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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06

Says, in the interval 'twixt shot And when the bullet struck its mark, Excitement quenched the vital spark Within the victims breast; and he Died, not of crime, but naturally. So. here again. my client stands And asks acquittal at your hands. Exceptions, Requests, Motions. Petit
 tions Ad Libium Now please the court we ask the case Dismissed--'tis now the time and place, And, failing that, we move the court Instruct the jury to report A verdict of not guilty. Should The court not hold our motion good, We ask the jury to acquit On any ground it may see fit Insanity, if it so please; Or a-lie-by or heart disease, or self-defense. If homicide Is found, we ask it set aside. And, failing that, we straightway move Another trial, that we may prove new defense-if 'tis denied, We ask an appeal certified. And, failing that, we ask to be Petitioners for clemency. t And, falling that, we ask but leave To file petitions for reprieve. And. falling that-well, Cy N. Ide By then will have grown old and died!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06

That's the Proper Way to Pro nounce Booths HYOMEl, the Famous Catarrh Rem edy Made From Australian Eucalyptus and Other Anti septics-Just Breathe It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
says UNCLE CIV

1 have little sympathy for the man
who complains of being the victim
of a conspiracy of ounces" and I
fear that the world has less. It is the
duty of genius to make itself plain
If 1t doesn't, it isn't genius. As the
proof of the pudding is the eating, SO
the proof of gerips is service, fact
ocres, the polished and the frowsy
alike, are wont to. overlook.
The world has rightly refused to
take seriously the sad-faced, long
haired loafer who proclaims himself
of the elect and cries out against
the blindness, deafness and general
stupidity of a public that can not APP
preciate that fact. 1t is true that the
masses, who must feed genius if it
be fed, have been guilty of letting
real poets starve and real inventors
go to the poorhouse. Now and then
we lose a choice spirit because we had
not ministered unto his body. But,
tradition on the contrary, these are
the exceptions rather than the rule,
and in the long run genius is recog-
nized. If it isn't, it is far from per-
feet.
The possession of genius is the
highest of human privileges. It is in
variably won by hard work, and it
has the further responsibility of fore
ing its own recognition and exacting
it's own reward. In this it is in no
respect different from talent of any
degree. But being an attainment of
superior order, it should be above
complaint. Its greatest prize, after
all, is human service, and genius that
is real can not be denied that boon.
Whatever else you do, don't fall
into the habit of regarding yourself
as an unappreciated genius. For all
practical purposes there is no such
thing-the better form is undeveloped
genius If there be a conspiracy of
ounces against you, you haven't won
your right to your self-arrogated title
until you have broken up the conspir-
acy.-(Copyright, 1912, by w. E. Will
a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
STATESMEN REBUILD NAMES.

Why does presidential lightning
play so often about the heads Of men
who have tinkered with their names?
How does it happen that practice
which is not common among men in
general should crop out, every now
and then, in connection with the
highest office in the country?
Champ Clark did not begin life with
that short and choppy outfit. His par
ents had him christened James Beau
champ Clark, and in his early man
hood he usually signed himself -. B.
Clark On formal occasions he was
sometimes James B. Clark" The idea
of chopping his mothers family name
in two in the middle and adopting
the last half of it as his own and
only given name did not occur to him
until later in his career. No good
reason is known why it should have
come into his head at all.
And Woodrow Wilson was Thomas
W. Wilson when he started life for
himself. He became Thomas Wood
row Wilson after a time and then he
dropped his first name and woodrow
Wilson he has been ever since. 1t
is doubtful whether he has profited
by the change, in politics. AS TON"
Wilson he might have been able to
make the people whose votes he wants
feel a little nearer to him than he
will ever get as woodrow.
Grover Cleveland did the same
thing He was christened Stephen
Grover, but his first name fell away
from him so utterly that in his public
career it was never heard of except
as a curiosity some searcher of old
records dug up, now and then. Is it
the Cleveland example which influ-
ences Governor wilson? Certainly it
never had anything to do with the
transformation of James B. Clark into
%'ChamD"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09

pursued a green gown through a
crowded room and cornered it in an al
cove. He recognized the golden CLINT
of hair and the set of the ears behind
the large white satin mask.
DELL he reproached her, you are
wearing daffodilsr'
Am I?'' she asked pertly. ct thought
they were orchids, really. didr'
They look horrid with that green
gown-you look like an egg salad" ne
pursued cruelty.
Thanks she murmured.
You promised t. wear my flowers
if they harmonized with your gown
II never didY' she denied.
'Deur'
but my name isn't Del1r'
What is it, them"
Nell Gaines-yes, your own sister,
Bobby! All, it was your own fault, sir
you did insist"
'Awfulr' commented Bobby, his head
turning here and there in search of
Dell Moore.
But why the bride?" asked Nell
coolly.
What bride?' he turned quickly.
Coming slowly toward his corner was
slender young form whose carriage
he recognized at once. She was gowned
in white satin, and from her head there
swayed a thick veil of white tulle ana
Grange blossoms. Her face was en-
tirely hidden behind a mask. In her
hand she carried bridal bouquet of
lilies of the valley.
1t was his bouquet and they matched
her gown,
''Nell!' he said to his sister hurriedly.
won't you beat it? There's a dear!
It's Dell. and she's coming to-me!'
Nell squeezed his hand.-(Copyright
1917, by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
LIVED UP TO HIS STANDARD.

No one lost on the Titanic stands
out more prominently than Colonel
John Jacob Aston, and public inter
est in him is being kept alive by the
recovery of his body and the effect
which his death will have upon the
immense and famous estate that was
handed down to him.
The country has readjusted its esti-
mate of Colonel Astor. To those who
knew nothing of his mode of life and
had forgotten the public services he
had rendered, he was a highly devel-
oped type of the money aristocrat, ar
rogant, selfish, contemptuous of the
people who toll for their living, and
withal a man of no intellectual dis
tinction. His second marriage, late in
middle life after the first Mrs. Aston
had divorced him on scriptural
grounds, brought down on him an
avalanche of condemnation.
But it is clear that the heroism
displayed on the Titanic was not mere
ly the impulsive exaltation which
comes to some men, unworthy all
their lives, when they are brought face
to face with death. Colonel Aston had
definite and high ideals as to what the
for the sake of others, to meet peril
or death.
He was one of a committee of three
to recommend names of New York po-
Iicemen who lost their lives in the
discharge of their duty, for inscrip-
ton on tablets provided by the Mu-
nicipaI Art society for the halls of
the police headquarters. Mr.. Astor's
opinion, finally accepted by the other
members, was that a policeman who
stood unflinchingly up to a desper-
ate situation that had death as its
climax, because he was facing it
rather than compromising with it, or
who went straight through an obvious
duty to death, whether it was in max
ing a gang arrest in a slum street or
going into the dark of cellar for a
burglar, was as much entitled to be
considered a hero as the policeman
who died doing a noble act the pub
lie could see.
Just before Colonel Astor sailed
away on the honeymoon trip that
ended so tragically, he said to a fell
low member of the committee: Self
preservation is SO strong in most of us
that when any man meets sudden
death which he might escape by run
ming he should be doubly commend
ed, first, for doing that which is COM
mendable, and second, because he
helps the weak, who are strength
ened in the contemplation of the ap-
prevail of the world at the sacrifice"
Little did he imagine that he would
so soon be called upon to make that
sacrifice himself. But when the time
ca me he WAS ready
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
Where the bore is concerned, one good
turn down deserves another.
Poverty may be no crime, but it is gen
orally punished by hard labor.
Some fellows are only given to drink
when drink is given to them
No, Maude dear; we shouldn't refer to
the Dental Journal a mouth organ.
When a man is hard up he feels thar
there should be a tendency to let him
down easy.
The fellow who asks for kiss forgets
there are certain things that should De
taken for granted.
Every man feels that he has lost golden
opportunities which, if the truth were
known, never really belonged to him.
A Manayunk man is so thin that he
looks as though he ought to be able 20
shave himself by struggling his shoulder
blade.
Subbubs-"Congratulat me- old man. 1
have a new addition TO my family Hub
bubs-'sBoy or girl" Subbubs-"Quit your
kidding. It's a cook"
At the conclusion of the sermon half the
congregation was snoring 1--WE will now
sing" announced the minister that
beautiful hymn, He giveth his beloved
Sleep"
Musical tastes differ widely" remarked
the Wise Guy. That's right" agreed the
Simple Mug. THE song that puts the
baby to sleep is apt to keep the neighbors
awake"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.1
: The bigot<isn't half as big as he thinas
he is.
Some men are liars who never even
tried to catch fish.
Happiness that lasts is acquired on the
installment plan.
The woman who makes man feel
cheap may cost him rather dear.
One may question a mans veracfty
without using the shorter word.
There's nothing like a crouch for wear
ing holes in your disposition.
Most of US would be glad to get rid Of
our experience for less than cost
A rniser is a man who kills two birds
with one stone and then wants the stone
back.
Home may be the world of love shut in
and a world of strife shut out-or the re-
verse.
1t sometimes happens that what a man
does not know at the age of IS his son can
teach him.
One reason a baby is always so smart
is the fact that it takes after one or both
of its parents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATcHIsoN GLOBE.

There is never a shoe string in the
house.
No loser in relay race thinks he was
the one who lost it.
Benjamin Franklin: Drive thy business
or it will drive thee.
Automobiles have done a great deal to
Keep the idle rich busy.
There are loafers VINO get tired from la
boring under a delusion. =
Ebert Hubbard: Every duty well done
makes the next duty easier to do
This is the time of the year when every
boy longs to own soda fountain.
What does man do for manicure set
when he loses his pocket knife?
Then there are the people who seem to
regard medicine as the staff of life
Considering that people are constantly
lodging infection they do pretty well
at it.
Our notion of a smart contractor is ore
who can erect building without block
aiding the street.
Some bright and adventurous bows ges
ahead of the circus and rum away with
the billposters' car.
You can't get at the other fellows
point of view very well unless you happen
to agree with him.
Betting on a Dark Horse isn't a good
steady occupation for a man who warts
to make money.
People are agin the Chinese custom of
buying wives, but they needn't 20 to tn ,
Orient to see it in action
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
T. r. the Whole Show.

Some light on who's who in these
United States was shed yesterday in the
supreme court, Brooklyn, by one Don1i-
nick Pasquale, who halls from Sicily.
Dominick appeared before Justice Kapper
as a candidate for citizenship.
who is the governor of this state?" ne
was asked.
Roosevelt" replied Dominick, with an
air of perfect confidence.
WHO is president of the United States?''
This was also an easy one for Dominick,
and he answered readily:
Roosevelt
'Who is the mayor of New York city?'
Entirely prepared, Domin1ck answered
quickly:
Roosevelt"
who makes the congress of the United
States 2"
Dominick had made a profound study
of this and without hesitation he re-
sponded:
Roosevelt
IF the present president should die,
who would succeed him?"
1t seemed that Dominick had made
careful inquiries concerning this.
Roosevelt said he.
We'll" remarked Justice Kapper, your
notion seems to be that Roosevelt is the
whole thing in this country"
Apparently impressed, the court admit
ted the well-posted Dominick to citizen
Ship.-New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
CAPITAL NOT BACKWARD.

That the financial and business con-
ditions throughout the country gem
orally are nothing to worry about is
pointed out by Henry Clews, the New
York banker and economist in his
current financial review, when he calls
attention to the fact that during the
month of April stock and bond issues
aggregating S26O,000,00O were success
fully marketed. OF this large sum
$3.50, 100000 represented railroad is
sues and $1oO,OOO,O0O the issues of in
dustrial corporations. This brings the
investment of new capital for the first
four months of the year up to $1,026,-
0OO,00 as compared with 1886, 900, 900
during the corresponding period of
1911, and $723.0O0.OOO in 1910. Dis
cussing this and other matters per-
tinent to the prosperity of the country.
Mr.. Clews says:
The investment of such large
amounts of new capital means a decid-
ed st1mulant to many industries, par
ucularly those of a. constructive char
acter- Building materials and espe-
cially steel will be required in great
quantities, and labor In such industries
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
by THE WAY
BIZ HARVEY PARsONa-

The Office boy objects to the use OF
the word hung in contemporary
headline, on the theory that hanged
is more dignified when used in refer
ence to a legal execution. and that
hung" should be used only in case
of lynching.
What becomes of all the lead pen
ellis? Maybe some wop around this
thought foundry can explain part OF
pencil harder to keep than a reputa-
ton.
ct remember, remember" sings
Mr. Kimmel-W White as soon as the
bandages are removed from his beam
And now it is up to the anti-Kimmel-
ties to show that the only operation
performed was hair cut.
Piping an advertisement of "chick
hats one wonders whether they are
leghorn or chanticlers.
The vocabulary of some nations is
limited to one word to express each
idea, and synonym books are unknown,
but they couldn't run a society column
in a country like that, without at least
one synonym for Charming" Some
editors won't stand for charming" in
every paragraph.
s mere - ldIk VI
pieces. This will be good news to
Boston, where a boob will walk seven
blocks to a cut-rate shop after a four
cent cigar. With half-cent coin,
some cut-rater might lower the price
to three and a half cents.
1t seems that the Kansas City brew
ers have decided to quit work, where
they got it free, and rest a while where
they have to buy it.
But the beer makers union needn't
expect the beer drinkers union to
strike in sympathy.
The solution of the Mexican situa-
ton seems to be in sight. Hon.
Orozco thinks Hon. Gomez is in too
big a hurry about grabbing the job,
and q lovely inside row is brewing
And, about Hon. Gomez: Gomez,
judging from the number of them in
Cuba, Mexico and Florida cigar fac
tories, must be the Spanish American
for Smith.
Some Of the verses sent to newspa-
perS for publication are almost fool
ish enough for the words of "a popular
song.
independence provided good hotel
but 1t neglected to
provide a half-mile track for the bene-
fit of the convention. Nearly every
Tnsurgent on the job was running for
and there should have been
provision for the exhibition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The man who has unlimited credit
always gets lots of things he doesn't
need
y X K
Any number of married men do not
know what they are going to do until
their wives tell them.
X n
Deep down in his heart, the man with
a title that he hasn't earned must feel
a bit cheap.
It's pretty difficult for a couple of en-
thusiasts on different sides of a politi-
cal fence to be warm personal friends.
X X 4
Imagine the embarrassment there'd
be in the world if an effort was made
to make all people prove all the state
ments they make.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
EVENING CHAT
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.

Two mothers were comparing notes on
the habits of their respective sons.
Said one mother with a sigh:
"Oh, 1 do wish Philip were as tidy as
your boy. never saw anything heater
than your boys room. And those dainty
curtains and that nice rug. 1 shouldn't
any more dare have things like that in
Philips room. They'd be ruined in no
time. Why Phillip
For several minutes the other mother
listened to a category of Philips sins OF
untid1ness-how he tracked mud into his
room, put his feet upon the chairs, kept
his bureau perpetually Uttered, his sho )
scattered about the room and his clothes
draped over the furniture. Finally at a
slight pause, she managed to put in,
MARK used to be just like that"
derly.''
He certainly was not. His room useu
to be such a sight that I dreaded to go
into 1t. I'd lecture him almost every day,
but it didn't do the slightest good
what on earth earth did you do them?
just spoke of the dainty curtains and
nice rugs in Marks room" she said.
well, they are part Of the secret. You
thought I put them there because Mark
was neat and careful. AS a matter of
fact, it's more the other way around. He
there.
you see, I went up into my boys room
one morning to clean up after he had
gone to school, and 1t was in such state
He ought to live in the barn instead OF
the house. I said to myself. And then,
as L cleaned it somehow, I got to think
ing, and looked around the room and
realized it wasn't so unlike a barn either
l had had the girls room papered twice
since his was done because I thought a
boy didn't care. And yet, that paper was
dirty and faded and altogether hddeous
Instead of the pretty hangings like the
rest OF the house, 1 had put cheap sash
curtains in his room. The carpet was
the furniture was cheap and
Old In fact, 1 realized that there was
really nothing to inspire the boy with a
desire to keep the place neat and tidy
MY husband and 1 had a conference
that night, and the next day I started
TO make Marks room as pretty as the
girls And positively 1t hurt me to see
how pleased he was. You see Ihad always
been foolish enough to think that bows
o1dn,t care Well, to make a long story
short, Mark lives up to his room now fIst
as he lived down to 1t before. OF course
the change didn't come all at once-that
was four years ago-but you can see it's
pretty complete now.
Yes, I've certainly learned that the best
way to develop responsibility and pride in
children is to give them something to be
responsible and proud about. 1t is no more
work than fretting and scolding all the
time, and 1t is certainly a more pleasant
method and one that brings more re-
suits
ct WONDER said Philips mother dub
iously, III that would ever work with
Philip?''
There's one very good way to find
oua," said the wiser lady briskly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
ARCHIE BUTT,

Archibald, Archibald, Willing-Ham Butt,
You have somehow made us feel like a
mutt;
Always we've made you the butt of our
Always. we've handed you giggles and
pokeS,
Gibed at you, jeered at you. laughed at
you, took
A joy in just reaching for you with the
hook;
Now when we think of you language is
Now we sit here and with tears on our
cheek,
And a lump in our throat. and hurt
1t was good-natured raillery-naught
but a jest
But we'd give the world could we only
The gibes and the jeers and the giggles
and all.
We shall see you forever till life shall
AS you stood hat in hand with a smile,
at the rail
Of the ship as she sank, with CHEEKY
To those you had helped to the boats,
In your eye
There was nothing to fear. Yours to
strive and to plan
For the weak, then to go to your death
like man, .
With a smile on your lips and call
Remember me. please. to the people
back home"
Oh, the years OF the world nave peen
many and wide,
In each age of the world have been heroes
who've died
For their feIlows-whose deaths were i'm
pressive and grand.
But you-facing death with your hat in
your hand
And a smile on your lips-O all language
is weak!
There's a hurt in our heart and tear
on our cheek!
God rest you, brave knight, in your sleep
meath the foam, 49,.
You're enshrined in the hearts of US ''peo-
pie back home"
Judd Mortimer Lewis, in the Houston
Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09

is sure to find ample employment. Al
| ready the steel industry is feeling the
stimulus just referred to, and the out
put of finished steel products during
the first four months of the year IS
estimated at 5000, 100000 tons, more
than one-half of which went to sin
gle corporation. The railroads are. OF
course, the principal buyers, but it is
noted that many large order are re-
ceived for commercial building pur-
poses.
1t is likely that more or less timidity
will prevail in business circles until
the result of the June conventions are
settled or foreseen. After that event
there wiz also be certain amount OF
unsettlement until the elections in No
vember. Political conditions, however,
have been partly discounted, though
they will continue to be stock market
factors for some time to come. The
most unfavorable elements in the
situation are the lateness of the crops,
a continued increase in the cost of liv-
ing and continued labor troubles. Our
crops are unQuestionably from one to
two weeks late, but it is too early to
form any positive opinion upon the
outcome, because a few days of more
seasonable conditions might quickly
compensate for existing drawbacks.
The rise in the prices of meat and
grain is, however, an unwelcome de-
velopment 1t will not soothe social
and political discomfort. AS has been
repeatedly stated in these advices, the
one essential thing to continued pros
perity in the United States is good
harvest. Our agricultural output is
totally inadequate to meet the de-
mands of a rapid growth in population.
This has vastly more to do with the
increased cost of living than any aug
mentation in the gold supply. Our
farmers should get busy and increase
their output. AS an occupation, farm
ing never offered such attractions in
the form of good profits and increased
off TalanhnnQS
rural delivery, automobiles, ETC., have
made the farmers life a much hap
pier one than was the case twenty-five
years ago.