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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
WIIY MEN I.EAYE. .HoME.

Mrs.. Naggs-I wish. Henry, that you'd tell me what all this Roosevelt and Taft, and Bryan and Parker, and LaFolletts and Clark. and Barnes and Murphy, and Heney and the steam roller stufr in the newspapers is about. I can't make head or tail of it.
 MT. Naggs-Well, you see, it's just like this. The republicans had their national convention in Chicago last week and the democrats are having theirs in Baltimore thls week, and both parties have been spit up with contests for the nominations TOT President In the republican party Colonel Roosevelt, who said he wouldn't be candidate again. changed his mind and
 (Mr. Naggs continues with a complete history of the contests in both parties.)
 Mrs. Naggs Cat the end of 20 minutes)- For heavens sake, Henry, are you still harping away on that tiresome old politics of yours? I wish you'd stop talking and read the paper or do something. The neighbors will think you're crazy, listening to that endless harangue of yours through the open windows. I should think you'd get enough of politices down to the of- flee all day and not come home to talk me to death and keep the nelghbors' chil- dren awake. You don't seem to have any consideration for anybody but your self.-Springfleld Union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
THE SOUTH AND THE CANAL

C. IT. Forbes Lindsay: Panama. the
 Isthmus and the Canal" published
 1906.
 No region in the United States may be expected to feel the immediate bene- fit of the Panama canal to the same ex- tent as the southern states and the vast valley of the Mississippi. The lat ter territory, the richest fin all the world, one and quarter million square miles in extent. intersected by five thousand miles of navigable water way, with a prolific soil and engertic people, will find new markets and a new outlet for its varied products no longer dependent upon expensive railway transportation. Chicago is nearly the same distance from New Orleans as from New York, but St. Paul, Omaha. Dubuque. St. Louis and Kansas City are Yearer the former point than the latter 1t is quite probable that the present generation will see ocean steamships coming down from Duluth through the Great Lakes, an inland canal. and the Mississippi river with its great tributary, the Missouri, to the gulf of Mexico, and passing on to Paci- Sic and Asiatic ports"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Corn and Cotton

T have visited Mississippi and southern and central Alabama within the past few days and have found crops looking well, " said Frank Jones, the lumber man. Cot ton is from two to three weeks late, but 1t is in fine condition. The growing corn looks simply splendid. The corn acreage is large and the yeld in Alabama promises to be record breaker A few weeks ago the farmers were very blue but now they are optimistic over crop prospects.
 The lumber men in the sections I vis- tied are depressed, because of the bad conditions for logging attributed to the excessive frains in the spring"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
DRINKING WINE IN ALGERIA
From the Argonaut.

An Algerian regiment will empty as many as a thousand pitchers of wine without losing half a thimbleful of liquor. It Is a system which permits a general use of one vessel for drinking purposes with cups or glasses, a great convenience when troops are on active service. A larger pitcher with a spout to it. filled with wine. was passed from hand to hand. Each soldier lifted the pitcher high over his head and tilted it until the wine poured in a steady stream into his open mouth below. The soldier next to him took possession of the pitcher and repeated the perform ance. Not a drop Is wasted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
THE SLEEP

Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Of all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto souls afar Along the Psalmist's music deeae Now tell me if that any Is. For gift or grace. surpassing this He giveth His beloved sleep?" What would we give to our beloved? The hero's heart to be unmoved, The poets star-tuned harp, to sweep, The patriots voice, to teach and rouse. The monarchs crown, to light the
 brows?
 "He giveth His beloved sleep" "sleep soft. beloved" we sometimes
 say,
 Who have no tune to charm away Sad dreams that through the eyelids
 creep:
 But never doleful dream again Shall break the happy slumber, when "He giveth His beloved sleep" O earth, so full of dreary noises! o men. with wailing in your voices! o delved gold. the walters heapi O strife O curse that o'er it fall God makes a silence through you all, And "giveth His beloved sleep" His dews drop mutely on the hill, His cloud above 1t floateth still, Though on its slope men SOW and reap. More softly than the dew is shed Or cloud is floated overhead, He giveth His beloved sleep" Yea, men may wonder while they scan
 scan
 A living, thinking. feeling man, Confirmed, in such rest to keep; But angels say-and through the word I think their happy smile is heard He giveth His beloved sleep" For me, my heart that erst did go Most like a tired child at show. That sees through years the jugglers
 leap
 Would now its wearied vision close, Would childlike on His love repose. Who "giveth His beloved sleep,' And friends. dear friends-when 1t
 shall be
 That this low breath is gone from me. And round my bier you come to weep, Let one most loving of you all. Say, Not a tear must OCT her fall-F He giveth His beloved sleep"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
Admiral semmes and the Alabama

Admiral Semmes and the Alabama
 Edwin W. Thomas explains in the New York Sun the position of Ad-- miral Semmes and of his famous ship. It has been charged that she was a pirate ship because her prizes were not brought into court. They were burned at sea.
 There is no law requiring prizes to be brought into court-no local or universal law. All depends upon cir cumstances. The Alabama was a properly commissioned man of war. Her commander was directed by the Confederacy to destroy northern com merce, and MT. Thomas says it must be admitted that he did a good job. The burning of the prizes was legit- innate act of war.
 Admiral Semmes drove the Ameri- can flag from the sea, and the thor oughness of his work did not make him a pirate. History will give him credit for doing a legitimate act of war in thorough manner.
 There is no reason why the current history of the civil war should be filled with misstatements. The perma- nent history of the greatest civil war of all time will assuredly be correctly written.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
Uniform Preference Primaries

The presidential preference primary plank lacked but one vote of indorse- n1ent in the resolutions committee of the republican or Taft convention, and the democratic platform declares in favor of presidential primaries, and the new national committee will be directed to provide for selection at primaries of members of the next na- tional committee.
 All reactionaries and all bosses are opposed to preference primaries, but the great mass of the people in all Aparties are in favor of them. The Chickering's and bulldozings of two kconventions have accentuated this feeling, and a public sentiment will ysoon arise in all parties, even in the 7 Taft reactionary party, in favor of primaries.
 IAll the states, and if possible all 1l Gties in state, should meet on one kday to select candidates for their re-
 ective parties. When that is done
 Le people will for the first time in
 e history of the republic rule, and
 he dickering bosses and magnates will stand deposed.
 4 The people will strike at any party that clings to the bosses in 1916. They are getting into the saddle rapidly and they will not any longer stand the abuses of the convention system which take away from them the right of selecting their own nominees. The men who elect demand the II t' nominate, and it must be gssasea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
Congress Has Work to Do

Only three of the 15 regular appro- priation bills have become laws. The three are the urgent deficiency, the diplomatic and consular and the forti- fication bills. The army bill was vetoed by the President, who hopes in that way to retain Gen. Leonard Wood. He threatens, too, to veto the legislative, executive and judicial bill because it contains no provision for carrying on the commerce court, which is another hobby of the admin istration. The other bills have all been sent to the Senate except the general deficiency bill, which is still in the hands of the House committee. The general deficiency bill is gener- ally held to the last moment, and the House is therefore free from blame. in the present government tieup. The Senate alone must shoulder the re- sponsibility that inconveniences indi- viduals and to some extent embar- asses the government, or rather will do so tomorrow when the new fiscal year will be inaugurated.
 The politicians will resume work under the big dome tomorrow, and no doubt an interim resolution will au- thorize the expenditure of all needful money. The government will be maintained, and the republic will out ride a deadlock in concentrations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
Buslnes. Conditions

There is every indication of active business conditions in July and through out the rest of the year. said Samuel Jarvis of Philadelphia.
 "1ntense political agitation has caused temporary halt in the commercial world. but the situation is good and we will sec a decided forward movement within the next ten days. The south is prosperous and there will be steady movement of capital to the more invii,- ing of the southern states. The cotton section has made prodigious strides in re- cent years and 1t is due in large meas are to the improvement in agricultural r,r+-asr ~- significant fact in the south s n opment is it's increased corn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
Quarantining Against the Plague


 Bubonic plague exists in Porto Rico, and there is danger of a considerable increase of the disease throughout the West Indies. In view of this fact the state board of health should see to it that quarantine service at Mo- bile is maintained free from all care- lessness or negligence. The responsi- bility rests on the state, rather than on the marine hospital service.
 A single case of bubonic plague in this state would create widespread fears with resulting damages to traf- fic and general business. The guard ing of Mobile and Mobile bay is a state responsibility, and it should not e shirked. Porto Rico is not far uHay, and it is a province" of the ited States. The diesease is there Ee in the hands of the United States Id if it is allowed to spread the gov nment will not be able to escape the Barge of negligence.
 But Alabama should not depend pn action in Porto Rico alone. The board of health should be "up
 doing," and no stone should be unturned to keep the most dread disease known to mankind out of lis state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
Concerning AmerIean Music

"A grees deal has been said about so- called negro melodies, and it has been pointed out time and again that the melodies which uninformed persons have credited to the negro were of white origin, yet notwithstanding the well known facts some writers continue to 'agitate' the question from the wrong point of view" said an old music lover. "rhe Literary Digest begins an article thus: The avail ability of negro and Indian melodies for higher musical use has been a subject of interesting discussion ever since they were, in a sense, discovered for us by the Polish composer Antonin Dvorak. Twenty years ago, when he came to live here for a brief period, he called attention to these neglected stores of melody and showed what use might be made of them in his New World sym phony. Then and even later, as MT. Arthur Farwell points out, 1t was thought that negro melodies were capable of artistic use and expansion in developed musical forms and in all probability had a future. but that the Indian songs were too primitive and to remote from Ameri-
 
 such purpose Experience has, however, proved the direct contrary. as MT. Far well shows, and it Is the Indians music that has been seized upon by the com poser in America, while the development of negro melodies has been practically at a. standstill'
 'In my younger days I saw good deal of Indian life in the western territories, and while found little material for seri- ous musical treatment, there was more than could be dug up in negro folk lore. Dvorak may have studied the negro He evidently. saw something of their life in the cotton country. But he never ran across a melody that was composed by a negro. The plantation tunes that he heard were adapted to plantation use, but they originated in the brains of white folks Dvoraks popular Humoreske' is typically southern. It Is homesick music, just as is his New World symphony. The adagio calls up plantation scenes and the largo is full of loneliness and tears. Yes. they are American melodies in a sense, but the great composer originated them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
THoUGHTLEss.
5 wouldn't rock a boat?''

''Dibbs wouldn't rock boat?'
 "No."
 "He wouldn't look down the muzzle of an 'unloaded gun?"
 ''No."
 He wouldn't tickle mules heels?" ''No. He wouldn't do any of those foolish things"
 Then he must be a man of sound com mon sense.s
 I'm afraid not. Only yesterday he tried to justify Taft in the presence of a Roose- welt supporter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

especially should this be done in the
 one party states in which the bosses would otherwise continue to rule. The people are coming into their own, and any further delay will arouse the voters to action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
THE ART OF ACCOMPANYING

lost in the strident victory of the or chestra.
 true that nine-tenths of Wagners vocal melodies were intended to be heard. But it would be the height of absurdity to reduce the Wagnerian orchestra to mere vocal support and put it into the hands of conductor accompanist whose only merit was to be with the singer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 We get in cents, but have to spend in dollars.
 Life is mostly series of compromises. except with wives.
 The first time a man is a hero he may deserve it. but hardly ever afterward.
 No matter how hard he tries, politi- clan never seems to be able to break into jail.
 Just the kind of beautiful stockings q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
DISCOURAGED
q the Boston Transcript.

FrOm tNe BUslUH ITHHsCTIpt. A Mir. Brown of England was in the habit on festive occasions of proposing the health of certain young lady as his favorite toast. After awhile he stopped doing this. and when asked why he re- piled sadly: I've toasted her for six years without being able to mako her brown, so I've resolved to toast her no longer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

Solicitor General Lehman has re- signed. He Is a democrat, and he does not care to be found associating with re- actionary republicans when a democrat takes possession of the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
He's stone deal"
COMPENSATION.

COMPENSATION. The world forgot the singer And the world forgot his song, At best but feeble measure, Scarce heard in the busy throng. But he deemed himself requited For every pain and smart, When his song kept hope from dying In troubled comrades heart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
GHOSTS.

How sweet are dreams when Fancy Is fin her gayest mood And with a hoyden glance, she
 Forbids our hearts to brood. But when no more entrancing,
 Her airy castles gleam, And shadows are advancing,
 I'd rather toll than dream.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
THE HAPPY ANGLER.

A little jug beside him,
 Wherewith to stimulate. Thinks he. though much denied him, He can afford to wait. The ripple of the river
 Is soothing to his soul: He could sit there forever
 And watch 1t onward roll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

pr. William Ranken of Princeton, N. J., is said to be the oldest alumnus of any college insthis country. If he lives until September 15 he will be 1o2 years oId
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

The saddest fact in all America Is the one made public by the government-less than 6S per cent of the children of school age attend school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

The children in Paris are playing ban dit They may have their hearts set on becoming politicians In the now well es- tablished republic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

The democrats prefer to fit their princiA pies to their nominee. This is better than to expect nominee to face about on any plank whatsoever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

In speaking of the late lamented Chi cago convention the colonel says he was the only man at it who was not con cerned or nervous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

Thomas Fortune Ryan is not accus- toned to the two-thirds rule. Fifty-one per cent is good enough for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

pretty woman appearing in a conven- tion at the psychological moment has be- come a new factor and possibility in this suffragette age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
BLEsr FoR ONE DAY.

There goes an old gentleman who will spend a quiet Fourth"
 Tn this town?'
 ''Yes, in this town. He's stone deaf.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

General Orozco Is sueing for peace and a chance to surrender He is one man who knows when he has had enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

Congress can be trusted to spend on junkets what the navy saves on junks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

Baltimore had convention, but 1t does not possess a major league baseball team. It may. however, grow up to one in time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
sELF-SACRIFIcE.

 T see where a judge refused to allow an actress to wear tights in court. for the purpose of proving that her figure was not imitation" He refused, you say?" Yes" "Umph! That judge could deny himself anything"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

It is proposed to hold the convention of the new Teddy party at Oyster Bay. It is not in the cyclone belt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

Before Great White Ways were invent ed people spent their evenings at home,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
WHILE SHE SHOPS.

He's standing on a corner
 You'd think he's there for life; But do not be a scorner-
 He's waiting for his wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

All democrats, says Judge Parker, are progressive, but all do not progress in the right directions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

Confessedly all democrats are progress sives, but there are good many who should strive to catch up with the pro- cession
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

The latest Cuban revolution is being throttled by the Washington ammunition process.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

The marriage license clerks will demand vacations as soon as July comes in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

The Bull Moose party is still in statu quo. waiting for some one to finance it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
NO FOAM ON COMMUNION WINE.

Mildred Elaine, the granddaughter of a South Side minister. recently enjoyed her fourth birthday party. Though she often went to church with her mother, last Sunday was the first time she witnessed the solemn ceremony Of the Lords sup per. With unusually wide eyes she watched her grandfather the officiating clergyman, pour the sacred wine.
 The little miss was in deep study over the communion service and 1t was not un- til the family was seated about the din- ner table that she ventured an opinion on the ceremony. With 8 strong note Of childish anxiety in her voice she looked up at the fond grandparent.
 "Drandpa," she asked, why don't yonr beer at church foam like daddy s?''-Kan- sas City Star.
 HOPELESS
 A man is seldom in an optimistic mood when he exclaims, Such Is lifer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

No one is breaking his neck trying to chamber into the bandanna wagon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

PEOPLE ARE QUEER. The turmoil of election Would rob him of his rest, And yet. almost the year around, He wore a purple vest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

Tis very hard to be a. bard,
 As everybody knows, And never praise the nightingale And never sing the rose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

The 40 houn' dawgs that attended the will be rented out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
A Triumphant Note

Harpers Weekly opposed Colonel Roosevelt's nomination in the republican convention and its current issue natural ly reflects the editors gladsome heart. Among other things it says:
 No doubt it would astonish the third term candidate if he could know in how many hearts, and in the hearts of what manner of men, there welled up, as the signs of his defeat became definite and conclusive, the words and spirit of the old long meter doxology:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

When a bellhop squirms between statesmanlike legs in the press of a lobby yelling Governor So-andSo. please" or Senator This-and- That" who turns around to glimpse the great governor or United States senator? Nobody
 That kind of folks seems to be the only kind in town-here governors, stetes bosses, senators, mayors and generals, and as for common or even a preferred congressman. he Is of as little moment to the crowd as he was to his own first cousin or any other family enemy before election or than he Is to Washington crowds after elec- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
A KNOWLEDGE OF ANATOMY.
POETIC TOPICS.

My heart beats only for you" That being the case, how do you live?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

Blase conventioners just in from Chicago say that Baltimore is quiet. dead quiet" compared to the coliseum and Michigan avenue of last week, but there seem to be, as has been remarked, several folks here tuned up and still stocking up with more excitement against the coming morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
" Praise God. from whom all blessings
 fow!

''To see him, after his long succession of music hall triumphs come finally up, Avith all his cylinders working. against 8 really hard substance, and crumble to scrap-oh that was grateful to long suf- fering spirits. It had seemed as though there was no iron left in the republican party as though it was all mush and outcry. and wild hoops, and futile strug- rihed, unhypnotized, resourceful, relent- less, firm,''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

The cart-tail orator seems to have gasped his last before the onslaught of the hotel lobby buttonhole persuader. Since the Missouri shouters and some other enthusiasts from further south who own voices that almost rival the inspiring tones of Col, ]. Martin Williams himself have got on the job there are some efforts, however, to revive the lost art of cart tail oratory within the confines of the hotel lobby.
 The long-haired young Robert Bruce of Missouri held forth tonight in the center of circle at the Emerson lobby and told the glories of Bryan in a way that almost had George w. Young him self slipping. Everybody listened rapt- ly until something else turned up.
 Alfalfa Bill Murray of Oklahoma is again on the job for to admire and for to see With Alfalfa Bill trots his son Maccinus, who acts as a prop while Alfala Bill gets off his little joke.
 Split 'em two ways out in Okla homa," Alfalfa Bill tells you Went 391s for Watson and 391s for Clark" A pause. and then Alfalfa Bill points to little Maccinus. and there's the half vote" QIearty laughter.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

By unanimous vote of the barkeeps the hour has passed when they can be given to wiping the bar. Brass bar checks Tipped onto the bars that are now awash will sink out of sight im- mediately a quick dive Is made to- ward thems Everybody wears a badge or badges tonight, and the further south a delegate comes from the more badges he wears. Herein lies the ex- planation of the extra yards of broad cloth below the waistline of south ern statesman's frock coat. They have to have some extra space to pin badges.