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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01
WHO'S WHO IN SCIENCE
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From the Boston Transcript.
 That well-known directory of the great and near-great, Who's Who. has a con- temporary in special field in Who's Who in Science. edited by H. H. Stephen son and published by the Macmillan Com pany. The work is international in scope and begins with a tabulated directory of the worlds principal universities, which is followed by an alphabetical list of men and women who have been active in some field of scientific inquiry. When Madame Curie and Prof Roentgen each receive four nonpariel lines, the exhaust iveness of the work does not appear to be very impressive. but its utility is un- questioned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Demand for Small Farms

There is very active demand for small farms in Jefferson and adjoining counties" said B. F. Eborn, the well known real estate agent. "There was a fair demand for truck farms here about 15 or 20 years ago, but within the past few years inquiries have been extremely brisk
 with the growth of Birmingham farm values within a radius of 40 miles Of the city have naturally advanced. A truck farm situated near a railroad can be made very profitable"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01
Presidential Preferences in Illinois

Governor Deneen of Illinois called the legislature of his state to meet in extraordinary session to consider a presidential preference primary law, and the bill was duly passed and has been signed by the governor. The law was needed before the primaries of April 9 arc held. The primaries of April could not be postponed, and the people of Illinois desired an op- portunity at that time to present their presidential preferences, and the legislature got down to business and brass tacks speedily.
 It appears that two-thirds vote in each house was necessary in order to pass the bill. The people of Illinois watched their representatives in the legislature, and every effort at eva sion or delay or open opposition was noted. Public sentiment in Illinois favor a presidential preference law as plainly as it does in Alabama. The country will soon know what candi- dates Illinois prefers, About dozen states, all told, have adopted the plan of direct selection of presidential  preferences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01
Marked Improvement in Business

The financial and commercial re- views that como from New York and other business centers show marked improvement all along the line. Busi' ness activity has not been so general in the past few years as it is now There is healthy demand for nearly every commodity that manufacturers produce.
 One of the most encouraging indt cations of returning prosperity is the demand for iron and steel products The railroads are at last buying free. ly. The reports from the winter wheat belt continue favorable. Moth ing but short crops next summer could check the boom that is now getting we'll under way throughout the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01
Not Enough Polling Places

There will be a large vote Mon day" said an old citizen last night, "but I will be surprised If all those who are qualified to vote and who de- sire to exercise their privilege will he able to do so. Even if the bal lot contained only a few names the voting places would be congestef
 There have been complaints-just complaints-in previous elections, but anticipate a mighty howl of indig nation on the part of those who, after standirrO in line for an hour or more, hear the clock strike six with their ballots left out. No polling place should have a registered list of voters exceeding 250. No matter how long the ballot was 250 persons could vote without any discomfort. But when it comes to 500 and upward as at some boxes 1t Is simply impossible for all to vote. It is a shame that provision for dividing the polling places has not been made. If legislative act is required that matter should have been attended to at the last session As it is we will have to wait probably until 1915 before this city gets relief
 "The county campaign just ended has not been very exciting, although during the past three or four days some of the candidates and their friends have put ginger in their work.
 "As rule 1t is the man of the comrade spirit who succeeds in poli- ties The man of integrity and agree able manners-the politician who makes friends and holds them-is usu- ally winner when he runs for of flee; but now and then l have known cold grouchy fellows to be elected. l have several men in mind who used to walk along the highways and never bow or speak to anyone from one years end to the other. But when the same men ran for office they became extremely sociable They shook hands and effected an urbane manner. But when the election was over and they were defeated these same men went on passing acuuaintances every day and never speaking. Some one has re- marked that it would do every man good to run for office at least once. He would acquire politeness for few weeks at any rate.
 | q am told there has been good deal of betting on three or four Of the offices to be filled. But l am not enough of a prophet to make even a guess"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01
REFLECTIONS OF \ BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A girl gets a very fine figure thinking so. Anything in love is fair for a woman except to marry the man.
 4 man really entitled to have good opinion of himself hardly ever does.
 It's great shock to 8 new celebrity to find there's another one right after him.
 When a womans hair begins to fall out al 90. she knows it's because all her fam fly begin to lose theirs so young. serve to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01
PoLITENEss CAR ON "L,

Chicago Telegram to the New York
 World.
 A ''politeness'' car is the newest inno- vation on the Northwestern elevated railway. The car first appeared Monday night and startled many patrons between the downtown district and Evanston
 Along the aisle on either side is a line of enameled posts, from floor to ceiling. Each passenger is wedged in between two of these uprights This leaves no chance for a passenger to be jostled against his neighbor. whether standing or sitting.
 officials of the road say the new ar engagement will encourage politeness among passengers. The uprights are also expected to be relief to the strap-hang- ing patron.
 'The car at first appears like a travel ing hospital or gymnasium, but it looks good" was the remark of one passerCer The car has been introduced as an ex- pertinent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01
WnoI and Woolens

Representative Hill of Connecticut is republican member of the ways and means committee, and perhaps no one more closely represents the. wool trust and the wooden mills generally. The democrats, led by Chairman Un- derwood, have presented wool tariff which reduces existing rates by just
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01
THE BEARER OF PEsTILENcE

From Eugene Sues "The Wandering
 Jew"
 It is night. The moon shines and the stars glimmer in the midst of a serene but cheerless sky; the sharp whistings of the north wind, that fatal, dry and icy breeze, ever and anon burst forth in vic lent gusts. With it's harsh and cutting breath it sweeps Montmartre's Heights. On the highest point of the hills man is standing. His long shadow is cast upon the stony, moonlit ground. He gazes on the immense city, which lies outspread beneath his feet. Paris-with the dark outline of its towers, cupolas, domes and steeples, standing out from the limpid blue of the horizon, while from the midst of the ocean masonry rises luminous vapor, that reddens the starry azure of the sky. It is the distant reflection of the thousand fires, which at night, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

T have seen it suggested that MT, Roosevelt would form a new party and become it's candidate for President in 19l6." said an old voter.
 Stranger things have happened. MT. Roosevelt will never be President again, but am glad to see him try for nomi- ntion for when ever he Is in politics there is a rattling of dry bones and the general effect is wholesome"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01


 hour of pleasures, light up so joyously the noisy capital.
 "No," said the wayfarer; it is not to be. The Lord will not exact it. Is not twice enough?
 Five centuries ago the averaging hand of the Almighty drove me hither from the ultermost confines of Asia. A solitary traveller, I had left behind me more grief, despair, disaster and death, than the in- numerable armies of 100 devastating con- querors. l entered this town, and it, too, was decimated Again, two centuries ago, the memorable hand, which leads me through the world, brought me once more hther; and then, as the time before, the plague which the Almighty attaches to my steps, again ravaged shis city, and fell first on my brethren, already worn out with labor and misery
 My brethren-mine?-the cobber of Jerusalem, the artisan accused by the Lord, who, in my person, condemned the whole race of worl1men, ever suffering, ever dlsinherted, ever in slavery toiling on like me without rest or pause, without recompense or hope, till men. women and children, young and old, all die beneath the same iron yoke-that murderous' yoke, which others take in their turn, thus to be borne from age to age on the submis- sive and bruised shoulders of the masses.
 And now. for the third time in five centuries. I reach the summit of one of the hills that overlook the city. And per- haps I again bring with me fear, desola- tion and death.
 "Yet this city, intoxicated with the sound of it's joys and t9nocturnal reve- ries, does not know--oh, does not know that 1 am at its gates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

NIT. Sothern sometimes repeats the lO,- ca words of Hamlet twice A day, which is certainly repeating some.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

Uncle Ike Stephenson will have a chance to reeiprccate when the vote on the Lori mer case Is taken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

One Cleveland youth drew pay from one firm under 35 different names. This Is the record at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

The first engineer of the political steam roller was the colonel himself He was then engaged in booming Mr. Taft as his successor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

The fsvorite form of entertainment in New York is cabaret dance. It presum- ably includes the turkey trot and grizzly bag
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01
May Form a New Party

extremely low rates for money which
 have prevailed for some months past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

A Boston reformer says each bridegroom should have a certihcate of financial eon'- petenco to support wife, and each bride a certificate of culinary competence to feed A husband. In the absence of these there should be no wedding ceremony
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

Andrew Carnegie has also picked out the wisest man in America-one Elihu Root of New York Andrew Is equal to all tasks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

China secured a loan from Belgium much to tho disgust of the syndicates in the four great powers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

There are almost as many starving thou sands in England as there are starving millions in China.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01
HOW NOISE BOTHERED PULITZER [

In the April American Magazine there is an extraordinary intimate and personal account of the late Joseph Pulitzer, the famous blind proprietor of the New York World MT. Pulitzer, a Hungarian, was horn of a Jewish father and Catholic mother 64 years ago. He founded the New York World and the St. Louis Post Dispatch, and died leaving s2O,0OaoOo or s25, ,O0o.00O. At 40 years of age he was stricken blind, and from that time on did most of his work a.. sea on yacht, with the assistance of great corps of read CTS, secretaries and assistants who were kept busy from morning until night trying to match the intellectual energy and ca pacity of their chief.
 Mr. Pulitzer was slngularly sensitive to noise. Following is an interesting eX- tract from the article on this point:
 The problem of how to make his life tolerable was complicated by personal peculiarity which had developed as a result of his nervous breakdown. lie was exquisitely sensitive to noise. Many of us suffer torment through the hideous clamor which appears to be inseparable from modern civilization; but to MT. Pulit- ger the sudden click of a teaspoon against a saucer, the gurgle of water poured into a glass, the striking of a match brought a spasm of suffering impossible to de- scribe. I have seen him turn pale, trem- ble. break into a cold precipitation at some sound which to most people would be scarcely audible.
 'The first great essential was quietness, and it was the insuperable difficulties m the way of securing this ashore which led MT. Pulitzer to spend most of his time on the Liberty. His villa at Cape Martin was comparatively quiet, as were his res idenees at Bar Harbor and in New York, each of which was especially constructed with that end in view; but it was on the yacht alone that noise of every kind could be excluded.
 Here double doors, double windows, heavy carpets and the complete isolation of MT. Pulitzer's apartments, by means or thick bulkheads, insured a silence which was broken only by momentary disturb ance when the anchor was let go or heaved up to the hawsepipe.
 'To make the silence more perfect everyone on board wore India rubber soled shoes; and at night, and when MT Pulitzer took his after lunch siesta, ropes were stretched across the deck and all overhead communication between the for- ward and the after end of the boat was l cut off"
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seat in the Senate retained after vote of 10 to si must be one full of dis comforting suggestions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01
MESSAGE OF THE MOCKINGBIRD

 Frank l.. stanton, in the Atlanta Consti- tution. What the mockin-brds a-sayin' s what I want to know; Don't you wish he'd tell your sweetheart that you love her so? Being friends with all the fiowers-loved of all the birds, She could understand his singing better than your words. Whats the mockinrbird a-sayin' when the blossoms part At the wavin' O the south-wind? Just one word: ..Sweetf ''' That's the word that a-laes nd to think she'll lSp Sweet to dream his srhr v M n you love her SC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

The democrats are sitting still to watch the split in the republican party grow wider and wider
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

Sleeping porches are resuming at the old stand. They are coming back slowly but surely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

The courtesy of the Senate stands in the way of a thorough delorimerizing of that body
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

The burglars average haul shows that he labGrs for story also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

The acquittal Of the beef packers sur prises no one in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

Neither Stephenson nor Lorimer has the common decency to resign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

Mir. Taft does not dislike bossism, the boss Of oyster Bay only being barred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

Lorimer voted straight and sure to keep Stephenson in his high priced seat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

A man Is his own worst enemy-when he runs for President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01
From the Argonaut.

From the Argonaut.
 K H R. REDFERN. the head of tine M famous Paris firm of dress fashions will permit women to wear lingerie. He said that to a reporter, a male young man who had innocently called upon him in the pursuit of knowl- edge and who had just been shown three houris of paradise who were kept in chain in the adjoining room for the purpose of displaying the new modes. These eX- qusite and angelic creatures entered the room with "a slow, gliding motion, one hand raised to the lips in a mysterious heratic gesture" We don't know what a bieratic gesture is, and we would scorr to know anything that we could not tell to our wives, but as Nr. Redfern ea;- plained that these nymphs would be able to get into a carriage without raising their dresses to their knees we may sup pose that the hieratic gesture was in- tended to prove that they had the same liberty of motion at the north pole as at the south.
 But to return to the lingerie, which is a collective name for things not otherwise specified and that only husbands and custom house inspectors know anything about. We want to understand this mat ter-theoretically of course. Mir Red ferns remark strikes us like a bomb shell and even our bushes. translate themselves into a vast interrogation mark. Are we to understand that the recent l Iti~, precluded the use of lingerie and that the ladies who affected them wore nothing underneath, no laces, friils, unnameable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

Hot aid patriots are springing up just now like toadstools.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

China secured loan from Belgium much to tho disgust of the syndicates in the four great powers.
  One Cleveland youth drew pay from one firm under 35 different names. This is the record at present.
  Uncle Ike Stephenson will have a chance to reeiprccate when the vote on the Lori mer case Is taken.
 There are almost as many starving thou sands in England as there are starving millions in China.
 The democrats are sitting still to watch the split in the republican party grow wider and wider
 Sleeping porches are resuming at the old stand. They are coming back slowly but surely.
 The courtesy of the Senate stands in the way of a thorough delorimerizing of that body.
 MT. Taft does not dislike bossism, the boss Of oyster Bay only being barred.
 ---.s------ Iorimer voted straight and sure to keep Stephenson in his high priced seat.
  Neither Stephenson nor Lormer has the common decency to resign.  The acquittal Of the beef packers sur prses no one in Chicago. The burglars average haul shows that he labGrs for t,iory also. A man Is his own worst enemy-when he runs for President. Hot aid patriots are springing up just now like toadstools.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

Entered at the Birmingham Aia, postoffice as second class matter uiiuei act of Congress March 3, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01
WILL WEAR LINGERIE AGAIN

things with delightful edgings to them, in fact no nothing? Is 1t possible, and we never knew it? And yet, come to think of it, it must have been so. In the inno- cenee of our pure male undefled hearts it never occurred to us, but now MT. Red ferns Illuminating comment opens the door to many a concealed mystery. It is true that we had often notieed-but there. never mind about that. We must rem,m- Der that these words are not only for the young, and adult curiosity must be dis courased. But no lingerie no uider- clothing! Well, well, wellt
 Of course, come to think of it, there couldn't have been. There was no room for any. Those delicious and intoxicating garments that are. displayed in the shop windows, but that cannot be named with out an mpropriety, could not possibly have been inserted under the sheath gown without causing it to krinkle and even to protrude Therefore the garments that may not be named, but may be looked at in the shop windows, were not there at all. There. was nothing there. There was just a woman and a sheath gown. It is curious how we can overlook the ob- vious There was an old hymn written with an application different to the pres ent one, but it comes in appositely. The main verses elude the memory, but the chorus was as follows.
 There she goes. there she goes,
 All dressed up in her Sunday clothes,
 But nobody knows, nobody knows
 Whether she wears any underelothes.
 But we know now. Mr. Redfern has told us. She did not wear any under clothes, but she will in future
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-01

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-12
STATE MILITIA QUELLS
RIOT AMONG CONVlCTS
Prison at Jackson, Mich, Is Scene of
Wild Acts-One Prisoner
Is Shot.

Jackson, Mich, Sept. 5-Riot at
the prison, brewing since Friday,
reached a climax when prisoners con-
signed to the bull pen escaped from a
dungeon and proceeded to demolish
prison property. They made a wild
dash to the dining room, driving the
TRUSTEES from there and the kitchen,
and grabbed handsfull of 1ood.
Warden Simpson, fearing they
would fire the institution, called out
the fire department, and Captain
Mackman of Company L, NJ. n. G.,
with recruits. Extra guards were
placed around the prison and on the
walls, with orders to shoot any con-
Wet showing resistance or trying to
escape. The men hid behind an old
engine house and when one, Peter
Matool, Yentured out to reconnoiter,
he was shot by guards from the
guard room, the shot hitting him in
the arm, but not seriously wounding
him.
When the militia appeared and be-
gan work all but IA Of the most des-
perate of the 62 men escaping prompt
ly held up their hands and, like
whipped ours, were taken back to
their cells. AS more militia arrived
on the scene they were divided into
squads and thorough search made,
with the result that all were found in
various places in the yards and
placed in cells.