"ELL you a story?
 Yes. It will be true story X out of our compon life and there shall be a real heroine.
 Grace Bradbury, sweet girl or Denver, aged 20, was engaged to mar " her true lover, a worthy young man. She had her dreams
 A little cottage with vines and flow CTS, true love and a husbandl, children maybe; and-but who can enter the dreaming soul of pure maiden who Is much in love with life and love?
 She was very happy
 Often she tenderly smiled as she wrought embroidery and doilies and curtains and the things that women treasure against the wedding day. From a modest salary she gave all the money she could spare to buy pretty things for the future home.
 Then one day came message.
 Her brother, at Granby, Mo, was very low with tuberculosis. She sent for her lover and told him she must go But you may contract the dis ease. dear" he said He is my broth er,' replied the girl.
 Have you watched loved one sslowly go beyond your power to hold
 
 grows on The loved checks; day by day the dear eyes are more staring. And the awful cough that racks the frail body tears your 'heartstrings.
 Grace Bradbury stayed until the end.
 worn cheeks showed, alas. the pre- monitory scarlet spots The hacking cough was ominoIs.
 But.
 Like most victims of the insidious disease. she believed until the very last that she would be better "tomor- row." And she smiled the tender smile and worke1, when she was able at the scarfs and the mats and dreamed of the little home.
 A short time after she returned to Colorado Grace Bradbury died of ''Quick consumption"
 On the last day her lover held her hand and leaned over and said, "1t will come true in tho great beyond dear" And somewhere out from the eternal silence with tender grave came back the answer, Tt will
 And 1t will!
 The dreams of Grace Bradbury MUST come true. else our God Is dead.
 Such devoted sacrifice must some where be recorded. and somehow it must be compensated
 "In the great beyond" Blessed are the merciful. for they shall obtain mercy
 Let us put the other side of that beatitude-
 2 Cursed are the merciless, for they shall not obtain mercy.
 Blessed-cursed
 They are the two sides of the same shield. If the one Is true the other must be true. tt
 Blessed is he who stands at the doors of life to dispense to those who need kind ness and mercy. To him come the sor- rowing, the weak, the heavy laden, the misunderstood. the down and out He may sometimes be tricked or cheated in
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 w materials, including free wool" Woodrow Wilson. st
 And if he shall be elected President of the United States that is the preachment that will induce the people to put him in that exalted station. Wilson's hand Is as cunning as his principle Is sound See what he did to Sugar Trust Smith. Let us be fair. The crucifixion of Smith in New Jersey was a public execution and more or less spectacular, and 1 am glad 1t was so; but In Ohio Harmon would not even allow a. Jim Smith to be candi- date for senator. He dispatched the min ion of false pretense in secret. We must be just and count Harmon and Wilson even. on that score. I am for both of em, and either to head, or tail the ticket suits me. I wish Ohio had sent some better democrats to this Congress. Their conduct has damaged Harmon, for they pretend to talk for him. I do not believe them.
 But both Harmon and Wilson are dem
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poor. It exists of monopoly. by monop- oly. and for monopoly. It Is the most atrocious of all the atrocious schemes to make labor slave and to enthrone cap ital a despl
 And that N,. yhy you will never know how your congressman stands on the wool question from the public record. Last winter Champ Clark told me that If he had his way nobody could get on ths ways and means committee of this Con- gress unless he underwent a. civil service examination on the tariff. I think [ have read something of DeQuincey. It was great production and made me mindful of that gorgeous genius. This proposition stuck to my memory:
 70 Abner, I fear God and nothing else"
 That Is the sort Of stuff the demo- cratic party must send to Congress, or get out of the way for a party that will send that sort of stuff to Congress.
 And the villain still pursued her To be continued in our next
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VyT WASHINGTON. July 1.-(Special.)- A/ "Of course I am for free raw
 " materials, including free wool"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

This is the old; Brains. honesty, ap- plication, desire to serve his fellows will make any man distinguished.
 In illustration of this fact the careeH of John r. White is the new.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

: all men in the world King
 George V has recently been
 most in the public eye. The
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-04-08

when the chandeliers with their many
electric bulbs flood the interior with
their rays a scene is presented which is
uplifting.
The vault is among the best found
in the country, and the door alone
weighs five tons. 1t is one of the lat
est designs from one of the Oldest
companies in the country. Another
significant feature of the building is
its magnificent roof garden. which has
tile floor and is undoubtedly the f1n-
est roof garden for the race in the
country.
The building has all the appurte-
nances peculiar to skyscrapers, and the
elevator takes one to floors occupied
by professional and business men. This
bank is thorough in all of its depart.
ments, and its methods are similar to
the very best banks, not lacking in any
detail. Mr.. Mitchell enjoys the distinc-
ton of being a member of the wealth
est American organization. the Amer
lean Bankers association, and his bank
is affiliated with the strongest banks
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-04-08
MECHANICS SAVING BANK.

In the world. The building cost about
10000. and there is no mortgage
against it.
4 lie present officers and board of di-
rectors are: President. John Mitchell.
.lr.. journalist. printer and banker; vice
president. II. +. Jonathan. wholesale
fish. oyster and game dealer: cashier.
Thomas II. Wyatt. president Young
Mems Business association; Thomas
VI. Crump. secretary. also secretary
manager Southern Aid society: +. r.
jefferson. physician and surgeon; d. ].
Chavers. retired superintendent; ]. I.
Taylor. secretary manager Richmond
beneficial company: ]. r. Chilcs. in
vesior: X. W. Whiting. brick contrac-
tor: \. u. Price. president Southern
Aid society. funeral director and liv-
erymnn: T. y. Ramsey. dentist: II. l.
Jackson. merchant.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-04-08

os white waterproof bricks with gran
lite trimmings. The columns on either
side OF the door. twenty inches in
diameter. are of pink marble EN-
blazoned with large raised letters with
FURNISHED gold leaf over the door Is
the name OF the bank, which makes
n magnl lccnt exterior.
The IL crior of the banking depart
ment especially hns classic effect.
The ceilings are frescoed; the floor Ia
Of expensive thing: the bank fixtures
are of verde antique Imported italian
marble and. combined with the ma.
hognny. bronze and brass. give n
beautiful effect. The ladies' room Is
superbly arranged. Tho presidents
ofIice is In keeping with that of the
best appointed banks In the country
The directors room has Its long ma.
hogany table and chairs for the six.
teen directors. Over the vault will be
found the reception room. with Its ar.
tistic design. The loving cup present
cd to President Mitchell. a lovely crea-
ton. In In this department. mounted on
a white nAurble pedestal. This affords
suf,cient vantage for the viewing Of
evcSy department Of ths hank. and
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