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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
Unrest In Evidence

MANY changes have taken place in the
political, business and social world dur
ing the past 25 or 80 years." remarked
an old citizen. Some of these changes
are for the best, while others have been
too radical to meet with the approval
of old fogies like myself
1.-THE Wall Street Journal in the recent
years has attracted attention by the
high ethical plane of its editorials and
the vigor of their style. An editorial in
Fridays issue has the true ring. 1t is
in part as follows:
" Doubtless many reasons could be
adduced for the political unrest at pres
ent so strl1ingly in evidence. There
seems to be a widespread demand for
change rather than progress. 1t is vis-
ible in the perversities of decadent art;
| in music, cacophanous and unmelodious,
designed apparently to surprise and
startle at any cost; in literature which
| would have been suppressed by the po-
| lice a generation ago, and in social con-
versation upon topics whose mere names
would not have been breathed in any
mixed Assembly.
| OuT pOlltitldDS duO their DtllltlouS
activity might be explained on the theory
that the same heady leaven is working
| in them. But there is another explana-
tion more hattering TO human vanity.
and more promising of good to come.
| Much of the attitude of the politicians
toward the corporations seems to be ac
tuated by no better motive than revenge
| ~ 20 thoir iprao JoV o,,t ,ff
they are endeavoring to indemnify them
selves by retaliatory legislation.
mo harder blow to the politicians
pocket was felt than when the railroad
pass became illegal. This was law
which could be enforced, and it has al
ready worked enormous benefit in the
purifying of railroad management, which
at one time required disinfecting as
much as our politicians do now. Cor
porations also are declining to pay for
protection against strike legislation, and
large source of illicit revenue has
| thereby been cut off. Perhaps the poll
tician does not realize it. but under this
heading would come vexatious regulat-
ing laws, the costly and unnecessary
| full train crew law, and other mea-
sures which will be familiar to every
body.
/ 1.-The situation will cure itself. A gem
GRAFTON of politicians will succeed lack
| ing the unholy experience of graft and
corruption possessed by their predeces-
/ sors. The whole country will be the
gamer, and for the present. we must
| possess our souls in patience
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
Ohio's Canal Reservoirs

Ohio has two great canals. One ex-
tends from Toledo to Cincinnati, 1853
miles long, and the other from Cleve-
land to Portsmouth, $40 miles long.
These canals were kept in pretty
good repair down to the storms and
floods of 1904, when they were great
lly damaged, and they have never
since been put in sound condition.
These waterways and the levees
along the rivers and the great reser-
voirs attached to the canals are rs
years old. Nothing about them is
modern. Both of the canals were be-
gun in 1926 and completed about
1910, and both were equipped with
great storage basins built in the days
when lands were cheap and construc-
ton was simple.
1t is the breaking of these levees
and dams that have wrecked so
many towns in Ohio and Indiana. The
canals are not largely used in these
DAYS of railroads, but the people pre-
fer to retain them and no doubt de-
mand will arise that the storage
reservoirs and levees be rebuilt in a
modern manner. Their walls have
long been considered a menace to ad-
joining property, and to them and to
them alone are to be ascribed the
horrors of the recent floods in Ohio
and Indiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
no n. ,mh..ssdor to London

Il was inclined to think that Thomas
Nelson Page would be appointed anlbas-
sador to Great Britain, but the Presi-
dent has seen fit to select Walter II,
Page, the editor of Worlds Work, and
member of the firm of Doubleday.
Page & Co, publishers" remarked an
old citizen.
''Walter Page, like my friend Tom
Page, is a southerner but the two men
are not related. The new ambassador
to the court of st. James is a native
of North Carolina and took the four
years course at Randolph Macon col
lege at Ashland. Va, near Richmond.
He has been leader in welfare work
and a few years ago he visited Biz
mingham and wrote an interesting
article on the progress of Alabama for
his magazine.
"Mr. Page has prospered and has
doubtless accumulated a considerable
estate. but he is not known as rich
man as rich men go today. With the
government salary, however, supple
mented by little of his private means
he Will be able to support his position
with proper dignity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
THE OLD RAIL FENCE

BY Frank L. Stanton.
The old rail fence with afmless angles
Curved round the scented field OF Old
And wild. blown vines in quaintest
tangles
Rloomed there In purple and In gold
And winds went over cool apd sweet,
With rivery ripples in the wheat.
The white road to the river knew it,
The river running wild and fleet;
cabin path went winding to 1t,
with light prints of boys bare
feet.
And cattle in the woods at morn
Roamed by and nipped the pending
corn.
In corners cool the plowman rested
when rang the welcome bells of noon
And there the thrush and partridge
nested
And sang the mocking birds OF June.
,rhe winds were sweet with muscadines,
And blooms were on the melon vines.
There twilight paused in rosy dreaming
And DER the riot OF the rliis
When starlight or the "ofio was
Rose tbe loves song of whippoorwills,
And with the music and the stars
Love met his sweetheart at the bars.
There, with the evening shadows falling
In cabin door a woman stands;
And FAR and sweet her voice is calling,
And children heed her beckonins
hands
There. for the weary ones that roam,
Twingle the dreamy lights OF Home
,rha corp sin waves and vines are
clinging,
The larks are hid in bendsng grain,
The birds sing. as my heart Is singing
rrhs ,la rai1 fence--its service Ger
lCurves round the blossoming neid no
more.
Yet, there halt my horse, and signing
Above the old rail fence lean.
The SHOWS upon lifes pathway lying
Have left one living glimpse OF green
And still, through change OF time ano
art,
1.-The old rail fence runs round ny. AeaAe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
Manx Hnaa.one. nuildlng.

When | first visited Birmingham
about four years ago l was chiefly
impressed with the beauty of the resi-
dence sections but Isfind now a very
handsome business district" said j
W. Cummings of ST. Louis.
"Brmingham's strides have been
amazing Not only is it filling up with
great office buildings but elegant
stores are being built in many blocks
and magnificent hotels and apartment
houses and an imposing theatre are In
course of construction.
4 noticed in shop window or
Third avenue pictures of two sky
seraper hotels, an immense apartment
house and a splendid house OF wor-
ship--Temple Emanu- Ell. Everything IL
this city indicates rapid progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
All should Help

eAll the people Of Birmingfanl-7
ladies' as well as men--should do some
thing to make the potlatch brilliant
success.' said oscar c. Turner It
was thought that by the sale of the
buttons every man, young and old.
would contribute at least a dollar to
the expense fund The very fact that
every citizen would be able to buy a
button would. it was felt promote the
get-together feeling. =
MANY merchants and others are
buying more than one button and are
contributing in other ways TO the
fund only about half the money need
ed is now in sight but 1t is hoped that
before the end of the week all he
buttons will be sold The ladies can
do a large part in helping us and !
believe that many of them Will en-
list In this good cause.
Birmingham has never yet failed
in any civic undertaking and il simply
cannot afford to fail in this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
THE pRAvEsT DEED

The American Magazine has been OF
fering prizes for letters entitled "Ihe
Bravest Thing 1 Ever Did Follow
ing is a part of letter published II
the April number which won first prize
II guess the bravest thing l ever die
was to have the skin grated from mS
left limb to the arm of friend whe
had been severely burned by the expio
sion of a gasolene iron.
"She was taken to a hospital and nae
had skin grated from her husband,
daughter and friends four different
times.
"At the time of which I write she
had been in the hospital four mohths
and they needed to graft skin once more
Her husband was just recovering from
an attack of typhoid fever. SO his skir
was not available this time; they were
going to graft from her daughter the
second time, but they still needed an
other.
| "It was hard to find anyone who fel'
! they could lay off week from theii
work on account of lameness. ever
/ though they were willing. but l felt
| so sorry for Mrs. II. that | volunteered
| .They tried to persuade me that some
one else who was stronger might be
more able but we couldn't find that
| someone. and the doctor said he mus
have the skin that afternoon at q Sc
at $3.50 | took the car for the hospital
"The nurse first took me in the operat-
| ing room and laid me on the table, 1oi
all the world just like a real operation
Then she took hot water, soap, aho
brush and scrubbed the limb good ano
hard.
"While she was doing this the doctor
chlorofor1ned Mrs. H., as he mad te
scratch her arm enough TO make II
bleed before he placed the little patches
OF skin and the pain was too much tt
bear, as the poor arm was almost IA"
anyway from the burns.
1.-THE nurse now bound my limb very
tightly Just above the place where they
were going to cut, thus stopping the cir
culation somewhat, and as / did not take
an anaesthetic, 1t helped make the pair
| less keen.
"rhe doctor and a young medical stu
dent now came in with two sharp razors
| and a silver knife. Another doctor stood
| by ready to take the skin on the knife
| and place 1t on Mrs HIS arm.
1.-THE doctor first sterilized the razor
then cut off piece of skin about al
| inch long and half inch wide, he GU
lust deep enough to make it bleed He
placed the little piece of skin on the
| knife wrong side UP and the other doc.
tor took it tc Mrs. HIS room and placed
+, it on her arm.
HE cut off % little patches like this
| then lifted me off the table, sprinlSleo
boracic powder over the wound anc
bound it up with yards and yards Of
gauze and adhesive plaster.
Il was pretty lame for a week and the
pain rather severe at times, but go
well all right, and SO did Mrs. H, and
the joy of knowing I helped to make
her well more than repaid me for whai
| [ had done"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

Woodrow Wilson received yesterday his
States when Secretary McAdoo presented
him with a treasury warrant for S525,
representing his salary from March to
81. On pay day, hereafter, however, the
President will receive S625O, full month s
proportion of his $4,000 annual stipend.
salary is paid directly by the treasury de-
partment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

Appraisal Of the estate of the late United
States Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West
it's value as $4, ,0252O9. Halliehurst, the SEN
ator's home at Ellkins, w. Va. is valued
at $64 100, and his other lands at about
sl17o0O The largest holding of stock is
6e,000 shares of the Ellsins Coal and Coke
company, valued at s1,S2o0O0. Among the
properties listed in West Virginia are
money in banks, $4,000; bonds, s734O COO
and stocks. 50, 900. His estate goes to
his seven children in equal shares.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

Worth of Paris has arrived in New York
and he says gowns for the summer and
fall are going to be more daring than
dressmakers who obtain models from
Paris, create cheap limitations of the real
Partisan gowns and then audaciously put
tho names of the Partisan makers on
them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
GIDDY LIFE IN 4 SMALL TOWN

From the Kansas City Times.
The Fort Scott Tribune tells of a
Kansas City man who visited recently
his Country cousin in Fort Scott. The
man from the city, wishing to explain
the Joys of metropolitan life, said: we
have cert ainly been having fun the last
two days, Thursday we automobiled to
the Country club and golfed until dark.
then we trollied back to town and
danced until morning. The country
cousin was not stumped in the least, so
| he began telling of some of >the pleas
ures of simple life. 1--WE have purity
good times here, too. The other day
we buggied out to Uncle Ned's and
went out to. the back lot where we
lbaseballed all afternoon. In the even
ling we snealsed in the attic and pokered
until morning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

Secretary Houston of the department Of
for sale of 1000, 600, 600 feet of timber in ma
ticnal forests in Alaska, California, Idaho
and Montana. The largest of these is for
100 100000 feet in Idaho, and the success
full bidder will be allowed % years in
which to get out the lumber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
pRECoCIoUs youNGsTER

From the Moberly CIo.) Monitor.
A 4-year-old boy, accompanied by his
mother, attracted the attention of every
ore at Union station yesterday. The child
was smoking big cigar and apparently
vas enjoying it. The mother said the boy
began smoking when years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

The rare Americana in the Crane library
at Newark, N. j., netted $50, Az, The first
printed account of the Massachusetts col
ony, printed in 1884 In London, brought
the highest price, s2S25. The collection
was the richest in Americana that has
been sold in 20 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

BILE. Some day the government will
build a summer home for the Presi-
dents of the republic, but choice be-
tween the shore and the mountain
would then arise, and Congress would
find it difficult to agree over the
problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
Grand Opera in Atlanta

IF Birmingham is to have an audi
torium an effort should be made to
push it to completion by next spring.
and 1t should be opened with week OF
grand opera" said club man. AT
lanta has made grand success of
its opera festival. People from all parts
Of the south attend the opera and Bir-
minghau Will be represented by 100
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

When shulSri Pasha met the Gar Fer
dnand in Adrianople he handed over his
sword, but the Gar handed it back to the
brave officer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
THE CHOSEN


They weary of pomp and power and pain.
And long for the cool of a blossomy lane,
And a gentle breeze from the meadows
blown
And love in cot they can call their own.
ly strife,
Till death puts an end TO a toilsome life
Though the way seems hard and the jour-
ney long,
The fire of their souls purns best in the
throng.
They'd never be happy In calm sweet
ways,
Where a rose rules the garden and love
rules the days:
Though visions like these may their fan
cy delight,
They were born to achieve and they've
battles to fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

The New York Journal of Commerce
says the sum of s25, 100000 to $S5,00o,00O is
considered a maximum estimate of the
total loss by fire and flood in the central
west
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

The cash register officials cannot earn
pardons from this administration by serv-
ing the flood sufferers. This is not fat
headed administration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

All seats are free in the House of Rep
resentatives hereafter. First come, first
served will be the rule beginning next
Monday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
A CENTER SHOT.

A CENTER SHOT.
One of the brightest remarks ever cred
tied to female reformer of the temper
lance sort, was that of woman In Mass
achusetts who said, There is no greater
fool on earth than the man who tries to
pull himself out of trouble with cork
screw" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
WHY NOT.

From the st. Louis Times.
If the law can prevent the saloons
from serving lunches, cant 1t compei
the popular restaurants 10 PROVIDE
something to eat?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

1t is said there are three kinds of base
ball, professional, amateur and the exhi-
bitions given by a major league team
on its spring training trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

or more. Grand opera nowadays comes
high, but it pays in Atlanta. Instead
of a deficit there is a surplus every
year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

Wind, fire and water, the three ele-
ments of destruction, have ravaged the
west and it will now proceed to rehabili-
tate itself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

AS things are going, state legislatures
will soon consist of lawyers and saloon
keepers only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

An Oklahoma town pays its mayor 81
a year, and 1t begins to think he Is cost
ing more than he is worth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

The new chief of the weather bureau
will tackle a mans size job
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

The rainbow has rearpeared in Ohio
and all will yet be we'll there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
HE'D SHEER AT THEM.

''Do you see that man over there wrang-
ling with his guide?"
THE fellow who looks like an Amer
ican?"
Yes"
'I see him."
I'D hate to ask him what he thinks Of
the Alps"
"Why?"
"He lives west of the Rockies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

The Turks are headed toward Asia
Minor, which should boom real estate
in that vast country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

Frank Gould says he is leaving Amer
lea for good, and America is wholly will
ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
WAKING.

Does one fall in love with dull sick
ening thud'?'
No; that's the way one falls out of
love"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
THE ByRoNIc KIND.

Some beautiful poems have been writ
ten about women's eyes,
And some tragic verse about women's
nos"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

Congress is coming. but SO is new
baseball season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

A brief paragraph in the Canal Record,
the official organ of the Panama canal
government to believe that the big water
way may be opened to navigation this
year. The paragraph says that all the
gates in the west chambers of the locks
at Pedro Miguel and Miraflores will be
completed by October l. The Importance
of the publication lies in the fact that Col.
George W. Goethals, the chief engineer
of the canal, said sometime ago that the
passage of ships would be permitted as
operated, without waiting for the compile
tion of the east locks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

Women are indulgins in another hodup
II is the suspender skirt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
MARKED.

Il shall never forget the last time
played Hamlet. remarked Rantingtol
Roarer.
II suspect. said Tillie Twinkles. tn
soubrette, that you have scar some
where"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
BRUSHING Up

BRUSHING UP.
Excuse me il | busy seem.
Don't interrupt me. please:
One has 10 know, to judge the team,
A lot of baseba1lese.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

Low COMEDY.
Comedians have an easy time"
How so?"
When everything else fails they can
always make people laugh by sapping a
woman in a decollete gown on the shoul-
der"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

Former Secretary MacNeagas order
changing the size and design of all paper
money of the United States has been sus-
pended by Secretary McAdoo until Con-
gress acts ON currency legislation. Sec
retary McAdoo, however. is favorable to
small bills. Mr.. Macveagh's order would
revolutionize the design and reduce the
size of bills one-third. The bureau of en-
craving and printing already had begun
engraving plates for the proposed new
81 bill Secretary McAdoo has begun an
investigation of the nee IS of the coun-
try in the way of banking and currency
reform. He has had several conferences
with congressional leaders When his
views are formulated he will communi-
cate them to President Wilson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
soon or or STYLE.

us life a series of farewells?''
1T is. so far as clothes are concerned"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
PUBLICITY.

Woman is no longer a mystery. Any|
man who reads the newspapers nowadays
knows the exact number of garments al
fashionable woman wears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

. 'TwOULD BE MORE POPULAR.
I'm an artistic sense, the new nickel
looks like thirty cents" observes para-|
grapher. Would that it had purchasing
power of thirty centsi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
HIS CHOICE.

"Pickledorf doesn't care for Scotch
whisky"
mo. Every time anybody suggests
Scotch whisky he makes wry face and
calls for Bourbon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

A FELLOW FEELING.
This world Is full
OF people who
Hide out each month
When bills fall due.
Although such conduct
Beats the Dutch,
BY jinks, we can
Not blame them muchI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

A PRIVATE OPINION.
] don't think much
OF the fellows mind,
Who wears his hat
Bow stuck behind.
Birmingham AgeHerald.
/ think less of him,
One often sees.
Who wears his trousers
Pulled up to his knees.
Louisville Post
DECIDED.
Planted anything this spring, bubble
waite?
''Yes, I planted both feet and swore
would never try to have another garden. q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01

CRUSHED.
The first straw hat
Has come and gone
Oh, where's the man
Who had 1t on?
No doubt, In some
Dark corner mopes,
Deprived of all
His earthly hopes,
And ne'er again
Will wish to sing
When the blue bird sounds
The call of spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
EXCUSE SLANG. PLEASE.

EXCUSE SLANG, PLEASE.
"A sentence in this novel reads, Every
face fell when Sir wulfram entered the
room'"
"Geel I'd hate to walk on floor cov-
cred with broken mugs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-07
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RAHR0An TIHTETARLE.


All trains arrive and depart from
Union depot foot Of San Francisco
street All arrivals and departures
given in FL Paso or mountain stand
- = SANTA FE-
For Albuquerque. Denver, Chicago,
Los Angeles-Lv. $3.50 g. m and 4:O5
p From Albuquerque. Denver. Chicago.
Los Angeles-Ar. 1000 a m and $40
Ell PAsO & SOUTHWESTERN.
(Nestern DivisiOn.)
Fer Arizona and Sonora-Lv. 1850
From Arizona and sonOra-Ar. 1900
a m, 2:45 p. m.
For Kansas City. St Louis, Chicago
-Lv. 7:45 a m, 12:45 p. m, 2:55 p. m
The 7:45 a m. train connects daily at
Alamogordo with train to Cloudcroft;
the 1855 train on Saturdays also con-
meets with Cloudcroft train
From Kansas City, St Louis, Chicago
Ar. 6;3S a m. $50 D. m. $40 p N
G., H. & 5. A. AND S. p. TRALNS.
For. San Antonio. New Orleans.
From san Antonio. New Orleans,
Washington-Ar- 6:25 a m. 1880 D. m
For Arizona and California-Lv- 6:5S
a. m. 7:1O a m, 400 p. m. 1905 D. m
6:53 a m, 1920 D m, z:42 D. m. 500
p. m
TEXAS & PACIFIC.
For Dallas and St LOuis-Lv. T:&5
a. m, $50 D. m
From ST. Louis and DaI1as-Ar. $3.50
a. m. $3.50 D. m
NATIONAL RAILWAYS OF MEXICO.
For Mexico City-Lv. 7:S5 a. m
From Mexico City-Ar- AIS o. m
MEXICO NORTH WESTERN.
For MADEIRA. Pearson and Chihuahua
Daily, 7:05 a. m.
From MADEIRA, Pearson and Chihua-
hua-Daily. 1905 D. m
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-07

FL Paso, Texas,
Sept. &c, 1913

r. c. Bailey Land Co,
Ell Paso, Texas.
Gentlemen:
on January of this year I purchased
from your company, through your Mr..
Bailey, eighty (SO) acres of upper val
lev land. located about one and one
half miles south of La Mesa, New
Mexico. forty GAO acres of which was
in alfalfa
Mr.. Bailey represented to me at the
time that the forty acres in alfalfa
would more than take care Of the
payments with interest. have real
lied more from the forty acres than
claimed for by Mr.. Bailey, and am
more than pleased with the invest
ment as well as the courteous treat
ment received at the hands of your
company.
Yours very truly,
NJ. l. Jones,
Manager Great Western oil Co.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-07

ROOM red pressed brick bungalow,
East FL Paso, near school and car;
beamed ceilings, furnace: complete in
every particular Also new 5 room
bungalow at 1917 Nevada; parked
street. a bargain VIII sell either at
cost with small cash payment. balance
to suit. E ". Earl, owner, Caples
building.