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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
YOUNG MEMS DREAMS
From Bacon's Essays.


 A man that is young in years ,,a,, ha old In hours, if he has lost no time. Gen erally youth is like the first cogitations not so wise as the second, for there is a youth in thought as we'll as in ages: and yet the invention of young men is more lively than that of old, and imaginations stream into their mind better, and. as 1t were, more dlvinely. Natures that have much heat, and great and violent desires and perturbations, are not ripe for action till they have passed the meridian of their years: but reposed natures may do well in youth.
 On the other side, heat and vivacitv in age is an excellent composition for busi- ness; for the experience of age in things that fall within the compass of 1t. di- recteth them; but in new things abuseth them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men. amount to but this, that more might have been done. or sooner Young men. in the conduct and manage of actions em- brace more than they can hold. stir more than they can quiet; fly to the end. with out consideration of the means and de-
 
 they have chanced upon absurdly: care not to innoyate; use extreme remedies at first; and that, which doubleth all er- TOTS, will not acknowledge or retract them like an unruly horse. that will neither stop nor turn.
 Men of age object too much consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon; and seldom drive business home to the full period; but content themselves with .mediocrity of success. Certainly l it Is good to compound employments of both, for that will be good for the pres ent, because the virtues of either age may correct the defects of both; and good ] for succession. that young men may be l learners while men in age are actors. And lastly, good for extreme accidents; be- cause authority followeth old men, and favor and popularity youth But for the moral part, youth will have the prefer ence. as age hath for the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
Two Bills Relating to Cotton

The Clapp bill and the Smith bill, both favorably reported in the Senate, are two very different bills, although both relate to cotton.
 The Clapp bill would render every railroad or other common carrier lia- ble on any bill of lading issued by an authorized agent, notwithstanding the fact that the agent had not re- ceived the goods. This bill should be passed chiefly because bill of lading is considered the title to the goods and the company that issues it should get behind it. The vicious plan of issuing bills of lading before the delivery of cotton in order to secure and promote shipments should be stopped. The Clapp bill will determine which is the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
TIE nLAsT FuRNAcEs

Deems Taylor in Life. Brooding and grim
 Sullen beneath it's sooty skies, Drugged with the fumes of gas and coke The sprawling, blackened city lies Wrapped in it's pail of smoke.
 The darkness falls. but mark you, stil Against the sky a crimson light,
 Where, on the crest of wonder hill,
 Our wateh-hres pierce the night. We never sleep. .s
 Fire is our life-a life that came And passes with it's molten breath.
 We may not still that Ieaping flame: We. dare not sleep-'tis death.
 Morel Give us morei Unceasing boil The fires within us-feed us, then.
 Give us the blood and sweat of toll; Give us the lives of men. In Babylon
 Long years ago. a god of flame, Dread Moloch. took his daily toll.
 This fire within us is the same That once was Moloch's soul. Nay, curse us not: for, good or ill, Ours is the task, but not the plan.
 The toll we waste. the men we kill
 Concern us not. We serve the will Of him who made us-Man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
HAuNrs OF THE HOUSE FLY

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Scientific authorities are pretty well agreed that 90 per cent of the house flies which infest the world are bred in staDies and in pigpens. If such places are cieaieu as often as once a week it will prevent the matching of millions of fies
 If is easier to deal with the house ny by anticipating his arrival than by swat tine'' him after he has arrived. 1T he can ha mt ont of business before he emerges from the embryo stage there will De- oo- viouslv. no arrival The fly is an active ,,sect hut he is not a long distance trav- a,er He rarely gets far away from the ,,o ce of his nativity. He believes in stick ing pretty closely around headquarters and associating with his own particular clan. Half mile is a tremendously long tourney for house fly and he will not go that far if food happens to be plen- tif,,, in the locality he claims as his home and fireside.
 If all the stables. the pigpens, the out houses and other places where filth abounds were thoroughly cleaned out at reasonable intervals there would be but few flies to scatter disease and to tor ment humanity Much can be done in every household to suppress the fly and to mitigate the nuisance of his presence in considerable numbers. Cleanliness about the house and about the premises is the best possible safeguard against this annoying, dangerous and oftentimes. deadly pest.
 The necessity of screening against the fly is now very generally understood. but there are many people in the world who still look upon flies as nuisance rather than menace. In disease an ounce of prevention is worth pound of cure. So in guarding against the house fly preven-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
INSTEAD OF THIRD DEGREE

be disclosed In a characteristic series of leaps and bounds which are quite diverse from the pulsations due to the inhuence of love or joy.
 A New York dentist advocates laughing gas as substitute for the police tnird degree. He believes that this, the least dangerous of anaesthetics, lays open what already is in the mind, unconscious of the search for it's secrets. He beleves that if a man who has committed a seri- ous crime should be questioned about it during a certain stage of recovery from nitrous oxide, or laughing gas anaesthesia, he would not only reply, and truthfully. but half q a7mipute later he would realize| ,truthfully swhatlhe Had said.s sR RR v ~
 An interesting experiment. upon prize| fighter of international reputation, who| was one of his patients was made by the| physician administering the nitrous oxide. As the patient was recovering from the| anaesthetic and had reached the point| where he began to break away from com- plete inconsistencies the physician beganl counting distinctly: One, two, three," anal then the patient took up the numbers, saying: Four, five six-I'm all right and ready acting upon the impression that he had been knocked down in the ring anal must show that he nevertheless was quail flied to meet the requirements of the sit- uation. When he had recovered he said the experience was most vivid.
 It is claimed that this method can bel used to extract the truth from persons| charged with serious crimes, that they| will make a confession inuder the nitrous| oxide partial anaesthesia, and on recov-| ering full control of the senses will reallze| what they have done, and will give the| full details. But no "confessionp will bel made if there is not guilt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

past two months. and I heard every dis- tinguished democrat praised, but hardly hear mention of MT. Bryan.
 T have always voted the democratic ticket since old enough to vote. l have never yet stayed away from the polls when MT. Bryan was the candidate, but Mir Bryan has run often epough-too often. If the party should nominate him in Baltimore 1t might as we'll quit trying to win another presidential election.
 Either Underwood or Harmon would make strong candidate. I would be only too glad to see Underwood at the head of the ticket"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
SAFE.

SAFE. In spring. beside the river where the will lows whisper, Sleep And ever on to seaward doth the mighty current sweep, The fisherman is well content to dream the time away And is not disposed to worry much,
 come what misfortunes may. He likes to watch the eddies whirl, the playful ripples gleam, His eyes in meditative mood fixed on the muddy stream; The smoke wreaths from his corn-cob pipe are waited on the breeze And now and then a birds sweet note Is Tilted from the trees. So fair and blue the skies above, so peace ful all below. He revels in the rare content no millions could bestow; His soul is filled with music and his heart is free from care, And Trouble, with frowning face. could never find him there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
TRAGEDIES TOLD IN HEADLINES

From the Chicago Record-Herald
 Young Woman with Picture Hat Goes Too Close to Cage of Monkeys
 Small Brother of Bride Doesn't Know Who Exploded Giant Firecracker in Basement During Ceremony"
 Young Sportsman from City Holds Sack Four Hours, but Catches No Snipe."
 Plump Actress Forgets Herself and Sits Down on Papier Mache Log"
 "Sealed Will Opened in Presence of Relatives: Decedent's Property s4ooO in AL to Be Spent for Monumentl
 Auto Driven by. Rattled Chauffeur collides with Statue in Park; Statue Un- injured"
 Nobody in Club Room Had the Ma kin's."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
In the Confederacy

"The amendment to the constitution proposed by MT. Clayton said an old timer, was one of the wise provisions of the Confederate states constitution.
 ''The men who framed the Confederate government took that of the United States as the model. but made many improve ments upon 1t. For instance, under the Confederate constitution no pension law could have been passed or bounty or gratuity granted for service of any kind Gen. o. o. Howard, one of the army com manders of the Federal army in 1s6l-65, testified before congressional commit tee that the organization of the Confed- crate army was the most nearly perfect of any nation in the world. Indeed, the statesmen of the south constructed a splendid form of government. but the Yankees wouldn't permit 1t to be put in full operation. Mr. Clayton Is happy in knowing the season when to take oc- casion by the hand and improving the United States constitution by injecting into 1t some of the wisdom of Confederate statesmanship.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
Hears Much of. Underwood

A. S. Lacey, who represents one of the largest business concerns in Kentucky. but whose home is in Halifax county, Vir- ginia, is registered at the Hillman. He was in the southwest wek ago. In Texas he found crop conditions not as good as some people have reported. He says that crops in Texas were six weeks behind; that the whole south had had more rain than usual but that in the Carolinas and Virginia crop conditions were good.
 MT. Lacey has been a strong Under wood man ever since the Alabama states man announced his candidacy for the presidential nomination.
 T find strong Underwood sentiment everywhere in my travels said MT. Lacey. T was in New Mexico recently and l found quite number of men there who expressed themselves in favor of Underwood for President.
 Some weeks ago I was traveing through South Carolina. I heard two northern men discussing national politics. One of them said he was from Red Wing, Minn. The mistake that southern people ! make is in not putting forth a stronger united effort in favor of the nomination of one of its own men. There is Under wood, one of the biggest men in this coun- try. I know many democrats in my town who would be glad to vote for him for President. and not only that. but there are many republicans who would vote for him. This gentleman went on to speak in the highest terms of Mir. Under | wood as man and a statesman. ''I am a personal friend of Oscar Un- derwood. I know his fine points and ] believe he stands a good chance of being the democratic nominee"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
THEN WHY NOT UNDERwooDs

Says our friend. Colonel Watterson:
 The national campaign before us will be fought out on the great issue of tariff reform. The strength of Champ Clark s candidacy is his Identification with that great issue.'
 But why not Underwood rather than Clark? It is Oscar Underwood who is peculiarly identified with the issue of tariff reform. It Is Oscar Underwood who has made the democratic party's record in Congress for tariff reform. If that is- sue belongs to anybody it belongs not to the speaker. but to the chairman of the committee on ways and means.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The best way for a man to train the children is 70 let b.s wife do it for nin,.
 A msn vii. talk orout public duty a lot more enthusiastically than he will Ja it.
 The way most people act about it you would think saving money was like hay ling teeth pulled.
 Optimism is thinking maybe the frs; Of the month bills won't be more than t.e money to pay them with.
 It aeerns natural for old people to bras even about the way they used to get poulticed when they were young.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
COuRTTNG DANGER.

''who is that fellow who just now called one of our noble policemen a gendarme?"
 Why. that's a travelled person from abroad
 Well, he'd better be careful. One of our fattest cops may resent the imputa- tion."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
A NEW STAR HATH RISEN.

Miss lsllabelle Beet, the gifted poetess of Rock City, is engaged in writing a series of epic poems breathing the splrlt Of modern American life. She has con ssnted to allow the Minneapolis Messeii- ger to print one about, the floods in the south, as soon as she has finished revis- ing it. The Messenger is also fortunate in securing matchless gem from her pen reciting q tornado tragedy. It is brlsl but graphic. Here it is: " They started on tandem ride
 But ran into cyclone.
 Alas, he was twisted hence.
 Anr she. came back on the bike alone,
 Kansas City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

The literary belt of Indiana. full of folks who write best sellers, is lining up solidly for George Ade for governor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

In the national congress of mothers it was stated that bachelor should be re- sponsible for the maintenance of one in- fant to every s2o he earns week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

tion is the best antidote, the surest pre- scription. Keep the premises clean that he may "die a-borning' for. like the good Indian, the fly is best when he is ''good and dead"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

St. Paul has also adopted the commis- sion form of government and J. J. Hill will have a chance to unload some of his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
Tbe Democratic Conyention

MT Bryan is probably hoping to head the democratic ticket this year. but have not met single democrat who was in favor of the Nebraskan." said Newton A. Meminger of Chicago.
 'I have been in New York recently and met no Bryanites there. have been in number of western states within the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

wellesley students have cut out slang just when George Ade is running like a house aflre for governor of Indiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

Automobiles that are inclined to follow the trade of reducing the population should be suppressed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

Ninety-six per cent of the children do not get beyond the primary grades. This is the saddest feature of public educa- tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

George Ade bids fair to become the re- publican candidate for governor in ln- diana by the slang route.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

The popular election of senators must necessarily result in the election of pop ular senators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

The apportionmgent df the Astor estate does not go much further than the trust dissolutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
UNDEcEIvED

From the Jackson CVyo) Courier.
 NOTICE!
 I the undersigner have travelled around a quite bit and had Q Respect for. what ladies and girls said, Because I thought that a man could believe what they said But as I was deceived the other night by some I have got another Opinion now And I would not believe thoes who stung me now on a Bibles oath. Signed: John Insco
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

orozcb is not patented toothbrush. He is Mexican rebel general on the run.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

The cocksureness of a campaign man. ager is something that no one can &C., count for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
UNANIMOUS.

There dwells Q man in onr town
 Who has an awful grouch, His only claim to wide renown,
 The neighbors all avouch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

It was once Beauchamp Clark, but ths namo was dissected jus. in time to enable its owner to run with the houn' dawg for President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

Senator Root says this country will never have another war, and yet at this moment it is full of baseball wars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

Kansas had eight tornadoes in Il days, and Is content to rest on her record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

The sweet girl graduate is busy just now with her costume and her thesis. q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

The Baltimore Sun says that Bryanward the star of democracy takes its way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

The Chinese republic is young but it is about to have cabinet crisis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
'.PERsoNALIA.'

Miss Verona Gobble spent Sunday with Miss Jennie Duckey.-Grand Rapids, Wis, Tribune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

Mr. Part Goforth spent Sunday with relatives here. Ol Hipupensteal bought Earl Elrod's phone and took it away Mond-Windeld, Kan, Courier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

NEXT BEST. The critics all Shed bitter tears When on the scene A poet appears. They're in a mood Right then to slay him, But fear the law, So merely fay him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

But MT. Taft has never yet said he would not seek a third term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

Mail carried by aeroplane should be marked R. F. D.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

Frank Sodawatef was an Elkader busi- ness visitor Saturday, -McGregor. la. Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
PRUDENT.

What is your private opinion of me7'
 If l should tell you my private opinion of you, it would no longer be private. I decline to commit myself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
ANOTHER WISH.

l know One. too: A stein  Of brew.
 A. II. R.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

No communication will be published without its authors name. ReJecteu manuscript will not be returned unaess stamps are enclosed for that puFpose'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

z D. Morgan and w. G. Wharton are the only authorized travelling represen- tatives of The Age-Herald in It's clreu- lation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
UNDERWOOD LEGISLATION

Ohio is this week the hostess as well as the mother of presidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

STILL HOPING. Life is series of disappointments." ''Yes. I know man who has been hop ing nearly all his life that he would some day come into possession of a coin worth more than its face value"
 vINDICTIVE. The comical boarder Is fond of his joke His landlady hopes, In her heart, he will choke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postoffiee as second class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
TELEPHONES

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 Peoples, Editorial rooms, 23fj busi- ncss office, 230.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
EVER NOTICE IT?

If your hat should blow off and roll Away from you, just let it. Stand where you are; some willing soul Will chase around and get it
 Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

Dntn d horse stepped luiohsu It. KNOWLEDGE, WORTH WHILE. s'Is Gribble well informed ?" .'Yes. indeed Ask him anything about baseball you want to know"
 SWAT THE FLEAi I had a dog;
 His name was Jim. I knew there were No flies on him. I let him sit
 Upon my knees, a4 And soon found out That there were feas.
 Milwaukee Sentinel. owned a cat When I was young; His praises yet
 Have ne'er been sung And ne'er will be, Life's woes amid; He had more fleas Than Hector did.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17
YES.

I tried that once; no willing soul
 Seemed ready to rescue it. I stood and sadly watched it roll
 Until a horse stepped through it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-17

From Case and Comment. 1 vU1 HAT is believed to have been the l N/ first demonstration in a court of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
POSSE FAILS ID GET
 BOLD TRAIN RObBER

Bedding, Cal, January 5.-A posse is searching the rough country surrounding this city tonight in an effort to capture the bandit who today robbed the mail car on the Southern Pacific Oregon ex- press. Rewards amounting to 5000 have been offered for his capture.
 The robber entered the mail car at Red Bluff and at the point of revol- yer compelled Mail Clerk Charles J. Rhein to tie the hands of Clerk Robert B. Warner and of Helper Peter Henricn and to gag them with their own hand kerchiefs.
 The robber, who appeared cool and somewhat amused, ordered Rhein to open the registered mail sacks and picked out ana opened all letters, but disregarded packages. He instructed Rhen to throw off the usual mail at all stations.
 As the train neared Bedding the rob- Der bound and gagged Rhein. As the train pulled into Bedding the robber stepped from the car and walked away.
 Rhein succeeded in working the gag loose and cried for help, attracting the attention of wagon driver, who entered the car and released the three men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
TAFT IS EXPECTED
 ID APPOINT HOOK

Washington, January 5.-Friends of President Taft expect him to send to the Senate next week the nomination of United States Circuit Judge Hook.
 of Kansas, as associate justice of the supreme court to succeed the late John
 M. Harlan of Kentucky. No official an- nouncement that Judge Hook would be
 nominated has been made at the White House, but Congress leaders close to the President asserted tonight that every other candidate virtually had been eliminated and objections regard
 ed by the President as more worthy than those hitherto registered age nst Judge Hook has yet been presen.ed to prevent his nomination.
 So far as White House officials kEow tonight the objections to Judge Hook
 had not to date influenced enough sen ators to prevent his confirmation. Befoff he sends in the nomination, President Taft will look over Judge | Hooks decision in the Oklahoma 3 cent
 fare case, which has formed the basis
 for many protests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
Troops Begin Advance

Ranking, January 5.-The republican troops began today ferrying a large quantity of railway rolling stock over the river to- Pukow where 1t is ex- pected the advance northward will be- gin tomorrow when the armistice ter inmates
 Winter clothing for the republican army is arriving here in car loads and the soldiers are being rapidly equipped in preparation for their march on Peking
 The revolutionary commander re- ceived a reinforcement of 1000 men from Canton who brought with them 30000 new magazine rifles. It is es- timated the outlook for the republican forces now amount to considerably more than 30,O00 men with many bat teries of modern field guns and plenty of ammunition.
 Tine imperalst troops in the neigh borhood under the command of General Chang are not, it is believed, nearly so strong numerically as the republi- cans and although many of them are soldiers trained in the European sys- tenn, yet there are a large number of untrained and undisciplined troops 1T their ranks.
 General Chang. it is said at noon commands the entire northern sectior of the Tien Tsin and Peking railway and occupies individual towns on eaci side. The revolutionaries. on the othel hand, however, hold the southern sec tion of the railway and have the ad vantage of popular sympathy in tho Yang Tse valley.