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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
In the Seventh District

"The only way" said MT. Under wood at Philadelphia, "to reduce the tariff and the high cost of living is through the election of democratic Congress and democratic Presi- dent"
 The people of the Seventh Alabama district should take this opinion com ing from the majority leader of the democratic party home to themselves when they go to the polls. II they should fail to re-elect MT. Burnett they would take away vote in favor of a lower tariff and lower cost of living and add one vote to the cause of the tariff beneficiaries.
 The defest of Mr. Burnett would be heralded on the morning of November as "break" in the Alabama delega- tion and also in the solid south. The democrats in the Seventh district can not afford to serve the interests Tn that way. It is too expensive.
 The Age-Herald believes the Sev- enth district will stand true on cleo ton day to the democratic cause and to a revenue tariff, and that it will roll up a good majority for the ef- ficient and experienced John L. Bur nett
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
MODEsTY OF A HERO

From Tit-Bits.
 A French reporter encountered in little village of the south of France a gardener who wore, pinned on his clean Sunday blouse, the ribbon of the Legion of Honor Naturally, the newspaper man desired to know how he got it. The gardener. who, like many of hJ trade, seemed to be a silent man. was averse to meeting an old and wearisome demand. but finally he began:
 "Oh, I don't know how I did get itl was at Bazelles with the rest of the bat tery. All the officers were killed, then down went all the non-commissioned of- ficers. Bang. bang. bangl By and by all the soldiers were down but me- had fired the last shot, and naturally was doing what I could to keep off the Ba- varians.
 Well a general came. and says he Where's your officers?'
 "'All down, says I.
 Where's your gunners?' says he.
 j" All down but me- says I.
 .'And you've been fighting here ali alone? says he.
 "1 couldn't let 'em come and get the guns. could I?' I says, and then he ID and put this ribbon on me, probably be- cause there was nobody else there to put it on.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
HUNTING THE FESTIVE COON

rapidity in action the wildcat also seems, in such situation. to be as the sands of the sea for multitude Old coon hunt CTS used to tell grisly stories of limb end encounters with "catamounts' to which they would have been glad to apol- ogize in time if they had known what manner of savage beast they faced in the inky darkness of midnight in the depths of the forests.
 But notwithstanding it's drawbacks, coon hunting was regarded as good sport by primitive ruralists who had not been lectured by the modern writers upon the wickedness of cruelty to ani- mals and who relshed a finish fight be- tween an old boar coon and a fearless dog which had learned in bloody school of experience where to grip the coon and how important it was to hang on. Only the dog which has learned from, trained coon dogs how to get the death grip and hold it is match for full grown coon. And if the coon is treed near water and can manage to beat the dog to the creek the inexperienced dog who plunges in and tackles him is pretty likely to be drowned by an animal who has peculiar and deadly knowledge of how to fight without swallowing water, and who can remain under water for a good while without drowning.
 Nowadays coon hunting in the more thoroughly titled sections of Kentucky has become unpopular with the common ality The game is not plentiful enough to make the hunt profitable. And really good coon dogs-dogs that will not follow the hunter instead of the trail, and will not Tie" which means barking up the wrong tree-are hard to find. Coon hunt
 ing has been tried as a diversion for society,"" but as it is a rough sport, pur- sued in the darkness and necessarily, through thckets and briars, it has never had vogue with the set that hunts foxes. Nowadays trees are getting SC few and far between in central Kentucky that many 'coons seek refuge in sink holes when pursued, and some of the few coon hunters who still follow them in- sist that ground coons' and tree
 coons' are separate species.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Ran,d1x increasing Formulation.

sI have read with interest the various things said by observant citizens in re- gard to. Birmingham's rapid growth. said Maj E. T. Taliaferro, but not many people realize, perhaps, how fast the city is building up. There ,s a great rush of newcomers this fall. There has been nothing like 1t before.
 T have occasion to visit various outly- ing sections of Birmingham and move about the business district nearly every day. On every hand are evidences of unusual activity of one sort and another. The census report or 1910 as compared with the census figures of 1900 showed phenomenal growth. But the increase in population in this decade twill be Tar greater, l believe, than that of the last"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
THE TEST OF A CIGAR

sydney Brooks. i9f Harper's Weekly.
 The average smoker believes that a dark wrapper means a strong cigar and a
 light wrapper mild one; and he is ab-
 solutely wrong. There is no connection
 whatever between color and strength.
 Soueezing cigars and smelling them are equally fallacious as tests of quality. So,
 too, is the color and firmness of the ash;
 the notion that the whiter the ash and
 the longer it stays on the better the cigar is altogether erroneous. The best Ha-
 vanas burn with a clear steel gray ash, and it's duration and length are mainly
 determined by the size of the pieces used
 in the filters. Then. again, the men Tn
 Havana insisted to me that spotted
 cigar meant less than nothing so Tar
 as quality, whether good or bad, was con
 cerned that the barometer affects cigars
 far more than the thermometer; that the
 silky looking wrapper is as much to be avoided as the veiny one or the one that is oily in patches; that cigars should neither be so soft as to yield readily to the pressuse of the fingers nor so dry as to crackle; that most of the talk about condition" is pure ignorance. the Amer jeans being right in preferring a moist cigar, and the English equally right in preferring a drier one-the vital point in l each case being the proper period of re- covery from the sea sickness that cigars | contract as easily as their smokers, a pe- riod that varies with the length of the voyage; that except for the expert, who i has given his whole life to the business, there are virtually no outward indica- 1 tions that can be relied upon in choosing cigar. and that for the average man, anxious to find out whether a given Ha- vana is. of good quality throughout and will burn we'll the only test is to smoke
 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
In the Early Days.

''Mr. Eckert of Eckert X Berg, enter tainers at the Orpherm this week, was a resident of Birmingham in 1885," said an old member of the musical set. He was in the Church of the Advent choir-had charge of 1t, I believe-and was recog- nized as one of our best musicians in the early days. He organized the Mendels- sohn Singing society. which afterward rendered fine oratorio selections. The late Frank P OBrien and several of our prominent citizens, were members of the old Mendelssohn.
 MT. Eckert talks interestingly of Bir- mingham as he remembered it nearly 2o years ago. He expected 1t to be a largo city some day. but it has gone far beyond anything that he had imagined'-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
As n Misunderstanding Center.

''The industrial statistics of the Bir- mingham mineral district as gathered for the census bureau In 1910 will soon be pub- lished, l understand'' said a member of the Chamber of Commerce. The director of the census appointed two high class men to collect the data. They were all lowed ample time to do their work thor oughly.
 ''In the forthcoming bulletin every man. ufacturing plant hereabouts will appear under the head of the Birmingham dis trict, together with the amount of capital invested number of employees, approxi- mate payrols. and approximate value of production. Tn the census of 1900 Birming- ham did not get credit for the industries of the Birmingham district and great injustice. therefore, was done this manu- featuring center. But with a special bull letin setting forth the industries of the Birmingham district the totals will be so large as to surprise the outside pub- lie.
 Since 1910 there has been a great in crease in industrial operation here ana the showing that will be made in 1920 will probably be twice as large as the large showing of two years ago. am told that the census bureau made special point of gathering industial statistics of the Birmingham district as district at the suggestion of an editorial in Tho Age-Herald."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
Felix Diaz Has Surrendered

General Beltran made short work of the rebellion in Vera Cruz. The en- tire Diaz movement collapsed almost as soon as the firing, began, and the leaders from Diaz downward are pfis- oners of war who will either be shot or confined in prison.
 Zapata, Aguilar and Orozco are leading three rebellions after the man. ner of guerrillas, and none of them is formidable except possibly Zapata. The Madero government will suppress all of them inside of year. It will then be free to take up the reforms to which it stands pledged.
 President Taft has wisely kept out of Mexico. Intervention in that coun- try would bring upon his country a whole brood of expensive troubles. Should it result in the annexation of 15, ,00O,OO0 alf-breeds, mostly unedu- cated peons, it would be a national calamity besides which Dewey's effort on a morning in May in the Philip pines would dwindle into signifi- canoe. Ten millions of Malays is bad enough and 10,0OO,OOO of negroes is also a problem, and 100000 of "in- iuns'' would be worse still. Interven- ton in Mexico under any circum- stances would be unwarranted. The Mexicans should be left to settle their own affairs in their own way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
CARCAssONNE

From the French of Gustave Nadaud. I'm growing old, I've sixty years,
 I've labored all my life in vain: In all that time of hopes and fears
 I've failed my dearest wish to gain. I see full well. that here below,
 Bliss unalloyed there is for none. My prayer will ne'er fulfillment know I never have seen Carcassonne. You see the city from the hi1I
 It lies beyond the mountains blue And yet to reach 1t one must still
 Five long and weary leagues pursue. And to return. as many more. An. had the vintage plenteous grown! The grape withheld its yellow store
 I shall not look on Carcassonne.' So crooned, one day, close by Limoux.
 A peasant, double bent with age: "Rise up, my friend. said I, with you
 I'll go upon this pilgrimage.' We left next morning his abode,
 But (Heaven forgive me) half way on The old man died upon the road.
 He never gazed on Carcassonne.
 Each mortal has his carcassonns.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
prrrECTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The only cook that will stay is the cook that can't cook.
 Working for living is much easier money than marrying it.
 A baldheaded man can be specially ,,roud he has such fine mustache.
 Nothing makes nfVlionaire ieei so poor as to know somebody he could help with a few dollars.
 Every time a woman sees a crowd run ming her way to fire she's scared it's aer petticoat showing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

many there are forecasts of Turkish victory. The casualty lists may equal even those of Mukden where modern war was shown to be more deadly than even it's worst predecessors in history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

Ben whorton, Who died rich near Gadsden, did his banking in crevice of his house, and when the house was torn down two employees found a de- posit of s6O0o and they immediately
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

When MT Taft calls up MT. Hilles on the morning of November 6 and asks him to explain his action as campaign manager, the young man will naturally feel embarrassed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

Ex-Vice President Fairbanks and Vice President shermen are stumping for Taft These are the only two re- actionaries in the country who outclass ITnc1e Joe Cannon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
FINDER TRIBUTE.

A TENDER TRIBUTE. The Bits of Byplay'' man, in the Gin cinnat Enquirer. pays the following trib- ute to a departed friend:
 TIM HAYES.
 -lDied October r, 19l2) Oh, wind, sing sweetly OCT the place wherein they make his tomb, Oh, sun, shine brightly. warm his days. he had no space for gloom. Oh, moon, reflect the kindly deeds he lived his life to plan, l Oh, stars, watch OCT his long long sleep in life he was a MAN.
 NOT KNOCKING AT ALL. The Pullman company earned $40, 600, 900 last year. We say learned" advisedly.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
SIR ENTITY

Full many a man who does his best, Who strives with all his heart and soul, Alas, will never end his quest
 And say, At last I've won my goal. Still fate eonspres to keep him down And thwarts his will at every turn; So often doth misfortune frown,
 He finds 1t hard his bread to earn. Yet, such a nian, who struggles on And bears light heart in his breast, Shall sweetly sleep when day is gone, As one who hath deserved to rest, And though he may not climb the
 heights
 On which his youthful eyes were set, Be sure the worlds unfeeling sights By him shall dauntlessly be met.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

Mir. Taft and his family have left Beverly and clouds overshadowed them all the way to Washington. These clouds will bring on a dowhpour on November g.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

The word "only" is too indefinite for anything, for Mr Morgan swore that he gave "only s15o,00O," and MT. Ryan that he gave .only s50,Oo0." and MT. Perkins that he gave "onlys122.5oo." What does "only" mean, anyway?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

Governor Wilson stands for an en- forcement of the pure food law with no benzoate of soda in it. He wants no adulteration of foods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

Chairman Barnes expects every repub- lican in New York to do his duty one week from next Tuesday, but he knows that most of them are going a-hshlng.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

Adrianople is on the main line of the railroad that runs from Constantinople through Philippolis and Sofia in Bulga- ria and Belgrade in Servia to Austria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

The plutocrats who have appeared before the Clapp committee are new of the fact that the hind- sight is superior to the foresight They seem to have had. as class. very lit- tie political sense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

New York's barroom for women Is considered. Some innocent ob- servers are envious and some are not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

If Messrs. IIilles. McCombs and Dixon speak the truth the country will be forced to elect three Presidents on No- Nemher ].
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

Senator LaFollette says he will noi vote for Roosevelt, Taft or Wllsoh' lie is the man without a party this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
stenorrapby md Typewriting.

There has been marked improvement in the work of young graduates of busi- ness colleges" said a professional man, @but there is room for more. I refer espe- cialIy to stenographic and typewritng work. l have been in the habit of dictat- ing to stenographers for 20 years, and I find that many more young men and young women can take dictation better now than was the case a few years ago. But I understand that quite large per centage of boys and girls take course in shorthand with inadequate training in spelling and grammar. 1t would be well, think, for commercial schools to refuse admiss ion to any applicant who is as de- ficient in elementary education as, I am told, some are.
 "A first class stenographer. one who is fairly well educated, who Is quick at die tation and who writes letter that looks well as well as reads well, Is a treasure, indeed There are many such. But very recently l have noticed a tendency in young persons who use the typewriter to eliminate capitals altogether. This cus- tom started probably with telegraph op- tIdlofS, Niio III ldAins NoiuiIiiHouS pttSa or commercial messages have not the time to reach over for caps and punctua- tion marks. They sometimes type long messages and never use a capital but there is no excuse for typewriters outside of the telegraph offices writing proper names s.or beginning sentences using capi- tals. It is just such faulty work that leads to all sorts of sloyenlv WaVs-sloV- enly thinking and slovenly English"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
HIS TIME IS MONEY,

'Is he a man of much importance in this community
 T should say he isl A caller has to pass through six ground glass doors and explain his mission to three secretaries before he ever gets a glimpse of that man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

Senator Dixon speaks of the silent progressive vote.' A silent progressive would be the country.s greatest wonder
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

Dumdum bullets and typhoid and cholera germs are said to be listed in the Balkan struggle as munitions of war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

When the spark plug does not spark in the voting machines the peepui simnlv stand disfranchised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

If is indeed true that Philander Knox and Tama Jim Wilson will retire to prl- vate life on March fourth next.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

The election forecasts are not con elusive and an election VIII stlll pc held on November ,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
A TAX ON THE IMAGINATION.

A MT. Boguslawski gave a concert not long ago in a western city and was high ly complimented. Can you imagine vir- tuoso being named Mir. Hawkins, or MT. Jones or MT Smith?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

President Taft is almost as sanguine as Chairman Hilles. They stand alohe down on Armageddon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

NO WEATHER FOR BASEBALL. S1adgrass says he's sorry,
 Well, who wouldn't be? And yet, because his hands were cold He has our sympathy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

The race of the American Greeks to the front is rightly considered the greatest Marathon on record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

The odds in New York are now to l on William Sulzer and to on Gov lernor Wilson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
DRIVING BACK THE ARCTIC

Madero will not this week sail away In Paris to join Uncle Porfirio Diaz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
AN AUTUMN TRUTH.

There are no birds in last years nests. nor any coins in last years vests.-Louis- vile Courier-Journal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
some Antiounted Encyclopedia Articles.


 'Iii looking over one of the recently pub lished encyclopedias I noticed that the sketches of some of the cities were some what antiquate said an old cit izen, "ln each of these articles that I re- fer to the census population of 1910 is given but the body of the article was evil dently taken from some work published many years ago.
 Tn the sketch of Richmond, Va, it was stated that that city was the terminus of the James river and Kanawha canal. Tn the sos Iawas living in Richmond and remember when the legislature gave the old canal to a company which built the Richmond and Allegheny railroad on the towpath. That railroad is now a part of the Chesapeake and Ohio system. The late James G. Blaine, representing the railroad syndicate. came to Richmond early and induced the legislature to abandon the canal in favor of the railroad. Some thought that MT. Blaine and his associates should have pad large price for the franchise but the state got nothing in exchange. I re- member the old canal boats very well and once made a trip from Richmond to I.ynchburg on one of the canal packets D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
TO BE sIrRE

We would not shed a tear for that, if we could wear our last years hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
soMETHING Tn REMEMRER

Who's never slid to second base And maybe skinned his boyish face, Then had the umpire call him out, Despite his comrades angry shout, Has missed in life at least one thrill That isn't on a circus bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
PESSIMISTIC.

Gertrude says she is going to make a man out of Tilbury when she marrics him."
 Poor girl I'm afraid she will TUT short of material"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

1 dialect or kilt is not stated. But there is no doubt that characteristic little song about "Ophelia would go well with the Lauder fans, dye mind? It might fl instance, start in with:
 She is ma Ophelia Ma perfumed camelia.
 There's nay lass in Denmark sac bonny
 as she; Her brithers Laertes- hate him, ma certes,
 But Phelia's tn lassie that lukes guio
 to mel"
 In fact, we believe the talented Lauder could put a Hamlet on the stage that would be just as good, although vastly different.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

Rehearsing is a dreadful bore, Except, of course, I wis, When one's rehearsing OCT and OCT A kiss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
NOTE SELDOM ENGAGES.

II. G. F.-Walter BroolSins, the aviator. is alive. He seldom engages in hying..- St. Louis Times .
 Which, explains, no doubt. why MT. Brookins happens to be still alive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25

IT MUST BE OUR NERVES. Although we're pleased most all the
 while At nearly everything, We find it hard to wear smile When cats begin to sing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
LAUDER AS HAMLET.

LAUDER AS HAMLET. Word comes across the sea that Harry Lauder has decided 70 play Hamlet-a weakness which is pretty sure in time to assail all successful comedians.
 Whether Harry will play the prince in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-25
EARLY CASE OF COLD FEET

The days are getting cooler now,
 And frost is in the air; One's forced to think, with troubled brow,
 Of winter underwear. The merchants promise this and that
 And make a brave display, But since my. purse Is far from fat, I would that it were Mayl
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-12-06
ANTISEPTIC 800!

ANTISEPTIC EXTRAi
By Frances Ebbs-Cameron.
The Central Emergency hos
pital was the scene of a most crit
ical operation on Monday last,
when the charming superintend-
ent; Miss Viva Sanitas, became
the wife of the eminent specialist,
M. 1. Crobe, M. D., NJ. R. C. P. S.
Promptly at 3 o'clock the am
bulance drove up to the door of
the hospital, and the bride alight-
ed and entered the chapel of the
institution on the arm of the Staff
of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons. The chapel was beau
tifully decorated with red crosses,
charmingly displayed on heavily
carboIized sheets, gracefully
draped at irregular intervals.
The bride, who was attired IN
the sheerest sterile gauze over
absorbent cotton, with veil of
borated gauze, and, carrying an
exquisite shower-bath, the gift of
the groom, was attended by six
graduate nurses from the leading
hospitals.
These young ladies wore dain-
ty operating gowns and, in their
hands, which had previously been
rendered thoroughly aseptic, they
carried delicately-fashioned for
malid lamps, the faint aroma of
which lent an indescribable
charm.
The service was strictly chloral;
the operation was performed by
the house surgeon, assisted by a