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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
NOT SHE.

The maiden with a winsome smile
 And curly golden hair Whose clothes are in the latest style
 That anyone could wear Who has a very pretty face,
 A figure that delights, Won't have to stand in public place
 And plead for woman's rights. Such deference is paid to her
 As would queen befit: Obeisanees are made to her
 Whenever she'll permit The common grounds too good for her, Her slightest wish commands; Wed dare a haunted wood for her,
 Of fight in foreign lands Her rights, indeedl No fear has she They'll ever be denied; Instead, a little tyrant see,
 In conscious beauty's pride. However mans oppression rifles
 The danes severe and grave, There's not a man on whom she smiles But is her willing slavel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
THE FENCE 6R THE AMBULANCE

This poem has been used with great ef- feet in -tubercular campaigns of other cities, and is now proving of great as sistance in Birmingham. Don't you want to help the association put a few palings on this fence?-Hill Ferguson. Twas a dangerous cliff, as they freely
 confessed,
 Though to walk near it's crest was so
 pleasant. But over it's terrible edge, there had
 slipped
 A duke, and fell many a peasant. So the people said something would have
 to be done,
 But their projects did not at all tally; Some said. Put fence round the edge
 of the cliff"
 Some, An ambulance down in the val
 ley" But the cry for the ambulance carried
 the day,
 For 1t spread through the neighboring
 city; A fence may be useful or not, it is true, But each heart was brimful of pity For those who slipped OCT that dangerous
 cliff;
 And the dwellers in highway and valley Gave pound or gave pence, not to put up
 fence,
 But an ambulance down in the valley For the cliff is all right if you're care
 ful," they said.
 And if folks even slip or are dropping It isn't the slipping that hurts them so much
 As the shock down below when they're
 stopping" Then an old sage remarked: Its a mar
 vel to me
 That people give far more attention To repairing results than to stopping the
 cause,
 When they'd much better aim at pre- yention. Let us stop at it's source all this mis- chief" cried he, YCome. neighbors and friends, let us rally; If the cliff we will fence We might al- most dispense With the ambulance down in the val ley" "Oh, he's fanatic" the others rejoined, 'Dispense with the ambulance? Never! Aren't we picking folks up just as fast as they fall? And shall this man dictate to us? Shall he? Why should people of sense stop to put up a fence While their ambulance works in the val ley?" But sensible few who are practical. too, Will not bear with such nonsense much longer. They believe that prevention is better than cure, And their party will soon be the stronger. Encourage them. then, with your purse voice and pen, And (while other philanthropists dally) | They will scorn all pretense and put ur stout fence On the cliff that hangs over the valley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
WHERE WAVES RUN HIGHEST

From Youths Companion.
 Although severe tempests often lash both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans
 into mighty waves, there Is reason to be- lieve that the most tremendous seas are
 those that run south of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn.
 Sailoirs in modern times have never seen such waves as those described by
 early navigators, which were reported to
 rise to the height of 100 or even 13o feet
 LaPerouse, indeed, asserted that he saw waves in the Pacific towering to a height of nearly 200 feet. In these more prosaic
 days we can only say that the highest wave yet measured had an altitude of
 about 52 feet.
 .That was in the Southern ocean, lit tie north of the Antarctic continent: and 1t is quite certain that the highest waves ever seen in that region did not exceed oS feet The highest waves ever observed in the Indian ocean were about 40 feet.
 The highest waves in the north Atlantic
 are from 25 to % feet, and in the Medi- terranean, from 1e to 19 feet.
 Even the smallest of these mighty twaves has great destructive power, for they often travel at speed of 25 miles
 an hour. A wave 30 feet high contains
 thousands of tons of water and when this immense force is exerted against any structure the ruin wrought is likely to be impressive.
 The great size of the waves in high southern attitudes is explained by the fact that south of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn there is neither windward nor | leeward shore, and the prevailing winds are westerly. So when a westerly gale springs up, it finds a long westerly swell, the effect of a previous wind, still run ming. The new born wind increases the steepness of this swell and forms ma- i jestic storm waves that sometimes reach l a length of 12O0 feet from crest to crest. The average height in feet of sea waves I is about half the velocity of the wind that causes them, reckoned in miles an hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

Chairman Yoakum of the Frisco rail- road is at homei when statistics are brought in. Last year." he says, "the products of all the farms of the United States were worth more than s6. 900, 900. When these products finally went into consumption the public paid for them more than s1S.oooOoo.oOo. Tn other words. it cost SOOoO0o.ooO to distribute s6,oOO CO., 600 worth of products from the farm to the consumer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
Great Musical Organization

The Flonzaley quartet, which is known in musical circles as the most popular string organization in the world, will probably be heard in Birmingham next month. It is to make a southern tour and will pass through Birmingham on it's way to New Orleans.
 ''The quartet said a musician. in speaking of the Flonzaleys yesterday. was founded in 1903 by MT. F. J. de Copper and named after his Swiss villa, Flonzaley,' on Lake Geneva. The fame of it's soirees given there soon spread and a series of tours through Holland, Germany and France made it's European reputation secure. In this country five tours under Loudon Charlton's manage ment have been made with phenomenal success. The quartet-now an independ- ent body-devotes its entire time to the cultivation of chamber music. the sim gleness of purpose and lofty aim of it's members being shown by mutual agree nient neither to teach, play in orchestra nor accept individual engagements. In this respect 1t is unique among string quartets of the world.
 With an organization like the Flon- zaley quartet about to pay Birmingham visit local musicians may congratulate themselves upon being offered a treat far out of the ordinary Philip Hale of the Boston Herald, the best known critic in this country, writes: The Flonzaleys need fear no rivals, not even the Kneisels. In the perfection of their ensemble they stand alone. The three concerts given here this season have been the musical delights of the year. !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

W service he has to mind his ''p's"
 W and "q's," for orfenses which in peace time would be lightly punished death. In time of peace, if Tommy At
 kins, being On sentry go, sleeps or is drunk on his post, or quits it without
 being properly relieved he will probably
 get off with a short dose of imprison- ment or perhaps of detention only On active service the penalty for these of' lenses is death.
 It would not usually be enforced now adays, except for a repeated offense, or where. owing to the prevalence of misbe- havior among sentries, It Is necessary to
 make an example," but still, the liability
 to death is there.
 In peace the maximum penalty for de- sertion is two years Imprisonment with
 or without hard labor. but in practice a first offense will get a short term of im- prisonment. On active service the de- serter takes the risk of death if recap tured, and if the offense is committed ac-
 tually in face of the enemy he will prob
 ably be shot.
 Similarly, acts of insubordination which in the ordinary way would be compara- lively venial offenses become punishable by death on active service. In passing, it may be mentioned that even in peace
 an insubordinate soldier may be sentenced
 to death if. convicted by a general court martial on one or other of the following charges Striking or using or onerilS any violence to his superior officer. be- ing in the execution of his office or dis
 obeying, in such manner as to show wil- full defiance of authority, any lawful com
 mand given personally by his superior off, ficer in the execution of his onlce' whether the same is given orally or Tn
 writing. or by signal, or otherwise. In peace. however, the maximum pen alty has not been inflicted for these of- lenses for many years.
 | Active service brings into being offensei which practically do not exist In peace
 One of the most serious of crimes peculiar
 to active service is forcing safesuard'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

Surrogate cahalan of New York refuses to approve the report of the appraiser of holdings of the estate in the worold are worth upward of s11OOOO,OOO instead of s3,o15,o0o, and that the holdings in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch are worth upward of ss,0Oo,OOO, instead of s1.115,O0o He puts the shares on a per cent basis of earn ing power
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
shouId Not Be Greedy

From thes Ashville Southern Aegis.
 Wonder if Alabama democrats are going to try to run things at the national cap- itol now. Certainly we have many brainy men, capable and efficient, but President Wilson cannot make them all cabinet of- ficers. We ought to be satisfied with one or two places in the Presidents cabinet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
STATE PRESS
Possible Explanation

From the Montgomery Advertiser,
 The Columbia State loves Cole Blease, but doesn't like to be guyed about it. It may be that Cole has arrived at that point in efficiency where he never fails to beat the editor of the The State whenever they engage in a game of dominoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
REFLEcrIoNs OF A BACHELOR

Fron the New York Press.
 Flattery takes more citadels than can non.
 What makes a woman so sure of i.er son is she was so disappointed In his father
 A girl can get very excited thinking what if little excitement should come along.
 A man thinks he's getting to De the devil of A fellow to know the right name of an actress.
 First a woman fels proud her husband has become SO important he has to have . girl secretary: then she feels suspicious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
HER PLEA TO THE COURT.

HER PLEA TO THE COURT.
 A negro woman was on trial before magistrate charged with inhuman treat ment of her child.
 Evidence was clear that the woman had severely beaten the yodngster, about 3 years old, who was in court to exhibit his battered condition.
 Before imposing sentence his honor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
The Last Resort
le Gadsden Journal.

From the Gadsden Journal.
 The government has abolished the com- mon towel from all railroad cars. We're glad the interstate commerce commits sions jurisdiction doesn't extend to print ing offices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
Sensible Talk

From the Marion County News.
 This talk of pensioning ex-Presidents does not meet with the approval of a sim gle man who pays taxes. If a man can't make a living after he has been Presi- dent he ought to never hold the office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
Many Houses Need Paint

Tt may not be possible to have a law requiring owners of wooden houses in Birmingham to keep those houses Tn a slightly condition by means of fresh paint every year or two, but there should be city beautiful movement which would have the effect of an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
ANOTHER DANCE
A POPULAR ROSE.

What excuse did Jagbitters give in po- lice court when an officer charged him with lettering on street corner in an intoxicated condition?"
 "Jagbitters told the judge he was wait- ing for the Robert E. Lee"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
IN THE MOOD.

The bards who sing of Christmas time Are turning out some cheerful rhyme, And though they may not have dime,
 Are happy as can be.
 If jingles were a gift to please. Methinks most all the Christmas trees Would groan beneath such rhapsodies
 Addressed to you and me!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
SHE'S ALL RIGHT.

SHE'S ALL RIGHT. We know girl named Sadie Kerr, With lots of common sense, But if her face her fortune were She'd be worth thirty cents.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. know girl named Edna Grace, She never fails to please, But if her fortune were her face Shed land a duke with ease.
 -Johnstown Democrat. handy little girl to be About the blooming place Is one with credit good, for she Can get things on her face. Youngstown Telegram. know a girl, who, if she had To travel on her shape a term Would leave trail where'er she went Bout like an angleworm. Houston Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
In PugiIIstIc Circles

From the Talladega Home.
 The Turks could not outright the Balkan allies and now hope to outalk them. Such a thing has been done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

The 14-incb gun that exploded at Sandy Hook cost $190,OoO It was made to be used at Panama. The gun is a wreck. The men had gone into bombproofs, and no one was injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

President Taft is about to make his fifth trip to Panama. He will leave Washington December 19 and will not re- turn until December 3l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

When MT. Taft goes out of office he may live in New Haven and accept the Kent professorship in Yale university. The place will pay him s5000 year, and he may be content to accept it, letting some one else serve the corporations dn Cincin- nati in the courts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
Wonderful strides

Birmingham has made wonderful strides since I was here about seven years ago. said L. P. Routt of Chi cago. now registered at the Hotel Hill man. There were only two or three modern office buildings in this city at the time of my former visit. Now see many skyscrapers and l notice that the Jefferson County Savings bank is starting to erect a 25-story structure and hear that 2S-story building will be announced before a great while.
 Birmingham is much discussed by capitalists in the north as most in- viting center for investment There Is constant inquiry, I am told. for mineral and timber properties in Alabama and especially for coal and ore properties in the Birmingham district. Home- seekers in the northwest are gradually buying small farms and settling in the south. Alabama will get its full share"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

South Carolina should be merciful. In all fairness she should not try to infiet Cole Blease on the rest of the country by sending him to the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
sELF-INTEREsT.

Tommy, what are you going to give your father for a Christmas present."
 I'm going to give him pair of house slippers, ma am"
 That's a good little boy
 "Yessum, with extra soft soles. Mother always borrows one of pas slippers to spank me with"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

No one can reasonably object to the earthquakes that are content to register on seismographs and do not otherwise rustic around.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
TEMpERAMENTAL ALLA.

Nazimova is married to
 Her leading man, we hear; And no doubt for a while at least Will hold him very dear. 'Twould be surprising if she loved Him longer than a year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

If women do adopt as Mrs. Catt ad- yises masculine trousers they should give their word that they will not mutilate them with ruffles. pins and hooks and eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

Governor Blease says his ears do moi burn. They are made of asbestos.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
WE,RE WITH HIM.

Here's reform worth while.' What is it?"
 "A thinker advocates less talk at din- ners and more dinner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
TO BE SIRE.

TO BE SURE. The Crusaders used to sing song with 2 an air identical with that of "we Won't Go Home Till Morning." In our humble opinion the Crusaders had a good excuse < for staying out late. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

Mrs. Catt urges the adoption in this
 remain the same from age to age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

Mrs. Ella Flagg Young has been elected for third time superintendent of the schools of Chicago. = Her salary is $l0,o00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.

Science has proved that rabbit can travel 54 miles an hour
 Science has also shown that a rabbit dies when he drinks coffee.
 Science is a wonderful thing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

MT. Taft offered Governor Wilson a
 battleship, but he has not, so far as is known, offered Colonel Roosevelt one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

You are as talkative as telephone wire" is the latest description of an in cessant gossiper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

No spug can object to the gift of ton of coal at this season of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

Mobile is to have a S5OO00 Carnegie li- brary, and the city is to appropriate $5oo0 annually for it's maintenance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

A suit case would not be useful pres ent to visiting mother-in-law in the Christmas season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

The United States grew this year 70 per cent of the worlds cotton crop, and 1t will do as well next year and all other years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

i 5000 a year to keep house on, with no undue restriction upon the expendi- ture of it.
 If there be wisdom in the multitude of this kind of counsel our girls will grow up to be the wisest ever known. Such ad- vice has been running steadily for months
 and for years. Happy Is the young wom-
 an that can go to any kind of lecture. so- ciety meeting, church or banquet in these days without being told when to marry, whom to marry, how to marry and where to marry, or not to marry at all. For
 tunately for society, and perhaps for the
 girls also. such counselling goes as fast as it comes. Love laughs at it; ana love knows his trade.
 He has been at It for long time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
GETTING MoNoToNoUs.

"I see where another society belle has knocked out a masher with her dainty right ?
 Land alivel Don't poor working girls ever do anything like that?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

Under the plan agreed upon no federal appointments made by President Taft in Alabama will be confirmed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

Man proposes and the supreme court disposes in the matter of trusts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

The chipper Gassaxay Davis is realll talking about retiring from business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

The old line republican politicians are slow in accepting the fact that their party is sure enough dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

Austria's navy may be used to shut up Servia's port on the Adriatic, but the present talk is mere buster.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
PENALTIES OF COWARDICE

The commander of an invading army will often detach parties of his own men to protect the persons and property of civil- ian inhabitants from violence by his own side. To force such safeguard almost
 invariably means death
 Breaking into a house or any other place in search of plunder may also mean death, even where there is no safeguard; but as a rule a lesser penalty would be
 inflicted. It depends a good deal on the commander. Some generals wink at loot ing; others-Lord Roberts, for one-are
 very severe on it.
 During the Boer war more than one of our men was executed for the sake of a
 Boer fowl or bottle of square face" On ore occasion only the readiness of an Irish Tommy saved him from the firing party or gallows. He was caught with a couple of fowls under his coat, and by no less parsonage than "Bobs" himself, out riding with his staff
 Asked for an explanation he instantly replied that he had caught the fowls run ming loose on the veldt and that, hearing the commander was on short ra-
 tions, he was on his way to ask his lordship ito accept them as present. The fowls and the explanation were ac- cepted.
 It is possible for soldier to show cow ardice in time of peace. In such case he would probably be charged with an act or conduct ito the prejudice of good or der and military discipline sentenced to a stiff dose of Imprisonment, and to be "discharged with ignomint." On active service any act of cowardice is punishable by death, while a soldier who "in action or previously to going into action, uses words calculated to ere ate unnecessary alarm or despondency' is liable to penal servitude. Who carries out sentence of death on active service? This is the duty of the provost marshal, who, with a large force,
 is an officer of fairly high rank. He is responsible for making all arrangements
 for the execution, and if necessary he must himself act as executioner. In the Boer war one provost marshal was Major (now coloneD R. M. Poore, the famous Hampshire cricketer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

This poem has been used with great eff feet in anti -tubercular campaigns of other cities, and is now proving of great as sistance in Birmingham. Don't you want to help the association put a few palings on this fence?-Hill Ferguson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

asked the woman whether she had any thing to say.
 Kin ask yo' honah a question? in inquired the prisoner
 "Go ahead" said the judge. and the court room listened.
 Well. then, yo' Aonah, I'd like to ask yo' whether yo' was ever the parient O puffactly wuthless culled child d%'-Bur. l lington News. ANOTHER DANCE. You'll think, Irene, We've lost our grip: We've never seen The chicken flip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13
From Tit-Bits.

a soldier proceeds on active A/ service he has to mind his 'ps"
 w and "q's," for onfenses which in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-13

z E. Morgan and W. G. Wharton are the only authorized travelling represent atives of The Age-Herald In us circu- Iation department
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-01
Extradition Hold Up.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines. March 1.-The matter of
issuance of warrant of eNtradition
for the three prominent residents Of
Shenandoah who have been indicted In
Illinois for alleged conspiracy to work
fraud has been held up in the office
of the governor. 1t is q knotty ques-
ton which the governor is slow to
answer. While the men have been in
dicted and 1t is customary for one
state to honor a requisition from an
other state where an indictment has
been found. yet there is a great deal
about the case which takes it out of
the ordinary and gives color to the
claim made by the defendants that 1t
is a frame-up and not an indictment
in good faith. If the governor refuses
the warrant it will be the first time
this has been done since the time Gov
crnor Cummins refused to permit
Frank Shercliffe to be railroaded to
Colorado at the behest of gang Of
pirates,