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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
IMPEACHMENT OF JUSTICE CHASE

corum than the commission of a high
 crime and misdemeanor."
 | On the third, fourth and eighth articles
 Chase was pronounced guilty by small
 majority, the largest. 1s to 10, on the 1 eighth. On the other articles the ma jority found him not guilty, and as two-thirds majority was not given for
 any article, he was pronounced not guilty
 on all, March 1, 1865.
 | The result of the trial led to some ef- I forts on the part of the democratic lead l CTS to change the tenure of federal i judges. There is no doubt that consider
 able of the animosity against Justice i, Chase was political in character, and John
 Randolph was one of his severest oppo- ! nents. The requisite two-thirds vote re- quiredN for impeachment could not be ob- tained, and Judge Chase was discharged l by the Senate on March ,, 1s05.
 l On the first article, 10 said guilty and | "A not guilty; on the second, the vote stood the same; on the third and fourth IS said
 guilty and 1e not guilty; on the fifth, all said not guilty; on the sixth. 4 said guilty 1 and 30 said not guilty; on the seventh, 10 ! said guilty and 24 said not guilty, and on the elgntH, 19 to 10. Ine pfesiutht tnen declared Chase acquitted of ali charges and the impeachment court adjourned. ], Chase at once resumed his seat on the
 bench and retained it till his death. His l Impeachment excited much sympathy, 1 even among his opponents, on account 1 of his age, his services to the country. l and the purity of his judicial record. 1 There is no doubt. however, that it did good in checking the overbearing conduct prevalent at that time on the. bench. Judge Chase was better fitted for an ad- 1 vocate than for a judge.
 l Samuel Chase was one of the signers | of the Declaration of Independence. In ! 1775-6 he anticipated this declaration by asserting that "by the God in heaven we owed no allegiance to the King of Great
 Britain" In 1878 he drafted an eloquent 1 address to the people of the country, in answer to papers that had been circulated
 by the tories The following incident is l told of Chase shortly after he became l chief justice of the general court of Mary | land upon the occasion of a riot He had l caused the arrest of two popular men ae | the leaders. but they refused to give bail, l and the sheriff was apprehensive of res l cue should he take them to prison. Call l out the posse comitatus then,' said the | judge. Sir was the reply, mo one Will serve" Summon me. then; will be the posse comitatus; I will take them to jail"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11
Prosperity in the south

Thomas N. Hall Of Birmingham, who represents one of the large industries of Trenton. N. J., Is after an absence of eight months here for few days.
 During my absence from Birmingham l have visited many southern cities and have taken two trips 10 Havana said Mir Hall. Cuba is in d highly prosperous condition. l spent sometime in Tampa. one of the most prosperous cities in the south It is growing fast. l found Jack sonville as progressive as ever Among other southern cities that give evidence Of substantial progress are Houston and Dallas. Houston is one of the busiest cities l have ever seen, and the Rice hotel there is one of the finest in the United States. Not only is the building magnificent. but the service ss strictly first-elass In all my travels through the south I found business men optimis- tic. I have heard practically no talk of hard times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11
IN MEXICO

From the Kansas City Star
 When gentlemen greet each other they embrace and pat each other on tho back.
 Ladies kiss each other on both cheeks at both meeting and parting.
 Everybody shakes hands with everybody or all possible occasions. Sons kiss their mothers and grand mothers hands. and often their fathers
 The politeness of Mexican servants is proverbial, and their voices are soft and pleasing Children wear mourning in Mexico. young girls in their teens wearing all- black costumes, and little girls of all sizes wearing white dresses with black ribbon sashes, and hats trimmed with black.
 On entering street car or other ve- hicle or when about to be seated there is repeated exchange of Gaston and AL phonse you frsts'' between the senors. The seat of honor in . Mexican homo is the sofa beside the hostess. caller
 should not take that seat unless spe- cally invited. i.
 A cigar Is lighted before being presented to a friend.
 The peon men are obliged to wear large. heavy straw hats to protect their heads from the tropical sun, but the peon women have gone bareheaded for centuries Clerks in the stores and shops of eil kinds smoke while waiting upon GUS toners. ", and the ssold settlers" can do as they please about returning 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11
HOW TO SET A HEN"
By BILL VINES

I of the completion of the public library
 that he has donated
 1 To this citizen the agricultural dena IT,
 ments bulletin on How to Set A Hen comes great boon. It will entertain
 him for three or four days. and gives
 him food for thought, which perhaps will
 last him until he becomes disgusted and eats up the hen.
 As the time approaches for a hen to sit, says the bulletin, .she stays longer on her nest, and on being approached. Will quite likely remain there making ciucking, noise and ruffling her feath- CTS"
 ihis Is almost a sure sign that hen
 mas about concluded to sit. Of course, II IS absolutely indispensable for the be- slnner in the poultry business to be able to judge accurately when a hen has fully determined on sitting It is equally hard to persuade a hen, of light and friyo- lous nature. to sit if she has society and politics in her head, as it is to per turely formed a resolution to do so. So when she makes a cfuclking noise and ruffles her feathers it's pretty sure sign that she is perfectly willing to undertake the task of sitting on armor plate and matching out battleship if called upon to do so. And. when once fairly com mitted to this undertaking no amount of bad luck will discourage her She is faith ful to the very last
 "The normal temperature of a hen is from 106 to 107 degrees F., says the bull letin. And while no doubt this is true, still there are exceptions We have seen hens in the past who, it seemed to us, were much warmer than this Still there is no use quibbling over few degrees, and the beginner may, if he choses, buy a thermometer and test his sitting hen. It's a good idea to try to slip the ther- mometer under the hen while she is not looking. She might get excited and when a setting hen gets into a high state of excitement her temperature always goes up.
 Of course the bulletin contains lot of other perfectly good information relat- ing to hens and their offsprings. The reader of this story may get this bull letin by applying to the agrciultural de- partment, or to myself, if he has not already received a copy of it. As this in- formation is positively free, there is no longer any reason for the humblest Amer ican citizen remaining in ignorance on this important question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11
Our Excellent Consular Service

A report is current in Washington l to the effect that the President intends to set aside the civil service regula- tion relative to the consular service in order that several of the higher and more lucrative consular offices may be awarded in return for political services rendered.
 The report may, or it may not, be correct but it invites attention to the personnel and efficiency of the Ameri- can consular service, which has no equal in the world.
 Under our present system a young man may enter the service at the low est post and rise to the highest posi- ton of honor, condition which is at tracting and enlisting the very best talent of the land. The examinations are extremely rigid and the require ments for appointment are of the highest order. Indeed the applicant who measures up to the standard must be a man of culture, education and broad information. A collegiate edu- cation is sine qua non and law diploma is practically essential in ad- dition to knowledge of either French, German or Spanish. A general famil- iarity with broad range of subjects is required and the character, appear ance, address and business experience of the applicant are likewise thor oughly looked into.
 The United States consulates num- ber HOO and are divided into nine classes, the occupants of Class 1 re- ceiving $sO0O per annum and those of Class 9 $2OO0, while most of the con- suls general receive $12,0O0 year.
 The recognition and rapid rise ot
 merit may be instanced in the career of Macon, Ga., man, who four years ago was appointed as ninth class consul at Tahiti and has recently been promoted to St. Peterburg, Rus sia, consulate of Class 6, carrying salary of $35OO annually.
 While not covered with the gloss and ,glapour which garb an ambassa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11
More Revolt Urged

In the course of lecture on mas culinism at the Hotel Astor the re- doubtable Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gill man, the type of woman whose name must always be written and spoken in full, exhorted women to revolt against the male dressmaker of Paris. The modern interpretation of femin- ism, it seems, is Anything to bring on fight"
 IA Mrs. Gilman said, 1t is time to break our helpless thralldom to the ingenius gentlemen of Paris who tell us what we ought to wear. I am not advocating any costume except the right of any woman to dress the way she pleases. As it is now, if we dare to have an opinion of our own our young misses call us crazy. One way to develop courage isS to wear what you know is right in the face of op- Q0sKion from your family, and an other way is to go where you please by yourself in the dark"
 Doubtless there are women in the world who wear what they please and great many more who are not afraid to go home in the dark, or away from home in pursuit of the high brow lecture or other intellectual k stipuli, but casual survey of a shop ping throng indicates that the num- Der of ''thralls" vastly exceeds all oth- CT types. The expression, slaves to fashion," has become trite and such a condition of affairs is accepted as a matter of course. When women be- come professional politicians and their 'proper sphere" is sufficiently en- larged to meet their growing de- mands, will hat or Paris gown still loom as large on their horizon as it does now? Time alone can tell.
 There are some women whose men, tai and physical angles are such that no amount of "dolling up" could make them attractive and it is to be feared that these women are the only ones who would adopt "sane and sensible at tire" Feminism may spread and  spread, but thank heaven, the time will never come when it will obliter- ate frills and furbelows from the face of the earth.
 Also there are good grounds for be- flowing that the revolt against Paris gowns engineered by Mrs. Gilman and few other "rebels" is more revolt against the male dressmaker than a disinclination to wear fashionable clothes. The idea of man dictating what she must wear is naturally ab- horrent to rampant feminist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11

:" HE first trial of justice of the su-
 preme court in the United States
 was that of Samuel Chase, who was recognized as one of the ablest men of that body. He was resident of Maryland and was appointed to the supreme court on January 27. 1796. The practice of ad- charges to grand juries was then com mon with American judges as it had long been in Great Britain, and after the down. fall of the federal party in 1901. Chase kept up the practice with a bitterness and ability equally displeasing to the dominant party.
 In the National House of Represents tives on January 5. 1894, John Randolph obtained a committee to investigate Chases official conduct; and on their re- port he was impeached on November 30, 1904, and Randolph was appointed chief manager. The articles of impeachment were presented to the Senate on Decem- Der [. 1894, and the trial was begun on January ?. 1895.
 There were eight articles against him: 1. For arbitrary and unjust conduct in the trial of John Fries for high treason. in April, 1900, in refusing to allow the pris- oner's counsel to argue various law points, and in announcing his opinion as already formed. so that the prisoners counsel threw up the case.
 ?. For refusing. to excuse juror who had prejudiced the guilt of J. T. Cal lender in a trial under the sedition law in May, 1900. at Richmond. 3. For refusing to allow one of Callender's witnesses to tesdify. f. For interrupting and annoy ing Callender's counsel so that they aban- doned his case. 5. For arresting, instead of summoning, Callender in case not capital. 6. For refusing to allow Callen- der a postponement of his trial. '. For urging an unwilling Delaware grand jury to find indictment under the sedition law. s. For highly indecent and extra judicial reflections upon the government of the Tinted States before a Maryland grand jury. The eighth article covered his real offense-the others were the fruits of the committees zealous research into his past official life.
 The defense disproved much of the mat ter alleged, and as to the remainder Chase's council argued successfully that his conduct had been rather a violation of the principles of politeness than of the principles of law; rather the want of de ropsAnpnvu TRIAT nE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11
WANTED HIS RIGHTS

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
 T stand on my constitutional rights said James Phillips, 1o6 South Dearborn street. charged with failing to support his wife, Mrs Mabel E. Phillips. and their children, to Municipal Judge Uhlir in the court of domestic relations yesterday.
 T stand on my constitutional rights and refuse to answer any questions because have no lawyer"
 Judge Uhlir appointed Charles s. Whar- ton. former congressman from the Fourth congressional district. as Phillips coun- sel.
 T admit my clients guilt." said Mir. Wharton immediately.
 Sure" his client echoed.
 q ought to have $ week." ventured Mrs. Phillips.
 My man can afford to pay $10 week. '' Mir. Wharton declared.
 You bet" his man affirmed happily.
 The order was entered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11

IVY ASHlNGION, May 1o.-fSpecial " As much as the general public
 W appreciated the information con. tained in a recent bulletin is- :, sued by the department of agriculture giving the most minute instructions on ] how to kill cockroach; and as eagerly as the public sought this bulletin until
 the department found it necessary to ts-
 sue the third, or. possibly. the fourth
 edition the popularity of the coekroach h
 bulletin sinks into comparative insignih-
 canoe with one just from the press and
 now being eagerly perused by the read i ing public entitled, How to Set Hen.,' | With rare foresight the department s press agent selected the psychological 1 moment in which to ifnpart to fevered l and impatient nation some valuable in formation regarding the domestic habits and temperament of the ordinary hen of commerce when she has fully made up
 her mind to sit" Usually in the spring the perfectly reliable and trustworthy hen who has gone through long, hard win ter while the price of eggs scared to heights that would snake New Haven
 stock look sickly makes up her mind to do little sitting. After laying dozen or so eggs she suddenly becomes pos sessed of an intense yearning to become a mother When a hen has once formed this resolution arguments are useless. No amount of req soning appeals to her. She is obdurate and stubbofn, and as un- yielding as militant suffragette. She will sit on anything from a china egg to total stranger, with great firmness and resolution
 Also at this season of the year a great many of our American citizens be- come interested in poultry. They read in the Police Gazoot. or some other per- fectly reliable agricultural journal. where a man named Goldfish m North Carolina roce from total obscurity to affluence in a few months in the poultry business after he made a successful failure in every thing else. The citizen. therefore, buys all the available literature on poultry and spends his spare moments in figuring up the profits he is going to make on his chicken farm. He calculates that he will be in the J. F. Morgan class in about two years and worries a bit over whether he'll buy a big yellow car with black running gear, or a blue car with red running gear. He consumes hours over the speech he is going to make to the enthusiastic mass meeting given in his honor in his home town on the occasion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Business Improvement

The trade journals of recent date are more optimistic in tone than they were a few weeks ago. and several of them point to an improvement in the iron and steel industries, said H. NJ Reynolds of chi cago.~
 in general trade in Chicago within the past few days. 1 believe We are approaching new period of genuine prosperity. The west and the south have been thriving fairly well all along, but there has been great depression in the east for -some- time past. But better times are evidently being felt now in New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11
dor or minister, the consul is of great CT service practically than either of the latter, who have merely become adjuncts to our foreign relationship.

Antoinette Bonner, known as the "Dia- ] mond Queen and man named Joseph E. kisinger were arrested recently in Paris, charged with defrauding New York jewellers out of s20OOo worth of diamonds. The woman operated so successfully that several well known firms were almost put out of business. Her method was quite simple. About q year ago she went to a diamond merchant in New York named Cocks and told him she could sell some diamonds to her society friends if he would trust her with them. She disposed of the diamonds so readily and was so honest in her dealings with him that if wasn't long before Cocks was willing to let her have almost any number of dia- monds on memorandum. His books showed that in one year Miss Bonner sold for him sl05.o9o worth of diamonds Her deputa- : ton for honesty and expert salesma nsbin spreaded over the diamond district. and other merchants let her have stones Then Miss Bonner disappeared with I<islinger. who was formerly diamond merchant himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11
LIFE SAVERS
From London Tit Bits.

From London Tit-Bits
 An English policeman entered the house of a publican one morning and informed him that it would be necessary to hold an inquest there in the after noon.
 Now the landlord had a great ob- jection to anything of the kind, and said: ''oh, cant be troubled with in quests in my house. Here, what'n you have to drnk?'
 Robert said he'd have drop of Scotch, which he did.
 Have cigar, too' said the host
 After the consumption of two Scotches and cigars the constable said he thought he could get the inquest held some where else. but as he was leaving the landlord remarked:
 By the way. who are they going to hold the inquest on?
 No one as I know of now,' said the man in blue. but it 'ud a been on me If Irhadn't had these drinks an smokes.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11

Henry Ford, the automobile manufae- turer, joined Thomas A. Edison in the war on cigarettes. Mr Ford was al Fort Meyers, Fla, recently and had a talk with Edison on the evils of cigarette smoking When the inventor returned to his laboratory he wrote a letter to MT. Ford on the subject Copies of this letter will be framed at Mir Ford's expense, and 1T permission is granted they will be hung in all the public schools of Detroit
 In his letter Edison said: -'The injurious agent in cigarettes comes principally from the burning paper wrapper. The sub stance thereby formed is called acroIein. 1t has violent action on the nerve cen ters, producing degeneration of the cells of the brain, which is quite rapid among boys. Unlike most narcotics, this degen- eration is permanent and uncomfortable I employ no person who smokes cigarettes. n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11
BARGEs LOADED WITH COAL

From the IuscaIoosA NeWb.
 Alabama and New Orleans Transpor- tation company's barge No. passed the city and Book on a load of 1000 tons of coal at Gilmore. It begins the return trip to New Orleans today.
 Barge is nearing the city and is ex- pected to load with coal.
 The barges are making regular trips up and down the river. but are carrying lit- tie freight other than coal For several weeks. no freight has been received for shipment to Tuscaloosa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11

California judge says the mother has the exclusive right to name the baby. If it's boy and she names it after father he won't object.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11

Jacob Riis is recovering from his recent illness and will be able ere long to say a few more kind words about gentleman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11
IN THE LONG AGO

 By Eugene Field. l once knew all the birds that came And nestled in our orchard trees; For every flower had a name My friends were wOodchucks. toads ana
 bees; knew where thrived in wonder glen What plants could soothe 8 atone bruised
 toe o, I was very learned then. But that was very long ago. knew the spot upon the hill Where checkerberrtes could be found I knew the rushes near the mill Where pickerel lay that weighed
 pound!
 Where lived the poaching saucy crow. Ar M h4 md crows knew me- fus Ais wa w ,rig ago, An nhiins fe, ifss 11ys of youth tssae sfe cls aus1ar spot, On 5e fenrr 5ids scieuin truth: tsef sn furgot. Yet ge ln8afss at my knee K the h'lg used to know; G To ns anc. wns vise as he,- B tt1at rE ago! [IktF ies 5ssq te ro plain Ol ts ts0 Rr<he rs decree; Yet FNfa det Fi8hs in vain Y9s w sh would be- ITd t7 He @aS n. Bs ne used to knows For gas ss hen B' # ss xe CT aGpl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11

While it isn't denied that MT. Roosevelt has been a sufferer from boils, the chances are that he didn't suffer in the same frame of mind that Job did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11

Some men are always talking about what they would do if they had s1, GOO, ,00O As rule, they are men who never have more than $2 at time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11

The United States government has been represented at the court of St. James by many able diplomats, but when it comes to racy humor Ambassador Walter Hines Page is in diplomatic class all to him- self ~>s4 .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11

The Cincinnati woman who owns 12 drug stores in that city probably gets her com plexion at cost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11
THE FRUIT PRosPEcr

From the Tuscumbia Alahamian- Dispatch
 Reports from all sections of Alabama indicate | nne prospect for fruit this rear. while some of the peachee were injured by tho frosts in March eupqeh q tne esep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11

Schumann-Heinks husband accuses her of loving a New Jersey policeman. who 1t Is presumed has a soul beneath his uni form
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11

The ballot to be cast in today's demo- cratic primary will not be long like that of April 6. and voters therefore will lose little time standing in line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11

A cabaret singer committed suicide in New York. There is no place where sui cidal mania is more apt to develop than a cabaret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11

Experts say that light blue eyes are most powerful, but for hypnosis there is nothing like the ''coal black eye" you read about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11

The "A B c eocktail' has made it's ap- pearance in Washington. and is said to be able to establish an entente cordiale be- tween two utter strangers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11
Unto my mothers prayers I bend my knee. -Richard II.
BEGINNING THE DAY-Grant

BEGINNING THE DAY-Grant me grace today, Lord, to treat ev- cry stranger with as much gentle ness and consideration as if l knew him to be an important person. Help me to remember that l shall thus he my best self, that l may enter tain an angel unawares. and that ! may invite someone to he more like an angel. For Christ's sake. Amen.