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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
GORDON

Ian Hamilton in the English Review. Where the Blue Nile into the White Nile
 slips;
 Where the long betrothed at last link
 hands; The ghost of dead men move their lips. And the sough of the winds OCT the desert sands Bears the whispered name-Charles Cor
 don. The murmur springs from the monstrous
 grave
 Of the thrice ten thousand cruelty slain. But the blue wave sobs to the milky wave, Once l bore on my bosom a crimson
 stain From the heart of their God-charles Cor
 don.' Yet ever the more. through all the land, From Bahr-el-Ghazl to Kordofan, That name is spell to a strengthen our
 hand;
 As the sign of the Cross. that name of .
 Man Of the Cross they fastened our Lord on. Kitchener conquered and wingate reigns. No better soldiers, great is their glory The moth and the rest shall dispute their
 gains
 While still, like the lantern of God,
 shines the story Of the warrior who buckled no sWoro on. Look, where our flag, like a restless flame. Proclaims afar the end of fear; Where would it be but for deeds of fame, But for the Man who stood under It
 here! As the Dervishes stormed-Charles Cor
 don! From the steps his pinnace kept signaling.
 Come
 Our steam is up-the Nile flows red Closer each throb of the Dervish drum Khartum is lost-your men are dead- And-life is sweet, Charles Gordon. Wher the thirsty spears set his spirit free, He met them, we know. as friend meets
 friends; Sbarp keys were they to Eternity, But he has it-you swear-death was
 never the end Of the leader who loved-Charles Cor
 don!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
LUKE Ni'LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 A woman will often say what she thinks when she says 1t without thinking.
 A girl will not choose book by it's covers. But she will judge man by his looks.
 If people could live without love and money, the jails would all be closed and the police forces disbanded.
 Too many people are taking rest cures when what they need Is the work cure.
 Once in a while a man marries an heiress and has to support her family.
 It does not profit girl much to have eyes like a dove if she has a neck like an ostrich.
 It is no sin to be 30 years old. But you will have a hard time finding an un- married girl who is that old.
 Some men look as though they were healthy only because even a microbe has a little self-respect and uses some care when selecting home.
 It may sound queer. but it is a fact that the girl with the most cheek never bushes.
 When a society leader has a face like brick kiln, the society reporters over- work the words refined looking" when describing her. a
 The princesses have quit wearing the ionS pidSh uiii6pdtS ehoe u'hoAeA AAo-- their ears. But they are wearing young pie plates instead.
 A man will roar about the fool fashions and tell his wife that women have nc sense of decency. But if his wife takes his advice and dresses so sensibly thai she looks like something left over from the centennial exposition and other mer won't look at her. he gets mad and wants a divorce.
 When they are counting, he likes tc hear her sing and she likes to hear him talk about himself. But it is different after thew are married. A miner saved his life because he re- mained outside shaft for five minutes to smoke cigarette. But the reformers will hold that providence had nothing tt do with this case because the miner didn't remain outSide the shaft for five minutes to read chapter in the Bible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
QUITE A DIFFERENCE.

Women are much more independen, now that they used to be"
 That's so In the old days vh.n grandfather and grandmother had their picture taken, grandfather sat in a chair and grandmother stood by him with her hand on his shoulder"
 And nowadays?,
 Father thinks he is doing pretty well if he manages to get his picture taken in group of delegates or representative business men,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
AFTER BAD ELEPHANTS

and that opening was chuck-full of ele- phants They stood lazily having a good time, swinging their trunks, Tapping their ears, blinking their wicked little eyes. Co., casionally one of them would trumpet loudly There were perhaps dozen in sight, besides a lot of young ones whose backs just showed above the vegetation. To judge by the sounds, there must have been twice as many more just inside the fringe of the forest We paused.
 What next?' I whispered.
 Go up and look at them, replied Gun inghame
 For heavens sake move quietly. Ii one discovers us, the whole lot will come after us.
 We crept to within 40 yards and stopped Cuninghame examined them in details for shootable ivory I examined them in detail for indications of suspicious dispositions It seemed incredible that they did not see us, for our heads and shoulders were in plain sight. Of course we did not move. We stood there a cen tury or two while those great creatures enjoyed themselves. Every time one trumpeted, or moved, or waved it's ears. got ready to dive for the last safe place. That, it seemed to me, was about eight miles back.
 Then, very near-about 15 yards-and slightly to our left, the screen of leaves was pushed aside and the bow of the 'Mauretania' thrust itself through.
 'Run,' breathed Cunningham.
 We doubled up and ran. From the edge of the woods we looked back. The elephant had stopped and was feeling about the air with the tip of it's trunk.
 That old girl is suspicious whispered Cuninghame, but she didn't see us.'
 "She said something to the others, and they all walked up. An animated discus sion took place. N'jahgi quietly climbed a tree. The elephant insisted on her point. The others were skeptical, but finally seemed to acquiesce. The whole lot swung deliberately and disappeared in the forest.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
THE UPWARD TREND

The world is still improving
 1 feel quite sure of that, Though armies vast are moving
 And towns are leveled flat; Though mighty shells are bursting And bullets ceaseless thud And maddened men are thirsting
 To shed each others blood. The world Is getting better
 A truth none can deny, | Though cruel bonds still letter,
 Men cheat and steal and lie And wrongs are perpetrated
 That bring the blush of shame. With burdens like these freighted, We're climbing just the same,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

spection which he in company with older divines made of a penal institution.
 ''The leader of our little expedition. a truly good man, was so impressed by what he learned from the story of one young man imprisoned for burglary that he felt he should offer him some en- couragement. of what kind he hardly knew So after many hems and haws, he delivered himself of the following:
 "'Ah, my friend, we must not lose sight of the fact that we are here today and gone tomorrow"
 < You may be. sir rejoined the bur glar, but L aint.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
THE BLUE BOOK BURGLAR

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 Chicago's famous blue book" burglar scanned the names on the telephone d. rectory in the hallway of fashionable apartment in that city. While he was thus engaged a Chicago policeman watched him. Then he went to a nearby drug store and telephoned to one of the society families in the f. a. Getting no answer he wisely concluded there was nobody at home. This didn't discourage him. He returned and entered the desert ed suite, being considerably aided by a caseknife-a traditional Chicago adjunct to all society functions.
 In the meantime the obliging policeman who had spotted him was enjoying in some locality not named his modest noon hour repast.
 When the B. B. burglar came out he was accompanied by pillow case con taining s220O worth of choice silverware.
 There doesn't seem to be any hope that the bad man will be arrested, but an m genious Chicago woman has hit upon neat way of baffling him. She is headlng a movement to have fashionable folk use china instead of silverware
 Incidentally, it might be well 10 pre- scribe a shifting scale of hours TOT Ieeo- ing day policemen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
u,nEn uIRL,s TRIP TO EUROPE

HIRED GIRLS FHlf Io HoNorn From ."The Servant Question in Home
 burg" by George Fitch, in the Ameri-
 can Magazine.
 0If I have any criticism of the hired girls in our town, 1t is because they go to Europe too much. Now. of course, it's no worse for a hired girl to go to Europe for the summer than it is for anyone else to indulge themselves in that way. But that's the irritating part. Nobody else goes. But half dozen of our hired girls go every year. They leave late in the spring, and during the hot, weary summer their mattresses toll patiently along keeping the job open if they can't find substitute who will work for few months. For the girls who go to Europe are usually pearls of great price and must be gotten back at all cost. I don't suppose anything is harder on the temper than to work over hot kitchen stove all day in July. and then to sit down to supper. a damp and wilted mess of weariness. and read a souvenir card from your hired girl. said card depicting cool and inviting Swedish meadow with snow-topped mountains in the distance. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
RARE REPRESSION.

Lou seem to have great admiration for scribson.e
 And for very good reason. Although scribson has been writing newspaper arti- cies for years. I have never known him to refer to an oyster as the succuient bivalpe.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

IN the December American Magazine
 Stewart Edward White, the we'll known American hunter and writer, reports his personal experiences hunting elephants in Africa. He went out with Cunninghame, the greatest elephant man in Africa, and the two encountered herd A part of their experiences with this herd are described in the following passage taken from the article:
 we tried to keep well to leeward of the whole lot; but twice outlying elephants somewhere to our right trumpeted or rumbled, and twice we backed out ana tried again, before we had given them our wind. Thus we descended one hillside and prepared to cross to the other. Al the bottom happened to be little above the others and so was in a position to see plainly an elephant walking leisurely down into the same hollow from the other side. She was only about 50 yards away, end looked as big as the Flatiron build ing I snapped my fingers and so got hold of Cuninghame and Kongoni, but N'jahsi was too far ahead, and wound his uncon- scious way steadily toward the great beast, A head-on meeting seemed inev- table; but Kongoni, on inspiration, shucled a piece of earth into the high grass near N'jahgi. The savage caught the slight sound of It's falling, and looked back. We motioned him to us and the sit uation was saved. The elephant pushed her way slowly into the thick forest.
 Now directly ahead we heard the sound of trumpeting, crashing, heavy snorting. We crept forward like snakes our eyes straining into the dimness. Cum inghame paused to whisper back to me;
 This is highly dangerous. you know!
 q was glad to get my own impressions corroborated by an expert. The great beasts were all about us, yet we could not see 20 yards. All we could do was to listen and look and move forward by inches.
 Thus we crept foP a quarter mile. Then we came to a tiny opening in the forest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

Newfoundland reports a codfsh catch 250,00c quintals below normal and the 'sar- dine catch of Maine is less than usual. Fortunately there are great many people who can do without these delicacies with out feeling depressed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

Atlantic City's church 100 years old seems to have fought a losing battle against his Satanic majesty. wno is popularly supposed to spend great deal of his time at Atlantic City
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
PARENTAL LOVE
From Puck.

From Puck.
 Mrs. Brown Ca visitor)-What dis agreeable neighbor you have next door!
 Mrs. White-Yes: but I don't con- demn the man. He is trying to exas- perate me so I'll put up a spite fence that they can use for a backstop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

England seems to think that George Bernard Shaw's latest contribution to war should have been more carefully cen sored. The joke is on England and as usual G. B. S. gets the advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

In confscating photograph factory. as measure of war the Russian govern ment has added to its friends made among prohibitionists by stopping the sale of vodka a great number of other people who are opposed to unnecessary noise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

Eleven men will be hanged in the Ari- zona penitentiary December 19. At that rate of reduction, there will soon be no representative of the typical bad man" left in the west
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
Turning your books to graves, youi ink to blood, your pens to lances.
 Henry ".

BEGINNING THE DAY-O Lord, help me to play man today, wheth- CT I be or not. if I am coward, give me grace to act as brave. If I am g liar, may I walk this day as honest, and say truth even about my having lied. If l nm lazy, may I turn to and live for once the part of swenty labor. Amcn.-H. M. 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

The new warden of Sing Sing may have hard time putting his reform the ories into practice, but will doubtless be given the credit for trying
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

In view of the present unsettled condi- tions in the world of finance, the Wolf of Wall Street. is probably not missing any good things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Cotton situation Improving

The cotton situation is improving, said ". D. Nesbitt While the improve ment is slow, 1t Is nevertheless very ap- preclable. I expect 1t to continue.
 "The farmers will plant less cotton next spring, and If the acreage is as much reduced as some people think it will be in the cotton belt should be improved in 19i5.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
AN INDELICATE REMARK

From Harper's Magazine.
 "One cannot be too careful in his re- marks on some occasions" said a young clergyman, in speaking of tour of in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

Nobody seems to know whether or not all the Belgian hares emigrated when the Belgians did
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

The man who never could get his wife to darn his socks is now treated to the sight of her busily knitting socks for the Belgians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

MT. Bryan admits that the republican party Is still a strong factor in politics. Even T. R. admits that now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
IN DARKEST THoMAsv1LLr.

IN DARKEST BROWNSVILLE. Ankle watches fvr women," observes the Thomasville. Ga., Times Enterprise, ''are out of sight" So Thomasville has no street cars.
 Philadelphia Public Ledger, And the women of Thomasville have not yet begun to wear the fashionable high water'' skirt, cut so short that a slight agitation by the breeze not only shows an ankle watch, but the clocks in their stockings. PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
WAR ECHOES

Petrograd Dispatch in the New 1ork Tribune: No doubt now remains that se- rious differences have arisen between the Germanic allies.
 It is said that stormy council of war was held under the presidency of Elm peror William at Breslau after the Ger man flight from Poland. After mutual re- criminations. Germany demanded that Austria should give every man she had for the defense of East Prussia, implying that Austria already was beyond hope of saving herself The Austrians, on the other hand. insisted that the Germans should make serious attempt to save Cra- COW.
 It appears that this stormy council had been preceded by actual fighting between Austrian and German soldiers in course of retreat. When the Germans reached the neighborhood of Pabianice, largely peo- pied by German colonists, the rest of the inhabitants being exclusively Jews. the Germanic armies appeared to feel already at home. Quarrels broke out which ended In the Austrians leaving the Germans and striking away on their own line of re- treat Strong bodies of Germans were sent after them, and both parties opened fire.
 The result was decided by the arrival of German endorsements, who are believed to have exterminated what they consid- cred mutinous troops rather than misused allies
 New York Herald Despite the time elapsed, nothing definite or official is available for solution of the mystery still enshroudng the loss of the British dreadnausht Audacious. So far as the public and the foreign press know this destruction may have been attributable to an anchored or floating mine, to the to- pedo of a submarine or to an internal explosion.
 It is generally assumed, however, that the disaster was caused by a mine, and this seems plausible enough when it is remembered that German mine layers probably converted merchant steamships masquerading under neutral fiags-are known to have been busy off the Irish coast establishing a danger area even along the lines of traffic between British and North American ports. As an in- stance, the steamship Mancherte Com merce was blown up by a hostile mine field not far from Tory Island, Ireland, and before the Audacous met her fate Warnings had been already sent out re- porting the dangers lurking in this To- cality.
 The recent notification by the British admiralty that the North sea had been made a military area, and that merchant vessels entered it at their own risk seems therefore necessary but no less regret able withdrawal of the concessions here tofore made to the trade of Holland, Den- mark and the north countries
 This establishment of a new military zone has, it must be confessed been forced upon the allies by Germany. It was secret of Polichinelle even before the war that the Germans depended upon mines and submarines to reduce the nu- merical disparity between their fleet and that of Great Britain. With this intent mines were sown everywhere, not only of hostile naval bases-a fair stratapem of war-but in commercial fairways. which Is brutal method of defense or attack. forbidden by the practices of honest war and repugnant to the instinct of human ity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

The sale of little hot dogs" in Birming- ham has already reached unprecedented proportions Is this a sign of hard win
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
NEIeHBoRHooD RIVALS.

NOW do the small boys rake the leaves And each one doth aspire, Although his anxious mother grieyes.
 To have the largest fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

naturalist says that elephants sleep only five hours a day, statement which is unimportant, even If it is true
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

Charley Schwab has a German name, but he's going to make guns for the French army
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
Large Tourist Business

"Of the many signs of business pros- pcrity I know of none more significant than the winter tourist business which is now in sight" said A. w. Darlington of Philadelphia.
 Last week I spent two days in New Orleans and two days in Florida. In the Crescent City one sees even this early in the season. many northern tourists, while in Florida the reserva- tions at the tourist hotels are larger. I was told, than they were this time last year. I was in Jacksonville in September and business there look ed quiet at that time, but business activ- ity is very noticeable now. and in all the towns south of Jacksonville hotel msnagers are preparing for rush sea- son just after the holidays.
 This has been an unusually good crop year in Florida and that fact aided to the tourist travel will result in real old-time boom.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
DETACHED.

'Pa, what is a savant?"
 "A savant, my son, is a learned man who is apt to know more about the in habitants of Mars than he does about tn. people next door,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
NO CADMIUM SHORTAGE

Odds in the betting favor the allies, al- though Herr Ridder is still in the ring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

Birmingham iron and steel interests will soon begin to profit by the war in Eu- rope
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
Busy and Beautiful

am stopping over in Birmingham for a day on my way to the gulf coast, where Will spend the early part of the win ter and l am so favorably impressed that expect to arrange to spend week here on my return home, said J. W. Donovan, a well-known business man of Chicago, yesterday.
 have been hearing great things of Birmingham, but l had 1t in mind only as business center-a city of phenome- nal growth. I find that it is a busy city, indeed, but what surprises me in a most agreeable way is it's beauty.
 One does not have time to get over as large place as this in a brief so- 1ourn, but I was on the top floor of one or the skyscrapers and in looking out upon the hills I could readily imagine line landscape effects presenting them selves In every direction. Birmingham appears to be one of the cleanest cities in the country.
 Altogether this city is exceptionallv at tractive, and it should Be easy to de- veiop considerable tourist business here. Of the thousands of rich northern peo- pie Who go to southern winter resorts a considerable percentage of them might be induced to spend week or more here |.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
About Persons

George H. Finn. wife and daughter, of Boston are the guests of George M. Nor row. Jr, at Mountain Terrace. They will spend the winter here. Mir. Finn is Mir. Morrow's father-in-law and Is one of the most prominent business men of Boston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

Anniston Star: Business is looking up ward in Attractive Anniston, and we are on the trail of the lonsome whine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
Observations on The War

J. $. Thomas, professor of secondary education at the University of Ala bama, admitted at the Birmingham Newspaper club last night that the Fighting qualities of the German sol dier demanded his admiration
 "The German is. perhaps" he said ''the greatest individual fighting man in the world His prowess, as a matter of fact, means. it is beginning to ap- pear certain that the great European war will last q considerable period of time. The allies, in the long run, will overpower the empire of the Kaiser firmly believe, but the victory will he in the nature of that of the union forces over the southern Confederacy
 "The Confederate soldier. man for man. proved himself to be stronger than the union soldier. But the latter was in the greater number and his re- sources were, in a comparative sense at any rate, almost unlimited. As a re- suit, he won. So willard as a re- suit of the same causes-the allies win.'
 Professor Thomas stated that edu- cation in rural Alabama was showing great improvement and that the teach CTS in the schools of the state were l rsnked higher than the southern aver age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26
The Next Prer.dential Cam,.,r,

Tn l9l2, when the republicans met with a crushing defeat, it was gem orally thought that the party which mac usually been victorious would never be able to recover itself. but 1t icoks different now" said Joshua M. sylvester of Indianapolis.
 T do not claim to be politically wise. am no politician, but after the last presidential election I felt sure that the next time the democratic party was defeated it would be by the national progressives or some other new party fut the old straight republicans made such strong showing in the recent elections and the progressives such a miserably poor showing, that would say the race in 1916 would not only be between the democratic party and the G. o. P. as in years gone by. but I will make the prediction that the cam paign will be very hot.
 T have many friends among the re- publicans, not only in Indiana, but throughout the middle west, and all of them talk as if they were confident or victory two years hence MT. Wilson Is making a great President and hu- manly speaking, I do not see how he can be defeated if he is renominated."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-26

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