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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
DREAM OF THE ARoosTooK
From the Minneapolis Journal.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
What is known in Maine as the Aroos-
took, namely, the county that juts ur
into Canada almost to the st. Lawrence
river the island empire of Maine,' the
county that is more progressive than
Wisconsin, the potato empire that raises
25,OOO,ooo bushels of the mealest tubers
In the United States-this great county
which is as large as the entire state OF
Massachusetts and which must be pro-
nounced with the accent on the ''roos,
has dream of empire.
THE Aroostook', aspires to separate
statehood. 1t is cherishing an ambition
to become the forty-ninth state in the
union There is not yet great popular
clamor in the cities of Allegash, Bene-
dicta and Moluncus, the metropolises of
the county, for statehood, but there is
'an undercurrent." The state of Maine
is rather too conservative for the Aroos-
took. 1t does not move with the neces-
sary rapidity to satisfy the political as
pirations of the statemen of Moluncus.
One policy, however, the Aroostoolz is
not progressive upon. 1t is still in favor
of a tariff wall built sky high between
the Aroostook and New Brunswick. Sixty
years ago there was a war between Maine
and New Brunswick known as the Aroos-
took war. 1t was over a boundary line
or something in the wilderness, and the
crop of state of Maine majors and colo-
nels that resulted from this war has
lasted to the present day. If this tariff
wall should come down, we do not like
to prophesy as to what might happen
in the Aroostook. Threats have been
made even up to the matter of secession
and junction with lower Canada.
Any overt action like this would, of
course. set the state of Maine afire from
Piscataquis to Sagadahoc. 1t is not like
ly to happen. But Maine must not treat
the Aroostook cavalierly It's grievances
and its aspirations must be understood
and sympathized with, or this nation has
not heard the last of the Aroostook A
free, Independent and liberty loving peo-
pie will be heard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

ABOUT GEORGE SAND
From the Kansas City Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
George Sand is the name assumed by
Armantine Lucille Aurore, Baroness Dud-
evant. a French novelist. She was born
in Paris July 5, 1904. Her father, Maurice
Dupin, an officer, was the grandson OF
Marshal SAKE, the illegitimate son Oh
Augustus IL, King of Poland. she. IN
herited a dashing temperament, demo-
cratic sympathes, and taste for adven-
t,re. hut all this was modified first by
the training of her aristocratic grand
mother. with whom she remained until
she was 13 years old. She then attended
Partisan convent. In 1922 she was per-
suaded to marry Casimir Dudevant. She
lived with him eight years and they had
two children. In 1886 they were divorced.
A ferment of blighted hope, social dis
ccntent, intimate knowledge of the aris-
tcoracy, democratic sympathy, contact
with nature, ideal aspiration and religious
sentiment were all blended in her first
novel Indiana" written in 1882. In the
meantime she had been writing insignifi-
cant articles in the Figaro, at the office
of which she met Jules Sandeau. With
MIN she WFOlt ItOoO CT DiuANhNp "AoAASNA
"Jules Sand" whence she took her own
pseudonym. In the next forty-three years
she published eigh.y-four novels, besides
doing other literary work. All her work
reflects the grief and pride of neglected
wife. The novels after 1884 reflect also
the first bitter disillusionment that came
fl en-. her putting in practice the theory
that passion should be the rule Of life.
She had formed very close attachment
with the poet Alfred de Musset; she jour-
neyed with him to Italy and became
estranged from him under circumstances
much written of and not yet wholly clear.
Returning to Paris she made new friends,
among them Chopin, Balzac, Liszt the
| painter Delacroix, the philosophic priest
L.amennais, and, after three years Of ar
rested development during which she
wrote four other books, she dazzled the
world for eight years with brilliant pleas
| for the socialistic revolution, giving new
life to romanticism by sympathetic study
! OF the working class and the peasantry,
in which she preceded Sue, Hugo and
Ealzac. But the object lessons o8 the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
Among the Early Appointments

Woodrow Wilson will not make
many appointments during the first
month of his administration, but as
there is a vacancy in the embassy in
London, caused by the death of White
law Reid, an ambassador to the court
of st. James will probably be named
in March," said a man who held an
important office in Mr.. Clevelands sec
ond administration.
Thomas Nelson Page has been fire.
quently mentioned as Mr. Reid's sue
cessor. He would fill the position We'll
1 have known Mr. Page since he was
a young lawyer and l do not believe that
Mr. Wilson could find a better man for
the place. While Page has never held
a public office he is gentleman Of
broad culture and he has large ac-
quaintance among the public men of
England l am sure that his appoint
ment would give great satisfaction to
the British government"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

Henry Watterson. in the Louisville
Courier-Journa1.
7 WAS wandering about the Mont
martre region of Paris with Joseph
Il Pulitzer, and we came into hole
in the-wa1l where they We're playing
piece called LES Brigands." 1t was
melodrama to the very marrow of the
bones of the Apaches that gathered
and glared about. In those days the
Indemnity" paid and the military oc-
cupation" Withdrawn, everything
French prefigured hatred of the Ger
man, and be sure Les Brigands' made
the most of this each ''brigand' a
beer guzzling Teuton; each hero an
Immaculate Gaul; and, when Joan the
Maid, heroine, sent Goetz Won Berlich-
ingen, the yandal Chieftain, sprawling
in the saw-dust, there was no end to
the enthusiasm
I'VE are all 'brigands'.p said Pulitz-
er as we came away, differing accord
ing to individual character to race and
pursuit. Now, il | were writing that
play, I should represent the villain as
tyrannous City Editor, meanly ex-
ecuting the orders of niggardly pro-
prietor."
"And the heroine?' 1 said.
"She should be beautiful and rich
young lady" he replied, "who buys the
newspaper and marries the cub--rescu-
ing genius from poverty and persecu-
ton"
He was not then the. owner of the
World. lie had not created the POST
Disptch, or even met the beautiful and
lovely woman who became his Wife.
He was younger of five or six and
twenty, revisiting tho scenes of his
boyhood on the beautiful blue Danube,
and taking in Paris for lark.
Most ambitious boys have at one
time or another thought more or less
seriously about being a pirate. That is
the barbaric in aspiring nature. When
was a lad at school in the City of
Brotherly Love, there was a melodious
cellar down toward the lower end of
Chestnut street--a veritable Gave of
Harmonyp-whose star attraction was
sthe renowned Billy Jordan from the
music halls of London" advertised as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
The Temuerance cause

Il do not hear as much of total ab-
stinence societies as I did when | was
a YOUTH" said an old citizen. II remem-
Der the Sons of Temperance strong
organization in the fifties. I lived ip
a small town and nearly. every man
joined the order. We had also an or
ganization which had branl;hes in many
states known as the Temple of Honor
and Temperance. 1t was to the Sons
lof Temperance, as l. understood 1t,
what the high degrees are to Masonry.
Any boy IA years of age and any old
whisky soak could be initiated into
the Sons but the minimum age for
membership in the Temple of Honor
and Temperance was 1S, if my memory
serves me right and, as a rule, only
Jpersons of reasonably good character
were admitted.
later on came the Independent Or
der of Good Templars, which sprang
up in the state of New York in the
year 1851. In this order the total alb
stinence pledge is for life. Girls as well
as boys are admitted to full member
ship The Sons of Temperance may
sui De III existence Dut near Hotii-
ing of them in these modern days, but
the Good Templars still flourish, al
though not as strong numerically as
they once We're The order is now in
ternational and the international MEM
bership, including juniors. is, accord
ing to last years report, about 100000.
| In the late sixties the Good Templars
increased rapidly in this country and
think by 1870 or 1871 the member
ship in the United States was almost
| if not quite 100000.
| "One of the earliest total abstinence
organizations-perha the earliest
was the Father Matthew society. / used
to hear my father tell of it, Father
Matthew was an Irish priest and he
did wonderful work for temperance.
| The Catholic church has long MAIN
la'7,s strong total abstinence organ
llzauoa VS. branches in most of the
l,,eslsbes believe in temperance So
',itlas sra We for many years been a
iaHaEef II me. but I have never been
.aers laled lat the prohibition movo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
The Democratic Administration

"A week from now President-eleot
Wilson will be busy in the White
House familiarizing himself with ex-
ecutive duties and the business world
will be guessing as to just what sort
OF President he will make said
Milton M. Haverly of Buffalo, II did
not vote for Mr.. Wilson. but have an
idea that he will make a good Presi-
dent; that he will be an agreeable sur
prise to those pessimists who have
expressed fear that his proposed re-
forms would be too academic or too rad
ical.
I'm the last election I was a Roose-
velt progressive. Mr.. Wilson is a pro-
gressiye democrat, but 1 believe he
will be guided largely by counsellors
who will take broad view of bus
mess conditions and business needs.
We have had great business activity
for some months and while there may
be a temporary lull in March l be-
lieve the business situation will be
satisfactory to various interests
throughout the year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
Mylius and Castro

Castro has sailed away to Cuba,
where he will probably stay. He is a
Latin American, and SO are the Gu
bans. He will feel at home when he
reaches Cuba, where his native tongue
is spoken.
Edward F. .-Mylius has also incurred
Secretary Nagel's opposition because
he had libelled King George by resur-
recting a story that the King con-
tracted a morganatic marriage at
Malta when he was young naval Of
ficer The story had been printed in
at least two English publications be-
fore the Mylius story appeared. There
was no basis for any of them and each
and all were criminal libels. Mylius
was tried, convicted and sentenced to
imprisonment and he had served his
sentence before he came to this coun-
try The Secretary of Commerce and
Labor attempted to stop his entry into
this country but Federal Judge Noyes
( decided that criminal libel does not
Inherently connote "moral turpitude. y
One Amust be guilty of moral turpi-
tude' Before he can be kept out of
this country, for that is the term used
in the immieNation act. Judge Noyes
turned Mr.. MyNus free, and free he
will remain, although Secretary Nagel
threatens to carry the case to the su-
preme court.
The trouble with MyliQAs is not SO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
LONG FIAGPOLE
m Popular Mechanics

from Popular Mechanics.
A perfectly straight log of Douglas fiji
go feet long and five feet in diameter at
the butt tapering evenly to diameter
OF two feet at the top. lies at the Panama
Pacific, exposition grounds waiting to be
erected as the lower portion of what will
L. r.obably be the biggest flagpole in the
world
1t was brought down the Pacific coasi
from Washington as part of one Of the
giant RATS Of logs, for which that sec
ton Is noted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
Preparing for Cotton planting

"Cotton farmers are getting their
land ready for planting and l believe
the cotton acreage in Alabama will be
about the same this year as last, al
though have heard that in some coun-
ties there would be reduced acreage,
said w. ID. Nesbitt.
'I was in Georgia recently and
learned that in the northern part OF
that state there would be very large
acreage this season. The farmers in
our part of the country are in pros
porous condition and with favorable
weather we can look for big cotton
crop"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
southern Club Meeting ronIglrt

general meeting of the members
of tie Southern club will be held to-
night to consider plans for enlarging
the building.
1T is proposed to add a story to the
present building and to mako other I'M
provements, the entire cost not to ex-
eeed $4,000" said member of the
board of governors "The projected i'm
provements would add greatly to the
attraetiveness of the club and also to
the revenues. The architects plans
provide for a large banquet hall--a
hall with banquet capacity of SOC
or 400 seats.
Some of the members are in favor,
1 understand, of razing the present
building and erecting on the site a
six or seven-story club structure at
cost of 100000. such a scheme
could be financed, I suppose, but I
believe the best thing at this time
VIII be along the line of the one
story addition. In five years from now
If conditions warrant it, we might put
up new building; but any proposi
tion that looks at all feasible will be
considered at the meeting"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
JOAQUIN MILLER LAST POEM
'AT FINAL PARTING"

Could but teach man to believe,
Could / but make small men to grow,
To break frail spider webs that weave
About their thews and bind them low,
Could but sing one song and lay
Grim doubt; then could go my way
In tranquil silence, glad, serene.
And satisfied, from off the scene.
Put, ah. this disbelief, this doubt,
This doubt of God. this doubt of good.
The damned spot will not out.
Wouldst learn to know one little flowe
It's perfume. perfect form and hue?
Yea, wouldst thou have one perfect hou
or all the years that come to you?
Then grow as God hath planted, grow
A lordly oak or daisy low,
As He hath sset His garden; be
Just what thou art, or grass or tree,
Thy treasures up In heaven laid
Awaibkt thxs sssrr@ ascending s~uh
Life afte att faiA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
ESCAPED.

Who is this poorly furnished man
Who ever and anon inquiries,
As one vino has some mighty plan,
The latest pries7of auto tires?
He surely can't afford to buy
Such luxuries. and still must walk?
Alas, his mind is gone-that's why
He doth so out of reason talk.
If We'll but wait little while,
I do not hesitate to say
A keeper with a patient smile
VIII come and lead our friend away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
A LOCKER ON.

Birmingham now has regularly or
ganized chapter of the "Sons OF Rest
two itinerant gentlemen from the recent
hobo convention in New Orleans having
perfected all necessary arrangements. The
great amount of building going on in titis
town just now makes it an ideal place for
such an organization. 1t is said that there
is nothing a genuine Son of Rest enjoys
more than watching the construction of
skyscraper. 'Tis then the luxury of
sweet idleness usurps his soul, to the ex-
clusion of all else. lie gazes upon busy
scene where skilled toilers are engaged in
a mighty task. His eye is mild and
contemplative. He does not criticize, nor
does he venture AN opinion as to how this
ard that should be done. Labor In Itself
possesses for him merely an academic III
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

much moral turpitude'' as an excess
of radical politics. He is socialist
and he hates monarchy and a mon
arch, and he was not careful in select
ing his methods of warfare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
WHEN A BOY WOULD BE A PIRATE

"the greatest of living barytones," and
many night have I slipped into that
forbidden place Just to hear that cock
ney sing
Chevalier and Lauder. but in those days
1 thought him great. and later along
learned that he had been contemporary
with Munden and Kelly and O'Keefe in
delighting the London of Lamb and
Jerrold and, shall not say OF Colonel
Newcome and Captain Costigan?
can see him now, the trim little
man with the red face, the ruffled shirt
and top boots the buff waistcoat and
breeches, and the blue coat with brass
buttons. I can still hear that piercing
voice growing a trifle brassy, every
word as clear-cut as II shot out of
rife His songs could offend no one.
Wholly moral. they were mainly about
love- making and war, and generally of
Irish extraction. His piece de resist
ance, however, was THE Pirate King"
How breezily he gave it and with what
glorious abandon flfloulrshed his Jolly
Roger at the end of each verse.
I'm afioat. I'm anoat! on the fierce
rolling tide,
The oceans my home and my bark 10
my bride"
he roared as he bounded into the CEN
ter of the stage and swooped down on
the footlights.
'I fear not the tempest--I heed not
the law,
With a compass to steer by, dagger
to draw,
Up, up the black flag, let it wave DER
the sea-
I'm afioat! I'm afloat. And the rover is
free"'
All, dear, delightful days; when boy
could be a pirate, or kill a pirate just
as the humor took him; when the real
pleasures of living, however innocent,
had to be stolen; when Il. too, have
been there" was state secret, AMI
"she'' was a miracle in crepes and rib
bons, scarfs and pantalettes and curls.
made to play hide-and-seek with the
stars and to be seen, oh, worlds and
worlds awayE Bow-wow!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

81. Xavier's, Cincinnati, has forbidden
funerals to which flowers are sent. The
parish at its own expense will issue men,
oriam cards to all the friends of the de-
ceased, announcing the death. This is
said to be the beginning of nationwide
movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

II Count Boni de Castellane can nave
his marriage to Anna Gould annulled by
Vatican he will marry Betlla. the daugh-
Ter of Prince and Princess RadziwiIl, who
recently had an audience with the Pope
ara pleaded his cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

Pine Suarez, who was murdered in
Mexico City, was barely S5 years old
when he was elected vice president of
Mexico. He was a lawyer of Merida, Yu-
catan He was over six feet tall, but of
slight figure. He married when he was
22 years old and is survived by wife and
three children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

Cen Huerta is Mexieo's great oppor-
tunist. He served Porfirio Diaz as long
as he was triumphant. Then he served
Madero, and now he is serving himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
FORETHnIrGHT

Dan Bingle was a wise galoot,
He wore cravennetted suit
Each time he tried to sell block
OF what is known as watered stock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

ment made for real temperance. I think
the best means of promoting temper
anee is found in the total abstinence
nledoen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

The Farmers Almanac says, About this
time begin to look for Easter millinery,
shamrocks, marlx-down sales and the first
robin. Also the sunragists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

Revolution cooled her enthusiasm, and
after Napoleon's accession she lived
quietly at Berry. Through her work
there quivers passionate rebellion
against convention, moral or social. She
played a great part in the social emanci-
patton OF women, without having either
an original or definite social theory. Hep
nature was simple, affectionate, patient.
kind, without vanity, without pedantrys
large and frank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
a TEST oF OPTIMISM.

7 IEoI OF OPIIMISM.
When ones poor head feels like a drum
And when his mood is cross and grum.
And when he simply gasps for breath
And wonders r he's near to death;
And when he sneezes, shifts and blows
And every moment swells his woes,
That wight must be an optimist,
Who still has power to resist
Such great discomforts and TO rhyme
As if 'twere good old summer time,
And blossoms bloomed and life was gay
And coughs and colds were far away,
And on the soft. sweet scented breeze
Were borne such throbbing melodies
That>dll the world would seem in tune
With happy hearts that beat in June!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

Col and Mrs. Roosevelt recently enter
tained the progressive men and women of
their county. About $50 We're present. The
guests were received in the drawing room
ard Col. Roosevelt made short address.
lie said he was glad to see them all and
he congratulated the progressives of Oys-
ter Bay on having nominated a straight
ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

The New York suffragists have opened
store in which comely young women
serve in sterilized rubber gloves. 1t is Sc
curing big trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
NEXT
The cherry tree,
Goodbye to that
What's this we see?
The Easter hat.
pIscoNTENr.

DISCONTENT.
Man is never satisfied
II guess you ere right
"Penwiddie used to say IL he could just
own an automobile he would be happy"
And now?"
He vows he'll never be happy until he
gets an auto horn that sounds like nothing
else on earth. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

A cure for locomotor ataxia has been
found This may prolong the life of the
party a year or two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

Mrs. Wilson, who is to be the first lady
OF the land" says she will spend $1,000
on her wardrobe and not a cent more
This is shock to the fashionable dress
makers, who say that $7925 is bedrock
estimate. Here is an apportionment of
the $7,325 that modlstes say she ought to
spend: Winter season. Morning wear,
three cloth dresses, $500; negligee dresses,
$500; two tailored suits, $3.50; shoes, hose,
etc. s10O; hats, $10O Total, $1,25O. After
noon wear, two three-piece calling cos
tunes, $3.50; three receiving gowns s575;
hats, $500; miscellaneous. $3.50. Total,
$1,475, Evening wear, three evening
gowns, $1,000; two dinner gowns, $3.50: one
evening wrap, $500. Total, S1,65o Extras
for winter, two extra coats, $3.50; riding
habit, $3.50; motor togs, $3.50; furs, $500.
Summer season: Day wear, seven mex
rensiye dresses, $500; three lingerie
dresses, $500; extra decorative wraps, $500;
hats, 5000 miscellaneous, $500 Total,
$500. Evening wear two dinner gowns,
$3.50; one evening wrap, s1oo; miscellan-
ecrs. $50 Total, $500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

sixty millions of dollars in bank notes
have been shipped to Hong Kong as
freight, but those notes are printed for
Chine and they have not been signed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

You couldn't give a man u shirt that
bgttoned in the back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

Our barber has solved the pronunciation
of General Huerta's name. While we
were struggling with the Spanish pronun-
citation, and endeavoring at the same time
to keep the larher out of our mouth, he
remarked brisSly, oh you mean that
fellow, Hewitt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
A KNIGHT FOR A NIGHT

From Youth S companion.
Blessed with sense of humor, Sir
Henry Irving was not shut up in his
dignity as in a tower. He thoroughly
appreciated palable hit, even at his
own expense.
At rehearsal of king Arthur" for
which Sir Arthur sullivan composed in
cidental music and Sir Edward Burne-
Jones designed special costumes, he
CHANGED to overhear the brief mono
logue that follows:
Sir Emery Irwin Sir Arthur Sulli-
van, Sir Edward BurneJones!' came in
a growl from dark corner behind the
scenes. "Three bloomn' knights--and
that's about what / give it"'
Irving liked to repeat this outburst,
which the comparative failure of king
Arthur made peculiarly opposite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26
sELF-ApVERTIsING.

There was a man in our town
Who liked to see his name In print;
10 win that sort of cheap renown
All round our busy burg he'd sprint
SO oleverly did initiate
a man with problems on his mind,
FRAT cub reporters grabbed the bait
And blithely helped his axe to grind.
AS LONG AS THE FUN LASTS.
E'en though tis late.
When hearts are gay,
We hesitate
To hit the nay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-26

The Baltimore sun is led TO exclaim:
The hiker's foot is on thy shore, the girls
are at thy temple door, Maryland, my
Maryland