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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
OPPORTUNITY


By Walter Malone.
They do me wrong who sav come,
When once knock and fail to find YOU
For every day stand outside your, door.
And bid you wake, and rise to fight and
win. "-
Wall not for preciou. chance. passed
Weep not for golden ages on the wane;
hsch night burn the. records of the
AL susrise every soul is born again.
Laugh like boy at spiendors that have
speed;
To vanished Joys os blind ana do.f
and dumb;
My judgments seal the dead past With
its dead,
But never blind a moment get to come.
Tho deep in mire. wiring not your hands
and weep;
No sbame-faced outcast ever sank 90
But yet might rise and be again man.
Cost thou behold thy lost youth all
Dost reel from righteous retribution'.
blow?
Then turn from blottsl archives of the
past
And md the futurehs pages white as
snow.
AIT thou a mournelr Rouse thee from
thy spell;
Art thou a sinn<r! Sins may be for
given;
! Each morning gives thee a
from Hell,
Each night start to guit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
IN SHORT HAND.

1. .. U. we all know well
Nhat these three letters mean:
p. p. c. They Indicate
That no more We'll be seen,
r. 5. V. p. briefly ask
That reply be sent;
e. o. E. the merchants use
To safeguard their intent
DIR. just before a name
Means he can make a pill;
DR.. just behind name
Mean thathe owes bill.
D. d. tell In letters large
That he knows divine law;
d. d. also let us know
Ihat he tooth can draw
A. NJ. mean master of art
Or the suns morning trail
f. Nj. mean the afternoon
And one who handles mail.
y means sometimes a cross-road
ur value out of sight:
Oft to the world it proclaims
His name he cannot write
p. S. mean I've more to write.
On this all women dote.
N. b. mean remember well
About that which / wrote
Though it be slang, 90
means get out. skip, skadoo;
And following its advice
That's what | now will do
A TRIFLE STRONG.
Bibbs; You must excuse the odor OF
this cigar, but"
oloos; Never mind about apologzing,
young man, I've worked in phosphate
factory"
CORRECT DIAGNOSIS.
Doctor: What seems to be your trou-
ble?"
Old Lady: Our neighbors have pur-
chased parlor organ and it is going
night and day so that my nerves are all
to pieces"
Doctor: "Ah, I see a little organic
trouble"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
TIME exploits of Joan of Arc are well
known to all readers. Asserting that

lHtHE exploits of Joan of Arc are well
| known to all readers Asserting that
L she was favored and instructed by
dispirited country and their weak and
| cowardly King to resist the English usur
pers and their Burgundian allies, until she
at last fell into the hands of the latter
upon the bridge of Compiegne. from which
place she had sailed, sword in hand, at
the head of 800 men in arms. Her cap
| ture spread CONSERVATION among the
French forces, while it excited the most
| enthusiastic joy among the allies
The English fiocked in crIwds to see
| the girl of Is, whose name alone, during
the previous year. had made them trem-
BILE. On May 25, 1880. news arrived in
Paris of the taking of Joan of Arc Pub
lie rejoicing was ordered by fhe English.
the 'Te Deum'' was sung In the metro
politan churches and bonfires were kim
died throughout the city.
| The girl was sold by the Burgundians
to the English. She resolved to hazard
everything to regain her liberty. She
threw herself from the tower wherein
she was confined, resolved, In case she
escaped, to fly and afford succor to the
city of Compiegne. She was very much
hurt by the fall and for several days re-
fused to partake of food.
| Joan was then carried to the Castle o.
| Crotoy At length, on January g. 1881, the
| King lof England issued letters patent
authorizing the process to be issued
against her. 1t was decided to send an
emissary to the country where Joan was
| born to ascertain the character of the
| girl. but he received only the most hon.
orable testimonies. which, however, were
/ suppressed at the trial.
| As it was necessary to sacrifice Joan
of Arc in order to satisfy the English,
every means was resorted to for the pur-
pose of accomplishing the end desired An
attempt was made to compromise with her
while in prison. but without result. and
finally the opening of the process was
| fixed for February 81. The deliberative
voice was vested in only two judges
Pierre Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais a
| lieentiate of civil law, and Jean lie Mai
tre of the fraternity of preachers, a bach
elor in theology and bearing the title of
| inauistor general Of the faith in France
| On the day appointed for the commence
ment of the trial, the Bishop of Beauvais
accompanied by 40 counselors or assessors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

yet RS the newspaper department mas
been established at Hendon, where an
other sum in acreage and tonnage is walt
ing 10 be worked out by the curious
student.
The whole history and work of the in
aiitGtionl bristle with statistical and other
problems. Here is one: What would be
the annual value OF the autographs on the
application forms received from various
readers? The total for the year that are
gone would be enormous. when It is re-
mcnbered that every famous and in
f nous in other walks of life have made
use of the museum library at one time
or another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
LESS MORTALITY IN AVIATION

Paris Cor New York Sun.
The following statistics show that the
mortality due to aeroplane accidents is de-
.creasing:
In 1908 five aviators flew 1900 kilometer:
and one was killed.
In 1910 500 aviators made flights. Ths
total distance covered was 100000 klome-
ters and the number of deaths was 90.
In 1911 1900 aviators made flights totalinp
100000 kilometers and IS aviators Were
killed.
In 1912 $500 aviators flew over tota
distance of 20,00O,O00 kilometers and IN
aviators were killed.
These figures show, briefly, that there
was one death for every 1900 kilometers
covered in 1908, while In 1912 the mortality
had dropped to one death for every 14O,0ot
kilometers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
NOT OBSERVING

From the Montreal Herald.
NO. complained the Scotch professor
to his students, I'VE dinna use your fac
ulties of observation. Ye dinna use them.
For instance"
Picking up jar of chemicals of vile
odor he stuck one iinger into it and
then into his mouth.
Taste it, gentlemen he commanded,
as he passed the vessel from student to
student
After each one licked his finger and had
felt rebellion through his whole SOUL the
old professor exclaimed triumphantly:
II toll ye so. Ye dinna use your facul-
ties. For il ye had observed We would
ha' seen that the finger I stuck into the
jar was nae the finger I stuck into my
mouth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
Land Values Enhancing

IN the middle west there has been
great enhancement in farm values within
the past Is or 20 years. and I suppose the
same is true of land values in the north
west and far west" said ]. ]. Sharon
of Indianapolis
II can remember when 500 an acre
was considered high for farms in Ohio
Now the same lands are worth $500 on
acre and upwards. When [ was in Ala
bama about 10 years ago many good
farms could be bought at from So to $40
an acre The same lands would be cheap
today at $25 an acre, and / believe that
some owners of large farm property are
holding for $40 and $50 In 10 years from
land in Alabama that will not be consid-
cred reasonably cheap>at sI5 to 500, ac-
cording to proximity to railroad line
1.-TWO things have occurred to cause
farm values to reach high level-onc
is the improved method of farming, and
the other is good road building. The up
to-date farmer by the intensive method
can get twice as much money off of an
acre as he could 20 years ago, and in the
future farming as commercial business
will be much more profitable than it is
even at the present time.
II am not personally interested in
farming; I am engaged in mercantile
pursuit, but l believe that If Alabama
land owners who have farms to sell would
advertise Systematically and In a ,busi-
ness-like way in the north they could in-
duce thousands of homeseekers to settle
in this state within the next few years.
The possibilities strike me as being un-
usually attractive. The south is now
greatly talked of as the coming section
for development in every line of en-
deavor."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
Yolcanns Affect Our Climate

That volcanic explosions, capable OF
sending vast clouds of ashes to a
height of twenty miles in the air,
there to remain for months, affect our
climate is the opinion of C. G. Abbott,
director of the astrophysical observa-
tory of the Smithsonian institution,
expressed in a recent communication
to the National Geographical society
at Washington.
Mr.. Abbott gives many interesting
reasons for entertaining this opinion
and states that he is convinced that
dust and ashes from the eruption of
Mount Katmai in Alaska so obscured
the atmosphere in Algeria that he was
compelled to abandon his work of
measuring the quantity of heat COM
ing from the sun in that country. He
estimated that the dust travelled at the
rate of from twenty-five to forty
miles an hour toward Washington and
only three miles per hour in the direc-
ton of Mount Wilson, the wind being
responsible for the respective rates of
progression. The dust takes the form
of streaks upon the horizon resembling
smoke, and often formulates a haze
that robs the sun of as much as 20 per
g ia4i
dition referred to as existing in Al
geria obtained for three months.
The heat of solar beam outside of
the earth's atmosphere is composed of
four quantities: the ray itself, the sky
light, that which is reflected away to
space by the surface of the upper at
mosphere and that which is absorbed
by the vapors of our atmosphere. If
we had no atmosphere at all we should
receive approximately the entire heat
of the solar beam as the moon proba-
bly, does.
The solar heat is measured by what
scientists are pleased to term calories,
and experiments made at Mount Will
son show that before the eruption of
Mount Katmai the suns rays reflected
away into space amounted to but .05
calory of the total heating effect out
side of the atmosphere, while after
the explosion the loss totaled .280
calory per square centimetre during
tn centre succeeding summer.
The height attained by the dust
from volcanic eruptions and the dura-
tion of time that it remains in the
air are almost beyond belief.
The ashes from the explosion of
Krakatoa in 1883 reached an altitude
of 10000 feet and more than year
after were still above $4,000 feet in
the air. The noise of the outburst was
heard 5000 miles away and actual
area in which the noise of the explo-
sion was audible embraced one-thir-
teenth of the surface of the entire
globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
INDIAN NAMES
Dispatch

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
After services we went to the banks Of
Pryor Creek, where in a clear pool Of
water of this stream Mr.. and Mrs. Turns
Back Plenty were baptized. Those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Medicine Rock,
Mr.. and Mrs. Old Tobacco Seed, Mr.. Joe
Wood Tic, Mr.. and Mrs. Scolded by Ev-
erybody, Mr.. and Mrs. Bull Snake, Mrs.
Among the willows, Mr.. and Mrs. Turns
Back Plenty, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
White Mouth, Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Lion
Shows were present, although they are
not yet members of the church.-From the
report of Baptist missionary among the
Crow Indians, in Missions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Counting ON Underwood

Il think 1t is safe to say that democrats
all over the country are expecting Mr.
Underwood to be elected United States
senator by, big majority" said John ,
Hcrndon of Washington, D. c.
MIR. Underwood is not only a great na-
tional figure, but he is one of the most
greatly admired statesmen this country
has produced since the war. l have never
met him personally. but like the rank
and file of the democrati. party. | am an
Underwood man. Congressman Hobson,
Mr Underwood's opponent for the Senate,
has donbtless many good points; but when
il comes to leadership, Mr. Underwood Is
especially needed in the upper house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
3 A New Foe to Mankind

The agricultural department, which
is always upon the lookout to serve
and warn mankind, has just issued
a pamphlet advising against the grow
ing use of dangerous drug called
"heroin."
This poison is known chemically
as diacetyle morphine and is deriva-
tive of the morphine of commerce. 1t
is frequently present - a constituent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
Winter Weather

I'VE have been having delightful
weather for this season Of the year, but
| would be glad to sec some hard freezes
ara believe before the middle of the
month the Thermometer will drop as low
as 10 degrees above zero" said a goose
bone prophet. my prediction is that
February will be theSeoldest month IN
this section. If we do not have zero
weather in February We will have some
thing like it. l should nos be surprised to
see the blizzard of February, 1899, re-
peated."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
ToMoRROw-THE TRIAL OF AARON BURR

from the incorporating materialism
which seemed to have achieved its perma-
nent triumph in the practical 9os-a
period When an author would have ven-
tured at his peril to describe apparently
uncanny incidents which we're not cap
able of common sense explanation.
Within recent years the ghosts which we
thought we had "given up have quite
Enthusiastically been coming back again.
though in rather different form from
those which used to impart fearful jox
to readers of Christmas stories In tbh
Dickens era, and for couple of decad es
or so after its close.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
RniIdinr Activity Ahead

The year just closed WIS a great build
ing yeat in Birmingham. and without
locking up statistics l know that more
handsome structures were erected than
III any previous year" said member
OF the Chamber of Commerce.
MANY large buildings are being planned
for this year.-and when ground is broken
for the auditorium and the si,0Oe,0oo post
office renewed impetus will be given to
construction work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
BRITISH MUSEUM LIBRARY

rfoln 1HdiIlDef JOurtltl.
II is quite popular belief that British
Mrseum's library contains all the books
published.
This is indeed a long way from the
troth-just about thrse-quarters of the
truth and nothing more. In other words,
even of the books published in this coun-
try since the invention of printing. the
museum library has only about 70 per
cent,
Each year, however, the percentage is
being increased by purchase in the mat
tel of old books and by the gift in the
case of new books under copyright law.
However much authors and publishers
sruGge the copies of their books that have
to be presented to other copyright Ii
braries, few. If any, grudge the copy that
has to be presented 10 the museum
library.
The Literary Lady of Bloomsbury can
not be described as fnexpe nsive rather
the opposite. in fact, as she required, in
nearly G1S0.0OO last year, or nearly as
much as all the other public libraries IN
the country together spent on books
throughout the same period.
The museum and It's library have un-
de-gone various vicissitudes since it was
first founded in 1754 by the purchase of
the collection of books of Sir Hans Sloane
for 920,o00 No one would attempt to es-
innate ts library contents
now, IN are priceless, bu.
it. has year after year.
AS it got rid of the nat
ural HI and within recent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

A preacher has been appointed chief
OF detectives of Allegheny county, Penn
to clean up the county. Mayor Mitchell
of New York has appointed a woman as
head of a city department. Wonders
never cease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

Smoke rising from Il mountain in east
tennessee attracted the attention of res
ldents OF nearby town. Analysis proved
tat the smoke was of the sulphur and
birthstone variety, and the fright was
general Investigation proved, however
that it was "a case for revenue officers
and not ministers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
GHOSTS ARE COMING BACK

From the London Bookseller.
1t Is not surprising to find the SUPER
natural element rather strongly repre-
sented in the special literature of the
Christmas season. For some time there
have been increasing signs Of reaction
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

If Colonel Roosevelt Is really desrous
of fighting race suicide he can find a
b,and in Mexico at present which will
Keep him busy until the next presiden-
tai campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

n New York dispatch 10 the Cincinnati
ENQUIRER says that rabbits run through
the streets of Flushing. L. l., in herds
and that men and boys were busy for
hours clubbing them to death. Why not
make it tigers? It's just as easy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
SOME PROGRESS.


My, but you men build rapidly" said
an old lady to Norwood contractor.
Six weeks ago you began digging the
foundation to this house and now you are
putting in the lights"
Yes. ma'am," replied the contractor.
and next week the livers will be in"
sss
PLACE FOR EVERYTHING.
Where shall 1 put this copy of Pill
grim's Progress% asked a domestic wbo
was assisting her newly married mistress
to arrange a new library.
why replied the young housekeeper,
''of course that goes with the books on
travel"
VERY NEAR IT.
Sonny: PA. what is a split infinitivep.
Pa: Something like this, Alabama
ought to love Mobile
A sPINsTERs FATE.
heart I thought was marked For
Rent
And to the door Cupid sent
The god returned from him I loved
And said the sign hung out now read,
Moved"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

II seems as if this fellow Beachy is de-
termined to get his name on the first
page and in box car letters. Our pre-
diction is that it will Come before spring
and will be his final appearance before
the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

The laoonic Mr.. Lind went saw and re-
ported. The Presidents Mexican. envoy
Is said to be man of few words but
just what these words are the public has
been unable to find OUT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

The injunction has been used for many
purposes. but for the first time it has
been invoked by father to prevent his
son coming to see him. 1t was done by
Solin McCord, an Indiana farmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

Eagles, Owls, Deer Lose in Fire at
Moscow" is the somwaat peculiar head
line in Spokane paper. Upon closer
inspection the losers prove to be fraternal
organizato and not beasts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

The egg situation has reached such a
state that exhibitors at Madison Square
poultry show in New York have installed
electric devices for prote elton from bur-
glars. A crisis is fast approaching
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

Someone has asked whether the atmos-
phere of California produces or merely at
tracts anarchists. Probably both from
the number there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

The Webb in which Hobson sought 20
entangle Oscar Underwood seems to have
been hopeessly destroyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

No applicants for regional bank jobs
will get them says President Wilson,
which is not according to scripture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

1t isn't the brew that makes Wisconsin
famous now-it's eugenics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
TELEPHONE
Bell tprIyate exchange connecting All
departments), Main 1900.

o. that that earth, which kept the world
I'm awe, -
should patch n wall TO cxpcl the win
fcr's flaw. -Hamiet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
SYMPATHETIC.

Old Veteran: ''The winter that wd'
camped around Petersburg was the most
severe that I ever experienced"
Sympathetic Lady: "Ah. your sufferings
must have been intense"
Old Veteran: Yes madam, they surely
were in tents"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

A. ]. Eaton, Jr.. and o. L. Young are
the only authorized travelling repre-
sentatives of The Age-Herald in its cir
culation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald. $500
Daily and Sunday per month. ..-.. ~
Daily and sunday. three months. 100
Weekly AEe-Herald. per annum... so
Sunday Age-Herald. ZOO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala,
postoffice as second class matter under
act of Congress Maren 8. 1879.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-03-14
SENATE REFUSES TO
ABOLISH RACE TRACK
Motion To Put Havre De Grace Course
Out OF Business Defeated

Annapolis, March 10.-By a vote of
l6 to 10 the Senate today voted down
motion to put the race track at Hav-
re de Grace out of business.
Action was taken on an unfavorable
report from the Committee on Judi
cial Procedure on the bill repeating the
act creating the Hartford County Rae
ing Commission.
Surrounding the vote are circum-
stances that preclude it from repre-
senting absolutely the sentiment of
the Senate on race track legislation,
but it is believed to approximately do
so. The vote was:
For stitution-Senators Harper,
Jones, Matthias, Milbourne, Mudd,
Shepherd, Snader, Speicher, Williams
and Zihlman.
Price and Senators Archer, Beck, Ben
son, Campbell, Chesley, Cooper, Cur
ran, Duke, Emmert, Hammond, Harri-
son, Holmead, Maloy, Ogden and Wat
kinS.
Cecil Wants Repeal.
In making the motion for substitu-
ton Senator Williams said that the SEN
IiHiCiiC VI iiio SOuiIy NSSSiiJ was ouStl
that all the candidates OF both parties
pledged themselves to vote for repeal
Legislation. He quoted from a recent
report of the Hartford Grand Jury to
show that racing at Havre de Grace
did not meet the approval of the peo-
pie of the county in which the track
was located.
It's preposterous, he said, to con-
tend that racetrack was local mat
ter. Train loads of people passed
through Cecil during every day of the
meet. They came from within and
without the county. He referred to
the time when racetrack existed at
Elkton. The people, he said, regard
less of party, arose almost as one man
and drove it out because it was found,
he said, that it mot simply corrupted
our morals, but it undermined our
business"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-03-14
THE MARYLAND
LEGISLATURE

The Senate Bill, introduced by Sem
ator, Maloy, providing for an increase
in the salaries of Judges, passed the
Senate last week by close shave. On
roll call, the Bill lacked one vote Of
having constitutional majority. Sew
eral Senators were out of the Cham
ber and President Price delayed the
announcement of the vote until Sena-
tor Maloy had scufaied out and
brought in the vote needed for its
passage of the Bill. The Bill is not
likely to pass over in the House.
An appropriation of sic, 700 is ask
ed by the Live Stock Sanitary Board
in bill introduced Wednesday by
Senator Snader to pay live stock
patrol along the State borders. This
patrol is to be named by the chief vet
erinary inspector. its duty being to
prevent any live stock from being
shipped into the State which may be
affected by contagious disease.
Delegate Letters bill relating to the
Singerly Fire Company of Elkton, and
Delegate Mearns' bill relating to Aus
tioneers' in Cecil having licenses, pass
ed their third and final readings on
Tuesday.
Senator Williams has introduced a
bill appropriating $500 for 1915, and
a like sum for 1916 for the mainten-
ance of West Nottingham Academy.
Discussing the oyster fight the day
after the final vote, the Baltimore
Evening Sun comments as below.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-03-14
Tri- County League Reorganized

Managers of last years Tri-County
Baseball League Clubs held meeting
in Elkton last Saturday afternoon.
The meeting was presided over by
President j. d. Moore, of Oxford.
Clubs at Oxford, Elk Mills, Newark
and Elkton were represented. 1t is
not yet known whether Havre de
Grace or Aberdeen will have club in
this years league, but if not, their
places will be filled by two other teams
now ready to make application for
membership.
The following officers were elected:
Thomas Kay, Elk Mills, President; J.
d. Moore, Oxford, vice-president; Fred
H. Leffler. Elkton, secretary, and A. C.
Cooke, Elk Mills, treasurer.
The next meeting will be held at
Newark on March 21, when plans for
the season will be completed.