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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-03-30

NOME misguided people talk of 1.-THE
horseless age They have even
~ called a magazine by that un-
hSratcfui title.
4 Ii such an age should ever come i
would be sad one for humanity.
Fortunately there is no indication
that it will ever arrive. There are more
horses today than before the introduce
ton of the locomotive and automobile,
and they bring higher prices.
The horse has been mans inseparable
companion, helper and friend. He has
plcwed his fields, drawn his loads, car
ried him on his Journeys, gone with him
into battle, swiftly rescued him from
danger, been with him in his triumphal
pageants. borne him to his place OF
rest.
The horse lives in song and story, in
i painting and sculpture. in classic lore
& and holy writ.
OF all our animal friends the horse
Is closest to man, most faithful. noblest.
most patient. His service TO the human
race exceeds that of all the rest.
If he is not as swift as our modern
desires, il in our mad rush we desert
him for steam and gasoline, it Is not
that he has lost or ever will lose his
place in our gratitude and affections.
In our humber tasks and saner plea
sures he yet bears his wonted part.
The horse responds to ou every
mood and need. He is strong for our
i burdens and heavy labor, swift for the
.race, enters into the spirit of our sport,
n lies to the very limit of his endurance
when human life Is in danger, takes on
the wild lust of our fighting, is proud
in our pride, thrills with pleasure at
our touch, is patient with our cruelty,
responds to our kindness. loves our
children and mourns for our missing
ones. lie is so wise that "horse sense
has become the symbol of all that Is
substantial and dependable in human
sense
"A horseless age?" God forbid. The
very thcught Is mournful and more
over there is no truth behind it,
The horse belongs to the human FAM
Oily He is as much part of our life
as the grass and sky. the rivulets and
hills. laughteran love, hope and home.
II for nothing else we will keep him
as an example of noble qualities, pa
tiencc. industry, sanity, fidelity, ODE
dience and loyalty.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-03-30

Among the peasantry we may still hear
the words "hosen," ''housen' 'sstern,
children instead of stockings, houses
sisters and children. Among this class
of people we hear many words that are
really classical. though we smile at them.
Don't axe me, sir says the man at the
pillow; yet your friend Chaueer uses axe
as a verb in The Milers Tale; WiclSliffe
translates into the English Bible, IF he
axe a fish," and in the Vision of Piers
Plowman we. read. Envy with heavy
harte axed after Thrifte."
A workman on my farm suggested
some days ago that I let him cut down
a great oak tree growing near the
barn. ITS dangerous said he, for it's
dowty" 'Dowty," 1 exclaimed, then
cut it down by all means II have no
dowty tree about the barn Yes, sir
it's dowty, see here" whereupon he
pierced the tree with his knife blade
and tore away piece after piece be-
meath the bark. "Dowty' rang in my
earss What did it mean literally? ]
am familiar enough with that old Eng
fish adjective, doughty" / know that
in Hamlet we read,
"The dram of base
Doth all the noble substance dout.'
L.
square the difinitions of these words
the one meaning manly and the 9TH
err transitive verb meaning TO dc
out" with the farm hands word that
described a soft and inwardly decay
ing tree But know all about the word
now and am as wise as my workman
ON this one subject; and further,
am sure that Goethe is right when he
says. les list inner gut etwas zu wis
SEN" the word "dowty," before 1t be-
come, like Smolletts Roderick Ran
dom Ca creature of the world), was
merely an English provincialism AMI
meant dough in its noun form and
at first After awhile it was applied
to cooked dough-" and finally tc
cake easily broken and of no resist
ing quality There you have "dowty,'
as / first heard it-meaning tree
that had no more power to resist the
wind than cake has to resist the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-03-30

lido not write as a school teacher, nor
as an expert. My English is very
4 faulty, but l know good English as
the little boy knew the Commandments
lie was asked il he knew the Ten Com
mandments. He said he did Then re-
peat the fourth one" TO which he said,
Il know them when | see them, | mean"
Many OF us know good English when we
see it in print or hear 1t spoken, of
which I am whom as Mark Twain said.
Within the past few years have con-
tributed to this page of The Age-Herald
five or six papers on this subject, and l
shall try to avoid repeating what | have
already said. My purpose at this time is
to point out some facts that have inter-
ested me as i have thoeght of the de-
Velopment of our language and its present
efficiency. Historically there can We no
doubt of its development since the days
of Chaucer, and even since the days of
Elizabeth and there can be no question of
its efficiency, or power, to express
thought. Whether or not it be gram
matically equal with the Greek or Latin,
or as sonorous, or as musical as the
languages derived from the Latin now
constituting the Romance languages, is
beside the question Certain it is that
AS a vehicle TO express precise concepts it
is vastly superior to the Hebrew. in moods
and lenses, and more philosophical than
the German In its genders. 1t should be.
1t has gone to the ends of the earth
for treasures: and wherever it has found
a gem it has brought it home for its own
enrichment. Therefore, English, In a
sense is the heir of all the languages
since the babbing tongues of ,Shinar
| referred to Chaucer, in sentence or
two back. His writings are called "a
well of pure English indebted / do
not know what this means. For 1t is
certain that Chaucer did not confine him
self to the language that the masses OF
the people of his day used and under
stood. although he wrote for them. The
Anglo-Saxon was not polished enough for
him. therefore, he would, as he liked,
Introduce Gallicisms, from the Normans
aud was regarded even in his own day as
a neoosist. His mixed English has
not been followed by the translators of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-03-30

| - liz 'NNtSN'
Could | but teach man to believe.
| Gould ! but make small men 10 grow
| To break frail spider webs that weave
About their thews and bind them low.
Could but sing one song and lay
A., Grim doubt; / then could go my way
| In tranquil silence, glad. serene
| And satisfied, from off the scene.
From Joaquin Millers Last Poem.
lie was chrstened Cincinnatus Heine
Miller. but the muse rechrstened hin
with the more poetical Joaquin Miller.
| He was ruggedly American in his ever.
fiber, yet won his first recognition In Eng
| land.
| He loved nature and was never SO
happy rs in his gardens where he was
surrounded by wealth of flowers. He
was q friend of the trees. The birds
| trusted him and came Hooking at his
whistled call.
lie had a supreme faith, and It was
this spiritual quality that shone out
of his poems and made appeal TO the
hearts of men.
While he spent most of his life on
the rough frontier, his soul was gentle
While eccentric and almost uncouth on
the exterior. his heart and brain had
the Tine culture OF great thoughts and
deep communion with the soul OF
things. While he cared little for &C.
clesiasticai forms, his every thought
and aspiration was iatensely religious.
In an age when every rimester was
trying fer bizarre effects and novel
combinations of words supposed to CON
ceal thought he sang simply in words
easily understood and concerning things
that enter into the lives of all.
Ills songs won their way because he
sang OF the things he knew His verses
have the sweep of western winds They
are ruiz of the trees and flowers. of
mountain, desert and sea they breathe
the life of the pioneer, they are rugged
and gentle by turn: they hold robust
sentiment. and they are touched by the
humanties.
Joaquin Miller built himself a cabin
on = mountain peak, from which he
might look out ~ once on mountain
and fruitful valley. on the city and on
the ocean Here among his gardens
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-03-30

his life drew TO its sunny close. Pic
turesaue TO the last, he willed that his
body be burned on a high funeral pyrs
and the ashes be left TO blow out to
sea
His last cry echoed that OF other
great poets and seers since tina world
began:
could | but teach man TO believed"
If men were taught really to believe
this would be a transformed world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-03-30
Didn't Ring True

FToIn .IppIHtUtI 5
ALBERT. what did your sister say
when YOU told her | was in the parlor
waiting. inquired the hopeful young
man.
Nothing. But she took a ring off
one finger and put 1t on another"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-03-30

| in facing a bully. The man who is worth
his salt will have enough sheer grit to do
either.
II you would speak in public keep your
nerve and stop thinking of yourself. That
Is the secret.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-05-29
NOTHING TO TT

Those who prate on the beneficient effects of statehood and state gov ernment, point with pride to the fact that the assessed valuation of all the property in the state has been increas, ed, while they say the tax rate may be decreased. We wish to point out n this connection that the assessed valuation of practically all the proper ty in the state has been increased from three to ten timen, and unless the tax rate is decreased in proportion there will be an enormous increase in taxes. The best way to lower taxes is to cut down on expenses by firing few of the worthless state officials who are feeding at the public trough Arizona Republican.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-05-29

MEXICO CITY, May 27.-(Speciai tc the Yuma Daily Examiner. Through courtesy of Leon M. Beltran Consul ado De Mexico, Yuma, Arizona) "The federals in Sonora are advanc' ing under a systematic plan that will bring out effective results. In the state of Coahuila the Carrancistas just have suffered severe defeat by the Federals in a place called La Pedrera" near Monclova and they are in a critical condition on account of their supply of water being cut off by Federals in Bocatoche. The canyon of Bustamante considered to be the entrance from Coahuila ito Nuevo Leon is in the hands of the Federals who will prevent the Carrancistas
 from coming into the latter state after they are dispersed by Generals Tellez
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-05-29

Saturday evening May 24th was the occasion of a brilliant gathering at Fort Yuma Indian School, in honor of MT. and Mrs. Loson l.. Odle, the new superintendent and his charming wife who have lately arrived from Albuquerque New Mexico, to take charge of affairs on the Reservation. MT. Odle has been in the Indian ser vice for a number of years and is an old friend of Mir. Harry Carter who has just recently been superin- tendent pro. tenn.
 Great credit is due the committee of arrangements for conducting the af- fair so successfully.
 Some three hundred guests respond ed to invitations and were received by the committee, Mrs. Harry Carter, Mrs. T. l.. Lane, Mrs. A. G. Gordon, Mrs. Chas. Hoppe and Mrs. Clarence Peterson, and introduced to MT. and Mrs. Odle in the Superintendent's s residence which had been most taste fully decorated for the occasion.
 There was much greenery, Ameri- can flags and a great display of splen- did Indnan rugs, bead work and bask- cts.
 Passing out on tot the veranda every body was served with most delicious
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-05-29
REARRANGE OFFICES
 IN CAPITOL BUILDING

PHOENIX, May 26-Charles Os- burn, secretary of the Board of Con trol of the state of Arizona, was up to his neck in trouble, and Governor Hunt was one hundred and forty miles away. In short, it was moving day at the statehouse All the state otTl- cers, who were dispossessed of cool, comfortable offices when the legisla- ture came to town and occupied the biggest portion of the statehouse, are now moving back into their old quarters or into ones that were oc- cupied.
 The officers have been crowded during the session, but now they will be much better In the Senate cham. Der, State Engineer Lamar Cobb is setting up his desks and drawing out fits, as well as re-occupying the mis- cellaneous committee room, in which he was prior to the sessions. Over on the other side, in room 306, where the various committee clerks were esconsed during the ses- sion, and where the Land Commission had offices prior to the session, Mine Inspector G. H. Bolin is preparing to put in his desk. Game Warden Rogers will also be there from now in that office.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-05-29
SOME SNAIx

An exchange has anew called to the {, attention of the nation those peculiar South Carolina joint snakes, which are built in sections hooked together like a train of cars And now comes a
 story of some captive snakes that drank alcohol in which they were to be preserved and consequently had the
 d. t.'s
 Which the same reminds us how 1, slow the nation is to give due credit
 to the music-making invisible serpents
 of the Southwest
 To the best of our information and belief, these snakes are found in no other part of the world, and for tha' treason we here should take particular pride in them. This is made doubly true by the fact that they the only serpents known to history or tradition which are not only harmless, but a
 cause for general pleasure among those who happen upon them.
 One can Aot but be amazed when he | is wandering through dense growth l of alfalfa, and gradually comes to real | ize that all about him is sweet music at first so faint that he scarce hears
 the sound But it grows in volume, 1 the mellow tones taking possession of the whole atmosphere as does dainty perfume, growing in volume without
 strident note, thrilling and enraptur- ing the auditor as though some skilled
 artist were touching the keys of a heavenly instrument, or though dainty zephyrs were toying with the strings of an aeolian harp.
 Needless to say, when one finds
 himself in the midst of school of in visible snakes, he is apt to be frighten- ed, but more harmless creatures nev- CT lived, and it seems to be only as a signal of good will and friendliness, that the little serpents set to revolving the glass cups upon their tails tha
 produce their exquisite music and there need be no cause for fear. It is to be regretted that none of these sepents have yet been held in captivity. But few of them have ever been captured, in part because of thei invisible nature, and in part because the glas-like substance of which they are composed is but a gossimer film that crumbles easily in the human hand.
 This has thus made it impossible to send any specimens of these snakes to scientific institution to have it's | life habits studied, but this ought not
 to bar the great newspapers of the
 land from awarding due consideration
 to the cute little cuss that so ministers
 to the artistic sense of the people here
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-05-29
A BUSINESS
 PROPOSITION

Tn electing a County Superintendent for the schools of Yuma county the voters should act in this matter just as they would in any other business proposition. Experimenting schools is a profession or business for which people require special training and experience just as is necessary for experimenting work in any other field. No bushes corporation would trust it's work to any superintendent who has had neither training nor ex- perience in that field.
 It is high time that we recognize that managing the affairs of our schools is a business proposition and that we elect to that office some one who has made a success in managing schools and who will at the same time be a guide and inspiration to our young teachers.
 Miss Boehringer has qualified for the work of experimenting schools both by training and by years of ex- perience. She has made special study of school administration and has made a comparative study of the school laws of all the states in the United States. She has her diploma from Teachers College, of New York City, which is the highest institution in the work of special training of teachers and superintendents. Miss Boehringer won recognition in sever al states as an institute conductor and she is the author of the Missouri State Course of Study in Literature. Language and Nature Study. For ten years Miss Boehringer has been doing constructive work in the management of schools.
 Dr. Blome, president of the Statc Normal School at Flagstaff, Arizona says of Miss Boehringer, in letter written to the Board of Super viSors:
 There are few superintendents in Arizona who are Miss Boehringer's equal ;u training, experience and gen eral ability. Probably Miss Boehring- CT has had more training and expert ence than any superintendent in the state" Adv.-1t-d&w
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-05-29
MEXICAN FEOERALS OPTIMISTIC;
 LOAN |S SOURCE OF STRENGTH

and Pena under a combined military movement In the northern part of Caohuila 600 hundred rebels have sur rendered and 25O of them crossed the river and are now offering their ser vices to the Mexican Consul there. In the State of Michoacan, General Dorantes has assumed the civil com mand and this will be a great help to the military movement headed by Eli dencio Hernandez now in command of a strong and enthusiastic Juchitecas force. In Morelos, Federal General Robles is following restless cam paign with a veritable stronghold of Federal columns, which will bring out very satisfactory results. The Mexican Loan is alread made. There will be a call for an election aand the Congress probably set its date for the first Sunday of October 1913."
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-05-29
REQUESTING THE APEX

Says the Mining Record of Denver:
 The law which has governed mining properties in the United States for many years past, as it is we'll known, allows the owner of a property to fol- low a vein into an adjoining property when certain conditions can be proven.
 This provision of the law, while having as its intent the giving of an advantage to the man who has enter prise enough to develop a piece Of mining property when his neighbor is allowing his own property to lie idle, hoping to profit by development of the adjoining property, as the same time has brought a greater amount of litigation than almost any cause which may be mentioned.
 For these reasons, the litigation which it has brought and the long de- lay often caused in the development of a mining property, with the consequent los of time and money, there has been from time to time suggestion made that the apex provision of the law be abolished.
 In place of the apex, it is recommend ed that the mineral law of British Columbia or of Mexico be taken as a model. One feature oftentimes over looked, however, is that in both Brit ish Columbia and Mexico amend is made for the loss of the apex privilege in the larger size of the mineral claims. With larger sized claim the locater is practically assured of the fruits of his development, inasmuch as it would be seldom that the vein being follow ed would be found to dip outside his boundries.
 This is a feature overlooked in a measure recently submitted to con- gress by a western senator. The measure does, however, propose to do away with all extralateral rights, as regards future locations, and would require registration of all mining claims within a year of stalking, pat enting to be completed within seven years,
 The West is full of incidents prov ing that something of this kind is needed. The older camps are well settled in their rights, but the newer camps and the camps yet ito come must face the possibility of passing through just such sieges of litigation as have been noted in the older sec tions.
 This proposed change in the laws, therefore, is step toward putting an end to the litigation which has been of the mining centers.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-05-29
RECEPTION n THE NEW
 INDIAN SUPERINTENDENT

land refreshing punch, and cake, by two young ladies, Misses Caruthers aand Evans, who stood in bower of green mellowed in a softly shaded red light, dispensing the cooling beverage, and brighter chit-chat to the throng, who came frequently to sip at their fountain.
 Mrs. Livermore took pains to see
 that all the guests inscribed their autographs in most attractive guest book, and received in exchange one of MT. Odle's cards with pretty view of the Indian school on the re- verse side.
 Throughout the evening soft music by a string band from Yuma, floated out over the hill, and the people group ed themselves about the grounds vis- tied and enjoyed the atmosphere or a perfect Yuma night. The Indian School boys did some clever drilling on the campus in the evening and were proud of their man. euvers when the audience looked on and applauded.
 Yuma and Bard people appreciated the opportunity of offering welcome tot Mr. and Mrs. Odle, and hope we shall be able to exchange many court esies with them.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-05-29
BRAVO, LANE!

One of the most sensible actions ever taken by government depart ment was the recent order issued by Franklin K Lane, the new secretary of the interior, by which the roads in the Yosemite National Park are opened to automobiles. The government has expended barrels of money in building and maintaining roads through there, but heretofore they have been tightly closed against autos. Now, thanks to Secretary Lanes common sense, the people will get the full benefit of the road money expended, and the roads will be put to use-which is supposed to be what they were built for.
 The Pacific coast is fortunate in having such a man as Secretary Lane in the cabinet. From long residence in the far West he knows it's needs and its resources, and he can be de-
 pended upon to see that the West gets square deal, notwithstanding the larger census figures shown by the densely populated East.
 The official acts of Secretary Lane will go a long way towards popularlz- ing the present administration in the West, and will be in striking contrast
 to that of the Cleveland administra- tion, whose commissioner of the gen. eral land office, Andrew Jackson Spar
 ks, seemed to delight in inflicting all possible hardships on people who were struggling to make homes on government lands in the West. Some of the tracts they reclaimed and made into taxable property were barren wastes and rocky ravines, but Con- missioner Sparks seemed to think that the frontier settlers were robbers entitled to no consideration, and he split hairs and inflicted legal tech nicalities on them to the limit. He was certainly the top-liner in dis crediting the Cleveland administration in the West
 Those who have watched the career of Secretary Lane have noticed that he has always been close to the peo- pie. The recent suggestion he made to J. J. Hill, the Great Northern Railroad magnate, about assisting set clement by reducing freight rates, was one of the most apt and appropriate things that ever happened. When MT. Lane was editor of the Tacoma News, there was a bill brought up in the leg islature to take a strip from Seattles county and add it ito Tocoma's county. A Seattle representative was about to have it killed on the ground that the residents of the strip were not in favor of it. At MT. Lanes request the legislature postponed the bill two days to give him a chance to show them. He took squad of reporters over the territory, interviewed every resident, printed their statements in a special edition of his paper, and next day had a copy of the paper in the hands of every member of the legis-
 lature, showing that practically all residents of the strip favored the change. On the strength of these first facts straight from the people, the bill went through with whoop.