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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
STORIES WORTH wHILE.

If it SO happens that you have not
yet read Irving S. Cobb's volume of
short stories entitled Back Home" you
have treat in store. The scenes are
laid in small Kentucky town, and in
each of the stories unique type in
fiction, Judge Priest, plays a more or
less prominent part He is the kindly
autocrat of the village where he lives,
and his character is admirably drawn.
The first story in the book, Words and
Music is a masterpiece, but there is an
even stronger appeal to the sympathies
and barking back to the glamour of
childhqpd in Mr.. Irving's account of how
Judge Priest managed to have \ circus
parade pass by the humble dwelling OF
IA little sick boy.
PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
a man with a fat purse can always pass
it off for a sharp wit.
farmer seems to feel 1t isn't patriotic
rot to pretend TO be poverty stricken.
What makes girl sure a man is falling
in love with her is he thinks 1t is some
other girl
woman knows her daughter is going
10 be happy when she is married because
there are so many chances against it.
1t makes 70 man feel worse to have the
barber cut his hair wrong than it does his
wife to have her grandmother break her
hes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

Arkansas has adopted a novel prohibit
tion bill II provides that a person IN
tending to open a saloon must obtain sig
natures of majority of white adults in
the city or town in which he hopes to do
business. The measure is looked upon as
practically a statewide prohibition act,
because names of white women as we'll as
population is not taken into considera-
ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
FAvORITE FICTION
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
'Ironstone China"
kansas City, Missouri
New Orleans Picayune."
mo Improper Characters Admitted
II Shall Be Awfully Disappointed if
You Don't Come. Mrs. Nipper.''
Going to Have Charades, Are You, Mrs.
Jipes? / just Adore Charades,'
MIR. Guph las Reluctantly Consented
to Sing a Ballad of His own Composing.
Il Can Read French with Perfect Ease,
but | Can't Talk IT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
The Pannma Trip

: Everyone who has been 10 Panama
this winter has found the trip most
delightful, l believe said Colonel ". B.
Leedy, who, with Mrs. Leedy, has Just
returned from the canal zone by the
way of New Orleans. my wife and
found the trip charming. The ca
nal zone was itself interesting and
the stops we made-Kingston going,
and Havana returning-were full of in
terest.
Many Birmingham people got back
nome ahead of us for we stopped sew
eral days in New Orleans. The Cres-
cent City is improving in modern
buildings, but it's pictureskue old land
marks remain. New orleans was al
ways a charming city socially, and it
is Just as charming today as ever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

After q years, wedding ring, which
was, lost by Mrs. c. w. Fay at the home
OF her mother-in-law. Mrs. Olive Fay. east
OF Olathe, Kan, has been found. 1t was
lost as the bridal couple were returning
TO their home after visit. II making a
visit to the old home, 81 years later to
the day, it was found ON the front steps
IL Mrs. Fay herself. in loose dirt which
had just been scratched up by chickens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

Forty degrees below zero is not rare in
northern New York and in Maine At
Niagara Falls an ice dam has formed
ehove Goat island in Niagara river,
shunting the water to the Canadian side.
The American falls are practically dry.
But three small streams are trickling
over the brink, while tremendous in
crease in the amount of water pouring
over the Canadian or Horseshoe Falls is
noted. A similar phenomenon occurred
in 1909
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
Two Kinds Met


From the Andalusia STAR
When fellow says he's a ''prohibi-
tionist' you know at once what he wants.
However, when a fellow says he's
''local optionist" it's necessary to ask
two more questions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Developing Ore pro.er,y

We have started work in sinking
the slope shaft on our red ore prop
erty in Shades valley. near the Louis
Vllle and Nashville road. below OK
moor, said ". y Porter. an official
Of the Self F1uXing ore and Iron com
pany recently organized. The work
VIII necessarily be slow. but this devel-
opment means much to the Birmingham
district.
inc Louisville and Nashville was
quick to interest itself in the matter
or affording track facilities on our
property and that fact with others
which relate to the metallic value of
the ore which we purpose to mine have
greatly encouraged those of US who
nave put money into this enterprise" I"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
North Blrminsham,s pro.perity

North Birmingham is Improving
steadily and 1t is always prosperous"
said Robert II. Wharton. Jr., cashier
OF the North Birmingham Trust and
Savings bank.
we claim to have the most pros
porous outlying section within the city
limits OF Birmingham. We have 40
industries and some of them are quite
large; and nearly all of them are in
full operation throughout the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
A Cry From the Deptbs

From the Decatur News.
In behalf of the alleged knowing picture
trust it may be pleaded that the price
of that necessity, the moving picture, has
been raised upon the downtrodden con-
sumner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
4 Word to Candidates

From the Centreville Press.
No marriage ceremony has been or Will
be performed between the Press and any
candidate for governor, and this paper.
like a good many Others is getting tired
Of taking up the cudgei in the interest
of any candidate without something more
than mere personality is at stake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
Hts the Hny PromntI,

From the Pine Belt News.
| No, sir; we're not losing any sleep
sreculating on the political aspirations of
Braxton Bragg Conner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
NOT WE.
We're not disposed
To join the glooms.
Cause womens clubs
Have smoking rooms.
NOT w
APPLIED APHORISM

APPLIED APHORISM.
Rough night. Peegus."
'Sure it is.''
Come in and have glass of wine
with me. / have some port, but I'm
afraid it is not as old as you like
"Oh, never mind about that, Dabbly.
You know the saying. Any old port in
a storm"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
VIII Have Handsome postoffice

Il believe the people of Birming-
ham, generally speaking, are greatly
pleased that Birminghams new postof-
flee is to have a full block frontage
on Fifth avenue said r. II. Motion.
After paying for the additional ground
which carries the government site to
Eighteenth street, 100000 viii be
available for the structure itself.
"If the government architects are so
crowded with work that they cannot
design the building for this city in the
near future, as Postmaster Aldrich
suggests, then Mr.. underwood will
probably be able to arrange for de-
sign to be made by an outside architect
and passed on by the official supervis-
ing architect.
Eight hundred thousand dollars will
pay for very elegant building, but be-
fore 1t Is completed an additional ap-
preparation may possibly be obtained
should it be thought advisable in order
to give Birmingham the character OF
building 1t really needs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
Most Likely

| \ bottle of syrup mailed by parcel post
| iii Birmingham few days ago burst and
| smeared with sweetness something like
1000 letters. And to think that some of
| them may have been love letters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
Demand for Ornamental Lamp POSTS

There is a very brisk demand for
ornamental lamp posts" said G. Schu-
macher of Admission, general manager
OF the Union Foundry company. 1--WE
designed and made the posts for Bir-
mingham's white way and since that
time we have filled contracts for a
number of other cities. We have on our
books now untitled orders for 5000
ornamental posts. We are making 1000
posts for Washington city
As these ornamental posts are made
of pig iron this new business has
opened up an important field for the
consumption of Alabama metal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

The government is rushing through the
presses of all the government printing Of
fees a document which tells as much as
is known about the Friedman cure for
consumption. The publication of this
document, based largely on the consular
report of Consul General Thackara at
Berlin, will coincide with the arrival in
New York of DIR. Friedman, who IS
coming to this country to attempt the
cure of James Finlay, brother of Charles
E. Finlay, the New York millionaire. who
Offered s1,Ooo,0O0 for tuberculosis cure.
The government document contains the
text of the address delivered by DR.. Fried
mann before the Berlin Medical society
November 6, when for the first time DR..
Friedman told of his cure. DR.. Fried
mann's treatment consists of incubation
with solution prepared by himself. This
contains, he says, non-yirulent baclli,
taken from cold blooded animals, which is
unlike the source of anti-toxins for tu-
berculosis prepared by Koch and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
FlIIing a Long FcIt Wand

From the Elba Clipper
Good old time southern democracy is
again in the saddle in this country. That
Is the kind we have been needing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

The President-elect's inaugural is to be
confined to 2Ooo words, but no limit is
placed on it's ideas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

st. Louis has man with a wooden arm
who plays baseball and Bin Smith Of At
lanta should secure him at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

The wild geese are eontradieting the
grounding in some localities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

F., The seventeenth amendment is fairly
racing to ratification. 1t may become
pert of the constitution next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
The Waiting List

From the Cullman Democrat
Man proposes but Woodrow Wilson dis
poses. That's all right, but couldn't it
be classed as an act of cruelty to prolong
the agony OF the victim of an awaiting
disposaI?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
THE TAX ON FARM MORTGAGES

Mexico City is now in the Adrianople and
Gallipoli class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

The reviewing stands at Washington
will not be steam heated. and every one
will be expected to carry his heat along.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

Resolve right now that you will not
send tomorrow a "comic" valentine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
A Pity 'Tis 'Tis True


An Ohio farmer was pecked by a hen
and is dying from the results. We know
several men who have stood it for years
and are yet alive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

New York needs an honest police force
much. more than it does a curfew law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
One of the Mysteries

From the Prattville Progress.
Indiana raised 100000 bushels of onions
last year; other states did as well or
better. Who eats all these onions, yet
keeps the fact so well concealed?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

Senator Shively thinks six years is too
long a term of office anyway. And his
opinion fits some senators as well as
some presidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
Not for woodrow

From the Admission Star and Hot Blast.
Taft has announced that he will ride
with Wilson in the inaugural parade.
They'll have to build an extra wide seat
IL he keeps his promise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

The thing to do now is to call a man {
syndicalist. That word will stump him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

Judges continue to ride on railway
passes in Colorado. 1t must be back
ward state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

A new fad is an asbestos pocket into
which a lighted cigar can be dropped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

stevedore trusty will hereafter be
selected from the ranks of the con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
STATE PRESS
Bcamish BraxtOn

Beamish Braxton
From the Randolph Star.
Ex-Governor Comers smile must have
broadened considerably when he learned
that Colonel Mallory was not going to be
a candidate for governor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
Name Nof Mentioned

From the Huntsville Mercury -aBnner.
Admission claims TO have the biggest mule
in the country. That's good enough, but
we still have the biggest jackass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

The price of sugar has hit the tobog-
gan, and housewives hope it will stay
there to the end of the canning season at
least
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

II is now claimed that irrigation of arid
lands has never proved a success any
where in the world, and the government
has spent s74,OOo,ooo ON reclamation pro-
jects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13
BROOKLYN,
TIREsoME REPETITION.

TIREsoME REPETITION.
I'm going TO quit attending the opera
with MiIlbanks"
Whats the matter now?"
when we issue from the theatre and
he sees a wilderness of taxicabs, limou-
sines, touring cars and other vehicles,
into which fine ladies are pilng helter-
skelter, he invariably strikes a pose and
says, Tumultuous grandeur crowds the
blazing square"
A DAY DREAM.
Said Dibbs Were l
A Rockerbilt,
Ny life would have
A joyous lilt!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

Those who are trying to start panic as
the new administration comes in are at
tempting the impossible. All Wall street
combined cannot get UP a panic against
big crops and increasing orders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

Man IL n giddy thing, and this Is my
conclusion.
Much Ado About Nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

"Oh, never mind about that, Dabbly.
You know the saying. Any old port in
Storm"
INTRAMURAL STRIFE.
II would not go to war;" said Binks,
/ do not care to roam"
Just then his wife came in the door
And war began at home.
A BRILLIANT FUTURE.
Who's buying champagne about here?
hear corks popping.
That's our new errand boy. He makes
the sounds you hear by suddenly draw
ing one of his fingers out of his mouth.
That boy is going to be a vaudeville star
some day..
HEADED FOR WASHINGTON.
The world will hold
It's breath today;
Those suffragettes
Are on the way.
HARLEM'S NO PLACE FOR SYM
METRY.
IT see where another perfect woman
has been found-this time in Harlem.
You don't say! Maybe she took ref
uge there"
A COOKING SCHOOL GRADUATE.
She called it angel cake,
But, on the level,
Her amateurish bake =
Tastes like the-dickens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

In the Illinois legislature Sherman re-
publican, polls a votes; Lewis. democrat.
q votes; Funk, prohibitionist, q votes.
and there are about scattering votes.
Necessary to a choice. 102. For the short
term a similar deadlock exists Three
votes were cast for William Lorimer.
In suburb of Philadelphia i've
churches. all the public schools. moving
picture halls and other public gathering
places have been closed ON account of an
epidemic of diphtheria and scarlet fever.
The congregation of crowds on the streets
is also prevented by the police.
Those who are trying to start panic as
the new administration comes in are at
tempting the impossible. All Wall street
combined cannot get UP a panic against
biz crops and increasing orders.
It is now claimed that irrigation of arid
lands has never proved a success any
where in the world, and the government
has spent s74,0oo0oo on reclamation pro-
jects.
The price of sugar has hit the tobogt
Gan. and housewives hope it will stay
there to the end of the canning season at
least
Senator Shively thinks six years is too
long a term of office anyway. And his
opinion fits some senators as well as
some presidents.
The reviewing stands at Washington
will not be steam heated. and every one
will be expected to carry his heat along.
The seventeenth amendment is fairly
racing to ratification. 1t may become
pert of the constitution next year.
st. Louis has man with a wooden arm
who plays baseball and Bill Smith of At
lanta should secure him at once
The President-elect's inaugural is to be
confined to 20oo words, but no limit is
placed on it's ideas.
New York needs an honest police force
much. more than it does a curfew law.
----s--
A new fad is an asbestos pocket into
which lighted cigar can be dropped.
The thing to do now is to call man
syndcalist That word will stump him.
nl.~a .f<x hot will t.af
send tomorrow a "comic" valentine.
The wild geese are eontradieting the
grounding in some localities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13

TELEPHONES
Bell (private exchange conneeunk ~
separtmentsl. NO. Aasa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-13


K XRS. MUFFIN mistress of the
MI boarding house-Oh, good morn
l u ing. Mr. Cropleyi l was beginning
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-07
FEDERAL LEAGUE BEING
ADVISED BY NED HANLON

CLEVELAND. Dec. 6.--Organized
baseball Is threatened at two points
OF vantage by the Federal league--at
Buffalo and Baltimore. Magnates who
own major league stock can pooh
pooh the Eastern invasion of the third
or outlaw body. Those who have
huge plants and milllon-dolIar fran
chises can we'll afford to laugh at any
invasion or attempt by the Feds to
outwit established baseball.
But that isn't the point that the
Federal aims at, as seen In their
smooth, clever action. The man be-
hind the Federal league with advice
and with suggestion Ia none other
than Edward Hanlon. The latter
knows baseball In all It's details, His
experience has extended over a gen
Grafton, and what there Is to the ma
tional pastime that Ned Hanlon does
not know Is not worth the knowl-
edge,
He is interested in the Baltimore
club. He will proffer his ideas tc
the men with tho sinews Of war. and
they viii he readily and greedily ac-
oepted ard carried out, But we
will return trifle later to Hanlon.
Hitting the Right Towns.
Here's where the Federals showed
that somebody behind the guns was
firing the shrapnel with deadly aim
and steady Workmanship
II you have followed the course o!
action Of the Feds you will have no.
ticed that they passed up placing
franchises in New York and Philadel-
phia. These cities have two major
/ league clubs intrenched there. and tc
/ Are upon them would he waste o.
/ ammunition and foolish display o,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-07

gunnery. Both teams In each city
could amalgamate for the purpose of
warfare, and with. a league champion
in both towns, the combination would
knock smithereens out of the intrur
der. The same thing applies all over
the major circuits. The cities that
have but a single league team, like
Cleveland, can afford TO allow the in
terloper TO wend his way through the
baseball season.
But, and here is where the shoe
pinches, the minor league rnagnate
hasn't thnt chance. The fans of Buffalo
ball: they expect the Feds to furnish
1t, and they look upon the new or
ganization as "a big league baseball or
ganization.
Stein and Dunn Have Tasks.
Stein, at BUFFALO, win have team
in the running all the time TO com
pete with the Federals. Baltimore,
with Dunn at the helm, will have to
shoot through the International league
as a rapid Gre worker all the time in
order to compete with the Baltimore
club, having Foxy Ned Hanlon as the
guiding genius.
That's whore the Federal league will
make It's troubles Once let the new
organization get the cities on the run
that have minor league baseball now
and the big chaps VIII be forced To
succor the little fellows, or organiza-
ton baseball comes n cropper. That's
the way the Feds have planned their
campaign. It's cineh they will estab-
iish good teams in Buffalo and Balti-
more-teams that will serve the people
| OF those cities the highest grade OF
! baseball that the Feds can furnish
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-07

golfer will use up one ball n week,
which means about forty balls year
averaging the golfing year at forty
weeks, although it very cftens ex-
ceeds that figure,
Forty balls will cost the golfer $40
at the very least, as the most expen-
sive balls are 80 cents each. Carrying
charges average from SO to rs cents
for eighteen holes, which means
about S25 more n year Most Of the
regular golfers get new set af clubs
each year, at a cost between S25 and
$40. But assuming that they get a
new set only every other year means
an average outlay for clubs each year
Of about $40
Railroad fare to and from the club
lis another big Item of expense. Al
the very lowest tho average Is 81 a
round trip. Adding fifty cents fol
incidental expenses OF each trip, and
allowing one trip a week means that
the golfer does out $50 each year fo'
! transportation.
Money Spent by Golfers.
All of these figures are extremely
conservative, vet they show that eacf
club golfer spends about SITS yearly
which makes grand total of $685.,
600 coo that the 100000 club golf
ers spend each season.
+ ne cost 10 me n0n-cIub golfer i
somewhat less. He does not have Il
pay the club fees or for rental Of th'
links. His transportation cost IL con
sidera bly, less than the clubman. WIN
usually journeys far into the country
And he does rot play quite as often 81
the ciubman, thus reducing by abou
one-third the cost Of caddying an
new balls.
Placing the yearly average expen
diture Of the non-club golfer at onl
SIS. 1t means that the coo, 600 non
club players spend ~ total of sab,
900, 600 yearly,
To the items already enumerase
must be added the cost of specia
golf forgery. Women golfers mus
wear special Rolfing skirts. and spec
ial shoes to prevent their slipping o
the greene Men also must wea
spiked or cheated shoes. Some clut
men don complete golfing attire ever
time they play the game.
The total spent each year by a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-07
THE K|DO|ES HAVE
GRID|RON EXPERTS
PUZZLED ON THIS
ORIGINAL PLAY ny YoUNGSTER
SETS PRECEDENT WHICH RULE
MAKERS MAY INVESTIGATE.

1t takes the kids to pun off the new
and unexpected PLAYS In football. The
big teams may have their strategy. but
their attack r. rather general In its
nature on the lots, though. no one
can tell what is coming off, and some
of the school teams pull u good one
now and then.
The story goes TINT down in the
southern part of the State the other
day two grade school elcvens were
having terrific old fight of It, The
first half had been scoreless, and the
second half was well under way with
honors even when the captain of the
pewees. a halfback. after a scrimmaEe
and after his line and the opposing
forwards had reassem bled stalked
over to his center and In a loud voice
ordered him TO Gimme that ball"
The Canaries wondered what was
coming off Captain pewee placed
cool, calculating heel in the spot
where the ball had been and with a
peremptory hand waited aside the
opposing center. Then he started
measuring off leg yards and started
walking and counting "one-two three
/ four five six SEVEN" and then started
/ for the other teams goal like a rifle
/ shot He started the run a little too
quick, however, and q fast-running
back field Canary who had come to
realizing sense OF what was going on,
/ overlook the fleeting Captain Pewee
and rubbed his nose In the dirt about
/ six or eight yards from the goal line
The Canaries protested and whoop-
/ ed, and the whole outfit trooped to the
sideline to find the rule book Moth
t ing in Mr.. Camps pet publication
could be found to bar the play. Cap
tain Pewee had taken the ball in a
regular way from his center, had
crossed the opponents rush line,
paraded through the backs and
planted the ball down when tackled In
a most legal manner, The conversa-
y tional stuff wasn't thought of in the
code book. and the distance was a
gain from whence the ball was ram
: med over for a touchdown on the
next two plays. and. the Canaries
tasted the hitter dregs of defeat
: outtalked and outtricked. but not, its
adherents say, outplayed,
Going to show that In modern foot
hail It's always best to tackle the man
! with the bali no matter wh"Te he may
be found or what he is saying. Debate
Is better after the ball IL downed
Minneapolis Journal