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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31

Mexico, lost their lives, and Mexico
has been in a turmoil ever since.
Among others to fall by an assas-
sins hand were King George of
Greece, Nazim Pasha, commander in
chief of the Turkish army in the balk-
an war; Mahmoud Shefket Pasha,
grand vizier of Turkey; Tewfik Pasha,
famous Turkish diplomat; Manuel
Araujo, President of Salvador, and
Tanorede Auguste, President of Hail.
To enumerate the, famous people
who died in 1913 would be tedious.
The following are few of them: J.
Pierpont Morgan, financier: Dowager
Empress of China; Field Marshal Sir
Garnet Wolseley, British soldiet
Shefket Pasha, Turkish statesman,
and Alfred Austin, poet laureate of
England.
Birmingham has not been spared.
The year has seen the death of num-
Der of the pioneers of the city. United
States Senator Joseph F. Johnston,
ex-Gov. Rufus Cobb, Wilson Brown
and his brother Charles G. Brown, ex-
attorney general of the state, and
many others passed away.
The year 1913 will long be remem-
bered for the number of strong and
able men who died.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
BOYS WILL BE BOYS

From the Popular Magazine.
Senator Cullom of Illinois, gets a good
laugh out of the story he tells about
an old lady who, although she is a
resident of his state, has a son in Mon
tana.
One day the senator met the old lady
and, knowing that the son was the ap-
pie of her eye, not to say her very heart
bones, he inquired as to how the boy
was doing He was surprised to see
that the woman dissolved in to storm
of tears.
why what's the matter?" asked Nj.
Cullom.
Hes just writ me- said the old lady.
that he's done been sent to the leg
islature. / don't know for what or
for how long, but l prays God they'll
be easy on him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
SHE WASN'T IMPRESSED

From the Pittsburg Chronicle e-Tele-
graph.
The young man of the house really
was making good in way that de-
lighted his parents and brought him
much flattery from friends ana neigh
bors. but old Nanny, the family serv-
ant. remained unimpressed.
One day, when he had done a particu-
lar brilliant piece of work, he said to
Nanny:
I'm not a baby any longer, and I
think you ought to cal me Mr.. Charles
hereafter"
The old darkey snorted her indigna-
ton.
"Who-me?" she asked. Il aint
never gwine call you mister. You ain t
no mister any morn Us Miss. You
couldn't wiggle yo' fingers so pert
acuttin' out folkses ,insides eff l haden t
a-kep EN- timber wild smaclSin' an you
ears so cleanl You amt nothin' but
a measly little boy to yo' ole mammyI'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
A Tennessee visitor

II was agreeably surprised in Birming-
ham as city,, said II. II. Singleton of
Tennessee, who is visiting relatives here.
within the last ten years l had paid
little attention to this thriving center and
was very much surprised to learn that it
was now the largest city of Alabama,
having left Mobile and Montgomery very
much in the rear In point of population.
and industrial enterprise. If this city
maintains it's present rate of development
and increase in population. and the in
dications are that it will, / fear that At
lanta and Nashville will be relatively as
far behind in few years.
although Birmingham is progressing
with astounding rapidity, its growth f.
solid. 1t may be taken for granted that
such buildings as those now in course
of construction are not being erected by
men bindfolded to the real conditions and
it is therefore evident that Birmingham.
on its merit as the coming metropolis of
the south, justities the enormous outlay
of capital"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
Birmingham wide-awake

Il had been in Birmingham only a
few minutes when l realized it to be
live commercial and industrial center"
said G. E. Wheeldon, whose home town is
Worcester, Mass, but who is now con-
nected with the F. w. Marks Construction
company on work in Birmingham.
Indeed, when approaching the city the
numerous smoking stacks showed the dis
trict to be the scene of manifold indus
trial activity, and led me to expect to
find wide-awake and prosperous COM
munity; and upon emerging from the
great Terminal station to the broad
streets alive with traffic. a glimpse of
the towering buildings rising to the sky
line more than fulfilled my expectations.
Il am engaged in the finishing, work on
the Jefferson County Bank building, and
wish to say that this great building has
not been sighted in the least. The very
best materials have been used, and al
though the construction work was great
ly handicapped, no shoddy workmanship
was tolerated for the sake of gaining
time. The building is modern In every
respect, and will be finished in lavish
style. Altogether that skyscraper is one
of which the south may we'll be proud
MY home town CWocester) is a great
manufacturing center, and it is growing
rapidly, but its population is not increas-
ing at such an astounding rate as is that
of Birmingham
THE wooden mills of Wooster are
famous for their size and output, and to
go through one of them while in opera
ton is well worth while. The rapid work
of the nsa etinery is the source of wonder
and astonshment to the uninitiated.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
Was Tragic Year

The year 1918 ends today. In the
world at large it has been marked by
many dark and bloody deeds.
The number of assassinations dur
ing the twelve months has been pn-
usual. Many eminent men have met
death at the hands of the dagger, re-
volver or poison. The year has also
been marked by the death of dis
tinguished men from natural cau11s.
"The Grim Reaper has been more
than ever active.
The assassinations which attracted
the most attention in the United
States were those by which Francisco
Madero and Pino Suarez, Presidens
and vice president, respectively, of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
CENTURY At A STROKE

From the New York World.
When Harry Silver said "Nextp In his
barber shop in Branchvil1e. N. j., as a
customer clambered creakily out of the
chair, there was doubt among the s;x
unshaven ones as to which was entitled
to the first turn.
Go on, bub," said 94-year-o Daniel
Walker to 61-year-old Theodore II. Roe
Hurry up and get fixed up, so you can
go out and play with the rest of the
kids"
The four other gray haired custom
ers laughed and crossed their legs and
said: Yes. indeed; go ahead, you boy
Teddy" These other customers We're
George ]. Bowman, "a years old; John
Cross. 49,; John 8. McDanolds, rs, and
Albert T. Beemer, II. The ages of tho
six customers totaled 466 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
Mexico and Japan

Beware of the Greeks when they
come bearing gifts has always beer
deemed wise admonition to heed. In
their appeal to the United States to
look after their interests in Mexico
the Japanese may not be regarded alb
solutely as carriers of donatives, but
the soliciting, feigned or real, of
American censorship implies a proffoc
of confidence and such a proffer may
be regarded as quasi-gift.
In tricks that are vain and ways
that are dark the Mongolian has been
accredited with excelling and the sun-
jects of the "F'lowery Kingdom" are
not too remotely removed in consan-
guinity from their relatives across the
Yellow Sea to be immune from Chi
nese failings.
1t has long been mooted that an in
tente or modus vivendi exists between
Mexico and Japan and its raison
detre has undoubtedly been aug
mented by the trend of events in the
last two decades.
Japan is inspired by two most pow
erful incentives to belligerency-pride
and hatred. She protested prior to the
Russo-Japanese war that she was
able to manipulate the Great Bear
and she made good. This gave her
what in vulgar parlance is known as
the swelled head. Having vanquished
the most expansive nation of the
globe she accredits herself with the
ability to successfully combat the
United States or any other power sim
gle handed.
The recent legislation of some os
the Pacific coast states confessedly
averse to racial determination has
deeply wounded the amour propre Of
the Mikado's subjects and that nation
does not cherish for US the same affec-
ton which Jonathan is accredited with
entertaining for David.
If the correctness of this view of
the situation is admitted some anon
ally is apparent in the latest move of
Japan anent her interests in Mexico,
but there are two viewpoints from
which it may be regarded. If the mo-
dus vivendi ever existed, it was in
augurated during Diaz's regime, anil
but little regard is now entertained in
the distracted republic for any of
refugees coups of diplomacy, and
Japan may be sincerely and truly
alarmed. On the other hand her ap-
peal for American suzerainty may be
but a subterfuge for the execution of
strategic movement provocative of
war upon us.
In a recent interview Huerta de =.
clared that there are only three first
class powers recognized by him as ex-
isting and these three are Great
Britain, Japan and Mexico. This state
ment, absurd as it is, is so broad that
there is plenty of space for reading
between the lines. He may have
spoken eX cathedra or he may have
been bidding for Japan's cooperation,
but in either event his remarks are
significant.
We are by no means a supporter of
the yellow peril advocacy but it is
we'll not to entertain too great a sense
of security and in glancing askant at
the gift-bearing Greek to also beware
Of the Jap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AgrIcuItural prosperlty

Alabama is making genuine progress
in agriculture, and in Madison county
where I am now living there is decided
enthusiasm among the farmers said w.
Fl. Johnston, formerly of Birmingham.
Il am having much success on a 500-acre
farm not far from Huntsville There is
great interest in Berkshire hogs in Madi-
son, and the raising of this stock will
turn out to be a most profitable branch
of the farming industry. Many Tennes-
see and Kentucky farmers are selling
their lands at high prices and coming
to Alabama to investi in just as good farm
lands at comparatively low prices Madi-
son is gaining some of the best men of
the two states named.
Yes, the people of Madison are taking
an interest in politics. The senatorial
campaign is having the right-of-way just
now. Underwood has an ardent follow
ing. and our county will give him good
majority
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
JESTER AND TROUBADOUR
FAIR NICTHEROY.

Oh Nic.heroy, loved Nictheroy;
What mem'ries round me Chamber
AS ! recall thy Stumbling bays
OF lazuli and amber.
Oh, Hidden Waters" rhythmic name.
Thou child of Indian christening.
With minarets and gilded spires
In sun-kissed vistas glist' ming.
Thy palm-environed csnlanades
And flower enrobed sobrados.
Fit only for dreamland queen;
Doces sonhos dourados.
lis not for these, o city fair.
That lies beyond the water,
My rapt soul pants unspeakably
But for thy dove-eyed daughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
HYDROPHoBIA GERM LOCATED

From the New York Sun.
Is the cause of hydrophobia mys-
terry no longer? Whatever experts may
ultimately decide with still fuller knowl-
edge, it is clear that recent investiga-
tions of the disease in this country ard
in Europe have never been exceeded in
interest or in brilliance; never has the
almost invisible germ of rabies beer
brought SO near the view of mankind.
The problem of the origin of hydrophobia,
or rabies, and In particular of the hali-
tat and nature of it's microbe, appeals
to every class of intellect, and there sre
few questions that in days gone by have
aroused more curiosity and ave. or have
In recent years been studied with keener
enthusiasm, as every fresh discovery in
Germany, France. Italy and Russia has
gradually lessened the gap. between our
meteorological knowledge and the mode
of growth of a parasite that has hitherto
defied detection.
This germ is. probably of the order of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
POsTMARKS
From the Pittsburg Post.

From the Pittsburg Post.
As old 1918 is tottering it is we'll to look
up those new resolutions.
OF course, the Esprit of the tree" will
remain with us all week.
After a look at the streets someone
ought to pen a poem on 1.-The Vileness' Of
Snow"
To the man who wants to develop his
muscular system the shovel guarantees
results.
Winter bathers at Coney Island, to tic
number of 1870, have been going in The
foolish must be weatherproof.
Paris has an eccentric countess serving
as nurse in dog and cat hospital. Time
hangs heavily on the titled idle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31

parasites that can be cultivated artificially
and observed with the microscope. There
have been found in close but not intimate
association with the nerve cells of rahid
animals an incalculable number of min
ute germs, whose shape is like that origi-
nally sketched out by Pasteur and Metch-
nikoff. The same cultvations in which
these microbes appear have yielded
Others OF somewhat larger size, with va
rieties of oval shape, which, injected irto
animals, have produced rabies. The first
question, then, is whether the visible
germs are those of rabies or contamina-
tiops which have found their way into the
civilizations together with the real but
still undiscovered germs. NoGuchi and
Luzzani regard them as the casual agent
of the disease. The body of the parasite
is so remarkably like the structure of the
animal cell that authorities find a diff
Guilty In assigning 1t to the same class as
the bacteria, or vegetable organisms.
We have here parasite, apparently an
imal, of a class allied to the lowest forms
of life, still without definite character or
name, but modified in the direction of
the protozoa. In the proliferation by
simple budding and division and the de-
velopment of the mantle or Elembrance
1t appears more simple than the somewhat
complex organisms of sleeping sickness
and relapsing fever; but these form an
offshoot of the same class which, in the
frightened features of the cell or body,
has progressed through ages into the germ
of spirilla of some of the most formida-
BILE scourges of mankind. The germ of
hydrophobia, II we may judge from the
descriptions, is another evidence of tie
direct line of descent that the malignant
micro-organisms of the animal class have
SO wonderfully followed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
THE DIPLOMATIC "LoBBY,

From the London Standard.
In Mr.. Thorolds Life of Henry La
bouchere" this story is quoted The
Grand Duchess of Tuscany had a ven :
cradle maid of honor about 70 years OF
age. She had piercing black eyes. and
looked like an old postchaise, painted
up, and with new lamps. How old do
you think I am?" she once asked me,
with a simpering smile. that cause by
blood to run cold. hesitated, and then
said: Twenty"
"Flatterer." she replied, tapping me
with her fan. Il am 25.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
DREAMS

James Leroy Stockton in the Survey
You are the one in the sleeper,
Artist perhaps, who can raint;
Brushing your colors on canvas,
Picturing devil and saint.
He Is the loss of the section.
Serving for safety Of you,
Think you his thought never va 4sr
Higher than hand car and crew
Oh, there are visions forever
Mind has been made Of theif Sieafui
Brushes or grammar may fan as,
Never the harvest of dreams
He loves a cottage with children
He has heart in the sfS
Fleeing In startled confusion
over the roofs of the cars.
Midst the rough blows of tn ie,,
Timed by the whistle of braatf
Rises his darling dim wondes
Searching the secret Of death
Stanchly his labor lies undeiO
Rushes your train out of sigiI
Earth with Ns all passes softf
Into the dusk Of the night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
CRUMBS OF COMFORT.

CRUMBS OF COMFORT.
Just to have something glad
When l come home Is bliss,
e EN- though tits not I wife
To proffer me a kiss.
Be 1t but a pussy
Gamboling round my feet,
Or a squawking bidJy
Who says it's time toIeat.
II from out the barn yard
The calf gives forth a bawl,
Or gentle niclker
From pony in his stall.
Or hungry grunting
Is heard within the pen
Just because I've come home,
I'm happiest of men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
Concerning Prehistoric Man

concerning NfN'.
Frank Edward Johnson, editor oil
the National Geographical Magazine
of Washington, D. c., announces thae
he has made a most remarkable DIS
covery of a nation of cave dWellers IN
southern Tunisia. There are, accord :
ING to Mr.. Johnson's statement, many
thousands of these strange people Nv
ing in hitherto supposedly unln-
habited region with their homes some
tbree thousand feet above the level OF
the sea and extending several hundred
feet into the hardest prophyry forma
tion. Their mode of life is that OF the
prehistoric man.
This find, if correctly reported, is
not only of incalculable Importance
geographically and ethnologically, but
psychologically its moment is one oil
paramount significance.
Prehistoric man has always COM
manded absorbing interest and the
cave dwellers of Europe, that race
which flourished long before the
glacial period spread over France and
Germany, has ever been a subject oil
mystery and speculation.
They are gone; how, when and
whittier has puzzled the savant and
the scholar while the relics which they
have left behind but add to the mys
terry and speculation with which they
are enshrouded.
Gericault, the great French pro-
tagonist of romanticism in painting
introduced into France what is known
as the conventional gallop,' that is
a galloping steed with all four feet in
the air simultaneously. He did not
originate the attitude for it was Gre
ated many centuries ago in Mycenae
and was we'll known by the Chinese,
Persians and Russians, but moder l
photography has shown that the move
.,lent is not a correct one, since which
disclosure the conventional gallop"
has been losing vogue.
Among the finds of the cave dwell
lers there have been discovered
forms of many animals daintily and
gracefully carved by this extinct civil
ization upon the walls OF their cavern
homes. The instruments by which the Y
wc1e fashioned must have been of the
most crude character, but the tech
nioue is wonderful and the execution
highly artistic. 1t is thought that most
of this carving must have been eX-
ecuted by artificial light, which but
adds to the mystery of the relics.
Among these carvings are many rep
reservations Of wild deer in full flight
and the camera shows that the limbs
in motion have been correctly drawn.
Thus these men who lived before the
dawn of history were better artists
and portrayed nature more correctly
than did the painters of the ninteenth
century.
From whence they obtained their
struction and the manner in which
~ executed their artistic produc-
ms have been the greatest puzzles
the age.
!, 1t is yet too early to discuss details
Of Mr.. Johnson's recent find as no de-
tails have been obtained, but if hi
new discovery will throw any light
upon the art of the quaternary period
and reveal to us the secret of its fash
ioning it will be the most astounding
revelation that the world has ever
known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
OH, THAT CHILD

From the London Opinion.
Tell me, dear. is it because you think
me very pretty that you look at me ali
the timer"
"Oh. no, 1t isn't that; but papa says
you are two-faced woman, and SO |
an. searching for the other onev'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
CoULD'T HELP 1T.

Jones was a born rhymster and versl.
feat tion oozed from his very finger tips.
Consequently when he received his first
assignment as a reporter on morning
daily these were the first squibs that
he brought in: James G. Blaine has
gone to Maine and Lamar to Mississippi"
THE Duke of Gutenberg has bought
genuine Fra Lippi'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
NO SMOKE IN HIS.

A Grand Army of the Republic camp I'M
Massachusetts was No. 101, and a member
proposed to express the numerals In
Roman characters. "That will never do"
said another member. How would It
look to have our emblem reading c. 1.
G. A. R.?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31

Bastar and Villas of st. Joseph, Mich.
to cross the Atlantic from New York to
Liverpool in an aeroplane. If these men
should succeed in the undertaking 1t is
a pity they are not possessed of some
other names. Bastar and Villas will not
sound well in the Hall of Fame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31

furnished over 1000 pounds of meat Cor
Christmas dinner for the poor. Here is
pointer for Commissioner Weatherly.
Why not try elephant steak for Birming-
ham next Christmas?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31

The inventor of the cash register is dead
in Dayton. He had little need during hik
lifetime to use one In common with
many inventors others received the money
and he did the work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31

Pascual Orozco is having rather a hard
time of it in military affairs. He was de-
feated in his own revolution by Huerta
and went over to him. Now he is again
heading a vanishing army and facing
G better general than himself. Orozco
is a poor guesser and has probably real
lied his mistake in espousing the cause Of
Dictator Huerta
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
UNDERWOOD Makes Great Impression

N H. Sewall, formerly of Birming
ham, but now of Gadsden, spent yes
terday here looking after business in
terests
while I am now living in Gadsden
retain some of my interests here"
said Mr.. Sewall. i am glad to see
Birmingham growing so fast Years ago
when l was in the real estate business
in Birmingham / felt sure that this
city had a great future, but it has gone
ahead faster than had imagined. Many
handsome Improvements have been
made here during the year just clos
ing.
"Gadsden goes forward steadily. I
am delighted with that city, and 1 pre-
dict for it very bright future.
Mr.. Underwood made a splendid inn
preston in Gadsden Monday. l listened
to him with rapt attention, and so did
everybody else in the great gathering.
Mr.. Hobson has made two speeches in
Gadsden during the senatorial campign.
heard one of them, and was struck
with the fact that he had with him as
attaches one or two vociferous men
who lead the applause. Every time
Hobson made any sort of hit one of
these attendants made a mighty noise.
He reminded me of the Wild Man of
Borneo.' The applause which greeted
Underwood was spontaneous and alto
gether genuine There were no prear
ranged claquers. Mr.. Underwo had
large following in Gads den before lie
spoke there, but his support is natur-
ally stronger now. Yes, he made a great
speecn"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31

The appointment of Col. William c.
Gorgas, the man who made the canal zone
habitable, to the position of surgeon gen.
eral of the United States army, would
orly be deserved promotion, and it may be
that President Wilson will take this
method of honoring the famous Ala
hamian
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31

re ssing situation. His double has been
discovered in the city and is a saloon
keeper. The double was seen by some
of the pastors flock and complications
followed Immediately.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31

An English writer says our Mexican
policy is so weak that it is like water.
There was not much weakness in the
water that struck that grill room in Cali
fornia last week. Try another synonym.
Mr. EngliShman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31

A Kansas convict kept silent for 20
years. He then talked SO effectively to
the pardon board that he was released.
When speech is this valuable it is worth
conserving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31

Julian Hawthorne is writing a series of
newspaper articles dealing with his eX-
periences in the federal penitentiary at
Atlanta Added evidence to disprove the
claim that there is nothing in name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31
CHnDREN OF THE RICH

From the Louisville Courier-J Journal.
Guess Christmas won't come to our
house this year
why not, SOM
Dan says he can barely pay his in
come tax"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31

General Villa has inspired the federal
troops in north Mexico with a mighty
respect for himself and his men. Almost
the bare mention of his name throws
them into panic-stricken flight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31

A New York suffragette is the mother
of twins, thereby doing more than her
share to refute the argument that woman
suffrage means race suicide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-31

1t may be merely coincidence, but we
have not seen blind beggar on the
streets since the slit skirt came to the
city