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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
THE IEDA of DEATH

Thomas DeQuincy.
We should all think of death as less
hideous object. il it simply untenantcd
out bodies of spirit. without corrupting
them; secondly, If the grief which we ex-
perience at the spectacle of our friends
graves were not by some confusion of tha
mind blended with the image of our own;
thirdly, if We had not In this life seated
ourselves in a warm domestic nest which
we are unwilling to quit for the cold blue
regions of tine unfathomable heaven;
finally, if death were denied to us.
Once in dreams l saw a human being
of heavenly intellectual faculties, and his
chained (me thonght eternally to the
earth.
The immortal old man had five great
wounds in his happiness-five worms that
gnawed forever ar his heart; he was un-
happy in springtine, BECAUSE that is a
season of hope and rich With phantoms Of
far happier days than any which this acel-
DANA of earth can realize. He was un-
happy at the sounu of music, which dilates
the heart of man into its whole capacity
for the infinite, and he cried aloud, Away
away, Thou speakest Of things which
throughout MY endless life l have found
not, and shall not find, He was unhappy
at the remembrance of earthly affections
and discovered hearts; for love is plant
which may Lud in this life, but must
flourish in another. He was unhappy un-
der the glorious spectacle of the starry
host and calculated forever in his heart,
$50 then l am parted from you to all eter-
nifty by an impossible abyss; the great
universe of suns is above, below and
round about me; but | am chained to
little ball of dust and ashes!" He was
unhappy before the gerat ideas OF virtue
of truth and of God; because he knew
how feeble are the approximations to
them which a son of earth can make.
But this was a dream God be thanked
that in reality there is no such craving
and asking eye directed upward to heaven
Ito which death win not one day bring an
answer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
Summer Clothes and Diet

What to eat and what to wear dur
ing the summer months are matters
upon which our health and comfort
depend, but to judge from the food and
clothes in daily use, especially by
men, it might almost as well be Janu-
ary as July.
When the thermometer registers 80
degrees or over in the shade the con-
ditions are tropical and ought to be
met as they are by the inhabitants of
tropical countries. In Australia, the
East and West Indies, Central Ameri-
ca and European countries bordering
on the Mediterranean the climatic con-
ditions are very similar to those, of
Alabama for four or five months OF
the year, but nothing could be more
dissimilar than the nature of the diet
and manner of dress between the peo-
pie of these countries and this. The
rigid rules of custom compel man in
Alabama to wear clothes very slightly
different from those suitable to win
ter, while his Australian or European
brother adapts himself to the situa-
ton by wearing loose-fitting and
| light-colored garments; and in the
matter of diet the Alabamian must
have his roast pork, beefsteak and
mutton chops when nature herself re-
volts at the use of them. Fruits and
! vegetables are the appropriate food
| for the inhabitants of tropical and
semi-tropical countries, and if their
use became more general in America
there would be a marked increase in
the supply of meat during the win
ter months and consequent reduc-
ton in the price of it.
| BY the employment of artificial
means such as the use of ice and cold
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
By William Haines Lyle.

BY William Haines Lyle.
l am dying, Egypt, dying,
Ebbs the crimson life tide fast,
And the dark PlItonian shadows
Gather on the evening blast;
Let thine arms, o Queen. enfold me,
Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear;
Listen to the great heart secrets,
Thou, and thou aione, must hear
Though my SCARED and veteran legions
Bear their eagles high no more.
And my wrecked and scattered galleys
( Strew dark Actiunn's fatal shore.
Though no glttering guards surround me
Prompt to do their masters will,
/ must perish like Il Roman,
Die the great Triumvir still.
L et not Caesars servile minions
Mock the lion thus laid low;
Twas no foeman's arm that felled him.
Twas his own that struck the blow;
His who. pillowed on thy posom,
Turned aside from glory's ray.
His who, drunk with thy caresses,
Madly threw world away.
Should the base, plebeian rabble
Dare assail my name at Rome,
Where my noble spouse. Octavia,
Weeps within her widowed home,
Seek her; say the gods bear witness
Affairs, augurs, circiing wings
That her blood, with mine commingled,
Yet shall mount the throne of kings.
AS for thee. star-eyed Egyptian.
Glorious sorceress of the Nile!
Light the path to Stygian horrors
With the splendors of thy smile
Give the Caesar crowns and arches
Let his brow the laurel twine.
III 70 he
Triumphing in love like thine.
l am dying. Egypt, dying:
Hark! the insulting foeman's cry.
They are coJnil;y--cuick, my faichion!
Let me front them ere I die.
Ah no more amid the battle
Shall my heat exUlting swell;
Isis and Osiris guard theel
= Cleopatra -Rome--Farewell!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
vine may be ali right even if 1t is a
porch climber
When fiction bumps up against the truth
it seldom boasts about 1t.
After all, II is the cheerful idiot who
breaks the montony of the simple life.
1t is hard to laugh at misfortune after
you have run INTO rocking chair in the
dark.
Training Is needed before she can give
a man a kiss and make him believe he
stole it.
Aeroplanes will he more of a success
when the aviators are able to control the
weather.
Any girl can use two beaux-one to take
her places and the other to bring things
TO her.
II often happers that when young
man descends from an aristocratic family
the descent Is something fierce.
After a girl has had 25 birthday anni-
versaries she feels that she has had about
all she needs in her business. ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
TRULYvExAr1oUs

On any and every subscription list
His name he was anxious to see.
From making donations he could not de-
sist,
So tender Of heart was he.
He gave of his money and smiled as he
did
And harked to the public's applause.
Good deeds, he contended, should never
be hid,
Publicity helped on the cause.
Now. it happened one day that he wore a
black frown,
His temper was grabbed and cross,
And people who knew of his gentle renown
Surmised he had suffered great loss.
But 1t later leaked out and was banded
around
And brought our plilantropist blame,
That he looked in the paper one morning
and found
That a printer had left out his name
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

storage the scheme of nature has been
thwarted, and this can never be done
without producing consequences which
are sure to be felt in the economic sys-
tenn. From the torture of the swelt-
ering heat there may be some relief
found in the shade, but from the tor
lures OF dyspepsia caused by unrea-
sonable food there is relief only in
death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
THE rA1Ns OF POVERTY.

"A blind violinist. accompanied by his
wife. played On various street corners in
Manl<ato last week, and look up a co,leo-
tion. When they were through the woman
went out somewhere and cranked up her
motor car and put the blind man in il aud
they rode away" says the Kansas City
Times Still. you win notice that the blind
mans wife "cranSed up ner motor car"
thus proving that 1t Is not a late model
self-starter and furthermore that she has
to worry along without chauffeur Be-.
fore learning the facts in the case we
should not criticize the blind man and his
wife too severely for imposing on the
public. Perhaps the automobile they use
is somebody's cast off car, given to them
in spirit If generosity. and they merely
devote the proceeds of their concerts TO
buying gasoline. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

a few minutes, but Bella had two matinee
tickets and nobody else to go with. 1t
was terrible TO think of wasting two per-
feetly good theatre tickets. so we made an
and went to the matinee together
THE WORLDS GROWING. BETTERe.1
Some one INST have
Got the goat
OF the guy that
Rocks the boat,
For somehow we've
Failed TO hear
OF one of the
Fools this year,
Houston Post.
And it's some time
Since there's been
Stories of the
Kerosene
Using maiden
And her flight
To the realms of
Peace and light.
Springfield Union.
Let us add
Cheering word.
1t is some time
Since we've heard
OF a chap who
Just for fun
Fooled with an un-
Loaded gun.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Still, We find folk,
Here and there,
On the brink of
Fell despair
Who take-end It's
Sad to see
Bchloride Of
Mercury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
General Trade Conditions

Last summer was characterized by
great activity in business all over the
country and as far as I can see business
Is very good indeed this summer said
Henry 7. Wheeler of Chicago.
The crop situation being satisfactory
certain lines of trade are becoming de-
cidedly active and by the first of August
prosperity will be in full swing
THE south seems to be uncommonly
prosperous. Prosperity has been in evil
denee in this section for several years.
There is note of optimism all through
the cotton belt that is cheering and sig
nifioant. II may be safely predicted that
this will be the south's banner year from
a business point of view"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
Financial Requirement.. of Railroad.


Richard II. Edmonds, editor of the Bal
timore Manufacturers Record, who has
just recently completed a six weeks trip
through the south and southwest, during
which he made a special study of rail-
roads and business conditions, contributes
a most interesting and enlightening ar
ticle to the Railway World Mr.. Edmonds
says in part:
THE railroad traffic of this country
practically doubles every decade. The
magnitude of our railroad business is seen
in the fact that the Pennsylvania railroad
hauls greater tonnage than that of all
the railroads in England. Ireland, Scot
land and Wales. and on the average hauis
it three times as serat distance. so that
on the ton mileage basis the Pennsylvania
railroad hauis three times as much
freight as all the railroads of the United
Kingdom.
"The traffic on the United Kingdom
roads increases slowly as compared with
the traffic in this country, and it is esti-
mated that the traffic on the Pennsyl-
vania will double in the next 10 years.
Similar conditions prevail throughout the
country.
ITO increase the railroad facilities rap
idly enough to keep up with the growing
traffic needs of the country would re-
qiire an~investmele of at least $1,000 0O0,-
600 TO ss.ooo 100000 within the next Ave or
10 years. in addition to the usual amounts
expended for betterments and increased
rolling stock. If we are to double our
ra iiroad traffic in 10 wears we ought cer-
tainly to increase our transportation facili-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

Brother Bryan's Commoner will hence
forth be issued as monthly and Brother
Secretary Bryan promises to write more
for it than he has done heretofore. Hope
the Japs will let him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

A Frenchman has invented a machine
which he claims will put stenographers
out Of business. We hardly think so.
There would be no fun in the boss taking
a mere machine out for joy ride when
the days work was done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

An old gentleman in New Jersey tried to
swat a mosquito and fell out of a window
to his death. Comments on the New Jer-
sey mosquito are now in order
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

Twenty of her neighbors appeared in
court against an Atlantic City woman,
charging her with being a common scold.
When 20 women are unanimous in con-
demning one woman there must be some-
thing radically wrong with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

A fool youth took his fiancee on his back
and tried to swim across creek with
her in New York state. Fortunately he
was the one who got drowned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
MIGHT BE 100000

From the Houston Post.
The Birmingham Age-Herald says the
population of Birmingham will be 100000
In 1920. The Age-Herald is some punkin
as a forward looking paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

The New York newspaper man who is
trotting around the globe to establish a
new record for the trip. carries only a
suitcase and a camera, but his most val
liable asset in his savoir faire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
Careless Use of TaIcum

Few things give me the shivers like
a lady with talcum powder daubed all
over the back of her neck down one
side of her nose. under an eyebrow or
some such place." said a young attorney
yesterday. "A carelessly dressed woman
always gives me the creeps but / con-
slider the promiscuous use of talcuni pow
der almost as bad.
I'm not registering any kick against
girl painting if she can paint What
| object to is one who tries it and can't
or one who merely wished to use a lit
tie talcum and fails to brush off the
surplus. I notice it most In a street car
There are always a couple of women on
the car who look as if they had been
ducled into barrel of -four.
In this hot weather talcum powder
Is good thing to put on the face and
neck, but it should not be applied in
streaks Many a woman does not real
ize how ridiculous she looks. She prob
ably powders her face in a darkened
room, where the streaks and daubs that
are so visible in the sunlight are not
to be SEEM
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

The far famed photographer of the
Scott expedition to the south pole says
that part of the world is the most inter-
esting he has ever visited. The last place
they visit is usually the most Interesting
to globe trotters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

People who say they have never heard
of England's new poet laureate before
have evidently missed something worth
while in their reading.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

An Illinois man did the family wash
while his wife went out to vote. Not a
bad arrangement if she cooked a corking
good meal for him while he went out to
vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

The simple rustic who bought the Logan
statue in Chicago from genial stranger
for $3.50 piques our curiosity to know what
he intended to do with it after he bought
IT,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

The new Nevada divorce law having
gone into effect, Reno will never again
look the same
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

A Wisconsin girl loses her voice every
time thunders. The man who marries
her can be sure of one thing. She won't
talk all the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
HER LAST CHANCE.

She was married at high noon.,
Yes, and everybody said it was high
time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
GLAD 10 EXPLAIN.

"sir, understand you swore to tweak
my nose"
II did"
We'll, why don't you do it?"
Chiefly because at the present moment
haven't good grip on it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

A man out in Colorado blew into a re-
fractory mules ear and there is really no
need to tell you what happened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

The Japanese claim that they sprang
from heavenly race, but California
seems to think they are of the earth.
earthly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

The gray top hat is said to be all the
rage in London. So far as we are con-
cerned, 1t can stay there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
In Pig Iron Circles

''In two ways this week, as far as
pig iron is concerned, has scored a dis
tinct advance-first in actual business
done; second in the growing confidence
of consumers that the worst has passed, =
cinnati report.
Birmingham started things by putting
iron on the bargain counter This cheap
table iron was taken so rapidly that the
price was at once put up and the buyers.
who had not been able to get the limited
quantity that was put on the bargain
counter, are now purchasing at the going
market prices. The whole situation is
clearing. The large accumulations in the
south have for the greater part been sold.
This is burden lifted from the market
Furnace order books are in so much bet
ter shape that producers are in position
to stand for better prices and they are
not only doing this, but they are getting
them
Speaking in a general way, foundries
are busy. In many lines there is more
offering than can be accepted. Locally
the situation is complicated by the mold
ers strike and many hundreds of tons
of castings which should be made here
are being offered to outside foundries.
Coke, is still the most amazing feature
of the trade. The northern makers have
held the price of furnace coke firm at
$3.50 so that it is impossible to make iron
cheaply in the north. The strength of
coke lies in the unusually good market
for coal. which gives the coke men the
whip hand. for if they don't make coke
they can sell coal.
''1n every section business this week
has been heavy and the immediate pros
poets for continued buying are good.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
\ RRlEF spAT-

4 thought you und Bella had falling
out?"
oh no. merely said the sound of her
voice made me want to go out and kill the
cat and she replied that my face reminded
her of pan full OF dirty Dishes"
And you didn't fan out?e
Well, of course, we were both cross for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Pushing work AT Wire MIlI

Work is being pushed at the wire mill
at Fairfield" said Capt. 2. J. Dunn of
Dunn & Lallande. "rhe mill IS being got
ready for operations and the scene is one
of great activity.
My firm has been engaged to help
push the work. We have now s5 teams on
the job and will have 4O"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

The sesmograph fails to indicate when
and where the American Whist league
convened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

The Bulgars seem to know when they
have had enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
|, why don't you do it?"
WHY HE LINcERED.

We'll why are YOU lettering along here
at this hour of the nornIng?" asked po-
liceman of wilted looking person who
was clinging TO lamp post.
ITS thish way. cffisher," answered the
dalliant one. "'Tain't that I'm ,fraid %
go home in the dark. I'm 'fraid of my
wife when she turns on the light"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
PRoGREss IN COSMETICS

Let us take pride in our perspiring con-
gressmeni
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

LIFE's EyE-oPENERs.
There's something sad,
We must aomit,
In finding things
Are counterfeit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala,
postoffice as second class matter under
act of Congress March 5. 1879.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-12

a fiTst-class certificate in the classics
or a silver trophy won at sport. -
From new magazine edited by Prof.
Marcus S. Pembrey of Guys Hos
pitaI.
Washington.-Secretary of Navy
Daniels has issued general order per
hitting naval officers to wear over
alIs when on duty at machine shops.
CIeveIand.-EImer Hodson made
seventh attempt at suicide last night
by swallowing bichloride of mercury.
Discovered by wife and taken to hos
pital. Will recover.
London.-HeIen Cloudy, daughter
Of Mrs. Vim. Cloudy Of Chicago, mar
ried to Gerald Leigh of First Life
Guards at home of brides mother.
Madison, Wis.-Mayor Helm is 60
ing to revive the Sunday blue laws in
this city.
New York.-Christopher J. Lake,
father of Simon Lake, inventor of
Lake submarine, says he has invented
aeroplane that will TevOlutionize fly
ing, since it is perfectly safe.
Memphis, Tenn.-Officers of Tu-
MICA County, Miss, today issued an
order forbidding white persons dane
ing Boil Weevil Wiggle, originated by
negro cotton pickers.
Alliance, O.-One killed, two fatal
ly injured, twelve hurt, when two
empty gondOla cars on Lake Shore
crashed into Cleveland & Pittsburgh
express No. $40.
St. Louis.-HaVing received no an
swer from Gov. Major to their request
for troops to protect them from po-
lice, striking walters have asked
Sheriff Dickman to organize posse of
several hundred men for their pro-
lection at once.
Columbia, Mo.-Jim Flynn, heavy
weight pugilist, arrested for speeding.
EOino OvnT. IN T1i1nc on bOY7r
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-08-07
WHEAT CROP LARGER
THAN LAST YEARS
Aggregate Yield in This COun.
try Unusually Heavy.

Chicago, Aug Yields of 73y,
100000 bushels of wheat, 2,S00,00Q,
900 bushels of corn. 1908, 900 bush
els of oats and l4,7O2,O bales OF cot
ton are estimated for this season in
the annual crop report prepared by
the Continental and Commercial Ma
tional bank. The final yield of rye il
figured at 36,S54,OOO bushels, barle,
at 200, ,527, 900 bushels and hay at Sc,
$4,000 tons.
Wheat, the worlds greatest need,
says the report, has not only been 1
good crop, but an exceptional one. The
aggregate yield of 739,0O0,000 bushels
tops last years record C: 100000 00I
bushels and with 30,000.O00 more
bushels in store in elevators, mills
and on farms at the beginning of tn,
crop season, there is available a lar
ger supply per capita than at an,
time in recent years.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-08-07
ASKS FOR SENATE INQUIRY
Clark of Wyoming criticIses Lind's
Appointment.

Washington, Aug. President VIII.
sons action in sending former Gov
ernor Lind of Minnesota to Mexico as
a special emissary in the present sit.
uation was attacked in the senate by
Senator Clark of Wyoming, who de-
clared something else must be done
by the administration" to guarantee
adequate protection of Americans
Senator Clark presented resolu.
tion for an immediate investigation by
the senate foreign relations commit.
tee of the condition of American citi
zens and American property in Mex.
ico
This resolution is not introduced
in spirit of hostility to the admins
tration or of criticism of the foreign
relations committee" declared the
senator. But conditions are growing
steadily worse in Mexico"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-08-07
EMERY Is LOBBY WITNESS
Tells Manufacturers Side of MuihaII
Revelations.

Washington, Aug. flames A.
Emery, Washington representative OF
the National Association of Manufac.
turers, testified before the senate lob
by committee. He told the organiza.
tion's side of the story that Martin NJ.
Mulhall began. Emery was examined
first by Robert McCarter, attorney for
the association.
Attorney McCarter announced he in.
tended to show that the National AS
sociation of Manufacturers had only
been opposing the work of the Ameri
can Federation Of Labor, taking the
opposite view" on most subjects OF
legislation.
I'VE are going to investigate the
American Federation of Labor, too, >
said Senator Walsh.
Senator Reed observed that his idea
of the duty of the committee was to
establish the truth or falsity OF the
Mulhall letters.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-08-07
TOWNS THREATENED
BY FOREST FIRES
Fifty Square Miles Of Wood
land Already Destroyed.

Hyannis, N. ", Aug. with near
ly fifty square miles of woodland al.
ready destroyed by a raging forest
fire which has already done $200,00
damage experienced fire fighters and
volunteers fought the onrushing
flames.
The fire is the worst ever known
on Cape Cod, noted for it's sudden
and fierce fires.
Veteran forest fire fighters de-
clared that a shift of the wind to
the north would mean the destruc,
tion of this town, South Yarmouth
and Yarmouth depot.
Society women have placed their
automobiles at the disposal of the
f1ren1en and are making coffee and
sandwiches to be relayed to the ex
hausted men.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-08-07
ST. PAUL GETS CONVENTION
Knights Of Columbus to Meet There
In 1914.

Boston, Aug. flames O'Flahety
of Philadelphia was reelected su-
preme knight and Marston H. Carm-
ody. Grand Rapids, Mich, was re-
turned to his office of deputy supreme
knight at the election Of officers In
the thirty-first national convention Of
the knights Of Columbps.
st. Paul was chosen - the city for
the 1914 convention.