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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
Allies Now Enemies

The peace of Europe is again
about to be seriously imperilled by
the renewal of hostilities among the
Balkan states, as it is more than
likely that each of these states counts
upon the support of some one of the
great powers in case such is needed.
There is strog suspicion enter
tanned in many quarters that the ele-
ment of discord was purposely in
troduced among the victorious allies
by certain neighboring nations so as
to prevent the formation of new and
powerful combination of Slavic races.
The allies won the sympathy of the
Christian world in their glorious fight
to secure their civil and religious lib
erty, but that sympathy will soon dis
appear and most likely turn to dis
gust at the sight of such folly as their
present action exhibits.
The conduct of the allies and the
result of the war showed that there
was glory enough for all, but there
wasn't half enough spoils. That seems
to be the bone of contention over
which they are now about to rend and
tear each other while their old and
common enemy quietly looks on and
bides his time when he may again re-
cover all his losses. That he is secret
" preparing to do so is currently re-
ported but the allies are too busy cut
ting each others throats to take
notice of Turkeys reorganization of
her army.
The one redeeming feature in this
internecine war is the probability
that it will not last long as these peo-
pie fight with wholehearted earn
estness that makes prolongation i'm
possible. A month or two will decide
the question between them and by
that time the victor will be an easy
capture for whatever sultan may hap
pen to wear his head upon his should
ers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

leourse You have heard it,
"Er-yes.' answered the distin-
guished foreign visitor. Il don't re.
member exactly how the music goes.
but the words, l believe, are to the
effect that somebody or other is wait
ing for steamboat
SARToRIAL MATTERS.
quiet man
Was Abner Box
He never did
Wear purple sox
Birmingham Age-Herald.
A peaceful man
Was Silas Rye;
He never wore
A bright red tie.
Cincinnati Enquirer
An unassuming
Man was Blatz;
He never would wear
Pearl gray spats.
Houston Post
A stylish man
Was Thomas Bowser;
He always wore
A peg-leg trouser.
Hutchinson Gazette.
A neglected man
Was Father Adam;
He'd have worn them all
IL he'd only had 'em
=Dihgton,. Kan, News.
BOUND TO GET HIS MONEYS
WORTH.
'ritewad says his face is always
sore"
We'll, why doesn't he tell his bar
ber not to shave him closer
He says a light shave isn't worth
Is cents
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

tank and 20 feet below this was a
char1ber 20 feet wide by go feet long.
with stones serrated like cog wheels
on a horizontal bed. This he took to be
the engine room of Nero and his pre-
deccssors. Under the dining room, again
he found bath. with variety of
rooms for different treatments, the
walls being richly decorated with va
rious pictures.
The excavations. which were UNDER
taken last season and are still being
carried on, are being conducted on a
site on the Palatine hill, which, from
ITS important and conspicuous position,
must have been the site, said the lee
turer, of the houses of great pa
trician families. Several highly I'M
portant discoveries had been made. A
study of the Palace of Domitian had
resulted, said Commentators Bonl, in
the discovery of part of circular
drain of the time of Nero. staircase
was found leading to a series of five
chambers, separated by arched door
ways. in which salt water fish were
preserved and segregated according to
be Neorian construction. A cylindrical
wall of the time of Nero.szwhich cut
right through an underground house.
was also found. The vaults of this
house had number of frescoes on the
walls. which still retained the beau
tiful purple of the murex, and were
decorated with little brackets which
might have supported lamps.
One of the most remarkable discov-
cries under the Palace of Domitian
was the original frescoes. rather badly
damaged. one showing the landing of
Helen at Troy. In the basement, too,
were found the remains of the imperial
throne When the lecturer descended a
mole In the center of the atrium of the
palace he found galleries beautifully
piastered, not with Roman material and
bones of animals, pottery, magnificent
hgure of lion modelled in clay, and
one In terra Gotta, and the head of
carlei. which must have dated from
the second century B. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
Something of Politics

Strenuous efforts have been made
by the leaders of the republican fac
tions to get the two wings OF the
party to again unite against their
common enemy-the democrats. Even
Mr.. Munsey, one of the strongest and
bitterest in his denunciations of the
old guard, advocates union. Yet Mr..
Roosevelt, who was the entering
wedge which split the party, stands
aloof. He will not compromise with
those who he firmly believes kept him
out of the White House and defeated
his ambitions for third term.
If Mr.. Roosevelt remains in his
present frame of mind, it Is quite
likely that there will be no reunion
of the two factions of the old repub-
| lican party. The only way they can
get together is for the remnants OF
the old party to rally round the
Roosevelt standard and turn progress
sives. But even if this were done, the
only way that the democrats can be
defeated four years from now must be
brought about by themselves.
If President Wilson's administra-
ton is a success; if the country pros
pers after the passage of the Under
wood bill, and the party in power
holds its forces in check, and refuses
to allow the various committees which
have in charge the appropriation OF
the public funds to run into reckless
extravaganza, there will be no doubt
that the people of the country will
decide to retain the democratic party
in power, and will continue it in pow
er so long as it will discharge its duty
to the public with care and prudence.
Without question there will be mis-
takes; but the people will not call the
party to account for mistakes, unless
they be fundamental and in such
number that they will prove clearly
that the party is totally incompetent
and unworthy of its trust.
The greatest danger which threat
ems the hold of the democratic party
on the government now is, undoubted-
ly. the tendency toward heavy and
reckless appropriations. 1t is also one
of the hardest problems to solve. The
party attempted its solution by the
effort of the leaders to have ap-
pointed budget committee. There
are some reasonable objections to
such committee, the principle one
being that it places great power
in the hands of a few men. At the
same time if appropriations are left
to large number of committees as
is the case now, it is next to impossi-
hle to eliminate extravaganza.
This is one of the problems still left
unsolved and which must be worked
out. Extravaganza was a great factor
in the defeat of the republicans. The
democrats must avoid it, and it is up
to the leaders to devise some means
of doing so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
HER SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS

iOIi dil CAth4AhC.
A young Philadelphian who had decided
that his somewhat extravaganza spouse
ought to keep an account of her expendi-
lures came to her one day with a neat ac-
count book, prettlly bound.
Now, Suzanne said he. II want you
to put down on this side of the book tae
money I give you for the household ex-
penses. and on the other statement OF
how. it goes. In couple of weeks I'll
give you another supply Of money"
Suzanne took the book and promised to
follow Instructions.
Two weeks later hubby called for the
book.
''Oh, I've kept it all right" said SUI
zanne. Here 1t Is.
On one page was written: Received
from Dick SIdV, and on the opposite was
this comprehensive statement. Spent !.
ALL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
seasonabIe Weather

This hot wave, while it has been un-
comfortable to man and beast, has been
good for the crops and good for the
merchants who sell dry goods and
clothing" said a member of the Cham
Der of Commerce.
Nothing helps the retail trade as
much as seasonable weather and the
merchants welcome an early and warm
spring. a hot summer, a cool fall and a
cold winter.
1.-The summer is fast slipping away.
and | will make a guess that when
August comes we will have bright. pleas
ant days and nights cools enough for a
light blanket"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
SMOKING MADE HARMLESS

From Answers.
Nicotine is the poison that turks in to
bacco and many have been the efforts and
experiments to do away with this harm
full feature in ''tne pipe that cheers !"
It has been found with different methocs
that when the nicotine has been extracted
the tobacco vas quite tasteless but deal
ers and manufacturers have now reached
their end by the simplest Of processes
soaking the nicotine out of the tobacco.
This is the metllod. Soak the tobacco
in fresh, pure water in an earthen dish
for about an hour, then remove the to-
bacco and dry it out of doors.
Chemical analysis of the water In which
the tobacco has been soaked shows that a
very large percentage of the nicotine has
been dissolved. This solution, incidentally,
is a useful poison to kill insects on green
house and other plants.
Tobacco thus trea ted foses it's aroma 10
some extent; but the smoker soon acquires
a liking for the purity of the blend. and
saves in health and pocket by buying to
bacco In natural leaf form from The
wholesalers. soaking carefully for several
hours. and drying slowly on paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
An Animatins scene

THAT the spirit of '76' is finding a
more dignified expression from year to
year was well illustrated last Friday in
the celebration of the Boy Scouts of
America said prominent business man.
These many little fellows, full of pa
triotie sentiment, were gathered together
in bands of 25 or so in accordance with
the teaching of their manual to do honor
to their conntry's best traditions, and
throughout the land they exerted a. leav-
ening influence in favor of quiet, rev.
erential regard for the rightssof others
and more orderly and less dangerous
form of amusement than the promiscuous
use of fireworks. A scene that could
locker was that which took place at noon
on top of Req mountain. There ON the
highest point overlooking the city on the
north and the beautiful Shades valley
on the south, some 40 of these gallant
little fellows with their scoutmasters
and few friends, met to listen to very
helpful and instructive talk from Mr.. Bor-
den Burr, one of Birmingham's best citi-
zens.
''The intense interest and perfect atten-
tion displayed by his hearers was an In
spiration to Mr.. Burr for an address that
was full of good thoughts and high ideals
well worth listening to. There was also
talk from one of the boys on the sub
ject of proper reverence for the flag and
national airs, which are among the things
that the whole country can receive in
struction upon with infinite profit.
''All in all. these signs point unmistak-
ably to better things in the country's flu
ture when the boys are studying subjects
like these instead of burning their fingers
and losing their eyes by the undue waste
of gunpowder."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
Bountlfui Crops

Last year was great crop year, and
SO will this year be from present indi-
cations" said n L. Woodford of Chicago.
IF there is lull in some lines of
business now there will be great activity
as fall approaches and as the bumper
grain crops are being marketed.
I understand the soutl's crop outlook
is remarkably bright. The south is at
tracing attention as never before as a
section of solid prosperity and as par
ticularly inviting field to homeseekers I
don't know whether there has been much
increase in Alabama's population from
truck farmers from the north, but If an
organized effort is made to induce this
desirable class to settle in this state it
Will mean much. Several thousand in
dustrious families should be induced to
buy farms In Alabama. IL such a move
ment is pushed there viii be wonderful
results within five years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
THE GOD OF WAR

BY Israel zangwill.
ITO safeguard peace we must prepare
for war
know that maxim; 1t was forged in
hell.
This wealth of ships and guns in
flames the vulgar
And makes the very war it guards
against.
The God of War is now a man of busi-
ness,
With vested interests.
So much sunk capital, such countless
caliinEs.
The Army, Navy, Medicine. the
To bless and bury--Music, Engineering.
Redtape Departments, Commissariats.
stores, Transports, Ammunition, Coal
ing stations.
Fortitcations. Cannon Foundries. Ship
yards,
ArsenaIs, Ranges, Drill Halls, Float
ing docks,
War Loan Promoters. Military Tailors.
Camp Followers, Canteens. War Cor
respondents.
Horse Breeders. Armorers, Torpedo
ripssIsy ana Medal Vendors, Big Drum
Gold Lace Embroiderers. Opticians.
BugleYs.
rentmaksrs Banner weavers, Powder
Mixers.
Crutches and Cork Limb, Manufac-
turers,
RalIoontstx. Mappists. photographers,
Inventors, Flying Men and Diving DEM
ons, VT
Beelxehub and all his hosts. Wig
/ Vhether =
In Water, Earth or Air. among th(m
pocket
When Trade is trizk millop pouuI,s
weekl =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
AUTHOR OF "RoBINsON CRUsOE"

Edith Wyatt, in the July issue OF The
North American Review.
One afternoon before | had ever read
anything of De Foes but Robinson
Crusoe." CHANGED to see quoted in a
book some one had left lying open on a
library table these words of his
He that hath truth on his side is a
food as well as a coward If he is afraid
to own it because of the multitude OF
other mems opinions. 'Tis hard for a
man to say all the world is mistaken but
himself. But if it be so who can help
it?'
What makes style? 1t was as though
the voice of Daniel De Foe spoke from
the book, as actually as the voice of my
friend who now came in ready for walk
ing. And when this chance word led me
to read De Foe and his biography, these
We're the story of man who would have
thought himself fool not to own the
truth he knew.
He could own it by following the cause
of the Duke of Monmouth through Sedge-
moor and the Bloody Circuit: and in the
Essay on Projects; and in the defiance
of Parliament in the Legion Letter: he
could own 1t by being pillored for JUS
tice to Dissenters and Churchmen alike.
and by masquerading as a Jacobite to
mitigate the excesses of the Tory press
and by telling in many forms of fiction
that true story which was after all the
history ofhis own life and will be the
history of ours-the story of the soul of
man in the midst of an unknown will
derness.
When Friday cuts his fathers bonds.
and Moll Flanders sleeps on the deck
planks Of the transport, you breathe with
them the wide air of the stories of peo-
pies. You are part of the march oil
events; OF the state of civilization and OF
the responsible world of men
Besides this fine pleasure you feel with
Crusoe and oCionel Jack and with Rox-
ana too a quick pride In the human fac
ulty of moving toward the light. This
peculiar tone of bright and merciful Gu,
riosity and ciear-thinking ingenuity
throughout De Foes work is indescrib.
ably beautiful and imparts a crystal
splendor to all his lifes labors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
FESTIVITIES AMONG pAruANs

FROM the wide world Magazine.
Festive seasons are few and far between
among the Papuans Poor creatures!
They have little time to spare for amuse-
ment. their thoughts being entirely direct
ed toward the supply of sufficient food.
This statement refers more particularly to
the women, who are the workers and
chief food collectors, the men varying
their time between occasional hunting
trips and lolling about in blissful idleness
on the sands opposite the village. The
papuaa male evidently has a rooted dis
like for work and ideas of his own as to
the duties of wives.
In the month of May the principal fes-
tival of the year takes place-closely con-
Eected, as might be expected, with the
all important question of food. Pigs are
not bred In the villages. but are run down
in the jungle when very young and then
brought up amongst the people, subsist-
ing precariously on the miscellaneous
debris discarded by their human COM
panions.
The slaughter of these pigs Is made the
occasion for dance and general jollifi-
cation. On one occasion for several days
friends from the neighboring villages had
been collecting at Parimau, straining the
house accommodation to the utmost and
causing intense excitement. On the night
previous to the day of days a great dance
took place. entirely ON the part OF the
women, for the men-npble creatures.-
never demean themselves by joining In
such frivolities. The dancing takes the
form of a curious shuffling of the feet
and much undulation of the body. The
greater the movement of the latter. COM
bined with the least action Of the legs,
the nearer is the artistic to perfection.
according to Papuan standard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
NERO's DINING ROOM
London Correspondence Philadelphia
Ledger.

LcuStr-
The celebrated Italian Archaeological
Commentators Boni, the excayator of
the Roman Forum, has been visiting
London. and, to a large audience of
classical students at Kings college, he
gave lecture on The Houses OF the
Republican Period Now Discovered I'm
der the Palace of Domitian.'
One of the most interesting state
nients made by Signor Boni was that
he had discovered traces of the original
dining room of Nero, which could be
revolved by machinery. In his search
for the machine room he had discov-
cred three vertical shafts. down one
|pf which he went 100 feet without
rcaching the bottom, Near one Of the
vertical shafts, however. he found q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
Hot weather In the North

Birmingham. as hot as it has been
recently, is pleasant. compared with
New York and Chicago said a man
who spent last week In the east. II
never suffered as much in my life from
the heat as | did in New York and a
Chicago friend tells me that the heat
was uncommonly oppressive in his city.
1.-The record of heat prostrations has
been very large, but | have heard of no
prostrations in Birmingham. All in all,
L think we have about the best climate in
this country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

rTOIH lne fnllaueipnla Ledger.
A LMOST every day there is a declar-
~ alton from some advanced person
that women will soon be wearing
trousers. One who claims to speak with
authority says the plans and Specifications
of the new garments are already made,
and that the plunge will take place with
in a year. We are told by these ladies'
that fashions have been tending to the
change for several seasons. The hobble
and the slit skirt and otner marvellous ex-
hibits are cited as approaches TO the goal
Queen Christina of Sweden wore male
attire. and DIR. Mary Walker has long
of clothes is always interesting. and trous-
ers AFFORD an excellent example of evolu-
tion from the ornate to the practical. Tho
pantaloons introduced by the venetians
were hose combining breeches and stocn-
ings In one garment. In the regency of
George ~ the breaches fitted the body
from the waist down below the calves of
the legs and there were fastened with but
tons or ribbons, and later by straps run
ming under the boots. The serious men
who met in this town In 1776 and pro-
claimed the Declaration of Independence
showed great care and considerable va-
riety in their breeches, and If they were
to parade Chestnut street today they
would attract as big crowd as circus
procession
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
FAME AWAITS HIM

From the Louisville Courier-J Journal
A Cincinnati man says he has invented
q means of making beer at home for /
cent q glass. He will be declared the
father OF his city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

nail company is marketing its lath
nails in sanitary paper lined kegs. so lath-
ers can hold nails in their mouths without
contracting disease. We are getting more
sanitary every day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

A Birmingham newspaper man rode up
on piece Of steel to the top of building
300 feet high. In Justice TO the city editor,
1t should be stated that the aerial part OF
his asslgnment was optional.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

Now that a White House wedding is as
sured, the feminine part of the United
States feels that a great burden of un-
certainty Aas been lifted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

Blessings ON the man who invented the
summer vacationi" says the Chicago
Tribune. But darn the fellow who put up
the pricei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

The first dry" Sunday in the history of
Washington probably found most of the
faithful prepared"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

An arehdeacon climbed to the top of
Mount Mckinley and nobody doubts his
word. However. people don't have to take
his word. lie took along Witnesses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

Uncle Sam began a new fiscal year July
with surplus which will probably keep
him out of the poor house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

A stage lady who extracted the sum OF
s25o.ooo from i peer is now in position TO
join the crowd who believe in art for art 3
sake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
THE PILGRIM OF GUADALUPE

From the July Wide World Magazine.
The chapel of La Santisima Virgin de
Guadalupe Hidalgo stands on hill. the
hill on which she first appeared to hum
bio Mexican shepherd, six miles from the
heart of Mexico City, overlooking the or
dinarily small village Of Guadalupe Hi
dalgo, where was signed. more than half
century ago. the treaty which ended the
war between Mexico and the United
States.
The pilgrimage Of these Indians-for this
is purely an Indian festa-culminate on
december II Of each year. the day which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

A revival of interest in penmanship Is
reported from Wisconsin. We hope the
revival won't fly off at a tangent and re-
suit in a fresh crop of forgers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

The new split skirt that reveals the
wearers leg as far as the knee every time
she takes step would bring modesty to a
standstill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

The Berlin Medical society has decided
against DR.. Friedman. 1t seems to be
unanimous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

A Philadelphia woman started on
Ia hunger strike. but was induced 20
change her mind by dish of ice cream.
STILL ice cream isnt what you would call
filling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

Harrison Fisher praises the 'iniddy
blouse" as a summer garb for girls. Fish
er is subtle fatterer, even in his pic
lures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

A New Jersey pastor ate 80 pancakes at
one sitting. He must have been waiting
long time for an opportunity to eat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

A New York man was sentenced to 10
years in prison for bigamy He could have
saved by going to Reno.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08

Matteawan, N. ", has lost its identity
by Joining another village. but the status
OF Harry Thaw remains about the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
TWO EAM0us MEN

A Boston doctor says soap is not clean.
Well, what's his substitute?