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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14
THE TRAIL OF CIVILIZATION

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The former tannibal. attired in the I'M
cbtrusive tropical garb of his tribe rubbed
his dark hands together and showed his
extremely white teeth to the round-the-
world tourist.
'IIow do?" he said. well. well. Look
like sometime rain. You buy a little
stoovenir? velly good shells--velly fine
shark tooths-some niece beads. What
say?"
The tourist looked at the cleaning
teeth, at the cheap treasures rudely dis
played under the shelter of the ragged
sail. at the lone palm tree. at the sand
dunes and the heaving sea. at the great
steamer rising and falling outside the
little harbor. Here Captain Cook might
have trod. Here the cannibal band en-
Joyed its dreadful orgies.
He looked at the cleaning black man,
with his rakish hat rim, his seaweed
grdle and his one battered boot.
Il suppose you often wish for the good
old times?' he said.
The husky man nodded.
Good old times velly good" he said.
Not so good no more. No chance now
for velly poor man. Good times for boss
mo good times for me-"
whats the trouble?' inquired the tour
list.
The black man sighed deeply.
1--WE got a cash register now" he
hoarsely replied.
Which shows how modern invention can
bring distress and dissatisfaction to even
the uttermost isles of the sea-
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XUTAsHINGToN. April 1s-fspecial)
M Hand it to us. ladies and gentle
w man of A1ahzvt7a x-au, 49,,

Y" 7 ASH1NGION, April 13.--fSpecial)
M Hand it TO us. ladies and gentle
w men of Alabama your atten-
ton, please. for a moment At great ex-
pense we have arranged for a series of
entertainments for your especial benefit
this summer and late fall, when water
melons and picnics are ripe and muslin
skirts and white shoes are In bloom; alb
solutely an exclusive and strictly up to
date performance unparalleled In the
choicest little performers.
And It's free absolutely free. This smil-
Ing gentleman with the expansive dome of
thought, innocent of hair as a hod car
rier is of intimacy with the money trust,
which we now introduce to you is Rep
resentative Hobson. We commend him
to you. He is a candidate for the Senate
to succeed Senator Johnston. who, it
may be stated on reliable authority, has
no especial hankering about being sue
ceeded Mr. Hobson has a nation wide
reputation as an entertainer. When It
Genes right square down to the last an
alysis he is a Glass A entertainer and
bats over 400 in the big circuit. He will
present many specialties, among which
is a pet aversion TO anything to drink
stronger than Black Warrior river water.
or strawberry flavor soda.
He shuns a ginger ale high ball with the
same commendable caution exercised by
a plutocrat lodging the income tax: with
a stern and accusing finger he points out
the perfectly lovely horrors and other
reptiles a person can accumulate in his
organic system by smiling one smile on
the wine when It is red, also when it is
ready, to say nothing of the menagerie
OF boa constructors he will add to his coll
lection il he repeats 1t by taking another.
Next to an earnest and perfectly patri-
otto desire to be United States senator
from Alabama, Mr.. Hobson desires to see
our lovely women of the southland and
other outlying districts forsake afternoon
teas and receptions and bargain counters
and the cooking stove long enough to
toy with an Australian ballot for few
hours on election days.
While Mr.. Hobson Is welded fast to this
idea, and believes in II as firmly as he be-
lieves in the more battleships the bet
ter" 1t was not his purpose to inject this
issue into the campaign In Alabama. but
in the debates in the House in some way
he got mixed up with another Ala
bamian, no less famous as an orator, who
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The President and Congress.

II agree with the citizen who was
quoted in Lobby day or two ago
about President woodrow Wilson, said
a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
1.-THE President is making an excellent
start. but in striving to be democratic in
his ways as well as in his principles he
runs the risk of OVERRIDING it.
when he appeared in person before
Congress with his message he revived a
custom that was common with Washing
ton and with John Adams, but which was
discontinued by Jefferson and which had
been a dead letter for more than 100
years. No harm can come from Presi-
dent Wilson's innovation of last week, but
he ought to let that suffice. The mes
sage system practised by Jefferson and
his successors is better, anyway. 1t can
hardly be that President Wilson wishes
to appear peculiar and defy established
custom just because he can. According
to my idea, nothing is to be gained by
the President appearing before a joint
session of Congress. L venture to pre-
dict that he will not often go to the
capitol
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In the Financial world.

Henry Clews in his Saturday Review
says in part:
.Tn spite of disturbing tariff legislation,
large new security issues, further bitches
Ia the Southern Pacific dissolution and
considerable profit taking, the stock mar
lset showed considerable resisting powers
The upward movement, however. received
a partial setback ON the announcement of
S75.000,OO0. new capital applca tons in q
single day. These included $45,OO0,0o0 of
Pennsylvania stock and $50 100000 of ST.
Paul AZ per cent bonds. 1t is also ex-
pected that other important issues are
pending. unless money market conditions
prevent. The first effect of these an
nouncements was TO invite a bear attack
upon the securities of the CORPORATIONS
concerned, and then to inuuce more or
less profit taking in other sections of the
market. The most nnsettling feature of
these new issues was The relatively low
ices at which they were offered. en-
phasizng the ability as wen as the In
tention of capital to secure better returns.
Next to new security issues. the tariff
was the most disturbing factor Although
Congress opened Monday and the new
bill was introduced without having much
Aect in the financial district. manufac-
turing interests are seriously perturbed at
the nroposed revisions. 1t is not the rea
sonable cuts that are so much opposed.
many of our manufacturers being better
nrepared for a lower tariff than is gem
orally supposed but it is III. dspropor-
...ate reductions made in MANY, oasa.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14
THE JANrroR AND THE PEANUTS

From the Popular Magazine
Earl Goodwin. who writes hufnan-inter-
est stuff for several newspapers. went to
the department of agriculture in Wash
ington one day and secured a peck of
diseased peanuts. The scientists in the
department were having hot argument
as to whether or not the peanuts, If
eaten, would kill human being, and
Goodwin took the edbles to his office to
have them photographed. He saw a big
story in the fact that the high-browed
scientific men could not tell when pea
nut was fatal
The next morning when he entered his
office he found that the whole peck was
gone. lie instituted a search and finally
discovered that the colored janitor had
stolen and eaten the peanuts.
After keeping the ianitor under obser-
walton for three days and seeing that he
neither peeked or pined, Goodwin aban-
doned his story, and wrote the depart
ment:
Quit arguing The peanuts are harm
less
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14
ONE WOMAN WHO PREVAILED

From the St Louis Times.
Little is heard in these days about a
theatrical trust. New alignments among
the amusement purveyors, and a new
kind of elasticity In the practice of Civ
ing and taking among the producers.
has resulted to considerable extent In
kind of community of interests among
the people who keep the lights burning
in the theatres.
Yet the announced coming of Mrs.
Fiske to tho Olympic next week recalls
the factthat there was once theatrical
trust. and that few militant souls
eombatted 1t to the end
st. Louis remembers how the old
Grand used to take down its popular
price schedule two or three times sea-
son, when Mrs F'slle or Henrietta Cros-
man was announced to appear. James
X. Hackett was another who would not
be managed" without having a word to
say about the manner in which he should
be managed There were others equally
well known.
some OF tnese players nave passed INTO
partial eclipse but Mrs. Fiske has been
recording the extraordinary story of con-
slant progress and an easily maintained
prestige. The public has not forgotten
her Tess her Becky Sharp her
Leah Kleshna" Those who recall
'Foggs Ferry remember no less pleas
antly The New York Idea" and other
dramas of the better class of smartness.
A remarkable career this gifted woman
has had, which points to the conclusion
that 1t pays to fight for an IDEAL and to
stand upon a conviction, so long as there
is great ability to walk hand in hand
with independence.
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.IeTerson.s Anniversary.

Yesterday was the anniversary of
Thomas Jeffersons birth, but today
Monday-will be observed in Alabama as
legal holiday in honor Of the great
statesman.
Jefferson was born in Albemarle eoun-
ty, Virginia, and in that county he lived
died and was buried. While Virginians
revere the memory of the Sage of Mon
ticello,' his birthday is not holiday in
the Old Dominion. As for that matter,
Alabama is the only state that makes
the day on which Jefferson was born Il
legal holiday.
Thomas Jefferson was the son of Peter
Jefferson, planter of Albemarle county
Ills mother was Jane Randolph, daugh-
ter of~Isham Randolph, who was rela-
tive of William Randolph of Turkey ISL
and, Va. When Jefferson was a student
at William and Mary college, the great
est institution of learning in America
at that time, he was described as tall and
aw-boned. with reddish hair and gray
ish hazel eyes. He was not regarded as
handsome, though in after years he was
considered as probably the most attrac-
tive in appearance of the great Virginia.
statesmen. Just as soon es jefferson
became a member of the house of bur-
sesses he joined the party Of resistance
to England. AS one of his biographers
said, he was by nature bold and fearless.
When a mere boy he had engraved on his
seal as motto, Resistance to tyrants
is obedience to Cod, and this principle
he held throughout his stirring life.
Jaf tod To- ,1,op
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14
Should Patterson Be Pardoned?

A pardon for John II. Patterson,
the millionaire president of the Ma
tional Cash Register company, is
urged, not because he was not guilty
of monopolistic practices contrary to
the Sherman law, but because he
helped many flood sufferers IN the
DAYTON crisis. He was sentenced to
one years imprisonment for violation
of the antitrust law, and he took an
appeal to a higher court. The appeal
is pending.
The effort to procure a pardon Tor
Patterson should certainly be held up
until the appeal is decided, The high
er court may turn him loose and then
again it may not. Let it first be de-
cided how guilty he is. When that
has been done then his rescue flood
work can be duly weighed and his
case decided with all the facts before
the pardoning power, which is Presi-
dent Wilson in this instance, or rather
of the department Of Justice.
The mushy methods of the Taft adj
ministration should not be followed
the methods that turned Banker
Morse free when nothing allied him,
and that stood ready to turn almost
any influential man from prison. Mr..
Patterson can muster plenty of in
fluence, but his sentence should at
least stand until it has been fully de-
kax,,.,noI
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14
MARRIAGE SERVICE

From the Pittsburgs Chronicle-Telegraph
Western official; do you take this
woman whose ~hand you're squeezin' to
be your lawful wife, in flush times an
skimp?'
Il reckon that's about the size of it
squire
..Do YOU take this man you've fined
fists with to be your pard through thick
an thin?''
well you're about right for once, ole
man.
~All right then. Kiss in court an
reckon you're married about as tight as
the law can jine you. | guess four bits i
do Bill. if / don't have to kiss the bride
If do it's six bits extra.
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after they will come straight from
the people instead of from a small
clique of politicians.
Alabama has in truth elected her
senators by popular choice ever since
Senators Morgan and Pettus died in
office, and the change means but lit
tie to this state. The elections here
after will be official instead of un-
and perhaps some safeguards
of registration and returns will be
added.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14
birmingham. improvements

The occasional visitor to Birmingham
cannot fail to be struck with two things
the handsome Improvements In the busi-
ness district and the large development
of the fashionable residence sections.
said Horace w. Jenkins of Buffalo y. I.
ION my first visit to this city about
IL years ago there was good deal or
hustle and as recall it, there were many
beautiful residences on the Highlands l
was here for the second time about three
years ago and Birmingham seemed TO be
striding ahead then very rapidly. Now
the Improvements are even more marked.
AT glance | would take birmingham
to be city of fully 100000 population. All
the new mercantile buildings are dis
tinctly modern, with fine architectural
design II is not unreasonable to predict
that Birmingham will have population
of upwards of 100000 in the next census
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14
nrccEsT PASSENGER SHIP

EFrom the Boston TRANSCRIPT.
Hamburg.-The largest passenger vessel
in the world. 5000 tons bigger than the
Imperator, also of the Hamburg
line, was launched here lew oass aso
and christened the vaterland by Prince
Rupprecht Of bavaria. 1t carries 80 NE
boats, 20 of which can be launched from
either side so that they may be utilized
even If the ship has heavy list, or DUR
Ing storm. In the 70 boats accommo
dation is provided for the whole OF the
1850 passengers and 1900 crew. Two OF
the lifeboats are fitted with motors. Two
other similar vessels are to be constructed
By the same company. -.-. =.
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going for the next few months. Should
business be less active, as now seems
probable, that Will tend to encourage
comfortable conditions, although much
depends upon the extent of the appliea-
tons for new capital. which promise to
be heavy. In Europe monetary eondi-
tons are also becoming easier, especially
I'm England. France and Germany. The
war has practically ceased TO be dis
turbing influence. although final adjust
ments are still TO be made An impor-
tant French loan is pending. which may
have some effect upon foreign conditions.
An early reduction in the Bank of Eng
land rate is expected. which now stands
at per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14
Cyclone and Tornado

The word Cyclone" has long been
in use among unscientific people, and
it may be impossible to dislodge it.
A word of popular strength and favor
defies scientific attacks, and perhaps
the word Cyclone" will remain in use
Yet the true meaning of the word is
limited to storms that sweep in a
circle, it is true, over hundreds of
miles of sea or shore. Cyclones are
we'll known in the West Indies and in
the China Sea, but they are rarely
seen in this country.
A tornado proper has circling
motion also, but tornado is never
wider than mile, and is generally
but few hundred feet in width.
Omaha had typical tornado. 1t tore
down "a blocks in length on Easter
Sunday but its width was but about
two blocks. If Omaha had been Wis
tied by cyclone of equal strength
none of it would be standing today,
for cyclones cover hundreds of miles,
and tornadoes wreak their power on
narrow strips of territory.
The use of the word cyclone is,
however, we'll established in the pop
ular mind, and the public are not apt
to distinguish carefully between cir
cling storms that whirl violently on
a center.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14

The diocese of Atlanta of the Episcopal
church has been awarded $4,000 damages
from the city OF Atlanta as the result of
injury to the st. Phillips cathedral prop
erty by the building of the Washington
street viaduct The case has been in
court for number of years and the ver-
dict of this jury is made especially in
teresting by the fact that when the case
first came up for a hearing the jury found
a verdict for the defendant. The case was
Immediately appealed TO the supreme
court, which ordered new trial, and on
the second fight the church has won
almost so per cent of the amount sued for,
which is an unusually large verdict in
damage suit cases.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES


a large attendance at the National
Good Roads federation, which meets IN
Birmingham April 24-25, Is assured said
John W. O'Neill. one of the most active
promoters of the good roads movement
in the south
Not only will the gathering be num-
erically stronger than any event OF the
kind ever held here, but 1t VIII bring
together a number of distinguished men
and the set addresses and the informal
talks will be exceptionally interesting and
inspiring"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14

jacques Worth of Paris says the rule
in the big establishments is to have every
one from the office boy up collaborate in
the production of novelties in dress. This
accounts for some of fashions freaks.
The office boy did it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14
Mr. Harding GneS East

President W. P. G. Harding of the First
National bank left yesterday morning for
Washington, and on Tuesday he will
proceed from Washington to New York.
He expects to return to Birmingham Fri
day night and will preside at the Cham
Der of Commerce dinner Saturday night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14
THE DRAMATIC CRITICS PROTEST
Fro m the Axtell (Kas.) Standard

FtNI tI1t AxteII thds'I otHHuHfu'
DIR. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde proved
frost. The audience was very small. The
stage lights were on the bum and the cur
tain man asleep part or the time. The
play reads good as novel, but loses
much of its beauty in the drama. We
would suggest that Manager Byrne secure
q comic opera as an OFFSET at popular
prices, say 10, Is and 25 cents. Every
hody would so and be entertained and
amused. Too much drama is not good for
the soul. Give us a laugh. John, good
laugh at reasonable prices.
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pension office. says a correspondent of
the Philadelphia Public Ledger that the
last soldier of the rebellion will die in 1856.
That is the estimate made by those who
make study of vital statistics. If the
last veteran survives until that date he
will have lived 90 years after the surrender
OF Lee. Kronk. who died a couple of
years ago in New York city, was the last
soldier of the war of 1872. and ile lived
considerably more than 90 years after
peace had been signed. Brakeman. the last
soldier of the revolution, lived for So years
after the peace Of 17SS."
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a center

Water will not be let into Culebra cut Of
the Panama canal before October l of this
year according 70 the latest estimates re-
ceived by the isthmian canal commission
here today. II is now estimated that the
steam shoves win be able TO remove about
5,5o0,o00 cubic yards of material between
now and October /. This leaves about g.
100000 cubic yards of earth to be removed
by dredges after water has been turned
into the cut. Continuing slides are likely
to increase this amount 10 be removed,
but II is not expected the Increase will be
sufficient to delay the turning in OF the
water. All but about 5000 lineal feet Of
the cut which is nine miles long have
beer dug down To final grade in at least a
part of the full width
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14

The baseball player who is in mid-sea-
son form in this sort of April weather is
weather proof beyond all doubt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14

The crest of the green hat flood is said to
have passed, and will hereafter rapidly
subside
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14

Peru did recognize China before the
United States did. Otherwise, our record
is straight and honorable
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14

Michigan is not progressive enough to
confer the voting privilege on women,
who cannot be trusted on the saloon is
sue
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United States senators will hereafter be
elected in fun view of the people, and all
deadlocks are abolished
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14

While Mr.. Underwood is revising the
tariff downward the President is revising
presidential messages shortward
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14

Why speak of Jeffersonian simplicity?
Be up to date and call it Wilsonian sim
plleity. It's the real article.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14

The effete nations of Europe actually
prefer money spending millionaire ambas-
sailors.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14

Bad roads foster not only illiteracy but
also not infrequently profanity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14

Putting over senators has become an
obsolete industry even in Illinois.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14

Lobbyists swarm in Washington as soon
as a new tariff bill is presented
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14

The baseball fan chatters on keeping
time with his teeth in this weather.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14

The President is indeed human being
he loves baseball.
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Pete, the African hippopotamus in the
Bronx Geological park, has been i'll for
several days, suffering from a sore throat
and the grip. With the first warm days
he was turned into his outside corral. He
strenuously attempted to uproot the iron
fence and on being again placed in his
inside cage, plunged into his swim
ming tank. After that his keeper, Dick
Richards noticed that he had chill
Next day he refused TO eat and has since
been under the care Of DR.. W. Reid Blair,
with Richards acting as private nurse.
He has taken quinine enough to supply a
regiment and his throat has been washed
out with a mop. He appreciates it, too.
He will soon be himself again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-04-14

Entered at the Birmingham Ala,
postoffice as second class matter under
act of Congress March 3. 1879.