davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14

From the Washington Post.
Gov. Emmett O'Neal of Alabama who
has been at Seagirt, where he went to
attend the notification ceremonies, and to
confer with the democratic nominee,
stopped off in Washington yesterday. He
visited the capitol, and had conferences
with the members of the Alabama dele
cation in Congress. The Alabama gov
ernor is confident that Governor Wilson
will be elected President. Governor
o'Neal discussed the political situation
and other matters last night.
1.-THE democrats of this country will not
throw away the chance to elect a Presi-
dent this fall said Governor ONeal, at
the Raleigh. For the first time in many
years democracy is in position where
there is no possibility of losing, and dem
ocrats will not be carried away by the
specious arguments of the bull moose
party and It's candidate. Some democrats
may have been apprehensve that the con-
servatiee voters would stand solidly be-
hind President Taft and elect him, but
the speech of acceptance of Governor Will
son, in my judgment, will appeal to all
thoughtful voters, and especially to the
large business interests. The governors
speech Is masterpiece. He shows HIM
self to be a conservative along right
lines, while being a progressive. He be-
lieves In downward revision of the tariff
but no such sudden revision as will dis
turb business. The issues, 1t appears to
me, are clearly drawn. Taft and Roose-
welt declare for protection. Roosevelt
differs from Taft only In the declaration
that he believes that the profits nuring to
the great trusts should be divided with
the workngmen. / do not think the labor
ing man will be deceived by this.
II have always been strong admirer
OF Governor Wilson. The Baltimore con-
ventlon nominated Wilson. In my opinion,
because the delegates realized that he was
the choice of vast majority Of the peo-
pie. | was firmly and sincerely for Mr..
Underwood land I had a great liking for
Speaker Clark, but when the Alabama del
egation was released i voted for Wilson
because l honestly thought he was the
choice of the people. l have no doubt of
his victory. He is, think the strongest
man we could have nominated"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
Birmingham's Population

Birmingham's rapid growth has been
generally remarked. 1t is noticed in
many directions; and this growth is
solid. 1t is supposed that the rate of
increase has been greater since the
federal census than it was in any two
years previous to 1910. But the
school census just completed is the
only thing upon which we could base
a reliable calculation to determine the
city's population at the present time
There was some complaint of the gov
eminent enumerators not counting
everybody, but the Chamber of Com
merce committee which conferred with
the government census. supervisor for
this district, concluded that while the
census report was low it was approx
mately correct.
DIR. ]. H. Phillips, superintendent of
Birmingham's public schools, who has
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14

had long experience in municipal
statistics, thinks the total population
of the city is not less than 81 times
the number of children of school age.
As the government census of 1910 was
132,685 the increase in population in
two years is over 10000. Some sta
tisticians use as multiplier $50 to
arrive at the total population. Multi
plying 1869 by $50 would give us
a population of 165,904. In some
cities the usual multiplier is even as
high as d, but accepting 81 as ex-
tremely conservative and $50 as some
what too liberal we might split the
difference, and taking 1865 as the
multiplier the result would be a pop
ulation of 1895.
Not many cities will show such a
arge.-increase in population in two
years. At the rate of even 10000
year, Birmingham in 1920 would have
a population of $4,000. The proba-
bility is that it will have a population
of $4,000, for the bigger it grows
the faster will be the rate of growth.
That is the way with all striding cities
that have exceptional resources of de-
velopment.
Birmingham's new census figures
will unquestionably have a wholesome
effect on realty values. These is
scarcely a foot of ground in this city
that is not worth more than its APP
praised value today. A city that can
look forward confidently to doubling
its population in 10 years may, with
out exaggeration, be classed as a
community.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
JACQUEMINOTs

BY John Boyle OReilly
| may not speak in words, dear, but let
my words be flowers,
To tell their crimson secret in leaves Of
fragrant fire;
They plead for smiles and kisses as sum-
mer fields for showers,
And every purple veinlet thrills with
exquisite desire.
o. let me see the glance, dear, the CLEAN
of soft confession
You give my amorous roses for the ten-
der hope they prove;
And press their heart leaves back, love-
to drink their deeper passion.
For the sweetest widest perfume as the
whisper of my love!
My roses, tell her. pleading, all the fond.
ness and the signing,
All the longing of heart that reaches
thirsting for its bliss; i,
And tell her, tell her. roses, that my lips
and eyes are dying
For the melting of her love look ane
the rapture of her kiss
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
Concerning Farm Lands

]. o. Thompson, whose acreage In
Alabama land Is perhaps as large as
that of any other individual. believes
that the prosperity Of Alabama depends
in the main on the farmer.
I'VE have many assets of great value
in Alabama" said he yesterday, and
one of the greatest is our farming land.
On this land we can raise everything
for the market, and the soil is so cheap
that-1ny man may acquire a few acres.
81 recently passed through the farm
Ing section Of Illinois. That land re-
tails at $3.50 an acre. 1t is no better
than ours can be made. Soma of these
days the people of the west will real
lie that 1t is ridiculous to pay ex-
travagant prices for land ins their own
section when they can buy Just as good
in the south at price so much less.
THE crops this year, as far as |
can Judge. are good. We are entering
upon a period of prosperity-great
prosperity
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
New York's Dictation at Panama

The New York newspapers are
shouting "l1ill the canal BILL" bat to
the country at large uncontrolled by
transcontinental railroads and the de-
sire to multiply ships, the bill is who'll
ly reasonable.
The bill as it passed the Senate is
not only an assertion that we own the
canal, but it is also an assertion that
trusts and monopolies shall not use
it to Cypress consumers to a still
greater degree. AS the bill stands it
meets public sentiment, and there
will be widespread disgust if the con-
ferees materially modify it, and there
would be prompt retaliation if the
President should veto it.
The talk about dishonor and the
violation of treaty obligations, COM
ing from the far east, is simply flap
doodle. This country built and owns
the canal. England did not build it
and it does not own it. The vessels
of all nations other than of the United
States will be treated in it on just
and common basis, but the ships of
this country will be treated on any
other basis that pleases the builder
and owner of the canal, the United
States of America.
This doctrin should be applied at
the very outset and it should be ap-
piled unhesitatingly at all times and
in all ways. The Hay-Pauncefote
treaty secures to England favored
treatment among foreign nations, but
it does not assign to her proprietary
rights and it was not written for that
purpose.
The treaty practically as it stands
should go to the President, who will
no doubt promptly sign it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
THE AMERICAN AHELLo. GIRL

From Popular Electricity.
We are prone to look upon time, when
waiting, as longer than usual, and this
is nowhere more evident than when using
the telephone. Careful observations show
the telephone operator to be quick and eff
fcient. At the annual dinner of the Lon
don Chamber of Commerce. according to
the London Electrician. the postmaster
general stated that during the last six
months observations were made upon 5000
telephone calls, and it was found that the
time taken for call, starting from the
time of ringing up to the time of the op-
orator answering the call, was on the
average of 81 seconds. The time needed
for making the whole connection was $50
seconds, or less than half a minute. This
is to be taken as a good record in the
way of quick working.
similar record covering 1922 calls as
made in Chicago over the lines of the Chi
cago Telephone company during 1911, gives
the average time taken for call, start
ing from the time of signalling for the
operator to the time she answers, as 81
seconds. The American operator has the
best of her English cousin by two Sec
onds The time necessary for the ChicaRa
operator to make the whole connection.
which includes the time up to the moment
the subscriber answers, was 25.4 seconds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
DOWN THE SCALE.

A certain bride is very much in love
with her husband and very willing to
admit 1t. She likes to sound her praises to
her mother and to her girl friends She
has a number of original expressions.
When her husband is good she says he u
chocolate cake three layers deep" When
he is very good he is chocolate cake
four layers deep" and so on up the
scale. Occasionally, however, things take
a turn. The brides mother dropped in the
other day. The bride was a trife peevishs
but her mother pretended not to notice
this.
''And how is John today?" was her in
quiry. Chocolate cake four layers deepS'
mo"
three layers deep?"
mo"
1.-TWO layers deep?'
mo" This with a pout.
Then what is he?"
Dog biscuitt"-From Norman f. Mack's
National Monthly. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
JEAN cRApAUD,s RED TROUSERS

from the PfoVldence journal
Because the historic trousers of the
french infantry have been discarded in
the new uniform. after designs by the
eminent military artist M. Edouard De-
taille. 1t has been mistakenly assumed
that the color red was displaced by some
other. The suppostion was fostered by
an opinion that red cloth makes the SOL
der particularly lively target The
opinion is yet to be justified: while, IL
by reason of his artistic ideas M. Detaille
would have cherished the red, it's employ
ment for the new uniform must also have
been favored by the board of military
experts who assisted in the design. The
familiar infantry trousers, baggy to the
ankles, have, been cut to lxnickbockers,
with puttees from the knees down. The
uniform is more snug. but not less pic
turesque than formerly. The decision re-
speeding the color is interesting since mil
itary scientists in other COUNTRIES seem
to be continually obsessed with the no.
ton that relative invisibility for troops
must be contrved. and that the color of
the uniform is an important considera-
ton to his end.
Olive green, for example, has been
supposed to blend more confusingly into
landscape than red, blue or gray.
Straining at this conception of the utility
of modern arny's uniform. many expert
ments have been tried with Indifferent
success. 1t has been stated on behalf of
red that its visibility is not so pronounced
as that of some colors which theoreti-
cally should vanish at certain distances.
1t may be that the military students of
color schemes have not given sufficient
consideration to the principle of compile
mentary colors, as demonstrated in the
animal world, The faunal naturalist re-
marks the seeming paradox of the most
brilliant colors serving for concealment.
Natures pencilings and brush strokes for
defensive purposes are process of evo-
luton They could scarcely be improved
upon were man. commissioned TO supply
the animal kingdom, including the feath-
cred and winged world. with colors de-
signed to reduce the menace of betrayal
to the vision of natural enemies.
It may be believed, could the French
experts have been shown some other
color which. more than red, would have
lessened the degree of exposure, the new
uniform for the infantry would not have
comprised red trousers; dear as these
are because of their historical associa-
tiops, to say nothing of their incompara
lie appeal to the tradition of military
gaiety.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
The New York Police

TT seems next to impossible for the
great city of New York to keep scandal
out OF it's police force said an old
politician.
II have spent great deal Of my time
In New York and have always taken an
interest in police affairs. followed close
ly the New York state senate's investiga-
ton of the police department, some years
ago and while 1t was hard 10 convict
any OF the higher police officials 1t was
evident that several captains and inspec-
tors had been grating heavily for it was
proved that they owned handsome homes
and lived in good style.
II recall several years ago when there
was an investigation and a police captain.
on salary of $1,000, owned his residence
that cost between $4,000 and $4,000. This
home was free from ineumbrance, and
the captain lived apparently at $4,000
a year clip.
Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, who
Is now in the Toombs charged with being
implicated in the murder of Herman Ros-
enthal, the prominent gambler. lived in
good style, and his salary was only $3.50
q car. TO1fl lit Nldtntt lHdt tiAo piOSt-
cutting attorney is gathering 1t appears
that several police inspectors in the high
est rank of uniformed men in New York,
were participants in the blackmail sys-
tenn which seems 10 have resulted in
Rosenthal's assassination.
THE inspectors Of police receive $500
year. The temptation of graft in a city
like New York is great but do not see
why police officials cannot resist tempta-
ton as well as men in other walks OF
life. Thousands upon thousands OF clerks
handle cash for their employers, and
could steal without being caught. There
is not a bank, or corporation, or merean-
tile cendern that does not have 10 trust
employees. Defalcatons, occur from time
to time, but 1t Is safe to say that 80
per cent OF the men on moderate salaries
who handle money are absolutely honest.
II was once connected with a business
where the cashier handled a great deal OF
money, and who accounted for every cent
of 1t. His salary was small as all salaries
We're ! nthose days, and although the
man had a large family he managed to
live within his income. He lived to a good
old age. and was always respected, but
best of all he had the appreciation OF his
own conscience.
1.-THE rank and file of the New York
police force may be honest. The pay OF
privates starts at the rate of $1,000 a year
and is increased s10o annually until it
reaches $1400. At the age of 60 every po-
licemsn is retired on half pay So the
city provides literally for its police force,
and yet more scandal breaks out there
than in any other police department In
the world This. too, Notwithstanding
the fact that honest and strenuous
mayors have had in recent years absoi
lutte control of the police department.
Commissioner Waldo receives $500
year. and he and the deputy commission
ers are all personal appointments of the
mayor. Mayor Gayror has certainly
done the best he could to give New
York a clean administration, but the po-
lice force will never be what 1t should
be until the public becomes aroused"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
THE GIRLS INDICATED

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The young man who sends box of
chocolates 10 the girl of his dreams
need no longer write Sweets to the
Sweet" upon his card Perhaps no
young man. of-the-world does so, but
the old fashioned message at least con-
veyed the idea that was, and is, pop
ular That is to say, majority of
those who buy candy regard 1t as moth
ing more than sweets. 1t would be
quite. correct, however, according to- a
prominent medical journal, for Edwin
to write to Edwina as follows:
II am sending you all needful classes
of alimentary materials-fat, carbohy-
drates, proteins and mineral salts, in
GLIDING a notable proportion OF potas-
SUM phosphate. In addition, choco-
late is mildly stimulating AND exhilar-
ating to the nervous system when run
down through fatigue or worry
To girl going to a weekend party
he might add
Chocolate has been employed with
considerable success. because OF Its
staying powers, in army maneuvers and
in similar operations, which make a
vigorous demand upon the nervous and
muscular energies. "A chocolate ration
is declared to be equal five times Its
weight in beef. 1t has been calculated
that pint of milk and four ounces of
chocolate yield about 500 calories, COM
prising a fair meal
From this it win be seen that, upon
authority, the girls are right Their
liking for chocolate proves the femi-
nine axiom shat woman's intuitions
are long way ahead of mans rea-
soned and seasoned judgment. The
popular idea has been that digestions
and appetite for other food thah
trash" are spoiled by eating candy
But. in the opinion of the London Ian
Get 1t is only when eaten In excess
that woman's favorite food Is harmful
And cabbage in excess is harmful.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
Murders in Jefferson County

On Monday seven men were cleo
froeuted at one time in a New York
prison, but in jefferson county in a
years time only one man convicted
in connection with the $50 homicides
reported by Sheriff McAdory is
facing death after appeal. Eighty
seven of the homicides occurred
since January 1.
The sheriff has been busy. He has
arrested $50 persons charged with
completely at least in the $50 murders
that have been committed in this
county in years time. None of
these $50 cases We're the result of ac-
cident or of self-murder. Sheriff Nc
Adory certifies that they were muir
ders most foul, and he has arrested
$50 men on account of them.
What were the numerous courts do
ing in the year ended August l The
solicitors and the entire judicial ma
chinery of the city and county and
district did succeed in bringing one
prisoner within sight of adequate pun
ishment. Others have been tried, but
the laws delays have kept from the
gallows up to this time every one OF
the men who committed in years
time $50 murders in this county.
We do indeed need judicial reform
and we need allopathic doeses of it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
RErLECTIoNs OF a BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
What makes a hero is women to be-
lieve it,
Principles are like soap-always fill
ing but never satisfying.
A man has hobby so as to feel con-
tempt for everybody else's.
When girl has pretty ankles Its a
sign she thinks that isn't all.
Fathers grow more and more useful
to the family by getting more and more
money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
Great Prosperity Here

I'VE are having high degree of pros
perity in the Birmingham district this
summer, said Maj e. T. Taliaferro.
THAT conditions have improved is evil
denced by the fact that those of us who
have rental property fina our houses in
the outlying sections of Industrial Bir-
mingham occupied and collections better.
The pay rolls were never so large as now,
and every man who is willing to work
gets employment The outlook for the
rest of the year is bright indeed"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
JUST A FANCY.

How sweet to dream where lilies throng
And golden currents slip along,
Where lisp of waters cool and deep
Lulls weary, pathological souls to sleep;
And skies above are wondrous blue
And sunny beams come dancing through
The boughs that o'erhead interlaee,
To screen some well-loved fishing place..
While, silver clear, a woodland note
Shr1lls upward from some feathered
throat
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
COPING TIE COP.

If we would have corruption stop
Let's have cop to watch each cop.
-Harper's Weekly,
Sure-then a cop to tag the cop
We've set to watch the other cop.
Boston Globe
And then cop to keep his OPP
Tics glued upon the other cop.
Scranton Times.
Then one more cop to dog that cop.
And that would make the thing, sure
pop. Boston Transcript.
And then a cop to cop the cop
Who cops the eop-but let us stop.
Milwaukee Sentinel
I'm glad the others didn't stop
A filler" what l like to cop.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
CLEANING SHIP IN PORT
From the New York Telegram.

From the New York Telegram.
When a steamship has locked and its
passengers have all passed down the gang
is not. as might naturally be supposed, at
an end for that trip. Indeed, 1T Is then
that the real drudgery of the ships peo-
pie begins, for between the docking and
the departure the big craft must be
thoroughly overhauled and cleaned from
stem to stern, inside and out. Moreover,
this task must generally speaking, be
accomplished within the limited period of
SO hours.
First of all the hull of the vessel must
be entirely reprinted, the tunnels scraped
and frightened with fresh coat of color,
every bit of the machinery inspected and
frightened up. and even the masts and
rigging looked after.
The Cleaning up Is big job. The
mere furnishing of the first cabin dining
saloon is itself task of no mean proper
tions. Such saloon may seat 500 or 500
guests without relay"
The carpeting must be cleaned with
vacuum machines, each table must be re-
polished, the floor must be cleaned until II
shines like a mirror. every bit of paint
or gliding must be carefully washed. all
chairs are inspected and repolished, and
many other Jobs accomplished before the
saloon is again ready for passengers.
The same work must be done in the Sec
ond dining saloon. the drawing rooms, the
library. the smoking rooms, etc. Then
there are several hundred staterooms
that must be looked after, to say nothing
of the Inspection of some SO bathrooms
One of the most tedious features of the
ship cleaning lies in the inspection of the
furnishings" For example. 1t becomes
necessary to count. sort and check some
5000 pieces of linen. No linen. however,
is ever washed aboard. 1t is placed in
sacks containing each from 200 to St
pieces. and sent in wagons to the laundry
Upon Its return to the ship there again &C.
eur sthe tedious task of counting.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
FRENCH VIEW OF MARRIAGE

In the August American Magazine, w.
]. Locke, writing a story, makes one
of his characters say:
"a Frenchman and an Englishman or
American view marriage from entirely diff
ferent angles. The Anglo-Saxon of honest
instincts, attracted toward pretty girl,
at once thinks of the possibilities of mar
rage. II he finds them infinitely remote.
he makes romantic love to her In the
solitude of his walks abroad or of his
sleepless nights. and, in her presence. is
as dumb and dismal as a freshly hooked
trout The equally honest Gaul doesn't
do anything Of the kind The attraction
in itself is stimulus to adventure. He
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
A FALSE ALARM.

Mrs. Gabbit felt quite foolish last
night"
How did that happen?'
MIR. Gabbit opened his mouth several
times. as if he were just about to get in
word edgeways, and Mrs. Gabbit talked
a blue streak for an hour before she
found out that he was merely yawn-
ing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
PROMISING.

| will not write parody
On Mary's little lamb,
Although a winsome maid was she
And worth a dithyramb.
l will not write parody
About that noble boy
Who held Che fiery deck, where he
Found little to enjoy.
| will not write a parody
Bout Maud who raked the hay;
| will not sing these well known three
At least, won't today.