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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
A BEAR STORY OUT
 OF THE ORDINARY
Bruin Was More Scared Than the Hunter When They Collided
 Unexpectedly
From scribner's Magazine.

From Scribner's Magazine.
 I had proceeded in this way a few steps, when suddenly I saw about eight feet away on the curving border of the spruces. coming at me. what appeared to be large bear. had just time to push forward the butt of my rifle and yell. when the bear collided with me, knocking me down. It seemed to turn slightly to the left as I pushed my rifle into it, and clearly recall it's shoulder striking my left hip, it's head striking just above my left knee, while its claws struck my shin SC that 1t Is now black and blue. I had the sensation of one about to be mauled and mutlated As I fell to the right my rifle dropped and, in my confusion I grabbed with my left hand the animals fur, while I remember having a quick. foolish thought of the small knife in my pocket
 "The bear was. I believe, moro sur prised than l. I felt its fur slip through my hand as 1t quickly turned to it's right. and. swinging about, ran back over the hill without any attempt to bite or strike me. Rising, as the bear wheeled, picked up my rife and shot as the an- imal was disappearing. The bullet struck it. evidently high in the back Imme- diately I took up it's trail. followed 1t down into the woods an don the flats for over an hour, and at last lost the im- pressions on hard ground It's tracks showed that 1t had kept running for more than a mile, and then settled down to a walk on the timbered ridges, continuing to a flat country below. For the first mile saw at intervals considerable blood on the leaves of brush and trunks of trees
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

up the same doefu call, and the call of the wolf is little changed today. It is the relative importance of the effect of environment that is being tested. It is believed that the wolves will learn In lifting up their voices to insert more and more melodious and harmonious notes.
 For some nights now the phonograph mas been at work. There has been some inquiry as to what new animal has ar- rived, but not much information has been volunteered. The experiment has not reached the point where publicity can be officially authorized. Besides, the ani- mals may refuse to respond to voice cul- ture.
 Wolves were chosen as the first stu dents because their call is a long one and because the animals occupy quarters in the open, separated from the other sound makers by such a stretch of territory that they cannot be interfered with by any other animal anxious not to lose the chance of having it's voice cultivated.
 One wolf. grizzled old fellow, is a most encouraging pupil All took readily to the music, and the whole pack sat LID on their launches and howled lustfly when first the photograph was turned loose to surprise them. Now they appear more reconciled to the musical call.
 The grizzled wolf-"a most excellent pupil to quote NIT. D1lmarS-haS caught the spirit of music. This wolf appears to have an ear for technique. He does not have to be urged to sing, either, for as the last sound of the photographic cry dies away he will lift up his head and give voice to a long howl. There is not much that is musical to the untrained ear, but in at least three places, the ex- perimenters say the wolf has introduced short runs which follow note by note the photograph, He has a bass voice. The second bestf upil is a female, a contralto.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
To a Young Man

Assert yourself.
 self-assertion is the powder in the gur
 behind the charge It Is the dynamic that urges men into the places where they belong It is well to be modest and courteous and all that but Remember that your two shoes have just as much right on the pavement as
 the two shoes of the millionaire. 1t Is neither necessary nor safo tc
 push others off the thoroughfare, but
 take heed lest some one shove you aside
 even when you take the right hand side of the road You may be courteous and tactfu, bu. you must get on Ordinarily the crowd is good humored and gets out of the way of the fellow who keeps going. Says the crowd: Here is a man who is bound somewhere. and he is in a hurry. Let's get out of his way"
 But
 Sometimes the crowd may be obstrep- erous. and, though you make a flying wedge of yourself, 1t refuses to budge Wait a bit. Soon the crowd will tire
 or forget, and you may get by without murmur. And
 Should you perforce happen to be knocked down by the crowd in it's rush get up. Get up and brush the insult from your garments and do not complain of the rudeness of the populace. Like you, brave fellows, others are looking | for bread and butter and a rooftree. smile-and get up. And. above ail- Once you begin to be cowed by the
 mob, once you begin to shrink from its rough embraces, you are a goner. If some one. assertive, successful push- ing, elbows you aside in spite of your best efforts to hold your own. why Brush that insult off your vest. Never let 1t get down as deep as your under garments Do not whine or cuss. Doubtless he who went over you got like treatment when he was where you are.
 Pull down your vest and go on! Do not misunderstood You are not
 spelling for fight. If so. you shall read
 ily be accommodated. There is no chip
 on your shoulder. But, conscious of your
 ability to make good in the scramble,
 willing to do your share of the world s
 work. you demand a place on which to
 stand until you get a fair chance.
 Your job will not hunt you. You must
 be the hunter.
 Therefore assert yourself. Face the
 music stand stiff legged and let no
 mortal frighten you.
 And keep pushing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Hone Snrinps Eternal

1 | You go home after your days work
 tired, and 1t may be- Respondent. Things
 have gone wrong during your day. | You pick up the evening paper. Strikes
 lockouts, accidents, cruelties. oppression injustice, grating. betrayals, crime, di- voroes-the recital of 1t all makes you
 sick. You say in your heart: | Everything wrong. Whats the use?'' But Supper Is ready, the good wife bright
 ems up. and the children tell funny stories
 of the days doings. By and by a change
 comes over the spirit of your dreams.
 After all. there Is lot of good in the
 world. Life is worth the living. Now
 gloomy mood Certainly in the reaction
 cones the cheerful view. You arc built
 that way. | Hopel
 | It always was in the world. From the earliest ages men alternated between hope
 and fear. And always the fear has grown
 less and the hope larger. | It is the great urge. | Despite the clouds and darkness, forever
 do men aspire and struggle toward the | light. Lest he die in despair. a man lives | in hope. The urge of better things will | not let him rest. Willingly or unwillingly, there is some. thing in all of us that prompts us to the fight for the right and a better world to live in. It is the undying hope. Despite all our fears and all our tears we feel somehow the world must slope up- ward There is "a power that makes for righteousness.
 And. moreover Because of this immortal urge that is in us the world has grown, is now grow ing and will continue to grow better. If must be so. And so our dreams
 We dream of the day when all men shall have an equal chance of day when gold no longer shall be god, of a day when nation will not lift up sword against nation. Our dreams?
 In our better moments all of us dream of that some sweet day when justice shall
 walk hand in hand with mercy; when pride shall stoop to kiss her sweeter sister, humility; when in every land and on eTerv sea man shall meet his fellow man and say to him. My brother" when every
 woman shall meet her fellow woman. how
 ever fallen and say to her, My sister, And thus we dream and hope and labor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
An Eight-Legged Fish

From the San Diego tCal) Cor. New
 York World.
 An eight-legged fish, with a bark like a dog and a ravenous appetite. was caught in a net on the Lower California coast by Steve. Chic yesterday The strange captive, in an improyised tank, was brought to San Diego this morning and. with a rope around it's neck. was led along the Custom House wharf while a hundred curious persons looked on.
 The creature has teeth like a dog and giIls and dorsal fins as well as scales like fish. It is two feet in length and the feet are without nails and covered with soft fur. It will not eat meat. but this afternoon eagerly deyoured raw po- tatoes whole and seemed fond of sea weed. It ate out of Ghios hand, but could not remain out of water long. Sci entists will attempt to classify the fish
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Teach Wolves to Sing

From the New York Times.
 The long-drawn howl of a timber wolf shattered the solitude which comes at niehtfall in the Geological park in the Rronx. There came chorus of howls, and then silence After an interval there came another howl, this so low that heard at a distance it sounded like the echo of a moan and this last sound was more melodious than the first-a sort or ideal wolf call to the night; slightly so- prano and rising musically, not upon note.
 This last call was not the cry of wolf. If came from a photograph hidden near inc wolf cages, and was a demonstration of an experiment that is being conducted bv a student of animals to prove that the calls of wild animals can be made more musical: in other words, that voice cul- ture is possible among animals. Raymond l.. Ditmars, the curator Of the zoo, IS enthusiastic over this experiment, as ne is over the oddities in the zoo' wnich from time to time find their way into nrint MT. Ditmars is of the opinion that already the wolves can howl more in harmony and in key than they could before the photograph and the scientist began to teach them the way to reach high c gracefully. To the untrained ear, however, the howls remain as unmusical as thev were in the nights before the experiment began.
 MT. Ditmars did not give the name of the scientist who is demonstrating his theory, and he offered no information re- garding the identity of the person or anil mals who gave forth the melodious woit call which is now recorded on the phono- graph and let off at intervals to frighten staid home-going Bronxites. He admit ted it was not a record of Caruso's voice. The new wolf call is bad enough, but it is certainly an improvement upon the call given out by the untrained wolf voice.
 Animals, according to theory of MT. Ditmars, utter peculiar sounds by nature and environment. The first wolves howled a certain way. and their successors took
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Too Late


 That day he had buried his wife.
 She had been a good wife to him. He had loved her-yes, of course. Why raise such a question:
 He began on the evening of this day to know how sweetly thoughtful she had always been, how quietly she had filled the measure of wife and mother and fousekeeper.
 Had he taken it too much for granted that she found her joy in sacrifice? Had he been worthy of her? Had he been the husband he should have been? Had he appreciated her as he ought?
 He looked around him.
 Where was she? Doubtless in the next room or with the children. No. Out in the dark night under the rain. Desolate, lonely. terrified, he asked himself: Would he always be looking for her? Was she really gone away forever and ever His wife gone?
 Why he had dimly recognized that such awful things came to some people. But to him? In uncomfortable misery he real lzed-yes, to himl
 There were the big leather chair she bought for him last Christmas represent ing weeks of savings from her little stipend; the slippers she had nlended-
 He must find herl
 Going Into the little sewing room where she kept her mending basket, he picked up a small stocking partly done, and laid 1t down again with a sob. Little Eds stocking was the last thing her fingers had touched before they called the doctor.
 Surely she was not gone.
 Opening the door of her closet, he looked with tear filled eyes at the well known dresses hanging there. Dainty familiar garments-how each one of them spoke of her And the heart piercing, painfully vivid feeling swept over him how pure and good she was!
 If he could only tell her Poor little grill It seemed but yester- day when he took her away from homo where she had everything, took her away to make sacrifices for him. She had loved pretty things, but had denied herself that he and the children might go well dressed.
 And in stress of emotion he kissed the garments and sobbed into them his grief and remorse and bereavement.
 He had loved her-yes-and was very proud of her. But no sooner had he caught at this Justification of himself than he remembered how some times he had been harsh and dominant and negli- gent, and-Klnd God. could he ever for- give the memory of 1t! He had some- times made her sob in anguish as if hei heart were broken.
 And under the newly sodded mound, under the rain, peacefully slept the wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
MORPHINE WHISKEY and TOBACCO
Habits Cured Without Restraint or Con- finement At Cedarcroft sanitarium
 Lebanon, Tenn.

Licensed under special state law which gives it the same standing as regular State Institutions Endorsed by gover- nors, college professors, physicians and ministers.
 Method of treatment based on grad ual reduction, the only humane method No iron clad rule as to length of time required but cure Is usually accom- plished in from two to four weeks.
 Equipped with modern conveniences, Including latest o-therapeutical equipment. baths, etc.
 No deposit of fee is asked until cure is effected to entire satisfaction of patient.
 Patients also cured at home. For booklet and referance, address Dr. Power Gribble. Sup. Box s79. Lebanon. Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
More Men Than Women

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Of recent years the custom of making a systematic census of the population has become well established throughout all civilized countries, and 1t Is now possible to gain a fairly accurate idea of condi- tions all the world over. Some of the figures now cited in regard to this mat ter are interesting. The world total population Is estimated at 1,700. .000O00. out of which the proportion of the sexes Is known for 1,GSsJ0 J000.0o0. the ratio being 1000 males to @0 females The ratio varies considerably in different places. In Europe there were, for every 1000 men, 1927 women; Africa, 1045. America, 964: Asia, 961; Australia, a37 The maximum proportion of women is found in Uganda, 1467; the minimum in the Alaska gold fields and the Malay states, with 39l and 3s9 respectively.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Fisl,erman's Luck
From Judges library.

T TUTII UtIFE Y L9IUIfI y.
 Tn the CatslSill foothills n New York travelling man who was making trip overland passed an old man who was fishing with a hook and line in a small stream. AS thef drummer drove by fin a buggy the old fman never took his eyes off the bobber in the water.
 When the travelling man returned late in the afternoon he was greatly surprised to see the old man still in the same position, with his eyes glued on the bobber
 Hello, uncle" he shouted. Any luck today?"
 Without taking his gaze off the cork which rested onl the surface of the placid stream. the old man replied
 Had a nibbxe long about noon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

about three feet up from the ground, but afterward saw no more.
 ''Who will bell we this remarkable in cident? Certainly if another had related it to me I might have thought it some mistake owing to excitement.
 Twice l have had the good luck to see the action of bear when 1t crossed un- expectedly the fresh trial of a man-once in Mexico, and again last summer on the MacMillan river, when a bear crossed Selous's trail. In both cases the bear jumped and ran at full speed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Heart To Heart Talks
ny EDWIN A. xxm

lyou? Suppose nobody made any call upon your unselfishness? What more tragic? A man died the other day whom mo- body needed. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he had boasted of his independence. He was a bachelor all his life; had travelled extensively and accumulated art treasures from many lands. Life to him was pleasure gar- den where flowers are grown to be 1 plueked at will. So far as any one knows, he had never felt throb of sympathy for any living soul. | Nobody needed him. | One day this man fell sick and was taken to a hospital. Nobody inquired after him. and nobody visited him.
 rHe died. and nobody cared | Says one who knew: "Only the self l ish and the useless are ever free
 Those who are worth anything are
 bound by a hundred chains upon them."
 Is 1t not so?
 And. if so. why should you wish to
 be free? The chains that bind you are strong and silken chains, and they link you up with usefulness and with hap piness.
 You cannot be needed too much. be- cause the more chains that bind you
 the more chances you have to serve and to be served. When you make yourself indispen- sable you make yourself worth while. l ''So man Is useless while he has a | friend"
 | Oh, yes. I know Despite their silken fiber sometimes
 the chains do chafe you. Sometimes we long to choose another way and the freedom to fashion our lives after our | own pattern. l But so long as we love we must i needs serve, and so long as we serve
 we certainly shall be loved. And | Is there anything better than to be
 needed by those who love us and whom we lover
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
You Are Needed

Said my friend:
 "The dream of my life has been to take a European trip. but I never have got to the place where I wasn't needed by somebody. My son wants to start lr business, and l must help my daugh- ter to build a home, and I have an old father I dare not go away from. "
 Have you felt that way?
 You are needed by so many. If 1t were not so, what fine time you might have
 But
 Turn the proposition around and sup pose Suppose there were no bonds of love or friendship or duty to bind you Suppose dear ones had no claim on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Infant Blasphemy

The small boy-he could scarce have been more than years of age-was cry ing.
 He stood over sidewalk grating. Near him was larger boy who taunted him. The small boys grief stopped some of the passersby. A woman said to him, What is the matter, my boy?"
 With a burst of sobbing the little fellow pointed down below the grating and said, He threw my ball down there."
 A small crowd had gathered, and one man turned to the older boy, saying:
 Shame on you! He is smaller than you. Why did you throw his ball down there?"
 "Didn't do it. Mother fellow done it." responded the youngster. But he quit making fun of the little one and stood on the defensive.
 The denial stopped the small boys sobs. His grief was merged into resentment. He grew suddenly indignant. And with his anger came a great mouthful of paths.
 The swearing of the tiny lad was a frightful outpouring. Women. shocked. turned away.
 The men laughed.
 Here was a mere babe uttering i'm pious imprecations with all the abandon of a rough dock hand.
 Where did he learn the swaggering way and the foul anathemas? By listening to his elders, of consequently In the street, possibly in his own home.
 You doubtless have often heard such outbursts from mere children. Stir ur the anger of the average street Arab and you will receive sample. Listen to young boys in their play and you will hear the eursing.
 It is abhorrent. But
 Have you set an example for some in- fant who scarce knew what he did when he repeated the unholy words?
 If so, out of the mouths of babes you are condemned.
 Swearing is blasphemy and is peculiarly of the occident You will never hear a Buddhist use the name of the Almighty by way of emphasis, and he cannot quite understand how Christian can take the name of God in vain.
 Stop it!
 It is useless habit and adds nothing to the force of English speech. If for no other reason
 Stop 1t lest when you are dead some child may go through the world retailing your profanity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

fciency have been received. The multi nle-expansion steam engine was developed abroad, and later was taken up by Amer- | ican engine builders. The same was true
 | of the steam turbine the gasoline motor. l high efficiency electric lights, such as | the Nernst and tungsten, high-tensIoff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
A Neglectful Mother

A 4NCBlCCtlut NtotuCA
 A teacher in oneof the schools of a "A big city made great effort to keep in order a boy Il years of age, son of a wealthy society woman.
 Following a series of misdemeanors, she sent him home. She told him to in- form his mother why he had been dis missed. Next day she asked the lad If he had told his mother.
 NO"
 ..Why?" asked the teacher.
 Well, teacher. I haven't seen mother for nearly two weeks, and then she was just going out. When l start to school in the morning she Is asleep, and they won't let me wake her. When I get home in the evening. she is at some afternoon tea, and when she comes home late at night am in bed. So don't often see her.
 In the school this youth is known as ''the bad boy"
 But who is really bad-this boy or his mother?
 It may seem cruel to so characterize the mother, but
 The woman is criminally neglectful. In the sight Of God she is guilty of breaking down the walls of her home. or exposing her own flesh and blood, of permitting the soul of her son to be twist ed by influence alien to the home, of depriving her boy of a mothers guidance and inflence.
 Driven by her mad passion for enter tainment or by some unsuitable spirit of restlessness, she leaves her son to his own devices.
 Is 1t not tragic-and pathetic7
 The boy is at the age when the body is aquiver with vitality and the mind restless and eager for impressions. Is it strange he should blunder into evil ways?
 He is not to blame.
 Under a better environment he might have been different. Send such a boy 10 the country, give him opportunity to work off hls surplus energy, give him wholesome interests, make a chum of him. care for him. and he Is likely to grow up a good and useful man.
 Now he bids fair to grow into a rich hoodium or a rake. a creature without stamina, physical, mental or moral; a ruined boy, the wages of whose sin may be early disgrace or premature death.
 And some day
 Some day dart shall pierce the soul of this boys mother for having brought man child into the world and aban- doned him to fate.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-07-04
NEVER GIVE Up

Never sit down and COMES, -.
self beaten. II there are apv a..
culties in the way. struggle -,
them like a man. Use all you. :.
sources, put forth all your st-.,r-,
and never say die" The case "a,
seem hopeless, but there IL gens.ar
a way out somewhere
Are you bound and fe,tsrAA q,
hurtful habits? Do not desnAr =.
can't do much 10 help yourself i /,
true, but there Is One who ue5..
fails 10 strengthen the Young "A,
when he makes an honest at,ems, .,
overcome temptation and master e..
passion. He brought me I'D "a,
out OF horrible pit. out o. the al-r
clay, and set my feet upon a ro-f
and established my goings." Tha,1
the experience of thousands o, Or
fellows who have felt their fee, alp
ping, who have begun TO sink IN re
quicksands OF sin. and have reathe!
out a hand TO accept the loving help
OF the strong and gentle Christ Wills
He lives and loves. no man need ever
give up.-Selected.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-07-04
A CORRECTION.

The Caucasian last week comment
ed on an article from the Charlotte
Observer which stated that Josephus
Daniels voted for Parker for temper
airy chairman OF the National Conven-
ton. The Observer has since stated
that Il was mistaken about the mat
ter and II was another Daniels from
this State who voted for Parker.
Hence this correction.
Josephus Daniels does not correct
false statements he makes about an
opponent, but We have not yet set up
the Editor of the News and Observer
as a model to folloa in journalism.