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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
THE soUIRE EXPLAINED
., Inc Detroit News-Tribune.

From the Detroit News-Tribune.
 We were sitting around the redhot stove in the lobby of the village tavern, and just when a silence had fallen upon inc proup one man turned to another and asked:
 .'souar' Perkins. if you don't mind, I'd like to ask you question:
 The squire didn't say whether he mind ed or not, but the other went ahead with,
 "It's about this ere high cost of living. Have you fingered out what's the reason for it?''
 q have" was the answer.
 ..Then I'd like to hear it."
 "Did you raise any wheat, corn or oats last year?'
 Amy potatoes. beats or carrots?"
 'Noap.'
 "Didnt raise nothing whatever to eat?''
 Guess I didn't
 Just ate all you could of what other folks raised?'
 Looks that way
 And sot around and let your wife take in washing and support you?'
 Why. she likes to wash."' "Well, I've answered your question. You and hundred thousand lazy loafers like you boosted the cost of livingl" I expected to see a row follow, but none came. There was a minute of suspense and then the questioner yawned and stretched and exclaimed:
 Well. by thunder! I've been puzzling over that matter for more'n a year and here you have solved it in three minits !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
Rooseyeit,s Candidacy

"Collier's is earnest and vigorous in it's defense of Roosevelt as the lead ing standard bearer of the republican rrogressives,' and in this weeks issue 1t uses a fourth of its editorial page in answering the attack on the colonel for his disloyalty to President Taft" said an old voter. "I have never yet voted the republican ticket and never expect to. but as between Taft and Roosevelt. would very much prefer to see Taft elected President.
 "Roosevelt's attitude towards Taft strikes me as being indefensible. but aside from that Roosevelt is entirely too self seeking. His supporters try to make it appear that they have drafted him. but he began to play very foxy the moment he returned from thu, African jungles. He was itching to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
Women in Charity Work

The women of Birmingham have alr ways been noted for their efforts in behalf of suffering humanity, and in human welfare work generally. As the city grows their sphere of useful ness increases and their energies are quickened.
 When Birmingham was city of less than 4O,0O0, 12 years ago, there were only two or three charitable in- stitutions that required the close at tention of women. Now Birmingham, with a population of from 150,000 to 100000, has a great number of philan- thropic institutions fostered and man aged by prominent ladies. Some of the establishments referred to are purely charitable or eleemosynary while others are mainly reformatory, and this rescue or safeguard work calls for consecration and high or der of talent on the part of the women.
 One of the institutions that is full filling a great mission is the Boys club. Only few years ago that club was only a small organization with poor quarters in the congested busi- ness district. Today it is numerically large and it's home, with ample grounds for play, is the old Debarde- leben mansion. The very house itself, a type of quiet dignity, is almost enough to generate an atmosphere of refinement. It is simply an ideal home for boys club. City and coun- ty make small appropriations for the maintenance of this institution, but the large part of the funds come from the sale of tags once year.
 Tomorrow is tag day. The ladies who manage the Boys club need $5000. They hope to raise at least that much on tag day. Every man who lives in Birmingham should buy a tag. There is no fixed price. Some men will pay a dollar, some 30 cents, some 25 cents. Everybody should pay something.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
MT. Longs Rate Resolutions

< The resolutions of Delegate Long of Walker county directed against the Louisville and Nashville commits the democracy of the state "by an over whelming vote" to the maintenance of the passenger rate of 2l5 cents a mile and of the 101 commodities rates of 1907.
 The resolutions of the convention condemn the setting aside of the rates of 1907 by the Louisville and Nash vile railroad, and call upon the gov ernor and attorney general to take steps to secure a restoration of the former rates. If the present laws are insufficient then the convention asked the governor to call an extra session of the legislature in order
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19

A wonderful and inspiring story is told in May American Magazine about sightless and armless lecturer who has succeeded in the world after one of the most horrible catastrophes that ever hap pened to a man. Following is an extract from the story
 His name is Hanks, N. c, Hanks. At 2l he and his partner leased claim near Nephi Utah. ard prospected for orc,
 "One noon they had been working near their cabin and were cleaning up prepara- tory to chuck Hanks was feeling as fine as young man should who is over flowing with life, is working a good claim, has a keen appetite for approach ing dinner and has letter from his sweetheart in his Docket. It was the last thing N c. Hanks was ever to read with his own eyes. Hanks partner had washed and was ready to go to the cabin for it was his turn to make the meal A box of dynamite caps lay in the sun near his jumper He picked up his Jumper end reached for the box. but saw his gloves lying a few paces away.
 "As his partner turned Hanks called to him. You go on to the cabin and hurry that grub. I'll attend to the caps
 "In another moment he had picked up the box, which had lain in the sun until overloaded. The slight jar did the rest. By a miracle he was not torn to shreds, but he was hurled 10 feet. Within a min ute he arose. blinded, bleeding, but calm. The mountains and the sky had vanished. Where his hands had been were bleeding stumps and with his hands had gone all n cans of livelihood
 His partner, screaming and crying like a child, gazed upon him. Recovering. he helped him to the cabin, bound his arms above the elbows with handkerchiefs and started for help. They were six miles from telephone or neighbor, and many more from "a town or doctor.
 "All that afternoon Hanks lay alone, save for the companionship of a small dog, which cried plteously all the day. Mercifully, Hanks suffered no pain ex- oept for the bandages which tortured him overwhelmingly, as his arms swelled.
 "Well, help came. They got him to Provo, to ashospital, the mere wreck of human being. They patched him up, bul dS ue lay iueTt lnlHhlnSs llIe lOOkru black indeed. His sweetheart came to sec him, and he broke their engagement. Then he felt better. It was the one duty he had lad left in his life and he had done it.
 He was out again, but of what avail was that. What may a man see to dc without eyes? What may man get without hands?
 There came to Provo, Byron King of Pittsburg, a lecturer, a teacher. King g daughter had married a relative of Hanks. Hanks went to King to study.
 For three years now N. C. Hanks has been featuring and giving critical interpre- tations of Shakespeare and modern au- thors. Think of 1t moment! a man choosing as his life work the interpreta- tion of Shakespeare. and lighter litera- ture. traveling alone in strange cities over unfamiliar routes, depending upon | the nearest man at hand for the lhoi. sand and one little uses for hands and eyes we find every hour of our lives Doesn't the dauntlessness of it hearter you a little?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
Georgia's Big Fruit Crop

The peaches, watermelons and can taloupes grown in Georgia are han dled by fruit exchange. One ex- change handles all of these crops in- tended for export to other states, and it is a busy institution. At it's recent meeting large crops were reported, and especially is this true of the peach crop. Not only is a large crop ex- pected, but also crop of. high quail ty. All the benefits of fertilization and spraying are known and prac- ticed in Georgia.
 The Georgia fruit exchange is said to be the only well organized state wide cooperative marketing institu- tion in the south. At any rate it was the only one represented at the recent meeting of the Southern Commercial congress which recently met in Nash vile. It is good model and exam ple for use in other states. The day of haphazard marketing should be ended. and the truck and fruit grow CTS of Alabama will soon no doubt perfect an exchange similar to the one in Georgia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
UTILIZING THE REMAINS
, fine Chicago Journal

From the Chicago Journal
 Senator John Sharp Williams of Mis- sissippi, says his friend, Private John Al len. formerly representing Mississippi district in Congress. seems perfectly sat isf.ed to give his attention exclusively to his pei sonal affairs around Tupelo and has seemingly laid aside all political am bition
 He mixes a little in local affairs for the benefit of his friends, '~said Senator Williams, "and recently made one of the shortest and best nominating speeches on record.
 An old friend of ours, Confederate veteran, who lost two legs and one arm in battle. wanted a small office and asked Allen to nominate him.
 .'When the time came, Allen. with a voice like a guitar, said: Gentlemen of the convention, l desire to nominate all that's left of my poor old friend. John Smith smith swept the convention
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
The Great Tarin Issue

"The tariff will be the paramount issue in the presidential campaign this year, and Mir Underwood Is cer- tainly better qualified to lead the democratic party on that issue than any other man." said William F. Reis of Philadelphia. T have nearly always voted the republican ticket. but if Mir. Underwood should be nominated, would be very much inclined to vote for him. I have never seen him, but having read a great deal about him. have formed a high estimate of his character and his statesmanship.
 Pennsylvania is a rock-ribbed high protection state, but l am about con verted to the tarfff for revenue only doctrine. Mr. Underwood occupies the same relation to the democratic party that the lamented Mckinley did to the republican party when he was nomi- mated and elected President.
 T meet democrats in Philadelphia who are committed to Woodrow Wilson. but l have talked to not few recent ly who thought that Underwood could come nearer being elected than any other democrat. l do not see how the democrats would think of nominating anybody but Underwood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
THE wooDpEcKER IN ARCADIA

From the New York World.
 A woodpecker that frequents a tree in the estate of a gentleman of Yonkers, and annoys a neighbor, has caused quarrel that, progressing from private to public remonstrance. has been carried first to the Society for the Prevention of Cruel ty to Animals, next to the police and at last to the city attorney; but all in vain. There appears no one with Jurisdiction to decide whether a man has any rights a woodpecker is bound to respect
 But the issue of the controversy is in- significant in comparison with the cause of it. To the New Yorker whose ears are necessarily tormented by the hideous noises of the city, the shrill grinding of steel rails, the hoarse honking of motor cars, the roar of the elevated trains and the bang and rattle of trucks and carts, with a thousand other discordant sounds, a life in Yonkers, where an Arcadian still ness prevails in the night, through whose calms and quietnesses one can catch such grateful sounds as the whispering of breezes, the murmuring of waters and the chrp of birds, seems Elysian. For the purpose of obtaining it they forsake Man haitian, they undergo the transmutation from a citizen to a commuter, they for get old ways and learn new ones. But alas for the vanity of human wishes. when they have reached the Elysium they find the tapping of woodpecker in the morning is more terrible than the tin can clangor of milkmen and garbage men or the sound of riveters at work on the skyscrapers.
 So did the Sybarite in the story of old find the rumpled rose leaf in his bed of -roses more distressing than the stones on which he slept in the desert There IS no escaped woodpecker dwells in every Arcadia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
RESTRICTIONS oF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 Buying useless things is the rule; selling any of them the exception that proves it.
 A man who wants to learn all every body can tell him about the road of success so as not to lose his way never gets started.
 After a glrl has convinced a man she ought to marry him there Is plenty of time she knows, to convince herself.
 By the time man has come to know enough not to do Il thing he oughtn't- to customs have so changed that now he ought to do it.
 \ man isn't any more ashamed to claim he understands thing he doesn't than woman is [" claim she doesn't when she does.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
SPEAKING OF EATS.

SPEAKING OF EATS. There was a man in our town And he was wondrous rash, He went into boarding house And ate plate of hash.
 -Milwaukee Sentinel. There was a man in our town And he was worse, by gollyi He stopped a greasy Mexican And ate a hot tamale.
 Houston Post. There was a man in our town Who longed for Boston scenes; And. just pretending he was there, He ate a dish of beans
 Birmingham Age-Herald. There was a girl in our town Whose appetite was fickle; Her favorite repast, they say. Was ice cream and a pickle.
 -Springfeld Union. There was man in our town, A gastronomic roue. Whose appetite. most any night, Called loudly for chop suey.
 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. There was a geezer in our town As crazy as loon; One day. while in a foolish fit, The poor guy ate prune.
 Oregon Journal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
LOST.

Where are the songs that I fain would
 sing
 When the way lies bright before me, And the world is a golden dream of spring, And blue skies bending OCT me? Where are the songs that I fain would
 sing
 When my troubled heart is aching, When Fancy trails with a broken wing Through a gloom there's no mistaking? Where are the songs that I fain would
 sing,
 From my bosom's core upswelling? Since my muse has become but a hate
 ful thing,
 Kind friends, there's just no tellingl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
ABSENCE
By Shakespeare.

By Shakespeare. From you have I been absent in the
 spring, When proud-pied April, dress'd in all
 his trim, Hath put spirit of youth in everything, That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leapd
 with him. Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet
 smell Of different flowers in odpr and in hue, Could make me any summers story tell, Or from their proud lap pluck them
 where they grew; Nor did l wonder at the lily's white. Nor praise the deep vernilion in the
 rose; They were but sweet but figures of de-
 light,
 Drawn after you. you pattern of all
 those- Yet seem'd it winter still. and. you away. As with your shadow l with these did
 play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
PENNSYLVANIA DEER HERDS ,ror, tba PhiIa delphia Raeord

An old hunter, Henry Drill. of Cogan house, Lycoming couney, wrote the state game commission today that in the woods about three miles from Trout Run the other day he came upon n drove of deer numbering IA, apparently not in the least frightened by his pres ence.
 A herd of deer numbering "A was reported as having been seen on South mountain a year ago, and other large droves are reported.
 State Game Secretary Kalbfus says his reports show that where wildcats abound in the state but few fawn deer are found, and 1t is just the revere where wildcats are scarce. there being plenty of small deer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
THE DESERTED HOME.

AthA1 iyA@.'11Ae AsAl A1O%hA@t
 (Reprinted.) The roses bloomed and the roses died And winter brought it's snow And mantle wrapped the countryside But that was long ago, When happiness inhabited It's rooms so drear and still, And before grief-stricken love had fled From the house that stands on a hill. The wind walls round It's crumbling caves.
 The shutters idly swing And each storm-beaten chimney grieves Der life.s departed spring. On shattered roof and sprawling fence The rains have worked their will And the hearthstone blaze grew cold long since
 In the house that stands on a hill. A story's told of spirits there And ghost-lilSe figures dim, And hollow groans on the midnight air When stars In the heavens swim. Mere vaporing of foolish brains, Some rustic heart to thrill. Iris only the wrath of the past complains In the house that stands on hill
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
Regarding pecorum

'I am not much of knocker, but I would like to enter protest against the habit that Birmingham people, who attend lectures, concerts and plays. have of leaving their seats and starting out of the hall or theatre before the cur tain swings down." said an amusement goer. q have noticed this habit re gently more than ever. It should be reformed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT

should tug; at the conscience of either, the obligation or burden or tug should be c-upon Taft For he was the beneficiary of whatever favors flowed from their rela- tions. Yet he could not rise to admit it. He was and is bound by all the chains Of lifetime of easy going habit to let things go so long as they do not involve official facts that call for immediate per functorY proscrihed action"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19

run for President again. and no politi clan could have been more artfui m working the wires. Since announcing his candidacy he has been the blatant demagogue. He may possibly be nom mated, but he will never be elected President again. If this country is te have third term President. the man Will be of the George Washington or Abraham lincoln type"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
Appreciated Efforts

'I certainly appreciated the efforts made by Ideal, the clever swimmer and diver at the Orpheum this week to teach us to swim correctly and dive gracefully at the demonstration" said member of the party which went to the Orpheum from the Athletic club. "I believe I learned more by watching Miss Ideal a few minutes than I would have learned in many months in any other way.
 'It was certainly a bit of cleverness on the part of Ideal to give us that demonstration. I had no idea that the act required much work, but after watch ing her at close range I realized that it is one of the hardest working stunts that I have ever seen on a stage The acrobat hasn't any harder physical ef- fort than has the clever little diver. and in addition she makes a score of plunges into the chilly water, which is some exertion in itself.
 q have rarely seen any woman with such perfect, color as Ideal enjoys. I asked her about it and she told me that the constant swimming and diving were among the best producers of color in the world, especially in chilly water. She said that even when working in two brilliant spot lights she does not have to use theatrical makeup as all other performers do, as the first plunge in the water gives her brilliant natural color"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
The Get Together spirit

T have been a resident of Birmingham only seven years, but can remember when the absence of public spirit was quite marked" said a member of the Chamber of Commerce. With the erec- tion of the Chamber of Commerce build Ing new era began. an era in which public spirit was in evidence.
 Today Birmingham has as much of the get-together spirit as any city in this country. It was that spirit which made Atlanta the prosperous and attrac- tive city it is, and it win do as much or more for Birmingham.
 Many cities without natural advan- tages have grown strong and beauti- ful under public spirited leadership. Bir- mingham, with It's enchanting natural scenery, is now becoming noted for its beautiful residence sections, and five or six years from now 1t will enjoy the reputation of being the most beautiful city in the United States"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
The south and the North

John c. Squire writes to The Age Herald from Big Rapids, Mich. Does the same old feeling exist in the south against the north?'
 The question is easily answered in the negative. For several years after the civil war, northern carpetbag poli ticians, supported by United States troops, ruled the south. That was the reconstruction period. and it was al most as ruinous as war itself. The tyrannical conditions were naturally galling to the southern people. and of course there was no love in this part of the country for the north. But, re- construction days ended, the bloody chasm was gradually closed up With the administration of President Cleve- land from 1Ss5-s9, new era began. Cleveland had -Confederates in his cabinet and ex-Confederates filled a great many of the highest offices of the United States government The south became very prosperous and sec tional feeling was less and less in evidence.
 The Spanish American war. in which southern men tooh very dctiNe part, brought about closer relations than ever between north and south under the stars and stripes Under President Mckinley the last vestige of feeling against the north vanished. Those who wore the blue and those who wore the gray have been fraternizing around camp fires for many years and north and south give abundant evidence of their mutual good feeling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
HERE'S INFoRMArIoN

new dance attributed to Washington society is called the jelly wabble" This shows how creations of delicate ideality suffer when discussed in the crude yer nacular. It is not the jelly wabble." It is the blanc mango vibrato.- Washington Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
IN HOTEL L0BBIES
AnntI,er YIctIm of thc RIae

aThe small rifle claimed another victim some days ago at Pinson," said George B. Tarrant
 "A lovely boy. the idol of his parents, Carl Tyler left home with n smiling face and a cheerful goodby to go to school. A few hours after he was brought home a corpse. He and a play mate it appears were pranking with a small rifle. the property of the other boy In some way. in the scuffle for possession of it. Carl was fatally shot The little fellow was so beloved by every ono the church was not large enough to hold those attending the last sad rites
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19

The Hagerstown, Md, public library Peeps an automobile that delivers books from door to door. Those books must have been ordered by telephone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
HIS REWARD

The express company is going to give Iroesdale"-when we got that far in read ing newspaper paragraph about the he foie express messenger who recently Killed two train robbers in the South west, while on duty, we felt suregthat the express company was going to give him bungalow, or trip to Europe, or a good office position. As matter Of fact. the express company is going to give him the best run on it's line"!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19

This list is certainly sufficient to warn away from the storter sea route across the New Foundland banks all vessels in the spring months. The southerly route is longer, but passen- ger vessels should be required to fol- low it at least until June.
 The drift of bergs is unusually great this year, and many of them are of great size. Possibly the ice berg menace is greater this year than ever before. In some cases vessels have been shut in on every side when caught in vast fields of ice.
 4 greater control of trans Atlantic steamers will surely grow out of the appalling disaster to the Titanic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19

The standpatters are departing one by one. John Dalzell is the last one called in, and Boies Penrose will soon follow iu his footsteps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19

Secretary Knox has returned to Wash ington just in time to witness the trans fer Of his state to Roosevelt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19
OUCH:

From F'liegende Blatter.
 T am the youngest of seven sisters s,Great Scottl What is the age of the eldest?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-19

The arctic derelicts, icebergs. cannot be chained and kept at home Vessels should, therefore, steer clear of them.