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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
undernooa sentlment ln the North


 The Rev Dr. B. F. Riley. who returned a day or two ago from Chicago, says that while in the north he heard great deal of strong Underwood talk On a former visit he met men friendly to un- derNood. but he says that recently Un- derwood sentiment was much more earn est and much more general.
 T heard Chicago people speak in the highest praise of Oscar Underwood" said Dr. Riley. "I was particularly impressed with the rapidly growing Underwood sen- timent. Some weeks ago one might have heard considerable Underwood talk, but now it is well in evidence everywhere. Not only in Chicago, but on the trains people from different parts of the country were speaking of the Alabama statesman as a high class man for the presidency.
 Georgia did as I had predicted. It gave Underwod a very decisive majority. There has been great deal of Under wood sentiment in North Carolina, and now since Alabama, Florida and Georgia have voted for Underwood North Caro- lima is almost sure to do likewise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
FIRST FIvE-CENT COUNTER

From "The Woolwerth Way" Flynn
 Wayne. in National Magazine for May.
 When mere boy on the farm, Mr. F. ". Woolworth, the founder of the great and 10 cent business, had an ambition to be merchant. He was even buying and selling things for his mother when a child, and was delighted on the days when the peddler's wagon arrived. He started a cent counter as a clerk in Wafertown, N. Y. It was found that everything on the cent counter was moving and they had to keep enlarging that counter until 1t had become the most popular part of the store. even if remote from the front display windows. Here the young clerk from the farm had his object lesson. it was simply sewing machine table, thres by five, where a few goods marked Five cents were placed for sale-and they sold From this germ of an idea grew new chain of retail stores, now doing an annual business of upwards of ssOooo,- 000 every year. s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
Rural Parcels Post

The postoffice appropriation bill was passed by the House, the vote be- ing 227 yeas, 50 nays. The bill con tains several new features, including provision for the establishment of par cells post on rural routes. This fea- ture of the bill provides that pack ages shall be carried on rural routes at rates varying according to the weight of the package, II pounds be- ing named as the maximum. For the first pound rate of 5 cents is to be fixed, with one cent additional for each added pound up to Il pounds, thus making the maximum charge 15 cents. These rural packages are not to be transferred at terminus of Slfal route or elsewhere to the gen. FSgal mail service. It is to be simply tentative parcels post on rural routes only.
 No doubt the four express com pauies will endeavor to knock this pro- vision out in the Senate, but if this be done the senators who do it will them selvcs be knocked out. Public senti- mert demands a start in the estab- lishment of a parcels system in the mails. All other progressive countries have long had the system, and rural parcels post will speedily demonstrate n--
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
AUTHOR OF "Murr AND JEFF.

From Affairs and Folks" Joe Mitchell
 For month of mornings we had
 laughed at his cartoons in the newspa
 pers, and now we leaned forward to catch
 our first glimpse of Bud Fisher, the crea-
 tor of Mutt and Jeff" as he strode from
 wings of the vaudeville stage. Although
 he spoke not a word, in few seconds 1t
 was evident that the audience was wSh
 him. Tall, erect and quick moving.
 smooth faced and of rosy complexion, he
 seemed to have an exuberance of youth ful good nature. Several young ladies
 greeted him with gasped "ohs' and
 "Ahs," applause followed. and he grace
 fully bowed.
 Across the curtain was stretched row of artists panels, each about a yard square, MT. Bud Fisher wasted no time in getting down to bushes. After few master strokes from his crayon we be- held Mutt and Jeff on the first square, wearing the familiar grimaces and gestures that are recognized in all parts of the country as the product of Bud Fishers brush. He calmly executed three more rows of Mutt and Jeff and Lima, modestly accepted the hearty ap-
 plause that followed. and became quite
 at home with his audience. Forthwith
 we we're entertained with random
 sketches of different spectators
 A fashonably dressed young woman in
 the right hand box had been one of the
 most interested spectators; but when she
 discovered that MT. Fisher had set down
 the outlines of her face and hat, she bashfully screened her features with fan and wriggled. Jndismayed, the crayon entertainer completed his sketch, showing the shy young lady with eyes peeping over the edge of the fan.
 Those who know say that the prototype of Jeff is a real man, who wears silk hat and struts about ssss pompously as the familiar Jeff. The story goes that Mir. Fisher. when a locomotive fireman on the Chicago and Northwestern railway.
 often saw this man, from whom he has fashioned little Jeff. The doings of Mutt and Jeff have amused millions of newspa- per readers. and an exhibition by their | creator is a rare treat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
Concerning PubIfc Spirit

Everybody who visits Atlanta is struck with the metropolitan character of that city, and of the get together spirit which dominates the entire community" said a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
 There is more public spirit in Birming- ham now than there has been a fairly but 1t is noticeably lacking on certain oc- casions
 Birmingham is having a musical festi- val, and while there has been a fairly good seat sale, if the festival were being held In Atlanta everybody would make much of it and standing room would be at premium at each performance.
 ''The orchestra which is feature of the Birmingham festival is one of the finest in the country. It may be that there is a lack of interest in artistic music here, but if we had the same public spirit that Atlanta has the scale of prices would be higher and every seat would have been sold far in advance of the festival dates.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
SAFE TRANSPORTATION
e Kansas City Times.


 After the sinking of the Bourgogne a prize of s2o.O0o was offered by the heirs of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Pollock, who were lost in the disaster, for the best means of saving life at sea. Capt. w. S. Sims, T.. s. N, who served on the jury to award the prize, writes the New York Herald that it went to the inventor of a barge 40 feet wide and as long as the width of the ship. The barge, in ordinary times, was to take the place of a ships bridge, and it was so contrived that t could be launched by two men in three minutes. He says:
 The dimensions of such a boat carried by a steamship of ordinary breadth of beam, the boat being as long as the breadth of beam, would be such that the jury estimated it would safely support 60 people in any seaway. If the Titanic
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QunIify of I.inunr

While many of the saloons dispense liquor of the best quality, I find that at some bars vile stuff is sold-high wines oolored to look like real whisky" said an old citizen, who occasionally induges in tipple.
 "There appears to be less habitual drinking than was the case 10 or 15 years ago. l notice that whisky drinkers are comparatively few. Many of the more popular saloons have brisk trade at cer- tain hours of the day, but most of the drinkers call for beer.
 ''So long as the sale of liquor is leg- alized, there ought to be some way to make saloonkeepers serve only drinkables of a high grade"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
DREAMS OF A BooKwoRM
From Henry Theodore Tuckerman's "Tl
 Criterion"

From Henry Theodore Tuckerman's 'The
 Criterion"
 Some of the fondest illusions of our student life and companionship were based on literary fame. The only men who seemed to us worthy of admiration and sympathy were authors.
 We used continually to see. in fancy. Petrarch beside fountain. under a laurel. with the sweet penseroso look visible in his portraits; Dante in the corridor of a monastery. his palm laid on fr'ar's breast and his stern features softened as he craved the onlyS blessing life retained for him-peace; and rustic Burns. with his dark eye proudly meeting the curious stare of an Edinburgh coterie; Camoens berating the waves with the Lusiad be-
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the need and usefulness of a general system of parcels delivery.
 The postoffice appropriation bill should be closely watched in the Sen ate, where the interests generally get in their selfish and unpatriotic work. The four express companies are very rich and promises of huge campaign subscriptions are altogether possible. Let the course of the bill in the Sen ate be closely watched.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
m the New York Press

From the New York Press.
 If it's the unexpected that always hap pens, it's a wonder we don't get to ex- pect it.
 It's awfully tiresome for woman to live in neighborhood where every one is above suspicion.
 Be sure you understand a subject be- fore you talk about it-then you can cut out most of your talk.
 The bachelor who thinks a young widow is an angel and is indscreet enough to tell her so is as good as mar ried.
 But for the somber manner in which some ministers are garbed lots of people wouldn't be able to recognize goo thing when they see it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
TO ATTAIN AHAppy LIFE

By the Earl of Surrey. Martial, the things that do attain
 The happy life De these. I find The riches left. not got with pain:
 The fruitful ground. the quiet mind The equal friend; no grudge, no strife;
 No charge of rule. nor governance; Without disease, the healthful life;
 The household of continuance. The mean diet, no delicate fare:
 True wisdom joined with simpleness; The night discharged of all care,
 Where wine the wit may not oppress. The faithful wife, without debate;
 Such sleeps as may beguile the night: Contented with thine own estate, 2 Nor wish for Death, nor fear his might
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
Tn the Cane Fields of Louisiana

With steady rain falling to soften the levees of the lower Mississippi, and with vast tide pressing against them at all points, the situation in the sugar districts of Louisiana is dis tressing. In the neighborhood of Baton Rouge one crevasse after an- other appears, and none can be closed. The flood waters are stronger than the energy and ingenuity of mankind. A crevasse 800 feet wide is indeed a formidable thing to face. Such a break soon covers whole towns and townships, and even parishes with wa ter from two to six feet deep.
 The hope is that the pressure of the flood water will abate in time so that creyasses can be closed before the an- nual June rise caused by the melting of the snows in the Rocky mountains near the head of the Missouri occurs.
 The losses to life and property along the Mississippi have been almost be- yond precedent this year. When an of- ficial in Louisiana declares that five or six parishes will be covered with flood water, he means that many coun- ties. A parish in Louisiana is as large as a county elsewhere, and a flood that covers counties is indeed a formidable thing to handle. The fact is, it cannot-be handled. It is left to run it's course.
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tween his teeth; Johnson appalling Bos- well with his emphatic "Sir." Milton his head like that of a saint encirced with rays-seated at the organ; Shakes peare, walking serenely and with benign and majestic countennanee, beside the Avon; Steel, jocosely presiding at table, with livened bailiffs to pass the dishes the bright face of Pope looming Up from his deformed body in the cool twilight of a grotto; Voltare's sheer whitening an author through cloud of snuff; Moliere reading his new comedy to the old wom- an; Landon standing in the Hex path of Tuscan villa; Savage asleep on a bulk at midnight in one of the London parks; Dryden seated in oracular dignity in his coffee house armchair; Metastasio com pairing notes with a handsome prima donna at Vienna; Alfieri with a magnif- cent steed in the midst of the Alps; Swift stealing an interview with Miss Johnson or chuclling over a chapter of Gulliver; the funeral pyre of Shelley lighting up a solitary crag on the shores of the Med iterranean; Byron, with marble brow and rolling eye, guiding the helm of storm tossed boat on the Lake of Geneva Such were only few of the tableaux that haunted our imagination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
AN EMBARRAssING MOMENT

r I5uUy W1Sc.
 A lady was invited out to lunch, and being very fond of hot rolls, was asked to have another Really I cannot" she modestly replied. T don't know how many I've eaten already"
 T dol" unexpectedly exclaimed young hopeful. whose mother allowed him seat at the table. You've eaten eight. I've been countini"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

side. which appeared in gerat many newspapers about the time Mr. Taft was being inaugRsated and MT. Roosevelt was retiring to so-ealled private life? Do you remember the pleased expression on the face of T. R. and the happy, elepnantine smile on the face Of Mr Taft? Ah! They were such good friends theni Of course. you remember those Will Theodore days No doubt, Taft and Roosevelt re- member also. but with conflicting emo- tions.
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ease and even death. This is no over drawn picture. It is the bare, naked truth, fully demonstrated by scien- lists, and every house should be screened as a second defense against the two most dangerous enemies of the human race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
THE ONE PERFECT BOY

From Babywise.
 T never heard of but one perfect boy,'' said Johnny pensively, as he sat in the corner doing penance.
 And who was that?' asked mamma
 "Papa--when he was little,'' was the answer. Then silence reigned for the space of i've minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
DISCONS0LArE

Although the day was fair. And every bird trilled of it's love
 And joy seemed everywhere. As If his heart were broke, he sighed
 And would not lift his head. And when we asked, Who was it died?e
 The home team lost" he said.
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The price of corn is astonishingly null dressed beef, but the consumer is unor- ganized and he can do nothing except to foot the bill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
ONE MORE.

 We used to know certain man Who dearly liked to gamble, But often when his luck was poor lie couldn't buy a scramble Twas then we'd see him climb stool Where coffee urns were steaming, And nibbie on a doughnut while or untold riches dreaming. He felt quite sure he'd win a pile When Fortune grew more kindly, Although observers would have said That he was betting blindly. Deluded wight What weary years Of waiting and of hopingi And now through alleys dim and dark His shambling way he's groping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04

The Dillingham; committee is still cher ishing It's Lorimer report. It must be ex- posed to the air before long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04

The hard coal miners have entered Into four years contract. This will bring them into the limellght again in 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04

Tho dark horses this year do not resem- ble the man on horseback. The colonel Is in the open a confessed candidate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04

John D. has s220,0oO,0oo invested in the Standard oil company, but he is not a. man who puts all his eggs in one basket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04

Goethe may have foreseen with poets eye the Panama canal, but it was Goeth- als that dug 1t.
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Massachusetts love for the houn' dawg was great surprise She was thought to be highly cultivated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
LOOKING BACK.
WOMEN AND DOGS FIRST?
From the Louisville courier-Journal.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 TNHE most depressing detail story
 that has come to the press from the
 survivors of the Titanic is the tale that half of the pet dogs on the steamer were saved. The writer of the article seems to regard it as a human interest
 story depicting the beautiful and com mendable affection of human beings for dogs. To many persons it will seem oth- erwise If it is true that a score of worthless dogs were saved-and dogs which travel about on ocean liners en- jeying the besotted affection of persons who make public spectacle of themselves and their dogs by their bestowal of care and expenditure of time and money upon them are, as a rule, quite worthless in comparison with any cur that knows how to hunt 'possums or chase the hogs out of a poor mans front yard-some of the owners of the surviving dogs ought to have been pitched back into the ocean along with their cherished dog flesh, and room made for decent human beings.
 Somebody's huge St. Bernard was saved, tho owner throwing it into a lifeboat be- fore taking to one himself, says the writer, and meeting it again safe aboard the Carpathia. 1sador Straus or William T. Stead, or the artist, Mllet, might have occupied the space taken up by the St. Ber- nard. A number of Pomeranians getting in the way in one boat might have been cast out to make room for a railroad pres ident or a military officer According to the story, Airedale and Colonel Astor were both lost, so it seems that Mrs. Astor was not among those who insisted upon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
HOW SAD.

HOW SAD. How sad is life
 To one who must Small jingles write To raise the dust! 'Tis not that he Is such a thrall, But poets pay
 Is very small. And though he'd dine On golden plate And champagne sip Both soon and late, Alas, he's found Mid other scenes, His daily fare
 A dish of beans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04

Abraham Lincoln would not recognize the faction torn republican party of to- day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04

Chicago is building a strip of territory six miles long in order to regain the lakes edge.
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The Teutonic faith In big ships was not shaken a bit by the Titanic disaster.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04

Harvards jealousy of Princeton helped to well the houn' dawg vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04

The first message of the President of China was agreeably short and to the point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04

Ohio will soon pick up pencil to mark her preference ballot.
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The modern youngster would rather have baseball pass than be President.
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Some men, even, are blackballed by the Ananias club. No known disgrace outruns this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04

Every convention delegate looks at pres ent as big as Ty Cobb
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There were sailors on the Titanic who could neither row nor swim.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
ALMOST PERFEcT.

He doesn't smoke, he doesn't chew, he
 doesn't drink and still is true Unto the wife he once did wed, but leads
 a lonesome life, 'tis said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04
ISOLATED INsTANcrs

There are some men so slovenly that they don't even look dressed up when they put on a new straw hat.
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A Nile flood is baby when compared to a Mississippi flood.
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taking their dogs when 1900 persons must remain on the sinking ship.
 Presumably the story is fiction. But it convcts the originator of a point of view which, let us hope, is peculiar. Near ly all normal persons like dogs. Nobody who owns a dog would like to see It drowned, and 1t would be creditable enough to the unselfishness and affection Of a dog owner ifshe, or she, should try to save the dos at an increase of personal risk. But burdening lifeboats with pets in the presence of 1900 persons waiting upon the deck of a ship to be drowned would hardly be unselfish. Moreover it Is hardly conceivable that it would be al- lowed as long as there were enough men in the lifeboats to heave the dogs and the fools overheard.
 A dog will give up it's life for its mas ter.s. That is to say dog like, unspoiled. out of doors dog will do so. Perhaps any St. Bernard would Therefore to give up life, or space in a lifeboat for the dog would put the owner upon a level with the nobest of dogs in point of un- selfishness. But to give up, or wish to give up, someone's else room in the life- boat to Fido would put the owner be- meath the level of the most disgusting dog of the class that eat at the table with their owners, sleep in beds, are taken out to walk by maids. wear over shoes upon damp days, and suffer the wreck of their digestions and ruin of their dispositions through too much coddling so that they lose every attribute that makes a dog worthy of the affection of healthy minded human being, or worthy of the respect and companionshp of any real dog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04

T&e tariff protected trusts have split the republican party wide open.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04

New Yorks latest delicacy Is penguin eggs, all the way from the south pole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-04

IA! MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Who was that mysterious stranger in our midst yesterday? And what did he want?
 To persons who made inquiry as to his identity, he tipped a mysterious wink. looked about, nervously and then said. HSh-sh-sh.' in a loud tone of voice. Then he would hand out a card with the name of detective agency in St. Joseph on 1t, and wink right hard again. The name of the mysterious one was not emblazoned on the card, so the secret is not revealed.
 However, he purported to be doing a little plain and fancy sleuthing here abouts, presumably on 8 local case, al though 1t is not current that any local case is in serious need of sleuthing =. Maryville, Mo-, Tribune.
 TERRIBLE. While speaking of life's tragedies, There's none to equal that Of any dame a chap could name Who finds she's getting fat.
 LOOKING BACK.
 Do you remember that picture of MT Taft and MT. Roosevelt. standing side by
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TELEPHONES

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 Peoples, Editorial rooms, 2s1, busi- ness office, 23O.
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This wide and universal theatre Presents more wofuI pageants, than fht scene Wherein we play.
 As you Like It.
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No communication will be pupiisuoss without it's authors name. heJeStoa manuscript will not be returned unts7' stamps are enclosed for that purpose'
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THE VICTORY IN FLORIDA

Massachusetts never did favor a third term
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Remittances can be made at curren. rate of exchange. The Age-Heraid "Aii not be responsible for money sehs through the mails. Address
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Eastern business office. Rooms 4S 10 DO, inclusive, Tribune building ss.oa Se@ York city; western business oea'se' - Tribune building, Chicago. The 9, - Beckwith Special Agency. agents aoi eign advertising.
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PRESTIGE.

PRESTIGE. "The climbleys have advanced another round on the social ladder" How is that?' "They lost two friends who were first cabin passengers on the Titanic"
 HURT. Said Mrs. Dubbs, Who'd bought a hat, What thinkest thou, My dear, of that?" Her husband frowned. As was his way, And said, Tn truth, I'd hate to say"  Then Mrs. Dubbs A tempest wept, But all the same. The hat she kept.
 PAUL COOK.
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