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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
lndcrxNOOd'. Strength

MIR. Underwood as candidate for
the United States Senate was strong from
the start, but he has been gaining right
along. and | believe he will have a land
slide majority" said J. NJ. Levine, man
ager of the savings department of Steiner
Bros.
Il travel over the state, and Underwood
is being actively and enthusiastically sup
ported in the country districts as well as
in the cities.
Il was in Marion county this week, and
was struck with the change there in Tn
derwood's favor. At the beginning of the
campaign / happened to be in Marion, and
Hobson seemed to be strongly in the lead.
Indeed, it looked to me as if nearly every
body was for Hobson. 1t is very differ
ent today. Yes, there has been great
change in Marion, and on my recent visit
one of Hobsons supporters admitted to
me that Underwood would carry the
state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
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THE USE OF LEFT-0N ERS

Heart of the House. in woman's World
for March.
Celery tops dried and kept in a paper
bag furnish excellent havoring for soups
Water in which vegetables are cooked
contains favorng, mineral matter and
sometimes starch. 1t makes a desirable
addition TO soup. Potato water should
to be unwholesome. Rice water is rich
in delicate, well cooked starch, and may
be nicely used to furnish thickening as
well liquid to a soup. Onion water
may be used in a vegetable soup where
no meat is used. Water in which cab
bage, caulifower or turnips have been
cooked furnishes a foundation for a soup
when these f1avors are palatable. Care
full cooks buy few materials for every
day soup making. The leftover bits of
meat (Which have not been handled or
served, the juices from the meat plate.
the water from the vegetables and the
leftover vegetables furnish sufficient ma
terials. Small quantities of raw I'M
cooked vegetables may be scraped, cut
fine and cooked in a small amount of
water To them add some stock from
fresh meat or ham liquor, season and
serve with bits of toasted bread The
vegetables should not be cooked in the
ham liquor, strong flavor may de-
velop. Tomato combines nicely with ham
stock. as do potatoes and celery, oys-
ters and celery. Okra combines nicely
with corn, or with both corn and toma-
toes.
Any of these soups from left-overs may
be thickened by adding to them few
dry crusts of bread; allow them to soften
and press through colander reheat and
serve as a substantial dish for lunch or
supper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13

untary three months captivity in the
hlthy, crowded and infected prison, situ-
ated just over the council chamber where
the judges were celebrating on his fate
His first examination took place on
the very day of his arrival. On February
21 he was examined for 10 hours. What
is most difficult to give any idea Of,
says Lomenie, lis his arrogance before
his judges. Case? He had no case. His
salvation must lie wholly in his wit and
Monnier had come willingly"
'The witnesses to my relations with
her were in the pay of her husband"
said Mirabeau, 'and as to the witnesses
to my relations with her over the from
ties. French court cannot take cogni-
zance of things happening in a foreign
country, so I shall not reply to any ques-
tion which has as it's object things taking
place out of the Kingdom
Naughty and contemptuous. before that
day was done the accused had become the
accuser, and the judges, baffled and be-
wildered, found themselves arraigned be-
fore their prisoner on a charge of the
irregularity of the legal proceedings on
which he was being tried.
In May prisoner and case were re-
moved to Besancon to be tried there by
the chamber of La Tournelle of the Bes-
ancon Parlement. Here Mirabeau at
tackled Somborde, the magstratey as
suborner of witnesses, and as being
within the prohibited degrees of kinship
to M. de Monnier, the defendant, and so
unfit to act in the case.
Finally compromise was suggested
cided that a favorable decision
would be rendered on condition that Mad
anne de Monnier should forfeit the privil-
eyes promised 10 her on her marriage.
He only consented to compromise after
the law to the judges. / came to terms?
Yes But when my enemies asked
mercy"
On August IA. 1882, the verdict was de-
livered. 1t completely annulled the SEN
tence of 1777, on condition that Madame
de Monnier remained in the convent at
Glen until the death of her husband, and
that she should forego her marriage set
tlement. 1t was great triumph, and was
soon followed by a still greater one at
AK. where Mirabeau again distinguished
himself in his own defense against Emelie
and his fathers conduct toward him, and
then the night of the revolution came and
Mirabeau plunged heart and soul into the
great conflict.
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Burroughs at the Wren's Nest

It was not to be wondered at that
\ when John Burroughs, the famous
naturalist, visited Atlanta this week
his chief objective point was "The
Sign of the Wren's Nest" the home of
Joel Chandler Harris, enshrined in the
hearts of all who love the timid crea-
lures of the field and the wood. Bur-
roughs is a scientist and Harris was a
writer of charming gifts, but bond
of sympathy united the two men.
The naturalist spent but short
time at the Wren's Nest. Autograph
hunters, photographers and others
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
TROUBADOU
THE BUMP THAT NELLIE COT

THE BUMP THAT NELLIE GOT.
One Nellie Melba did object
To being bumped on cars;
So she eschewed the l.. & "
Just to avoid its jars.
She would not come to Birmingham.
Regardless of contract,
So birmingham must go to her.
Its money to exact.
Now birmingham was very sharp
And quick to work she goes;
To Chattanooga sends a man
To snatch poor Nellies clothes.
And when the man from Birmingham
Arrived within the town
Poor Nellie breathed little damn
And sent her agent down
To see that man from Birmingham
This agent made grimace
When he to face the music went,
And got it in the face.
The little man from Birmingham
Was full of fire and dash;
Right about face he just turned and
Get a fist full of cash.
So, with that of the L. & n
CTimes in that town were hoD
Her agents busted face became
The bump that Nellie got.
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kept him so busy with their attentions
that he had little opportunity to pay
Joel Chandler Harris that silent trib-
ute thoughtful souls pay to genius.
He wrote his name in the register kept
for the signatures of celebrities and
raised little green-roofed bird box
on the lawn. Then he hurried away to
keep numerous engagements.
The reporter sent by the Atlanta
Journal to 'cover the story was capa-
BILE of doing it justice. The introduc-
tion to his article is worth reproduc-
ing. 1t is as follows:
If Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Fox had
peeped between the honeysuckle vines
that shadow the Wrens Nest Tues
day morning and seen the white
bearded gentleman standing there in
the green grass. they would have
whispered softly of Joel Chandler Har-
ris and the Little Boy.
Here is one of them" they would
have said. Here is one like the friend
who knew us and loved us so well
and now has gone before"
And when John Burroughs lifted his
white-crowned head at the chuckle of
a blue jay down in the garden-hedge
and showed them eyes as blue and
kind as those they used to know. the
Fox and Rabbit, had they been there,
would have felt the presence of the
Friend and the Little Boy anew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13

InEADERs generally know Mirabeau
tx as one of the great leaders of the
4 n French revolution. His efforts
during those stirring times so completely
overshadow other portions of his life
that few are familiar with his many es-
capades previous to that time. Mirabeau
may be said to have been born to trouble.
At an early age he quarreled with his
father and fed from the parental man.
sion, but the old gentleman procured a
''lettre de cachet" and imprisoned him.
When she was only 1s and he had only
passed his majority, Mirabeau married
Emillel de Marignane. The parental
funds having been cut off, for disobey-
ing his father, the young couple had a
stormy time of it, and debts piled up so
rapidly that they soon became involved.
When his father ordered him to the
Chateau diff, he told his son: ''You ought
to be grateful to me for thus preventing
your arrest-by Imprisonment BY this
means you will be securely enjoying his
majesty's hospitality, where barons and
creditors do you no harm"
But while he was confined at the Cha
teau his wife became enamored of a
young chevalier. This was the beginning
Of the end OF their welded happiness.
Mirabeau, upon being released from
prison, shortly entered into liaison with
Madame Sophie de Monnier, whose hus-
band was president of the Chambre des
Complies at Dole. There were such stormy
scenes in the de Monner home that Mira
beau and Sophie decided to elope.
The fleeing pair lived together at va
rious places, finally arriving at Amster-
dam. Here they were arrested in May,
1777. They We're taken to Paris, and the
criminal judge of the Bailliage of Pom
taller, at the suit of the Marquis de
Monnier, declared Mirabeau convicted of
seduction and condemned him to be be-
headed (Which will be carried out in ef-
fgyo and to pay to the aggrieved hus-
band 10000 livres. Sophie was condemned
to be imprisoned for life in house OF
refuge in Besancon.
The sentence which the court had pro-
nounced against Mirabeau and Sophie in
1777 was to take effect in five years time,
unless before that period Mirabeau had
"purged his contumacy' is, pre-
sented himself before the court for the
case to be heard afresh. On February Il,
1882, Mirabeau gave himself up to the au-
thorities at Pontarlier and began his vol
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Regarding Cosmical Changes

zone of the features of the World al
manac for 1914 not found in any of the
former issues is the article entitled KOS
mical Changes in the Earth'-cosmiea,
spelled with a H., =" observed Clarence
c. Purdy of Philadelphia, now visiting
friends in Birmingham.
1T appeals to me a a layman, because
it tells in language free from technical
terms something of the ancient upheavals
and changes of the earth, including the
sinking of Atlantis. DR.. Joseph Morrison.
physician and astronomer, is the au-
thor of the article. What he tells us of
cosmical changes is all very different
from the views held by laymen and theo-
losians when | was a Sunday school boy.
while DR.. Morrison is a scientific man
of recognized ability. he sees no reason
why there should be a clash between
science and religion. He is, | take it, i'm
bued with the religious spirit. He states
that archa Geological researches in recent
times fully confirm the modern estimate
that the flood took place fully 10000 years
prior TO the drift period, which was the
time when primeval man appeared on
the scene-not less than 200o0 years be-
fore the Christian era
The Biblical account of the creation
as we'll as the flood is an allegory says
DR.. Morrison. The Scriptures do not and
never were intended to teach the natural
sciences While some theolog.ans may
question the religious orthodoxy of Dr.
Morrison and other scientists. all fair
minded men will accord these savants
honesty of purpose and intellectual force.
The article in question covers only two
and half pages Of the almanac and
can be read through in IS or 20 minutes. 1t
is far more interesting than the aver
age cosmical article found in encycIo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
AN OUTGO TAX
From Life.

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Is not the income tax extremely one
sided? Should not the people have a show
for their money? Why not have an out
go tax? Why not give people a chance
to collect money for all or the excesscB
which they pay on articles above their
proper value?
For example, womans hat sells for
$l5. The material in the hat is wort
about s.. a fair profit would be, say 81.
The difference between s25 and SO is
$50. Why not permit the consumer there
fore, 10 get per cent on $50? If we can
collect / per cent on all the money VIC
have to spend over and above what things
are really worth, it would be a great
help and might reduce materially the co:A
of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
Expansion. of ,s,o,,cr Tr.ae

Few branches of business have devel-
oped more rapidly within the past few
years than the flower trade, said John
l.. Parker.
We can all remember when the demand
for cut flowers was quite limited. For
weddings and funerals, roses, carnations
and lilies We're in demand, but those were
about the only occasions that called for
cut flowers. Now no gift is more in vogue
than box or basket of cut flowers. Not
only is the florists trade active in the
large cities, but every small town has a
flower stand.
birmingham has very extensive
greenhouse industry. Until recently a
large percentage of the flowers seen in
Birmingham were shipped from the north;
but the local florists supply most of the
flowers sold here at the present time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
THE BACK YARD VIEW

From Women's Stories, first March num-
ber.
There were two women. One of them
lived in the front of comfortable
brownstone house overlooking a park the
other at the back.
Before the trout windows passed an
endless array of people; rich man, poor
man, beggar man, thief" pretty ladies
in dainty turnouts, peddlers and million
aires, and the lame, the halt, and the
blind. Not one of them but had story
of sorts, more or less dramatic. The
lady in the front of the brownstone house
used to sit at her window and stare dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
PROFESSOR OF ADVICE

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Some college ought to open up a course
in advice. OF all the things young man
has to learn, this one is the greatest
What shall 1 do?
Scarcely any boy at % knows what
awaits him in any profession or business
II he is inclined to medicine. he thinks
of the Andrews. the Keens the Mitchells.
the beavers. Be the law his bent, and
he pictures himself Johnson, a Bnney,
Choate or a Webster and perhaps all
combined.
No budding reporter thinks in lesser
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
Civilizations Place in Warfare

The horrors which the barbarities Of
the Balkan war, and still later the
Mexican butcheries, have engendered
only go to prove beyond dispute that
even in the atrocities of warfare civil
ization is advancing. The summary
execution of Francisco Guzman, whom
Villa murdered, seeks in vain for an
analogue in modern military annals
and to find such at all we will have
to go back far beyond the records Of
our Revolution, far beyond the bloody
trail of the campaign of Gustavus
Adolphus, indeed, far into the brutal
combats of many centuries agone.
Many hundreds of years past the
refusal to give quarter when the con-
flict was fiercest found many advo-
Gates for its justification, it being
argued that when men stubbornly re-
fused to surrender to a superior force
they were guilty of the crime of pro-
longed slaughter and the sooner they
were annihilated the better for human
ity at large.
But times have changed since then.
Nations no longed go to war to ap-
pease dissatisfaction or resent an in
suit to their rulers; codes of war are
devoid of personal vindictiveness and
fraternization between victorious
troops and civilians in the enemy's
country is factor difficult for COM
manders to regulate. During the war
between the states outposts and
pickets swapped coffee and tobacco
indulged in games at cards and strict
rules were formulated to prevent their
eating and drinking together. More
than once were the ears of the superior
officers greeted with salutations from
private to private, Hello, gray back!
"Howdy, blue belly" and similar ex.
pressions of conviviality and frater-
nifty.
Radically improved likewise has be-
come the code of ethics relative to the
treatment of prisoners of war. The
captor is required to accord them the
same consideration that is bestowed
upon his own troops, and if compelled
to work they are entitled to remunera-
tion less the expense of their main
tenance.
But there is yet considerable room
for improvement. Poisoned bullets
have always been condemned because
the primary object of warfare is not
merely to kill but to disable the enemy,
and while Japan was severely criti-
cized for her use of high explosives
in her war with Russia because of
their horrible resulting mutilation,
the British army has adopted today
practically the same equipment. The
employment Of dynamite and similar
explosives dropped from airships is
just as horrible as the Japanese gren-
AIDES, but there are some who contend
that by rending warfare as disas.
trous and brutal as possible we will
eventually render the engaging there.
in impossible.
At all events humanity has laid hei
hand upon the muzzle of the gun ano
tempered the spirit of the warrior
with milk of human kindness.
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probed and the compulsory school at
tendance laws carefully studied.
All this means much to the nation
as the proper shaping of the physical
condition and mental equipment of the
individual in the start of life are of
paramount Importance to all.
The children's bureau is one of the
most weighty of our official organi-
cations, and when properly equipped
its work will be one of incalculable
value to the government and people at
large.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
Active business Conditions

Il have recently visited Virginia, east
Tennessee, the Carolnas, Georgia and
Florida, and seldom have l had a more
successful business trip said Buford D.
Chenoweth, who represents hardware
manufacturers.
I'm Knoxville and other mining districts
business in my line was dull but out
side of east Tennessee and one or two
towns in Virginia, trade was booming
Virginia as a state is in remarkably fine
shape from a commercial point of view
and in the other south Atlantic states a
high degree of prosperity is the rule
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
SOME PITCHER
From National Monthly.

From National Monthly.
Connie Mack, the manager of the VIC
torious Athletics, tells a story of an ar
dent ball fan who wandered into a stock
brokers' office.
'Readin's down." announced a clerk, as
he inspected the tape.
Unions down." moment later.
Central down, too" he shouted.
Say asked the fan, who's pitching
that gamer?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
AMBITIOUS WOMAN.

Miss Hibrow: $50 your club has taken
up the study of eugenics"
Miss Verisoft: Yes, indeed. We began
at our last meeting when our president
read two such interesting chapters from
Miss Muhlbach's Prince Eugene and His
Times"
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trickle into the newspapers. 1ndefatiga-
BILE scouts are beating the bushes for new
material and that weird genius the base
foot of Parnassus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
increasing Thrift

st Clair county continue to thrive, .
said Gardner Greene of Pell City. a can
didate for attorney general of the state,
subject TO the democratic primary.
Not only is st. Clair one Of Alabama ;
best agricultural counties. but it is in
ereasing in a most substantial way in
dustrially. The coal mining companies
of the county are progressing, and alto
gether the mineral development in my
section is adding in a large evay to the
wealth of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13

The lady voter gives her age at the vot-
ing booth with a calm disroga for the
awaken our admiration. Trot out the
mysogynst who swore she wouldn't do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13

newspaper men are protesting against
the proposed doubling~of postage rates
on second class mail matter by the House
postofice committee. 1t has been pointed
out that while the interstate commerce
commission has set the express rate for
periodicals at so cents the hundred pounds,
Congress is proposing a rate four times q 9
hlgh, or an increase of 100 per cent.
Many deem this would be prohibitory
and in such condition the public would
suiter as greatly as the periodical pub
fishers, for the public must have it's news
papers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13

The warfare between Christobel and
Sylvia has moved into the limelight. 1t
will sound as familiar to speak of the
Christabels as it does to refer to the
Mexican rebels, but when one comes to
the Sylvians or Sylviaites it will require &.
little time to get accustomed to such
names.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
1s,4-Two vALENr1Nns-,o,4

Adele E. Shaw in Southern Wcman's
Magazine.
Faded and yellow, its tinsel and lace
Dimmed by the flight of a century
too,
Age-old it's phrasing, the eyes sun
can trace
'Ne'er was heart like mine so trurv
Gl foses I'm sending instead.
efa Valentine message "a
Co language of lovers long
/,
heart like mine SO true"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13

You never hear of a play that teaches
a moral lesson being performed free OF
charge so the public may learn its valua-
BILE precepts..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13

Old Doc Cook. the inextinguishable,
paraphrases David's celebrated remark
by saying that the world considers all
great travellers liars. A trile exagger-
ated, perhaps, yet something in the way
of evidence comes not amiss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13

We are informed by an opservant man
that some girls wear such loud hosiery
on rainy days that even the clocks in
their stockings are alarm clocks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13

Gen. j. S. CoXey, VINO led an army of
unemployed from Massilon to Washing
ton in 1894, has announced his candidacy
for the Ohio governorship upon the So
cialist ticket. He probably thinks he can
read the signs of the times better than
he did the keep off the grass" signs
which got him and his following into so
much trouble in the national capital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13

Weep not because his clothes are torn,
for all the worldly goods he lacks Me-
thinks that man who seems fororn at
least escapes the income tax.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13

There is nothing finer than the heroism
shown by sea captains when their vessels
are sinking, unless 1t is the heroism of
the unsung wireless operator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13

The idea of authenticating paintings and
even statuary by means of the thumb
prints OF the artist is being seriously adj
vocated by such shining lights in the
PROFESSION as Rodin and Professor
Bordas. Gold powder for bronzes and
vermllion for marble are being suggested.
The prints would be registered and pho-
tographs made thereof to enable art
dealers to detect forgeres. Hereafte one
should not speak of "ear marks" but
ask if the work is correctly thumbed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
BEGINNING THE DAY-o Thou

BEGINNING THE DAY-o Thou
Great Physician of the soul. search
out my disease and declare Ii unto me.
1 would know my true condition.
And then do Thou apply the remedy,
be ii balm acid or knife. For
would walk with Thee In newncss
of life, Thou Holy One of Israel. In
Jesus name. Amen.--H. NJ. Il.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13

The accepted garb of some southern
Statesmen" has been so modified here
of late that it is impossible to tell them
a mile off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
FRESH AIR FIENDs.

Ihe women who the slit skirt wear
hsiderably do vex us;
But what OF those whose chests are bare
From throat to solar plexus?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13

ST. Valentines day is drawing near
The proper caper is dozen American
Beauty" roses. whether you have tn,
price or not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
JDJESTER
AT THE sEANCE.

Medium: 4 see the spirit of = man
VINO passed away through some bronchial
troubls He says he is your husband. Is
that so, MANI"
Widow (weeping): 1T must be: he was
killed by an explosion i'll the Bronx tun-
ncl."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13
FAIR EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY

If poor old South CaIina
Tne nation wide would please.
Just let her accept Huerta
In exchange for Cole Blease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-13

Some rattling good speeches for the
working girl are made by the woman
whose eldest daughter does all the house
work.