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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10
THE MoToRCYcIhsTs

From the st. Louis Republic.
Blondin carrying man on his
shoulders across the gorge at Niagara
on tight rope was a sight which
stirred a former generation to believe
that the limit of human daring had
been reached. 1t was wonderful ex-
hibition of physical and emotional self
control, but there Is a fair qeustion IL
Blondin or his burden really took much
risk His wonderful skill and expert
ence had prepared him for the task and
he was master of the situation.
He knew what he could do. and here
in he differs from class of modern
dare devils whose deaths from aero
plane, automobile and motorcycle ac-
cidents are so frequently recorded. Sum
day three men We're killed and three
seriously injuredein motorcycle races.
They bestrode their machines, turned
on the power and resigned themselves
TO fate.
They were human projectiles carried
along by series of explosions. No de-
gree of skill on tho part of any of them
could save them from the consequences
of another's mistake If they rode the
race to win An obstruction in the
path of any wheel might pile men and
machines together in a mass of wreck
age at any moment. A speed of about
rs miles an hour was reached In one
of these races, which means that they
were travelling at a. rate which would
be acquired just before they reached
the ground II they jumped off sky
scraper--and all of this was done for
glory and tho public amusement. In
other days public entertainments were
given in which men were expected to
be killed. Now we hope they will es-
cape with their lives, and thus we
measure our progress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

In todays Age-Herald will be found
an interesting and instructive article
by John Witherspoon DuBose. 1t is the
first of a series which he will contribute
on that period of Alabama history be-
ginning in 1865 and ending In 1874,
known as DEMONSTRATION Days" Mr..
DuBose was not only contemporary
of the men who were prominent In the
period referred to, but he is as PAINS
taking and graphic in narrative as he is
philosophic in discussing the relation
of facts
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Faithful Servants

while In the office of Gen. f. W.
Rucker the other day said d. B.
Grace. II met an old time negro named
Nose, who had come to receive his
usual stipend from the general. Nose
is about 90 years old and almost help
less. He served the southern Confed-
eracy faithfully by throwing up forth
hcations and performing other service
for the southern soldiers.
1.-The southern states should grant
pensions to these faithful servants of
the SOUTH
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10
Democrats Encouraged

at is generally thought that Woodrow
Wilson will be elected President said
A. s. Keith of New York city. There
is scarcely any doubt about New York
state Wilson, 1t Is thought, will carry
New York by big majority, and II he
carries New York he will carry New
Jersey, Connecticut and other doubtful
states.
1.-The Boston Transcript warns the
democrats not to be too confident 1t
points out that they have a way of car
rying the country in July and August
and losing in November; but this year
the democrats will have electoral votes
to spare"
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From the New York Evening Sun.

From the New York Evening Sun.
XUyITH the limelight concentrated on
\x/ Governor Wilson, the public has
W scarcely caught a glimpse of the
man behind the democratic nominee for
the highest office in the land, and to
whom the Jersey executive owes his pres
ent honor more than to any other one
man. Very little is apparently known
about William f. McCombs, Jr, the en-
gineer of Wilson's pre-convention cam
pagn for the presidency, who Is men,
toned in the dispatches from Baltimore as
likely to be selected chairman of the ma
tional democratic COMMITTEE. At any
rate, the probability is strong that Mr.
McCombs will be asked to consider the
Craftsmanship.
The skill with which young Mr.. Nc
Combs-he is only SO years old-managed
the fight for his candidate, won the adj
miration of the seasoned politicians. But,
strange as it may seem, Mr.. McCombs
has not actively participated In national
politics until the beginning II the Wilson
boom. In fact, he has very little to do
with the game at all, although he has
been stanch democrat ever since he
has known the meaning of the word.
Mr.. McCombs was born in the little
town of Hamburg, Ashley county, Ark.
on December 2e 1875. He received his
early schooling in his native place, later
preparing for Princeton university at tho
famous Webb school in Tennessee. Young
McCombs was graduated from Princeton
in 1898, receiving his degree cum laude.
Following this he attended the Harvard
Law school, from which he was graduated
In 1901, and was then admitted to the
New York bar.
Coming to this city without friend or
an acquaintance, the youthful Princeton
alumnus started his career as a lawyer
II was the same kind of an uphill fight
he encountered In Wilson's campaign for
the presidential nomination. McCombs
began at the bottom. taking the position
of clerk with large law firm. Pres
emily number of New York bankers
came along with s2o.ooo,oo0 to back the New
York, Rochester and Boston Railway COM
pany. His firm turned over the legal as
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10
RErLEcTIoNs or A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
some women have to be unhappy to
be happy.
Everybody bluffs; it's only the genius
at IL that doesn't get called,
About the best anybody can do with
a bad habit is to give 1t up for worse
one.
one man can lead another TO drink.
but thousand can't keep him from
doing 1t.
What makes a man SO brave before
his wife about a burglar downstairs il
she won't let him go down and see.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10
LIKE As NOT.

The poets sing of pretty maids
And bowers where the roses blow;
'Twould seem that budding weathes aids,
For liltingly their verses flow.
You'd think to them the world was FAM
Always with love and laughter blent;
Though like as not, they're In despair
When landlords call to get the rent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10
A cATAsTRoPHE
From Norman f. Macks National
Monthly.


A woman in enc Of the wards In
the Rhode Island hospital was informed
she had appendicitis and would have
to be operated on at once. Much
frightened, she reluctantly consented
and was conveyed to the operating
room. One of the doctors had COM
menced to administer the ether and
her eyes were closing languidly. when
he discovered he had forgotten to In
quire II she had false teeth. He quick
ly removed the rubber cap. and shak-
ing her slightly he -a,S- Have you
anything loose In your mouth?" Then,
as he made-a move to put his hand in
her mouth. she opened her eyes wildly
and exclaimed;
Nothing but my tongue. doctor. and
for Gods sake don't cut that out. toov'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

able But once I settled as resident
the case completely altered. Just as no
one living in London goes to see the
Tower or nightly haunts the Strand or
Piccadilly Circus, so no one dwelling in
Paris is forever on the Boulevards or
at the Cafe de la Paix. And who would
care to spy often upon the nakedness
of the danse macabre in the halls and
cafes of Montmartre? began of neces-
sity to delve little deeper beneath the
frothy outside and was appalled, by the
gloom of the interior
The dominant type of face is not
happy one. 1t may be animated but it
is scarcely ever joyful. How can 1t be
when its owner generally lives without
a ray of hope? If tra-cynicism, based
on the --LATEST and dullest of MATERIAL
ism. Is the hall mark of a high civiliza-
ton. all of us. one fancies. will pray
for staying element of barbarism.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10
THE LAST MISTAKE

From the Kansas City Journal.
FINEST sunset"
"Trifle near-sighted, aren't your
II confess / am
II thought so. That IS a crimson air
ship on the horizon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

Pneumonia is now cured by a serum,
but what this country wants is a REM
edy against reaetionism. and the whole
line of reactionarles from Taft and Cab
by Lodge to Sunny Jim Sherman.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

z Boston is considering the feasibility of
towing an iceberg into its harbor and
anchoring it. there TO regulate the tenn
perature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10
A POLITICAL INFERENcE.

Says an obliging contemporary, Dark
horse is the candidate Unexpectedly
brought forward at a political conven-
ton, about whom little Is known" That
being the case, practically every vice
presidential nominee is a dark horse"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

Mr.. Murphy is now giving attention to
the picking out of ticket that can carry
New York in November. In that way he
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

Woodrow Wilson is as popular abroad
as he is at home. All the English papers
praise him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10
QUESTION OF THE

QUESTION OF THE HOUR.
Demagogues fill us with doubt,
Till we're far from cool.
Mounting on a stump. they shout,
Shall the people ruler
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

The question now is, can bull moose
gumshoe TO the interests and trusts?
A campaign fund is needed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

The republicans are angry because Gov
ernor Wilson is dominating the news to
the exclusion OF other candidates.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10
PEACE GETS WISE

The meeting was for harmony"
Peace gave a single glance,
Then ran as hard as e-er she could
To call the ambulance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

The New York financiers say that both
tickets are sane and safe. Nothing is said
about the bull moose ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

The center of democracy is seagIrt, and
the leader selected is the true head of
the party.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

The New York zoo raises animals for the
market and its dikdlk crop is reported to
be very promising.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

Virginia may be the mother of presi-
dents, but Indiana is certainly the mother
OF vice presidents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

The boiling at present is chiefly from
the bull moose party.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

The chief moose is losing lesser moose
in great numbers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

The campaign buttons of the losing can
didates are now but mementoes of sad
.occasiom
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10
TRULY DISTINGUISHING.

II have just been reading about very
sad case"
Tell me about IT."
"a certain millionaire has piled up a
huge fortune. but the work habit is so
strong with him he can't quit"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

Beverly is outranked this year by Sea-
grit The former is rarely mentioned
this summer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10
WOODROW WILSON'S MANAGER

poets of the proposition to Mccomhs, who
mendations of several prominent lawyers.
After that he branched out for himself,
opening an office of his own. His friends
say that he has been unusually success
full in his practice.
In 1904 Mr.. McCombs ran for the assem-
bly, In the Twenty-lfth district, a repub-
lican stronghold. While he was defeated,
the democratic candidate lowered the @.
o. p majority and forged ahead of his
ticket. That was about the extent of
McCombs' dabbling in politics up to this
year.
McCombs had been a close friend Of
Governor Wilson ever since he sat under
the erstwhile head of Princeton, when the
governor was a professor So Wilson
turned to his former student to take
charge of the job of disseminating infor-
nation and campaign literature at the
beginning of the presidential boom, when
requests for Wilson speeches commenced
to pour in froh all parts of the country.
Gradually McCombs took over the entire
management of the battle. He conducted
the campaign in practically every state
from his law office at Sc Broadway. The
pre-convention struggle witnessed his ap-
pearance in Baltimore, where he has re-
manned, receiving, by the way, Is votes
from Arkansas for the vice presidency as
compliment from his native state.
McCombs is a. bachelor and prominent
clubman holding membership in the Man.
haitian, Democratic, Calumet, Harvard,
Princeton and Railroad clubs. He was
on the board of governors of the Prince
ton club and. organized the opportunity
committee for providing positions for
Princeton men. McCombs is also a men,
Der of the board of trustees of the College
of the City of New York, Mayor Gaynor
having appointed him TO succeed the late
Edward NJ Shepard. He has likewise
served on the tariff revision committee
of the National Democratic club.
Some two years ago McCombs acted as
counsel for big Bill Edward, commits
sioner of the street cleaning department,
in the snow removal cases. big Bill" and
Governor Wilson's campaign manager
were college mates.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

The Carnegie pension board has lost the
chance to grubstake a presidential candi-
date.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

Mr.. Bryan's overthrow exists in the dis
torted minds of republican editors only.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

1.-THE mother of presidents" Is again be-
coming accustomed to flights of the storlS.
stork.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

Governor Marshall has many popular
qualities. He even chews tobacco.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

. No dark horses have won prizes this
year. 1t is an off" year with them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

4 don't know. mamma replied tia
child. unless it was Theodore Roose-
velt, From Norman E. Maek's Ma
tional Monthly.
A PEACH ON THE BEACH.
She's such beaut.
Is fair Yvette,
Her bathing suit
Is never wet.
HOW TRUE.
A judge has ruled that a man must eat
what his wife sets before him. Might
as well. He has to pay for IL, anyhow.
POSSIBLY.
A titled visitor claims that he found
only ore gentleman in Philadelphia. Pain
full, very painful. And does the titled
.isitor wish us to infer that be was gaz-
gentleman in Philadelphia?
OUR BEST WISHES.
$50 Richard Harding Davis has mar
ried again?"
Eyes. He married a pretty dancer
well 1 hope she won't lead him a
pretty dance"
BRIEF FAREwELLS.
A jolt,
A Jar;
Farewell
T. r.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
A slam.
A spill;
Farewell
Big Bill.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
A kick.
A bark;
Farewell
Champ Clark.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
A push,
A fall
Wilson
That's all
Springfield Union.
SOON UPSET.
A man may brag about his poise
And think his style is CONNIE il faut;
But yells just like the least of boys
When someone steps upon his taut.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

The old political. rats are scamperins
away from the third party ship before
it is launched.
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POSSIBLY.
DIR BEST WISHES

$50 Richard Harding Davis has mar
ried again?"
Eyes. He married pretty dancer
well. hope she won't lead him
pretty dance"
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The tail of the houn' dawg has lost its
aggressieeness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10
A PEACH ON THE BEACH.
HOW TRUE.

A judge has ruled that man must eat
what his wife sets before him. Might
as well. He has to pay for it. anyhow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

SOON UPSET.
A man may brag about his poise
And think his style is CONNIE il faut;
But yells just like the least of boys
When someone steps upon his taut.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10
TELEPHONES

Bell tprivate exchange connecting all
departments). No. 1900.
PeopIesi Editorial rooms, 231J BUSH
aess office, gao.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-10

4 don't know. mamma replied ths
child. unless 1t was Theodore Roose-
velt. From Norman E. Mack's Ma
tional Monthly.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-11-30
E. A. LANNING,
Superintendent City Schools

The memorial services of B. p.
O. f. No. 6o7, will be held on
Sunday evening and to which the
pm bic is invited. The program
for the evening is published else
where. These memorial remem-
brances of the members who have
crossed the Great Divide are
always pathetic and their obser-
vance is just another of the many
tokens Of respect in which this
great order is held. The mem bers
who have heard the hour of eleven
strike for the last time during the
year are Montville +. Tong,
Joseph L. Moore and William
Huddleston and for whom these
memorial services will be held.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-11-30
The fernsins Of Isaac goufbonais

x
The remains Of Isaac 9opfbonais
We're buried in the Idaho Springs
cemetery Wednesday afternoon.
Funeral services were held at the
Catholic church in the forenoon
and were conducted by Rev. H r
McCabe, In the afternoon the Elks
conveyed the remains to the Ceme-
terry and the grave ceremonies of
the order were performed there
and were conducted by Exalted
Ruler George E McClelland. Mr..
Bourbonais was not a membe or
our local lodge, but the officers
and members showed the same
benevolent and patriotic spirit to-
ward the deceased as though he
were a member here thus display
ing a spirit OF fraternal affection
towards a sister lodge.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-11-30

The meeting of the Shakes peare
club at the home of Mrs. Geo. K.
Kimball on Tuesday evening was
very entertaining one. Mrs. Kim
ball read a paper on the can
arctic Explorations which led to
very interesting discussion, Mrs.
Margaret Robins read a paper on
Lewis Sullivan" the architect,
that showed mature thought and
much research. Mrs. Walter
Funk's Interpretation of Mona"
was listened to with marked at
tention and interest. The Shake.
speare club will meet the second
and fourth Tuesday in each month
1t is one of the clubs that has
made a marked success and its
members keep up lively interest
in its meetings.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-11-30

Petit Jury for the Decent er term
Of court 1912: Willford Griffith, Car
G. Hopper, A. E. Straub, Robert Cal
low. Victor Jaenson, &. I. Spessard
George j. Brsdley, George Hyland
G. q. Gully, G. W. Ford, N. NJ .Krout
William GartreIl, A. H, Parker, j N
Bradley, E. F. Fitzgerald, Idabe
Springs = S. D. Fauro., G.. l.. Hiltz
Frank Ecklund, Charles Nelson, "A lbir
Sandberg, Conrad Criley, F. A. Max
we'll, John Gallagher, Thomas Garis-
son, Georgetown; George Reynolds
W. S. Devlan, County; William Chris
tlanson, Paul Guanella, August Horst
man, Empire; j. c. Howard, Lawson,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-11-30

THE New Era mine is going
to be a second Lamartine" was
the statement made by one of our
leading operators who is dis-in-
terested. Cousins and Mills have
been developing the property
Systematically, equipping it eff
GENTLY and economically and mill
ing the product in such a manner
as to get the best results. While
the output now is good it will be
wonderfully increased when they
get things in such shape as they
contemp plate
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-11-30
Mr.. Robert Ox1ev came m from

Mr.. Robert Oxley came up from
Denver on Wednesday to spend
Thanksgiving with his folk. He
is looking we'll considering the
trials and pain he has been through
since being caught in the collision
of a railroad train and the tram
way car near the Denver Stock
Yards. His friends were pleased
to see him getting around SO
nicely.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-11-30
Stanley Regaining Former
Prestige

The Stanley mine is being de-
veloped i'll such a mine-like man
net as willin time place it back
as one OF the principal shippers
OF the District. 1t has an estiulat
ed production of over three mil
lions OF dollars. The work is
being pushed systematically by
Harry P Wolf who is managing
director of the Stanley Mines
company and also the manager Of
the Leasing company or Fisher
Cunningham and associates The
plan OF Mr. Wolf is to open M the
ore bodies on a large shipping
scale aud only do such shipping
as IS the result of development
work until there is sufficient ore
body blocked out to insure con-
s'aht and contlnuous production
The principal work now consists
OF driving the fifth level 10 get be-
heath the large ore body shat has
opened up in the third level
This body in the third level was
about 100 feet long and AVERAGED
from two to three feet III width.
a Wlnze was sunk i'll this level
distance of 6I feet which showed
the continuity of the vein down.
wards which led to driving the
hfth level. They are making an
average CT I25 feet per month.
lie orc III the Wjnze showed as
say Values OF $1,000 per ton The
company is also repairing and re-
'ihlperiHg the old leve's and stopzs
10 the amount OF several hundred
ieet per month. II is the intention
Oh 'he company to exteqd the road
adit IRON 1000 to 1900 feet in or
aef 10 pro spect the Spring Gulch
sectron OF their territory. The
man shaft of the Stanley is down
distance of 64o feet. 1t is the
lnten tion to Sink this at least zoo
ieet further believing that with in
creaslng depth the values will also
increase. In the fifth level a
pody OF ore about 100 feet long
mas been passed through that
SHOWS assay values of S22.o 90 per
ton. The surface plant of ma
ehlnery is kept in first class con
d'tlons as is everything around
the Stanley. Mr. Wolf has an ear
nest belief in seeing this valuable
property placed on its old time
shipping basis and is bending his
energies to accomplish this end
lie IS going about this develop
ment work III thorough business
ike manner and with mis- practi-
cal knowledge of mining affairs
backed by scientific training, the
outcome will be sure The idea of
blocking ont large tonnage of ore
that will result in constant shin
ments IS the proper one and will
count III the end and bring credit
to The camp. In the former sh ip.
ping stages of the Stanley some of
the largest and best veins in the
district were opened up and he
believes that history is going to
repeat tself
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-11-30

1t is said that if the Government is up
held in these cases many others of sim
liar character may be brought in this
state and in other states
The Colorado and Southern will go to
the extre me of recalling ANIMALS now
out, in mary cases. and ha- announced
its intention to cut of its annual list,
completely for the year 1913
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-11-30
Mr.. Walter A. Funk has DIT

Mr.. Walter A. Funk has pur-
chased the interest of n II. Brown
in his mining engineering business
and will hereafter conduct the
business on his own account. Dur
ing Mr.. Funk's residence here he
has merited large circle of friends
who will be pleased to learn of his
becoming permanently identined
with the business interest of the
city and mining camp.