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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
Five Greatest Achievements of 19l


 In seeking far and wide opinions Rs to what were the five greatest hu man achievements of 1911 the Phila- delphia Public Ledger unearthed the fact that the past year is widely re- earded as essentially mediocre. It did not produce many great achieve ments-any one indeed that has any chance to rank among the greatest.
 A close inspection of the replies it received furnishes these as the chief achievements of the year:
 1. The awakening of China and the possibility of the establishment of a republic.
 2. The abolition of the veto power in the house of lords.
 8. The successful application of the aeroplane in Tripoli to actual warfare.
 4. The control of the trusts by the government through decisions of the supreme court.
 5. The practical application of vac cinative methods to prevent typhoid fever.
 These are the five best achieve p1ents of the year The two first named are very far reaching and may prove deeply important to the en- tire world. The last named three are valuable, but not perhaps entitled to places among the worlds greatest achievements. If China had not bred a rebellion the year certainly would have been very dull and commonplace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
Democratic Insurgency III Timed

Ohio is full of insurgents. There are In that state. at present many insur- rent democrats and many more insur- gent republicans. It is the fashion in Ohio to insurge, but no one sees how the opposition can gain anything by indulging in insurgYt movements. The democrats have been out of pow CT since March 4, 1897, when Grover Clevelands term was ended-16 years ago. A party out of power should, in all reason, stand together, at least un- til they have turned out their oppo- nents. The party in power can per hans afford to insurge, but the party that has witnessed a succession that includes Mckinley, Roosevelt and Taft should stand together. It should get together for the common good. Any democrat is better than any republic an. and the high tariffites cannot be driven out if the democrats indulge in insurgent movements. The repub- licans should be permitted to enjoy a monopoly of insurgency.
 Let the democrats of Ohio get to- gether. Every democrat is revenue tariff man, and as the tariff is to be the chief issue of this years campaign every democrat should proclaim his
 ealty to the party. No democrat can
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
RANDY THE BEAUTIFUL

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 A CABLEGRAM from Colombo
 "A says that Dr. Charles W. Eliot. president emeritus of Harvard and citizen of the world is recovering from appendicitis at Randy. where he was operated upon three weeks ago. Dr. Eliot is an American in whom his fell low, citizens take pride, and the news that he is out of danger is good news to his fellow countrymen.
 Dr. Eliot, since fate decreed that he was to have appendicitis, is to be con- graduated upon having chanced to be in thefhighlands of Ceylon when he was stricken. Ceylon is believed by some of the archaeologists to have been the land of Ophir, from which the navy of Hiram, King of Tyre, brought to King Solomon gold and silver. ivory and apes and peacocks' wings, almug trees and precious stones." The ancient Indian writers of books in the Sanskrit tongue called it "Lanka,'' "The Resplendent." The Chinese called it the isle of jewels, and the Greeks, "the land of hyacinth and ruby" Ceylon is, in the figura- tive language of the Indian Buddhists of the present time, "the pearl upon the brow of India," and it's waters produce the most beautiful pearls In the world. It's mines have yielded precious stones since centuries before the days of Marco Polo, who found the King of the Singhalese in pos session of a ruby so large that when he spoke of it at the court of Kublai Khan an embassy was sent to Ceylon to beg the King of the tropical island to sell it. naming his price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
cincinnati Mia. on a Visit Here

William J. Bryan of Cincinnati, but formerly resident of Birmingham, is visiting the city. Although he is a dem ocrat and has the same initials as the Nebraska politician, he is not related to the national celebrity. MT. Bryan is con- nected with the metals trade, being en- gagged especially in the structural branch.
 While it is true that the iron and steel business is showing some activity, l find that dullness continues in my line, |" said MT. Bryan T am hoping, however, for improvement later in the year.
 When asked if he heard much polit- ical talk in the north MT. Bryan replied in the affirmative. 'I hear Underwood being spoken of everywhere in connec- tion with the presidential nomination. said MT Bryan. T was in New York and Pittsburg recently. and in the east
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
Owners of Steel Shares

When the price of shares in the United States Steel corporation was marked down last year the number of shareholders was increased fully 25 per cent. Last August the share holders numbered 10000; now they are an army 15O,OOO strong. No other corporation in the world has, it is be- lieved. that many shareholders, and these are the people that the govern ment is striking at when it seeks to break up the Steel corporation.
 Holders of large blocks of the stock have been selling to those who desire small lots-lots oftentimes below 100 shares. Apparently this movement is still going on, and there seems to be no lack of small investors despite the governments suit.
 The shares are now worth about 69. The price has run all the way from s1s in 1903 to 91 in 1910. It moves up and down like many other stocks. The amount of common stock out standing exceeds half billion, and it is not surprising that there are flucta- tions in it, or that the number of shareholders is increasing. The aver age holding of the stockholders is about 35 shares.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
.Dia.lfyins, the Presidency

Henry Watterson can come nearer striking the nail on the head every time," said Waiter Webber yesterday afternoon. than any other man of whom l know
 T have just been reading Waiter sons remarks concerning the probabil- fly of Roosevelt obtaining the nomina- tion at the hands of the republicans. Watterson said: I have always ad- mired Roosevelt. I knew his father and mother before he was born. Were he in trouble I would go to his assist ance. But l would rather follow be- hind his coffin than to see him Diazify the presidency and Mexicanize the re- public.'
 Who other than Watterson Tn so few words could have so well ex- pressed the real sentiment Of the American peopleti
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
THE AFTER LIFE

By Browning. There's a fancy some lean to and others
 hate
 That. when this life is ended. begins New work for the soul in another state. Where it strives and gets weary, loses
 and wins; Where the strong and the weak, this
 worlds congeries. Repeat in large what they practiced in
 small, Through life after life in unlimited series, Only the scales to be changed, that s
 all. Yet I hardly know when a soul has seen By the means of evil that good Is best And, through earth and-its noise, what is
 heavens serene When our faith in the same has stood
 the test Why, the child grown man. you burn tho
 rod The uses of labor are surely done; There. renaineth rest fof, the people ol
 God:
 And I have had troubles enough for
 one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
same snx "Enrecnstcd,,

As a rule the English in news papers is good.' said a university fresh man yesterday afternoon, but some times one notes in local news express sions and words which are absolutely Improper.
 For instance, here is a story in which the reporter used forecasted' when, as everyone knows, the past tense of forecast is forecast
 There are two other mistakes which occur in newspapers. One often sees gotten whereas the past tense or get is got one often sees, too, proven used for proved Proven should be confined to poetry and legal documents"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
REFLEcrIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 You can always discount profits, never losses.
 It's always expectations of reward for the good
 The fun a man gets out of being fam ily man is being away from the family.
 When girl is afraid to let a man put on her rubbers for her she hopes to lose some of her thinness soon.
 It's queer how afraid woman can be that burglar is under the bed when he might be in a place so much more dankerous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
prps FOR -nREAMLANn.

DuDs FOR DREAMLAND. Few interesting matters, sooth, The papers had this morn: l glanced them OCT with fretful eve. While feeling most forlorn. But suddenly lively thrill
 Did through my system run: A certain brisk advertisement,
 In dialogue begun, Awokc me from my reveries
 And chased away my frowns. It told how a department store
 Was selling glrlies' gowns. One maiden fair said how she went, All through the mud and slush, And made a first-rate killing in A bargain counter rush. The other maiden held her breath, Then raved about the price; Thesinferenee was she would go
 And buy some in a trice. What seemed so fascinating bout The talk these girlies had All printed large. in boldest type, An advertising fad, Was there before my very eyes, And most distracting clear, Was reproduced the kind of talk No bachelor may hear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
SUBSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SKIN

From the Rochester Democrat and Chron'
 ice.
 From Philadelphia comes the annonuee- ment of the discovery that the white lin ing or membrane of egg shells can be used with success as a substitute for human skin in grating operations con seouent upon burns and scalds. It is re- ported that in one case the patient was so burned that it was not believed that she would live, but the new treatment proved successful and the woman is now convalescent. It is pointed out that while human skin is preferable for grating, it is not always possible to find persons will ing to part with any, even to save life Moreover, most people would rather have the lining from an egg shell grafted oh them than portions of skin taken from another person. If the egg shell mem brane treatment proves as successful as predicted, it. is likely that it will be classed as one of the important discov- cries in surgery. It seems odd, however, that it has never before been tried.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

be found who does not advocate a tariff for revenue only. No democrat can be found who advocates protection for profits. The party is solid in this all important respect and this of itself shows that insurgency among demo- crats at this time is a misfit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
"CUBISTESv
New York Correspondence Cincinnati Tines-Star

New York correspondence Cincinnati
 Times-Star.
 Maybe you didn't know 1t, but there's a new sor, of artist at large. Over in Paris they call them "Cubistes,'' because they work or the principle of reducing everything to cubes. John Chase, the landscaplst. who recently returned from Paris to pay his native New York visit. rather expects that at the next exhibition here some of the Cubistes will break in. Sooner or Ia ter, he observes. every oi- zarre form of art is displayed here-but the old reliable form continues to do busi- ness al the cid stand. T don't know pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

heard Underwood highly praised. My
 belief is that Governor Harmon Of my state will be nominated and elected. don't know what the republicans are go- ing to do. It seems to me that 1t would be impossible for, the republicans to re- elect President Taft. Just now there is a strong movement to nominate Roose- welt. l believe that Harmon or any other good democrat could beat either Taft or Roosevelt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

cisely how the school originated" said MT Chase, .'but this is the story as told in Paris. It appears that three artists were walking down the Rue de Ia Paix when that fashionable thoroughfare had just been torn up by the payers. Here and there were great piles of wooden blocks, which were later to be put dowrI on the street. The three artists stopped and gazed at them.
 What GO those blocks remind you of?" asked one.
 'Ha,' said the second artist. I have it. It reminds one of the battle of yalmy.'
 !" No, no.' said the third artist. It sug- gests to me most strongly quiet scene on the Bay of Naples Wrong said the first man. Both wrong. To me it recalls my dead sweet heart
 "Whereupon they all broke into tears. and then and there the school of Cubistes was founded.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
REEoRE THE TRUST

From the Linneus tMo.) Bulletin.
 Warren 4. Smith, who was born in Boone county in 1887, and whose chief hobby is to talk of the good old days, says the first kerosene he ever saw came from Kentucky and was purchased from a peddler at s4 per gallon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
UNDERWOOD NEEDED

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 We hope that MT. Underwood's doctor is good democrat and that he under stands the necessity of keeping the Ala bamian well. We don't know what his party would do without him in Congress-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
THE AFTERMATH.

Job Hedges, the New York. lawyer. was| called on to respond to a toast at dn1
 ner of fnanciers the other night His| predecessors had been hacking away viz | orously at the Sherman antitrust law J. Pierpont Morgan had chuckled audi bly, when Chauncey M. Depew attacked that bit of legislatioh and that had en- couraged the other speakers to tread inl Depew's oratorical footsteps. Some od those who comment on the sherman law, said Hedges, make me think of TomI Collins. Tom planned a convivial even-| ing with srme friends. Being a prudent and fore-sighted man, he determined toI mako certain that he would get home| safely. As the streets of the village inI which he lived were not lighted after Ill o'clock, he took a lantern when he leftl home. Long after midnight he bade his| friends good-by, and started on his home-I ward-bound trudge, lantern in hand l Next morning he was surprised to rel ceive note from his host of the even-| ing before. Dear Tom. it read. 'Ths| boy will give you your lantern. Please| return by bearer my parrot and cage -
 New York Correspondent CincinnatN Times-Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
About Persons

pr. George G. Brownell. professor of Romance languages at the University of Alabama, spent yesterday in Birming- ham.
 State Senator Ernest B. Fite Of Ham, ilton, representing Colbert and Marion counties in the Senate. is at the Morris.
 Elisha J. Cain of Wetumpka is regis tered at the Florence.
 David J. Thompson of Cleveland, for merly of Birmingham, is in the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
WISDOM

Pa, whas is meant by the .'psycholog cal moment'?"
 .'As a rule. my son. 1t takes the forr of lost opportunity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

Prince Albert in Canada is revelling in q temperature of 42 degrees below zero The north pole has not got much cold on Prince Albert
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

pr. Pearsons, now over 90 years old has given away his s1oOoooo fortune, and is not fearing a will contest over his es- 10
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

The woolen mills are running night and day in anticipation of new and lower tariff. The old stock must be worked off at the Payne rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

An applicant for naturalization papers in New York when asked who makes the laws, answered, ''Tammany Hall. He should have received his papers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
NOT FRIENDLY.

How are your relations with the Flub- bit family?"
 My relations are always quarreling with the t'lubbit famiIy.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

The cold wave flag tried to fiutter at the opening of the year, but the dust had to be laid, apd so it made way for a spell of rainy weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
GENUS STARVING.

'lI1-N T . D D T zhIN I4NI' 'I m not 9Verse to words of praise. Said one who wore crown of bays, But it would wondrous pleasing be- If one square meal I could but see. To be acclaimed, does very well, Fen though ones head may chance t swell
 Yet what ayails the worlds applause When hunger on ones system gnaws?''
 PAUL, COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

It is believed the man who was arrest ed when he had 72 sticks of dynamite in his suitcase was on his way to the peace ha nuuct
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

A trunk that is more than 45 inches long is a trunk that leads to excess bag gage charges. Shorten it up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

The Portuguese authorities have decided to auction off all the crown jewels ex- cept those that Gaby Deslys has.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

The three previous husbands have a but they are sayin nothin'.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

James Whitcomb Riley, the children s poet got 120o Christmas greetings from all parts of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

WHAT'S THE USE? Whats the use of frettin? Ain't no use to cry, So long as I am gettin' A slice o good mince pie. Go my way a-smilin', Happy to de core, So long as I can get 1t, I'll pass my plate for more.
 St. Louis Times. Whats the use to holler That they've formed a plot? Mother wants a dollar, Last one 1 have got Bank account is ruined I'm bankrupt once more, Mighty glad when Christmas Buying will be o'eri
 Los Angeles Express. Whats the use of frettng? Just no use at all: Soon we H. hear the umpire Calling out. Play ball!' Soon will vernal flowers Decorate the land And we'll hear the poets Sing to heat the band.
 A DREARY FATE How sad is life
 For one who sees
 His carping wife
 lie cannot please.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. { How sad for him
 Who turns q leaf
 For che short month
 Then comes to grief.
 -I,Ouisyille Uost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

China is convinced it does not need an Empress Dowager in conducting it's af- fairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

pertinent house dwellers are called in Chicago eliffdwellers. and their houses fill the bill very well indeed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
OUR GUESS.

Judd Lewis tells about a girl
 Whom Santa brought Some hose Of silk, the which. whene'er it rains, Wigh proper pride she shows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

But all of the jewels of Ceylon arel surpassed in beauty by its flowers and its skies. And Randy, a miniature city| surrounding miniature lake, and surrounded by an amphitheatre o6 mountains clothed in the richest ver1 dure of the tropics, is the most ceIe i, brated beauty spot in a"CeyIon's spicy isle '2aIts placid lake reflects the like ness of the Temple of the ToothI which is to 400, 100000 Buddhists whatI Mecca is to the Mohammedans. Thel ruins of the arsenal of the nativel Kings, upon a tiny island in the cen-| quality of the peace that broods overI the shrine to which flows an endless stream of brown, barefooted pilgrim s| to mediate and pray over the relics| of Guatama, and to keep the templs| heavy of the perfume of the blossoms they strew over the floor of the win-| dowless chamber in which the tooth of Buddha is kept In the smallest of seven locked boxes.
 The climate of Randy, tempered byl the altitude. is 12 months of earlyI June. The Singhalese babies are al l lowed to go naked the year round and| play in the streets from January to| January without having to come in| when it rains, having no dry goods to bel damaged by falling weather.
 The British have built a good hotel upon the lakeside and its wide ver-| randa is as comfortable place in anyl health resort pr. Eliot is fortunato to leave his appendix at Randy and| to be able to spend January where ! as Bishop Heber puts it, every pros- pect pleases." ~gf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

Russia stands ready to snatch whole dis tricts from nations weaker than herself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

New York refused to pay for annual courses in dramatic education at the New theatre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

Keep wetting your finger so that you can turn oyer new leaf from day to day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
They Stole q Ride

T read in The Age-Herald some days ago. stated Winston Chappell last night .'an interview with Legislator J. B. By lance of Tallapoosa county. in which he expressed indignation that Alabama pro- vldes for eonining in coal mines where there is always grave danger to life and limb men whose offenses were minor in- deed. am one of the many in the state who desire to protest against working conviets in mines.
 Once as a result of an explosion in one of the mines of this state. two brothers, IS and 19 years of age, respectively, were killed. From the facts in the case l learned that they had been convicted of lvagraney. Going further into the details, learned that they were caught steal- ing ride on train. They. were sent to the mines and two days later, were killed in an explosion. The action of the state in this regard was practically an official execution for the crime of riding the rails There is no doubt but that the state is doing a rank injustice to many men who have been convicted of offenses which cannot come under the general head of crimes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
} THEIR YouTHrtjL BLOOM.

bLOOMs
 waiter, there is a strong odor of paint hereapous. Have you been doing any| painting latey?' NO, sif, but I suspect the two ladias| who just now left have been doing some- thing of the sort"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

The Panama canal will be an old story when the San Francisco exposition is held in 1915
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

After all. Eng1iahmen, scotchmen and Welshmen are arriving here in increasing numbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

The turkey, it appears. is preparing to join the dodo We'll, good-by, old bird.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
Underwood and the Presidency

Southern democrats should get out of the habit of thinking that statesman equipped for the presidency like Oscar Underwood could be nominated and elected if he only lived in state north of the Mason and Dixon lne.' said Col. O. P Gaut.
 T have recently been in Oklahoma, Ar kansas and Texas. In those states l heard men speak of Underwood in terms of high praise as presidential quantity, but with that if
 ''The northern people have long since got over their sectional feeling. l am satisfied that they would just as soon vote for a southern man as a northern man so long as the southerner had the ability and the general fitness. Under woods chances for the nomination are growing better and better every day IF the New York democracy gives him it's support in the convention he will certainly head the ticket Underwood is the logi- cal candidate. and if the democrats know what is good for them they will nomi- nate him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

President Sun speaks good United States, having resided for considerable pe- riods in this country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
A MODERN IDEA

A MODERN IDEA. Kermudge, methinks, Is wondrous vain, Because he rides A hydroplane The srrinkling cart He holds with vim Not up to date Enough for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

No doubt the Houston ehappies all Consider fate most kind, And though the rain falls every day,
 Are not disposed to mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

Russia seems to want to get all of Asia in its Christmas stocking. That stocking will be hung up tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
THE sUBwAYs OF VENICE

The Success magazine has failed. Preaching is easier than practicing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04
SOON EXPLAINED.

Why ale you looking so happy?" T have just been to call on Mrs. Dib- ble."
 "Ahem.n
 Don't waste any more time wondering Mrs Dibble was out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

Never did mockers waste more idle breath.
 --Midsummer Nights Dream.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter under net of Congress March 3, 1879.