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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28

1 ing buried as q pauper. She begged for
 "a little white coffin"
 Tho man tried to borrow, tried to get .credit from an undertaker-in vain. In desperation he broke open the telephone box and was caught. | Put yourself in his place.
 A newspaper reporter (an archangel In | breeches) went ut to the home on the outskirts of the city, got the story, put some heart into it and printed 1t.
 The effect?
 When the telephone manager refused to prosecute the police court judge re- leased the prisoner. An undertaken volun- teered to furnish little white coffin and wait for his pay. Neighbors made the family comfortable and got the man job. The man said while the tears rolled from his eyes; "rll show the people I'm an honest man
 And they buried the baby, not only in white coffin, but used fine white hearse. And there were many carriages. And somebody paid the entire cost the next day and sent the man the receipted bill.
 Fine!
 After all, the world is wondrous kind if you but have a real appeal and know how to make it. The trend of the news papers toward human interest stories makes it possible to stir the sympathies of men and women. and the response is always noble one. But the finest thing in this story is that
 Society saved mani Suppose every one had turned a deaf ear to the poor fellow in the hour of hls temptation and wrongdoingl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28

diction fascinates The dignity of his dic- tion is an inspiration. while his thought. like the sun, shines by it's own light.
 For F years Judge Ormond occupied a seat on the supreme bench, an honor and an ornament His decisions were the profoundest, though they were garbed in the striking simplicity of our tongue. His long retention of the bench is an evidence of the general confidence in his integrity of character. This fact becomes more pronounced when 1t Is recalled that Judge Ormond was a whig in politics, yet such was the appreciation of his worth both as a man and as a jurist, that he failed not to command the esteem and votes ct the dominant democratic party. By dint of merit alone he compelled not alone its recognition but it's appreciation. No one ever suspected Judge Ormond of taking an unfair advantage as a judicial officer or as a man. The sincerity of his political
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
Baseball

c. G. GarTetson in Judge.
 Baseball, a purely American institu- ton, isl played by few million fans. the newspapers and an umpire, assisted by two widely worshiped idols called pitch ers. There are A few other supernumera- ries iit the game. but they are of no par tieular detriment. The contestants play out of doors nine months in the year and in vaudeville the rest of the time The pitcher, unlike his inanimate namesake, Is of no value when full. A wild pitcher is one who indulges in high balls. The purpose of the game is to score. When team can't score run, it scores the umpire. When the players are raw they are roasted by the manager. and when they are fresh he cans them. Baseball s not considered a dangerous sport, al- though 1t causes a gigantic mortality among grandmothers each year. A base ball fan is a curious instrument used to keep the air in motion. It does not shut up. like many kinds of fans. A beacher Is a wide flight of steps, so arranged as to get the full benefit of the afternoon sun and to be entirely cut off from breezes. One row of bleacher seats will comfortably accommodate a greater mul- titude of rooters than all the upholstered pews in a full sized modern church. Here is an abridged dictionary of terms used in baseball:
 Hit-vaudeville act headed by big leaguer
 Error--Any decision of the umpire against the team you are backing.
 Rain check-A fans hope of the here- after.
 Knot hoie-A small boys peep sight into paradise.
 Jinx-An excuse for playing a bum game. (See Drlnks)
 Steal--Transaction of ticket specula- tor
 Safe-Au enormous receptacle for hold. Ing the gate receipts of the champions ship series.
 strke-Refusal of the players to work until the ghost walks
 Walk-End of the strike.
 Tie-Part of railroad track utilized on the homeward journey by the fan who bets on the losing team.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28

convictions were conceded, and all who knew him never thought of him as a partisan. With him political creed was one thing and Judicial scrupulosity an- other.
 Writing of Judge Ormond's death, con temporary says: He occupies page in the Alabama law reports that will pass down 10 future times, and be cited as authority In the adjudication of human rights as long as the common law main- tains a footing among civilized nations" ," Though small and thin with a visage somewhat drawn. his bearing was charac- terizod s' a perpetual dignity which ellie lied the esteem of all.
 There was democratic simplicity in his intercourse with others which was peren- nially refreshing. An utter absence of self-consciousness marked his bearing, though he was universally recognized as one unsurpassed in his judgement of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28

chosen as one of the justices of the supreme bench Here he found most congenial orbit, for his tastes were aver sive to the rough and tumble of political strife. In the seclusion of a law library among the musty tones of legal lore, or a seat on the bench of the court met the qualification of this giant jurist
 His studious habits served to impart a reservation of disposition, though he was free from coldness and was not wanting in the elements of companionship. His was the thoughtfulness of the student and the quietness of the scholar. voracious reader, he reveled in the master pieces of literature the results of his close study of which showing themselves in the beauty and charm of his style, both of which found expression in his decision and opin- ions Without apparent effort, his sen- tences have limpid flow in well-balanced form, while the purity and elegance of his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28

higher up that possibly Mere was young man who could be ruler over many things.
 Then came rapid promotions
 First he was made assistant superin- tendent of transportation, then two years after inspector of transportation of the entire line. still another change made him assistant to the president of the road
 At the age of 33 shrewd capitalists put him at the head of the western lines.
 T guess it's a hobby with me-" said this successful young American who climbed from the bottom to the top in 16 years. "One thing I've found-the clock is the young mans worst enemy"
 Also he says: Be more than worthy of the job you hold. You'll then be worthy of the place higher np.'
 There's wisdom in these axioms.
 The young man who always watches the clock and is ready to quit when it begins striking is merely putting in time, not service. He Is a time server. And time servers seldom are given the chance to climb.
 Forget the clock. Be worthy of the small job and you will then be worthy of the larger place.
 In Kansas City man was arrested for stealing from the register of a telephone box--the thief,
 But wait.
 The wife of the man was sick. There were three children and a dead baby. Staying at home to nurse his wife, the man lost his job. Then the baby died. and there was no money. And the sick wife cried out against her baby be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28

his incumbeney of the supreme bench.
 In that learned decision he says: We have been admonished by the plaintiff in error, that, notwithstanding the state is the party interested as defendant, on this record, the true interest of the people will be promoted by declaring the con tract void. It required no admonition to impress us with the conviction that the high trust reposed in us by the people
 mperIously demanded of us to preserve pure the fountains of justice. Nor will We profess an insensibility which we do not feel 10 the appreciation of the enlisht- ened and virtuous although all exper- fence shows that such is not always the need of upright conduct Our station imposes on us the necessity of deciding the cases brought before us according to our opinion of the law; it is duty which we cannot avoid. If left to our choice, 1t is not probable we would have selected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28

He would have gone to the pententiary and come out with a hatred of society. Probably the sick wife would have died. The baby would have been buried in the potter's field, and the three children would have gone adrift.
 At the same time
 The man at heart was not thief. He was dazed. momentarily insane, with grief and desperation. He jumped at the chance to retrieve himself. He was saved in the nick of time-saved where many are lost, because our civilization Is keyed to punishment rather than salvation.
 My dear girl:
 1 who write you this letter am old enough to be your father and I writs to you as if you were my daughter And if you will carefully read what I say and ponder it well it may save you some re- gretfnl hours-or worse.
 Know this;
 The average man in his attitude to- ward girls and women is sort of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He has two sides = @ good and bad side.
 For instance
 A young man will spend a lot of time coaxing a girl 10 consent to kiss him and think less of her when she consents.
 Strange, but true.
 He will encourage 9 girl to do things that are wrong and inwardly lose respect for her because she is weak enough to suocumb
 Inconsistent?
 Precisely. yet men are built that way. When you put aside your natural mod esty and do things men may ask you to do-things not necessarily bad in them- selves, but idiscreet-you run a risk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
3AMA--IOHN l. ORMOND-By B. F. Riley, D.

this question for adjudication; and as. in our judgement. the law Is for the state. such must be our decision, be the con- sequences to us what they may, and al though the judgement may subject us to tho imputation of the bias which the ar gument of the counsel supposes."
 This extract affords fair index to the character of the man, while 1t equally furnishes specimen of the lucidty of his expression There was never the absence of dignity from his expression, no matter what the occasion He was not without sensitiveness, but it was not the sensitive- ness of inflammation. When necessary, he could wither with an overmastering dic- tion, but 1t was always with the preserva- ton of = dignity which could not fail of success. The last service rendered by Judge Ormond was that of his associa- ton with Messrs. Clay and Bagby in the codifcation of the statutes qf the state of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28

\ xISTUR EDDITUR: In sum way M we got the Hunch that in Ye olden times, when statesman got Big enuff to be even mensioned for President, that he thought he was too big to travvel round the country begging folks to vote for him just the same as sum little feller that was running for Alderman in Pittsburg. We thought that the proper stunt was to be in the feeld blowing, or indus tryously engaged in the ordinary pur- scots of life, and not evven mindful of what was going on polytically and no neerer in tuch with the situasion and the doings of the Campain com mittee than having it told t ohim about evvery 30 minutes by a private wire carefully consealed in the house. Here the statesman could be found sharpening his ax to cut sum cord wood, or peacefully milking his Jersy COW, that he had borrowed frum a naybor for the occasion, smoking
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
A Landscape in Miniature

From the Century Magazine.
 A Japanese landscape garden is purely a work of art. constructed after def- nite scheme and plan. ordered by fixed conventions. every detail as much mat ter of prearrangement as the strategy or a military campaign. Like the Japanese painting, it aims to express the spirit. the soul. the sentiment of a landscape; and while it is conventional and the product of arbitrary arrangement it is Yet na- ture-nature idealized. tanned. trained and brought to the perfect scale apd harmony.
 It Is a great landscape in miniature, often the mere suggestion the impression of some famous landscape of the empire, but never the abject copy of any one natural scene Rather 1t is an ideaii3a- ton of some happy incident of nature O an improvement on 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Edwin A. Nye

A crash was due.
 When the big income stopped the family fell in one week from plenty to pauper- ism.
 And this man knew all the time. He knew the day would come when he would step across the dead line which marked his usefulness to his firm and that his salary would stop.
 Strange Is 1t not, that a man will face the certainty of disaster and come to the day of wrath without an effort to save himself or his family?
 He sported with fate.
 And he is type. There are a lot of people like him who receive big salaries and stand always on the verge of ruin. They live up to every cent of their income. And in some cases they spend it in advance.
 Which is unfair to others.
 Somebody must bear the burden of the support of these people when they go thus bithely and minimizing to their end. Even when the head of the family tries to cut the Gordian knot by cutting his throat, there is the family.
 J. J. Hill says:
 Whether you can succeed in business or not depends upon your answer to the question. Can you save money?'"
 Moreover
 You can succeed neither in business nor in life unless you save money. The sav- ing may be small or it may be invested in some form of insurance or otherwise; but
 The difference between serene old age and dependency-maybe despair-is to be found in the disposition to use self de- nial in putting away part of your in- come.
 "The clock is the young mans worst enemy"
 So says the youngest railroad presi- dent in the world. President o. L. Dix eson. of the White Pass and Yukon.
 He is an interesting story. He lived at Ottumwa, Ia, and at the age of 16 had saved little money doing odd jobs after school. "But," said he, "the call of the big city was in me-"
 Knowing that some preparation for business was necessary, he took a com mercial course ana learned stenograpny. Then he wrote out want ad and sent 1t to Chicago paper.
 A few days later in answer to his ad- vertisement he was offered place by the Burlington railroad in its Chicago offices. That was the turning point in his career.
 Young Dikeson did his work so well that when there was vacancy in the office of the car tracing bureau he was given the place on trial.
 How he traced those cars.
 The clock did not stop him. He did not let 1t become his enemy. He traced the cars day and night. It was not a matter of hours with him, but a matter of trac- ing cars until he found them. And he did not stop until he found them.
 The higher officials began to look over their spectacles at the young fellow who did things.
 His faithfulness over . few things put the suggestion into the minds of tho >zpsn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28

HHE name of Judge John J. Ormond
 is inseperable from the judicial his
 tory of Alabama He was recog- nized on all hands as jurist of superior ability. The mold of his mind was sngu- larly judicial. and his career as a public servant shines through his iursprudential service.
 \ native of England, Judge ormond was brought by his father to America while yet an infant, his parents making their home first at Charlottesville. Virginia. Left an orphan in early youth. Judge Ormcnds future course was dependent on 1.-the kindness of others, but he was liber- ally provided for and means were found for enabling the youth to obtain more than an ordinary education.
 After his removal to Alabama we find him first as state senator, to which position he was chosen in the early part of his professional career. In 1887 he was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28

Katy and Hilda and 1iena-bless their tender hearts-when .Kley come over tho ocean to serve a 1trosperous people do not cease to love pnd remember the old folks at home.
 Katy and Hi1da and Lena are competent to teach MuFiel and Agatha and Gene vieve of the front raror some niuen needed lessons of filal devotion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28

The other day in New York man com mitted suicide because he was out of a job. out of money. and no prospects.
 Which is sad, but no uncommon.
 But this man, mind you. was no poor. miserably paid worker who was barely able to keep soul and body together. and who threw up his hands because he had never had a fair chance.
 For years he had received large sal- ary-unusually large.
 Had he exercised reasonable economy and foresight respecting his finances he easily might have provided for the prover- bial rainy day. Instead. he and his fam lly had lived at ''the top of the pot They occupied luxurious apartments and aeLied themselves nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
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w Hns ss9a you go visit t. '1i 1r"sss 1's ' ~aas
 W tery. Among the other monu- nents of yalor and patriotism you will find one with this inscription:
 Never mind me. am all right. Look after the other fellows"
 It you will go to the newspaper files you will find the story of the heroic end- ing of Midshipman James Grouse, who died from injuries received in an explosion in the turret of the battleship Georgia while at target practice on Cape Cod bay.
 Grouse was only 19.
 He was at work at one of the guns in the turret. His classmate and chum, Midshipman Goldthwaite. served another gun...The latter died from his injuries in- sidsztk. two hours.
 CUi<& fearfully wounded and badly bud hearins cries for help, retraced his &}V<p Howard the hospital took hold and H111ed 10 care for the wounded sea-
 WHo3he was gallantly helping in this work yf1ention was called to his own de- plorf T c6ndition. It was then he ut tered H noble words that are carved on his nment.
 1nInd me. l am all right. Look afte ESkher fellows"
 I'd fo the hospital. he died unfiinch- Al 6k)is all.
 Thl1 to say. that is all the news pape3 bIIes tell of this American lads herof ef4fice. But it is not all that is wort &lng, because
 Sud tAct of sublime self abnegation Is gr 4han any sermon, grander than any liner than any symphony, more bead lhan any picture.
 It @tory of divinity revealing itself in <4 moment of incarnation-the hieh4 uIpression of unselfshness.
 OnN 1nctlvely thinks of the dying Sidn< 10 on the battlefield of Zutpen .push/x x{UI proffered cup of water from his d 61rched lips and said, indicating ned roldier who looked longingly at
 "Gix5f4 to him. His need is greater
 The 11ting Grouse was kin of soul to the s1 Sidney, and to all the heroic souls s1story.
 It is aH Thereon the monument.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

| r ne first move toward a bigger and
better Richmond Automobile club was
| taken at the regular monthly meeting
| last night. when twenty-six new mem
! hers were elected. including judge
Ernest H. Wells, Of the Hastings
! court: DR.. George Ben Johnston, r
! H. Mayo, Luther Seherer. Mark
Lloyd, A. o. Swink. Arthur J. Crafts
Coleman WORKMAN. Alexander Cam
! eron, ia. Grassberger, l.. I. Penn
| berton. Edmund s. Read, James I
Bradley. %. Hallehan, L. j. Cross, S. ]
| London. George Sorg. J. T. Hulcher
w. J. Marlborough, J. Henry Martin, j,
/ NJ Gatewood. M. II. Omohundro. r.
G. Dunn. ". o. Moore, J. c. Chandler
! and ]. F.. Grass.
/ The recruits swell the membership
| 10 324. an increase OF nearly one nun
dred over last year. which speaks aud
| IDLY for the work of President j. I
! Palmatary during his term. According
/ 70 Mr. Palnatary this is but the begin
ming of the campaign for the enlarge
ment of the club. AT the next meet
! ing the plans of the president and the
executive committee will be outlined
| more fully.
What is GONG Forward.
! Indications OF what is going for
ward appeared in two resolutions. one
! offered by Mr. Nelson. chairman OF the
/ executive committee and the other by
! Mr.. Airport. a member OF the COM
mittee Nelson's resolution pro.
poses to amend the bylaws by rails
| ing the yearly dues from So to $3.50
Mr.. Allports resolution asks that the
salary of the secretary of the ciuh De
| increased from 500 yearly to $50 d
month. The purpose OF this resolution
fiyr,a he
club toward the employment of ar
active rather than a recording secre-
tary As the club is considering
/ among other things the advisa bility o;
| holding an automobile show the need
| OF a field secretary to act under the
| direction of the executive committee
! is apparent. the members OF the gov
| erning body declare
! Both these res.lutioas will come III
| for action at the next meeting of the
! club
! A committee consisting of DIR. ]
| Angus Nichols r. p. Airport and r
| w. Wilson was appointed to TAX
up the matter Of changing the quar-
| tiers of the club. This committed
I will report back at the next meeting
| which will be held in the presen
| rooms 1917 West Broad street. TIL,
| September meeting will. probably b'
| the last held in the present quarters
| OF the club. Most of the members a
| the meeting last night were of thu
| opinion that rooms more centrally 10
Gated would be preferable and as tw'
| hotels are bidding TO provide head
quarters for the club IL Is quite pos
sible that the committee will repor
| in favor Of one of them.
Urges Clubhouse Building.
| Claude Batkins was Of the opinion
| that the members would do we'll Il
| begin at once the work Of buildin,
| a permanent clubhouse and It Is
| likely that as soon as the Richmond
| Washington highway association com
| pletes Its work this matter will b,
| taken up.
A committee was appointed to con
slider the holding OF an automobile
show. under the auspices Of the club
|
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20
Papa Stands Hard
By AS Miss Flies
to Lover s Arms
AWAITS INTRODUCTION, THEN
PATERNAL BLESSING, AND
FORGIVENESS FOLLOW.

NEW YORK, August 19.--The
steamer Prince friedrich Wilhelm, pi-
loted by Cupid. 1t appears, had hardly
come alongside the Hoboken pier to-
day when pretty Mabel McMullin,
daughter OF w. J. McMullin, a retired
Philadelphia banker. ran down the
gangplank and hurled herself into the
arms of Eugene Cotton Steveneon.
Papa McMullin, who saw himself TAX
ing second place. raised his eyebrows
n trifle. but waited for an introduce
ton, when 1t developed that the your &
people had met in France, and an
engagement by mail had resulted.
Forgiveness and a blessing followed.
Meanwhile. from the after gang
plank. pretty eighteen-year-o Fam
ME Schultz. a second cabin passen-
ger. was trying to leap ashore to the
arms of Harry Leidel a Washingto i
tailor But the immigration inspec-
tor, when he learned that Fannie hal
run away from her parents In Ger
many TO wed her lover in America,
would not let her go ashore. Than
I.eidel produced letter from the
girls father. and the German maid
was permitted 10 leave the ship on
condition that she be married Al
once. A representative Of the Ira =
elers' Aid society took the young cou-
pie in tow. and an hour later they
were married by Hoboken Judge.