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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
TWO aLoRuns or a ". Va. TOWN

From the New York Sun.
At $3.50 p. m. sharp of Saturday, Sep
tember IS, Charles Town or Charlestown,
the Je4ersonlan capital of Jefferson eoun-
ty. West Virginia, and its chautauaua,
will begin the greatest moment of a great
career Already the Virginia Free Press
is emitting from full throat the reboant
dthyramb
Already people are clamoring for sea-
son tickets to assure themselves of seats
for the address of the great commoner.
In jefferson Mr.. Bryan will be in the
house of his friends-of men who have
followed his political fortunes through
storm and sunshine because they believe
In him.
"They will rejoice to again welcome him,
this time as the premier of the United
States.
while Mr.. Bryan has spoken in the
county twice before-at Morgans Grove
:nis will be his first visit to Charles Town,
the scene of many forensic triumphs of
the great orators Of an earlier day.
LAS the greatest of orators of his time,
Mr.. Bryan will be assured of an appre-
ciative, intelligent and discriminating au-
dience and one in full sympathy with his
exalted ideals'
Yes, Dollar Bill invades the Shendn-
doah valley and sweeps away in his swift
raid the silver coins now garnered. in old
stockings and teapots Will there be less
for the faithful to eat and wear? HIS
words are sweeter than meat and lighter
than fine raiment. Must the contribution
box suffer for Sunday or two? Dollar
Bill is a religion and meeting house,
and he that hath mercy on the poor, happy
is he; and Dollar Bill is a struggling pau
per with only $4,000 year and the in
come of his investments and his official
organ of the administration and his re-
ceipts and royalties of books and syndi-
Gated lectures. In the worst of times ne
doesn't save more than $4,000 year. Now
is the time to get your ticket; he that
giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.
Brother Bryan certainly has exalted
ideals; the dollar above the man!
For nearly 54 years Charles Tswn or
Charlestown has been far seen among
cities as the place Where old Osawatomie
Brown was hanged by the neck. But
such executions are no novelty, anu
whether John Brown was murderous ola
crank or a martyr" insufficiently re-
warded by having his life taken bX FRANK
Sanborn, martyrs and cranks are common
as the casing air. And though Charles
town or Charles Town live to be older
than Damascus is today, the Jeffersonlan
focus is NOT likely TO see n stranger sight
than rich Secretary of state holoihs
out his hat for aims and competing sue
cessfully with the six legged cali, the
banner. pumpkin, the fattest hog IN the
state and the cat that eats cucumbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
Follow the undertaken and he'll put
you in hole.
knowledge of lost opportunities
comes with old age.
He who would acquire fame must
remunerate the press agent.
Matrimony is sea in which many
courtships have been swamped.
1t is easier for boys to be boys than
it is for them to be quiet.
1t is easy for a woman to be happy
if her Imagination is in good working
order
Before she has been married year
every woman discovers that her hus-
band Is brute.
BY the time fiirt gets tired of the
game there. is seldom a man worth
having that she can get
The candidate for young woman
hand makes a lot of campaign promises
during courtship.
IL woman has a good figure and
knows ii she thinks other women are
envious il they don't appear to
notice 1t:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
GEORGE MEREDITHs CHARACTER

GEORGE MEREDITH'S CHARACTERS s
From the French of Constantin Photiades,
recently published.
Let us at once say that they are not
personages; still less types in the ordi-
nary sense of the word; but rather. epi-
tones of types animate by life alto
gether uncreate, as Alceste, the melan-
choly Jacques, Harpagon or Shylock. We
have never seen them; there is no prob
ability of our ever meeting them, al
though we know them well. They may
well be in compatible with society such
as ours.
However, although occasionally they do
resemble certain definite individuals, they
are wondrously typical of their class as a
body. If they are not real or life like, .
as are the heroes of Dickens, Thackeray,
Balzac or Flaubert, they are truer, more
significant, for they partake of that per-
manence of truth when Shakespeare and
Moliere alone fully possessed. Drive them
away, treat them as phantoms, as phan-
toms they return and persistently haunt
the memory. A character from Dickens
passes forever from our remembrance as
soon as the thread of adventure is broken.
On the contrary, Willoughby Patterne,
Austine Feverel Richmond Roy, Sandra
Belloni or Rhoda Fleming, even if one
forgets some details of their career, re-
main, thrust themselves upon and take
possession of our fancy.
Like Shakespeares creations, they live
beyond time and space. They are. in the
true sense characteristic. They are the
offspring only OF the very highest art.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
Mayor Gaynor's Death

While William j. Gaynor, mayor OF
New York, had been in poor health
for some time his sudden death star
tied the public and will cause sincere
regret throughout the country.
New York has had many mayors of
ability but no one who ever held the
office has measured up in intellectual
force, culture and resoluteness of
character combined to Judge Gaynor.
He was physically and morally brave.
He was a democrat through and
through but was absolutely independ-
cent of all local party rings and ques-
tionable influences. He was one of the
ablest lawyers in New York and had
always taken an interest in public af-
fairs, but was never an officeseeker;
on the other hand office was always
seeking him.
the democratic nomination for the
New York governorship. In 1895 he
was urged by democratic bosses to
run for mayor of Brooklyn and in 1897
Richard Croker urged him to run for
mayor of Greater New York. 1t was
in 1909 that he finally consented to
be a candidate for mayor. The cam
paign was exciting and bitter. While
he had received the Tammany nomi-
nation, Judge Gaynor was as inde-
pendent of partisan bosses as if he
had never received their support. He
was widely mentioned as a possible
candidate for the presidential nomina-
ton in 1912. He saidJ however, that
as he had been elected by the people
of New York city as their executive
he felt it his duty to give the office
his undivided attention, and made no
move whatever to enter the race for
the presidential honor.
Mayor Gaynor was recently renom-
mated at an independent mass meet
ing and had he lived he would have
possibly been elected, although the
fusion ticket, headed by John Purroy
y Mitchell, is exceptionally strong and
the Tammany ticket, headed by Ed
ward S. Mccall, has considerable
strength. The death of Mayor Gaynor
will probably mean the election of
Mr.. Mitchell. Mitchell enjoys the per-
sonal and political friendship of Pres
ident Wilson.
But no matter who becomes mayor
it will be long time before gen.
tleman more picturesque or forceful
than William J. Gaynor is seen in the
executive chair in the New York city
hall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
The IRON Market

The local iron market is strong and
fairly active. Prices are tending upward.
and it is believed that iron will soon bring
S12 on a No. basis instead of s11 to
s11 80 as now. Rogers, Brown & Co.'S Gin
cinnati circular for this week says:
Inquiries and sales We're of nominal
nature and nothing unusual has marked
the course of the pig iron trade during
the last seven days There is perhaps a
somewhat firmer basis manifest in most
selling centers with steel making irons
still strong and having the greatest call.
There is a little more interest in next
years requirements and good tonnage is
under negotiation. Prices are from 25c to
soc advance over quotations made for the
balance of this year. There is still de-
mand for shipments on existing contracts;
melt appears to be keeping up in every
department.
Coke production has increased some,
but prices are without change apd still
strong Difficulty in moving material is
imminent and likely to increase"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
UNDERWOOD AND THE SENATE

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
While committee of the United
States Senate is celebrating over the
advisability of recognizing the creden-
tials of Henry D. Clayton, appointed
a member of the upper house by the
governor of Alabama, other democrats
ambitious to represent that state in the
Senate are looking forward to next
years election. 1t is believed that IL
Representative Underwood wants the
place it will be given him.
Friends of the House floor leader
therefore, awaits his decision. He may
announce it soon after President Will
son signs the Underwood tariff act,
which is likely to stand for long as a
monument to the Alabama mans states
manship.
AS great an honor as United states
er Mr. Underwood can afford to accept
one at this time. In his present posi-
ton of floor leader of the House ma
jority the chairman of the ways and
means committee is, next to the Presi-
dent himself probably the most in
fuential man in the administration. His
conduct in the last two years has been
a triumph of broad craftsmanship. He
is source of strength to the Presi-
dent, an all but indispensable leader
whose continued presence in the House
is necessary to keep the majority a
fighting entity.
As senator Mr. Underwood might be
one of the first 10 or half dozen lead
ers of the upper house As representa-
tive his influence is overshadowed only
by that of the President himself.
without much doubt the democrats
of Alabama, who supported him for
President until the final ballot at Bal
timore, would be glad to see Mr.. I'm
derwood senator. The question is
whether he himself can afford to make
the sacrifice of prestige.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
A HOUSEHOLD DRUDGE's REVOLT

From the New York World.
A middle-aged woman, arrested for
stealing goods from department store
in plain sight of the employees, pleaded
guilty in court, and by way>of expla-
nation told the Judge she wished to
be sent to Jail. Her story was that her
husband is never kind to her, and that
her son, II years of age, is growing up
in his fathers likeness ut is but
drudgery," she said, from early morn
till late at night, and 1 would like to
be sent where I can haye rest for a
long time"
This is but another presentation of
an evil, as old as humanity, for which
legislation can compel love and graft
tude Wife's work. mothers work, has
no way of exacting repayment from
husband or child Where it is not re-
warded as it should be, it inevitably
becomes more monotonous than prison
labor because more hopeless of re-
lief.
1t may be that in this as in some
similar cases the woman is herself
partly to blame in neglecting to take
needed rest at home and recreation
out of the home. However pressing
housework may be, it is not SO press
ing that it cannot be sometimes set
aside. If instead of stealing goods and
going to Jail, from one form of
drudgery and Imprisonment to another,
the woman had stolen" a holiday, she
might have welcomed husband and son
with a brighter mind and won a bet
ter recompense for her toll. All work
and no play makes Jill dull girl
Housewives may often profit by revis-
ing the proverb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
the time which cars are held on their

the time which cars are held on their
account"
Car loads are often SMALL says
the American Railway association,
because of low load minima specified
by tariffs necessary on account of the
wide range in carrying capacity of
cars, but in many cases shippers can
be shown that it is to their interests
to load the larger cars to capacity and
in general to load all cars as nearly
as possible to their tonnage or space
carrying capacity"
Local traffic officials are promul-
eating the American Railway associa-
tion's circular and are confident that
good results will be obtained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
The SOufh's Crops

81 spent the summer at my old home In
Halifax county, Virginia" said A. S.
Lacy of owensboro, Ky. Virginia has
made great tobacco crop. Early in Au-
gust it looked as il the drouth was go-
ing to hurt it, but the rain came in time
and the tobacco farmers are now in high
spirits.
''I make it my business to keep in
formed ON the cotton crop. My predie-
tion is that we will have this year a 49,
o0o,000-bale crop. 1t may amount to only
100000 bales, but I think 1t is safe
bet that It will be nearer 100000. ] have
late telegraphic advices from Texas.
which lead me to think that the Lone Star
state will have a 1900 000-bale crop.
THE Alabama crop will reach prob
ably 100000 bales The farmers will get
good prices for their cotton, and this
should be the south's banner year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
A coAxER For BABY

From the YOUTHS Companion.
When the doctor called to see the
baby its mother informed him that the
medicine left for the infant the day be-
fore was all gone.
Impossible y declared the surprised
physician. II told you to give him a
teaspoonful once an hour"
Eyes. but John and mother and I and
the nurse have each had to take a tea
spoonful. too. in order to get baby to
take it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
REBUKED.

I'D like to shake hands with the chief
engineer OF this old tub, said the POM
pous little man who was crossing the
ocean for the first time.
II doubt If he would shake hands with
you" answered the captain dryly. eThe
chief engineer of this old tub is a man
of some Importance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
ORIGIN OF "HALYCON DAYS"
rom the Kansas City Star.

Halcyon is poetic name for the
kingfisher. The bird was tabled to lay
it's eggs on the waves and to keep the
sea calm during incubation, so the
term 'shalcyon days" have come to mean
days of calm and peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
CLAYTON AND HIS VOICE

Of his own description of Old Man Parn,a-
lee:
THE old man. said Mr. Clayton,
wasn't what vou'd call polished fight
er. but he was plum narrowing"
When Joseph L. Johnston, United States
senator. died recently, Governor O'Neal
of Alabama named Clayton to fill the va
cancy. The Senate refuses to accept
Claytons credentials, however, as Tho
appointment was not made in compliance
with the provisions of the recently en-
acted constitutional amendment for thu
popular election of senator's So Clayton
will likely have to be elected to the Sem
ate-which he very likely will be. He is
well liked everywhere and especially at
home. When he was elected to his ninth
and present term in Congress not a vote
was cast against him in his district He
keeps open house the year round, in the
true old southern style at the old Clay
ton homestead near Eufaula. Between
congressional sessions he fills the big,
rambling house as full or guests as a
summer hotel.
He is q. lawyer Ly profession. is chair
man of the judiciary committee, is pow
erfully built though not over bulky, is 56
years cid and almost boyish in his enjoy
ment of the good things of life. In his
apprenticeship he served one term in the
Alabama legislature and three years as
United States district attorney. He was
permanent chairman of the democrats
convention at Denver. The noise of that
gathering reached a hotel room mile
away one night.
Listen to the cheering said en- inmate
of the room.
THAT isn't the convention" said one of
Mr.. Clayton's admirers. That's Henry
pie be still"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

Herbert Corey, N the Kansas City Times.
eek Ulster SPEAKER, de-
M s'-Aw-"
Echoes Clamorous rever-
dome of the capitol. Inkwells dancing.
Chandeliers belling madly. Little noises
whimpering out of the Sits in the base
ment walls. Representative Henry D..
Clayton of Alabama is addressing the
House.
'Hainry" said one of his frieads, lis
one of our most powerful speakers. Yes,
suh He can make more noise than a
kernel of houn's.'
Which is not to say that Mr.. Clayton. i
oratorical strength lies wholly in his
thorax. He isn't precisely eloquent but
he is expert. He never waits for the
other fellowIto bend a catechism over his
head The moment that the questions be-
come embarrassing Clayton gets the fioof.
Then he turns ouS torrent of telescoped
tumult BY and by he prances down 'tae
aisle and waggles a righteous finger at
the speaker and lifts that horrendous
voice to unscalable heights There seems
no human limit to it's possibilities. One
feels it might go on forever, always get-
ting higher and hoarser Nervous persons
burst into tears. Then comes the explo-
sion:
.Mis-ter Speaker, I de-si-AW---
Clayton always desires to know some-
thing the other fellow has hidden under
n rock. While he is trying to keep Clay
ton from turning that rock over he for-
gets all about what 1t was he had asked
the gentleman from Alabama with acid
and insult in every infection His fellow
members do not consider Clayton pow
erful debater precisely. He reminds them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

ITS queer thing, too. Automobile
tires look like life preservers, and YET
automobile tires are helping TO sink the
Twobbles."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
WOODROW WILSON'S DISSIPATION

From the Popular Magazine
IL the sorry scheme of things which we
have never been able to grasp and mold
closer to the hearts desire, although
Omar advised us to do it some centuries
ago. every man must have his pleasures
and relaxations. Relaxations may be-
come dissipations. 1t is sad confession
for human beings to make, but such Is
the case.
A statesman from the backwoods sat IN
a. club in washington one night and gave
a terrifying description Of the disslpa-
tjons of President Wilson.
.That guys crazy" he said with tre-
mendous emphasis. HE just throws him.
self away every night. He must have
his pleasures. And he's got the funniest
idea of pleasure you could ever think of.
His idea of enjoying himself for an even
ing is to lock himself up in his library
with Jim Bryce, that old British ambas-
sador, and discuss a lot of political eco
nomics-you know what l mean. that
rough stuff, that ceep stun, that fellows
like YOU and me couldn't see with a tele-
scope. I'll be jog-goned If | don't think
a man who does that is nutty. It's a
weird and insidIous form OF dissipation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

Come to think of it, we have not
seen any school boys with an express
sion of deep melancholy on their in
nocent little faces. They all seem to
welcome the thought of studying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
TAME TIGERS

From the New York Telegram.
In the depth of the South American
sungles are to be found tigers and tapirs
almost as tame as household pets This
is the word brought to us by DR.. Hanil-
ton Rice, the English explorer, and his
companion, Lieut.. p. p. Ritter Won
Bauer, Of the Sixth Dragons of Vienna.
They found country wilder than the Wild
est Africa at the time of DIR. Livingston,
woh was located in the Dark Continent
by the gerat Henry M. Stanley expedition
many years ago.
DIR. Rice for 50 days together did not
see any human beings outside the few
members of his own party. The wilder
ness locked them in on all sides for
stretch that made the solitude OF 1t all
appalling. The beasts Of the jungle they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

Wrestler Gotch is doing very well as
farmer. There's nothing like having
farm to fall back on, after falling back
once too often on the mat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

speaks in high praise of the Conserve
tion exposition. 1t is said to be the
finest exposition ever seen in a south
ern city and the south has had some
good ones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

Birmingham will soon get to be
called the city of clubs If a few
more are organized. There should be
no complaint if all the clubs are up to
the standard of the new Press club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

''Brevity Is the soul of wit" remarked
an ancient celebrity. Had he lived now
adays he would doubtless be calling the
ladies' dresses great jokes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
MERE AVOIRpuPOIs.

'TIas Dobbs much weight in this COM
munity?"
"only so much weight as the scales
show"
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encountered evidently hal not seen man
before. The expedition accomplished
much, not the least part of which was
the discovery of the sources of the great
Amazon and the Orinoco. the feed streams
of which were found to interlock in
wild and uninhabited region.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

The Illinois board of health says talcum
powder shall not be used in chop suey
We never dreamed before that chop suey
was so close akin to the boudoir.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

The wife of rampant baseball fan who
resides in a town where the home team
won the pennant this year will have no
difficulty in coaxing hubby to come across
for winter clothes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

Next year will be full of politics in
Alabama; and even this off year of 1913
is not as off as it might be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
ApECIAL "wINTER sPoRI-' CAR

From the Electric Railway Journal.
A special winter SPORT car, on which
passengers are permitted to carry snow
shoes, skis, etc, is operated during the
winter months on the municipal tram.
ways in Vienna.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

So this is the school bell we hear ring
ingl Run along, son. but father is Sc
cretly glad that he can go to his office
instead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
THE FIRST "GooD-BY.
WE'LL NEED IT.

WE'LL NEED 1T.
The principal theme of playwrights this
season will be white slavery" as il ex-
lists in the hectic imagination of misguided
reformers. Will somebody please suggest
an infallible remedy for nausea?'
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
sKEPTICAL.

Higgins says he'd rather read than
eat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

The latest savant to deliver his views
on an after life is as usual. trifle
vague. After all, savants know more
about protoplasm than they do about the
infinite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

Alabama's centennial as a state will
occur in 1919. How about celebrating
the event7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

"Umphl Id hate to offer him his choice
between Paradise Lost and a planked
steak, If l had to pay for the steak"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

Birmingham needs many things, but
nothing at this time is so badly needed
as big auditorium. Be sure to vote in
favor of an auditorium bond issue next
Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

This delightful weather reminds us that
autumn has come. The long hot spell has
been forgiven and forgot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
HAST EVER?

They'll wear their clothes so blooming
tight
That they can hardly walk;
Hast ever seen one so bedight
That she could hardly talk?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
STRANGE.

SO many, many people go
And sit right through a picture show,
Though the pictures may or may not be
clever.
AS If they thought they'd live forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
UNANSWERABLE.

UNANSWERABLE.
MY father kin lick your father" said
little Tommy Snagg to little Bobby Blus-
ter.
"Mebby he KIM" said little Bobby Blus-
ter, but he amt a-soin to do it. cause
my father is your fathers boss"
THE LAW
He stole ten dollars,
Still in jail;
He stole a million,
Out on bail.
SINGULAR.
1.-The Twobbles are still in the swim,
but they are having hard time to keep
their heads above water"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
HOPEFUL.

loss" of silk umbrella with a plain
woodepb handle. There's optimism for
you.