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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL IN THE BARBAcoMBE MYSTERY

H HE trial of case around which there was an unusual amount of
 = mystery, and which was followed by several remarkable circumstances, was that of the Barbacombe mystery, in which butler, John Lee, was charged with the murder of Miss Emma Keyse. This trial took place in London at the Exeter as- sizes on Monday February ?, 1885, before Justice Manisty.
 Miss Keyse had been. for sometime lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria, and at the time of the tragedy she was nearly 70 years of age. She was residing at The Glen, Barbacombe, near Torquay Two servants named Neck had been in her employ for over 30 years. She also had a cook by the name of Elizabeth Harris. who was half-sister of John Lee, the accused. Lee had been in the old lady s employ for some ten months when the tragedy occurred.
 On the night of November 14 1884, Miss Keyse sat up late in the dining room, making entries in her diary. The ser wants retired at their usual hour and were awakened between and 4 o'clock in the morning, finding their rooms full of smoke. Lee was called by Eliza Neck, and he at once came from his bedroom fully dressed
 The dining room was found to be on fire, and the body of the mistress lay on the floor with her clothing afire. The police arrived just as the fire was ex- tinguished, and were surprised to find that terrible crime had been commit ted. There was great pool of blood in the passage close to the door of the pan try in which Lee had been sleeping. Fur ther examination showed that Miss Keyse had evidently been killed in the hall and then dragged into the dining room. Considerable parraffin oil saturated various articles in the library, and the gallon can which was found empty in the cupboard above Lees bed, and nobody could get at it without reaching over him as he slept. Lees clothing, as well as the can. bore blood stains. In these circum- stances Police Sergeant Knott told Lee he would arrest him on suspicion of hay ing murdered his mistress.
 The prisoner protested his innocence both at the inquest and at the magis. terial examinations, though the evidence brough against him was of the most con- elusive character. The blood on his cloth- ing. he said. was caused from cut on his hand received while breaking the din l ing room window to allow the smoke to escape. In regard to motive. at the trial on February ?, Lees nalf-sister gave peculiar evidence. She swore that Lee, who was under notice of discharge, told her that before he left TorQuay hs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
A DELAYED REPORT
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
 Age cannot dull nor illness blunt tine sharp tines of Benjamin Ryan Tillman's g pitchfork.
 Two years ago he received from his arch political enemy, Cole Blease. elected governor of South Carolina, telegram which referred to the raging ot the heathen."
 This week. as soon as the returns showed that the chief magistrate of the Palmetto State had gone down to defeat in the democratic senatorial primaries. MT. Tillman wired in reply: 'The heathen still rages. but the people rejoice. See Deuteronomy iii, 2-15. Good-by."
 A very pretty comeback!
 To get the full force of 1t you must read all the verses of the fifth book of the Old Testament mentioned in the message.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
Baltimore's Splendid Progress

With last weeks number of the Manufacturers Record came sep arate edition, as part II-Baltimore Illustrated. It is one of the handsomest publications that has appeared any, where in this country.
 Those visitors to Baltimore prior to 1904 when. the city was swept by fire would scarcely recognize the Baltimore of today. In round figures $400, ,OOO,- 900 has been expended in rehabilita- tion and expansion.
 The expansion and qualification of the water supply has cost $5,000, ,000. The street railway system has been improved at cost of $2O,000,000. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has expended $100, 100000 in betterments in and around the city. The munich pality has expended 1928, ,OOO on it's sewerage system and nearly $15,OO0,- 900 on paving. The business district off Baltimore up to the time of the fire was paved with cobble stones. Now every street and alley is smooth and clean.
 Baltimore, as city of many his toric associations, was always at- tractive to American sightseers, but the new Baltimore will rank higher than ever as one of the great businfss centers of America.
 Those who attend the Star Spangled Bannsr celebration A Baltimore this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

will be of practical interest to people in general, including lady folks who appreciate fine apparel:
 Tungsten and it's salts are used fJr making silk and cotton fabrics fire proof for winding electric furnaces. and for use in the apparatus employed for the utilization of Roentgen rays. Also occasionally in the manufacture of silk in order to add weight and so give 1t the desired stiff effect. It will thus be seen that from the standpoint of practical utility tungsten is of more benefit to humanity than gold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
A Mineral of Many Uses

The American union is doino important educational work in gather ing and disseminating information about Latin America.
 AS the Panama canal neared com pietion Director General John Barrett. who is at the head of the Pan union, began to stress the great opportunities which the manufacturers of the United States would have in extending and building up vast South American trade. And now that the canal has been opened, and in view. too, of the abrupt changes in trade conditions due to the European war the activities of the Pan-American organization have been greatly in- creased. The Pan unions director general has the faculty of making statistics ordinarily dry readable and convincing. But one of the most in- teresting features of the work is found in the publicity literature" relating to the resources of South America. of which comparatively little had been known in this country.
 Any one may learn something about wolfram or wolframite by looking in an unabridged dictionary, but the Pan- American union has recently issued a circular that tells all about it-about its uses, it's value, and so on. Be- ginning facetiously, the circular states:
 wolfram is not the name of a wild
 beast, even if the word is apparently
 combination of the names of two
 well known members of animal society
 Neither wolf nor ram, taken sepa-
 rately, has anything to do with it.
 There may be a great many peopla
 who know-and again a great many
 who do not know-that wolfram is n
 mineral, and that tungsten is the me-
 tallic chemical element found therein,
 fact which gives it an importance
 it might otherwise not have.
 Wolfram is the most commonly known of the various tungsten ores. It is said to have been discovered by Swedish navigator in 1781. Find ing the mineral quite heavy, he named it tungsten-tung, meaning heavy and sten, stone. Tungsten ores are ex- ported by several countries, the chief supply coming from Queensland, Portugal, Argentina and Bolivia. There are prolific deposits in Cali fornia, which will some day have high commercial value.
 In answering the question, "What is wolfram good for?" the circular re- ferred to says that the filiaments in our incandescent electric lights made from wolfram have resulted in an economy to the consumers totaling something over $240, 100000 a year, which of itself is enough to establish its commercial importance. One of the electric companies of the United States has discovered method which makes it possible to draw tungsten metal into wire as fine as one thousandth of an inch in diameter, so tb.t the wire is pliable and can be wound upon spools like sewing thread. The wire thus drawn is said to have more strength than any steel piano wire that was ever made.
 But the principal use of tungsten is to harden steel, especially tool steel. The Pan-American unions circular concludes with this paragraph, which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

STORM From the New York Sun. Out of the thunder leaps 8 crooked sword Bright as a serpent's tongue-aye bright as blood; , And men within the moment cast their cloths
 And stand forth naked in snarlins brood. The storm treads on like some great booted god, Roaring and staying with its bloody And men are mlled between it's awful palms
 Their vaunted masteries are Blown ike mists We have not conquered elemental things. Not chained the lightnings, nor con- trolled the skies The storm breaks and the worlds a beast again, Fl. z snarling. at bay, with terror h its eyssI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
MISLEADING.

Just minute. my friend,' said the rainy day merchant to seedy individ- ual who was making off with three um- brelas. You paid me, for only one um- brella.'
 Well, why don't you make your sign more explicit?" asked the seedy indi- vidual in a peevish tone Tt reads, Only $l.' How is fellow to tell if that's the price of the whole lot or just one umbrella?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
A Good, Practical Suggestion

H. A. Wheeling, secretary of the Rome, Ga., Chamber of Commerce, in his now famous circular, Buy a Bale of Cotton; a Matter of Southern Pride and Preserya- tion," has started the ball rolling. In speaking of the circular yesterday, a prominent business man said: MT. Wheel that in Atlanta and other cities of the cotton south many men are acting on the Rome, Ga, plan. MT. Wheeling s cir cular starts off thus:
 Protect your job. protect your busi- ness. protect the stability of the south.
 Buy a bale of cotton.
 Let's quit 'hollering for help"
 Let's help ourselves!
 Let's show to the world the real soundness and stability of the south.
 'Well-meaning big men have made 100000 suggestions as to the proper solu- tion of the ''cotton problem which is now confronting us, but in it's last analysis the little man is the one to perform the op- eration, so let's all get busy and buy a bale of cotton.
 If we wait to theorize on the ques- ton, or sit helplessly by, we will soon be in the midst of the cotton shipping sea- son, the farmer will be without a market, business will go slack and the depression will be great. The Lord helps those who help themselves! Let's help ourselves-the best way in the world to get the Lord on our side. All of which is suggested in no flippant, irreverent spirit, but with a due appreciation of what the words mean. Buy bale of cotton! There's the solu- rion of the problem in a nutshell Let every man buy at least one bale, be he merchant. manufacturer banker, clerk or laborer. Every man who does this is simply helping himself, he is preserving the stability of his own business or that of his employer and protecting his own job.
 When you buy a bale of cotton you are simply loaning yourself money for immediate business necessities. It will come back to you with handsome inter- est. "A bale of cotton is as good as gold" The, poor market will at least be only temporary. A few months hence and you will wish you had bought 50 bales.
 Its like putting money in the bank, with a better rate of interest than the bank will pay.
 After you have bought your bale store it. If you haven't any other place for it, put it in the parlor of your home Let it stand there as monument to your public spirit and patriotism and good bus mess sense.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
The Sinfulness of Pleasure

Some bright man said once that the Puritans objected to bear-baiting not because it hurt the bear, but because ] it gave pleasure to the dogs. And the church today in it's attitude toward pleasure but slowly emerges from the shadow of Puritanism. Puritanism, however, did not originate the disease. The notion seems to be innate in hu- manity that torturing oneself is pleas ing to God. First in history comes the savage cutting himself, then the monk with his hair-shirt and scourage, then the Puritan with his pietistic es- chewal of pleasure. Heresies never die. They merely retire and come again in new costumes.
 Puritanism was mighty move ment. It laid the foundations for most of our modern nations and churches. But in characteristic fashion we have been initiating it's weaknesses and idiosyncrasies as well as its vir- tues.
 Jesus had none of the Puritanical in Him. In fact He contravened the Puritans of His day He seems to have taken part in all the great worldly amusements" He attended "parties' and wedding feasts; He mingled with those whom the church ostracised. I believe that if He were on earth today He would be found in the haunts of the people and would still be criticized for eating with publicans and sinners. Jesus taught expression not repres- sion, positives not negatives, internals not externals, an abundant life not cramped life.
 After Jesus, Paul at some length stated principles for guidance in mat ters of the kind we are discussing, in Romans IA and Colossians 2. He says, first, that every man must act according to his own conscience. These are personal matters, and God will speak His will to each individual if one has ears to hear.
 He says, second, that love is guide. One must proceed with reference not only to himself but his brother. He says, third, however, that no man is competent to judge another. In some matters, where God has al- ready judged, we may, of course. God has spoken with reference to murder. theft, adultery, but not here. This is the principle stated in Romans IA. 8: 'Let not him that eateth dispise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth." Paul puts the responsibility on each man to decide in love, and then says to every other man: "You are not to judge.' '.Let no man, there fore, judge you in meat or in drink" he says in Colossians 2, Is.
 We can make ourselves very un- Christ-like and very unhappy by criti- cism of our brethren as to their pleas ures. And if by some crooked chance we could get hold of the gates of power and put stop to all the things which we sometimes condemn in our preaching, it would cause bursting forth of pent-up life that would make the European war look like a strife of pygmies.
 HENRY M EDMONDS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

spiendidly equipped siege batteries is the present problem
 In the meantime, the allied forces of France and England are undoubtedly pre- paring for this assault upon Paris, and 1t may be that their plans are to cut on the rear and hem in the Germans between the outer Paris forts and then lines.
 However this is more or less the opin- ion of strategy experts.
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 It is very evident that the French are preparing to abandon Paris if the Ger mans take the outer Notifications. rather than submit to the destruction of the magnificent buildings and works of art or this famous world city The Parisians manifestly prefer to pay a tremendous war indemnity rather than sacrifice that which all time could pot replace
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 But it--is not for one moment to be thought that this war will end. even though Paris be taken. Englands very existence is at stake. as is that of France and eventually the Germans will be driven back sor destroyed; and I am strongly of the opinion that Count Tolstois won derful dream and prediction will even tualIy be a reality on the European con- tinent.
 It looks to me like there will in time be a system of independent republics of Europe. This war will end the days of kingdoms in continental Europe as completely as the power of the Pope of Rome over governmental affairs in Eu- rope has been obiterated
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 Some of the cards which came into The Age-Herald office yesterday are rather amusing. Only during the past week some wholesalers and jobbers and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
NIGHT.

The stars appear, a glittering host, The light of stars illumes the world; And, harl1i an elfin orchestra Plays sweetly to each blossom furled. High on the hill, down in the vale All nature sleeps. entoiled in dreams, Lullel by the song of the wind in the
 trees
 And the murmurous voice of woodland
 streams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
New Ownership Metropolitan Hotel

''The new owner of the Metropolitan. hotel, W. 0. Lanning, has been identified with the business life of Birmingham for several years,' said Judge W. P. Me- Crossin, the well known attorney who conducted the hotel for two months as trustee.
 About 12 years ago he came to Bir- mingham to accept a position with the Massey Business college, and was with that institution for three years. After that he was engaged in the stock sales business as mep1ber of the firm Orr & Lanning for some years. He is director in the Merchants and Mechanics bank.
 Speaking of his new venture. MT. Lam ming said: I purchased the Metropolitan as an individual investment and have no partner I intend to devote my personal attention to seeing that it is conducted in first-class style and will strive to make it an ideal travelling mans hotel, and place that ladies and men witt. their families will find home-like, com fortable and convenient to the shopping district and the railroads and street cars''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

sular service in Egypt, says in his vol ume, The Last Frontier that Berlin has been well aware for a long time that France, in the event of war, could push huge black army to the Rhine within 30 days. The present war may witness such an action, as France is no longer held by the compunctions which prevented the calling of African subjects in the Franco Prusslan war.
 It is definitely known that France has a full army corps of Senegalese (close to 10000 mem, and it is believed that France could, if pressed draw from 10 to 30 mand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

, brokers were interviewed over the profits them talked about the thousands of dol i, lars in profits they had made. Now. some of them come out with statements that the newspapers in cartoons and read able articles have done them an injustice in that they have made the public believe that they had robbed them. The public or the people who have to buy groceries for their families, donb know anything about the why's and wherefores that caused this tremendouS increase in the price of eatables. But they do know that 1t is costing them from fifty, to hundred per cent more to live now than it did few weeks ago. and they would love to have the wholesalers do some thing to help them out. As matter of fact with few excep- tions, the wholesale merchants of Bir7 { mingham have not been extraordinarily
 
 prosperous-not nearly SD prosperous as they are sensitive, The thing now for us to do k to make good and sufficient profits whenever can consistently and conscientiously but for all the merchants in BirminghalD,s whether they be wholesalers or retailers. to put their shoulders to the wheel anl. see if we can't get the cost of living in Birmingham down to point where We at home will not only be content but we can attract others to come and live' with us.
 There is no good and sufficient req !. son, with the tremendous crops in this country, why the cost of living in Bir- mngham should shoot skyward, as it has recently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
BEGINNING THE DAY-I thank

Thee. my Father, for the gentle ministry of music. l thank Thee for alI the wondering melodies which Thou hast loOsed In the world. I thank Thee for the peopie who have heard them in the stiences, caught them up in their souls ana sung them to me. Make my hie one of Thy harmonies. Amen.- H. M. 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
A oNIcK SALE.

'I'm selling a patented floor mop, mad am," said the agent. "The lady next door said she couldn't associate you with any sort of mop but mop of purchased hair, but-ahem!-of course-''
 ''The cat, Give me two"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
EASILY CAUGHT.

"Old Doppelby tells me that he has faith in his fellow man.
 That's true. Old Doppelby's faith in his fellow mans willingness to swallow any sort of thinly disguised bait accounts for his town house, his country house, his six automobiles and his private yacht"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

Russia could probably stand a war longer than any other nation in Europe but the German idea seems to be to wind it up in a iiffy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

The Red Cross asks a paltry s1.OoO,- ooo 10 carry on work for humanity While the war lords are spending bill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

The Kaiser stated early in the pro- ceedings that God was on his side. but he evidently believes that God helps those who help themselves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
HENRY M. EDMoNDs

The mayor of Atlantic City says Morality is nothing but vice tired out D on the other hand. does that account Tor the ginger" that characterizes the average Atlantic City crowd?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

You will notice that the adjective enormous is freely used in European dispatches, but it always refers to the losses of the other side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

Brand WhitlocK seems to have had a hand In saving Brussels. It's about time for Toledo to get jealous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
The Congressional Election

'The democrats will have good work ing majority in the Sixty-fourth Con- lgress," said John F. Arram of Chicago.
 'Six or eight months ago I thought we democrats-I have been a democratic voter ever since I was old enough-would have been lucky to have got bare ma jority, but the Wilson administration has made more than good, and democratic legislation as a rule has been satisfactory to the people. Six or eight weeks ago it looked as if the democrats would have a sweeping majority in the November elections, but the European war coming on has caused considerable confusion in the business world and the fact that the democrats have to raise $100,00000O by new taxation to protect the United States treasury may cost us some votes. Of course, no intelligent or patriotic man should vote against the party for some- thing not chargeable to the party power.'
 q have traveled recently through the middle west and have spent few days in the east. Every democrat have met has been a strong believer in Mr. Will sons admin Stration"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

Our idea of unimportant news in the present uproar is the discovery of a new comet reported from Bulgaria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
JAMBAsT1NG THE AUTHOR.

DAMBASTING THE AUTHOR.
 Coarse beyond endurance, consciously vile from cover to cover, the mere pres ence of Carol Gordons novel, Inspira- tion,' would ruin the reputation of any respectable familys trash heap for life, says reviewer That's what we woul~ call critique with punch in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
In thc Burineas MorId

"Of course everybody ia interested in the big war, but there is no reason for pessimism in the business world" said a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
 ''The Birmingham district is in fine shape. The iron market is fairly active and it will probably be unusually active little later on. The coal trade is be- coming active once more. and I look for a boom before the first of October As for cotton, many farmers will be able to hold a good percentage of their crop un- til they can get a big price. Cotton will keep for years, and if only two-thirds of this years enormous crop is spun within the next 12 months it will all be needed and will all be used Those who hold until this time next year will all most certainly make a large profit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

Even going to look for the north pole would be preferable to remaining in Europe just now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

Kipling and Watson are wooinr the war muse manfully. Whats the mat ter with Doc" Bridges?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

Chinese troops have been carefully instructed not to hurt Japanese troops, even If they do violate China's neu- trality
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
THE INFERENCE.

'Dobbs and his wife are inseparable" Which one is suspicious?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

Mons was greater battle than Waterloo. but somehow 1t doesn't sound as big