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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
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The increase in year in essential family table foods was just about 25 per cent. Potatoes would have gone still higher in New York if large quantities had not been imported from Holland and Ireland.
 Prices were marked up in an un- precendented manner in January. Canned goods went up with bound, and produce merchants are paying twice as much for potatoes, cabbage and carrots as was asked in the mar ket a year ago. Coffee jumped be- tween 5 cents and cents a pound, and flour was advanced from 50 cents to 75 cents barrel.
 The association sees in inflated prices great suffering among the teeming millions of the poor in it's city. The subject is undergoing dis cussion, but the cold storage houses and the various other combines show no sign of ending the period of in Hated prices. What was done in Jan uary bids fair to be duplicated this month at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Madero in a Sea of Troubles

When two old Diaz generals form a revolutionary coalition there is trou- ble brewing in Mexico for President Madero. Trevino was the staunch supporter of Diaz to the end, and Orozco has been an active supporter of the Madero government. These two generals control nearly all the troops in the northern provinces of Mexico, and their united action rem ders the position of Madero desperate indeed.
 But when Madero is driven out who indeed can take his place with any assurance that he will be able to re- store law and order and peace to the country? It is said Trevino has agreed to accept the provisional presi- dency, but no one believes that he can command the support of revolutionists in all parts of the republic, for scarce ly province is free from rebels.
 Mexico is indeed in deep trouble. The autocratic Diaz is too old to re- turn to governmental responsibilities, and Mexico has no man who can fol low in his footsteps. It is plain Mexi- co wants president who can by force of arms compel obedience to the law. President Diaz never hesitated to imprison or hang his enemies. And yet when a test came backed by money he was powerless. His army could accomplish nothing. His own word was rejected, and he became as powerless as Madero is today.
 It is difficult to see how Mexico can secure peace, and continual disorders mean intervention and even a protec- torate. Mexico knows this and yet revolution follows revolution in the unhappy country, and no one can foresee the end of discontent and armed strife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Boys Industrial School

The eleventh annual report of the superintendent of the Boys Industrial school at East Lake is an interesting document. It deals with the welfare of over 200 Alabama boys. All told there are GAP boys that have gone from this institution to active work and active careers, and the reports received from them are pronounced satisfactory" by Superintendent Weakley. The institution takes young boys-erring boys and endeavors to turn them into young men strong of heart and skilled of hand. Superin- tendent Weakley is gratified with the success of the institution in this re- spect.
 The construction of a shop building is progressing, and when it is com pleted every possible effort will be made to equip the boys with trade to be used in after years. The school rooms are not neglected. In them nine grades have been organized in the effort to give the boys good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
KAIsER's LOST OPPORTUNITY

The Worlds Work for March, in com menting on the German socialistic vic- tories, laments the Kaiser's constitutional inability to make the most of the situa- tion.
 What pity it is.' the writer says. "that the Emperor. with all his ability and brilliancy is not sufficiently alive to-the movement of the age to throw off the tremmeling superstitution of divine right, break the shackles of bureaucracy. and put himself at the head of the popular awakening which has suddenly made Ger many, despite it's medieval government. one of the most progressive and prosper ous of modern nations. and which might make it, under democratic rule, led by an emperor as sympathetic with the aspira- ticns of the people as he is ld,~energetic, imaginative and magnetic. the most en- viable of all The socialist vote of Ger many does not denote belief in the doc trines of socialism; it represents actually dissatisfaction with the p6esent govern ment What chance for great rulev'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Concerning shade Trees

"One of the things that needs attention and regulation in this city is the planting of shade trees along the edge of the pave ment in front of private residences" said an advocate of the city beautiful. Shade trees should be trees, not thorn bushes or something equally as bad, things that catch in persons clothes and pull his hat off and scratch his eyes out as he passes along
 "A few evenings ago I was visiting a friend on the Southside and hadn go few blocks to catch a car comiAs into town. The night was very dark, yet could see the strip of cement pavement, but could not see the projecting branches from some sort of a dwarfed shade tree that was planted between the cement and the curb. The first thing I knew was to feel my hat raised off my head and then rough branch strike me in the face and very nearly putting out my eye. What redress, if any, would I have for the loss of my eye caused by such a stupid piece of ornamentation?
 Some people have no more regard for the public or their rights along the streets thanthey have sense in their ideas of what constitutes a shade tree. Every per- son desirous of planting shade trees should obtain permit to do so, and then only certain sorts of trees should be per- mitted The residents should be compelled to keep the trees properly trimmed and held liable for any injury resulting to pe- destrians caused by projecting branches. It is either this or else cut the trees down altogether as a nuisance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Expelled From His Club

Edward Hines, millionaire lumber man, has been tried by his neighbors and peers, and expelled from the Union League club of Chicago. There is no appeal from this action, and it will carry conviction in the minds of readers far and near. ..
 Hines stands charged as the man who solicited money from Charles S.. Funk of the International Harvester company to make good the fund used in sending Lorimer to the Senate. He is also the man who talked too much.
 The action of the Union League club of Chicago was based on the charge that Hines had not furthered high ideals and good government. He certainly did not when he strove to send Lorimer to the Senate, and he does not deny that he was Lorimer man from start to finish. He does deny the charge that he attempted to raise S100,O00 for the purpose of put ting Lorimer over. The Union League club of Chicago has decided to accept Funk's evidence and to reject Hines He did nothing, say his neighbors, to promote higher ideals. This is put ting it mildly but after all it covers the case. This should close the incl dent so far as Hines is concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
REAL READING

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 MT Newrich, the Pittsburg million magnificent mansion.
 Let me see," he mused You've got the order for that $s5,000 edition de luxe of Dickens bound in levant?
 "Yes, sir" replied the bookseller.
 And the 10000 set of Shakespeare: ?"
 "Yes, sir"
 And the standard authors, bound in calf-Thackeray Scott. all them there other fellers?"
 'Yes. sir. have a memorandum of the entire list"
 Well, then. that's off m nina si MT. Newrich of Pittsburg with a of relief. Nov. what l wlas .s soms-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Underwood in the Lead

q have never known any one in pub lie life to grow so rapidly as a na- tional favorite as oscar Underwood" said an old democrat.
 "A year ago Underwood was known to everybody in Washington and those who followed closely the proceedings of Congress. He had been a mem Der of the House of Representatives for many years, and had won the reputa- ton among his colleagues as being at once thoughtful, studious and we'll bal anced. Now he is recognized from Maine to Texas as one of America's greatest statesmen. I meet men from every state of the Union, and within the past four or five weeks every one talks of Underwood's chances for the democratic presidential nomination. I believe Underwood will be nominated and elected. A few weeks ago I thought his chances fair. Now think they are better than the chances of any other candidate."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

elementary education. Between this and the learning of trade every boy in the institution will go out pretty well equipped for life's struggles.
 No other institution of the state is doing more to train up boys correctly. The steady growth of the school is an assurance that it will go on from one step to another in its great work of turning out good citizens. This is it's task, and a very important one it is,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Conyicts in Mines

"There is a general belief. it seems, v stated W. A. Gibson, superintendent of the convict department of the Pratt Con- solidated Coal and Iron company. that the average convict would prefer to work on the farm or in 8 turpentine camp or anywhere else rather than the coal mine
 However. were you to ask trose con victs who have worked in each place, about 95 per cent of them would tell you that they prefer to work in the coal mine. This is due to the fact that he is protected in all kinds of weather, and to the additional fact that on the farm he is followed by a man with gun.
 "Should the board of revenue take the convcts out of the mines the companies would be able to hire them in the near future at figure much smaller than Is paid at the present time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
\ FAREWELL.

n AXE W EI1IA Oh, little town of trouble,
 With your heartache and your pain, I shall never seek your portals, Never walk your streets again. Since my days were days of sorrow When I dwelt within your walls, shall 5wend no more forever
 Where your baneful shadow falls. When the morning dawned in splendor And my heart was light and free, And my soul throbbed with the music Of world most fair to me, Like a thunderbolt descending
 Came the havoc and the blight, Golden dreams forever ending In the gloom of starless night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

From the New York Herald.
 An American who spends much of his time in London tells of philosophic finan- cier in the British capital who. after be- ing at the "top of the heap" saw his wealth swept away. His friends came to condole with him. They found him cheer- full.
 T am living alone" explained the phi- losopher, and disturbing just as few of my habits as possible. ! get up at 9 o'clock just as I always used to and ring the bell for my valet-'
 What" exclaimed the friends. ''are you still able to keep a valet?"
 NO" sighed the philosopher. "but I keep tile belli'
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Wear the Button

"Every man in Alabama should wear the Underwood button," said oscar C. Turner, president of the Underwood Marching Club of Alabama, last night. "The buttons can be obtained easily.
 'When a stranger arrives in Birming- ham and sees only a comparatively few people wearing the Underwood button he becomes impressed with the idea that interest in the candidacy of MT. un- derwood is confined to only portion of our population. But If he should see every man wearing the button he would receive the impression at once that the boom means something.
 "The argument might be made that we are for Underwood whether we. wear the button or not. But there is a~great deal of value in advertising and in ere ating prima facie impression
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
WAGTAIL AND BARY

Thomas Hardy in the Albany Review,
 London.
 baby watched a ford, whereto
 A wagtain came for drinking. A blaring bull went wading through;
 The wagtail showed no shrinking. A stallion splashed his way acrosss The birdie nearly sinking; He gave his plumes twich and toss
 And held his own. unblinking. Next saw the baby round the spot
 A mongrel slowly slinking; The wagtail gazed.\bu faltered not In dip and sip and prinking. A perfect gentleman then neared: The wagtail in a winking, Rose terrified. and disappear The baby fell a-thinking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
CIrY oF BEAUTIFUL sMoKE

Robert Haven Schauffier, writing in the March Metropolitan, says: T never come within fange of the unique spell of modern Pittsburg without wishing that might personally conduct thither the sage who so mendaciously declared that there is noting new under the sun. For Pittsburg is something new.
 From any of the city's hundred hills one can enjoy more varities of smoke in an hour than there are kinds of cloud In month. These range all the way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
MED BRACE TELLS OF OSCAR UNDERWOOD'g
 SPLENDID CHANGES FOR THE PRESIDENCY

[ refers to the present occupant of the
 White House as Poor Old Taft" New York will send a delegation to the democratic convention in Baltimore which will vote as unit on the first ballot It will cast a complimentary vote for Mayor Gaynor and it may fol- low this vote up with several successive ballots. After that the chances are greatly in favor of it's going to Under. wood. Only two candidates have any possible chance in New York--of course, excepting Mayor Gaynor. They are Un- derwood and Harmon. Harmon is strong among a certain element here but not by any means so strong as is Under. wood.
 Everyone is watching Underwood. They are supporting him and if he continues his present wise policy. I don't think there will be any doubt
 of his getting the solid New York vote. When that is cast with the solid vote of the South Atlantic states and Alabama and Mississippi, and at least part of Tennessee and probably all of Ken. lucky, 1t is my opinion that there will be a stampede in the convention for Underwood and that he will be the nom. inee.
 If so, he is sure of election regards less of whom the republicans name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

K FEW YORK, February 24.<(spe- M cial.)--After four days in Wash
 ington and nearly a week here, am more thoroughly convinced than ever that Oscar Underwood will be the next democratic presidential nominee
 In Washington I found a great ma jority of the democratic congressman from every state for him. They are not only for him but they are enthu- siastically in favor of his nomination believing thoroughly that he is the one man In the democratic party who will be assured of election.
 While there has been no thorough organization, there is a unanimity of sentiment In favor of him, which is sur the boomer of other candidates.
 In New York I have found, the bank CTS, the merchants, the manufacturers, the railroad men, the Wall street brokers, the Tammany politicians and the entire southern contingent amount ing to nearly 10000 votes-<whether they have been republicans or demo- crats in politics-practically solid mass in the belief that he is the one man who can carry New York and much of New England over any can didate that the republicans may nom- mate. These people have confidence in his wisdom and his conservatism. They
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Cooks make business for the doctors.
 Prose makes great things and poetry tells about them.
 The bigger the sign man has to put uo the less there is behind it.
 Some of the spankings children get might do more good on those who give them.
 What wife can't understand in her husband is the way he wants to spend some of his money himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

He is well informed on the history of this section, and sketch of Elyton which he wrote for The Age Herald recently was not only instructive. but 1t had fine touches of humor. I hope that some day Judge Walker will find leisure enough to write history of Jefferson county. It would be valua- ble acquisition to our local literature"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
He straightway rose with COL
UNCOMPLIMENTARY.

"Flibbers looks as if a great weight had been lifted from his mind"
 I'm sure nothing like that has hep pened."
 You will have to acknowledge that he seems more cheerful"
 "Oh, to be sure What meant was that his mind is incapable of sustaining a great weight"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

1 believe in his honesty of purpose and
 in his courage to do that which is for the best interest for the country with
 out pandering to any element which
 might have selfish purpose in view.
 find that party alliances in large
 measure have been eliminated-that the average man of business affairs wants
 for President of this country the man
 who has fixed purposes in view and
 who is desirous of upbuildng along
 lines which will be fair and just to all interests, be they either large or small.
 In his Columbus speech Colonel Roosevelt played havoc with the party ranks of republicanism. It is the gen. eral opinion that he has out-Bryaned Bryan. His announced views have driven from him many men who would have been his ardent promoters. It is true that he still has following of force among the ultra -progressives of New
 York and I am. told that he will get from 20 to 30 New York delegates to the Chicago convention. It Is not be- | lieved, however, that he can get suf- | fcient votes to be nominated. The best opinion here is that Taft will beat him. Roosevelt is exceedingly bitter against Taft He not only expresses his antag agonism in his public utterances like in the Columbus speech, but in private conversation he is sneering and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

from fairy shavings of ice, and curls of driven snow, through geological strata of pure cream, mischievous, evanescent ringelts of blush white. smudges faint ly tinged with olive, aerial bushes of delicate rose, trees of orange and rusty red, through hundred tones of gray, from the most ethereal lawn to sheer brutal dirt, then deepening to a black as rich as the glossy, tarry coal from which it sprang.
 "One convenient thing about the smokescape is that you can enjoy some part of it wherever you happen to be. Looking west along the canon of Fourth avenue one morning the lower parts of the, office buildings were quite oblit- erated by dense. low lying bank of soft, dusky smoke. But as the eye tray eled upward this cloud began to thin, until, when 1t reached the cornices. every detail of them stood out sharply in the sunlight against a sky of pale sapphire. Such effects are as interest ing as they are characteristic of the place."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
A Popular Judge

Judge William M. Walker of the city court. who was appointed to serve out a vacancy and who is a candidate for election, is one of the most popular citizens of Jefferson county. It may be questioned if any young member of the bench or bar has wider personal acquaintance hereabouts.
 Judge Walker has literary talent as well as legal" said newspaper man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

The papers tomorrow will contain the Roosevelt proclamation, or pronounce ment or whatever else one may see fit to call out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

' Pu Vi should grow up to something better than the profession of pretender, which will 20 years hence be in great disfavor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
LINK THE LINK COAT

From the New York Press.
 The link the link frock coat of gray ma- teral will be the novelty in dress for men this year. the fashion committee of the National Association of Merchant Tailors of America decided yesterday The association opened its third annual convention in the Hotel Astor in the morning. The report of the fashion com mittee was the important business of the day. In addition to outlining the styles to be followed in this years suits and coats, the committee said that man to be properly dressed should have at least 30 complete suits of clothes. That is in addition to the overcoats. which should include the ever serviceabe Chesterfield and sporting and automobile coats. The new link the link frock coat, with which it is permissible to wear the silk hat, is imperative this year. The raglan is ex- cluded. These are suits the properly dressed man should have:
 Six sack suits.
 Four business cutaways.
 Two dress suits.
 Four suits of flannels.
 One raglan suit.
 One Norfolk suit
 Two week end suits.
 One camping.
 One yachting.
 One full dress yacht.
 One informal yacht. One riding frock. One riding sack.
 One riding full dress.
 One hunting.
 One polo.
 One fishing. Two tennis
 One golf.
 Two double breasted frock coats.
 Two double breasted sack coats. Total, 39. It is said the link the link coat is the smartest coat for men that ever has been introduced. It is predicted 1t will be one of the most popular articles of dress this year. The new coat is made of gray plain cassimere or unfinished worsted. It just meets at the edges and is linked at the waist with double button. The suit fol- lows the lines of the body, which gives fullness to the lower part. But the skirt is by no means fiaring or-otherwise ex- treme The fronts are silk faced and the edges are plain.
 The business suit of 1912 will follow the lines of that of 1911. except that more fullness will be given to the chest. The buttons will be set to draw in the coat at the waist, giving a straight front effect. The tailors say that style is adapted espe- cially for stout persons. The fault with last years cut was that 1t benefited only a man of athletic build and betrayed lack of proportion in his less fortunate brother. It is said the intention is to banish con- | Eseyvatism and to follow insurgency in the treatment of the fashions of 1912. Evening clothes will be short waisted, with a perpendicular cut. The appearance will be decidedly military.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
NO MORE COMING
From

From the Baltimore News.
 Uncle Sam's Valentine this year was Arizona.-Birmingham Age-Herald.
 And to think that 1t was the last of the kind on the counter!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
The mufable, rank scented many.
 -CymbeIine.
Rise in Food Cost in a Year

The Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor in New York city presents two grocery bills made by that city's poor people, as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
AN AGENTS WORK.

"A man should strive to be satisfied with his lot" tcl
 That's hard thing to do when his lot happens to lie under suburban frog pond"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

When the St. Louis ice gorge breaks s2s.oOo.0oO worth of ice will go past St. Louis. because it lacks storage room
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

The recalled mayor of Seattle has swept the primaries and will secure a new term. It is poor rule that does not work both ways.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

The express companies are to hold a "conventon'' in Nashville next week, and the fare of each delegate is to be paid in advance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
THE MAN WHO FAILS

THE MAN WHO FAILS. Let them say when shall rest, Pillowed on the breast of Earth, \ was of the 1owllest And my work of little worth; But let no one say l ne'ers 5sssa,.sssaess,s. Wished to know or learned to care
 Let them say that I was weak, Commonest of common clay,
 Filled with eagerness to speak. Lacking anything to say; But let no one say my soul Urged me to no gleamng goal. Let them say when I have ceased Striving where thes strong remain That my talents were the least And my efforts foolish, vain: But let no one say that I Did not have the heart to. try. -S. E. Riser in the Chicago Record- Herald. +t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

Champ Clark would, as a candidate. no doubt promise to make the public stop a-kicking the democratic dawg aroun',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

A postman walks about 14 miles day and then he does not deliver all the letters that are expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
INSOMNIA.

"Who was it first spoke of the hours just after midnight as the wee sma' hours'?'
 T don't remember. but he was prob ably some fellow who had never tried to sleep at that time and could not"