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

A oaiu Dttle Fedrl, F'tne
 MI sunshine does not love you
 VI It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom. Now seel There it is, playing, a good way off. Stand you here, and let me run and catch it. I am but child. It will not flee from me; for wear noth- ing on my bosom yet!'
 "Nor ever will, my child, hope" said Hester
 And why not, mother?" asked Pearl, stopping short, just at the beginning of her race. twill not it come of It's accord, when I am woman grown?'
 Run away, my child,'' answered her mother, and catch the sunshine. It will soon be gone.''
 Pearl set tforth. at ta great pace, and as Hester smiled to perceive, did actually catch the sunshine, and stood laughing in the midst of it, all brightened by it's splendor, and scintillating with the vi- vacity excited by rapid motion. The light fingered about the lonely child, as if glad for such a playmate. until her mother had drawn almost nigh enough to step into the magic circle. too.
 "It will go now" said Pearl. shaking her head.
 "See" answered Hester smiling. "Now can stretch out my hand and grasp some of it.
 As she attempted to do so the sunshine vanished; or, to judge from the bright expression that was dancing on Pearls features her mother could have fancied that the child had absorbed it into her self, and would give 1t forth again, with a. gleam about her path. as they should plunge into some gloomier shade. There was no other attribute that so much inn pressed her. with a sense of new and un- transmitted vigor in Pearls nature as this never failing vivacity of spirits; she had not the disease of sadness which all most all children, in these latter days, inherit, with the scrofula, from the trou- bleS of their ancestors Perhaps this, too, was disease, and but the reflex of the wild energy with which Hester had fought against her sorrows before Pearls birth. It was certainly a doubtful charm, imparting a hard, metallic luster to the child's character. She wanted-what some people want throughout life-a grief that should deeply touch her, and thus human:ze and make her capable of sym
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
FIERCE RHINOCEROS

In the March American Magazine Stew art Edward White begins reporting his adventures with wild animals in Africa, where he has just been on a years hunt. On this trip he saw n lions and killed several. The following Is a picture he gives of the rhinoceros as you see him in nature. On this particular occasion MT. White was trying to get some photo- graphs. He says;
 Nearer and nearer we crept. The great beasts were evidently basking in the sun The little pig eyes alone gave any sign of life. Otherwise they exhibited the complete immobility of something done in granite. Probably no other beast im- presses one with quite this quality. suppose il is because even the little mo- tions peculiar to other animals are with the rhinoceros entirely lacking. Hq is not In the least of a nervous disposition, so he does not stamp his Ret nor change his position. It is useless for him to wag his tail; for, in the first place, the tail is absurdly inadequate: and, in the sec ond place. flies are not among his troubles. Flies wouldn't bother you either if you had skin two inches thick. So there they stood, inert and solid as two huge brown rocks, save for the deep wicked twinkle of their little eyes.
 ''Yes. we were close enough to see the whites of their eyes, if they had had any; and also to be within the range of their limited vision. Of course we were now stalking, and taking advantage of all the cover.
 "rhose rhinoceros looked to me like two dreadnaughts. The African two horned rhinoceros is a bigger animal. any way, than our circus friend. who generally comes from India. One of these brutes I measured went feet inches at the shoulder, and was 13 feet 6 inches from horn to stern. Compare these dimensions with your own height and with the length of a motor car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
Long Ballots a Nuisance

Chicago is said to have the longest ballot in the world. The ballot used
 J that city in the election of Novem- Der, 1910, contained the names of candidates for 51 offices. The Chica- 10 ballot of next November will be longer because it will contain the names of presidential electors.
 Birmingham is not far behind Chi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

pathy. But there was time enough yet for little Pearl.
 Come, my child!s said Hester. looking about her from the spot where Pearl had stood still in the sunshine. I've will sit down a little way within the wood and rest ourselves T am not aweary, mother, replied the little girl But you may sit down if you will tell me a story meanwhile"
 "A story, childl" said Hester. And about what?'
 "Oh, story about the Black Man." ar- swered Pearl taking hold of her mothers gown and looking up half earnestly, half mischievously, into her face. How he haunts this forest and carries a book With him-a big, heavy book with iron clasps; and how this ugly Black Man of- fers his book and an iron pen to every body that meets him here among the trees; and they are to write their names with their own blood. And then he sets his mark on their bosoms. Didst thou ever meet the Black Maj sather?''
 And who told you thi er Tsearl?' asked the mother, recogs sipx $ common superstition of the period
 Tt was the old dame ir 4s chimney corner in the house wlers 5atehed last night" said the chia Sur she fam cied me asleep while si.a king of if. She said thousand aa a thousand people had met thim hefa a4d lad writ ten in his book, and see ais mark ,.n them. And that ugly re lady, old Mistress Hibbins, was ss d mother, the old dame said tha s arlet letter was the Black Mans inxfk 1 thee, and It. grows like a red fiaHfe yhen thou meetest him at midnight here in the dark wood. Is it true, mother? And dost thou go to meet him in the night timer
 "Didst thou ever wake and find thy mother gone?" asked Hester.
 Not that I remember said the child 'If thou fearest to leave me in our cot tage thou mightest take me along with thee. I would very gladly go But, mother, tell me now, is there such Black Man? And didst thou ever meet him? And is this his mark?"
 Wilt thou let me be at peace. if once tell thee?" asked her mother.
 "Yes, if thou tellest me all,' answered Pearl.
 "Once in my life met the Black Man. said her mother. This scarlet letter is his marki'
  They have cornered the market in poetry and prose.
 Ut is fortunate that they were not trip lets or Walter Irwin would be doing all the illustrating of the magazines-and the Wickersham would get 'emi'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
GIVING HIM A CHANGE
rom Harper's Magazine.

, Little Bryda had been naughty and was to be punished. She asked leave to go to her room for few minutes first, and this was granted. Her father followed, curious to know what she was going to do. and found her kneeling beside her bed, look ing earnestly up at the ceiling.
 .Please, God" she said, I've been told You are good to little children. Well, nows Your chance"
 The punishment was not inflicted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
REFLECTIONS OF BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Nobody knows enough to let well enough alone except a dead man.
 A man can rise heap in his wifes es- timation by her becoming a widow.
 To a whole lot of people it doesn't seem like stealing a thousand dollars if they take it a dollar at a time.
 4 girl goes off visiting so as to prove how much more consderate she can be of others than the folk at home.
 Maybe women ought to vote so as to re able to take their husbands voting with them the way they do calling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
Senators Attack the Primary

The standpatters of the Senate, headed by MT. Hepburn, assailed on Thursday the primary election sys- tenn, and Senator Overman of North Carolina joined them. No party has monopoly of standpatters. There are not perhaps quite so many stand pat democrats as there are standpat republicans, but there are some and they are very bitter when any reform is inaugurated.
 It is rather difficult to see, how ever, how any friend of popular gov ernment can object to the widest popular action by the people. 1t would seem as if the more direct ac- ton state had the more popular and democratic it's government would be.
 Representative government is em- ployed where direct action is not feas- ible or convenient. Where it is it should be preferred. No one looks to the Senate to find friends of popular gov ernment. It was not built on those lines. 1t was constructed to be check and balance both at once, and as a rule it has overworked it's mission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
OSCARS IMMUNE

From the Houston Post.
 Major Hemphll went to Washington and addressed Oscar Underwood as the next President of the United States A good man is Oscar L.. and there is no better. but does he know that Jonah is no more to be compared to the major as hoo doc than Ananas is to the colonel as a pro- ducer of fiction?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
A Lively Political Year

'I have been voter since 1S76 and re- call several exciting national campaigns, but we will have more politics this year than ever before," said W. J. Gaylord of Chicago.
 "Six months ago I thought President Taft had a 'waikover' for the republican nomination. It looked then to many dem- ocrats in my part of the country as if Governor Harmon would be the democrat c nominee
 T still think that MT. Taft will be nominated but he has no cinch. Ex-Pres- ident Roosevelt is making 1t warm for him. l am an independent in politics with a republican leaning. If MT. Taft is nomi- mated I will probably vote for him. While could not bring myself to support him should he be the party candidate. l am utterly opposed to third termism, and moreover the ex-President has become too radical.
 "As to the democratic party, Harmon's chances are diminishing. The Underwood boom Is very much in evidence, and would not be surprised to see the Ala bama congressman nominated in the Balti- more convention. From all accounts he is a high class man. He has certainly proved himself to be an able leader. As between Roosevelt and Underwood l would not hesitate to vote for the latter. Thousands of independent republicans would take the same course"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

If old man Diaz receives regular ie- himself hugely. He must be able to say, 'I told you so." about once every five minutes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

The first aerial regiment has been or ganized in France. It consists of ise commissioned and ITO non-commssioned officers and $50 privates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

Emma Goldman has the temerity 70 speak of Third-term Theodore as a worn out clown. He seems, however. to have some vitality left.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

r Colonel Roosevelt claims that he is an instance of the office seeking the man, but no one else sees the case from his point of view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

The country has more presidential can didates than it has had since 1880 at any rate I.aFollette has dropped out, but ninety and nine are left.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

In June, 1911, the colonel said his nomi- nation for President would be "a calam- ity." The calamity was rendered possi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

So far as the telegraph has brought in the facts no one dropped dead with sur prise .when the colonel announced his candidacy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

The dawg song is rugged and homely. two excellent qualities. It is not sloppy or sentimental.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

Telegraph operators are being hurried to Oyster Bay. the country's new tele- graphic center.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

Washington, Jefferson and Jackson de clined third terms, and no consecutive string was employed by them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

All steamers sailing to Colon are crowd ed. Many want to see the big work be- fore water hides the greater part of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

The G. O. P. is confessedly made up of progressive neurotcs and standpat par ranoiacs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

If each one could live his life over again the world would be bored with Smart Alecks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

The boss and corruptionst want privacy of government. the more the better for them. while the people want all possible publicity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

There is less pneumonia in this hard winter than there is in one that is hot and cold by turns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

Kansas is endeavoring to establish a million dollar beet sugar factory. She is not afraid of free sugar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

The problem in China is not pure food, but any at all that will maintain life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
rwoULD.s

'Twould take a man with steeEclad shins
 Such hardships to endure, While groping in a dark room full
 Of concrete furniture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

The Taft steam roller rumbles on de- spite the colonel's candidacy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

WHY, INDEED? Lillian Russell has to put up with q great deal Of chaffing about her matri- monial ventures" That's true, but it doesn't seem to dam age her looks any, so why should you worry?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

The proposition is out to change tine name of the Ananias club to the Third Term club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

The steam roller and bucking brocho are both in the ring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
THE POLICE OF PARIS

Oyster Bay is again the country's storm center.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
THE LAST STRAW.

The Copy Reader was dazed. The Po- lice Reporter had turned in story in which the girl shopiifter was not described as young and beautiful" The man who wrote the weather story did not describe the rainstorm by saying that ''the heav- ems opened and Jupiter Pluvius reigned." The reporter who turned in the story of the blaze on Main street said not word about the fearful Fire Fiend,'
 Then came to his desk the Cub Report- CT who had written a half column on the death of Amos Sniffkins. And, search as he would, the Copy Reader found not single reference to the Grim Reaper"
 So they gently led the c. R. away and locked him in padded cell.-cincinnati Enquirer. srss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Pennsylvania Democrat on underwo.

Pennsylvania Democrat on Underwood
 George M. Dimeling of Clearfield. Pa, who has been registered at the Hotel Hill man this week. left for the east yester- day morning. He was here with party of PennsylVanians about a year ago, and he spoke then of Oscar w. Underwood as a presidential possibility. MT. Dimeling is a democrat and takes lively interest in the democratic party.
 MT. Underwood has come very promi- nently to the front as presidential prop osition since I was in Birmingham last year." said MT. Dimelin@ He has devel- oped into one of the greatest party leaders we have ever had, and think his chances for the nomination at Baltimore are bright indeed. MT. Underwood if nomi- hated would be elected, think. He would certainly make a great President"
 MT. Dimeling said he noticed a decided Improvement in Birmingham since his for mer visit. This is fine city," he said. and 1t obviously has a great future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
A PEEVIsH POPIrr.AcE

A PEEVISH POPULACE.
 The Sedgwick Pantagraph reports that there was some disappointment among music lovers in Wichita last week be-. cause 'The Girl of the Golden West" gave no street parade.-Kansas City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
MIR. UNDERWOOD, 4 CANDIDATE

Senator Bankhead makes the formal announcement that MT. Underwood is .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
orIrE FIrTILE.

There was a man in our town Who talked at such great length, His neighbors wondered, with 8 frown, How twas he had the strength. In sooth, his frame was rather thin, His shanks would give one shame, And yet, despite the publcs grin, He spouted just the same. It mattered not what was the theme He simply had to talk; AL any time or place, 'twould seem. Was never known to balk. And while some cried, Clap on the lidp' And some wished he was dead, In sooth. nobody ever did Remember what he said.
 CAUSES HAVOC. "A great many men of genius make a sad mistake" And that is?e They frequently get the idea that alco- hol and the divine afflatus' gre iden- tical." THE GENTLEMAN FROM CLAYTON.
 His heart was light,
 But what of that?
 His purse that night
 Was far from fat.
 So little change
 Was in his clothes.
 He could but range
 The picture shows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

They have cornered the market in poetry and prose.
 Tt is fortunate that they were not trip lets or Walter Irwin would be doing all the Illustrating of the magazines-and the Wickersham would get 'emr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
STOOD STRAIGHT UP

Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
 Loved a girl and went to meet her. My. you should have seen his hair When he found his wife was there,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
FELL RESTRICTION

FELL RESTRICTION. "It always makes me sad to see bird in a cage"
 'The sentiment does you honor I al- ways feel sorry for a tongue-tied woman"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

A NOTABLE ISN1FING. When many years have passed away Some idle breeze will wait Abroad among men of that day What Teddy did to Taft "DICTAGRAPH'' OR "DICTOGRAPH" Right way of '.dictagraph" T. rather hard to know.M Some spell 1t with an ''a,f' forsooth, Some spell it with an "o.@
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01
THE SCARLET LETTER BRAND

From Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter." F<k xOTHER,' said little Pearl, .the
 WI sunshine does not love you
 M It runs away and hides itself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

Let others scurry to the fire, Around the corner sighted; @ We write this little rhyme to show We're not at all excited.
 PAUL COOK.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-22

AIDS reiolnder. "stiH got that bunch
Jaek
q SIN got that hunch KeaFns
fingered hts cards long tine. And
I'M play 81 but you've got % know
how II stand. There's my steamer The
Beilaz-wor twenty thousand Il she's
worth an ounce. There's sixty.Mile
with tiye thousand in stock on the
shelves. And you know l got a saw.
mill coming in. It's at Linderman
nov, and the scow Is building. Am l
good?"
ilatfDig in; you're sure good, : was
Daylight's answer. And while we're
about it, Is may mention casual that
/ got twenty thousand ID Mac Safe,
there, and there's twenty thousand
more in the ground ON Moosehide.
You know the ground. Campbell. L
they that.alI in thesdirt2".
There sure is, Daylight"
Elbow much does 1t cost now
iKearns asked.
1.-TWO thousand to see"
We'll sure hump you II you-all
come in" Daylight warned him.
. "Ifs an almighty good bunch"
Kearns said, adding his slip to the
growing heap. Il can feel her crawl
In up and down my back"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-22
ICopyright 1919, by the New York Herald conipany0
Copyright 1915, by the Macmillan Company.

finished, the three couples followed
by the fiddler and the pianist and
heading for the bar, caught Daylights
eye.
Surge along. you.all!@ he cried.
Surge along and name 1t. This is my
night, and It amt a night that comes
frequent, Surge up. you siwashes and
salmon-eaters It's my night, ! tell
you.all-"
"A blamed NANCY night" Charley
Bates interpolated.
You're right, my SON Burning Day.
light went on, gayly. "a NANCY night,
but it's my night, you see. I'm the
NANCY old he-wolf. Listen to me
howl"
And howl he did, like lone gray
timber wolf, till the Virgin thrust her
pretty fingers in her. ears and shiv-
cred. A minute later she was whirled
away in his arms to the dancing floor
where, along with three other women
and their partners, rolllcking Vir'
gln!a reel was soon in progress.
Few men knew Elan Harnish by any
other name than Burning Daylight, the
name which had been given him in the
early days in the land because Of his
habit Of routing his comrades out Of
their blankets with the complaint that
daylight was burning. or the pioneers
in that far Arctic wilderness, where
all men were pioneers, he was reck'
oned among the oldest, Men Ike Al
Mayo and Jack McQuestion antedated
him; but they had entered the land by
crossing the Rockies from the Hudson
Bay country to the east. He, however.
had been the pioneer over the Chiicoot
and Chilcat passes. In the spring OF
1889, twelve years before, stripping
Of eighteen, he had crossed over the
Chllcoot with five comrades. In the
fall he had crossed back with one.
-Four had persisted by mischance in the
bleak, uncharted yastness. And FOR
twelve years Elan Harnish had cpn.
tinued to grppe for gold among Tue
shadow$ OF the Circle. Heroes are
seldom sglven to hero.worship. but
among those OF that land, young as he
was, heSwas accounted an elder here,
In point of time he was before them;
In polntSof deed he was beyond them,
He was a striking figure Of man,
Of all the men in the Tivoli. Soft,
tanned, 1poccasins of moose.hide, bead.
ed in Indian designs, covered his feet,
His trousers were ordinary overalls,
his coat was made from blanket.
Long, gauntletted leather mittens, lined
with wool, hung by his side, They
we're connected, in the Yukon fashion
by aieafher thong passed around the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-22
REPEATED cANTATA.

At the NJ P. Temple last evening,
de Church choir under the direction
of iii. Walter Darlington, repeated
the Christmas Cantatas "The Prince
81 Peace, which was given several
weeks ago The cantata was repeat.
I'd By request andI MS 1ieata by q
large audience as o13tlie former occa:
sion. farg8cf the audience were
present 81 both occasions and the
opinion NJ that the cantata was rem
deFed even better than on the first
occasion when twas thought to be a
supcessa
The solelsts were Miss Maude Jack
son, Mrs Bruce Bailey, Miss lisa Jack
son, dessIs. harrington and Arms
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-22
"surse Along, YOu.AII!" He Cried.
"surge Along and Name It,"

neck and across the shoulders. On his
head was a fur cap, the ear-haps raised
ard the tylng-cords dangling. His face,
lean and slightly long, with the sugges.
ton of hollows under the check bones,
seemed almost Indian. The burnt skin
and keen dark eyes contributed to this
effect, though the bronze OF the skin
and the eyes themselves were essen
italy those of white man. He looked
older than thirty, and yet, smooth.
shaven and without wrinkles, he was
almost boyish. The impression OF age
was based on no tangible evidence. 1t
came from the abstracter facts Of the
man, from what he had endured and
survived, which was far beyond that
of ordinary men. He had lived naked
and tensely, and something Of all this
smoldered in his eyes, vibrated in his
voice and seemed forever whisper
on his lips.
1t was two in the morning when the
dancers. bent on getting something to
eat, adjourned the dancing for half an
hour. And 1t was at this moment that
Jack Kearns suggested poker. Jack
Kearns. was big, blHff.featHred man,
Eho. along with BEETLES, had made
the disastrous attempt to found post
on the head,reaches OF the Koyokuk,
far inside the Arctic circle. After that
Kearns had fallen back on his posts at
Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed
the direction of his ventures by send
ing out TO the states for small saw.
mill and river steamer Jack Kearns
suggested poker French Louts, Dan
Macdonald and Hal Campbell twhC