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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
\ Morbid Habit

'"rhe usual crowd of morbid curiosity seekers assembled in the alley adjacent to the county Jail yesterday at the hour set for the execution of the>negro, Arm- stead White" said one of the older mem bers of the official family of the county. What impels these people to gather on such occasions is more than l can under stand. There is nothing to be seen, yet the fact that a hanging is set for eer- tain day, just as certain on that day will crowd assemble. The negroes are more hume rous. it is true. on the occasion re- ferred to. but the windows of the county jail and the surrounding high buildings were filled witl white people. Two young men secured ladder and climbed on the roof of one of the houses close to the jail but to no purpose. for none could see the ghastly scene except those ad- mitted to the jail yard.
 .I am informed that in England no one is admitted to the jail except the officials in charge of execution, and that it is the custom to hcist black flag from the top of the jail the moment the trap is sprung. I am told that the people assemble in the vicinity of the jail in great numbers .o watch the hoisting of the flag, which an- nounces to the world that soul has been sent into eternity. Why, cannot under stand'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

that church and state are not separate in America and that the people have a right to settle religious questions and to determine by ballot what is good and what is bad many vote the prohi- bition ticket; and all those who insist that it is not the business of govern ment to equalize the cost of production at home and abroad to the manufac- turer until it equalizes the difference in the purchase price to the consumer at home and abroad, who believes that the only equalization justifiable in our government is the equalization of op- portunity, who think that public office is a public trust, who do not believe that disgruntled and defeated politi- clans are genuine reformers, and who think that reforms are not born with sore toes, may vote the democratic ticket"
 The speech of Governor Marshall is throughout excellent. He may lug in Jefferson too much to suit present conditions, but no one can read his speech without becoming convinced that he is born democrat and lover of his species. He wants every man in this country to have square op- portunity. He believes in the indi- vidual rather than in monopolistic trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
pr. Evans 10 Return

It will be glad news, indeed, to the
 members of the Church of the Ad-
 vent and to hundreds outside of the Episcopal communion to- learn that the
 Rev. Dr. w. A. Evans, rector of tho
 Advent. will return to Birmingham dur
 ing the coming autumn. While pr.
 Evans health had been poor for some
 months his vacation which he is now
 spending on his country place in Vir-
 ginia. is being of decided benefit, 1t Is
 believed.
 In a letter to a member of the yes- try, the popular rector spoke of re-
 turning to Birmingham to resume his
 work by the second Sunday in Septem- Der, but the vestry had made it plain to him that he must not hurry back to his parish It advised that he re-
 main away until his health was fully
 built up.
 "The report published in The Age
 Herald a few days ago to the effect that Dr. Evans would not be able to
 resume his parochial duties was natur- ally disquieting" said one of the ward ems of the Church of the Advent yes- terday.
 When the rector left for Virginia 1t was understood that the yestry would give him an assistant. The fact that he recently wrote suggesting that the vestry look around for a clergyman to carry on the work of the church might have given the impression to those not fully informed of all the facts that pr. Evans was not improv- Ing as fast as was hoped. But tele- gram just received from pr. Evans in
 dicates that he Is improved and that he would be heard often in the Ad- vent pulpit during the coming fall and Winteroi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

and it is also written in black and white that the republicans thwarted their efforts.
 MT. Underwood described in a tell ing speech on Thursday the effects of tariff taxation on the cost of liv- ing. The case is presented in a clear and even in picturesque manner, and the national campaign committee should scatter millions of copies of this speech over the country, for it presents the cost of living in plain and unmistakable terms. It at tributes to the vicious tariff what is justly chargeable against it, and it does this in way that enables even he who runs to read and see the truth. Print MT. Underwood's speech. Put it in the hands of every voter if possible. It contains the information he needs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
JUST TAKES HIS WORD FOR IT.

From, Life.
 The 'woman-And you will always love me as now?
 The Man--I will always love you as now. The Woman-But I will be i'll and weak. The Man-No matter; will love you. The Woman--I will grow old.
 The Man-I will still love you.
 The Woman-I may be fretful and cross. Not always smiling sweet as now.
 The Man-No matter. I will love you. The Woman-We may be pressed by poverty. My gowns may be cheap and unbecoming.
 The Man-I will love you even so.
 The Woman-Other women younger, more beautiful, will cross your path.
 The Nan-I will see only you
 The woman-children may absorb my attention.
 The Man--I will be patient
 The woman-You will always love me. as now? The Man-I will always love you-as now. The Womau-1t is not true. But you have said it-and believe youl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
THUS THEY WERE WED

New York Telegram to the Pittsburs
 Dispatch.
 The "fattest woman in the world IS married. She was Miss Alpine Blltcn' weight $50 pounds, age 27 years, and ner new husband is Louis H. Aiken. former'y of Springfield, Mass. He is a printer Dy trade. He admits he has a big attract1on on his hands. He is S6, and weighs iSe pounds.
 Aiken fell in love with his bride al the third or fourth look. She was too big for him to see all at once, otherwise II uo,,d have been a t-first-sight match.
 The two went to borough hall in Brook lyn. Saturday. got their license. and w.r> married by Alderman. Jesse Moore who weighs about 200 pounds-assisted by Alderman James Martyr. 21o The wit aessss were two gentlemen who aa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
More About Armageddon

with all that has been printed about Armageddon recently. many Inquiries
 come to the newspapers touching this familiar Biblical word," said club man. .In looking over the eastern journals, l have seen dozen or more queries and answers about Armageddon.
 Briefly, the name in the revised yer l sion appears as Har-Magedon. The word as found in the book of Revelation l Is supposed to suggest the scene of the
 last great conflict between good and evil It is said to be derived from Me giddo, Canaanite fortress in Issachar. It is placed by most writers as the Legio, westward of the plain of Estraelon It was there that the Gibeonites were de- feated by Midean; in the same place Saul was defeated by the Phiistines and Joshua was defeated by the Egyptians. There were many other battles at Me giddo, but the ones named are, perhaps, the most easily recalled by Bible read CTS
 "The Armageddon of the Apocalypse writers to suggest that the Lord Is on tLe side Of the rlghteous-and we are the righteous. That seems to be the way the rame is used by the bull moosers.
 Alfred Kenny in letter to the New York Sun contributes this Interesting in- formation: Ten years ago Leonard Van Noppen, the translator of Vondels 'Lu- oifer," began a drama of gigantic pro- portions having for it's theme cosmic evolution Within a few months the completed work will be published in London under the title of "Armaged- don.'' One of the historical characters IT, this play is Bashti Beli, man of the type of MT. Roosevelt. Although the scene treating of this Bashti Beki vas written more than three years ago the situation so closely resembles that of the present Presidential campaign that a brother of MT. Van Noppen could not resist the temptation of publishing this scene separately in pamphlet form It was distributed in Chicago during the republican convention, and d copy was sent to Mir. Roosevelt. who at once seized upon the unusual word "Arma ageddon." '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
TRUTH ABOUT SOCIAL EVIL Ieroert Kaufman in Woman's World fol

Heroert Kaufman in Womans World for
 September.
 Extravagance is the worlds greatest lbertIne. Attractive shop windows have lured moro women to destruction than all the lovo lies of men.
 Society is at last giving serious consid- eration to the social evil. Vice commis- sions in all parts of the country are in- vestigating local conditions, and the quantity of accurate data upon this un- pleasant phase of life steadily grows.
 The student of sociology is forced 10 situation that voluntary prostitution is alarmngly great; that laziness, false pride and vanity are responsible for the average life of shame; that the desire to wear fine clothes. unwillingness to enter domestic service, and outright shiftless- ness are the contributory causes to most dow nfalls.
 Reclamation is practically impossible. Reformation Is seldom sincere. It is ex- trenely difficult to reconstruct a pervert- ed moral sense. Any hope of checking the social evil lies in the home. The in creasing number of professional and occa- sional offenders is an appalling indict- ment against the American family, and indicates a woeful need of ethical train irg.
 So long as parents do not concern them- selves with the temptations whicff-beset young wome,, who leave home to work in the big cities. little can be expected from the efforts of vice commissions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
Everything Taxed in the Tariff

Between the republicans in the Senate and the big bulky republican in the White House all the revisions planned by Majority Leader Under wood have been blocked and post poned, and the Aldrich-Payne tariff exists in all it's viciousness. It taxes the many for the benefit of the few.
 What the democrats, led by MT
 Underwood, tried to do in revising the tariff is written in black and white,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
MIGHTY POOR FOR SOUP
Inc Kansas City Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
 A man from the city recently spent his vacation in the Ozarks, and one day on one of his tramps stopped at the house of farmer for dinner. The man was hungry and eager to taste the old fashioned country dinner put he could find no fork Finally he asked the farmers wife If he might have one. She looked at him a moment and then said with superior air: We don't never use no forks in this house. They leaks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
RESTRICTIONS OF A BACHELOR
,om 1he New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Where charity begins is of no con- sequence to the one who wants 1t com pared with where 1t ends.
 A man can spend years over getting theory of how to gamble success fully into his noddle. but it takes only one gamble to get 1t out.
 When man isn't afraid of petticoat rule it's sign he's merely man with his experience still coming to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
Uncertainty of Politics

Colonel Roosevelt is developing much more strength in the presidential field than I imagined he would" said Birmingham man who is particularly friendly to President Taft.
 wilson's election now looks abso- lutely assured. I had an idea that it would be a close race between Taft and Wilson. Many republicans deserted Taft soon after the Chicago conven- tion, but still I would have been will ing to bet that the rank and file of the party would have been lined up for the ticket, and that with the lib eral use of money he would pull through It looks now, however, as if Roosevelt will get more electoral votes than Taft Roosevelt cannot be elect ed but he has made it easy for the democrats to win"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

nounced that they were the Lopez brothers. One was said to be glass eater, and the other juggles knives. A snake charmer, who was to have been bridesmaid. had to stay home and feed the snakes.
 F The bride was dressed in bewitching white hobble skirt that looked as if 1t had been balloon cover. The bride groom. looking much like pigmy. was happy: but the bride was rather grave. The only tune she smiled was when she looked down on the bridegroom as sha promised tO obey him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

railroad official. .rhis was nearly 20 per cent of the total cost of maintaining the railroads police force.
 "A number of years ago the Pennsyl- vania set out to perfect the organization of a well defined and efficient police ser- vice Members of this force travel over the road on both passenger and freight trains, and while protecting the property of the company, make 1t their special duty to look out for trespassers.s The company adopted this policy, according to its latest announcement, with the two-fold reason of protecting human life while protecting it's property.
 ''In 1907, 916 trespassers were killed on the Pennsylvania railroad alone, but due probably to the active campaign which this company has waged against trespass- ing the number dropped in 1911 to 527
 "The statement issued by the company this month says: Railroads can accomp- fish little unless they work in harmony with public authorities, and have the CO., operation of the latter. The possible re- suits to society at large can be appre- ciated when one learns that the number of trespassers killed on American rail- roads in one year is approximately loVV' while as many are injured.
 "A large number of the trespassers who are killed and injured each year are tramps, 1t is true, but probably greater number are workers in industrial centers where railroad tracks are used as thor oughfares. It is this class of trespassins at which the railroad is mainly directing It's efforts at the present time, with the thought that a reductionlof the practice of walking on railroad tracks in industrial centers will decrease the loss of life from trespassing on the Pennsylvania rail- road. The cooperation which municipal authorities can give the railroads can do much to wipe out this practice of tres- passing in industrial centers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
RaiIroad Trex,,assing

.ln it's endeavor to secure the eo-opera- ton of municipal authorities In its war fare against trespassers, the Pennsyl- yania railroad recently made public fig ures showing that it's police department in 1911 spent more than Noo'o9o n us cam paign against trespessing, said 2 local
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

The chief industry in China is the be- heading Of generals. That day is counted lost that does not witness at least one such sacrifice to the fury of the admin istrai lion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

attainments of foreigners and his own lack of them. In the notes he comments:
 Am addressed in German, and when can't speak 1t immediately the person tackles me in French and plainly shows astonshment when I stop him. They naturally despise such an ignoramus. our doctor here speaks as pure English as l."
 On the fourth day after his arrival he addressed the American students in Heid- elberg in one of those mixtures of tongues for which he had peculiar gift. Just bit of the peroration:
 Nun, meinem Freunde-no, meinen Freunde-no, meines Freundes--well, take your choice, they're all the same price. l don't know which is right. Nun, ich habe gehabt worden gewesen sein-as Goethe says in his Life on the Ocean Wave'--ich glaube das--das--but never mind, it wasn't anything important. and I will desist"
 Ths Clemens party enjoyed Heidelberg, though in different ways. The children romped and picncked in the castle grounds, which adjoined the hotel; Mrs. Clemens and Miss Spaulding were devoted to brick-a-brac hunting, picture galleries
 
 made excursions by rail and diligence to farther points. Art and opera did not appeal to him. The notebook says:
 "I have attended operas, whenever could not help it, for IA years now; am sure I know of no agony comparable to the listening to an unfamiliar opera. l am enchanted with the airs of Trova- tore and other old operas which the hand organ and the music box have made en- tirely familiar to my ear. l am carried away with delighted enthusiasm when they are sunglat the opera. But oh. how far between they arel And what long, arid, heartbreaking and headaching be- tweentimes of that sort of intense but ncoherent noise which always so re- minds me of the time the orphan asylum burned down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

It has been decided that s3,OOO,0OO is enough for the Astor baby. It would in a pinch suffice for almost any one ex- ceut John D.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

The prohibition orator who said Drink is tie cause Of poverty" was met with the question, why, then, do not the rich get poor?" It was a poser
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

General Booths success was largely due to his military organization and one man rule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
sMErr HOME LIFE

SWEET HOME LIFE.
 Whats the row across the way7"
 Mrs. Whiffers is changing her mind.r
 T don't see why that should cause so much disturbance"
 Well, the fact is, when Mrs. Whiffess changes her mind MT. Whiffers is expect ed to follow suit He's probably demur- ring this morning."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

The acceptance speeches of the two democartic standard bearers supplement each other. Both grapple with new is- sues boldly and yet wisely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
A SURE SIGN.

We know the duke was much amazed
 And here's. forsooth, the reason why: When told the rent could not be raised, His monocle dropped from his eye.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

oleomargarine may be colored here after if intended for export. No one seems to care what foreigners get for their money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

Sunny Jim says the third party is headed for oblivion, and the third party is no doubt ready to declare, You're an- other"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

England, too, has had the wettest sum mer in over 50 years, and the motorists have been caught frequently up to the hub in mud.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
SWEETNESS WASTED.

SW WElINESS WASTED. When Clara Bell went to the train A dozen girls she kissed goodbye; A poor man viewed the scene with pain Sheer loneliness the reason why. Of kisses quite enough to spare And not Q single one for him; He could but breathe the honeyed air Yet, cen that made his senses swim!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

Police Commissioner Waldo of New York wants lis salary doubled doubt less because of the graft he did not see
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

Professor Meltchnikoff says life can be prolonged by eating carrots in large quan- titles, but life on that basis is not worth liVinQ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

Colonel Roosevelt may be touring the country, but all the time he stands metaphorically speaking at Armageddon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

Ghost haunted houses are securing les sened valuations this year. Montgomery should work the idea for all it is worth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

The plague in Porto Rico is disap- bearing. The modern methods applied to it afford it small chance for spread ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

William Ellis Corey is supporting Will son, and the hull moose was counting on securing his vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

{ Champ Clark is now convinced tha every dog has his day, even the houn dawg of the Ozarks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

A SOUL AFFAIR. He stole a kiss
 From Minnie Mack; By jinks; she made Him put it back, Which tcok so long Now, don't you grinl- To kiss that way
 Seemed like a sin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

When bosses fall out honest men get their dues, and this may be the case in Pennsylvania
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

Even Texas pecan crop is a bumper one All crops are big this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
HOW SHOCKING,

The Caldwell News tells of a young woman who vent into a drug store in that town to buy bath sponge, but be- came embarrassed and asked the young man to give her a sponge bath.-Kansas City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

William Booth took an unselfsh idea and wonderfully applied 1t to selfish world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
AN ELOQUENT PLEA

The lunch counter car has appeared Tn California.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

Nearly all the new voters this year will vote as their fathers did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

Ali in the exclusive swim attended Mrs. Fish's Newport ball. Some call it a func- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

But slumber gives the rest they need
 Ana for a while perforce, they're still; 10 wake next morn, refreshed. indeed,
 And start again with right good will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
NOT INTERESTED.

What are you reading these days?" "Oh, first one book and then another I'd much rather tell you what I am not reading"
 Do SOL
 T am not reading the Astor genealogy which, was published when that s3,ooo,000 baby was bcrn.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
A MERE sURMIsE.

Those seven little governors,
 Are they for Teddy still? Who knows? They may be starring now In small time vaudeville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
POOR CHAPS.

Should husbands take their vacations apart iron; their folk?' asks the Spokane Spokesman-Re Review. Well. that depends on circumstances. Some husbands could not take vacation any other way and derive any benefit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
THE SQUEEZE PLAY

Would you marry a woman by force Jiblots?'
 "No. but wouldn't mind using. pres sure"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
TELEPHONES

One, whose subdu'd eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, trees, Their medicinal gun. -Othcllo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
RIEsT STI1MRER.

If 'twere not that sleep weighs them
 down
 At times when they grow short of
 breath There are some danes in this old town Who'd simply talk themselves to death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
CoRRECTED.

CORRECTED. The friend took the visiting Bostonian to the ball kame. The Bostonian didn't care for the game, but the local man had nothing else to show him.
 '"rhere, see," said the native; the pitcher has just thrown a curved ball. Did you notice it?"
 T noticed it, replied the Bostonian. But l wouldn't call it curved. r would call it sinusoidai''
 Whereupon the native ceased to offer further information-and they left the grounds at the end of the sixth inning, the home team being hopelessly in the minority. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 TIGHT FITS. The latest news concerning hats The kind that stylish women wear, Is that they'll do away with rats And clamp down close upon. the hair.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
L.ATER DESIRES.

1-<AA I4tt Df<oIHE6.77 When we were young we longed to be A locomotive engineer. Or else a captain on the sea. Who'd sail the deep and have no fear, But time doth many changes make In every persons point of view; These days we simply want a stake A million plunks, perhaps, would do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
A NARROW ESCAPE.

From angry waves
 He saved her life. "Oh, yes" you'll say, She's now his wife" Not r,uchl He laid Her down, all wet, Upon the beach
 And's running yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
T. R.,S LATEST

To tell the truth, We Go not wish To be compared
 To a cutie fish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postoffice as second class matter under act of Congress March 3. 1S7s
The Dickinson press., 1912-08-10

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