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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
A PIONEER WITH LIVINGSTON

Sultan knew that, with the local Arab chiefs taking their existing view of the traffic, his signature of the treaty would be followed by his death within 4s hours.
 sir Bartle Frere went and the matter was left to me-" said Sir John.
 T got together the independent Arab chiefs, who were largely in control of the trade, and said to them, in the pres ence of the Sultan:
 "I have seen what the slave trade means in the country around the lakes, and I have seen what you do there. This slave trade will cease, and shall cease.'
 "I told them what a blockade was, that had one gunboat there, that eight more gunboats were coming, and that if they wished. their ordinary trade, apart from the slave trade to go on. and their own power to continue, they had better come to terms. I pressed this matter on them. because the Sultan could not have signed the treaty in face of their opposition. They went to him, saying, For Gods sake, sign this treaty.
 The Sultan signed. At that time his total income was 7o,00o year. He said to me: You have ruined me financially"
 q told him that nothing of the sort would happen. In a few years he was reaping an income of e2o,00O a year from legitimate trade. Afterward, whenever wanted anything from him, and he doubt. ed whether it would be to his advantage. would remind him of this matter. That always moved him"
 Sir John l<irks part in the ending of the slave trade by this treaty was the stoppage of the sources of supply--that is, he made slave hunting and the traffic in slaves illegal, closing the markets and stopping the cargoes. The actual holding of slaves was not made illegal, but the later abolition of the holding of slaves was made possible in a much easier way by his preliminary blocking up of the sources of supply.
 How happy Livingstone would be-, Sir John said thoughtfully, If only he could see all that has been done to carry on his ideals-the missionary labor, the ending of the slave traffic, the opening of legitimate trade in the whole country" And then the face of the pioneer lighted up with the visionary look of seer as he said: Perhaps he does! Per haps he does.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
Three Republican Panics

When the panic of 1873 came on General Grant was President. When the panic of 1907 occurred Colonel Roosevelt reigned supreme. In both instances high tariff was in opera tion. Only one other panic swept over the country after the days of the civil war, that of 1893. Thereby hangs tale. The republicans are proclaiming Ap and down the land that a demo- cratic President and democratic tar tiff were the cause of the panic of 1893, altogether overlooking as a matter of course the story of the panic of 1907.
 The truth about the panic of 1893 should not be obscured by the fog of this campaign. Grover Cleveland was inaugurated the second time on March {, 1893, and the panic of that year had been begun before the date of his in auguration. The Mckinley traiff, one of the highest in the country's history, was in operation, and it was nearly two years before the Gormanized Will son tariff became law without Gro- yer Cleveland's signature. The Wilson tariff had been amended by German and Jim Smith of New Jersey until it was no longer constitutional rev. enue tariff, and to say that such tar if passed two years later precipitated the panic of 1893 is simply a juggle of well known historical facts. It had as much to do with that panic as had the Man in the Moon, and no more. Gro- yer Cleveland refused to sign the emasculated bill and it became law by the lapse of 10 days. The Wilson bill was, however, even in its final form, better than the Mckinley bill which it supplanted, but 1t was far from being the downward revision that the people demanded in 1910 and will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
Well known Railroad onicIal

w. H. Kelleher of New Orleans, well known throughout the south as the pur- chasing agent of the New Orleans and Northeastern railroad, is in Birmingham. He is one of the more prominent of the young men in the railroad world. He IS a director in the Alabama Land company and was a particular friend of the late r. Y Anderson.
 Business conditions in New Orleans have improved very much recently and prosperity is the rule there as it is in the other cities of the south, said MT. kel- leher. Birmingham seems to be enjoying the greatest degree of prosperity in it's history. The outlook for the entire south could not well be better"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
Straw Votes This Year

A feature of all straw votes this wear should be report of those who decline to vote at all. No complete poll can be taken otherwise. Those who take straw votes, however, as a rule .sgnore the man who refuses to vote and no record of the non-voters is made up. This is one of the many req sons why straw voting is unsatisfac- tory.
 The naked truth is that in all con- tested states there is this year an unusual number of refusals among re- publicahs. They decline to vote, eith- CT because they have not decided whom they will vote for, or else be- cause they do not intend to vote at all. This is true of republicans only. All democrats are standing solidly up to Wilson and they are ready to vote whenever called upon.
 It is among republicans that the silent man is found. Reports alike from Pennsylvania all the way to Ne braska report an unusual number of refusals to answer when straw votes are being taken. No expression of opinion is trustworthy that does not record these refusals, for they may mean very much when the final polling takes place on Tuesday next
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
QUEER BURIAL CUSTOMS

From November Wide World Magazine.
 The Egyptians have many curious cls- toms in connection with the burial e their dead and the healing of the sick. At every Mosem funeral, for instance, there are hired mourners, varying in number according to tke wealth ef the deceased These funerals are always headed by old blind men, carrying long staffs in their hands and wailing loudly. They are followed by the relatives and friends of the deceased. and then comes the coffin. This Is succeeded by two or three of the native flat carts common to Cairo, filled with women mourners Mourning. in fact, is quite profession among the women. Every day you see groups of them squatting on the ground outside the hospital at Cairo. waiting to be hired for funeral.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
WHAT TO TAKE.


 WHAT TO TAKE. The sky is blue and cloudless, too. The sun is bright and yellow. But take no chances; take instead Your tried and true umbrella.
 Detroit News. But if that's gone some substitute You'll probably require; So take along your rainproof hat And trusty mackintyre.
 Chicago Tribune. And if you would from colds abstain And all catarrhal fruits, Why, take along your overshoes To guard your tootsie-toots.
 Cleveland Plain Dealer. There's one best thing we know to take To ward off threatening ills. When starting out this time of year Just take dose of pills.
 Waterbury Republican. And when you come home from your jaunt, Oh, fellow man and brother, IT you live in New England you Had better take another.
 Houston Post. And now that we've filler found And seized on it with zest. We'll slap it right into our col And take a little rest. OFTEN SOMETHING BAD FOR THEM. There are very few people in this world who know what Is good for them.' Maybe so, but there are comparatively few people in the world who don't know what they want
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

To let the democratic vote of this state fall below 75,200 would be un- fortunate indeed, and when the voters of each precinct meet on Saturday next they should take steps to bring out the fullest possible vote. To make Woodrow Wilson a majority President instead of plurality President 75,000 democratic votes are needed in this state. Samuel J. Tilden received majority exceeding 100000 in 1876, and Woodrow Wilson should become the second majority President by the grace of the democratic party since the war.
 This can readily be accomplished if every precinct chairman will do his whole duty next Saturday when the long campaign will virtually be wound up. Alabama will not have done her full duty unless she casts 75,000 votes for Wilson and Marshall, and the prep arations for getting out such a vote will largely depend upon the work done in each precinct next Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
A nenxer Visitor

W. F. Hughes. formerly of Birmingham. but now of Denver, where he represents the Moffat Coal company, is here on a visit.
 Ut has been some time since l was last in Birmingham, and am delighted to see signs of remarkable prosperity, said MT. Hughes. This city has grown very rap idly within the past two years It has gone ahead faster than any prophet every foretold. I am meeting many of my old friends and am making new acqualntances. Everybody looks prosperous"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
The Iron Market

"The Birmingham iron market remains firm, but it is not quite so active as 1t was two or three weeks ago" said an iron broker. "Fourteen and half for the first half in 1913 is the price now, but the tendency is decidedly upward and I am sure we will see sl5 iron before the holidays.
 "A few days ago conservative men feared that there would be a runaway market. There is no danger of that now. The iron trade will continue in a healthy condition and prices will advance grad ually.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
WELLINGTON WAS DUPED

From the London Telegraph.
 The Duke of Wellington is the central figure of two or three capital stories which Lady Dorothy Nevill has to tell in her new book My own Times" To- wards the end of his life he was so much pestered by autograph hunters that he to his secretary, so that those who sought his signature were forced to use strate- gy to gain their end.
 Some of the subterfuges employed were ludicrous. A woman, who had all ahum garnished with the autographs If most of the great men of the day, but who wanted that of the Great Captain, mentioning her distress to well known wit. few days after, to her gerat sur prise and pleasure. received note in the handwriting of the victor of Waterloo. It ran thus:
 " Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington never ordered a pair of braces of the Messrs. If F. M. the Duke Of Wellington had ordered the articles he could not forget it. Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington always pays for his braces
 "Tl:is was a very odd document for n woman's album, but it's authenticity was undoubted. ana 1t therefore found the best place in the interesting collection. The singular note in question had been obtained in a most ingenious way. The man having filled up bankruptcy court form and signed 1t, informed the duke that in winding up the affairs of Messrs. X and x he (the assignee) had found on their books an item of 6s Sd due by his grace for pair of braces This sum he requested the duke would immediately settle. Of course this wits ruse was founded on pure fiction. but it succeeded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
WHERE CRABS ARE A PEST

The trials of housekeeper in Brit writes Lady swayne, wife of the gov ernor, in the November Wide World Magazine, service being indifferent and food not of the best quality. MIX and butter are timed, and vegetables have to be imported from the states. Think ing to remedy this, we attempted to grow our own vegetables but soon found this to be impossible, owing 10 the fact that the garden was infested with crabs-a novel pest for garden, surelyi The orustanceans may appar ently have all been killed off one year, but the next autumn they swarm down to the sea again from their unknown breeding places inland in variable armies. Sitting in the veranda, one can against each other as they hustle past the house. We tried to circumvent the pests by wiring in the vegetable plot; but this proved unavailing, as there is water about a foot below the sur face, and the crabs had only to dive down one side of the fence and come up smiling on the other. These crabs are not the ordinary variety, and are not generally used for food. At one time of year, however, their shells turn blue, and then the colored people con slider theme edible. Two men go out at night, one with lantern and one with sack, into which the crabs are thrown as they are collected We oc- casionally sit on the lawn close to the sea, and if we remain perfectly quiet and motionless for a minute or so the crabs come out of their holes all round us; the slightest movement on our part, however sends them scuttling back to their habitations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
Alabama's Democratic Vote

In 1908 the number of democrats that went to the polls in this state was 74,374, while in 1896 William J. Bryan polled 105, ,390 votes. In 1904 the number of democratic votes cast for President was 79, ,387 In order that all may see how the vote has been cast since the adoption of the consti- tuition of 1901, the following table is presented
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Met onIv wtIson Men

T was in Pennsylvania last week and every man I met predicted a landslide victory for Wilson, said W. A. Cheno- weth. T did not meet a man who said he was for Taft or Roosevelt. All those with whom I talked seemed to be good democrats.
 'I am confident that Wilson will have large majority in the electoral college, but the general impression in Pennsyl- vania seemd to be that Taft would carry that state.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
nErLECTIONs OF X BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A siri specially wasn't flirting if she got caught
 The biggest liar thinks you arc big ger one to say he Is.
 A man can think he's an epicure If he knows what's in corn frittsrs.
 The depresslng thing about the brac- Ing autumn season is how close 1t 10 to the Christmas gift season.
 Whom womAns husband lo5cs ils Job she Knows it's becnAise the head of the firm was jealous of him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
STEVENSON FAMED PARROT

From BIT sydney CoIVlhS SteVensuHId
 in, Scribners Magazine,
 The first morning I was to wake Belle early so that breakfast should be seen to for our guest. It was mighty pretty dawn, the birds were singing extraordinary strong. all was peace, and there was the damned parrot hanging to the knob of Belle's door. Courage. my heart! On I went and Cookie buried her bill in the joint of my thumb I believe that Job would have killed that bird, but was more happily inspired,-- I caught It up and flung 1t over tho veranda as far as could throw-I must cay 1t wss violently done--and l looked of preservation 1t would alight. Down
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
again demand on Tuesday next in an

again demand on Tuesday next in an unmistakeable manner.
 The republican party has since the war days brought three panics on the country and the democrats have not been the cause of one. This is the truth of history and it cannot be ob- scured or distorted by the standpat, or even by the bull moose, politicians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

Governor Wilson will be at home in Princeton on election night, and it is said the Princeton boys have sworn by all that is noisy that if their old Proxy is a winner election night they will raise 19 kinds of hob in and around and about his habitat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
MuFFLED KNOCKS.

You don't know how I enjoy hearing you talk on art, Mrs. Foxby! it's better than going to a minstrel show"
 Tell me where you buy your cigars. old chap. I'd like to pass by there some day"
 Yes, indeed, Mrs. Highsome; I think you're quite good enough to vote. All you need is' some knowledge of politics.
 T want to apologize, Chucksley, for having called you red headed ignora- mus; see your hair is nearly black"
 T was just going out. Mrs. Xavier. but I'll be glad to have you come in and stay minute or so."-Chicago Tribune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

President Taft said in New York that he had just talked with number of dis tinguished gentlemen and that they agreed that there is reasonable proba- bility that the American people will re- elect him. He has but five or six days in which to enjoy these political dreams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
WISE LITTLE MAID
he Kansas City Times

From the Kansas City T1mes
 "A quaint and charming little maid is the way Los Angeles paper de- scrlbes Nora Ten Cate, 8 years old. who made journey to that city from Nevada in this state. Nora. unaccompjanied, bore the regulation tag of identification on her dress front and completed her long tour in splendid style. "A girl needn't get into trouble when traveling alone if she doesn't notice the men, said Nora.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

Helen Keller says that Shakespeare's ideas of women are neither original nor "wedlock. no matter what the conditions, or how deep its essential indignity, good enough for the lovelest Shakesperian maidenn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
UNPREpossEssING FARE-

Yer dog tried ter bite me, mum" whined the soiled intruder.
 He did, eh?" snapped the thin woman at the door. That's the most convinc- Ing proof I've had in some time that an4 imals don't reason.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

King George has bestowed the title of the Duke of Kent on Prince Arthur of Connaught, who is about to marry the Princess Irene of Russia. niece of the csar. They are t i've in the castle of claremont. where Louis Philippe of France lived in exile to the end of his days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

Congressman Abercrombie hopes the voters will not consider their constitu- ton of 1901 SO sacred that they will not vote to amend 1t 80 as to stop tho fec sy item in Jefferson county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

All the song birds migrate to the south except the particular kind that waits on the big cities for the opening of the opera season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

Mrs. Grover Cleveland is to wed col lege professor, and General Grants daughter has lost s25,00o emerald ring that was the gift of the Emperor of Japan. The ring slipped from her fingers when she was washing her hands These incidents show that the members of a presidents family are always in the lime light.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

Kirk-Kilsseh is not a place devoted to church going and theology. It is not even a mosque. It is just place on the map of the unspeakable Turk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

The praneng charger in war is more romantic. and yet King Peter may find his automobile in an emergency in bat tie more balky than the balkiest horse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

Yes, Henry. this is Halloween or the eve of All Saints day. You will not, how ever, begin to lift off the gates and things until after D. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

No matter how stormy it may be at the opening of November, the closing week of the month will surely bring peace and Thanksgiving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

The EslSimos of Alaska seem to be ac- quiring all the diseases of civilization ex- cept the hookworm The latter objects to the climate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
QUITE TAME.

"Is this a live town?" asked the shoe drummer of disconsolate looking indi- vidual whom he had just met in the lob by of the Dryburg hotel. ss Is this live town?i D repeated the sad individual. in tones of profound dis gust. Why, the nearest thing this town has to a cabaret show is a song recital by the village choir!
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
ONE WAY.

TThe wisest man we ever knew
 Deferred unto his little wife; She had good sense enough for two, And so they led a happy life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

If the sublime porte keeps on as he has begun in the present war he will soon lose all ills subimity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
.LEr IT BE VOW, LOVE.

From Brownng's ''In a Balcony" Let it be now, Love. All my soul breaks
 forth, How I do love you! Give my love its
 way! A man can have but one life and one
 death, One heaven, one hell. Let me fu1hll my
 fate Grant me my heaven now. Let me know
 yoN mine, Prove you mine, write my name upon
 your brow, Ksld you and have you, and then die If God please. with completion h ny
 soul!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

Lillian Russell says wrinkle is a dim pie gone to seed, but all this philosophy M the world does not make wrinkles more desirable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

Sultan Mehmed V does not feel at all secure in his present elegant dwelling on the Bosphorus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

The peace palace at The Hague can at any rate be turned into powder mill when all the nations fall out and begin fighting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

New Jersey has balance of something like s2,500Oo0 in her state treasury, and Woodrow Wilson is her governor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

The Daz revolution must wonder what it was begun for, it was so soon done for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

In the Balkans 1t was the side that hit first which is winning victories hands down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
A JOLT.

Alas, how sad
 To spoil your voice Protesting you're
 The peoples choice, And then to learn nOn lection day The people looked
 Some other way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
IN LUCK.

The man who owns a coal yard now
 Will have some coin to spend, For every blizzard blows him bliss
 And old Jack Frost's his friendl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
SOME METHOD IN THEIR MADNESS

T wonder why it is that so many com edians say they want to play Hamlet?"
 T don't know exactly but I have ob- served that no other remark comedian could make Is so apt to get him talked about"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31

Every democrat should lend hand in getting out the vote on Tuesday next
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
NOT FAR WRoNt
STAYS AWAY.

'Pipkins says he always feels de trop at a suffragette rally"
 What does he take for it?"
 "The absent treatment. usually
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
ROUGE A BARRIER TO JOBS

The unspeakable Turk simply fall' back saying nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
ADRIAFT WITH THE TIMES

BEGINNING WITH "ODSBODKINSi' Odsbodkins, when a chap must fill column up, day after day, E en when he's quarreled with his Jill. Or piled up debts his soul dismay; Fen when he's not in lightsome mood. Nor feels the festive spirit move, And tween his jests is fain to brood On what sad depths heart may prove, Hath some excuse, methinks, to wield The shears with more sang froid than
 grace, And ruthlessly use what they yield To fill his own allotted space.
 NOT FAR WRONG. Whene'er woman's quoted now We're almost certain that Iris either Lillian Russell Moore, Or Carrie Chapman Catt.
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06
STRICKEN WITH LOCKJAW;
RECOVERY PROBABLE

Fred Smith, proprietor OF a billiard
room on Griswold-st., opposite the
Griswold house, was taken to st.
Mary's hospital. at l a. m, Tuesday,
from his rooming house, No. 35 Ma
comb-st-, suffering from what ap-
peared to be lockjaw. He came home.
feeling sick, about o'clock Monday
afternoon, and little later was taken
with spasms. in which he struggled
desperately to get out OF bed. the
strength Of six men being required to
The doctors In attendance think te-
tanus may have developed from a
wound which the patient sustained. a
couple OF months ago, while switching
cars for the Grand Trunk. One OF his
fingers was crushed. His Jaws were
firmly set, Monday evening, but they
relaxed during the night, and he was
able-to talk without difficulty ftiesz
day morning. His recovery Is ex-
pected.
Smiths home is in Hamburg, Mich.
His mother has come from there TO
his bedside, and his sister, from Ann
Arbor, IL also present with him I'm the
hospital. He is 81 years old and un.
married.