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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19


From the journal of the American Med
ical Association.
The popular belief that there is an ln-
due prevalence of rabies during that part
of the year known as dog days" has
been pretty thoroughly exploded yet the
heated period of the year does bring this
subject to mind. 1t is fully recognized
that not all dogs called mad are suf-
fering from rabies. and that in hot wealth
er dogs may have commissions from
heat stroke or from other causes. al
found that this good natured animal may
be annoyed to the point al which 1T will
turn on those who pet it, especially will
2 harmless starved mongrel annoyed by
the heat, the dust. the fieas and the per-
secution of persons and things that sur
round him. attempt to defend himself and
snap. Immediately those in the street
jump at the conclusion that the dog is
mad, and scare is on. 1t must be re-
membered. however. that in the mingling
of multitude of like animals which are
constantly snarling and quarreling among
themselves. when one animal is infected
tie cndnceS are tnat the ln1ectloH Will De
spread rapidly
While the precaution already suggest
ed-that not every dog that bites is the
subject of rabies-should be borne in
mind, nevertheless, for the welfare of the
person who may have been bitten by a
dog, it is important to know whether or
not the dog is rabid 1t is unfortunate
when an animal that has inflicted such
wound is destroyed Immediately The
sane procedure is to quarantine it, in or
der that definite diagnosis may be de-
termined 1t should be properly guarded
and kept from contact with other dogs or
animals but under comfortable condi-
tions. If it is rabid the fact soon becomes
evident If it is simply case of bad
temper and not of disease, the proper
punishment disposal of the dog may
be decided after this fact has been es-
tablished. If for any reason it becomes
necessary to kill the animal at once, or II
this mistake has been made, the head
and neck of the animal should be packed
in ice and sent to properly equipped lab
oratory as quickly as possible
1t is hardly necessary to suggest that a
wound resulting from the bite of an ami
nal should be thoroughly cleansed; car
eolc acid should be thoroughly applied,
and then neutralized with alcohol, and
the wound covered with large, wet, anti
ceptic dressing. OF course this local
dressing alone is not to be depended on
when the diagnosis of rabies in the ami
NAL inflicting the wound has been estab-
lished AS soon as this condition of the
animal is definitely determined, the pa
tient should be given the benefit of the
Pasteur treatment, which is most effec-
tive when begun within fortnight after
the wound was inflicted.
More important than the cure Of hydro
phobia is its prevention by administrative
measures The British muzzing order.
absolutely enforced, has rendered Great
Britain practically free from rabies. Sure
ly all dogs worth the price of a muzzle or
a leach should be thus restrained; the
rest should be destroyed. This procedure
would rob rabies of its terrors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
CODDLING A CRIMINAL

terly repent the crime. They XIII in sud
den fury and when their temper has
cooled regret profoundly that at the mo-
ment the victim seemed to deserve kill
ing. They kill when driven almost frantic
by fear OF the exposure of their guilt of
some lesser crime, and upon reflection
realize the folly and the enorinity of the
murder. In such Gases and in many
others, the murderer is by no means an
'ineurabe criminal but in order to pro-
mote public safety 1t is necessary al
though unpleasant, to hang such persons.
To promote the safety of property and 10
warn those who might yield TO a tempta-
ton to steal in order to go to the opera in
limousnes it is well to send to prison per-
sons who steal, and especially those who
are not persuaded of the error of their
ways by being coddled, once. but return
to crime and plead guilty to other and
similar offenses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Fromsthe Chicago News
It's easy to find trouble or an eN-
cuse.
Stupid people seldom relaize that
they are stupid.
Some people would rather go broke
than not so at all.
a Snan with "A crouch can find fault
where it doesn't exist.
Sometimes smart man gets paid
for not doing things he might
a woman says things she doesn't
mean; "a man means things he doesnt t
say
1t takes pessimst to worry over a
job lot of possibilities that never de-
velop.
Don't stint the living in order 10
strew flowers on the graves of the
dead.
Some men fail to meet their obliga-
tions because they are headed the 9TH
er way
No. cordelit, it may not be a charita-
bic instinct that prompts man to give
himself away.
How we enjoy having a man who
laughs at our jokes come around even
ings and hold down a rocker on our
front porch!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
rHE ROMANCE OF suRNAMEs

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
| A London professor is publishing
book concerning the derivation and cor
ruption of common English surnames.
without having seen this work, 1t is
impossible to comment upon it. but its
announcement opens endless sugges-
tions of its contents and their extreme
interest Especially interesting is the
contemplation of the degeneration of
respectable names.
There are surnames which have a
very ugly and plebeian sound, but
which in their original form were both
euphonious and aristocratic. What, for
instance, could be more suggestive of
lower class origin than the homely fam
lily name of Snooxs? And yet that name
has decended through generations of
careless pronunciation from the land
lordly title "sevenoaks." What calls to
mind the dead level of bourgeois an
tecedents more than the surname of
Goblin? And yet, through the Dickens
ian flavor of Quodling. the foreign look
of Querdling. the medieval tang of
Querdelyon, that name comes to its
Dedref as Il SiSH ol ueSceHt iiOHl Ooeui
De Leon.
Mark Twain has a character named
PetesDunlap, who ingeniously persuades
himself that his name should be written
Peterson d Tn Lap; and thus his
Christian name and his surname mean
the same-"Son of a Stone" And even
this humorous glorification of title is
not to far fetched, as a matter of fact,
Thomas Hardy's famous heroine was
really Tess of the D'Urbervilles though
her neighbors knew her as Tess Dar-
byfield. 1t is the British carelessness
and mumbling of pronunciation that
takes the euphony and dignity and sig
nificance from some of the finest names.
nation that pronounces St. John
'sinjin," and Mary lie Bone as "Marl-
bun" and Colquhoun as Coon" is ca
pable of even worse offenses.
Cheer up. then. IL your family name
sounds hopelessly plebeian. trace it to
its origin and you may come upon a
rightful title that is "as five sweet
symphonies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
The United States Army

Secretary of War Garrison, after re-
turning to Washington after two
months inspection tour of the mill
tary posts, has some definite ideas as
to improving the regular army service
over which he now presides.
From the end of the civil war, or
rather from 1866, until just before
the Spanish-American war, the United
States army was limited to $4,000 en-
listed men. The actual number in SER
vice at any one time seldom exceeded
10000. In 1908 the army was in
creased and under the existing law the
total enlisted strength of the army
"shall not exceed at any one time
100000 On January l last, accord
ing to war department reports, the
total enlisted strength, staff and line,
totaled S1,547.
Elihu Root, when Secretary Of War,
brought about a reorganization of the
army. He created the staff system in
the place of the old order which had
vested large authority in the general
commanding. The staff system is in
vogue in large military nations of
Europe and it works well here. Sec
retary Garrison will not attempt to
make any changes in the present plan
of organization but he will make GER
tain recommendations to Congress,
which, if carried out, would mean
much for efficiency.
The present term of enlistment
II four years with the colors
and three years with the re-
serves. Mr.. Garrison favors shorter
term with the colors. He thinks three
years, with the privilege of discharge
into the reserves as soon as an en-
listed man proves his efficiency to be
q reform worth while. He also favors
vocational training for the army. He
thinks that when man has served
out his term in the army he should
have trade upon which to fall back
in civil life. In visiting the military
posts Mr. Garrison found universal
approval" of this vocational idea. In
the navy most of the enlisted men are
artisans. In the technical work of the
navy expert machinists are found at
every turn. The enlisted strength OF
the navy is really great aggregation
Of mechanics and electricians and mer
skilled in various arts. But in the
oguly il Is doubtful whether a man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

would have time to learn a trade. If
a young men who has not learned a
trade or acquired some business train
ing or experience on the farm he is
not apt to take to a definite vocation
while he is being trained as soldier
But as the plan proposed by Secretary
Garrison appeals to the men in the
army it will certainly have the consid-
GRAFTON of the committee on military
affairs in the House of Representa-
tives
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
uNsuNG

BY Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
As sweet as the breath that scce
From the lips OF the blown rpse
AS weird as the elfin lights
That glimmer of frosty nights.
AS wild as the winds that tear
The cuiled red leaf in the air.
Is the song have never sung.
In slumber, a hundreds times
4 have said the mystic rhymes,
But ere / open my eyes
This ghost OF a poem flies;
OF the interfiuent strains
Not even note remains;
know by my pulses beat
1t was something wild and sweet.
And my heart is deeply stirred
BY an unrememberedb word
| strive, but l strive In vain.
To recall the lost refgrain.
On some miraculous day
Perhaps it will come and stay;
In some uninagined spring
l may find my voice and sing
The song I have ne56t bhkAgl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
HUMAN sEMAPHoRE BEST

From the New York Telegram.
London is interested in Philadelphia $
intention to try the semaphore for regu-
lating street traffic.
The plan was experimental with In the
early 70's in the British metropolis and
found wanting, being abandoned in about
year.
There has been no improvement in the
design in the 40 years that has elapsed.
1t is the old railway signal, which is
horizontal for danger and which drops
When the way is clear, with the difference
that a policeman has to stand by and
work it..
IT is very doubtful If there will ever be
found anything to satisfactorily take the
place of the human semaphore 1.-The cross
ing policeman, who is seen at his best in
New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
A MODERN CRAZE.

Oh, this is the day OF the tenderloin muse,
When most everyone is a bear
And many the arts that the song writer's
use
To make us forgetful of care.
The gay turkey trot if 'tis graceful or
not.
The tango and others beside
You'll find, much in favor, yet truly, such
rot
We'd scarcely regret. if denied.
The old-fashioned dances We're pleasing
to see.
But nobody cares for them now;
We've all been as vulgar and tough as
could be,
Since the bunny hug" first made its
bow.
This fad may abate, as all others abate-
Some day be completely forgot;
Meantime the fair debutante mourns for
her fate.
Who never has learned how to ''trot.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
NOT DIFFICULT.

Il wish l could do something startling, .
said Gladys Gloom, sick unto death with
ennui.
We'll, Gladys. that is easily accom-
rlished." said her close friend. Bella
Blazes. 60 back to that little old-fash-
ioned town where you were born and
smoke cigarette on the public square"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
The Iron Market

The iron market continues active and
upward said a broker.
Birmingham iron is now selling for
$150 and on 81 basis for prompt ship
ment. Sales of southern iron for next
years delivery have been made at Sill rs
and believe that the price will soon
go over s12"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
OYSTERS DON'T CARE.

"What became of the man who said 1t
was cruel to eat live oyster?"
Il don't know, but | hope he's defend
ing something now that is better able to
show its appreciation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
coon DAYS WORK

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Birmingham voters put in a good
days work when they picked George
r. Ward and new auditorium as the
two items most needed in birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

The express companies say they are
willing to put into effect the rules of the
interstate commerce commission by which
tfeir rates will be reduced $2e0oo,ooo a
year, but they contend that they cannot
conveniently change their tariffs by Oc-
tober l. the date set. If they are really
disposed to make the reductions, they
should be given time in which to rear
range their rates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

IT is said that If the Prince of Monaco,
nuH hunting for bears In the western part
OF this country, should fail t) gss one a
tame bear will be put in his way. rha,.s
the European way for royalty to hunt,
anyhow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
The Prince of Monaco

Rulers Of nations in various parts Of
the world have visited America, but it
Is stated that Prince Albert. the reign
ing sovereign of Monaco. Is the first Eli-
ropean potentate who has been In our
midst +" said a professional man.
Monaco. as is well known to all high
school boys and girls, is an independent
princpalty a few miles from Nice. Its
population is between 1000 and 10000 and
its area is very much smaller than Br-
mingham's-eight square miles as against
Birmingham's so square miles.
LIE several of the European mon
archs. Prince Albert is a scientific man.
He is especially fond of studying the
ocean. He has done useful work in sea
dredging and is recognized as the fore
most ocean eeographer in the world He
has been long in. the public view and
is esteemed for his high moral character
a. well as his scholarship"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
INTERESTING LETTERS

From the Savannah Press
Ed Barrett of the Birmingham Age
Herald is making an European tour and
is writing some mighty interesting letters
back home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

,'he detective force of New York ala a
fine piece of work In catching Schmidt.
Ard what is more. the cl les wera followed
Up after the most approved style of fic-
ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

One of schuinann-H -Heink's sons has mar
ried a restaurant waitress. We don't
imagine for a minute that the diva waxed
hysterical when told the news.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

The Chicago modiste who has invented a
dress with only two hooks is warm
favorite for the Nobel peace prize
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

At any rate, Secretary Bryan is hea ID
liner on every bill, no matter how many
other acts are advertised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

New Ensland's wall of departing pros
perty has ceased since Thaw began
strewing his money over that territory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
HE REMEMBERS.

Mrs. Dobb never ties string around
Mr. Dobb's finger to remind him to bring
back something from town"
Mop
-"she merely looks him straight in tho
eye and tells him he'd better not come
home without it,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

Mrs. Pankhurst plans to visit Mrs. Bel
mont. There are probably millions of
people in this country who will not envy
Mrs Belmont
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

DR.. Wiley says man was never bette<
fed than he is now. Well, he pays
enough for it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
HYMNS ARE POORLY WRITTEN

/.
Prof. w. H. d. Rouse, in the English
Review.
1t is melancholy thing to read an
English hymn book. Doubtless for most
of us sacred associations gather around
the hymns we sing, so that we abandon
ourselves to the feelings called up by
these associations, and do not notice
what we are singing. Yet if in critical
mood we examine them, we cannot but
be overcome with melancholy.
They are so well meant, and so badly
expressed, so pious, and so ridiculous
They are sentimental when they should
be impassioned, groveling instead of PEN
itent. incoherent when they ought to be
simple.
1t is not true that great poets are irre-
ligious; on the contrary, their glory it is
to see a soul of goodness in things evil.
and this is the essence of religion. Yet
our hymns are obviously not written by
poets. There is surely no reason why
religion and illiteracy should be unequally
yolled together, and it were better to sing
no hymns at all than to sing trash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

Kansas City has been consuming a ton
of bad eggs day. That's enough to
make any town wear panied expression.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
OLD spoRTs AND NEW

From the Chicago Record Herald
Twentyfour miles in eight hours and
II minutes sounds rather slow in this
day of locomotives, automobiles and
aeroplanes. But the power was man s
will and the machinery was his muscles
and he made a record in swimming.
Multiply the machines as we may.
improve and perfect them, and there
are few men who would not rather
make that record of Samuel Richards
than tear around a track at the rate Of
100 miles an hour in an automobile or
on motorcycle. There Is no skill that
we envy so much as the skill we OBJ
serve in one who has fully developed
his own machinery. There is a brutal
interest in a prize fight, but there is
another interest which explains why
the sport did not disappear long ago
because of its brutality
a good boxer or wrestler excites adj
miration because he handles himself so
well and puts on exhibition a machine
that is far more interesting than any
thing made in a shop. A man who sub
dues a spirited horse. who shows a COM
plete mastery over two living machines,
his own and that of the animal, pre-
sents a much more impressive spectacle
than one who takes chances by sitting
in seat and speeding up an engine.
Nerve is required in both cases, but
there can be no doubt as to the superior
training of the former. Whatever may
be done with steel and gasoline and
electricity, the new sports will not be
allowed to Danish the old
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
II ABIEES

The trouble is Stiffness hasn't ended with
the END of the silly season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
GOING TO AN ExrREME.

SGOING TO AN EXTREME.
ITS all very well to be esthetice
quite So"
But have no patience with the person
who has convulsion at the sight of '.
billboard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
The Need Of signboard.

Again l would like to urge upon the
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power
company the need of placing signs on
the side of their cars. to denote which
one is passing after the front end is out
of view,' said a suburbanite.
"It would be great help to those who
cannot see as clearly as they could in
their younger days. And then it would
save much annoyance and vexation in
taking cars on routes travelled by more
than one line. If 1t is rainy, dreary,
cloudy day. it is not always easy to read
the 'skylight' signs on the front of cars.
If the company would have hanging signs
that could be hooked on the sides Of the
cars, designating the different cars, pas
sengers would not have to run out in
the rain, as they frequently do have to,
to ask the conductor or motorman, What
car is this?
Il have twice boarded the wrong car
lately; once in the rain, because / could
not see the name of the route on the
car"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
WE WONDER WHY.

WE WONDER WHY.
Next after that world old desire
To snuggle,
Dc maids and matrons all aspire
To smuggle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

With the news editors trying to watch
the Canadian and Mexican borders at the
same time, they are liable to get cross
eyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
DREAMING.

DREAMING. &.
Although, forsooth,
In need of scads,
I often sean
The auto ads
And mentally
| travel far,
At ease in my
Own motor car
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

Texas town asks the war department
for troops TO protect it from the Mexi-
cans. That ought to be enough to make
Governor colquitt choke with indgna-
finn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

oftentimes the man who has the most
elaborate signature seldom affixes it to
anything more valuable than hotel reg
lister.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
THE sIILIEsr KIND OF A HOSTESS


In the October Womans Home Com
panion contributor writes as follows
about what most peopl. would consider
the silliest kind of hostess:
Lately revisited my former home, the
first trip back in years. l had visions
en- route of a gay succession of calls on
the dear old friends, staying for luncheon
here and dinner there, spending the even
ings with each in turn.
Il was the house guest of former
chum, ad I soon found that, with the best
intentions in the world, she had arranged
a programme for my entire stay. Her OBJ
ject, it seemed, was that l should meet
all the strangers she had added to her
calling list since my departure. Now and
then, at luncheon or tea or afternoon
card party, l saw a familiar face, and
was soon deep in "reminiscences, but al
ways my hostess interrupted with her in
sistent: "Oh, you know Mrs Blank! Come
and meet Mrs. DASH
80 it happened that l got to see but
few of my own friends, and those few by
stealth, SO to speak, as l had to run
around paying hurried calls between
scheduled social events.
$50 feel that I should warn those who
expect to entertain hsmecomers that re-
viving old friendships is far more delight
full than gathering the most charming
bouquet of new acquaintances."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

New York has 100000 children without
school facilities. One city at least is
worse off than Birmingham in this re-
sneet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19

Just about the time we thought the
arson squad of the suffragettes was going
to take good long rest it got busy
again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
HIGHLY EXCITING.

IiIOffL1 I EACIIING.
Il suppose Ruggles had some Interesting
experiences while abroad? ?"
Eyes. indeed. His adventures with cab
men alone furnish enough material for
half dozen melodramas'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
AS OBSERVED.

AS OBSERVED.
TO wine and dine a chicken right,
One needs a hefty roll
She has an awful appetite,
But very little soul.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
-ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
! HOPELESS MINORITY.

a IIOf -LIsf1oo- IMMUNITY.
The trouble with Tibble is that he
takes himself too seriously
You mustn't blame Tibble for that.
His attitude Is in the nature Of prog
test"
don't understand"
"Everybody else takes him for fool
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
AS a RrLE.

1H'o \ IkI II.
The affairs of the man who can't keep
quiet about them are usually unimpor-
tant. PAUL COOK.