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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
Bon vivant in the Chicago Tribune.

Bon Vivant in the Chicago Tribune. TTVHE following story was related by
 George Ade, who was enc of the
 A principal speakers at recent ban- quet of the Illinois Manufacturers' asso- ciation at the Congress hotel:
 "When I was a cub reporter, strug- gling along onAa minute salary. l had just one asset in life which enabled me fo tide over that period In every week when poverty seemed to be staring me in the face. This consisted of hand some gold watch, keepsake of college days in Indiana. Tuesday was pay day at the newspaper office. Bys Friday I would be broke and l would tote the watch over to the pawnshop of man who now conducts handsome jewelry shop in State street. On the watch l ob- tained $5 and by administering my ,af- fairs carefully. managed to worry through until pay day
 ''Then when I had received my small salary I would. hurry to the pawnbrok- ers and release my watch. Finally, after this had gone along for many months, l received raise in pay. It was enough to release me from the necessity of pawn nng my watch regularly. So I visited the pawnshop no longer.
 "One afternoon, about 10 years after ward. I was accosted fn State street by a man. recognized my old pawnbroker friend, now the prosperous jeweler.
 Whats the matter, George?' were his first words. Did you lose that watch?' "
 At a recent dinner of the Physicians club of Chicago, Dr. Wiley. the lord high director of the American stomach and di- gestive organs, told the following story apropos of the fact that he was reared in 'Indiany."
 "In those days,"- said he. 'there were no specialists. The old fashioned coun- try doctor was king. It is probably true he didn't know much about medicine that is, from the standpoint of the pres ent day; but he was all there was and he did the best he could and we had to get along with him.
 Down in the country where l lived there was an old chap who doctored by roots and yarbs. His main practice was in chills and ague, and no one was looked up to or respected who was not a vicim of that disease.
 "Once this old doctor was called in to attend a promising youngster who had a severe attack. When the doc had diag- nosed the disease he called for a sharp knife and couple of pans, and then took
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
THE STREET

By James Russell Lowell. I'hev pass me by like shadows, crowds
 crowds.
 Dim ghoses of men. that hover to an
 fro, W Plugging their bodies around them. lil thin shrouds
 wherein their souls were buried Ion
 ago; They trampled. on their youth. and fail
 ard love,
 They cast their hope of human kir
 away, With Heavens clear messages they ma
 ly strove.
 And conauered-and their spirits turnt
 to clay: Lo: how they wander round the worl|
 their grave,
 Whose ever gaping maw by such is fe| Gibbering at living men, and idly rave@ We. only. truly live, but ye are dead Alas! poor fools. the anointed eye md
 trade A dead souls epitaph in every facel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
AFTER DINNER STORIES

from his saddlebags an old root of some description and with the knife scraping downward shaved off about a quarter of pound of the root He then pulled the other pan In front of him. and. scraping upward. shaved off similar amount 6f the root.
 No. maam. says he to the patients mother, you pour hot water on this and let it stand for an hour. And when Tommy has chill give him half a glass of this first infusion. It is known as High Cockalorum and will cure the chills. And when he has the fever give him half other pan. It is known as Cockalorum High and will cure the fever.
 But. says the old women to the doc- tor, you scraped them both from the same root
 i" True, madam, says the doctor. but you noticed I scraped down on one and Nup on the other ?"
 At a dinner of the Aero Club of Illinois at the Auditorium hotel, Bion J. Arnold facetiously remarked that the members should make a study of the Darian fruit which grows in Persia in order to learn an important secret of aviation. He de- ciared that when the fruit fell to the ground it exuded a strong odor. If left in the shade. according to MT. Arnold, the| fruit will remain stationary. but if al I lowed to lie in the sun it will swell to an enormous size and eventually float like balloon. One man, he said, gath cred an armful of the fruit in the sun- shine and soon found himself soaring above the earth, being finally dropped into the Mediterraneap.
 James E.. Plew asserted that Frank K. Mudd had so much sand and grit that he should be called "Col Sandy Mudd'
 "A young man in Fond du Lac had just been married" related Joseph w. ciety banquet "Yes, guess marriage isl pretty expensive proposition," he said thoughtfully. Why, do you know, my honeymoon made hell of hole in al s5 bill.'"
 Another story told by MT. Hiner was about a school teacher in a country dls-| trict who was receiving her monthly sal1 ary from the county clerk. He handed over some soled bills and admonished| her to be careful, as germs were said td| thrive on dirty money.
 Don't worry" she retorted. 'No mil crobe could live on my salary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
About Persons


 E. T Wilcox of the Seaboard left yes terday for a business trip to Atlanta.
 Col. George Jones of Montgomery, Louisville and Nashville official, and member of the state democratic executive committee, is in Birmingham.
 Phillip Solomon of Helena, Ark, owner of the Solomon Shoe Co.,, is a visitor to the city.
 Chancellor I. H. Benners, who has been i'll in Tampa, Fla, will return, it is stat ed, on Saturday.
 w. P. G. Harding. president of the First National bank, left for New York last night He was accompanied by three daughters, who are pupils in young la dies school at Peekssl1ill MT. Harding will return home next Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
Rooseyelt's Possible Nomination

The formal organization of pro- gressive republican party in Ohio, following the conference in Chicago, shows beyond dispute that the repub- lican party is split in twain. Under such circumstances the political ob- server declares that the reelection of Mir. Taft is simply out of the ques- ton. The election of MT. LaFollette is not bit more probable. This leaves the republican party face to face with the third term issue and the sage of Oyster Bay.
 As the situation looks now Colonel Roosevelt may become the nominee of a party that is desperately seeking a way out of defeat. No democrat need, however, fear man who at tempts to do what Washington or Grant could not do. This country has given no man three terms, and it be- gan electing presidents in 17s9 and has kept it up ever since. Will Roosevelt be given a third term because he IS more deserving than Washington, who fought out the revolutionary war, or Jefferson, who doubled the size of the country, or Jackson, who fought down the Indians and fought out the British in 1912, or Grant, who led the Union armies in the civil war? What has Roosevelt done that calls for the repeal of the wholesome unwritten law that has stood over the century ? His nomination may be probable, but his election is not.
 No one will be or need be disturbed by Roosevelt talk. Opinions as to his popular strength may differ, but opin- ions as to the value of the anti-third term law do not differ. No emer- gency exists that calls for the election to third term of Theodore Roosevelt The republican party is in distress but the country is not, and the nomi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
RESTRICTIONS OF BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The easiest way for p girl to get to like a man is for her father not to.
 The best New Years resolution is not to break any promises by not making any.
 Plenty of bon bons in her lap and plenty of showy clothes on the stage can make any matinee look good to a girl
 About the best luck the average person can expect to have in the new year is that it, won't be any worse than 1t all ways has been.
 If the average man knew how to run his own business half as well as he thinks he knows how to run other peoples. he would be wonder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
SPEAKING OF ARNOLD.

Arnold Bennett does not appear to have made very favorable impression on the people whom he met in New York That isr't at all surprising, if current reports are true. When a person accepts the hos pitallty If another, the least he can do IS to keep his private opinion of his hosts deficiencies to himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

It Will appear that the heart of the American population lies in the somewhat sidetracked block of states which in
 cludes West Virginia. Kentucky. Tennes- see and Indiana. The white population of the whole south is predominantly Amer ican but in the black belt the case is complicated by the great negro popula- ton. But taking the country as a whole, the census shows that in only 13 states are foreigners in a majority, while in 12 states the native stock comprises more than two-thirds of the whole population, whereas the foreign elements comes to two-thirds in only two or three states.
 It will be seen by placing the nsures cited upon 6 map that the area of foreign predomnance may be divided into two quite distinct sections=-the manufacturing and commercial northeast, where practi- cally all clements are represented in great numbers. and the agricultural north cen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

here. Mr. Steiner. how about all these killings in the Birmingham distriet2 IS it really safe for anyone to live there@ I did the best l could to assure him that the city of Birmingham was one of the best cities in this country, and that ln spite of the large number of homleldes in Jefferson county, newcomers would find it attractive and safe. l made the best talk I could, but really this fright full homicide record will do Birmingham real harm if something is not done at once to check it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
70 WIZARD EDISON

Your cement furniture is great; it soon> Wlli De the rage; but ere you leave the rest to rate, let this your mind engage. The cost of living's something fierce, the price of goods is high, so let your brain the problem pierce; you'll help us IT you try. Turn out some leather under wear and some asbestos gowns: you'u drive away cur lines of care and straight en out our frowns. And if you really love your name, we offer you this chance to get 1t in the Hall of Fame: Produce gun-metal pants.-Cineinnau Enquirer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

 tral states, where the land has been large1 ly taken up by Germans and Scandina1 vians. This population is firmly rooted in the soil. while a large part of the for1 eigners in the east being employed fot wages are a more fuctuating element| and change in business conditions send4 them home in gerat numbers. Yet easI or west the foreigner is being American| ized, and it is to be noted that the secI ond generation icreases faster than tfi i first In the eastern states the ratio oI the immigrants to the children of immi' grants is 1Co to 115; in the central statet it is 100 to 16o; in the central north' ern states it incerase to 100 to 200. ThosI born in this country are for all practical purposes Americans, but the soeiologis| needs to distinguish more closely, and I is interesting and important to know hoy
 the old American stock is distributed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

her mother is in the best of spirits If she says: Breakfast is ready, daddy conditions are normal. But if she says: Ruth tell your father that breakfast is ready the girl knows that a storm is brewing and there is trouble ahead for daddy. y."--kansas City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
LEADING TO A FALL.

He waves away the proffered drink.
 Although 'tis with a gloomy brow; And passes ky where glasses clink- He's on the water wagon now. We do not know how long he'll stay The road is rather rough, we hear; Perhaps ere long he'll softly say,
 Twon'. hurt to sip a little beer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
THE OTHER SIDE.

THE OTHER SIDE. Who looks upon a millionaire
 Forth bubbling in his limousine, Although his lot seems very fair, Should not forget some magazine Is apt to call him ugly names And bold muck-rakers crowd his way, Until he feels his presence shames Good people, while his sins dismay; And naught in life seems very good D Not cen store of luxuries: And maybe he'll retain this mood Until, forspent, at last he dies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
Distinguished Educators Portrait

In Miss Edna Smiths studio in the Watts building may be seen portrait Of the late Prof. N. T. Lupton. father of pr. Frank A. Lupton. pr. J. H. Phillips and others who knew Professor Lupton say that Miss Smith has succeeded ad- mirabiy well in the execution of this work
 Professor Luptot was president of the University of Alabama many years ago. He left that position to accept the chair. of chemistry in Vanderbilt university in Nashville. From Nashville he returned to Alabama to accept the chair of chem istry at Auburn, and while holding the latter position he was state chemist. He was known as one of the ablest scientific men and educators in the south.
 The portrait will be presented to the university by pr. Lupton and his sister, Mrs. Noble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

MT. Taft has two friends who are not helping him much. One is Brother Charlie, who is keeping very quiet, and the other is T. R.. who writes lively article each week in the Outlook
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

The Chinese have not yet acted on the initiative, referendum and recall, or even the primary system. They will get around to them perhaps next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
SMALL LIGHT.

"Pillkins says he doesn't believe in hid- ing his light under bushel." T shouldn't wonder, when he can hide it just as well under thimble."
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
HOW SAD IS LIFE.

HOW SAD IS LIFE How sad is life for people who Can never harbor aught but rue; Can only watch the shadows fall And never see the sun at all Though flowers bloom along the way Quite unobserved, from day to day. A bird might sing to split it's throat And sooth, they'd never hear note.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

lot of valuable information is com ing out of the packers trial. and per haps the climax will be set of sentences that will fit the 10 in the dock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
SAYING No MnRE

Up goes the frankfurter "-Louisvill, it is hard to keep the frankfhrter down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

one hundred high school girls in New York studying domestic science have adopted real baby for demonstration purposes That baby will be lucky if it Survives it's part in the field of science.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

Picking is reactionary in some things. in some, however. it is not. It has had municipal newspaper more than 1o0o years the Tching-Pao, or Daily News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
DARING

"A Kentucky editor says the mud is numerous in his town"
 That chap would take a chance on the plural of molasses"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
VAIN HOPES.

Bout all the oysters he could get
 Each year he has devoured; And hash found pearl as yet
 No wonder he's quite soured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

King George went hunting in 30 auto- mobiles and got IS tigers chained up for the occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

The dead year produced a good many alleged cures for cancer. and there is room for many more this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

The invasion of Ohio by LaFoIlette is considered worse crime at the White House than the invasion of Persia by the Russians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

With pious mien he goes to church, For probity has great renown; But his religion seems to lurch
 Wheneer his wife is out of town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
Underwood sentiment In Tennessee

tnuerHood sentiment hh iehnessee
 q have just returned from Nashville where I spent several days,' said the Rev. pr. B. F. Riley, "and I found in that city great deal of strong Underwood senti- ment. MT. Underwood is earnestly dis cussed as a presidential possibility, and I was told that an Underwood club would soon be organized in Tennessee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
A PERTINENT QUESTION.
THOSE NIGHTS OFF

"The old year didn't do much for me- .'' What did you do for the old year?p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
A DOMESTIC BAROMETER

Manhattan girl always knows how her mother feels by the way she an nounces breakfast If she says. ''Come to breakfast, daddy, dear,' the girl knows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

It Is just one blamed pest after another. At present it is the mongoose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

benevolent monopoly is bigger hum bug that even benevolent assimilation by a stronger nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

Mayor shanks offered his goods at low prices. but because he gave no trading stamps his sales often left stock on his hands,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

Next month 1t will be the early bud that will catch the frost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

Admiral Dewey at "A is still exempt from compulsory retirement by virtue of an act of Congress, and his desk is piled with papers every morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

Admiral Dewey says the best peace pro- vision is four battleships year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

New Years resolutions are cheap in the making, but sometimes dear in the keeping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03
BOOKS WOMEN CANNOT READ

New York IS trying to be big and feggier than London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

The beef trust tried to swallow the whole country and got caught at it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

The Chinese imperial family will not do much merry making in the new year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

Admiral Dewey at "A is still exempt from, compulsory retirement by virtue of an act of Congress, and his desk is piled with papers every morning.
 
 Mayor shanks offered his goods at low prices. but because he gave no trading stamps his sales often left stock on his hands,
 The invasion of Ohio by LaFoIlette is | considered a worse crime at the White House than the invasion of Persia by the Russians
 The dead year produced a good many alleged cures for cancer. and there is room for many more this year. -..- A benevolent monopoly is bigger hum bug that even benevolent assimilation by a stronger nation.
 
 New Years resolutions are cheap in the making. but sometimes dear in the keeping.
 ihe (HlHese llupeTldl lduill9 VIII Hol do much merry making in the new year.
 Russia is great big territory grab Der, if the grabee be weak and defense less.
 The Chinese need a national song, some thing after the order of Yankee Doodle" There Is no Outlook in China that the Manchu princes can fall back upon.
  The beef trust tried to swallow the whole country and got caught at it. Admiral Dewey says the best peace pro- vision is four battleships a year.
 
 It Is just one blamed pest after another. At present it is the mongoose.
  Next month 1t will be the early bud that will catch the frost. New York is trying to be big I and feggier than London
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

There Is no Outlook in China that the Manchu princes can fall back upon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

The Chinese need national song, some- thing after the order of Yankee Doodle"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

Russia is a great big territory grab Der. if the grabee be weak and defense less.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, pestofflce as second-elass matter under act of Congress March 3, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-03

E. N. RARRETT TTE Editor
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-07-13
WANT POLICE PROTECTION

The circus people have requested
the mayor, chief of police and city
attorney to give them police pro-
lection during the unloading of
Kongo-the huge elephant just
imported from India. He is nm
loaded about six o'clock each morn
ing. Is considered very danger
GUS, and if proper officials are
present there will be no danger of
anyone being injured. They have
also requested that all traffic upon
streets to the circus grounds, over
which "Kongo" will have to travel,
will be suspended during the hours
of six and seven in the morning.
In the event the big beast would
meet team of horses, a COW,
a dog, or some animal not known
to him, he might prove too much
for the ten keepers who are en-
ployed to guard and fight him. He
is heavily chained and every pre-
caution is taken with the big
beast. "Kongo" has elephant in
stinct, however, and will accept
peanuts from menagerie patrons
and is seemingly very happy when
in the menagerie tent with the
other animals. At Monte Vista,
Tuesday, July 16.
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-07-13
THE GOMPERS DECISION

Regarding the decision of Judge
Wright against Gompers and his
associates, the one point that this
raises the question of freedom of
the press, should not be at any in
stant forgotten. In the face of
that issue, the labor question on
either side, and all the properties
with reference to the judiciary,
are secondary. What Judge Wright
in effect decides is that any Judge
can upon anybody's application
forbid the publication of anything,
and that thereupon such publica-
ton will constitute an offense
which the judge may punish in
his own discretion. This is the
essential question which the prin-
ciple of freedom of the press in
wolves. 1t is not whether that
freedom may be abused. The laws,
with grand juries and criminal
courts to punish their infraction,
are invested with power over
abuses of freedom of the press.
The essence of the question in the
Gompers case is whether this free
dom shall be subject to injunc-
tions.-The Public.
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-07-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Goff and son
Ewing and Glen Goff and May
Munsell attended the play en-
titled 1.-The Sewing Circle" gwen
by the Ladies Aid of the church
of Bowen Wednesday evening.
From all reports the play was very
clever and original.
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-07-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Naylor and daugh
ter Ruby of Pueblo arrived Wed
nesday to make this their home.
The family moved to Pueblo about
the first of the year but were not
satisfied with the location.
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-07-13
NOT so BAD

Mrs. Hubert Smith went out on
the river last Saturday and caught
a trout twenty-f five inches long,
weighing about six pounds.-Ma-
nassa Press.
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-07-13

For soreness of the muscles, whether
induced by violent exercise or injury,
there is nothing better than Chamber
lain's Liniment This liniment also re-
lieves rheumatic pains. For sale by all
druggists.
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-07-13

The Terrace reservoir is now
holding about 1000 acre feet of
water and the old road up the
canon is several feet under water,
but the new road is finished and
open to travel.
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-07-13

Mrs. Messmer of Indiana, who
has been on short visit to Den
YER and Canon City, returned
Thursday to attend the bedside of
her sister, Mrs. Fornwald, who is
in i'll health.
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-07-13

Rev. r. G. Garden and daughter
Catherine, who have been the
guests of Il. l.. Bone and family,
left Sunday for their home in
Atchison, Kansas.
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-07-13

Miss Nora Liston left Wednes-
day for st. Louis where she will
spend some time visiting the
wholesale houses. She will also
visit relatives in Assumption, Iii.
nois.
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-07-13

Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Golf and
Mesdames S. +. and Harley GoH
left Wednesday for a visit with
relatives at several points in Iowa
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-07-13

Mrs. Ira Dantice and children
left Wednesday for Altroona, Kas.,
where they will spend the sum-
mer.
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-07-13

Mrs. Daugherty and daughter
Zona, of Creede, arrived Wednes
day for short visit with friends.