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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
Pnt Your Ideal to Work
is good to have an ideal.

Is is good to have an ideal
 But
 Ideals are nothing if they do not lead up to the real. To be worth while they must lead you somewhere and land you somewhere.
 This is the test: Try your ideal on. A. it is good the results will bo good. You can test the tree of idealism by it's fruits.
 An ideal is a picture in your mind of what is supremely to be desired. It is a vision of what ought to be. And it is an impulse to better things.
 An ideal is more than a dream.
 If you only dream you are not good idealst. If you dream long and hesi- tate you are not an ,idealist at all; you are merely a Micawber waiting for something to turn up. If you are ] something up.
 A true ideal is a big idea that has worked it's way down from your head into your heart It beckons-and leads you to an objective A true ideal has terminal facilities.
 You want to do or be. We'll
 The ideal takes hold of you where you are and as you are and puts you in motion-and in the right direction. It leads you to a goal.
 Lincoln had true ideal.
 It was given him by his wilderness mother, who, when dying, called th3 9-year- -old boy to her bedside and said; q am going away, my boy, but want you to remember that your mother wants you to be good and useful man." That ideal-goodness and usefulness--led Lincoln up to the heights.f
 Jefferson had an ideal-to weave the web of democracy into the warp of organic law. It took him also to the high ground of greatness.
 Ideals are living issues, not mere longings
 And your ideal--is 1t good? Then harness 1t to your life forces in such a way that it will lead you to noble ac- complishment.
 Hold fast to 1t. Dream the dream. but--make the dream come true.
 Dream? Yes, but dol
 Link your ideal to your will power. Then something must move, because you have linked Gods power with VOLTS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
Fashionable Writing paner

Practically all fashionable writing paper is accompanied by long and narrow en- velopes In which the folded square sheet fits. Styles in dies change with other fashions that govern correct writing pa- per The most popular monogram die to- day is circular in form, with the circle usually indicated by the shape of the let fers.
 Another peculiar die is diamond shaped, and is placed in the middle of the page at the. top. Drop letters, too, especially in script type, retain their popularity, but are now made long, very narrow and more decorative, with linked and inter- laced letters. Indeed. interlaced letters are the rule in new dies, and the latest designs look like Egyptian hieroglyphics rather than any letters known to this continent and century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
A Saving Farmer

IA man with New England small town recollections says that one Yankee store Keeper used to pull a fig in two to make the pound weight balance to hair.
 This same man was also road con tractor and had to provide lunch to be eaten by the wayside by the farmers who gave their time to the county two orethree days year
 There was considerable kicking about the lunch, especially the bread and but ter.
 'sI always knew old man Jones wa. pretty tight" said one farmer, ''and I know that butter is slSerce and high, but ] didn't think he cut bread with a ,greasy knife"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
BuffalOed

From the Chicago Tribune.
 'Mr. Wiggledy,' smiled Mrs Leeder, that column article of yours on the play last night was a wonder"
 You hatter me. madam said the dramatic editor of the Daily Bread, much sratitied
 Not at all It must have taken you q long time to write it
 .'Yes; spent two hours or more CT that criticism, I confess
 ''Mell. it was q splendid piece of work The play, you know, is absurdly simple and anybody can understand it. but your explanation of it is so profound. so-er- incomprehensive, don't you know, that Il has me completely buffaloed."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
Insisted on Helen of Troy

But some people even doubt if such a person as Helen of Troy ever existed" !" she was told And though her lineage was traced with but a single break to the year S24, she took small consolation in
 the fact. Her genealogical hopes had cen tered upon Helen of Troy.
 | The longing for social prestige that often accompanies the acquisition of large for tunes in America. and intermarriage be- tween American girls and foreign noble
 men are by no means alone responsible for the American woman's interest In l heraldry and genealogy. Those patriotic
 organizations, the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution and the Colonial Danes,
 numbering their members by thousands,
 have more than any other factors, been instrumental In creating the vogue for an- cestors. What American history will one day owe to these societies, only the genealogist perhaps, can now fully real ize. Thanks to their efforts, the records of early American history are excellent ly preserved in many states today. There is scarcely a library museum in the large cities of the east or even di- lipidated courthouse in a struggling south
 ern town. that does not hold some evi- dence of the faithfulness with which these
 women stand guard over the past Every
 Dame and every Daughter is supposed to
 be content with a good, honest American
 lineage dating back to colonial days, but
 once the average woman is interested in
 genealogy a coat of arms becomes the
 goal of her ambition. Thus 1t is that the
 two organizations of patriotic American
 women have stimulated, unconsclously,
 perhaps, but none the less effectively, the
 present day interest in heraldry.
 Was there ever a time when armoral bearings did not possess fascination for the hearts of men? In early Greek and Roman poetry devices, worn on the shields of heroes. are described in detail. Certain rabbinical writers even encouraged the fanciful idea that the tribes bore on their standards figures devised from Jacobs S prophecy-the ravening wolf for Ben
 jamin. the Hons whelp for Judah. and the
 ship for Zebulon. In the far east we find
 the five clawed dragon of the Chinese empire, and the chrysanthemum of the empire of Japan. Totemism among primi- l tive peoples was the forerunner of her i aldrv. the totem of a tribe supplying a | badge which was painted, scared or tat tooed on the body of the tribesman. Tn | western Europe. kings and princes were the first to bear arms, Richard appear ing with arms on his shield in 11s9. From | the beginning of the thirteenth century.
 arms upon shields became popular, and | 1t was but little later that the custom of | sealing deeds and charters with great l seal bearing arms gave to men of peace
 and women share in armoral bearings. 1 Perhaps it is little to be wondered at
 that many men and women of today are l duped by fake genealogists. When it
 comes to matters of heraldry and genea- logy, the average person is both mex
 perienced and credulous.
 "So remember saws Mrs Katherine 1 costigan Dorsey, shaking her forefinger
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
Ed Howe's Candidate

From 10. ". ioWe MohIhIY' For President in 1912
 JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
 Of Ohio and New York;
 Aso of Europe, Irup. Orup, Atlantic, Pacific. san Francisco, New York and in between
 Of course old John is not a candidate sor President and of course his election to that office is as improbable as yours or mine, tut is he not more entitled to the honor than LaFollette, judging the men by fair standards? And would he not make Q better President? say he would. an1 stand pat on both propositions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
What Colonial Dame Wanted

For instance, member of the Colonial
 Danes of North Carolina writes to the
 Congressional library asking for q full
 description of the coats of arms of all the
 English governors of that state. What
 she wants with it, heaven only knows, but
 the request, considered legitimate by the
 secretary of the library, is turned over
 to Mrs. Dorsey, who promptly supplies
 the dame with the desired information Again, if some earnest seeker after her. | aldic knowledge is doing his own research work. and finds himself lost in a maze of reading matter, intelligible only to the expert on heraldry. he is permitted to climb the little stairway that leads to Mrs. Dorsey's desk. There his vexatfous problems are solved for the asking, the genealogical indexer often never even pausing in her work to consult the books on heraldry by which she is surrounded | So it happens that her fame has gone | abroad among those who are on the Quest of the Ancestor. Because the Con- gressional library contains the most com plete collection of books on heraldrx and | geneaology to be found in this country,
 and because all roads lead to Washington | Mrs. Dorsey is sooner or later consulted i by everybody interested in discovering for
 himself lineage. And inasmuch as there
 is something about lineages, crests and coats of arms that appeals irresistibly | to the egotism of the average mortal Mrs. Dorsey has had exceptional. oppor- tunities to learn the vanity of the human | heart.
 | Tt is the newly rich in America" she
 says, after her 12 years experience, 'whc | is ancestor mad He comes to Washing ton in large numbers. thinking that all q
 man has to der to enter society here Is tc adopt the coat of arms of some honorable | family dni ernblazon it on his automo- l bile. I say he I really mean she For as q rule men care far less than
 women about these matters True, many
 men visit the Congressional library te ascertain just what they are entitled te | n the matter of crests and coats of arms | If they can establish their rights to them
 good enough. If not, they accept witt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
Hollands Queen Dislikes Music

From the Detroit Free Press.
 Queen Wilhelmina says that when she was a child she disliked the piano and would not learn music. She has declared that her little daughter, Juliana, need not learn music either. unless she really cares for it. as she believes time spent in that way is lost unless there is real love for music.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
Whv Willie Was Not Whipped

Teacher-Willie. did your father cane you for what you did in school yester- day?
 Willie--No. ma'am; he said inc iicR- ing would hurt him more than me.
 Teacher-What rotl Your father is too sympathetic.
 Willie-No, ma'am; but he's got the rheumatism in both arms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
FER, BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

at you in warning, If you catch the craze for ancestors, get a genealogist who is worthy of theanam And to be an expert requires a lifetime of study and experi- ence. I began at 12 years of age. You may guess how long it has taken me to arrive" l.a..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
Cautious

The Liberal One-Charity begins at home.
 The Tight One-Yes, but there's no tell- ing where 1t may end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
JOHN MITCHELL
 GIVEN FREEDOM Killed Cousin Near Gadsden in Friendly Scuffle COLLECT BACK TAXES Walter Rodgers Announces Candidacy for Tax Collector of Etowah. Alabama City May Be An-
 nexed to Gadsden
COLLECT BACK TAXES

Gadsden January 5.-(Special) )-John Mitchell. the young man who in fighi with his cousin, Chester Mitchell, some days ago, inflicted wounds on the latter from which he died, was discharged in the county court today. The boy was ar- rested and held for murder, but the pre- lminary hearing disclosed the fact that the young men were the best of friends and had merely fallen out over small matter and engaged in a fight
 A meeting was held at the Methodist Episcopal church last evening for organ 3zing the fMen and Religion Forward Movement in this city and district. The local organization was effected by the se- lection of Hon. J. B. Wadsworth as chair man, Hon. A. E. Goodhue as vice chair man, S. s. Caldwell as secretary and Col. W. R. Dortch as treasurer. It is the in fention to carry the work from this point 10 all the smaller towns in this part of the state.
 The city street tax collector has turned into the treasurer for the past year more than s7O0O, and this is said to be far in excess of what is realized in other cities
 
 is also making a good showing on col lections of old fines and forfeitures that have been allowed to accumulate without proper attention until the recent auditing of the books disclosed the fact that the city was losing a considerable revenue through this neglect.
 Deputy Sheriffs Will Lister and T. J. Nix last night took Brce Garber, an in- sane patient, to the Tuscaloosa hospital. |. Garner came to Gadsden a few days ago from Birmingham and soon attracted at tention to himself through his queer &C., lions. ....t.- sH4
 Walter c. Rodgers, a resident of this county, who is blind and was educated at the Talladega School for the Blind, has announced his candidacy for tax col- lector of this county. He has lived here all his life and has many friends.
 Some of the people residing in Alabama City are agitating the question of the an- nexation of that municipality to the city of Gadsden The reason for this is the desire for better police protection, better light and water service and others of a like nature. It Is urged that this will be the quickest and cheapest way pro- vide these needs of the city, and 1t is said that in the next municipal campaign there will be candidate for mayor of the mill village who will offer on an annexa- tion platform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06

of all marriages in the line. and authori- ties for these dates are given by the gene alogist''
 Within Mrs. Dorsey's experience women have been known to aspire to ancestors besides whom the first king of England would be rated as modern. A Connecti- cut woman who recently came to Wash ington had but one ambition along gen ealogical lines. That was to be descended from Helen of Troy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
Chose Juliet of Argyle

equanimity the mediocrity of their fore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06

Walter c. Rodgers, a resident of this county, who is blind and was educated at the Talladega School for the Blind, has announced his candidacy for tax col- lector of this county. He has lived here all his life and has many friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06

Deputy Sheriffs Will Lister and T. J. Nix last night took Brice Garber, an .in sane patient, to the Tuscaloosa hospital. Garner came to Gadsden a few days ago from Birmingham and soon attracted at tention to himself through his queer &C., fions. ... ..t.-
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"''''' Ip'I''' WIIh nave p''h nv
up }" 'H' vac 'u' com l'nH quarters
'l 'H' TWO 'Hn7 "I me hulIdlhg
30 expense has been spared 10
b"uiIlN the Interior Of th hen. The
principal task of the remodcller5 W15
the construction Of a false ceiling
which would improve the aooust'
Properties by preventing the speakers
voices from being lost among the LOFTY
steel russeS of the curved roof. This
has been accomplished by suspending
from the roof beams arched .trussos of
wooden teamwork which have been
covered with limiting 7o as 10 present
AN uubrpkcu cloth which nt Il stanro
looks more pelman.nt rhan i,S tenn
powry use demanded. The ceiling ia
cream cplorod pau,icd with gold,
the construction of this false coll
ing aud the draping of the walls and
glidrrs and the installation Of the
flags. pictures and party slogans which
make mp the interior decorations uc-
Cupird I men for more than a month
and cost $1,000. Thif}-fuur thousand
yards oi cream, gold ana white bunt-
ing have been used and 5000 yards
OF rpd white ana blue. To sew these
strips of cloth together six senm-
stresses drove their sewing machines
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-23
"A Statue for You, PaI," Says
Cowboy When His Horse Dies
DY GLENN CONDON).

mcnt for YOU, as fine as ever dccurll-
I ed the grave uf a true Westrrner I'm
going 90 ind the best COW pony I'M
lhc southwest aud then hc won't ha
your oqual liut I'm EuiuE tu get him.
ana l'm going 10 enter iu cycry event
ai the big ridin' contests h'ra next
month l'm goiug to ride ana rope as
! never did before, Ana when I win
thos" prizes that see now in my
8F'2Pfvcd' hiarGI't' 10 b. nluccd over
your old bones Ana tho grave viii
ho out on the grassless gruund, where
there ain't no huildin's or street cars
or mono of them things that rs fast
tll,iu' away our play FroundH'
Then Frankie broke down ana wcpt
Ike child.
Another chapter IN The death of the
old time west had been written.
Not fancy roper or COW Euucher
from the rio Graude to the th kiW
river but what knew o. hnnrd of
Frank Churllc bnd "Pica'mo.'
The horse i7 gone hut Frankie
sim lives. When me dlahrs ont into
the arena here July Fourth. N'th Mss
lrIat On his hands and q determined
look upou his cpuntenauc'. n VIII ho
more than a momcntary nduc'ment
that ViN Dee responsible for the set
look upon his sturdy face
A touch OF sentiment viii lic behind
Frank Charities feat3 in that dal p
Of the Old time Sports
of the Western country
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-07-11
SEEING AMERICA FIRST.

The 'sseeing America firstn cam
paign has recently received new
stimulus from an unlooked-for source,
says the Cincinnati Times-Star.
M. Jusserand, the French ambas-
ssdor to the United States, is quoted
as telling the members of the various
diplomatic corps stationed at Wash
ington that it would be much to their
advantage if they were to see more of
the country to which they have been
sent. At;Ipresent, he declares, they
ale too prone to confine their vacation
trips to points along the Atlantic sea
board, practically ignoring a vast Sec
ton of the country which offers won
derful attractions to the tourist.
Doubtless M. JusseIand's advice
will have it's due effect so far as for
eign diplomates and embassy attaches
are concerned Whether it will have
so much effect upon Americans them
selves is quite another matter. The
latter are by no means unaware of
the attractionssof their own country.
If, therefore, they are inclined to go
abroad instead of "seeing America
first" their choice, unwise and deplor-
able asjit may seem to many, is not
based upon ignorance of what their
native land possesses in the way of
picturesque beauty.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-07-11
STEWART ESTATE
WORTH S2,958,98O
Former Wisconsin Con-
gresham Leaves no Will;
Three Heirs.

Alexander Stewart, former represen-
tative for Wisconsin, who died in
Washington in May, left an estate
valued at $2,958, $50. 40, according TO q
petition filed in probate court at
Washington by his widow, Mrs Gray
Stewart, for letters of administration.
Mr.. Stewart left no will. The bulk of
the estate is IN stocks amounting to
81, 1854, $50, of which the largest item is
$500 shares of the Alexander Stewart
Lumber Company of Wau-
sau, Wisconsin, estimated to be
worth $5O0,0O0. Holdings in the
Yawkey-B issell Lumber Co. of Wau-
sau are appraised at $1SO,OO0. Notes
due are valued at $7O8,S35 and hold
ings of timber lands in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Washington, California,
Oregon and Canada, with other realty
are valued at 1887, 115.23. The heirs
in addition tothe widow, are threechild,
rem, Margaret Lindley of Lake Forest,
Illinois; Mary E. Stewart and Helen
Gray Stewart of Washington.
Mr.. Stewart was part owner of the
III. M. Johnston Lumber Company
yards in Sank county.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-07-11
WOMAN'S CAMPAIGN
IN SAUK COUNTY
Miss Harriet E. Grim Ends
Speaking Trip of Ninety
Miles.

Miss Harriet E. Grim of Chicago
has just completed a very successful
six day automobile tour of Sank
county. The last day was spent in
spea king TO interested and enthusiastic
audiences at Loganville, Plain, Black
Hawk and Spring Green. This
necessitated tour of some eighty or
ninety miles.
One of the local officers says:
Everywhere interest is growing and
everyone is urged to study the
question as it is, not only local, but
world wide movement.
"Miss Grim has spoken to eighteen
different audiences during six days in
Sank county, reaching many people
and arousing them to greater activity.
Organizations have been perfected at
these various places and literature dis
tributed.
sit is anticipated that all will join
in making this movement one great
grand success in Wisconsin next No
vember."
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-07-11

For the first time in the history of
the woman suffrage unconventional
it began long before most people of to-
day were born-a republican national
platform contains kindly and sympa.
thetic reference to it, says an exchange.
This is primarily due to the triumph
of the cause in California. Enough
states now give women the right to
vote for president to make the nation
al politicians afraid to rebuff them
and the republicans will need this
year every one of the equal suffrage
states. Women may vote for presi-
dent in half the states of the Union
by 1920. The cause is already won;
only time is needed to complete the
triumph.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-07-11
CURRY'S SLUGGERS
DEFEAT IA VALE

Curry's Sluggers were the attraction
at the La Vale celebration the Fourth
and defeated the La Vale team by the
score of II to 3. La Vale was rein
forced with players from Reedsourg,
Lodi, Elroy and Sparta, but were out
played in every department of Uhe
game and never had chance to win.
But for break in the Slugger defense
in the sixth inning, La Vale would
have been shut out. La Vale brought
out pitcher from Sparta who was
succeeded by Doc Barnett, once the
terror of all batters.
Sunday the Sluggers play the Wis
consin Engineers at the lake and hope
to continue their winning streak.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-07-11
BOTH PRESBYTERIANS.

Woodrow Wilson, Democratic can
didate for president, and Thomas r.
Marshall, the vice-presidential candi-
date, are both Presbyterians. The for
mer is governor of New Jersey and
the latter is at the head of state affairs
in Indiana. After graduating both
entered the practice of law and both
were candidates for the presidency at
the Baltimore convention. Both
must either win or lose in the CAM
paign.