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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
THE BYPATH TALENT.

THE B1HAln l4l|fN l. Mine has always been bypath tall ent."-John Burroughs The talent of the bypath-- It seeks the winding trail, The shadows of the woodland, The fields where call the quail; For 1t no dusty highways, No roads where mankind throngs-- And those who have such talent Press forward with glad songs. The talent of the highway oft falters, ere the night; Serene the bypath talent
 Turns to the fading light. The stars and moon are comrades Unto the couchless one: The man who treads the bypath Rests well when day is done. The talent of the bypath- How such a prize uplifts, How it must ever figure
 Among mans greatest gifts! For it no crushing vistas
 Of frowning steel and stone; The talent of the bypath
 Flowers-and dies alone.
 Denver Republican.
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fashioned notions concerning the presidential office. When an ex- President seeks another term by ap- bearing on the spot as contestant and aspirant, the dignity of presi- dential campaigns becomes lost quantity. It disappears altogether. The entire campaign on the republican side has no precedent. From start to finish it has been undignified and dis graceful.
 Colonel Roosevelt lacks many votes of the needful number, and he cannot reasonably hope to win over that many delegates after the national committee has packed the convention with Taft delegates who cannot be stampeded. It is thought that his Chicago trip will prove fiasco. It will be fitting close to campaign of buster. True, he has had machines and bosses to contend with. These machines and bosses were, however, among his supporters in 1908 and 1904. The inconsistencies and contra dictions of his present campaign would swamp a man of less audacity, and they bid fair to bring his incoherent efforts to naught this year. No con- servative citizen will regret to see the ex-President eliminated from na- tional politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
No Third Termer Need Apply

The steam roller has no conscience. It moves along without mercy, and when its work is summed up no doubt MT. Taft will have very nearly 594 delegates. He claims that many and the bosses will undoubtedly see to it that his expectations are met. He would in that case have 54 delegates nAove the vote needed to nominate.
 Colonel Rooscvelt's arrival in Chi enro Is sensational. It is also highly Addressing to those who cling to old
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Father comes home to rest; mother goes away to rest
 If a man has nerve enough to lie he can always get the experience.
 The most exciting thing to woman about a letter she expects is when it doesn't come.
 The average man can think he ought to get elected to office on the way his whisk- CTS grow.
 A girl is so smart she can learn to be good dancer in tenth of the time It takes her to learn to sew on button.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A RESPITE.

A RESPITE. Afar, afar from city life, From senseless moil and futile strife And all the heartbreak of the town, In beds of bloom to lay him down And blithely there to dream away, Unvexed, the livelong summer day. A happy thought to one whose fate Requires of him, both soon and late, Attendance on sordid task Full well 'twould glad his soul to baslS In genial sun, to note the skies, While OCT the blue a cloud-ship flies, To breathe the sweet perfume of morn, Or lend an ear to elfin horn, Sweet sounding OCT some vale of
 dreams;
 To mark the songs of sylvan streams, The gentle murmur of the trees, Stirred by the breath of summer s
 breeze;
 Half lulled to sleep by singing bird, In some cool-vistaed woodland heard In Natures tranquil moods to find Release from care and peace of mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
MARY OF ARGYLE

By Charles Jefferys. l have heard the mavis singing
 His love song to the morn; I have seen the dew-drop clinging
 To the rose just newly born; But sweeter song has cheer'd me
 At the evenings gentle close: And I've seen an eye st;iI brighter
 Than the dew-drop on the rose; Twas thy voice my gentle Mary.
 And thine artless winning smile, That made this world an Eden,
 Bonny Mary of Argyle. Tho thy voice may lose its sweetness, And thine eye its brightness. too; Tho thy step may lac-l its fleetness,
 And thy hair its sunny hue: Still to me wilt thou be dearer
 Than all the world shall own; I have lov'd thee for thy beauty.
 But not for that alone: have watchd thy heart, dear Mary,
 And it's goodness was the vile That has made thee mine forever,
 Bonny Mary or Argylss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
defeat within that

rather than meet with defeat within that party.
 Whatever occurs in Chicago, however, will make little difference in the ultimate result of the presidential election in No- vember. The former cohesive republican party Is split in twain. Be the nominee either Taft or Roosevelt, hundreds of thousands of republicans will vote against either. If both are not candidate these dissatisfied republicans will vote for the democratic candidate or not vote at all. Thus, with Underwood the democratic nominee, as he is practically sure to be, he will be elected President.
 The newspaper controversy between Governor o'NeaI and the Birmingham taxpayers has made good reading mat ter. II has at least demonstrated that Alahama's raYernor has a fluent com mand of t.se English language and is a past master of expression.
 The Governor is wrong in having his tax commission go after the Jefferson county taxpayers with hammer and tongs and in throwing the gaff into them like he was harpooning a belligerent whale. Many concerns in Birmingham should have their tax assessments increased req. sonably, and there should be an equitable adjustment of the valuation upon prop critics for the purpose of taxation, but present unproductive properties, although they contain minerals which may have a large future value, should not be taxed out of proportion to other unpro- ductive properties. In other words, coal or ore properties lying idle and produce ing nothing, should not be taxed at any greater amount than the surface values of other lands of Alabama. Let the earn ing properties be taxed in proportion to the actual salable values as earning prop critics, but not otherwise And again every county in the state is entitled to pay sufficient taxes fsr it's own main- tenance, and the Birmingham district. because 1t is prosperous, should not be drawn upon to support the other sections.
 I predict, however, that after the ex- citement of the present controversy shall have blown over compromises will be made which will be sa isfactory to the Birmingham district, and will enable the state tax commission to get busy in other counties and equalize assessments throughout the state. When that is done the state will have so much money that taxation can be reduced or assessments lowered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Army Bill


 There seems to be great deal of criticism of the army appropriation bill and especially of that provision which legislates Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood from the post of chief of staff said an officer of the National Guard. .I never thought 1t right at the time it was done to put General Wood of the Medical Corps at the head of the army over many West Pointers of long service. It was Prest- dent Roosevelt who did it. But since General Wood has proved to be an ad- mirable chief I do not think 1t right for the military committee of the House to displace him, which it has practically done by rendering ineligible to the post of chief of staff all who have not served in the line for 10 years below the rank of brigadier general
 Tn speaking of army matters I never could understand why Congress was al- ways chary about the use of high grades. With a few exceptions major general has been the highest rank. There are four lieutenant generals on the retired list- Miles, Chaffee, Bates and Young-but none on the active list. I always thought that the commanding officer of our army. even though the army be small compared with European armies, should be at least a lieutenant general
 There have been only three full gen erals since the regular army was estab- lished Grant was the first, Sherman was the second and Phil Sheridan on his deathbed was appointed general. The British army has dozen or more full generals and above the generals several field marshals."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
VICTOR HUGo's BLIND BEGGAR

VICTOR HUGO's BLIND BEGGAR From the Yorkshire Weekly Post.
 A Trenchman. writing recently upon "The Mendicants of Paris" recalls pret- ty anecdote Of Victor Hugo and a blind beggar. The beggar was an old soldier very feeble and quite sightless, who was led every day by his little granddaugh- ter to a certain street corner. where lie waited patiently for such scanty aims as the hurrying public might drop into a small box that hung from his neck
 One day group of men haulted near him, chatting and he heard the name by which they called the one who fingered longest. Reaching forward as he, too. was about to go, he caught him by the coat
 What do you want, my good man?" asked the man. T have already given you two sous"
 "Yes. monsieur and have thanked you" replied the veteran. It is some thing else that I want"
 What is it?''
 ''Verses"
 You shall have them,'' said the man; and he kept his word. The next day the blind soldier bore on his breast a pla- card with stanza to which was appended the name of Victor Hugo; and the aims in the box were quintupled. The lines may be thus translated: Like Belisarius and like Homer blind Led by a young child on his pathway
 dim,
 The hand that aids his need pitying and
 kind,
 He will not see but God will see for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
FIFTY POOR PSYCHE
 1.o va,,tbtc Cotfapo ufop

From the Y YOuthS 8 CUflpuHlUH'
 And whom does this statute repre- sent?" asked Mrs. Green. who was doing" the museum under the guidance of her more sophisticated friend, Mrs. Brown.
 That is Psyche" replied Mrs. Brown, 'executed, believe, in terra cotta,"
 "Oh, the poor thing!' exclaimed Mrs. Green. How barbarous they are In those South American countries!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
A PRUDENT FATHER.

One time Frank farrell of Topeka. one of the publicity agents for the Santa Fe. advertised for a hired girl. The next morning a woman came to his r..ise seeking employment. Mrs. farrell was over at neighbours at the time. Frank sent one of the little children over to get her. Mamma there is Q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
pirmInobam-M.de Radiatora

'I believe that the Birmingham spirit was no small factor in influencing the American Radiator company to build its large plant in North Birmingham" said member of the Chamber of Commerce.
 Local orders for radiators made in the smaller plant in the city demonstrated to the company that it had chosen a hospitable and progressive city, which was originating quite a considerable vol ume of business for it. For instance, the American Trust and Savings, in pur- suance of it's policy of using home prod ucts whenever possible to do so, speci- fled American radiators, made in Bir- mingham of Birmingham iron, long be- fore the erection of a milion-dollar plant by the Radiator company had ever been intimated.
 ''The loyalty of this city to home prod ucts will have great weight with all industries which are looking this way, and it will prove that the Trade in Bir- mingham' idea has a potentiallty which extends far beyond the borders of the city. More power to it, as our Celtic friends say.'i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

The Cleveland Plain Dealer says the grand old republican wheelhorses from Alabama. Arizona and Arkansas were the first to rush to the aid of the admins tration. This was at least as alphabetical as it was right
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
POEM.

lately read some stanzas grim, Which told how an outcast worldlinr
 dies In his throes a vision came to him, He saw a woman with cloudy eyes, Who bent with @ look of ineffable peace. And he turned to her with his parting
 breath. She brought to his storm tossed soul
 release,
 For the woman with the cloudy eyes
 was Death. PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
JUST WATCH.

All eyes are on Chicago
 And here's the reason why: With T. R. in Chicago,
 The fur Il begin to fly.
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recognizes that in an industrial com m,,nity of the present day there must he provided schools which will give the theoretical and some of the practical 1ouh- dations of vocational training if the ooy is to get this training in any systemauc or satisfactory way.
 ".The University of Alabama Is con corning itself in all the great industrial nroblems of this commonwealth. It mas definitely abandoned the unworthy ldeal of gathering together great groups or crude and immature young men who are unprepared for college life and who ousnI to be in the high schools. Its present ideal is to attract modest groups of young men who are really fitted for college training and the scholars goal. By the steaaiast pursuit of this ideal 1t will succeed m furnishing to the commonwealth young men of standard training. It will attract to it's walls choice young men Wno pre- far fo do their work in the atmosphere of A standard college.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

When the Lorimer vote is taken on July the country will have no fireworks on hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

Count Tisza, the premier of Austria, also has a steam roller, and he is work ing it almost as ably as MT. Taft does when he is in condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

Mrs. Isabella w. Blaney, one of Cali fornias two delegates to Chicago, is ill, and she has decided to send her husband.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

France had in Napoleon a monumental mountebank, and America has one in the sage of Oyster Bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Taft or RooscveIts

while some political guessers think that neither Taft nor Roosevelt will be nominated by the republican conven- ton. but that dark horse will head inc ticket, I feel confident that the President will be chosen on the first or second ballot" said an old demo- crat.
 "Roosevelt has a good many shrewd politicians helping him. but Taft mas the nick. Taft has the machine, ana the machine counts for great deal. Many democrats think that Taft will be an easy man to beat, but that IS mistake. MT Taft has been disap- pointing in many respects. Yet when election day rolls around he will have behind him strong business interests and only a democratic candidate ike Underwood could beat the republican ticket.
 .Governor Harmon seems to De prac- tically out of the running. Chanp Clark has the largest number Of dele gates, but he is not taken seriously py the people. Wilson is doctrinalre and is without political boise. It looks 10 me as if a campaign would be fought under the leadership respectively or Taft and Underwood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

The country in general is bereft of it's celebrities and ex-celebrities. They are all concentrated at Chicago and Balti- more, or soon will be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

Champ Clark says he is also running for speaker of the House, He does not believe in putting all his eggs in one basket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
TOO MANY OF THEM

The wickedest man, when stricken by remorse, doesn't regret his past any more than Miss Sereleaf regrets her past"
 Good heavensi What is there in her past to make her feel so sad?"
 Nothing but years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

The daisy chain ceremony at Vassar seems weak and effeminate in an age when the ballot is sought by smashing windows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

The colonel saw that he could not slam the steam roller over the ropes unless he was on the spot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

Colonel Roosevelt needs ticket to the convention and headquarters organized on short notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

The cruiser Birmingham has been cruis- ing three weeks and it reports that it has not seen a single iceberg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

Boss Barnes is said to feel that the Hon. Sunny Jim is the best compromise candi- date for President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
BAFFLED.

His wrathy mood Is most intense,
 Who can not find thing To throw, when on the backyard fence The cats begin to sing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

West Point has just turned out 96 sec- ond lieutenants, and the army wants all of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

Among the loudest takers at Chicago the bite is not proportioned at all to the bark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

l I@NiiNGE J0SEpil AAtfNNA . New York World seems over
 burdened with editors. In the last few months it has been off and on for nearly everyone of the democratic presidential candidates. It has had much in favor of Underwood in its editorial columns. But all of sudden 1t has turned a somersault. so to speak, into the Woodrow Wilson camp, and is more enthusiastic for the New Jer- sey man than even was Harper's Week. ly few months ago.
 Not content with lauding, Wilson it is belittling the other candidates.
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 As the democratic convention ap- breaches the outlook for an Underwood victory grows brighter and brighter.
 Senator Bankhead. MT. Underwood's manager. confidently asserts that the Alabamian will be nominated on the fourth or fifth ballot MT. Underwood himself is imbued with the utmost con- fdence. Indeed, he does not hesitate to positively assert to his friends that he Is practically sure of being nom- mated.
 Only two days ago I had a talk with one of the chief officials of New York city who, of course. is prom inent member of Tammany. He Is a Gaynor man, but had no hesitancy in stating that Underwood was strongest of all the announced candidates in New York. After experimenting Gay TOT New York will vote for Under wood and will stick to him as long as there is any chance for him being nominated. Some of the New York men, however, are hopeful of a deadlock and that Gaynor may como in as a com promise candidate.
 But when New York goes to Underwood on the second or third ballot and Massa- chusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island follow on the next ballot all indications point to a stampede on the part of the southern states for the Alabamian, which will be followed by 8 lineup of Penn sylvania, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. Then the indications are that the far west will vote for the Alabamian and make his nomination unanimous, or nearly so.
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 This Is not optimism, but it is the clean, common sense of the situation. Under wood is really the second choice of every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

The bull moose hurried post haste to Chicago. He broke the record for speed among mooses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

The favorite way of insulting a man at present is to suggest him for Vice Presi dent.
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Nat Goodwin is outranked by Lillian Russell in the matter of marriage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

"The Rise and Fall of the Republican Party" will soon go to press.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

There is one office that seeks the man, the vice presidency.
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The republican factions have exposed each other this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
THE FATE or DIGGRY.

T was talking to Diggby this morn ing about the latest dreadnought. He didn't appear to be much interested"
 q should think not Diggby married cne."
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The University's Place in Education


 "one of the most forceful discussions of university education appears in the June number of the Educational Exchange, published in Birmingham said citizen prominent in the industrial world. "The article l refer to is by George II. Denny, who is president of the University of Alabama, and it is entitled, The URiver- sity's Place in Industrial Education
 "Dr Denny is man of strong intellect, fine culture and large capacity He has happy faculty of saying great deal in few words. His article would not make much more than a column in The Age Herald, and yet in that comparatively lim- tied space he gives out much food for thought. Dr. Denny begins by saying;
 It is the duty of a state university to serve the state in all high and helpful ways. Standing at the head of the school system, 1t Is charged with the duty of ed- ucational leadership. There is need not only to be constantly enrching the con- tent of it's curriculum. but also to be studying its wiser application to the needs of society. It must concern itself with all phases of the educational process, consId- cred as one great whole, existing to serve the needs of the state. This process of cooperation is as fundamental as the process of creation-indeed, is creation for the whole is not established until it is brought together and cemented with the knowledge of its own unity.
 ''SUnquestionably there is overlapping. | waste and duplication in our state system of education. The University of Alabama | is nrocent of any transgresslon in this unhappy situation. It is restricting itself solely to the kind of work that is univer- | sally conceded to be within the proper | sphere of a modern state university. It is net only restricting itself to the kind of standards that are expected to be main | tained, and this applies both to the en- | trance and to the exit of its courses. "'The University of Alabama is ad- 1 justing it's work to meet the demands of | modern commonwealth. It is keeping in mind the needs and the industries of the | people Of the state It recognizes that there has been enormous progress in the industries and in the differentiation of vocation which has come with modern tools It recognizes that the apprentice | system has disappeared, and that the school today is called upon to do for the boy something like what his apprentice ship did for him a generation ago. At
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

The steam roller will not stand hitched even when the colonel is in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
A JOYOUS cAPER.

"Bilkins was appraised yesterday that he had fallen heir to a large es- tate"
 DO you know what steps he took? ?"
 "They looked to me like the turkey trot.'"
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Everybody Like. Irnderwood

T happened to be in Washington on Saturday a week ago when the me- morial statue of Christopher Columbus was unveiled, and I was struck with the magnitude of the Knights of Col umbus parade" said c. c. Ellsworth of Buffalo, N. Y. Tt is estimated that 50,000 Knights of Columbus were in the line of march. There were many bands of music; many drilled corps and many elaborate floats.
 "A feature of the parade was the Stonewall Brigade band of Staunton Va. This band, am told, has kept up an organization ever since the civil war. Of the original members only mediately after the war this small remnant gained several young recruits In Staunton. The band today numbers about 30 pieces and Is one of the best in the country.
 At the Knights of Columbus ban quet in Washington Cardinal Gibbons, several other church dignitaries and a number of prominent government of flcials were in evidence. Congress was
  cratic Leader Oscar w Underwood and Congressman Mann, the minority lead CT of the House. Underwood received an ovation when he arose to speak. l am not personally acquainted with the Alabama statesman. but from all ac- counts he is popular wherever he Is known. He is not a Catholic. and has never played for any class vote,' but he seems to be particuarly popular with l the Catholics.
 His first public appearance in New York after he became a candidate for the presidency was as the guest of honor at Catholic club banquet. It was at that banquet that he made one of his keynote speeches.
 T hope to have the pleasure of vot- ing for MT. Underwood in November. He is an ideal man for President"