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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
THE HEART OF A CHILD

From Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury's
 "The Half Sisters"
 She was not clever; never said or things mothers are so proud of re- beating. She was always a quiet, thoughtful, dreaming child; she never desired companions of her own age, but delighted with playing by herself; she would sit for hours under the shadow of a tree, watching the green light stream through it's branches. She would leave any play she was en- gagged in to creep to the window seat
 in the nursery, there to watch the sun set, firmly believing 1t was the gate of heaven; she would sit gazing at the changing light, and the stars suddenly starting into sight on the confines of the dim orange -colored misf. and the dark, clear crystalline blue of the coming night, and the moon growing gradually more clear as the daylight died out. till her large blue eyes dilated with awe, and she grew frightened at being alone, and yet did not dare to venture out of her recess, but sat with Q sort of pleased terror until her nurse broke the spell by carrying her off to bed. Nor would she sleep until the blinds were all drawn up, in order that when 1t was moonlight she might see the quiet mysterious light pour q flood of radiance through the room, and the shadows of the tall trees tos- sing about on the walls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

General Monteagudo and the best troops the government can muster are being sent to the province.
 Intervention on the part of the United States is feared, even while Mr. Taft is President. A third inter vention means perpetual occupation and this would be distasteful to the Cubans and it would add to this coun- try nearly a million of undesirable citizens who would resist all changes in their language and customs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
Tax Increases in Jefferson

Governor O'Neal stands by the in crease of $40,000,000 in assessments for taxpayers made by the state tax commission in Jefferson county, and presumably he will support the re- ported increases of Back Tax Com missioner Allen to be levied on 400O citizens to the extent of $12,OO0. .000 more, making a total increse in one ccrnty in one year of 52,O0O, ,OO0!
 The governor says this increase will be supported by proportionate in- creases in the other counties of the state. None of the increases in the other counties have been reported ex- cept in Montgomery county, where the board of revenue refused to sanction dlsproportionate assessments.
 As matters stand no increases of any considerable amount have been reported in any county except Jef- ferson. The governor says they will be. The activity of tax officials in Jefferson county is, however, only equalled by their inactivity in the other counties of the state. No pro- portionate increases outside of lief ferson county are reported and there are 66 other counties in the state.
 The promise of proportionate as- sessments throughout the state is not considered trustworthy by the taxpayers of Jefferson county, and they are organizing to defeat the raises alike of the state tax commis- sion and the back tax commissioner Under all the circumstances of the case they are wholly justified in talk ing this step. They propose to stand together and to accept no comprom- lses, believing that they are now pav- ing about as large part of the state's expenses as can legitimately be as- sessed against them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
THE PANIC OF "RoosEvELT RuNv
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 Panies are in one respect alike, whether military, maritime. financial or political sense with it. few days ago refer enee was made to the fact that the coun- try was passing through a political panic It is growing.
 The eolonels supporters, wild as the gold speeulators on Black Friday, see throned as emperor. The World sees him nominated and welcomes the fight. The Evening Post throws up the sponge and comedies that there is nothing left but Roosevelt's nomination. Even "Marse" Henry Watterson in the Courier-Journal describes the colonel as a madman in a mad world. leading the country at mad gallop into civil war.
 The panic at the battle of Bull Run was not a circumstance to the panic of Roosevelt Run." in which our contempo- raries are doing such speedy sprinting. Mir. Taft appears to be about the only one who is keeping his head while all around him are losing theirs.
 The trouble is that everybody has mis- taken the Ohio primaries for a decisive battle It was not. The decisive battle will be at Chicago. MT. Roosevelt is aiming only to glut his vengeance and defeat Mir. Taft for renomination. It is much to be doubted whether he expects to be nominated at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
A WOMAN BLAcI<sMIru


 From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
 A woman blacksmith who works all day in the forge with her. husband and looks after her young children as well is to be found at Crownplace, Kentish Town road, London
 She is Mrs. Rogers, a young woman who does not look exceptionally strong yet for the past five months she has been helping to shoe horses, drilling riveting and doing other work of the smithy's trade.
 visitor at the shop found the fem mine blacksmith, with her husband preparing to make some horseshoes. MT Rogers explained how his wife came to take up the work.
 T lost my man about five months ago and I had to look about for an ap- prentice" he said. But it Is hard to get lads for this work in these days of motor traffic
 My wife, who had been watching me at work for some time, said sud denly, I'll be your mate.' and she started work straight away.
 She seemed quite naturally to know how to do everything, and she stuck at it-she has as much staying powers as man.
 There is an old saying that smfthc tell their lads: After you have had Il good mering-whistler defied my wife to whistle after she had been beat ing red hot shoe. but she didl Here's an example of what she can do. The other evening, when we had done our ordinary days work. I had a rush order and. coming back to the forge, we made 2i horse shoes in three and half hours.
 And to make two dozen shoes is reckoned a good half days work for any hard working smith" | Here Mrs Rogers went to the bellows and began blowing up the fire, In few minutes sparks were flying and she placed two bars of iron in the furnace. | When the bars were sufficiently hot she called "Firo!" to her husband, who replied. Right, mother" and coming over. took the bars out of the fire.
 Mrs Rogers got the hammer and her husband, holding the bars on the anvil, rained blows down on the metal which | fattened life soft lead. | Then the bars were beat round, holes were drilled in them and each of them, after another visit rs the furnace, be- came horseshoe.
 since I have been at work in the forge have felt much better in health, . said Mrs. Rogers. 'I start at ' in the morning and go on throughout the day.
 Besides smithing. do all the wash ing. cook the meals. keep the house, clean and look after my four children. I'm busy woman. but hard work never killed anybody
 "A few days ago I countersunk 400 holes in some iron plates which is very tiring work for the arms. But did it cheerfully, and then went on with the housework.
 T do this work quite of my owr will. However, we save at least one mans wages. Besides the blacksmith has a harder job to make a living now than he did years ago" While Mrs. Rogers was at work her little S-year-old son watched her ad- miringly, I'm going to be black smith like mother and father. he said 1 proudly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
xANTHIPPE,s TONGUE wAGs

Y TOfn 2HSNeTS, LOnQOn.
 The woman who nags usually takes for her subject such trival matters. It needs so little to upset her and set her tongue wagging. Woe betide her household in a spell of wet, dirty weather She is constantly on the alert for those offenders who disregard shoe scrapers and door-mats. A scratch on any of the household furniture will make her fretful for a day and an accident with the gravy on the clean tablecloth will rankle in her mind for a week.
 Not every man with a nagging wife can bear his trial So stoically as did the poor fellow, who when condoled with on having to put up with his Jane's tongue. replied
 Well, ma'am, it's just like this-her just talks and talks, and nags away and l don't listen. It sort o' rolls off me like water off ducks back. And after all. maam. it's sort of company these winter evenings. All female things seem to like to clack about, so spose it's natural for women to clatterw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
Immigration Bill Tabled

The Dillingham; immigration bill has been tabled in the House immigra- tion committee. The vote was ' to 5, and the bill is clearly dead so far as the present session is concerned.
 It will never be passed containing provisions which deprive political refugees of the right of asylum, or demand from immigrants the ability to read and write These provisions may suit the Dillinghams and Lodges in the Senate, but they are not satis- factory to country that wants more common laborers and more tillers of the soil
 Possibly the bill will be taken up after the November election, and a reasonable measure passed that will meet any defects in present laws. The drastic Dillingham; bill may afford a basis for action next winter, although it needs revision as much as the pres ent laws relating to immigration do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
INCREASE THE MEMBERsHIp

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 The secretary of the Ananias club looked worn and hagsard. Far in the distance the line of applicants for membership turned and twisted and faded away.
 "Comin' fast an steady" said a by stander.
 "sizzling sapphira." cried the secretary. they are indeed.''
 The bystander. watched the shuffling line for a while.
 But I don't sec" he presently said, .'how you find time to examine each ap- plicant's ,credentials?"
 "Credensials" snorted the secretary. T don't examine any credentials, If an ap- plicant leans forward and whispers I'm politician he gets right in. Step lively, please.'
 And the head of the original Ananias, carved on tue keystone of the arch over the doorway, seemed to smile as the pro- cession moved up and entered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
 s'rHANk GOD FOR ARCHIE BUTT-

From Harper's Weekly.
 There was indeed no monopoly of love and heroism in that supreme hour of the great vessels sinking. In many a nature where nobleness dwelt un- suspected, it leaped superbly to the light. Henceforth the world will speak somewhat more gently the phrase American millionaire" And the count is not complete; it never will be. But our poor finite imagination demands a single figure, not mass of sacrifice: it is but natural that the young south ern soldier. known to so many of us should overtop them all. We had seen him so often, and in high places; he had worn our country's uniform; he repre- scented us; and he did not-again, thank God for it!-he did not shame us. He honored us. and he honored humanity. He saved the weak, beat back the craven; gentle and heroic, smiling and steadfast, he died the death of a soldier, the death of a gentleman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
The Making of Good Coffee

'1 was interested in the comments of a travelling man in The Age-Herald in re- gard to restaurants, and I agree with his ideas, as to the value of attention on the part of proprietors. to the prompt and proper service of patrons by waiIers, said regular patron of cafes.
 T desire to draw the attention of pro- prietors of lunch counters and cafes to the matter of giving more attention to cer- tain details, among others the making and serving of good coffee-coffee that Is good three or four hours after 1t has been made I allude to gas-heated urns in this connection. Coffee has much oil in it and tanic acid. Every receptacle used for coffee making has a deposit of oil on its inner surface. This oil is not easily re- moved. When not carefully and scrupu- lously taken out it is absorbed by the newly made coffee and causes steady deterioration in what was, for an hour say, first class coffee. The best way to get rid of it in an urn is to boil pure water in the urn over night and then wipe clean with alcohol This oil Is what makes muddy, brackish tasting coffee of a brew that the maker can truthfully asseverate was made only an hour or two ago. When coffee is free from the essential oil and tanic acid it will turn 10 the prettiest of nut brown when rich milk or cream is added.
 Real good frst-olass coffee is not easily found here in Birmingham at lunch counters and cafes at any and all hours of the day for the reason I've given"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

The republican party seems to have outlived it's usefulness; it is hopeless ly split up and is headed for defeat In November" said Joseph R. Whittendon of Philadelphia.
 T have been voter since 1880. all ways republican, but if Roosevelt is the nominee this year I will not vote for him. would vote for Taft or any other standard bearer. but 1t looks to me as if the republican party was doomed no matter who might head the ticket
 Up to MT. Roosevelt's administra ton the republican party in the north stood for conservatism. It was the business mans party. But so-called progressiveism has possessed it--I might say obsessed .it-and 1t is to- day just the opposite of what 1t used to be. Many republicans like myself, as a matter of sentiment, will. vote the republican ticket, provided anybody but Roosevelt, the party destroyer, is the nominee. But there will be untold thousands of former republicans who will vote the democratic ticket in No- yember no matter who may be nom mated at Chicago.
 Cleveland had the walk-ov he did in 1892 by the aid of independent re- publicans. If the democrats put up good conservative man this time the last Cleveland victory will seem insis- nificant by comparison.
 'The democrats have often made fools of themselves, or rather, I would say, the leaders have done foolish things and advocated unwlse measures, but 1t has way of renewing its life from time to time. It certainly has great opportunity this time in demon strating the fact that it is pre-eminent- Iy the party of the constitution.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
TOOK AN uNKrND ADVANTAGE

From the Kansas City Star.
 Down in Oklahoma they have a base ball association called the Oklahoma State league. During one of their games at Tulsa recently, an old man went to the park, paid his money and took a seat on the bleachers. He sat with a look of disgust on his face while the three order.
 How do you like the game, uncle?' asked fan who sat next to him.
 It's all ri~ht. 1 reckon" said the old man. ''b hey ought to get another man to throw them balls. That there man cant throw a ball sos the other boys can hit it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
VENICE
By Byron.

by Byron. stood In Venice, on the Bridge of Signs: A palace and prison on each hand: saw from out of the wave her structures
 rise As from the stroke of the enchanters
 wand: A thousand years their cloudy wings ex-
 pand Around me. and dying glory smiles Der the far times. when many subject
 land Looked to the winged Lions marble piles. Where Venice sate in state, throned on
 her hundred islesl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
From Dlekinson's "Education of Mus

From Dlckinsons Education Of Music
 Lover''
 HN HE sung word should have the pene-
 trating power which belongs to the
 \ fine elocutionist. Vocal efficiency depends on mental efficiency. The char acter of the word and not of the tone per SC is the safeguard.
 Furthermore, true artistry in song in- plies intellectual culture for a careless disregard Of the high claims of language uine delicaey of feeling. Especially must those who sing in English be heedful of this law. for the English language, with it's unparalleled variety of vowel and tinguished) and it's crowdng of conso- nants, is the nlcst difficult of the tongues to pronounce perfectly while maintaining a pure musical irtonation.
 Two of the greatest tests of diction," says MT. Louis Arthur Russell, "are in sustaining correct vowel quality with all varieties of emotional color, and the abil- ity to sustain a given emotional color throughout phrase including variety of consonants. This art Is rarely ex- hbited in the English language among singers today" And in respect to con sonan.s, MT. Russell says: "The explosive elements, the click or puff, the breath rusl or tick of consonant making, is not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
WHAT A MAN EATS

From the Woman's Home Companion.
 Mrs Subbub-I wonder what's come over Harry. Instead of being cross. as usual. he started off happy and whistling like bird this morning.
 Nora Ga new girl)--Its my fault. mum. got the wrong package and gave him bird seed for breakfast food.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
-oln the New York Press

From the New York Press.
 A man can be fairly good citizen as long as he's sick abed.
 The enthusiastic voter wouldn't be if he knew what 1t was about.
 Tho best thing about an artistic tenn perament is not to have ii in the family.
 A girl hates a sore throat because of the way people may suspect how she got 1t.
 X fool always has the advantage of having nothing expected of him that he can't make good on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

Block found that the water was falling at the rate Of inches every 24 hours.
 Am in hopes that we will be able to start the planting about June 9th or 10th, he writes. Have not fully decided what I will plant: it is all gamble. We will get in as much rice as possible. as that is the surest crop; will plant lots of peas; not much corn or cotton.
 T distributed the clothing this morn- ing, and 1t was appreciated. The eolored population is faring very well. The gov errment gives them meat meal, molasses, sugar and coffee, and l furnish tobacco, flour and other necessities; can't say how long the free rations will last. At pres ent no one has a kick. The hard part will be on the small farmer when he re- turns home as he has no planting seed; no feed for himself or his stock and no credit"
 Maurice Block encloses in his letter q card of thanks signed by many negroes It reads thus:
 Clayton, La, May %, 1912.
 We the undersigned colored people wish to thank the good people of Bir- mingham, Ala, for the clothes that they so kindly sent to us through Mr. Laurens Block. Coming as they did when we needed them so badly. they are doubly appreciated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
AFTER CURE OF ALCOHOLISM

From Charles B. Towns Help for the
 Hard Drinker," in the June Century.
 When a patient by intelligent treat ment has been put into receptive state of mind, he should be told to look up his old associates and to them declare him. self upon the liquor question. If they are friends they will congratulate him; if they are not, he will have gained by making certain of It.
 And there Is very little danger that. after he has seen them, he will wish again to make intimates of them; that after, in his sober senses, he has ex- amined the surroundings which they fre- quent, he will be willing to return to them. Being himself normal, he will wish for normal men as friends; being far more fastdious than he was when he was al- coholic, the old haunts will fill him with disgust.
 This declaration of himself the man must himself make. Good friends may help him otherwise, and chiefly by refrain ing from the slightest thing which may by any chance tend to decrease his self respect and his confidence in his own power to stay reclaimed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
DRoWNING OF CANOEIsT

From the Rochester Democrat and chron-
 icle.
 The canoeing season has opened in America. as fhown by the reports from various points, Two were drowned in Croton lake on, Saturday. two in Long Island Sound. off. the Connecticut shore, and two in Muschdes reservoir. near Ka-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
The children's Hospital

"The Rev. Dr. Heclxnell, who is work ing so earnestly for the Holy 1nnocents hospital. says there Is urgent need for the opening of the institution at once, remarked local philanthropst yesterday,
 With the approach of hot weather, cases requiring treatment seem to null tiply. With these facts before the man agement of the Holy Innocents hospital those actively interested in the work are more determined than ever to meet this long felt need Preparations are being made for the accommodation of such patti ents as may at first apply, and as the needs increase the emergencies will be met. Like all good work of the kind. in order to be successful, 1t must be prac- tical, and feel sure that the means will be given as the public sees results and judicious management. Any cause that represents the interests of the children CT our community appeals to the hearts oi the people When heart enters any un- dertaking there is no doubt that the bal ance will follow
 "It has been suggested that as the hos plta Is for the children that it be of the NHliuitH lHtN liistN epNt'i~o @- dulgences and combine with others until the funds are sufficient to sustain the in stitution which will heal and protect their playmates and the child of the stranger alike. The trustees of this hospital are only waiting for sufficient money to war rant a start. The building has been rented and partially equipped all through public generosity. It only needs the oil to keen the apparatus active-the more giving to this cause from the generous people.
 'The gift, no matter how small. will find a needed corner or buy bandags for some suffering child. Men and women who have done things for the grown-ups of Birmingham are bending their efforts toward helping the little folks.
 The hospital is built for the children Of the people. There are no restrictions, and as such an institution it seeks the in terest and cooperation of the public oi every faith and creed. With the people behind this movement the doors can be opened to the Holy Innocents hospital for the children of Birmingham at once."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
COURAGEOUS KATHARINE.

Every one in the magazine game in New York knows Miss Katharine LeclSy. Just now she Is holding down an editorial position in Chicago-and moments come when she feels that the next time that she looks out of her window and sees Chicago, she will scream. Whereupon she puts things
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
In Flood stricken District

Laurcns Block of Birmingham, who was among the first to contribute to the flood relief fund. and to appeal to others here to help, has received letter from his brother. Maurice. from Clayton. La, of date May g. At Mossgeil Maurice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

Colonel Roosevelt says the compromise candidate at Chicago has been selected. He will be me-" he added. This is an insurgent movement against Lindey Mur- ray and Goold Brown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

Mrs Pankhurst has been sentenced to nine months in jail and she will not find tho breaking of stones nearly so pleas