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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
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Pellagra and Hookworm

The pellagra commission engaged fin studying the disease in South Caro- lima has gathered more data than can readily be laid before the scientists, but thus far the origin of the allment has not been detected. The Thompson McFadden fund will be used to send another commission to South Carolina next spring, and the investigation will be maintained in the hope that the cause and nature of the disease will yet be uncovered.
 It is pretty we'll determined that there are 50,0O0 persons in the south afflicted with pellagra. The disease is less severe than it was one year ago, but the number of cases IS not decreasing. The ailment is spreading to all classes of people, whereas once it was confined to those who were not fully nourished.
 From Kentucky comes the intelli- pence that hookworm is known to exist in 1O2 counties and it is believed to have a foothold in the remaining IS. What is true of Kentucky is true of every other southern state. It is better to face the truth than to evade it,
 
 Hookworm, unlike pellagra, is cur able, and it can be overcome. Even II the county in which Louisville l' located 20 per cent of the population is afflicted with the parasite. The state board of health and the Rocke- feller commission have big task on hand in any southern state, but ii local physicians and parents will aid in this matter, it is believed the dis ease can be eradicated. Ignorance ano indifference are to be overcome, ano the people aroused to the importance of driving the parasite out of the soil Soil pollution is the source of the mal- ady which saps the energy of the peo. ple and leads to general disease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05

From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, T by Ian Maclaren lN RUMSHEUGH went over to the fireplace, and for a while did
 nothing but break up the smould- ering peats whose smoke powerfully af- fected his nose and eyes.
 Am gettin' drowsy," said MacLurt finally. an all no be able tae follow ye sune, a doot Wud ye read bit tae me afore a ia over? Ye'n find ma mitker's Bible on the drawers held, but ye'ill need tae come close tae the bed for am no hearin' or seein' sac weel as a wes when ye came" Drumsheugh put on his spectacles ant searched for a comfortable Scripture while the light of the lamp fell on hii shaking hands and the doctors fac, where the shadow was now settling.
 Ma mither aye wantit this read ta, her when she was sober" (weak), ant Drunlsheugh began, In my Father, house are many mansions" but Mac Lure stopped him.
 It's bonnie. word, an yir roithel was saint, but it's no for the like o me. It's over gude; a daurna talk it Shut the bulk an let it open itseseif an ye'ill get 8 bit ave been readin every nicht the laist month";
 Then Drumsheugh found the parabl, wherein the Master tells what God thinkl of Pharisee, and of penitent sinner till he came to the words:
 And the publican, standing afar of would not lift up so much as his eyei to heaven, but smote upon his breast saying, God be merciful to me, sin ner'"
 That might hae been written for me Patrick. or ony ither auld sinner thu hes feenished his life, an hes naethins tae say for himsel. It wesna easy fol me tae get tae kirk, but a cud hae mar aged wi a stretch, an a used langidg, a sudna, an a micht hae been gentler and no been so short in the temper. A sect a moo. It's over late tae mend but yell maybe juist say to the foul that I wes sorry, an am houpin' tha the Almichty i'll hae mercy on me. "Cud ye put up a bit pray er Paitrick?'
 "A haena the words" said Drums heugh in great distress; "wud ye like, tae send for the minister?" Its no the time for that moo, an a wud rather hae yerser-juist what's il yir heart, Patrick: the Almichty il ken the lave (resD himser''
 So Drumsheugh knelt and prayed witt many pauses.
 'Almichty God dinna b, hard on Willum Mcclure, for he's D, been hard wi anybody in Drumtocht, |* Be kind tae him as he's beer tae us a for forty year For give him what he's dune wrang, an dinna cuist it up tae him. Mind th' faux he's helpit an gie him { welcome hame, for he's sair needin' 1 after a his wark, Amen" Thank ye, Patrick. and gude nicr tae ye. Ma ain true freend, gie's vi hand, for all maybe no ken ye again Moo all say ma mither's prayer an hat sleep. but ye i'll no leave me till a i: ower.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
TRADE OF STRIKE BREAKER

From the Worlds Work.
 ''rhe employer relies on a new trade to. fight his battle, the trade of strike breaking says Samuel P. orth. writ ing on "The Battle Line of Labor in the Worlds Work for December. There are large detective agencies which make it a business to furnish union and non union men and women of all trades for secret service work for locating disturbers, as one of them advertises These concerns have reduced strikebreaking to a science. One firm advertises guards for protecting property and life during strikes and lock- outs These men are all above six feet in height, and are selected for their abil- ity to handle this class of work And again: Secret men attend all meetings and report proceedings. The service pos sesses the necessary equipment, such as Winchester rifles, police clubs, cots, blankets, etc. to handle any sized trouble The native frankness of this circular leaves little for the imagination to sup ply.
 "'Where do you get your strikebreak- ers?' I asked one of these experts.
 They are a wandering class. Some have a past. some are ex-union men who went to work contrary to instructions and were ostracised, moved away from their old home, and are doing this as sort of way of getting even with the unions. Most of them love /adventure and. when the danger is over, get restive. I have had them come to me, after things got quieted down on job. and ask, Say, boss, aint there some place where there Is something doing, it's too church like here.'
 They get their fun out of the danger, are used to guns and clubs, and can hit hard when necessary" 2"
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From the Louisville Courier-J ournal.
 TN the beginning your barber was your
 doctor. Within the memory of men still living the specialist in medicine was professionally contraband. Who could cure a~fever could treat cancer The healing art has made great strides since the days of Dr. Sangrado.
 So has the stage. In Shakespeare time boys did the female paris because the public sense of morality would not brook the dissertation of woman by the play house and the players, who were outcast and very badly outlawed. We have lived to see them in England with handles to their names and in America honored lec- turers in the universities.
 Character, even as much as genius. along with the development of human intelligence, has made the specialist an accepted member of the best medical so- ciety, and the actor a gentleman. Within half century the two professions have grown in grace and prospered, as never before. Physic is no longer empiric. The notion that the stage is on the decline is preposterous. In every aspect the mod ern theatre has reached the high water mark of the endeavor to hold the mirror up to nature and give the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.
 Sir Henry Irving was to the drama what Luther was to religion, and in Booth and Jefferson, one finds historic characters surpassed in service and .honor by one of their fellow citizens of other walks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
THE wIsHBoNE

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 They were two men in a crowded hotel obliged to occupy the same room. One took the inconvenience lightly. the other regarded it as serious matter. He argued with the clerk. scolded him. grew abusive. and finally accepted the ineyit- able with a bad grace. In the room he was sullen and taciturn until the cheerful stranger asked for the time. Then his mood changed as he drew his watch from his pocket and gave the hour.
 I'm glad you reminded me" he civilly said He was looking at the watch as he said 1t.
 Remind you of what?" the stranger asked
 "Of my beastly temper. It was born in me, I'm a natural grouch and poor. Every little while my impatience gets the better of me. I'm ashamed of it. l al ways lose by it. Look here" He held up his watch. Something was imoedded in the gold case. The stranger acme closer.
 "Its a bit of wishbone. isn't it?"
 eS. u ny Iloilloi. NY "ofAA'iS I had it put in the watch as perpetual reminder" He looked up at the stranger. There's a little story that goes with this- It concerns my first-born. One day at dinner, when he was just little chap, the wishbone of chicken fell 10 his share and he came to me with it. Let wish, daddy he said. We'll, I was in one of my black tempers-something had gone wrong somewhere-aud l suddenly grasped the bone and gave it vicious pull and broke 1t before he was ready and the bigger portion remained in my hand. He gave me one look and ran crying to his mother and it was a lone time before he stopped sobbing. l never could get his confidence after that. But it wasn't long, Perhaps I didn't men, tion that he was delicate" He drew a long breath. 'Wel, there is the wish- bone. It's my perpetual reminder.
 The stranger looked at the watch and then at the man, and softly turned 'tway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
Democratic Harmony

'I hope to see harmony preserved in the democratic party" said an old party worker. but there is always danger when the democracy has an overwhelm- ing majority in the House. I fear dissen- sions will arise. But with a successful leader like Underwood in charge the democracy may pull together much better than it did in 1893, when Cleveland was elected the second time.
 MT, Wilson needs a strong cabinet and have no doubt he will make good selec- tions. Many of my democratic friends think that MT. Bryan will be Secretary of State. I do not think so. It would be unfortunate for the administration. Mir. Bryan is we'll equipped for large political work, but I do not think he is just the man for Secretary of State. Moreover, while his selection would please a large number of democrats 1t would displease many. The President should have in his cabinet only such men as are accepta- ble to the great masses of people,
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END OF DRUMTOCHTY's DOCTOR

 [ Then he repeated as he had done everya night of his life:
 This night lay me down to sleep.
 I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
 And if I die before 1 wake, | pray the Lord my scal to talSer
 He was sleeping quietly when the wind drove the snow against the window with sudden "swish.'' and he instantly awohe, so to say. in his sleep. Some one needed him.
 Are ye frae Glen Urtach?p and all lnheard voice seemed to have answered him.
 Worse is she. an sufferin awfu': that's no lichtsome; ye did richt tae come"
 Then he was away in his sleep on some errand of mercy. and struggling through the storm. "Its a coorse nicht. Jess, an heavy traivellin; can ye see afore ye, lass? for am clean confused wi the snaw; hide wee till a find the divession U the roads; it's aboot here back or forrit $ steady. lass. steady dinnA plunge it's a drift we're in, but we're. | no sinkin up moo; there ye are on the road again." I Drumsheugh held his friends hand, which now and again frightened in his, and he watched, change came over the face on the pillow beside him. The lines of weariness disappeared. as if Gods hand had passed over it, and peace be- gan to gather round the closed eyes. l The doctor has forgotten the toll of let tor= l-< l.e., fr ,, | boyhood.
 "The Lords. my Shepherd. I'll not l want"
 he repeated till he came to the last versa. and then he hesitated.
 Goodness and mercy all my life Shall surely follow me-"
 Follow me and [. | and *F whats next? Mither said was tae hae't ready when she cam
 ".All come afore ye gang tae sleep. Willie. but ye i'll no get y1r kiss unless va can flemish the psalm And in Gods house for evermore my hoo dis 1t rim? a canna mind the next word = my, my it's over dark moo tae read it, an mither will soon be comin' :" | Drumsheugh. in an agony, whispered into his ear. " My dwelling place. Wee lum."<
 'That't it, that's it a moo; wha said lit?
 And in Gods house for evermore | My dwelling place shall be. l Am ready moo, an all get ma kiss when mither comes; a wish she wuG | come, for am tired an waintin' tae sleep. Yon's her step an she's carryin' light in her hand; a see it through the door. Mither's a kent ye i wudna forget yir laddie, for ye prom ised tae come. and ave feenished m !. psalm.
 Ard in Gods. house for evermorc My dwelling place shall be. | "Gie me the kiss, mither. for ave been waitin' for ye. an all sune be asleep" l The gray morning light fell on Drunl- sheugh. still holding his friends cold hand, and staring at a hearth where the | fire had died down into white ashes, but | the peace on the doctors face was one who rested from his labors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
QUICK ACTION

From the New York Sun.
 Good sense and sound politics in- dorse Representative oscar W. Under woods recommendation to his col leagues in the democratic party. He believes that tariff revision should be undertaken at once; the hearings should begin in January; the bills should be prepared promptly; the business world should know definitely and exactly by next summer precisely what taxes are to be levied at the frontiers.
 No tariff schedules that any party responsible for filling the treasury of the United States will enact can be so harmful to industry as uncertainty and dread. Delay is far more to be feared than imemdiate action. even though it be drastic. The baseless rumors sure to circulte during A prolonged period of suspense would do more harm than any law that sane men will draft.
 An extraordinary session and quick enactment of new chedules are pre- scribed by wisdom as the enlightened treatment of the tariff by the demo- cratic statesmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
The outselng PresIaest

q have been voter for nearly % years and have, therefore, seen several Presidents leave the White House after one term. but President Taft will be the first who came in with large majority and who came very near not carrying a state when he ran the second time" said democrat.
 How much better it would have been had the founders of our government pro- vided for six year term instead of a term of four years. I can imagine few things more depressing than for re- nominated President to go down in de- feat. The President should have six year term and should be ineligible for re- election. Then when he entered the ex- ecutive office he would put his whole mind on the administration and keep 1t on his work And let small politics alone. Best of all he would be free from the
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worries of a troubous campaign. The term will. in time be changed to six years and the ineligibility clause will be incorporated.
 "In the meantime, MT. Wilson will be wise if he stands squarely on the demo- cratic platform which disapproves sec ond term. If, however, Wilson should dis tinguish himself signally and there should be a great demand for his re- nomination he would be more than hu- man if he declined. I hope. however. that his policy as one term President will be pronounced at the outset
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
A Great Methodist Preacher

T am glad to see that Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson of the Methodist Episcopal church. south, is able to preside over the Alabama conference now in session at Union Springs" said man who is not connected with the Methodist denomina- ton.
 q have heard many great Methodist bishops preach, but to my mind Bishop Wilson has had few equals and no su- perior He is nearly 79 years of age, and although a man of large frame and ap- parent good health, he has been in poor health for long time. I first heard him preach during the general conference held
 in Richmond some time in the sos and have heard him frequently since.
 When the general conference met in Birmingham in 1906 he made at least one notable address, although he was not feel
 ing at all strong. He is one of the few preachers who could speak an hour and a quarter to an hour and half and hold the close attention of a congregation. In spite of the fact that his discourses were metaphysical and were never embellished by poetic fancy or simie, his logic was so clear and that his cogent reason ing became in itself very eloauence."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
slackwater Navigation to the Gulf

Slackwater Naylgat1On to the uulf
 Colonel Sibert, who was born in Alabama, is the right hand man of Colonel Goethals in the digging of the big ditch at Panama. He recently vis- tied Pittsburg, where he formerly had charge of the governments work in waterways, and he advises Pittsburg to turn it's chief attention to the can alization of the Ohio river. In this way and in this way alone can Pittsburg, he practically says, reap prompt ad- vantage of the opening of the isth- milan waterway" And the efforts of Pittsburg toward the speedy comple- tion of the Ohio river improve ment will no doubt keep that sub ject before Congress, for Pittsburg is ambitious to secure water trans poration to the gulf
 What Pittsburg is doing this dis trict has still greater reasons for do- ing. Our route to tidewater is one quarter the length of Pittsburg's, and our coal can be laid down cheaper at both gulf ports and at the isthmus than West Virginia coal can be.
 Birmingham has never yet appre- ciated the true value of slackwater navigation to tidewater, but the time is fast coming when it will. Pittsburg does, but Birmingham does not.
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Independence hall in Philadelphia, and out of the hands of grafters and politi- clans, and placed in the care of Edward B. Crane wealthy architect.
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Should Patrick succeed in probating and establishing the Rice will he will re- ceive sl,oO0.0Oo and become the trustee of the Rice institute which was founded at Houston, Tex.
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MY BRIDE THAT IS roBE

By James Whitcomb Riley. know not if her eyes are light As summer skies or. dark as night. I only know that they are dim
 With mystery:
 In vain I peer
 Tc make their hidden meaning clear. While OCT their surface, like a tear That nipples to the silken brim. A look of longing seems to swim All worn and weary like to me; And then. as suddenly. my sight Is blinded with smile so bright, Through folded lids I still may see My tridc, my bride that . to bs.
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President Wilson rejected at Der muda a cold storage turkey, and on Christmas he will receive one weighing approximately 50 pounds, fattened on the farm of Clerk Trimble in Kentucky.
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The death of pr. Robert Collyer at the age of ss is deeply and widely mourned. He lived in New York. He started life as a blacksmith but educated himself then Unitarian minister
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05

The Alabama State Fair Is to be held October 9-1S, and the hope is expressed that racing by horses will be included in
 the programme. A fair without race horses is no fair at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05

Colonel Roosevelt is billed to appear in Chicago December 10, and politicians out there select their words and expressions with care. unless they are ambitious to break into the Ananias cub.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
ASPHALT KNOWN TO ANcIENrs

pr. E. w Gudger in Science.
 That asphalt was known to the an-- cients is well attested fact. it's use as a binder for masonry in Babylon being in point. but of its use other than this we know nothing. strabo tells us that as early as 20o0 B. c. the streets of Babylon were paved, and so. too, pre- sumably were the great roads leading out from the many gates of that city. Babylon was situated in the alluvial plain of Mesopotamia and its building material was almost entirely clay, eith- er as such or in the form of bricks. It seems rather doubtful that these latter were used to pave the streets at that early date. Asphalt was abundant and much used in building operations. and 1t does not seem improbable that it was utilized to improve the streets.
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expected

President Sibley of the Chamber of Commerce is opposed to any splitting of and he has asked Mir. Underwood to op- pose any such effort. All want the inau- guration of a, democrat to be brilliant a flair
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Should Colonel Goethals be made full general in the army by Congress he will have had but four predecessors-W Washing
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DOCTORS AND ACTORS

of life. The Bohemianism which, with
 the advent of better opportunities, de- parted from letters, is. with it's increas- ing exactons, departing from the stage.
 Nowhere is this more apparent than in
 '.The Lambs'' and The Friars,' the two
 New York associations most typical of
 the contemporary life of the theatre, which, in all points of aspiration in con duct and elevation of tone, take rank with the best clubs of the world.
 With the death of the beloved Jefferson, bis place as dean of the guild fell so nat urally to MT. Crane that his formal elec- tion was dispensed with, and, ever since. he has held the place easily and by uni- versal consent. It is his equally by right of unblemished personality and artistic attainment. Every. American recognizes in Crane, as he recognized in Jefferson, a countryman to be proud of; to be proud of whether as citizen of the highest claim
 to respect, or as actor compelling ad- miration; in both the native in the art of portraiture and the home-like in thought: each of simple method and racy of the soil. Crane, like Jefferson, is as funny as fun can be, yet so wholesome and chaste he might be, turned loose in nursery. And,-like Jefferson, Crane began a singer in an opera company, rather slowly, as Jefferson did working his way to the less tuneful but more incisive arena of comedy, where, whether as one of the "Dromios' or as David Harum,'' wheth- CT as Brother John' or as "The Sen- ator,'' he has charmed and captivated generation of playgoers.
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and understood. The lonely man in the corner was a Turk. With touch of swift and sure sympathy which links the peoples, the boy murmured, 'pardon!" gravely. Impassively. with no word of speech, and yet more movingly than many volumes, the Turk inclined his head. That was all But the boy, making no attempt to sell the copy In his hand, stole from the cafe, and near the dreamer everyone moved a little away. The rustling of pa- pers ceased Somehow a sense of shame seemed to stir ih the breasts of those who up the edition. The one simple Gesture had brought home to them that, without so intending, they had trampled publicly on the body of fallen foe.
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President Tafts final messages to Con gress presage a long but not touching farewell. The lame ducks in Washington
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A poor woman in New York lost her s25.000 fur coat, and she had nothing to protect her from the chilly winds of Thanksgiving Day.
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The Associated chnritie.

The contributions to the Associated Charities as a result of the recent can vases have been very generous said raise s150o0 with which to carry on a years work, and we have already secured pledges amounting to sl2.00o. Several lib- eral citizens have yet to be called upon for subscriptions, and I feel that we will soon round up the s15oOo. The better the wide scope of the Associated Chari- ties is understood the easier 1t is to raise money for the work
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Protection and the solid south and the progressive party are each and all sit ting around the grand old party now dead and extinct.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05

A pair of socks is now pair of. socks. but on Christmas morning they may be transformed into something poetical and ideal and joyous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05

The Balkan allies have formed cus- toms league, which is another name for a union, and they are not easy to deal with.