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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06

the output will be somewhat larger than had been expected. Idle freight cars are decreasing in number, and the railroads are anticipating heavy traf- fife this fall. Some gold has been sent to France, about S4,000,000, but no great outward flow of specie is ex pected. Monetary conditions are easy in England, France and Germany, the only countries with which we have close financial relations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
Splits in Political Organizations

When the St. Louis Globe Democrat says there are to be splits in all the parties, it is letting it's desires run away with it's judgment. No political observer can see any split in the dem- ocratic party. The nominees are highly satisfactory and the platform is eminently progressive. Both the ticket and the platform are keeping step with public sentiment within the party and within the country. The Globe-Democrat cannot put it's edi- torial finger or pencil on any split in the democratic party. It is pulling and will continue to pull to election day in solid column, confident .of-Yic- tory and ready to meet the bosses and their slush funds straight from Wall street.
 Roosevelt will organize third party. He has gone too far to back out, and his campaign will be con- ducted on the utmost demagogical lines. He will not draw votes away from Woodrow Wilson, for Wilson is progressive himself and he stands on a progressive platform that does not cvade the tariff issue. Roose- velt's effort will simply split the re- publican party into two sections, and at the end of the campaign the Taft standpat section will be ready for funeral services. It will pass away. The Roosevelt wing will survive, but it will not soon wear that victorious smile again.
 Woodrow Wilson is man wholly capable of leadership, wholly capable of defending himself on the stump or elsewhere. He is no tyro in politics, ana every step he has taken since he left Princeton has increased his popu- larity. His defeat of Jim Smith and the election of Senator Maritime and his frank opposition to Keynoter Parker, all show his fearlessness and sincerity HeNis wholly able to take care of himself and to give the demo- cratic party standard bearer who will be as courageous as he is clear headed and skiIlful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
On the Border of Mexico

The city of Chihuahua has been. the rebel capital well nigh year, but the superior artillery and superior supply of ammunition in the hands of the federals has compelled General Oroz- co to abandon it, and his capital will now be Juarez, whicn lies across the Rio Grande from Fl Paso. A bridge connects the two border towns. Orozco will fight determined battle at Jua- reg, and if he loses it he will have no chance to surrender unless he flees to Sonora to conduct amid it's moun- tains a guerilla warfare.
 The force of the rebellion is broken and President Madero will soon rule in peace. He has shown that he can await results in patience, and that he has more resources than he has had credit for having.
 The entire situation is satisfactory to this country, and investors in Mex ico will soon be protected from rebel bands. All rebellions in Mexico will soon be crushed and the republic will probably become stronger and more helpful to the masses than the Diaz rule ever was. No intelligent Mex ican wants another boss of the Diaz sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
MATINEE IDOL THEORY FALSE

From the Los Angeles Evening Exami-
 ner
 ''The matinee idol theory that any man who has a good shape, wears tailor made clothes and boasts of croop1ng eyelashes can be popular actor has been exploded and should have been discarded at the time the earth was discovered to be round and not flat declares John Barrymore, leading man. sometimes accused by press agents of being a matinee idol himself. who has come to Los Angeles to open a summer stock engagement.
 John Barrymore is a member of the fa- nous Barrymore family of actors of which Ethel Barrymore and Lionei Barrymore are other leading lights. John Drew may almost be said to be a sidelight, for he is Barrymore's uncle
 "A man has to be a good actor or he cannot become popular with the matinee crowds said MT. Barrymore. Ut is his acting. not his looks, that wins him ad- mirers. If it were merely looks that made an actor popular with the fair sex. every haberdasher's clerk would be on the stage and women would be selling you silk socks and suspenders.''
 leading man, who had up to this mo- mont kept silent interposed her senti- ments.
 Jack is awfully good looking" she said smiling, "but l don't believe that is why he is so popular It's his acting, I know. ?
 Barrymore blushed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Democratic Prospects

If the democrats do not win at the polls in November will never again ven- ture a political prediction. said Nathaniel c. Wolworth of Chicago.
 T have not always been democrat. In fact, out of four presidential eieStions in which my ballot has been cast, I voted the republican ticket for President three times. But it looks to me very much as if Wilson and Marshall would be elected was inclined to Roosevelt this year, but he is practically out of the race. Moreover, he was a bit too progressive for me. Wilson is progressive enough, and at the same time L.think he will turn out to be a perfectly safe and well bal anced President.
 T hear a great deal of democratic talk wherever I go, and I am confident that Wilson and Marshall will get ma jority of the votes in the electoral col 1ege E
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
Adoption of Water Meters

In the new water ordinance flat rates have been reduced, but the chief advantage of the new contract will be secured by those who adopt the meter plan. Philadelphia owns it's own great water supply system, and it has recently adopted a meter plan appli- cable to manufacturers as we'll as do- mestic consumers.
 The water company prefers the me ter plan because it will stop the waste of water. The supply in Birmingham today is ample to meet the wants of half million of people if the care less waste of water could be stopped. The meter system will hereafter be compulsory in Philadelphia. It is to be voluntary in Birmingham, but nevertheless all should adopt it. It will prove economical to all who stop leakages of water as soon as they ap- pear. Spigots are easily rendered wa tertight, and the wisdom of metering would then become manifest.
 The consumers should adopt at once the meter plan. The consumer who keeps his spigots in good condition will soon see that it means money re- tained in his pocket. He will not be paying any longer for the water of the careless who have long been ir the habit of wasting the needful fluid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
THE REGULAR ARMY MAN

From the Yukon (Alaska) Valley News. He aint no gold lace "Be1vedere' To sparkle in the sun; He don't parade in gay cockade With posies in his gun; He ain't no ''pretty soldier boy So lovely spick and span, He wears a crust of army dust, The Regular Army Man The Marchin'. Parcfin', Pipe Clay
 Starchin
 Regular Army Man. He aint at home at Sunday school Nor yet at social tea, And on the day he gets his pay He's apt to spend 1t free. He aint no temperance advocate; He likes to fill the can. He's kinder rough and maybe tough, The Regular Army Man The Rearin'. Tearin', Sometimes Swear.
 Regular Army Man. They aint no tears shed over him When he goes off to war. He gifts no speech nor prayerf'l preach From mayor or governor He packs his little knapsack up And trots off in the van To start the fight and start it right, The Regular Army Man The Rattlin, Battlin'. Colt or Gatln,
 Regular Army Man. He makes no fuss about the job. He don't talk big or brave. M He knows he's in to fight and win, Or help fill up grave. ? He ain't no mammas g darlin', but He does the best he can And he's the chap that wins the scrap, The Regular Army Man The Dandy. Handy, Cool and Sandy
 Regular Army Man.
 -Yulxon (Alaska) Valley News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
concernIng Presidential Votes

Two men were discussing the popular vote in the McKinley-Bryan campaign of 1S96 one of them insisting that Bryan's vote was greater than McKinley's. and the other being equally as strong in as- serting that Mckinley had the larger vote" said an old voter who takes q keen interest in politics.
 Tn 1896 McKinley's popular vote was 7,10l,7 ,779, while Bryan's popular vote was cnly 6,502 1925. McKinley's electoral vote in that year was 271. and Bryans was only 149.
 q have been a voter since 1872 Tn that year Grants popular vote was 3,597o7O, and Horace Greeley, Grants chief oppon- ent, who ran as a democrat and liberal, received 2,ss4,079 Grant received 2S6 elec- toral votes and Greeley only 47.
 Tn 1876 Tilden's popular vote was 4,2Si, Ss5 against Hayes 4,O33.s50, but in the cleo toral college the vote stood is4 for Tilden and 1855 for Hayes Tilden was as fairly elected as Cleveland was in 1884, but he allowed himself to be counted out by the to commission.
 "Garfied's popular vote in 1880 was 4,- 449, ,053, and Hancock's was 42035-only 701s less than Garfield's, yet the republi- can candidate received in the electoral college 214 as against Hancock's 155.
 "Clevelands popular vote in 1884 was 4,91, 017 as against Blaine's 4,s4s,334. His electoral vote was 21a as against Blaine's ls2 In 1888 Cleveland received 9s0l7 more votes than Harrison, yet Harrison had a large majority in the electoral college 233 as compared with Cleveland's 16S. Weaver, who ran in 1892 as a people, s candidate, received 22 electoral votes.
 Bryan ran three times and never did he receive a majority of the popular vote.
 AS the United States increases in popu- lation steadily the popular vote every four years naturally shows a considerable in. crease"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
The Democratic Convention City

q was well pleased with Baltimore '' said a democrat who visited that city for the first time on the occasion of the con vention.
 q read in some Of the New York papers about inadequate accommodations and exorbitant charges, put such stories were misleading and were altogether un- just. Some of the hotels probably put up their prices, but I hund 1t no trouble to rent a comfortable room in a boarding house. and my meals at cafe cost me no more than they would have cost fin Birmingham. l found the lunch counters in Baltimore entirely satisfactory-5 cents for coffee; 10 cents for eggs. and every thing else in proportion.
 ''We had hot weather Tn Baltimore, but I suppose it was hot everywhere. If I had a voice in the matter I would be glad to vote for the democratic convention to be held in Baltimore in 1916"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
The Public Library

q doubt if there is a city in the United States of the size and importance of Bir- mingham that has such poor public li- brary facilities or a library so poorly situated as this city," said a literary man. Tt is almost impossible for a stranger to locate the library without the aid of a guide and search war rant, and the shelves are wofully de- fcient in the number of volumes re- quired for a library adequate to the needs of a city like Birmingham.
 T find no fault with the manner in which the library Is conducted. for I re- ceive at all times most courteous treat ment and the books are neatly arranged and kept, but I do find fault with the quarters and the lack of a complete i- brary.
 Tn town like this public library can be great help to those engaged in in- dustrial pursuits and it would be de- cided advantage to the studiously in. clined of this class if there were de- partment of technical and scientific works. Of course, these books are very expensive but for that very reason they ought to be available to those who can not afford to purchase them outright. I hope to see a movement started in the near future to improve our public li- brary."
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said professional man. Ut is singuiariy Illuminating.
 When I was a youth I read Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained,' and I was under. the impression then that Milton
 was an orthodox calvinist- My parents were both strong calvinists. and both greatly admired Milton. It was some time after I was grown that I learned that Milton's reformed theology was ques- toned Of course. as I grew older and got better insight into these theological matters I classed England's famous man of letters as something of a Unitarian.
 The influence of Milton,' says Bishop Weldon, through his writings in prose and poetry, upon Christian theological belief in England and in the English speaking world is one of the strangest paradoxes in literary history. For he was almost the last person who might have been expected to control or direct the thought of Christians within, as well as without. the Church of England. He was estranged by wide differences of belief and practice from the great body of his Christian fellow countrymen. He was iiCitlti a HUI dll I1fi7tpf'ttaA@t-+ What were his views of Episcopal govern ment is only too well known from his treatise, Of Prelatlcal Episcopacy' from his Reason of Church Government, Urged Against Prelaty and from his Animal versions upon the Remonstrants Defense Against Smectymnuus. He was not an orthodox Trinitarian in his doctrine relating either to the Second or to the Third Person of the Sacred Trinity He was not believer in the independent life of the soul apart from the body, or in the life of the soul at all between death and resurrection. Tn his estimate of matter he came at times perllously near to Pan theism He decisively rejected infant baptism; he was opposed on principle to iturgies and all set forms of prayer. He was an advocate of divorce, and in certain circumstances of polygamy. He was an nti-Sabbatarian, and at the last he was almost an alien from the rules and praer tices of Christianity
 But no matter what Milton's theology was, he was one of the greatest poets who ever lived The splendid harmony of his blank verse marks him as a genius. As a poet he ranks next to Shakespeare, and he will always live as a classic"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
1. xl- I

Business in the First Half of the Year
 The first half of the calendar year 1912 has been closed with general business in reasonably prosperous condition, despite conventions and a great excess of politics. The crop out look is good, and the iron, steel, cop per and textile industries are com ing along in satisfactory manner. The labor strikes have not been dras- tic. As rule they have been brief, and good sense has brought the two sides readily together. The stock mar ket remains reasonably firm.
 The government reports relating to the foreign trade of the United States have not been made up, but it is known that over one billion dollars worth of manufactures were exported during the year. Those of iron and steel aggregated about $275, 100000; of copper and mineral oils each more than $100,000,000; of lumber and other manufactures of wood about $1O0, 100000; of leather and manu- factures thereof about $60,000, ,OO0; of cotton about s50,O0o,OoO Manufac- lures constituted about 4e per cent of our exports. There are no idle steel mills, and few idle mills of any kind.
 General business improves just as the crop outlook does. Already new winter wheat is coming to market, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06

From the Baltimore American.
 fable southern gentleman. He took a stroll yesterday afternoon along Mount Vernon place. He delights to shake hands, and when a person looks familiarity at the southern statesman, he is not asked to give his name. The senator simply walks over and shakes hands.
 T hope your health is good,' the sena- tor says. And when the surprised strang- CT replies that he is pleased, the Alabama ian smiles broadly and passes on.
 NO wonder everybody likes the old sf7,p- tleman in.Alabama," said local politician who watched the senator pass by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
MARSE HENRY BOASTS BRYAN

the nomination for himself by the at tempt to hold a balance between Clark and Wilson until, worn out by the dead- lock, the convention turns to Bryan Fair inference would point to such a purpose. In case we say it is not true, what shall we say of the ungenerous temper and the grotesque figure he has presented to his party associates; the rule or ruin spirit; the dog in the manager attitude; the exag- gerated ego and shameless self assertion; in short the insensibility to the obliga- tions alike of private friendship and pub lie duty, of personal affection and politi- cal fidelity, eliminating in an ignominous stage play
 That blurs the grace and blush of niod-
 esty,
 Calls honor hypocrite; takes off the rose From the fair forehead of manly love And sets blister there; makes party
 vows
 As false as dicers' oaths."
 The Courier-Journal is not a searcher of hearts. It would blacben no mans motives. It can in fancy realize a person wholly upright but selfish and perverse.
  ocre talents, confusing his sentiment and his conviction in an effort to keep him- self at the front of the scene and to re- tain the appearance of leadership at what ever cost, regardless of consequences.
 Such a person is Theodore Roosevelt. Such person seems William Jennings Bryan. Already he has made a frost of what appeared a harvest. He may im- agine himself a hero; but hero he is only to the unworthy and the unrefect- ing. To those who think and are capable of discriminating between right and wrong, wisdom and folly, he must be for ever regarded as one given over to vani- ty and revenges-loving nobody except himself-casting to the winds all that ex- alts self sacrifice and makes manhood glorious in the sight of men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
WHEN ROYALTY TRAVELS INcoG

From Answers, London.
 Every modern king or prince has sev- eral inferior titles-the Emperor of Aus tria has over 17--that are usually of no use to him. It is when ne wishes tc travel and does not desire to be bothered with state ceremonies on his way that he finds these titles convenient. The Prince of Wales, who recently en- joyed a long stay in Paris under the title of the Earl of Chester, employed the best known of the various incognitos used by successive Princes of Wales. His grand father, the late King Edward, passed. at different times, when Prince of Wales. as the Duke of Cornwall the Earl of Chester, the Earl of Carrick and Baron Renfrew.
 Such widely known incognitos are not meant to hide the identity of their own CTS They are simply an indication that the bearer wants to be spared the paying and receiving of ceremonious visits.
 But at times royalty really wishes to pass unknown. The present Queen of Norway, when Princess Charles of Den mark, used to go for long tours on the continent accompanied solely by her gov- erness. Hotel books knew her not at all. Queen Alexandra, too, is said to have more than once visited Paris under the name of Mrs. Stephens.
 The journalistic photographers and pressmen particularly annoyed that un- conventional and witty monarch, King AL fonso, when staying in Paris under the incognito of Marquis Cavadonga. One morning the following typed message reached the chief news agencies in Paris: 'If tie men of the press persist in shad- owing the Marquis Cavadonga, as though he were a suspected assassin, they must not be surprised when a natural conse- quence follows"
 The message was marked Private" and was kept out of the newspapers, but all journalistic and diplomatic Paris chuckled at the vision of a persistent reporter fall-
 ing a martyr beneath the blade of a badgered king. The message, however had the effect intended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
WHEN FORTUNE BROWNS.

WHEN FORTUNE BROWNS. He flew too high,
 And that was all; No one was sad
 To see him fall. The wights who had
 Envied his lot, Were pleased to note
 The bump he got. And some remarked,
 With faces bright, All in. is he?
 It serves him right!a No friendship bound, No ties of blood. Humanity,
 Thy name is Mud
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
THE EXCEPTIONS.

LIE 4@<N@lSI IAOAs7+ Children, if you meet cricket Please remember not to kick it; Ne'er a youth who's nature sweetn Kick a lady bug or beetle.
 London Globe If a daddy longlegs passes Do not slay it Gas. alas, is Often done by wicked urchns Who deserve the soundest birchins).
 -Tld Bits. But that fly, that source of danger, Dread bacteria-laden ranger; Bobby, Willie, Tommy, Percy, Swat him, boys ,and show no mercy
 Boston Transcript. But the bee Is such a fighter That he's apt to sting a smiter; If a fly and you'd surprise him. Just be sure you recognize him.
 Birmingham Age-Herald And if you should chance to meet a Busy, buzzng little skeeta. Do not undertake to pet him, Simply grab club and-get him. /
 -Springheld Union. If it's red ants, and you're sitting On their ant hill, all unwilling, When they notify you scramble off the hill and homeward amble.
 Houston Post Should you see a centipedlet Promenading on a weedlet Do not finger long to utter Idle greetings. Skip the gutter
 Youngstown Telegram NOT MENTIONING ANY NAMES. Some men so crave
 The spot lights glow,
 They gladly make
 Themselves a show
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
MORE THAN LIKELY

No doubt it gives one quite thrill
 To sail the skies high over all. But here's thought that makes me i'll,
 My bones might break If I should fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
HAD TO BH~GOOD.

Poor Jibbles could not tell g. fife,
 Not even to his wife, And maybe that's the reason why
 He led a gloomy life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06

Tariff revision to a revenue basis ran through all the nominating speeches at Baltimore It is one thing upon which all democrats are agreed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
4 MEMORY.

We knew an advertising man
 Twas in our early youth Whom none could coax, by any plan, To juggle with the truth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06

In the last rush hours Baltimore had a vice president to select and a platform to adopt, and it did excellently well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06

Senator LaFollette proposes to keep his lightning rod and his pompadour erect four years more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06

New York after all is only one-tenth of the country. The other nine-tenths has voice and vote in the November
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
EASILY AccoMPLlsHEp.

If man isn't already tired. you can make him so by merely referring to the late fstic fiasco at Las Vegas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
A POOR AUDITOR.

I'm afraid Billkins has been dining not wisely but too we'll"
 why so?''
 'As passed his table just now I heard him telling the story of his life to cat sup bottle.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
Let others linger by tlle sea
REALLY QUITE PAINFUL.

ITS Grabblt stlngy?
 Well, I'd hate to say he's stingy, but parting with dollar is a terrible strain on his nervous system"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06

The Illinois democrats are proud of the part they took in the closing ballots at Baltimore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06

In selecting a name for the new party the word "Bull-moose" is everywhere pre- ferred to eF1orentine."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06

The Illinois delegation claims it had the psychological moment up its sleeves all the time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06

The post-convention campaign will be begun just as soon as the Bull-moose stands adjourned without day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06

The two-thirds- rule stands vindicated. It prevented a snap judgment at Balti- more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06

l Virginia is about to resume at the old | stand as the mother of Presidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06
Influence of John Milton

"One<of the most interesting articles in a recent issue of the Nineteenth Cen tury, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Weldon, is entitled. The Theology of Milton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06

The handwriting on the wall can be read without the aid of a Daniel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06

Woodrow Wilson is Presbyterian, who is too intelligent to be bigot