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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
Zine Snort rishinr

The lovers of the sport of fishing nave
been having some very excellent luck
these beautiful Indian summer days.
said disciple of Sir Isaac, ''and if the
season holds, there will be an evening
up ON the poor luck of the summer
There have been many fine strings OF
trout taken in running waters, which
includes Lake Purdy, the impounded we
ters of the Cahaba. 1 saw this past week
a string of IA trout taken with live
minnows and have taken few nice
ones myself. Saturday had catch OF
four that weighed in the aggregate nine
pounds.
Il notice the yellow butterhys still fly
ing about, and by this sign I believe that
combination of yellow Sally with a
Red Ibis would bring a rise from some
of the old, wary ones. Still, the red
tipped 'bucktaiF is the standby and some
add the pork rind cut frog-leg fashion, a
fine lure in any waters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
William w. Finley

The sudden death yesterday of Will
liam w. Finley, president of the
Southern railway and of the Alabama
Great Southern railroad, was shock
not only to his associates and personal
friends, but to the entire south. Few
railroad officials in this country were
so thoroughly equipped for efficient
service as Mr.. Finley. A native of
Mississippi, he served from the posi-
tion of vice presidents stenographer
up to that of assistant gen.
eral freight agent of the New Or
leans, jackson and Great Northern
and the Chicago, st. Louis and New
Orleans.
He was a man of strong intellect
and high aspirations. His rise in the
railroad world was steady. In 1886, at
the age of 33, he was general freight
agent of the Texas and Pacific. In
1895 he was elected third vice presi-
dent of the Southern railway The
following year he accepted the posi-
tion of second vice president of the
Great Northern railway, but soon
thereafter returned to the Southern
as second vice president. On the
death of Samuel Spencer in 1906 Mr..
Finley succeeded to the presidency Of
the Southern.
In addition to his exceptional ca
pacity as railroad executive he was
a gentleman of splendid address. He
had the literary faculty, which en-
abled him to write convincingly on
all subjects directly or indirectly re-
lated to the development of the coun-
try traversed by the railroads he rep
resented. He had been honored by
both Tulane university and the State
University of Kentucky with the de-
gree of LII. ID.
Not only was Mr.. Finley charming
writer, but he was captivating
speaker on his feet. Few orators
equalled him, eand it was but natural
that he should be in constant demand
to deliver addresses before schools and
civic bodies. Mr.. Finley was genial
in the social circle, and was always
kindly disposed to the men under him.
The humbest railroad employe felt
that he had friend in Mr.. Finley.
Such men are always widely lamented;
and Mr.. Finley's untimey taking off
will cause thousands to mourn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

ing the II months past 766 were free.
The record shows 1880 charity
days. Under the head of Gree
Clinic" are these interesting figures:
Number of patients, SOD; visits made
by patients, 1897; transferred to hos
pital, 46; prescriptions, 328 surgical
dressings, 1869; other people assisted,
102.
The Sisters of Charity build and
maintain handsome hospitals in all
the large cities, but in few of them
is there a more spacious or more
costly hospital than the one here in
Birmingham. The building and equip
ment represent an outlay in money of
something like half million dollars.
With the exception of a few thousand
dollars raised by the sisters ID or 10
years ago to assist in furnishing the
hospital when it was opened and
ABOUT 9Ao,OoO rdlseu ny 'SupScilP1iol
to assist in building the east wing
between $4,000 and $4,000 in all
the vast sum required to establish the
institution here was drawn from the
general fund at headquarters in Mary
land.
Checks sent to Sister Chrysostom
on Thanksgiving Day usually total
about $1,000. This money, of course, is
used for the suffering poor. 1t is
hoped and believed that the contribu-
tions tomorrow will be more numer-
Gus than those of the past years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Turkeys Sell Wei

The demand for turkeys is strengthen
ing" said Frank Wade of Wade Bros.
Produce Exchange yesterday. "Ahout two
weeks ago it began to look as though
the demand this year was to be con-
siderably less than that of previous years,
but beginning Monday trade has picked
up right along and now turkeys are going
we'll
THE price this year is lower than ii
was the same time last year and the
supply is better. 1t is the usual thing
for housewives to buy their Thanksgiving
turkey some two or three weeks In ad-
vance in order that it might be put
through fattening process, but it seems
that this little detail has been overlooked
this season. At any rate, turkeys are
now in demand and that should be con-
ISOLATION enough for the dealers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

able character, If properly directed. But
he has neither the breadth, nor the height
nor the temper of a statesman, and as
compared to Underwood is narrow, ill
balanced and one-sided. The records OF
the two men speak for themselves. and
their relative value is as accurately meas
ured by their public service as their re-
spective avoirdupois would be determined
by weighing machine Each has had
his opportunity in public life, and we
know what each has made of it. Mr. I'm
derwood has developed qualities that have
won the admiration and respect of po-
litical opponents as well as friends, and
which are akin to the calm strength and
clear vision of the President. He belongs,
in fact, to the same school of statesman
ship as Mr.. Wilson. He is a progressive
who is free from hysteria, a fervent pa
triot who is not an international incen-
diary, a southerner who loves his own
section none the less because he seeks
to promote the interests of the whole
country. Mr.. Hobson, on the other hand,
is animated by spirit that belongs to
the old and partisan political regime,
Aatlti IMAM ~ the auNdiictQ anu lllS
political thought and aspiration of the
day, and in the contest between the two
men which is going on before the people
of Alabama it will be impossible to keep
down the issue which their public rec
ords and personalities represent.
Virtually the same issue-the issue of
electing man of the Wilson school of
politics-was what gave Senator Lee a
clear and undisputed road in our recent
Maryland campaign and which ran his
plurality at the general election up to un-
precedented figures. We cannot believe 1t
will prove less potential in Alabama, when
the voters come to make their choice be.
tween big, broad-gauged, forward
looking" man like Underwood, and a man
whose principal appeal is to national
prejudice and fear.
The injection of the saloon question
into the Alabama senatorial struggle
is relied on by Mr.. Hobsons friends to
strengthen him with the rural voters of
the state, but it may work just the other
way, as it did in Maryland. Tho people
of Alabama do not differ from the people
of other states in their capacity to dis
criminate and in their ability TO see the
real issue involved and we feel confident
that in the long interval before the de-
cision at the polls they will realize what
the election means to themselves as well
as to the country, and will not weaken
the administration nor discredit their
state by indorsing mediocrity and narrow
ress instead of craftsmanship and pro-
raseitanacs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
Platonc. love may be a success-at a
safe distance
How people can enjoy camping out if
they don't have to
Even a deaf man has a good ear for
some kinds of music.
Occasionally a girl uses one young man
to make another feel bad.
There was a time when married women
looked sorry for spinsters.
Two may live as cheaply as one after
marriage-beeause they have to.
There is more real action in a pound
of kitten than ton of elephant.
The girl who is always trying to attract
attention usually attracts the wrong kind
Few of us are half SO good, half SO
bad, half so poor or half so rich people
imagine we are.
A woman seems to think she is duti-
full wife if she pretends to keep on low
ing her husband after she knows she
doesn't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
rhanl.sgivine cnureh ser,iee.


While Thanksgiving Day is legal
holiday in nearly all the states there
seems to be less attention paid to the
religious side of it than in former years, -
remarked John S. Whipple of Cincinnati.
The original intention of the civil au-
thorities who appointed a certain day In
November was based on the religious idea.
and every President in his proclamation
has stressed the desire that the people
should attend service in some church and
there offer thanks to the Great Giver of
all good for manifold mercies during the
year. But with the majority of Ameri-
cans the day is celebrated by football
hunting, fishing and outings.
1T is perfectly proper to have football
contests in the afternoon, but we should
not neglect church worship in the fore
noon Out of respect to the President
to say the least the churches should be
well filled on Thanksgiving Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
has upheld the decision of Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Hamlin that
Mrs May Van Allen Thompson must
pay duty on several pieces of jew
elry which We're held up by the Gus
toms inspectors at Boston about a
month ago when she landed from Eng
land. Mrs. Thompson claimed exemp-
ton on the ground that she was not a
resident of this country. About sac, 600
worth of jewels belonging to Mrs.
Thompson, which were held up by the
customs officers, were afterward held.
as she had purchased them in this
country. Mrs. Thompson still has re-
course to the general board of an
praisers and to the court of customs
apeals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
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MILES OF SALMON TINS
a the Wide World Magazine.

From the Wide World Magazine
That over $4,000 cases of canned sal
mon were packed on the Pacific coast of
North America during the season of 1912
will seem to many people a surprising
statement; but 1t is true, and, further
more, if all the tins used that season.
294, SIC one-pound cans-were laid end
to end they would extend in a. straight
line for over 500 miles, or would come
within about $500 miles of encircling the
globe at the equator. To fill these cans
some 67,5Oo00O salmon were needed, while
some 20,0O0,000 more We're required for
the preparation of smoked, picked. mild
cured and frozen salmon. Several other
millions were sold in fresh condition.
and the whole product was valued at
something like SS5. 100000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
SENATORIAL CONTEST IN ALABAMA

fTOl1 the BdllillOIe sun.
Although the democratic senatorial pri-
mary in Alabama is not to be held until
the spring, the contest has already be-
come more than warm, and threatens 10
become intense before election day Ia
Maryland and in every other state out
side of Alabama it is matter of astonish-
ment that there should be any doubt as
to the outcome of a contest between a
man like Representative Underwood and
man like Representative Hobson. II
there is any decided difference of opinion
| in Alabama as to the superiority of the
former to the latter, there is practically
rone in the country at large. Not that
Congressman Hobson is lacking in abilitp
of certain kind. or is without value as
a public servant: Ii he has very decided
limitations and defects. he has qualities
and knowledge in some lines of service
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
St. vincent's Hospital Appeal

Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day,
friends of St. Vincent's hospital will,
according to custom, make donations
of cash or useful articles. The Sisters
of Charity of ST. Vincent's in issuing
their annual statement few days ago
modestly set forth their claims to the
good will and material support of this
community.
The hospital does a large charity
work. Of the total number of 1867
patients treated at st. Vincent's dur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
WOODLAND FREEDOM

Richard Hovey, 1.-The Faun"
O goodly damp smell of the ground,
o rough sweet bark of the trees.
o clear sharp cracking of sound.
o life that's a-thrill and abound
With the vigar of boyhood and morn
ing, and the noontides rapture of
ease!
world?
A lag in the body's urge or a flag Of the
spirits wings?
Did mans heart ever break
For a lost hopes sake?
For here there is Tilt in the quiet and
calm in the quiver Of things.
Ay, this old oak, gray-grown and knarled,
Solemn and sturdy and big,
Is as young Of heart, as alert and elats
in his rest
As the nuthatch there that clings to the
tip of the twig
And scolds at the wind that buffets
too rudely its nest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
street Cars and Elevator.

1.-THE order OF the city commission
calling attention to infringement by
whites who ride on the street cars
in apartments provided for colored
passengers is timely and should be
pleasing to the decent and just of both
races" observed a street car patrons
'and L hope the rule will be enforced.
"Now let the same rule be applied
to elevator cars in the big buildings.
notice that blacks are not allowed
in the elevator cars provided for
whites, but it is not unusual for whites
to crowd the negro elevators"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

Lucien Canale, a Roumanian who ar
rived In New York last week by the
North German Lloyd liner Barbarossa
from Naples, was held by the immi-
grafton boarding officer because he
admitted that he had no relatives or
friends in America and could not talk
English says the New York Sun. He
has, according to his own declaration
mastered II other languages of the
world including Chinese But they will
do him no good here as an interpreter
and he cannot translate any into Eng
lish. The boarding inspector was skep-
tical about Canales ability as a talkel
of Chinese. but the polyglot made good
when a Chinaman was found and in
troduced to him. Canale said he had
been an interpreter for General Cronjt
in the Boer war. He is 2S years of age
and has spent most of his life roaming
about the world accommodating Ian.
guages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
sILENCING A KNocKER.

sILENCING A KNoCKER.
peoples meeting was held in one of
the public schools of New York A man
got up to make speech in which he bit
terry assaied a number of public men.
When he began to asperse the character
OF the late Mayor Gaynor, the principal
of the school, Miss Malone who had
probably been thinking hard for several
minutes, suddenly turned out the light and
adjourned the meeting. 1t was "woman's
way, what? But nevertheless. effective
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
THE PATRIARCHAL SPIRIT

From american Background for Fiction.
Tennessee BY Maria Thompson
Daviess, in the December Bookman
The form of family life is patriarchal.
and several generations may be discovered
living in the cabin with dad, with the
same submissive spirit the tribes displayed
during the life of Father Abraham.
A story is told of traveller finding
a great, hulking man sobbing in the cor
ner of rail snake fence, and on being
asked the cause of his grief he had an
swered:
Paw have jest licked the hide off my
back fer splitting acrost in front of grand
dad when / didn't know he was nigh
ready to Spit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
A NARROWING EXPERIENCE.

A NARROWING EXPERIENCE.
Good morning. Wiggers."
Good morning, Dobbs.- How are youY'
I'm not feeling well. I had night
mare last night"
Tell me about it,
I dreamed L was riding in my own au-
tomobile."
THAT isn't so bad"
But this blamed machine wouldn't stay
on the ground and when 1t turned turtle
mile up in the air I woke bathed In a
cold perspration." -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

Judge Holland of the United States
district court in Pennsylvania is hear
ing testimony in a food case con-
sidered very important by the govern
ment because the outcome may change
the present method of labelling honey.
whether or not six cases of honey
seized by the federal food inspectors
in Philadelphia shall be ordered de-
stroyed on the grounds of being adul-
terated. According to the testimony of
William II. jenkins. in charge of the
food inspection bureau in Philadel-
tain New York firm to ]. p Wilde,
in February, 1912. 1t was seized be-
fore being delivered, he said, after
samples analyzed by government chem
lists indicated it contained so per cent
of added invert sugar. Some of the
foremost experts We're called to make
the tests and gave testimony in or
der that the jury might get a clearer
idea of the various methods used in
preparation and adulteration of honey
and endeavoring to show the product
in question contained more invert
sugar than is found in the natural
honey. In it's effort to prevent con-
fiscation of the shipment the New York
concern averred that the product con
sisted of some 20 per cent of pure
buckwheat honey and so per cent Of
pure Cuban honey, denying that any
invert sugar was added.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
THRIFT AT ANY COST

Holy mackerel." roared BRADSHAW up
the dumbwaiter shaft. why do you
play that one record over and over again
without a changer
Because Pennypincher angrily shout
ed down, II hate the darn thing, and l
want to wear it out, 90 l can throw it
aWay''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
.HER STRONGEST SON
The FIorida Times-ITnion

From the Florida Union.
Alabama declares Underwood is not a
vaudeville performer" We have often
heard that no man is great in his own
family, and now Alabama seems just
beginning to appreciate her strongest son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

man so years old says he is hale and
hearty because he drank two bottles of
gin a day for 90 years. No use trying
to follow any set rules. Might as we'll
say "Laissez faire" and defy the under
taker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

The announcement that cheaper taxi
cabs are coming will not be made with
joyous honldng on the part of taxicab
chauffeurs. They will probably feel more
like playing a dirge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

German officers are much ohagrined
because Emperor William has forbidden
them to dance the tango. There are times
when We are forced to conclude that the
Kaiser is meddlesome
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

Every now and then some courageous
individual comes out in public print and
defends the old fashioned nightshirt. 'Tis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

MANY men in the Colorado legisla
ture make the mistake of talking too
much,' says Senator Helen Ring Rob-
inson. And this from a woman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

A deseryedly popular comedienne
who plays in Birmingham this week
gets her recreation in the kitchen. II
would be hard to find a normally con-
stituted man who would object to that
kind of recreation fer women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

Women are angels, wOOing;
Things won are done, joys soul lies In
the doing;
THAT she beIOy'd knows nOught, that
knows not this
Men prize the thing ungain'd more than
IL is. -TroiIus and Crcssida.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
FITTING.

"Doppers funny stories are numerically
roasted"
well, why shouldn't they be roasted :?
They are all chestnuts."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

Even the person who doesn't actually
shop early can make a small deposit on
few gifts and let it go at that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

It's a regrettable fact that no matter
how long a woman's tongue may be, she
always wants somebody else to lick her
stamps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

passion for bungalows keeps the
real estate men active and the furni-
ture dealers on the alert
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

Can it be possible that the same
old Bill" is already cropping into OBJ
security?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
WE ASK "WHo?''

While punning is the lowest form of wit
VINO would not sit up and take notice If
informed that a eracker-box philosonher
had been overcome by the sleeping sick
ness in NPdaway county. Missouri?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
IN HooPsKIRT DAYS.

Major Crumb says all women are mar
row"
That's the style now. They used to
look like balloons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

A bagman needn't carry a big stick. but
he should always have soft way of step
ping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
FUNNY THINGS.

| have seen some things
That have made my heart
Dilate with a laugh
That would not depart
But the funniest thing
That l ever saw
Was a 'rah, 'rah boy
In Mackinaw.
New York A oaa.
l have seen some things
That would make cat
Laugh whenever
1t thought of that
But the funniest thing
I've seen, I'm sure,
Was a blonde-haired man
In a green velour.
-Buf
have seen some things
That would make a no
Forget, in laughter
All vain remorse.
But the funniest thing
That I've ever seen
Was some hair, once dyo
That had turned pea sells
Grand faDid Aaet--
l have seen some stuntf
BY the human race
That almost made
Me spnI my face,
But the funniest was
A new-rich galoot
Making morning calls
In full dress suit
io4 b Post
have seen some thu
That made me smii
Though merely glim ld
For the briefest hale
But the funniest Sic
I've ever beheld
Was a henpecked \
Who had just re zIae
THE RE As3<
The tango tea
Is swift 8iU
Cocktails, you
Are oft served ra
TIcKLED HIS RIafBi TIES.
A certain hermit-dont a#S name
Was never kUowT IL HiilH
Until by chance he 8t me
Dressed in tie ls sSe
INTEEM Tfi. 80 Joy.
A happy III
Leads Jer BIte.
Except, ef CQeli
When foil fa au#
That alvsats ms e
Poor Jertv aaH
Cause col SODA
He's ne, aa
AUD COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

Corsets for men are being advertised in
some of the more exclusive periodicals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26
ADRIFT WITH THE TINES
ENOUGH TO 1RRITATB HIM

A woman in Pittsburg says her hus-
band has beaten her 2Oso times"
well, can You blame the poor MANI
Think of having wife stubborn enough
to keep the exact scorer'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-26

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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-23

talnly foresee; but it is absolutely sure
that if even fraction of the disasters
come upon the country that Apostle
Smoot foresees, there will be such Il
radical change in the makeup OF the
next Congress as compared with the
present one, that the Democratic party
will stand appalled, AT the partisan
suicide that it has committed
In the meantime, the suggestion may
be allowed that Apostle Smoot s vision
of blue may have received dash of
indigo from the selection of Senator
Gallinger Of Vermont to be the Re-
publican Senatorial leader in this tariff
fight, in place of himself He has plain
ly been making the most strenuous pos
sible efforts TO place himself in the
1imeGght so as to be in way the
inevitable choice Of the Republican
Senators for their floor leader on the
tariff question; but he was set aside
in favor of Mr.. Gallinger. This defeat
may rankle in his mind and color his
apprehcusions for the future, For our
selves, we hope for better adjustments
of business and Industry. which will
leave the country but little damaged
by this Wilson Underwood bill; but
if in fact the worst should come, IL is
clear case that the remedy would be
applied as unsparingly in 1914 as it
was applied in 1894.
In the meantime we commend TO
Apostle Smoot his callous answer to
the carded wool men, when they ap-
piled TO him for protection for their
industry and intimated to him that if
the tariff bill of 1909 were not made
consistently protective the country
might go Democratic. His historic
answer was, !'What the hell do | care
if it does 90 Dcmocratic?' which sug-
gests that Apostle Smoot might be a
little more moderate just now and Il
little more retiring, as his expressed in
difference as to whether the country
went Democratic or not is so emphatic
ally on record