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The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-17
AUCTION

am prepared to make all kinds oi auction sa es. Write or call on the old reliable anctioneer.
 JUDGE j. H. RYAN,
 Residence 1909 Central Ave.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-17

Ask for lime free. Try it in your iced tea. R. c. Morris Drug Co.
 6-10tf FANS, all sizes. right prices. ss schmelzeIs. 611 Central avenue. Phone 2h 4-29 tf
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TRUNKS AT HALLS.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-17
! am Going, Are You?
 WHERE?
 On the Big Sunday Excursion on the M. D. & G. Railroad

Good fishing. boating and picnic Ing. Come go along. EXCURSION EVERY SUNDAY
 AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES
The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-17
SURPRISE WEDDING.
R. l.. WILLIAMS,
 Sheriff.

By w. R. Downen, D. s.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

tute the thing of positive worth for the thing of indifferent moral value !?
 It is not sinful to while the hours away; but after body and soul are re- freshed, it is sinful to employ further time in that fashion which might be used for more enduring purposes.
 And andther substitution yet-of the better and the best for the merely good We are men, we are immortals; therefore unsuitable. The driving of Almighty God is in us impelling us up and. on. In our heart sings the song of the better and the best, and we must be hastening along that road, or forever be unhappy and undone. Build thee more sately mansions, o
 my soul, As the swift seasons roll. Let each new temple, nobler than the
 last,
 Shut thee from heaven with a dome
 more vast;
 Till at last thou are free, Leaving thine outworn shell by times
 unresting sea-"
 HENRY M. EDMoNDs. :.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
CLEANER OPERA NEEDED

Kate Upson Clark, in Leslie's.
 It is interesting and encouraging to see the anxiety of some of our high-class pc riodicals regarding the elevation of the drama Societies have been formed to promote it. Ministers have preached about it. It has claimed almost more than it's share in the general "uplft' movement But the opera seems to stand entirely above and apart from this move ment. So long as an opera is well staged and well sung. nobody seems to care about it's book" It may depict the most shock ing immoralities It may trace the rela- tions of men and women until there is the merest thread of human prieacy left-but little if any fault seems to be found with it.
 Several of the New York plays, on the lother hand. have been subjected to scorch- ing criticism--plays which are not hall
 so bad as most of the operas. It is wei lenough to say that in opera the words are
 so wholly subservient to the music thai
 they are negligible. They are not negli-
 gibIe. Nearly all the audience read ths
 ibretto carefully, and 1t must have its Icffect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
Tomorrow: Trial of M. zola.
AIR TRIPS FOR HEALTH

From the Hospital, London.
 Before briefly explaining the conclusions set forth as to the results of flight upon man in good health, it is of interest to recall that aviation has been recom- mended as a remedy for certain cases of illness, or at least, of indifferent health Thus neuralgia Is said to disappear like magic in some cases by an ascent in an aeroplane, a statement by no means in- credible when 1t Is remembered that neu- ralgia is often essentially a subjective phenomenon for which no organic basis is discoverable.
 It is on record also, according to Mr. Hamel that a we'll known balloonist per- sisted in making an ascent once while sufrering from severe influence, despite the protests of his friends, and that he returned to earth in few hours entire Ily cured of his fever. It would, of course, hardly do to allow an influenza patient to manage an aeroplane, which requires a concentration of faculties, mental and physical, only to be found in the per- fectly healthy; but to be passenger in an aeroplRne is a less formidable tax upon the body land might be permissible. Ac- cording to these acknowledged expertt in aviation, journey in the air has a very tonic and exhilarattnS effect, espe- cially when the ascent is made out of the impure air of a large city. Harley street, says Messrs. Hamel and Turner, to pre- serve it's reputation as the home of all that is best and latest in medical science will have to put aeroplane flights into ftn list of up-to-date remedies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
MELLEN, THE INTERESTING CHILD

MT. Mellen describes it. It may in fact
 have been otherwise, but according to MT. Mellen's description it was rank footing.
 Miller and MT. Rockefeller were as secre-
 tive as MT. Mellen says. their motive, in-
 dubitably, must have been a bad one.
 On that evidence we have right to con-
 clude that they knew the investment
 would be a losing one. MT. Mellen predict
 ed loss, the other directors, knowing
 very little about the matter, also feared
 a loss. They were right. every one of
 them, there was loss. The annual deficit
 on that investment is over s1,0o0OOO. Yet
 the names of Morgan, Rockefeller and
 Miller are associated wits successes, not
 failures. Before this remarkable affair
 nobody ever heard of their engaging in an undertaking destined. calculated and
 intended from the start to involve loss
 and disaster. Are we to suppost that MT.
 Morgan was really engaged in conspi-
 racy to wreck the New Haven road and
 bought the Westchester properties with that intent? Or did he make the purchase because he wanted to give work to the amount of S2, 500,000 to the contracting firm of MT. Murphy and MT. Gaffney? One is
 as probable as the other, and either is as probable as the story about ex-Inspector Thomas F. Byrnes. After he left the po- lice department MT Brynes who was a republican. had about as much influence with Tammany as w. J. Bryan has with Victoriano Huerta. Yet he was the man MT. Mellen would have us believe he em- ployed as an intermediary to secure the
 stock held by the men of Fourteenth street. "Mr. Thompson. I believe" said the
 bunco-steerer to Lord Palmerston. Sir" was the reply, If you believe that you | would believe anything" 5ay s.a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF NATHAN HALE

thereupon wrote that William Cunning ham. prvost marshal of the royal army, was directed to receive the cus- tody of Nathan Hale, a captain in the rebel army, that day convicted as spy, and further to see that he is hung on the following morning, Sep tember- 22. 1776. at daybreak.
 Hale heard the orders read unflinch- ingly. He gave not even a complain ing look. and from the presence of his judge he was borne by a strong guard The execution was carried out the fol- lowing morning, as ordered. When at last he stood on the ladder waiting for the rope to be thrown over the limb of a tree. Cunningham asked him if he had anything to say. Hale's con else reply to that command has made him immortal. The exact words as we know them. are: "I only regret that have but one life to give for my coun- try"
 A few hours later British officer rode into the American camp under a flag of truce and informed Hamilton, then captain of artillery, that Capt. Hale had been arrested, condemned az la spy and executed that morning.
 Tomorrow: Trial of M Zola
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
The Principle of Substitution

"Be not drunk with wine but filled with the spirit -Ephesian 5, IS.
 Here is a statement of the principle of substitution.
 Nature abhors a vacuum-a uni versal law. And whereas it is possi- ble by artificial means to get some thing like vacuum in physical life, it is entirely out of the question higher up. There are no empty minds and hearts. The wise teacher or parent does not deprive or forbid. She sub stitutes. She sdoes not say, "Quit that" she says, Begin this" How shall profane man quit his profanity? By not quitting. Let him simply begin something else. I used to know man who was given to pro- fame ejaculation, but he made a sub stitution and began to say, "Confound it!" Then he substituted farther. He would get half way into his Con found," then check himself and trail off into Consider the lilies, how they grow" And before many words he was in worshipful frame. The next time you are on the eve of saying something mean about a person, make a quick turn and slip something good into it's place. The next time you are about to be guilty of sarcasm, push it back into darkness
 with the sweetest, straightest speech you know.
 | We are all troubled with evil
 thoughts. What shall we do with
 them? Let them alone. Simply-invite
 some good thoughts. And when every
 thing else has failed, and your mint l is all slimed with the serpent, begin
 to think on Him who went His self
 less way in Galilee; hear Him speak
 see Him touch the poor people int
 health and hope, watch the shine O
 His soul. And 10, without any agon
 of exorcism your mind is a tempt
 once more.
 1 This principle will give us also ou
 answer to the question as to indul
 gence in great number of things no l in themselves wrong. Can substi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
Missions and Cost of Living

In the general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church, in ses- sion at Kansas City, the annual re- port of the committee on home mis- sions has aroused more than ordi- nary interest. The high cost of living was stressed as reason for the large number of Homeless churches" | It was stated that where a mission ary could live for $500 year ten years ago it now costs him more than $1200 The advance in the cost of maintaining a missionary was felt more seriously last year than even two or three years ago.
 While it is true that the actual cost of living has increased materially when compared with the cost in years gone by, people have gradually az quired the habit of living better and of indulging in luxuries that would have been thought out of the question when the simple life was more in vogue, especially among ministers of the gos- pei.
 The standard of living has been raised. There is no criticism to be made touching that fact, provided people who indulge in good living, in cluding certain luxuries, can afford it. But it is we'll to remember that great deal of the agitation over the high cost of living is carried on by those who eat richer food and who wear better clothes and who dwell in finer houses than they did when they were struggling to get start in life. The family that lived on $500 year some time age could get along and live as well on $900 now. The difference be- tween those two items about covers the advance. If the family is spend ing S1200 it is living all the better.
 It is hard for psapIe who '-wSho have reached bsssn1 bsssn levels of living to come .,s.ssn ao.Vsssn to the extremely plain ways of ,, other days, and it is better for civili- zation, better for people in general, that the standards of living have been
 raised in prosperous countries such as
 ours. But in individual cases where incomes are so limited as to make re- trenchment necessary there should be no hesitation in getting back to plain fare.
 The Presbyterian missionary is al- ways a consecrated man, and is al ways ready to make sacrifices, but it sometimes happens that his children multiply so fast as to make living on small wages next to impossible. The Southern Presbyterians doubtless will meet the missionary situation in a generous and business-like way and provide for a reasonable increase in revenues in order to support adequate ly the home mission cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

nomy of the female and the inclina- tions of the male. They are devoid of love or passion and they are the real cause of the woman suffrage move ment.
 In this sense such women may be regarded as the neuter bee that pre- fers work to procreation. To them spinsterhood is no reproach and in work alone do they find happiness.
 If Sir William is correct the ad- vanced suffragist is a natural freak and her desires are not born of severe economical or arbitrary sociological conditions. She is the "it" in grammar and her tertiary sex must be recog- nized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
OTHERS LIKE HIM
.om the Louisville Times.

From the LoulsVllle I1mes.
 The party of visitors from the north had been shown all the interesting sights in and around Louisville. Their hosts, a Louisville family, had spent three days showing off the town. Then they deemed it proper to take them out to Lakeland and let them view the great asylum. The superintendent was in a genial frame of mind and conducted the group personally
 Here is a queer case. ladies'" he said, pausing and pointing out man walking along a corridor. That man has the delusion that he possesses the motive power that runs the universe He is perfectly harmless, but actually believes that without him the world would not move.' Strange notion, isn't it?'
 Not at all.'' exclaimed one of the women My husband has the same idea, and has always had it. Is he crazy. too?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
She Is It

The old grammatical division of masculine, feminine and neuter gen. der-the he, she and it-which seems so useless to the young student, has recently been somewhat simplifed by Sir William Bell, member of Parlia- ment for Hammersmith, who has ap- peared in Academy with the propo- sition that there now exists a third sex.
 Sir William draws graphic picture between the young woman of half a century ago who did wool work and with no inclination for music wasted valuable time in practicing upon the piano, and the modern, up-to-date creature of our own time. He con- trasts his woodworking maiden with her grandmother half century back who swooned in graceful attitude upor every occasion. The swooning grand parent, the o-practicing maloel and even the blush of the girl of { quarter of century back are gon' and in their stead we have the az oressive female who travels unchap eroned, rides unattended in taxi ant lives as a bachelor by herself in flat without exciting scandal.
 These women, says Bell, neither de sire nor expect matrimony; in thei attire they initiate the male as far a possible and they have adopted tn habits and the callings of man, smok ing cigarettes and serving as clerks telegraphers, typists, actuaries, doc tors and lawyers. In fact they consti tuts . third sex having the physiog
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
ALWAYS CROWDED.

great financiers rebuke. The report was adopted by the board. "and I was president and probably voted for it with the rest But 10 days later Mr
 Mellen did thing that is probably unique in corporation history. Across
 the back of that report he. the presi- dent of the road, who had voted for its adoption, wrote and signed his protest
 There is nothing to show who got the money for the truck turned over," he wrote. T do not like the looks of it and l do not see why the whole matter should not be made plain
 I would feel better if there were at least a disposition to let me know something more than appears in he7record.'i~ This. is the. whimper of d little school girl because some older playmate is giving party to which
 she is not invited. Surely no other rail-
 road president ever wrote himself down
 such a ninny. But is not MT Mellen' S memory at fault? Was that note really written across the back of the report
 on November 19, 1907, or some six years later?
 When the deed was done, when the $11.000,0 900 mystery had been ratified, confirmed and approved, unsight, un- seen, the bewildered directors, other
 than those of the all-powerful com
 mittee. came trooping into MT. Mellen's
 room to find out what 1t all meant. Holy Caesarea Philippi," exclaimed
 one of them. an observation which not only betrays deep emotion but illus trates an historic tendency of the New Englanders to employ unusual exple- tives. But the invocation of the mem ory of all the battliefields in Roman
 history would bring no light to the public understanding, bewildered by the
 strange Mellen testimony.
 | Look at the Westchester transaction as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
Regarding Civic Enterpri.e

"I can remember when band concerts in the parks in New York and other large cities interested chiefly that class of mu- sic lovers possessing more or less edu- cation in the musical art, but now every city of 100000 population has open air music for the masses. and the concerts are regarded as civic necessities" said a travelled citizen
 Tt is surprising to find how easy it is to educate the public to an apprecia- tion of artistic music by frequent hear ing. Ten or 15 years ago the park mu. sic in some cities was. as rule SC trivial as to be hardly worth the name of music. It is very differ ent today While | the programmes are light as compared with symphony bills, they contain. gem.
 of the popular sort, with two or thre. | large numbers to balance up, so to speak
 Such programmes have real educationa
 value, for we get much of the true ans the beautiful in ballet suites, simpl
 waltzes. symphonic. marches and song
 arranged for brass and reed bands sucl
 as Paderewskis 'voyager'-tuneful an,
 tender-which, by the way was frequent
 ly played by Memoli's band in Capito
 park last summer,
 l "ln Memphis high-cIass band of abou ceo pieces gives daily concerts through
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

]" HE name of Nathan Hale presents at once to our minds the ideal 4 hero To meet execution as a yet it requires great courage and for titude to serve in such a capacity, and Nathan Hale deserves well of his coun try for the loyalty he displayed.
 When Washington and his half starved army of patriots lay before the citX of New York many difficult questions arose, and upon their solu- 1 ton depended it's fate. The general re- | alized it was necessary to send spy to the British lines to learn their in- tention. He requested Colonel Knowl- ton to call his officers together to ask for a volunteer. When the plan was stated there was silence and not one expressed a willingness to undertake the arduous task
 | Just then Nathan Hale entered, and in a cheerful, determined voice, said :: T will go.' When his friends tried to dissuade him he replied: "I am fully sensible of the consequences of discov- cry and capture in such situation" ] Hale called upon Washington, re- ceived his instructions, and started on the dangerous expedition. He clothed himself in the garb of schoolmaster and, carrying with him his college dip loma Hale walked about 40 miles, and crossed from Harlem Heights to Long Island, and from there he finally, reached New York Thus far he was successful He had been for nearly two weeks within the enemy's lines; he made designs of all the Qualifications of Howe. he formed an estimate of the strength and numbers of the enemy, and he was now about to return
 l It was not to be wondered at that he grew a little reckless and overconfi- dent as he sat in the tavern of Widow 1 Chichester. the resort of officers and tories of the town. While there he understood from the proprietor that a boat was nearing the shore. and Hale rushed out. believing it bore a party of his friends. but imagine his sur- prise when almost to land he found a number Of muskets leveled at him with the command to surrender
 Hale was in such a position that es-
 
 Immediately on board the guardship Halifax, and was carried at once to the headquarters of General Howe. Hale was examined and Howe was lthunderstruck when the memoranda which the. volunteer carried in his shoes was spread before hifn. and with the extent and accuracy of the pris- oner's work. It is certain that the English commander offered him full pardon if he would enter the British army But he refused. The charge was soon, made---the proof had been produced. When he stood in judgment before the British general--did he ex- l plain prevaricate. deny-throw him I self on the laws of war. and demand a trial by courtmartial-that rich ac- l corded to every military offender, save a mutineer? x f No. Hale frankly and at once ac- lknowledged his mission. He confessed himself an American officer and 2 spy If he had one regret, lie said, 1t wal 'l that he was unable to further serve } his country. 4 I It took the judge but a short itms Ito come to q decision. Howe picked up a pfece of paper which bore thu Anttials 70. R" (George Rex) ant ---
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
EIoMers nnd Meadow

People on their way to the ball park who have admired the field of prim- roses alongside the plant of the Fly gienie Ice and Cold Storage company at Elyton, may think as l did, that these beautiful flowers are part of the wild plant life of this section," said a former newspaper man. "Col. ". J. Rushton says they sprang from seed washed from gardens higher up Be that as it may, many women and chil- dren are gathering floral bounty from this field
 And that brings me to the garden of the hygienic plant, which is Colonel Rushton's pet I mean the garden, not the plant. although the latter ranks high in his affections, as it is con ceded to be the most modern of the kind in the gulf. states. This garden. planted. with quite a variety of flow CTS, will soon show what are probably the tallest cannas in Birmingham, eight
 and nine feet high, and of unusually
 rich hues.
 Having admired the garden I look ed out upon the fine stretch of meadow
 asked Colonel Rushton what use he
 was making of all that ground That's
 our rest cure farm,' he replied When
 ever we have d mule that is work ed
 down we bring him out here for a few
 days and let him tone up.' Flower gar
 dens, rest farms What will be the
 next development of the modern indus
 trial plant?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
The Pennsylvania Primary

The first state wide primary ever held in Pennsylvania, which took place Tuesday, had no surprises for politi- cal prophets. The results were pre- dicted so accurately in advance that there was hardly any need to scan the results published in newspapers of Wednesday morning Boise Penrose, head of the republican machine in Pennsylvania since the passing of Quay, who was candidate to succeed himself in the United States Senate, won an overwhelming victory over his rival, Joseph Benjamin Dimmick, for mer mayor of Scranton and "pillar of righteousness" Senator Penrose has a reputation along other lines, being first, last and always "practi- cal politician" An effort was made to discredit his regime, but it failed siS,.' nally. e<
 The y.!sesssiss assssEaisssss''''f fought bitterl, tuHnong themselves, the administration candidates being stoutly opposed by "old guard" democrats, but the White House programme won. A Mitchell Palmer, who had been favored for the place by President Wilson, was nominated by the democrats for United States senator. Vance c. Me Cormack, another administration can didate, was the democratic nominee for governor, defeating Michael J. Ryan, who waged vigorous cam paign and was Loyalty supported by the "old guard" leaders.
 Clifford Pinchot, friend and asso- ciate of the boss bull moose, was given big majority by the progressives fol United States senator.
 Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, the re publican nominee for governor, and William Draper Lewis, the progres sive nominee for that office, both rep resent the "better element" in politics Dr. Brumbaugh having been at tht head of Philadelphia public school. for eight years, and Dean Lewis being at the head of the University of Penn sylvania law school. It is interesting to note that Dr. Brumbaugh piled III the largest vote of any state candi date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
STRONG COMPETITION
From Everybody's Magazine.

From Everybody's Magazine.
 In Colorado, remember, the women vote as we'll as the men.
 In the fall of 1910 man named Smith was running for sheriff against a man named Jones. One evening just 're>~a election Smith rode up to the barnyard of an old farmer. The farmer was milk ing COW and was having difficulty with lusty calf that continually tried to butt in.' The candidate, to gain the favor of the farmer, took the calf between his legs and held 1t until the milking was done. He then introduced himself:A T am MT. Smith. the republican candidate for sheriff of the countq. I suppose you know the man who's running against me?"
 The farmers eyes twinkled as he slowly drawled: "Waal, I reckon do. He's in the house now. holding the baby.'