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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
INCARCERATION

From the New York Times
 Just what sort of a man Johnson. the puglist, Is, none of us moving in other than prizefghting and liquor sell ing circles can pretend to know. From what we have read about him7and most of us would probably confess, if assured that the information would go no further, to having read more than a little-he has seemed to be rather good natured giant, using his enormous strength not for the best of purposes, indeed, but not for the worst, either, and In his lawless moments committing prohibited deeds rather than sins-in- themselves.
 Therefore, while 1t cannot be said that the man will have anything like general public sympathy because his venture in miscegenation has come to an end little more dreadful than was confidently to be expected from such a violation of the social proprieties, still his apparently sincere grief over the suicide of the white woman who mar -ried him will have it's effect in miti- gating judgment of him. It at least shows that he is not the entirely cal lous animal that a negro prizehghter is supposed by most to be-
 All that he says about the uninter- rupted amicability of his relations with his wife may or may not be true, and his display of emotion may be racial rather than personal, but both his words and his behavior, as reported, are what would pass for commendable in another similarly situated, and therefore must be considered credita- ble--as well as somewhat surprising in him. Animal or not, he Is not cal lous.
 That his wife found life intolerable is evident, but the blame for, the un- wisdom of, their union does not rest wholly on him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
THE ORIGIN OF LIFE

F. W. Rochelle in the New York Sun. It Is reported in the Sun of Septem- Der that Prof. E. A. Schaefer of Edin- burgh university, president of the Brit fish Association for the Advancement of Science in his opening address be- fore that body stated that "by suitable processes living substance can be pro- duced from inanimate chemical matter.
 There Is a little word fin there that we suspect will be hard to get out Why did he not write the word has instead of "can," and show us some of the living substance" that he has produced from inanimate chemical matter?' It would have been much more satisfactory. He also says: Assuming the evolution of living matter to have occurred and in the form of mass of a gelatinous slime, possessing the properties of assimila- tion and growth, reproduction would follow as matter of course, for all material of this kind has tendency to undergo subdivision into parts re- the beginning of living material a form or lire WOulu SpTedu and gradually people the globe and all forms of organizatio would follow un der the inevitable laws of evolution.
 Assuming" assuming" "assuming!" Some of these men that call themselves scientists and philosophers seem to live on assumptions. We farmers up in the mountains have often tried to live on assumptions, but they are pretty thin diet.
 Why did not President Schaefer pro- duce some living substance" from '1n- animate chemical natter and then watch 1t and see his "gelatinous slime" assume "all forms of organization" and people the globe" under his 'inevita- ble laws of evolution?"
 Let President Schaefer tell us what he has done If he has any facts we will look at them.
 If we remember right we heard the story about producing life from jelly half a century ago, but we have not seen any of it yet The statements of the Bible that "in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" and "every living creature that moves" and that fin Him we live and move and have our being are satisfying to us simple minded folk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Greatest of All Dangers to Health

"The public health is matter or very much more importance than the average person realizes" said a well informed man.
 we start at the mere thought of the deadly bubonic plague getting into this country, and we'll we may, with our mixed and uncleanly population in part We read with feelings of awe, mingieo "llh self graduation, that we are Tar rom the dangers of the fearful and deadly toll of cholera. We keep very watchfuf nersona1 guard many of us, in the dead ly tubercular plague, but even then we have not noted the greatest or all men gees to human life in this country al least. The health statistics Of the unitea States shows that there are annuahy some 4,250,0o0 cases of typhoid leVer re corded that the death rate from this ois- ease is 25,o00 While the percentage or deaths has been decreased the numoef of cases has vastly increased.
 "The greatest source or infection is the water supply, and this has been coiciu- sively proven. The greatest typhoid cen ter in the world is Niagara City at the great falls It is situated at the outles of the great international sewer which carries the sewerage of millions or people living on both sides of Lakes Ere, Huron, Michigan and Superior. supple mented by the sewerage of Bunalo ana the Tonawanda. Now the comparative statistics show that S3 principal cities Ill northern Europe, with popuiation ol 31 ,50o, 900, had an average death rate or 65 per 100000 in 1909-1o, while 5o registra- tion cities in the United States with pop uIation of 2o,ooO,O00 had typhoid rate or 9 in the 100000.
 "The innoculation of persons with ty- ohoid germs as a preventive of attack on the lessening virulence Is coming into pop ular use. Already the soldiers and ma rines ordered into the semi tropics have been innoculated under departmental or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
Abolition of Fee System

It would be refreshing and encour- aging if some strong candidate for governor of this state would announce himself in the most vigorous terms as being in favor of the abolition of the iniquitous fee system.
 He could not possibly pledge him self to a policy that would stri Ike a more responsive chord in the minds of the people, He would without doubt run counter to many politicians and meet strong opposition from those whose interest it is to retain this can- cer of injustice and keep it eating at the vitals of the political life of the state, but as sure as anything in politics can reasonably be he could win over the combined influence of the ring which is alone the beneficiary of the system.
 The fee system is a relic of. the old time convention politics, and has no place in the general scheme of progress. It is a system of reward for the delivery of wards and cities and counties by henchmen and in this day when the people are taking greater part in the election of their lawmakers than ever before sooner or later they will smite it.
 Patriotic men who are powerful in state affairs should see to it that this offensive wart on common justice in this state is removed. Nothing would appeal more to the masses. It would not only be the right thing to do to meet the ends of justice, it would also, be good politics. .----V.I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
,.r.. Order for Millinery

"A Birmingham firm has made very creditable achievement in landing an order for fine millinery" said member Of the Chamber of Commerce. 'The Parisian store of this city has just shown me the following letter confirming an order for a large number of fine hats for the Rose Maid company
 " September 16 1912. t" The Parisian Store, 1908 Third avenue,
 Birmingham, Ala.
 'Gentlemen: Replying to your favor of recent date beg to state that the prices you quote on hats are entirely satisfac- tory and you can make up for us at once 30 hats (assorted) as per our former let ter of instructions. for the Rose Maid company. This company will play the Jefferson theatre in your city on Friday and Saturday, September 27-2S. and 1t IS necessary that you have all the mats ready for the first performance. We en- close photos of the hats wanted to fur ther assist the description furnished you in our former letter.
 I've had contemplated purchasing these hats in New York city, but the enviable reputation you have achieved for high class millinery influenced us into giving the south an opportunity of sharing in the patronage of a New York theatri- cal production. We believe that this Is the first instance where a millinery or der of this magnitude has been en- trusted to a southern concern.
 Kindly send us at one exact date of completion of this order and other data which you may deem of importance to us.
 Thanking you for your promptness in quoting prices, etc, we beg to remain. Very truly.
 'WERBA & LUESCHER,
 Per Arthur Jameston, Manager Cos tune Department"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
SOME STORIES OF NOGI

tons There was pile of telegrams ly- ing on desk. On top was the congratu- lation of his emperor and underneath word from many eminent men through out the world.
 Nogi placed his hand on this pile of tel egrams which represented the praise of all men he deemed of vaue and. with n sincerity not always Japanese, said: This is not moment for reorganization. This has cost too much for any one to re- joice in victory"
 Then he smiled and stepped outside
 Instantly there dropped from him tho tragic gloom of his heartside. We aa saw him then. He shook hands all around and led the way toward the town. He looked precisely as he had every morning for nine months while the army was blowing it's terrible way into the fortress Every button on him was poll shed and in it's proper place, but he was as innocent of other decoration as the awkward boy who took 203-Metre hill. There was litheness in his figure. ele- sance, reserve force and dignity. His fingers were carefully manicured his hmos long and muscular and his body as slim as the bole of poplar sapling AS he walked there was cast about him the aureole of unconscious power born in great master of men. One looking at him long time, exercised by that fasci- nation impelled by supreme character, might finally pronounce upon him single word-thoroughbredl
 So he was-a thoroughbred, with 
 none ahead.
 With the death of this extraordinary man-poet and soldier-the old Japan passes. He was the arch-type of the old high order of chivalric thinking, of un- Shrinking living, and of stoical dying. Other great men may come, but such a great man as this we are not likely to see again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
Twenty-seven Years Ago

"Twenty-seven years ago 1 so d the old Birmingham Age, now The Age-Herald.' '' said George Coslan. agent for Seven Days'' at the Bijou theatre next week. 'I was kid with the Barn,tm and Bailey shows, and when the show closed the sea- son in Meridian I came to Birmingham, and for several weeks was pr operty boy in the old OBrien opera house under Capt Frank OBrien. I would buy The Age early in the morning and peddie the papers around the streets until 10 o'clock and then go to work at .he theatre. When I think of what has happened here marvel I have been here six or seven times in the past few years. and the town grows faster after each trip.
 After the theatre closed that season became newsboy on the old Georgia Pacific line between Birmingham and At lanta. I remember there was a Greek
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

that had a fruit stand just across from the depot, and l used to buy punches Of bananas in Atlanta for s1 and bring them to him and get q 75 and g for the bunch. You couldn't buy bananas in any other way then. Tn those days the news buteh- CTS on the trains carried imitation red silk handkerchiefs, red popcorn and sim liar etables that were in vogue at that time.
 Tt certainly seems funny to man to see town like Birmingham after one has been away from it for 20 years or more. I can scarcely find any of the old landmarks except the o'Brion opera house. The station where We came in has gone long ago, for 1t was just shack being built at that time Now this is the best theatrical city in the south. the best baseball town and the city that is grow ing fastest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
pe,tt sec, pro,perIty Ahead

Moses W. Britt, one of the most exter- sive planters of Bullock county, spent yesterday in Birmingham.
 "The cotton crop in south Alabama, ' he said. "is spotted, by which is meant, good in spots and bad In others. The corn is splendid, however, and, when every thing s considered, we have very little reason to register kick
 There is reason to believe that we will get Q good price for our cotton. We will have enough corn to feed the country and all the stock in the country. The ia- dications. as a matter of fact, denote the coming of a season of prosperity
 MT. Britt lives in Midway, and is ore of the best known men in the south- eastern section of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE SINGING SPIRIT.

Never mind the frosty day.
 Cold and winter weather; Cheerful heartS can still be gay
 Round the fire together! What If through the window-pane
 Bold Jack Frost is peeping? There's a dream in every tongue
 or the flames upleapingl Let the wild winds nightly race
 Der the hills and valleys, Moaning in the tree-tops drear.
 Storming down the alleys, Where the hearth is blazing bright Tranquil smiles are beaming; Hope and happiness are there,
 All life's cares redeeming,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
INSANE MAN GAnRIcK's TEACHER


 Garricls had been acquainted with an unfortunate man in Leman street Good mans Fields, who playing one day at an upper window with his a-year-old child, accidentally let it spring from his arms and fall into Jagged area. The child was killed. and, from that moment, the miserable father lost speech and req son. He passed the remainder of his ex- istence in going to window, playing in imagination with a child, dropping it, then bursting into tears, and filling the house with shrieks of anguish. Afterward he would sit down, pensive and still, and at times look slowly round as if imploring compassion
 ''There it was,' Garricli used to say, that I learned to initiate madness. l copied nature, and to that owed my sue cess in King Lear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
O, the more angel she, And you the blaclxer devil.
 -OthellO.
Our Parcels Post System

It is not absolutely correct to say that the people will not be benefited by the new parcels post, for when a rural carrier will pick up an Il pound package of butter, honey or other farm product and carry it to the city at the end of his route for 15 cents, the cost of living will certainly be lessened. The maximum charge on II pounds to any point within 50 miles is only 35 cents, and it is idle to say that the farmers will not be able to take advantage of such rates. We add below list of rates prepared by Sen ator Bourne of the new system:
 First Each ad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
WHY THEY ADJOURNED

From the Saturday Evening Post
 The night before Woodrow Wilson was nominated for President at Baltimore, when the democratic convention had been in session for many hours and there was a nervous expectation that the cat would start jumping one way or another almost any minute, Jack Hammond, the New York press agent who had charge of the publicity end of the Harmon campaign, got hungrier and hungrier as time dragged on. Finally, when he was nearly fam shed he had an idea.
 He hunted up the buslly confabbing floor managers of the Clark boom. Ap- proaching them with that air of import ance so essential to political conventions, he said in a mysterious tone:
 "Centlemen, as you know, I'm repre- senting Governor Harmon here Take a tip from me and move for an adjournment of two hours
 Then, leaving them startled, he moved gravely off, until he found the captains of the Wilson forces, whom he also knew.
 "Gentlemen," said Hammond, again in tone of great mystery, q am in a posi- ton to know something of an important movement l cannot give you the details now, but 1 will say this-if a motion to adjourn should be made, vote for it."
 A moment later Senator Stone of Mis- souri, one of the Clark spokesmen, was moving that the convention take recess of two hours. A Wilson mouthpiece sec onded the motion. It carried and the dele gates began filing out of the hall.
 At once both groups of managers quick ly made for Hammond.
 Now. tell what this adjournment means?" they demanded.
 Tt means" said Hammond, that I want to get something to eat-rm hum gry,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
First Each ad-
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Any article is mailable that IS not over II pounds in weight, nor more than 72 inches in length and girth. The paper makers will have packages ready by January that will meet all the needs of the farmers or any others who may desire to use the parcels nnSt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
What a Century Accomplishes

On the last day of last month the first passenger steamboat was launched 100 years before in European waters, and in that 100 years the wa ter has been conquered in many ways until it has become one of mankind's s most useful elements.
 The Comet was launched on the Clyde at that time, and no one then
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
1T, II, Kenny Back from Trip

T. II. Kenny. president of the company which operates the cotton :nllls at Peli City, has returned from a trip east. He was in Birmingham yesterday.
 There is every indication" he said. that Wilson will win the presidential election. Normally, l am republication in national affairs, although I have never supported Theodore Roosevelt. When he and Parker made their race I supported Parker.
 Tn the present campaign l have not as yet determined for whom I will vote. I will not support Roosevelt. We all know Taft, his good points and his short comings. l believe that Wilson wlil mase a good President although with him it must be admitted that we would be ex- perimentng."
 MT. Kenny stated that it is vet almost too soon to make an estimate on the cot ton crop. "It will be decidedly weather crop was his way of sizing up the stu- atiCn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
PROEM

By Oliver Herford. If this little world tonight
 Suddenly should fall through space In q hissing, headlong flight,
 Shrivelling from off its face, As 1t fails into the sun,
 In an instant every trace Of the little crawling things
 Ants, philosophers, and lice. Cattle, cockroaches. and kings,
 Beggars, millionaires, and mice. Men and maggots-all as one
 As it falls into the sun Who can say but at the same
 Instant from some planet far A child may watch us and exclaim:
 See the pretty shooting start"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
THE MOTIVE

Some men struggle to succeed because they are inspired by noble aims for the betterment of humanity, others for pure ly selfish reasons and still others because they want to give the lie to the knowing ones in the little home town where they grew up. who said they would never amount to anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
MISDIRECTED.

The man who sees another's faults And never sees his own, Nor when his weaker neighbor errs, Stands ready to condone, May wear. forsooth, a pious look
 And very loudly pray, But isn't bound for heaven, cause He doesn't know the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
THE MODERN ELoPEMENT.

THE MODERN ELOPEMENT. The youth who does Not own a car, Can never be A Lochinvar, Since nowadays To steal maid, With dauntless heart And unafraid A swain must have A swift machine That's well supplied With gasoline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
AN ACCESS OF HORROR,

"A great many murderers, according to newspaper reports, go to the electric chair without tremor.'"
 i've noticed that Maybe the punish ment would be more severe If the electric chair were built to look like a dentists chair"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
CHANGE OF HEART.

"Blinks has suddenly begun to take a deep interest in the welfare of his coun- try"
 He used to say he didn't care very much whether the ship of state foundered or not"
 That was before he bought a suburban lot on terms of $50 down and s a month"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

A Chicago astronomer never talks shop unless requested to do so, but will quote Dickens on the slightest provocation, He must be a person worth knowing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

An exchange says: With over 1,000 ,usty children of schooi age in Jefferson county the crop of citizens of the future seems to be pretty well assured" And they are all Wilson boosters. too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

The defeat of Roosevelt will not be such They are used to playing futures, but it will bow poor old Bill Films head in sor-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

1t sometimes brings up unpleasant rec ollections when you dig up last winters derby and contemplate its fatigued and generally delapidated appearance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

In spite of recent developments the New York police muddle is still about as clear as mud.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

The income of Thomas Fortune Ryan is only S2JoOC0 a year. Still, if We had an income of that size we'd try to keep 2. roadster and maybe small runabout
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
Lumber Exports From Gulf Ports
 The lumber reports from the four leading gulf ports in the fiscal year ended June 30 stands as follows:

The four great lumber-shipping ports on the gulf are closely grouped together, and it seems improbable that Gulfport can much longer keep first place. The state of Washington out ranks all in lumber output, but east of the Rocky mountains the four gulf ports named are leaders in lumber exports.
 New Orleans is outranked by Gal weston in grain exports, and it is anxious to secure first place in ship ments of lumber from the gulf ports.
 The race is a very strenuous one, and each and all of the big four are striving to climb to the top of the list in the lumber export business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

The spirit that whipped Russta is the spirit that drove sword in Nogi' $ throat and a dagger into the bosom of his wife
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

It's hard these days to pick up mag azine that doesn't contain the picture of a pretty stage queen Who's kicking? We're not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

A man in Texas was killed for trying to steal another mans wife. Wives must be al a premium in the Lone Star state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

Testifying before an Investigating com mittee is no hardship on man who is not particular about what he swears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

We fear that MT. Taft will not be in the proper frame of mind to write Thanks giving proclamation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

;. Artistic forgers and counterfeiters may well declare that they are not appreciated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

TOWNS. I've never been to Kokomo, Still, in it's way, a noted town, Who lives for long in Kokomo Deserves to wear a martyrs crown.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. But why the rap at Kokomo, needless knock, it seems to me; I'd rather live in Kokomo Than spend my days in Kankakee.
 Youngstown Telegram
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

If Damon and Pythias had lived in 1912, the chances are they would have had T lasting disagreement over politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
GRAY DAYS

The only baseball consolation left for Atlanta is that Ty Cobb is a Georgian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

Roosevelt says that it is hard for him to be courteous to Wilson, Why should he make an exception of Wilson?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

Managers of aviation meets who compel aviators to fly in the dark ought to be indicted for murder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
COMPARATIVE.

What is the food value of beer?', Well. you can buy loaf of bread for the price of a schooner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

Lady adherents of the ouIb moose party are wearing silk bandannas. The pee pull don't wear silk bandannas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
REALISTIC FINISH.

REALISTIC FINISH. "Biffels says he dreamed last night that he had a fine touring car and was out for a joy ride
 Was the dream very realistic?' "I should say it was! He fell out of bed and nearly broke his neck"