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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06

tion Mayer Baker favors the annexa-
tion of the rest of the county. The sub
iect is, however, not yet fully worked
out. The proposition to put the entire
county under one government is pretty
well received, although the farmers
will probably vote against it. Those
who would not accept bath-tub as a
gift are expected to oppose annexa-
ton.
Cleveland has Scent fares on its
trolley lines, but Mayor Baker says
that the absorption of the entire coun-
ty would not mean that Scent fare
would suffice to the county line. In
that matter the line would have to be
drawn so that some profit would re-
main to the trolley companies.
Final action on the matter will be
delayed and the subject will be dis
cussed up and down until the weight
of public sentiment becomes known.
1t is in state of flux at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
PnuI's Advice 10 Timothy

The newspapers printed full reports of
Colonel Roosevelts damage suit trial. in
which the ex-President was fully vindi-
Gated of the cruel charge of getting
drunk" said professional man.
II came across several pert paragraphs
and also several serious discussions of
wine drinking in connection with the
coloneFs suit but no editor, so far as
l know has quoted in this connection St
Faufs advice to his fellow laborer Tim
othy. In the first epistle to Timothy is
this advice Drink no longer water but
use a little wine for thy stomach's sake
and thine oft infirmities One of the
revised versions of the King James Bible
has 1t: BE no longer drinlker of water
While the great apostle was advising
Timothy what he said was meant take
it, for all men and all times when the
stomach needed little tonic
There was drunkenness in st. Paurs
day, as there was in Noahs day. and as
there is, alas, in our day. and no one
condemned drunkenness more strongly
than st. Paul. But he did not censure
those who used wine in moderation. On
the other hand, he recommended it for
men suffering from infirmities."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
Every day is Sunday in Marquette nov
THE Reaches IN SPRING

Charles Johnston, in Harpers Weekly.
The beach l have in mind confronts
the south, so that the sun hangs above
the sea, pouring down light upon the
glistening, tossing pillows, dancing on
the green and purple plain strewn with
glinting dust of gold and silved. So
ample is the light, so -encompassing
that after a while ones eyes are daz-
zled, and one turns for rest from so
much splendor to the quieter beauties
of the beach itself; the transparent
brown of the sand within the margin
of the sea, where film of sun-lit wa
ter varnishes it; the dull brown, al
most chocolate, of the newly wet sand
laid bare by just receded wavelets; the
bright buff of the sand not yet touched
by the incoming tide; then, higher and
nearer to the dunes, the sand so bright
as to be almost snow-like, with here
and there patterned ripples of violet,
marked by innumerable tiny fragments
of some purple crystal Weighing light
er than the pure quartz of the broad
white sands. There Is endless enter
tainment, too, in the seas rejected
playthings strewns along the beach;
crystal pebbles neatly rounded and
tinted with yellow or brown or pink;
shells, little ones no bigger than peas,
orange or clear pearl color; or finely
crimped scallop- shells, glossy black or
brick red or mottled orange; sea shells
as big as ones fist; and here and there
such trumpet shells as the Trtons blew
among the isles of the Aegean, Sea-
weeds along this shore are few, be-
cause, l suppose foreshore of rock
Is missing. There are few brown rib
bons or wet, slippery stripes of green
with crumpled edges, but none of the
dainty pink fronds and rosy lacework
that one finds where tongues of low
rock run out into the tide. There are
queer finger-sponges here, veritable
sponges drawn out into long tubes as
thick as a baby's finger set like branch
ing stag horns on a base of pebble or
shell, and there are starfish strewn
among the sponges, fve-pointed, brist-
ly, each one adorned with scarlet dot
where two raps join.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
PLAYING DANIEL WEBSTER

The vices of the little town of Griggs
by, the regeneration. of which is the mo-
tive of Irving Bachelors new story, 1.-The
Turning of Griggsby." just published,
seem to have been pretty widespread,
according to Mr.. Bacheller: II write of
the time when the fame of Webster was
on every lip, although his soul had
passed some 20 years before All through
the north, from the Atlantic to far from
tiers beyond the Mississippi, men IN
beaver hats and tall collars We're playing
Daniel Webster. They dressed as he had
dressed and had his grand manners, while
their diaphragms were often sorelv
strained in an effort to deliver his deep,
resounding tones. The peace of most
farms and villages was disturbed by Web
sterian shouts of ready-made patriotism
from the lips of sires and sons. Web
ster was a demigod. in the ina agination
of the people, with a voice of thunder
and an eye to threaten and command
Countless anecdotes celebrated his wit,
his eloquence and his supposed capacity
for stimulants. lie was not the only
man of that period who suffered from the
inventive talents cf his successors"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
nHEAT OF BATTLE" REAL

From the Youths Companion.
The expression, "the heat of battle,
often used by poets and historians is
supposed to refer not to actual tenn
which they labor. But veteran of the
intense emotional excitement under
which they labor. But a veterans of the
civil war, who ought to know, declares
that the heat of battle is an actual
bodily heat
1T is no mere figure of speech says
Capt. Samuel Chapman, who was a
trooper in the battalion of Col. John S.
Mosby, the famous Confederate cavalry
commander. "On the contrary, in hot
fight the soldiers are often almost over
powered by the sense of oppressive
warmth, even in the coldest weather.
Il remember that the second week in
January, 1864 was one of the coldest
ever known in northern Virginia. A
deep snow preceded the cold spell. AT
that time the federal troops were In
possession of Harpers Ferry, at the foot
of the Shenandoah valley. They had
pushed their outposts out upon the hills
known as Loudon Heights, and Colonel
Mosby determined to attack and drive
in these outposts.
I'VE met at Pepperville, 35 miles south
of Loudon Heights, about 8 o'clock one
bitterly cold afternoon. There were
about 200 of us, all warmly clothed in
heavy underwear, thick flannel shirts,
heavy service jackets and warm over
coats, heavy trousers, thick boots and
stout leggings.
when we took up the line of march
over the crusty snow the mercury was
near zero temperature almost unpre-
cedented in that country, and cold
north wind blew in our faces
I'VE sat a moment, literally frozen,
waiting for the word Then came the
order, Charge! and with a wild yell
we swept down upon the sleeping
enemy's, camp. OF course. 1t was an
uneven fight Even the best of soldiers
cannot fight unless in formation, and
these poor fellows, reused suddenly
from dreams by the crack of the re-
volver and the yells of our men, could
make only slight resistance, and either
surrendered or sought safety in flight.
''As the firing ceased, found myself
sitting with my leg flung over the horn
of my saddle, and the hot blood pulls
ing through my toes. My overcoat was
thrown open. my jacket flung wide, my
f1annel shirt and undershirt unbuttoned
and my bare breast, wet with sweat
was cooling in the icy blast. I was
even tanning my dropping face with my
broad brimmed slouch hat! Round me
others were doing the same
And, by actual time, it had been less
than three minutes since Colonel Mosby
had given the order, 'Charger to his
frozen battalion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
All mankind loves cheerful loser.
False modesty leads to false ways OF
living.
It's as easy to fall in love as to fall out
again.
If he doesn't talk shop he probably has
no shop to talk.
The reason a girl objects to a man kiss
ing her is because.
What has become of the old fashioned
lightning rod peddler?
Next to the filler the worst thing about
a cheap cigar is the wrapper.
There are very few sisters of the same
size who do not pool their clothes.
man can't lay up much treasure in
heaven until he quites codging taxes on
earth.
+ If a girl believes in charms and love
powders her education has been sadly neg
lected.
1t does no harm for man to think a
woman is an angel-if he is discreet
enough not to tell her so.
Now doth the busy little moth improve
each shining hour since that fair day in
early May when you packed your winter
things away and left them in MS power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
THE FINISH OF LORD FERRERs

his defense resulted in acquittal. he'd
lave been greatly ashamed and embar-
rassed.
On the morning Of May 5, 1760 the sher-
ifs of London and Middlesex made a for
NAL call at the tower of London and de-
Fnanded the body os Laurence. Earl Fer
rers for execution. His lordship being
informed of it. asked that he might ride
to the sallows in his own landau, and this
was granted. I'VE strive to please was
the motto of the sheriffs of London and
Middlesex. His lordsh,p came from his
cell, cool. intrepid. suaye attired in his
wedding suit, which was trimmed with
silver. His toilet had been attended to
with great care, and he was fine figure
of a man.
Sheriff Valiant and another prominent
citizen seated themselves in the landau
with him. This carrage was drawn by
six horses, and would have been credit
to an American circus The grand free
street parade was then organized as fol-
lows: A large body of constabes In adj
vance on foot; a party of horse grenadiers
and another of infantry; Mr.. Sheriff Err
rington in his chariot; the landau es-
corted by horse grenadiers: rivate car
riages; a mourning coach drawn by six
horses. The calope wasn't invented then,
or there would have been one at the end
Of the procession.
The streets were absolutely packed with
humanity. All London was there to see
real nobleman go to felon's DEATH
Every few rods the procession was halted
until the grenadiers could clear the way
So it took nearly three hours for the pa
geant to reach Tyburn. Meanwhile his
lordship sat in the landau as serene as
though going to a clambake. He discussed
literature, art and religion He criticized
new book by Lord Bolingbroke, and re-
cited several recent poems which had
caught his fancy. Sheriff Valiant used
to say in after years that he never heard
such refined and helpful discourse.
AT last the pageant reached the place
of execution Everything had been done
| to make the scaffold seem cozy and cheer
full. The timbers ere covered with black
baize and there was a comfortable chair
for his lordsip, in case he wanted to rest.
The whole mechanism of the gallows had
been changed to laake death as pleasant
as possible. The es ri ascended the steps
jauntily, smiled cheerfully on everybody.
and died without a tremor. During his
| last night on earth he tried his hand
at poetry, and produced the following
| three lines:
| In doubt I lived, in doubt I die,
Yet stand prepared the vast abyss to try,
Ana, und1smayed, accept eternity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
Jefferson Has a Rival at Last

AS an example of simplicity and I'M
affected manners Thomas jefferson
had nothing on Woodrow Wilson. The
latter does, it is true, ride in an au-
3Fomobile piloted by chauffeur, while
the former was inclined to ride on
horseback when he very naturally did
his own plotting. But there is no more
ostentation in the one case than in
the other.
Recently the President and his fam
lily took day off and went in his car
TO Baltimore. When they arrived there
after ride of 40 miles they were
hungry, and they went into a restau-
rant. The place was crowded, and the
identity of the party was not dis
closed. They could not get seats, but
they wasted no time. They quietly
withdrew and went to hotel. No an
ger was displayed. The entire party
were unobstrusive, and this is fea-
ture of the new administration. JEFF
ferson was not more SO, and no Presi-
dent since jefferson has had the un-
affected manners of the Wilson fam
lily.
It is an administration without frills
of any sort and it promises to remain
one of that sort to the last day of the
term. The President will transact his
business very much as the ordinary in
dividual would and there will be no
posing or Rooseveltism at any point
of the four-year term. In simplicity
Jefferson stands equalled if not out
Aono
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
Auditorium Plan Feasible

The city of Birmingham can well
afford to issue $150,000 in bonds for
the purpose of building the greatly
reeded auditorium. The bonds would
bear only 5 per cent interest-$75OO a
wear - and while the auditorium
might not be disappearing from
the start, the revenue derived from it
would be considerable and after a
time it would be more than enough
to pay the interest.
Every city as large as Birmingham
should be in a position to accommo-
date large national bodies, to say
nothing of the demand for an audi
torium for important local events,
such as music festivals, popular mass
meetings and religious revivals. In
order to induce national conventions
to meet here two things are neces-
sary-large and modern hotels and
an auditorium with a seating capacity
of 1000 or 5000. Two hotels of the
million dollar class are in course of
construction and these, with the other
hotels and apartment houses already
here, will be ample to take care of
great crowds. And by the time the
new hotels are ready for occupancy
Birmingham should have its auditor
ium so that nothing, from a conven-
tion point of view, would be lacking.
The fact is that in order for the
big hotels to reap legitimate profits
due the stockholders this must be a
convention city of the first class and
there will certainly be no trouble in
securing conventions when all the
equipment is provided.
Another matter that should be con-
sidered by the city in connection with
the proposed bond issue is this: The
tax that the two new hotels will pay
the city will be something like $4,000 a
vear-more than enough to pay the
Interest on the auditorium bonds.
/, Looked at on all sides, therefore,
when the time comes to vote for
+ $150,O00 auditorium bond issue the
majority in favor of the proposition
should be practically unanimous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
Grade Crossings to Be Treated

The city commission has secured
Mr.. Stearns, grade crossing expert,
who is already at work on the numer-
Gus problems of this nature that the
streets of this city present. Other
cities employ specialists in handling
grade crossings, and the commission
decided it would be better to relieve
City Engineer Kirkpatrick of the task
by employing Mr.. Stearns until Sep
tember 1 next.
He will make plans and estimates
and submit them to the commission
for approval. There is prospect that
something will now be accomplished
towards relieving the city of some of
its deadly grade crossings. Few cities
have more of them.
1t is not known what particular
crossing will be handled first, but pub
lie sentiment would undoubtedly favor
the building at the outset of viaduct
or subway in First avenue at the Sloss
furnaces. At least 10000 people cross
the numerous tracks at that point
daily, and final and full remedy
would knit the city together in a hand
some manner.
But wherever the work is begun it
will be needed, and the commission has
certainly acted wisely in employing in
this particular work an expert of
known efficiency. His recommenda-
tions will speedily be laid before the
commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
The Origin of Chaufauaun

Now that We are having a chautau-
qua week in Birmingham many people
are naturally asking about the origin OF
the phrase. for the word chautauqua has
come to be a common noun and is found
In all the modern Dictionaries said an
old citizen
In the '70s summer school for Bible
study was established on Lake Chautau-
qua, in the state of New York. While
Lewis Miller was the founder of the
Chautauqua assembly for the training of
Sunday school teachers, DR.. John II. Vim
cent. a bishop of the Methodist church,
became interested in the work and grad
ually broadened it and to the specifically
religious status a variety of subjects were
added
according to recent authority the
religious spirit still pervades the work
of the assembly. Bishop Vincent infused
into it the idea that all sound learning is
sacred and that the secular life may be
pervaded by religion A large part of the
Chautauqua influence is made effective
through classes and courses for home
study. Bishop Vincent says: 'Chautauqua
pleads for universal education; for plans
of reading and study; for all legitimate
entieements and Indictments to ambition;
for all necessary adaptations as to time
and topics; for ideal associations, which
shall at once excite the imagination and
set the heart aglow. A college is possible
In everyday life If one chooses to use it;
college in house, shop, street, farm.
market, for the rich and poor, the cur
riculum of which runs through all of
life, college which trains men and wom-
en- everywhere to read and think and
talk and do; this is the "Chautauqua
idea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
A TICKLISH PROBLEM

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
A Brooklyn judge condemns Society
women who go to fashionable hotels to
drink highballs, smoke cigarettes and
compare lapdogs, when they should be at
home entertaining their husbands And
the New York World brutally expresses a
DOUBT as to whether their husbands would
rather have women of that type at
nome or pay for the liquor. the tobacco
and the pups, and enjoy the peace and
quiet of home without them But maybe
the husbands are at the fashionable clubs
drinking highballs, smoking cigarettes and
comparing the toot of the horns of their
automobiles, or the cut of the jibs Of their
affinities. The puzzle of domestic in
felicity is sometimes, to tell who started
it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
4 sonER SON OF BACCHUs

From Irving's Sketch Book"
Epitaph on the tomb Of Robert Preston
of the Beers Head Tavern, Eastcheap,
who was noted for his sobriety.
Bacchus, to give the TOPPING world surprise.
Produced one sober son, and here he lies.
Though reared among full hogsheads, he
defied
The charms of wine, and every one beside.
o reader, If to justice thourt inclined,
Keep honest Preston daily in thy mind.
He drew good wine. took care to fill his
pots,
faults
You that on Bacchus have the like de-
pendence,
Pray copy Bob. in measure and attend
ance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
Removal of the Sloss Stag Pile

Few appreciate how rapidly the i'm
mense Sloss Stag pile is disappearing
from "our midst" Few stop to con-
slider what change the removal of
this landmark will be in this city. 1t
fairly cuts the city in two, leaving the
eastern end of it almost isolated.
When the Stag pile and the coke
ovens are removed, as they are to be,
the city will become far more homo
genous and natural and attractive.
Streets will be opened and lots sold
close to the Terminal station, and an
entire section of the city will soon
be reorganized. The populous eastern
section of the city will forget the
mountain of Stag that once kept it
from being neighborly, and the gap
once piled high will perhaps become a
very desirable section of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
Should Have n Telephone

This is not said as complaint said
prominent undertaken, but 1 really
to locate the coroner at night. From in
quiries it seems that Coroner c. l.. Spain
is away from town and will not return
for several weeks. In the meanwhile l
understand that Mr.. Russell is acting
coroner.
The information I am seeking is how
TO locate Acting Coroner Russell at night.
1 understand that he has no telephone
number and recently there have been sew
eral very important cases at night in
which all efforts to locate the coroner
have been unavaling"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
Cleveland and Its County

Mayor Baker of Cleveland, O., is
endeavoring to extend the city gov
ernment over the entire county,
Cuyahoga. The government of urban
and suburban sections would not in
that case be altogether similar. The
question comes up in connection with
q petition for the annexation of all of
Euclid village. Should all of Euclid
be annexed the city's bounds would be
carried to the county line in one direc-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06

Richard /. Metcalf of Lincoln, Neb.
editor of the Commoner is to be appointed
governor of the Panama Canal Zone in
place of w. W. Thatcher of Kentucky
This office pays salary of $4,000 a year
Mr.. Metealf succeeded William J. BRYAN
as editor of the Omaha World-Herald, ana
when Mr.. Bryan started the Commoner
Mr.. Metcalf became its editor. The inten-
tion of the President to appoint Mr.. Met
calf to this lucrative position indicates a
purpose on his part not to carry into effect
for some time the reorganization of the
canal zone government in accordance with
the law enacted by the late Congress-
This law provides for the canal zone a
purely civil government headed by a gov
erRor at a salary of $500 year Presi-
dent Taft planned to institute the new
civil government and nominated Col
George w. Goethais. chief engineer of the
canal, for governor but the nomination
was not confirmed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
TWO FAMOUS MORALIsTs
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star
Guide to Chinatown and arbiter of Bow
cry taste, Chuck Connors was still more
eminent as a moralist, says New York
letter. IT'S doity Irish trick FIR gorilla
to get bundle stuck on him. an den go
off an leave de bundle to go up in de
air. see?" Almost as lofty moral sem
timent as the one good Steve Brody post
ed up in his saloon: .Cursin and swarm
don't make you no tuffer In the eyes Of
people that heres you.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06

Colonel Goethals, chairman and chief
engineer of the Panama canal commission,
confer with President Wilson regarding
the completion of the canal, the organiza-
ton of an operating force and the future
policy of the Panama railway. Heavy
rains indicate that there will be sufficient
water to float ships in the Cuebra cut
next November.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
OH, DON'T YOUl

Good cause for kicking we have found
For this does not seem fair;
The world was made to go around,
And we don't get our share.
Cincinnati Enquirer
Think how the earth moves on its way
And haply you may learn
That as 1t whirls round once a day
You'll surely get your turn
Chicago Tribune.
And after YOU have had your turn
And thought the matter DER,
So sweet is life you'll doubtless yearn
To turn just one time more.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
BulIdIng Activity

visitor cannot fail to be impressed
with the building activity in Birming-
nam, said S. 7. Jordan of Chicago.
was here two years ago and Birming-
nam was then a very busy, progressive
city, but 1t seems much buster now.
nave occasion to visit many cities but do
not recall one of the 100000 population
class in which there are so many large
buildings in course of construction
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
PICTURESQUE LANGUAGE.

PICTURESQUE LANGUAGE.
Kansas woman was granted a divorce
last week. The evidence showed that her
husband called her "a freckle-faced, slab
sided, knock -kneed, pigeon-toed Bohemian
heifer." The husband in this case may
not be an admirable character, but there
is no doubt In our mind of his having a
personality that is somewhat unique. A
great many husbands call their wives hard
names-it is done even in the best
circles" we beleve-but few are able to
vincing manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
MORE THAN WE CAN sTA,
CHEAP

We are told that ''vindication' cost
Mr.. Roosevelt $4,000. He was awarded
cents damages. Was the suit worth it?
Sure. 1t is impossible to estimate in dol
lars and cents the value of the advertis-
ing he got.