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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-11-21
New Club Meets.

The knights of the Lion Heart
met last Monday. The new charter
and scroll we're presented to the club
aud all we're eager to Sign the scroll.
The charter is being framed and will
be hung In the Methodist church.
The members also sent money for
rings which will be worn as part of
the insignia of the club.
An enjoyable social evening was
spent after the business meeting and
refreshments we're served by one OF
the members Of the club.
The next meeting will take place
on Monday night December Let al
$3.50 O'Clock.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-11-21

OF all the seven cities OF Asia per
haps Sardi has the most interesting
and romantic history. and yet. with all
its natural advantages. its wealth. Its
famous rulers. its wise counselors. its
victorious armies. Il was the greatest
failure Of them all, says the Christian
Herald. The richest man In the
world. Croesus. was king OF sardis;
the wisest man, Scion. was her guest
and yet. through overconhdence and
lack OF watchfuiness. time and again
It was surprised. conquered and all but
destroyed, until at last the disintegrat-
ing rock and soil from its own citndel,
loosened by the winter rains and hurl-
ed down by destructive earthquakes,
buried the city thirty feet deep from
the sight Of man. Il became a dead
city. and it was buried by the forces
Of nature.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-11-21

It was at the vaudeville. The girl
with the excruciating voice had just
finished her song
"Just think" groaned Brown to the
stranger beside him. We paid real
money to hear thatr'
Il didn't" was the placid response.
"Came in on a comp"
But you had to spend car fare to
get here. did you not?" asked Brown.
Nope" replied the accomplishing
one. Il live in walking distance
But" persisted Brown desperately
"at least you hoped to be entertained
not punished"
mo. didn't care" grinned the
stranger. Il came to get away from
home. My wife Is cleaning house,
Judge.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-11-21

She was giving orders at express
rate. for they were married, and he, as
n rule the most meek and submissive
Of men. was. like the proverbial worm,
beginning to turn.
do you think" he inquired, that
you rule the whole Of the universeT
NO" she snapped; but I rule the
tirst letter Of it."-London Answers
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-11-21
Churches
METHODIST

There will be no preaching service
at the Methodist ohutoh next Sun
day owing TO the Dedication service
at the Presbyterian church. Sundfy
school will convene at the regular
hour and the league and evening ser
vice will be held as usual.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-11-21
C. C. Club Meets.

The o O u Club met Novem Der
18th at the home Of Mrs. O. e Har
riean. Roll Call responses we're
current events 10 Japan.
After a snort business session
the regular study on Japan was taken
up after listening TO a very foe
paper on the topic "Tha Openiul
OF Japan" by Mrs. John Lumsden,
the club adjourned to meet With Mr'
G. e. Norway on Friday, Novem bel
28th.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-11-21
Society
Big Social Event.

Mrs O. II. Lewis assisted by her
daughter Miss Vera. entertained 9
large number OF friends at her home
on "Soclety Hill" Thursday after
noon.
The afternoon WAS pleasantly
spent at progressive Five Hundred
and sevsrpl beautiful prizes were
given. Mrs. B. A. johnson and Mis-,
A. b. Annis won hrst and second
prizes respectively aud Mrs. Rich
ard ThessIn received the consolation
prize. At the close of the game 1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-23
A Pistol Ordinance

A city's police powers undoubtedly
give it the right to regulate the sale
and carrying of concealed weapons,
and if ever city felt the need of ex-
ercising the right drastically and rig
idly it is Birmingham. The evil of car
rying concealed weapons has had its
inevitable outcome in list of honi-
cides that is disgraceful.
Commissioner Weatherly has drafted
an ordinance regulating the purchase
and sale of pistols and knives which
will be presented to the commission.
If adopted as an ordinance it would re-
quire permit, signed by the president
Of the commission and approved by
the chief of police, to be issued to
both the seller and the buyer. Under
no conditions would sale be allowed
to a person who has been convicted
Of crime, vagabond or a minor.
The proposed supervision Of the pur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-23
The Southern Commercial Congress

The fifth annual convention of the
Southern Commercial congress which
will be held in Mobile next week
Monday to Wednesday, inclusive
will doubtless be the most largely at
tended as it certainly will be the most
interesting meeting of this impor-
tant organization yet held. 1t will be
nationwide in its scope, for it is a
celebration of the opening of the Pan
anna canal. The President Of the
United States will attend the opening
session, and as Alabama is the host
state thousands of Alabamians will be
in attendance. Birmingham will be
particularly well represented through
the members of the Chamber of Com
merce.
All the south will reap large benefit
from the canal, and the benefit which
will accrue to the Birmingham district
in the next 10 years will be incalcu-
liable. Manufacturers and other bust
ness men realize in a general way the
Importance Of the Panama canal, but
those who are fortunate enough to at
tend the congress and hear the author
itative papers and addresses will be
far better informed in detail. The pro-
grammes are crowded with lively in
terest.
It is safe to say that no such il
Illuminating discussion touching the ca
nal and the great southwest has ever
been arranged for in the space of
three days. President Wilson's address
alone--"The Panama Canal and Our
World Relations be well
worth trip to Mobile; and there are
to be at least six addresses by ex-
perts on South American trade, each
one of which will awaken new inter-
est in the canal.
This convention of the Southern
Commercial congress will mark a new
era indeed in Mobile and all of Ala
bama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-23
A NOTABLE RETIREMENT

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Yesterday the idol of Spain, a bull
fighter of highest repute, bade farewell
to his arduous profession. For many
years he fought and vanquished the
goaded enemy and now seeks the vine
covered arbor and the whitewashed ca
haret. with the sesta to which his ma
tional services so richly entitie him
1t is said to his credit that he never
struck a bull smaller than himself, and
that no man can charge him with as
saulting a fallen enemy-any more than
was necessary.
In his time lie received vast numbers OF
the coins of the realm, 10 say nothing of
bouquets and candied figs and picked
onions and ola podrida.
Out of his abundance he handsomely
endowed the bullhghters pawnshop, one
of the leading financial institutions OF the
Kingdom, and this will stand as his mon
ument for long years to come.
While his presence in the arena is sure
to be sadly missed, there is no doubt that
the Spanish lovers of the sport will en-
Enthusiastically cheer him into exile-and
that the fraternity of royal bulls will add
a royal below
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-23
As History Tells IL
ban1a.

Until the end of time the blood of
man will leap while he reads of the
dashing, daring valor of the heroic
Murat, the stable boy who became
king. Of him Napoleon once said that
in battle he was probably the bravest
man in the world.
Headley speaks in the highest terms
of his courage, and delights to de-
scribe his tall figure, dressed in cos
tune extravagantly gay, sweeping
over the field of battle and snatching
victory from defeat.
""One would forget those gilded trap
pings" says Headley, "when he saw
Murat returning from a charge, with
his diamond hilted sword dripping
with blood, his gaudy uniform riddled
with balls and singed and blackened
with powder, while his strong war;
horse was streaked with foam and
blood" And this of the immortal
charge at Mount Tabor: "For while
the battle thickened where rose the
white plume of Murat. His warhorse
reared and plunged amid the sabre
strokes that fell like lightning on
every side, and then the multitude
surged back as single rider burst
through, covered with the blood of his
foes and his arm red to the elbow from
his dripping sword"
, But Abbott records that when near
the end of his career, King Murat
said to Count Marbourg, his friend
and able minister:
my sweetest consolation, when l
look back over my life as soldier, gen.
eral and king, is that l never saw a
man fall by my hand. 1t is not, of
course, impossible that in so many
charges, when I dashed my horse for
ward at the head of the squadrons.
some pistol shots fired at random
may have wounded or killed an enemy,
but | have known nothing of the mat
ter. If man fell dead before me and
by my hand, his image would always
be present to my view and would pur-
sue me to the tomb"
In history, as in other things, we
are often called upon to make a
choice of what we care to believe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-23
CLEAN CARS

From the Electric Railway Journal.
In a paper presented at the recent. an
nual convention of the American Electric
Railway association DR.. W. c. Ruel<er,
assistant surgeon general United States
Public Health service, explained how
common carriers are frequently the trans
initial agencies of disease, not necessarily
through their own fault but through the
thoughtlessness of some of the travelling
public. This is true, of course, of the
steam railroads as well as of the electric
railways, but it is gratifying to state that
the electric lines do great deal more to
keep their cars clean and sanitary than
the majority of people realize.
Few electric lines fail to wash and
fumigate their cars every night, some
interurban cars in fact, being cleaned
in some way as far as the time permits
at every layover. On the other hand,
steam railroad cars on a long run may
not be thoroughly cleaned for days at
time The fact that an electric car is un-
troubled by smoke makes it possible 20
supply sufficient fresh air to act as
germicide without serious annoyance TO
the passengers.
But in other ways as well the electric
railway lines have shown their progress
siveness in. sanitary construction. Per-
haps the greatest improvements Of this
class are the non-absorptive cements or
other composition floorings and the sey-
eral odor-proof compositions used for
panels, headlinings and the like. Now
adays, even hand straps come with sani-
tary sleeving to discourage the omnipres-
ent bacilli.
There has been equal improvement in
construction and interior decoration, and
the ornate but dust collecting holdings
and fixtures of the past have given place
to forms simple in design and easily kept
clean. The problem of keeping heaithful
vehicle which Is used by hundreds of
all sorts and conditions of people every
day is not an easy one. but the practices
cited make it evident that electric rail-
ways realize their responsibility in help
ing maintain the public health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-23
TELEPHONE
Bell (privatc exchange connecting All
aepartments), Main 1900.
Masters, j am 10 discourse wonders.
Midsummer Nights Dream.
No Time for Small Politics

Perhaps the chief thing which has
deferred Governor O'Neal from calling
an extra session of the legislature was
the fear that some of his political enc
ynies in the house and senate, with the
purpose merely of embarrassing the
administration, would attempt to in
iect discussion Of matters entirely ex-
traneous to important subjects which
sre clamoring for attention. The gov
ernor has done we'll to take this into
consideration.
That there could be anything ac-
complished by the administrations
enemies is not believed for a moment.
Should the legislators be called to-
yether, most of them will go to Mont
gomery with the patriotic intention of
serving the public welfare by passing
badly needed acts as speedily as is
consistent with matured thought and
then adjourning. If an extraordinary
session were convoked and its sitting
extended beyond reasonable length
of time, those responsible would be
held to account by the people.
Jefferson county has some big prob
lens which demand speedy settlement
This county cannot be accused of self
ishness, however, in insisting that it
be granted relief from some ills which
now prevail. 1t pays heavy percent
age Of the taxes which flow annually
into the state treasury, and for this
and other reasons the representatives
of all sections of the state should be
anxious to cooperate with the local
delegation in enacting beneficial laws.
A fight in special session against
Governor O'Neal would be doomed
from the start. The people are not in
the humor to look with any favor upon
the playing of politics now. Too much
is at stake. The treasury is not so
full as to justify the frittering away
of valuable time by petty partisans
seeking to advertise themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-23
TROUBLE IN STORE

From November Young's Magazine
Christie Macdonald who is starring in
'Sweethearts," believes strongly in the
value of a sense OF humor and tells a
story to illustrate its power to tighten
even the worst adversely.
''They We're two newly arrived emf
grants, and, having wandered far from
the paths of civilization, had fallen into
the hands of a dusky savage chief The
day after their capture their captor or
dered them to go and gather fruit.
I'm due time the-frst returned, bearing
a plentiful supply of grapes.
What bringest thou? asked the CHIEF
Grapes. guv-nor.'
Then swallow them whole.
"a peal of discordant laughter greeted
this order, and the chief frowned.
Why do you laugh? he growled.
60 Sorry, guv-nor,' apologized the pris-
oner, wiping his streaming eyes, and striv.
ing TO smother his convulsiye chuclxles
Il was just thinking Of my poor old pal
Tommy. He's bringing cocoanuts,' -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-23
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The difference between a pastor and an
evangelist is about $4,000 a year.
They have hammered the poor old De-
mon Rum pretty hard. But no one has as
yet advanced the information that there
are germs in alcohol
Another sure way to get in bad is to try
to please everybody.
Why is Temtpation so beautiful and
Duty so homely?
1t pleases al man when you guess his
age and make il older than he really is.
But it sure is different with a woman.
The only man who ever got the best of
an argument with his wife was the old
fashioned low brow who used a club.
man will make an affidavit to a thing
he wouldn't bet 10 cents on.
There are lots Of guys walking around
sound asleep who never heard of somnam-
bulism.
Now they have located the Garden of
Eden at the south pole Well. at that.
Ewes fig leaf was about as warm as
some Of the winter costumes worn now
adays.
Most perfumes are offensive. But now
and then You meet a woman who uses a
dainty. languid sachet that makes you
want to hug her.
Any woman who has tried to discover
a fiat building wherein four children are
welcome knows that Columbus was a
mere piker.
Some girls go around with opera glasses
looking for some outrage to scream about
When man has chance TO attend
either dog fight or a reform meeting
you will always find him at the dog fight
There is only a few years difference
in the ages of the Good Fellow and the
Good Fellow When He Had It.
Moses isn't the only man who had a
bullrush for a family tree. But Moses
was the only man who wasn't ashamed
Of it.
A girl can wear any other girls hat
and it will fit her. But other girls shoes
are always too large for her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-23
THE INCANDEsCENT LAMP
from the Electrical World.


Tuesday, October 81, will mark the
thirty-fourth anniversary of the incandes-
cent lamp. for it was In 1879 that Edison
made his famous horseshoe fllament of
carbonized thread and afterward paper
that created such intense excitement I'm
the United States and in Europe. The
problem of practical small incandescent
lamp was then completely solved, and il
is striking tribute to the genius of Edi-
son to note that despite all the years that
have since elapsed his lamp still stands
without single salient feature elimi-
mated or added.
Carbonized-paper filaments soon gave
way to filaments made from bamboo and
subsequently to the present squirted car
bon filament; but, nevertheless, develop
meIts in the carbon incandescent lamp
field We're rather slow viewed In the light
of those that have taken place recently.
Better lamps than the carbon filament
have come and gone within the past five
years. the tungsten lamp representing
the survival of the fittest, and here xgain
it is worthy, to note that Edison himself
worked on metal-ilament lamps, using
platium, iridium. titanium and other
metals only to discard them in favor OF
carbon.
The wonderful development in the incan-
descent-lamp field especially in the high
candlepower tungsten lamps with nitro
filed bulbs, have come within the present
year. How greatly the industry is In
debted to Edison for the incandescent
lamp it were vain to guess. Certainly the
human race owes him a debt which 1t can
never pay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Active Trade

'From my point of view trade has
been good in the Birmingham district
all this year. said c. NJ. Clarke. who
represents large wholesale shoe house
of Richmond Va. and whose headquar-
ters are in the Chamber of Commerce.
September was an especially active
month Ny sales in the district were
several thousand dollars more than in
September, 1912. The concern which l rep
resent has six men stationed in Ala
bama; and as well as I can learn, they
are all doing thriving business. The
high price of cotton certainly makes for
prosperity in Alabama. The country mer-
chants are naturally buoyant and all
jobbing interests are going TO prosper
greatly this winter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-23
STARS WHO WERE FAMOUS

quislte in that still have the voice that
won me fame and fortune, fresh, full
liquid-Capoul weeps when he hears-but
to sing through short scene means un-
told torture for me, That Paris surgeon
laid the nerves bare in my vocal cords.
or something like it. He had better cut
them out entirely!"
We sat on an antique stone bench, relic
of the Luchon baths in Roman days,
when octavius Augustus brought his
opera singers to the hot springs. vaguet
placed his hand upon my shoulder.
1T Is folly, but l hope" said vaguet.
Il deceive myself with hope. Without
it ] should die. There are times when
the chords seem less terribly sensitive.
Last week at Gailhard's I went through
almost an act of That's
u 81 simply cannot become reconciled TO
the idea that the carelessness OF a sur
seon has robbed me of my dearest pos
session, all that made life worthy to me.
[ remeinber the evening before 1 was
operated upon. I had premoniton. /
told my wife dreaded it, feared an evil
thing would happen, that might be laid
up six months, a year even; but not
this; not this."
Tears rolled down the cheeks OF the
strong man. who, accompanied by his big
dogs, tracked down the brown bear in the
upper valleys.
MY wife gave up her career to go with
me into the quietude of country Iife.r
said Vaguet. 1--WE are happy in our love;
but--ah, that 'but'-'
Nine. chretien-Vaguet stood and held
his hand These French are demonstra-
tive. Also, perhaps, she trusted me and
did not dream that would tell it,
Il am woman" said the great star.
who was Julie Chretien. "A woman is
used to living in the shadow cast upon her
by the greatness of the man she loves /
brought no sacrifice when left the stage
to go with my husband. l am sorry
for his loss. do not count my own, for
have here this womans happiness that
when he lost his voice gained completely
a companion and a lover.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-23
THE FOOTBALL COACH

From November Outing.
In proportion TO the number of times
their, names are mentioned in the news
papers, football coaches are the most neb-
ulous class of persons in America. 1t is
as a spectacle that college football makes
the appeal which has built stadiums
One of the first demands of an audience
witnessing any variety of popular drama
is that there be an element of mystery
in the plot. And the public has seized
upon the coach as the occult force in the
drama OF football. He is the character
upon whom devoives the responsibility
for certain happenings which would
otherwise be incomprehensible. And as
practically all his work is done off stage
--out of the sight of the thousands In the
crowded stands--he has come to be looked
upon rather as storehouse OF technical
information than as a flesh and blood In
dividual.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-23
AUSTRALIANS GOLDEN MILE
Norman Duncan. in Harper's Magazin
for November.

Norman Duncan. in Harper's Magazine
for November.
Kalgoorlie and Boulder, considerable
cities which adjoin near where Pat Han
nan scratched out his nuggets in the
early days. are noisy with life and am
bition: and as long as the Golden Mile
nourishes to sustain them they will con-
tinue to thrive and aspire in spite of the
immensely and horrible character of the
desert land which isolates them from
rivers and fertile places and the bounty
of kindly soil. They run with the timess
they provide themselves with comforts;
they amuse themselves; the are adorned;
they regard their duty to the state and
consider the future of their children 5
children. The Golden Mile lies within
sight of Eannan's old claim-the smoke
and dust and black superstructures of a
thin line of deep and vastly rich mines.
one of the group-not the pride of them
all-must produce eGoo day to keep the
stockholders in good humor with its be-
havior; and the affection of the directors
would be largely increased--it was inti-
mated-if u responsive good conduct
should increase even this gratifying yield
to e100O a day. Roughly speaking, the
Golden Mile and its lesser neighbors of
Kalgoorlie-the big shows, as dis
tinguished from the individual enterprises
scattered broadcast over the country,
which are called little shows-employ 5000
men and produce eS,0o0,o00 a year; and
the whole field i'm which the Golden Mile
is situated has from the first days OF
the Kalgoorlie rush, 20 years ago, pro-
duced almost e56,o0O000, which, stated
more immessively in dollars, amounts to
s2S0, 900, 600. It was pointed out by fu-
rious young member of the labor party
of West Australia that the wealth taken
from these few miles of wilderness which
once were public domain equaled nearly
eeO0 per capita of the maximum popula-
ton of the district.
And consequently
"Who gets it ALL" demanded my In
formant.
q could not enlighten him.
Stockholders in London" he snapped,
'.who never saw the gold fields!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-23
Would Make Business boom

"If the government will only dismiss
the dissolution suit against the United
States Steel corporation, and, through
the interstate commerce commission, al
low the railroads to make a small adj
vance in freight rates. there will be a
great BOOM" said q member of the
Chamber of Commerce last night
Wall street has been bearish for some
weeks; but son the rumor that freight
rates would be advanced, the stock mar
lSet was upward and strong in feeling
yesterday. 1t shows how little it takes
to improve the tendency in the financial
center of this country. If Wall street be-
came bullish on mere rumor, 1t will
boom sure enough when an increase in
freight rates becomes effective; and if
the dissolution suit against the Steel
corporation is dismissed, we viii have a
splendid boom all over the country.
The Birmingham district would enjoy
record-breaking prosperity, for the Steel
corporation has commitments for this
district amounting TO s15,0000o0 or $4,000
900 now held up until the suit is decided
or the government acts. Business condi-
ions throughout the country are sound
and all that is needed to stimulate trade
in every direction is friendly attitude
on the part of the administration to rail-
roads and large corporations