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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Charles N Lure

them, through mental discipline and con- sideration of his own experiences ant those of others
 It is wise practice.
 Some folks turn first to the sporting page Of the newspaper. Some women mot many-want to read about the fashions before they turn to the other pages. To many readers the political news is the most interesting.
 These are confirmed and experienced readers of newspapers who believe that the real meat" of the paper is to be found in the letters to the editor, wherein readers of many shades of opinion express their views.
 It has been the habit. especially in city newspaper offices, for years to poke fun at Constant Reader" "Pro Bono Pubilco." Subscriber" and the others who use such hackneyed sigma lures. But 1t is the writings of these folks that throw keen. searchlight raya on the workings of the public mind They are valuable indices to public opinion.
 In Philadelphia paper the other day man gave his opinion on getting full values out of life. "In all the phases of life," he wrote, things arc not pushed as they should be. In the various sports some ofthe athletes dc not work hard enough to get the thing they want. In music some do not make things move along to reach a thrilling climax as things should be moved and the effect is spoiled.
 The fact that all the people do not push things themselves Is the reason why men with good judgement and the ability to push other are picked as leaders,"
 What per cent of efficiency Is yours Are you a saturated solution of en- ergy, and to put that ability into full active operation, there's the greatest part of the secret of success. You can't ascend to the top of the noun tain if you only pay part of your at- lention to the task. You've got to push on!
 aetes a pretty general impression that Americans work too hard in the effort to achieve success. It Is not truo It takes an effort of the memory to recall any winner of distinction ir any line of effort who died young as the result of overwork.
 And among the generality of Ameri
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Finally the light began to break, and an arrest has been made.
 Could you ina zine such a thing hay ing occurred in Birmingham? I confess couldn't.
 Some years ago I saw a burlesque theatrical performance in Birmingham The leading comedian was fellow named Bob Van Osten. In the course of the play he took the part of police man, and was instructed by his superior to arrest certain man. Bob was ab- sent for a time. and then came back without a prisoner.
 "Didn't you find the man?a the ser geant demanded.
 'Yes," answered Bob
 "Why didn't you arrest him?"
 'He didn't want to be arrested"
 New Orleans is in terror over the bu- bonic plague. It is known that this foul disease is spread by rats. Pleas bite rats who have the plague. To save tho lives of human beings it becomes necessary to take the lives of the rats, and that is what New Orleans is now doing. A campaign of extermination is being waged. In time 1t is bound to
  free New Orleans of the plague, as sim liar campaigns freed San Francisco and other cities.
 Frequently the newspapers print statements from the peace officers that they are determined to free Birming- ham of the vagrant. The vagrant is recognized as a menace to law and or der and decency. He is a parasite &C., lively and 8 brigand and murderer po- tentially. A week or so ago there was another declaration of war upon the vagrant. Yet the negro dives continue to flourish in Birmingham. There are some streets so thronged with vulgar. profane. dirty negroes, men and women. that after traversing them a person feels like he had crawled through a sewer.
 Jefferson's criminal annals are filled with "unsolved mysteries" Every read CT can bring few to mind. Are these cases evidences of the incompetency of the police and shrievalty forces? Not necessarily. The police department and the sheriff's office may know a great deal more than the public suspects The officers may be morally convinced that
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which was run on a circular track merely to illustrate the practical use of steam. but 1t was merely gazed at by the curi- ous. and thought of only as would be the amusing antics of a monkey.
 After a number of visits to the old world in order to observe the progress of the new venture of railroads. Ameri- can capitalists began to agitate the con struction of road which initial road was undertaken by the Delaware and Hudson Canal company, which road was built mostly as an experimental conveni- cree in connection with the canal and ran from Honesdale to Carhondale. Pa, a distance of t6 miles.
 The rudeness Of the construction and operation of this short branch can scarcely be conceived today, but so rick ety was it that the idea obtained that railways were exceedingly unsafe either ror freight or passengers. Capitalists hesitated to invest in the enterprise be- cause it was seriously questioned whether
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26

they lead to disputes that are not at all little
 Under this new scheme of having Q neighborly clearing up day ohce year
 ..ese thIlgs cannot run more than a year.
 The mediators step in. They are of ficial, since the mayor has decreed that everyone shall get together on "Take It Back Day" | Here's a joke that Is being reprinted throughout the United States. I'm paying all my debts. l believe the ! end of the world will come next month
 'I don't understand your logic. If I thought the end of the world was com ing next month. I'd order a lot of stuff on credit now" | First, have your laugh at the jest. | Then think about the mental and moral state of the man who would be willing to "order a lot of stuff on credit and leave the world with his debts unpaid. Not very honest. is he? l And how about the man who is willing | to keep on living, without thought of l the worlds end or his own, with debts accommodating all around him? Not actual debts of money or goods perhaps, but debts of service to his fel- low man or woman, which he contracts by the mere living and receiving the bene- fits which accrue to him from the efforts | of others. l Everyone of us owes more than he can pay. Every one is debtor to the world. '"The debt we owe to nature'' is the mortality laid upon us all by our physical nature-the necessity of dying. We hear much of it but less of the debt we owe to | life-the obligation to live so that the Keeper of the Great Account may credit us with putting more into life than we get out of it.
 So live that when thy summons comes to
 join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take
 His chamber in the silent halls of death Thou go not like the quarry slave at night,
 Scourged to his dungeon, but. sustained and soothed
 By an unfaltel4hg trust, approach thy
 grave
 Like one who wraps the drapery of his
 couch
 About him and lies down te pleasant
 dreams.
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the astonishing speed of the new and larger engine, that of 20 miles an hour it was named the Rocket" These advance ments and Improvements clearly demon strated the praetieabllity of steam rail- ways. and marked the beginning of a rev era of prosperity il England, while the entire industry of railways now rep resents a value of s36,0oo 0a,oao. a valuation about three times the total currency of the world. including both coin and paper
 We have often chided the English for being conservative, yet while all this was taking place in England, Americans were merely onlookers watching for the final results of venture so perilous. One committee after another went over to England to report on the results Of the new and strange enterprise me won derful stories of which were told every where. True, John Stevens had sought, sc early as 1925 to enlist attention and interest in miniature engine in America,
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railroads could ever be turned to prno- teal service There were dire predic- tions of many troubles. financial and otherwise, when, in ssso. the Baitimors and Ohio Railway company built its first section of line. anI began to operate beth passenger and freight trains over 1t. While it was regarded as hazardous. the read, from the begianing minted money at an astonishing rate. and the company felt justified in the extensions of It's lines from time to time.
 In 1883, the South Carolina railroad ac- eomplished the most astonishing feat by building a line 1S5 miles long. all of which vas put into prompt operation both for freight ard passengers. At the time. this was the longest continuous line on the globe. This venture and success dis pelled all doubt about the practical use of steam and iron. and theneeforward roads were built at T rapid rate, both in Europe and in America.
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lieved in vague, half heathensh way would they ask help. Only the knowl. edge of where the good things lay-that was all they wished.
 Taking a leaf from the book of the Chinese. with whom New Years day is the greatest time for settling obli- gations, paying debts, quieting feuds. etc. the people of a small Oklahoma city have started what they call "Take e It Back Day"
 Once a year, on June day to be fixed by the mayor, everybody in the city who had borrowed money in the course of the year and has failed to repay it or given something in return viii be reminded annually of his or her remissness and will be expected to redeem the debt. Recipients of to another.
 Nh necessary outgrowth of the "Take It Back Day" movement there is the development of sentiment against borrowing except In case of necessity
 Applied in moderation, this anti-bo- rowing movement has within it the germs of a good idea It would not be we'll to extend it too far. however, since all modern business Is based on borrowing, known as credit" Do away with credit and you do away with every form of business saXe neighborhood exchange or swapping of the necessities of life.
 For instance, whenever you give or accept coin or a bill in payment Of goods or services you are conductin s an operation in credit, since the coin or bill has no intrinsic worth and is aluable only as an evidence of in- debtedness.
 However,
 This idea of a day that shall serve as a general clearing of the atmos- phere in community is primarily a good thing. It wipes out misunder- standing and prevents the long stand ing rarcor which often develops into open quarrels and lawsuits. If there is day when everybody must make good his obligations to his neighbors no one can have an excuse for neglect ing his duty in this respect. Fence disputes and quarrels over 5hickens that scratch up neighbor- ling gardens and wrangling between children and such are all little things in themselves. and they furnish ma terial for jokemakers. but too ofter
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effort, however. resulting in the dis closure of the defects of his plans and leading to their correction. to which he set himself with diligence. For seven years he worked at his engine and in 1921 he was again ready. and so thor
 oughly convinced Parliament of the feasibility of his undertaking that a charter was granted him to use his steam engine over railway 12 miles long. However, it was specially pro-
 Vided in the charter that no passengers were to be allowed to ride on the tiny train, and the road was to be used ex- elusively for certain kinds of freight. This primitive road with it's engine Of steam was hailed as a mighty stride in transportation, as it would cover the 12 miles within two hours. How ever, a little later passenger cars were built by private individuals who would pay a certain toll for the use of the railway tracks, while the only engine then in existence would draw them.
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Later still these private cars were bought by the road. were chained to- gether one after another and used for passenger travel the company charg- ing an excessive rate for the privilege of travelling.
 fn 1925 Stevenson completed an i'm proved engine and placed it on the line, but under the law the speed was restricted to six miles an hour While tho steam whistle was inVs sd during that year, it had not yet cone into use and to prevent accidents, and at the same time announce the approach of the train. signal man would ride at the head of the engine, in a gallop, with a trumpet which he constantly blew. This was regarded as indispensable to the safety of all concerned, hence Par liament in granting the charter mada the provision.
 Meanwhile the whistle came to be ap- piled, larger engine was built and the 12-mile road was extended. Because of
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n IRMINGHAM Is now experiencing a breeze of baneful advertising. - From every quarter come shafts of criticism We feel the sting, but can only vince and endure. We have fool ishly thrown aside our armor. Now that we stand exposed to the barbed arrows of censure, satire and spleen, we must suffer in silence resolved to remedy a situation which has brought us to the scorn of the world.
 The newspapers of Alabama and other states make frequent reference to Jeff fe1son countys murder record and the immunity which the murderer seems to have in this community. We dare not deny the figures. We could not be so brazen as to declare to the world that we are maligned. We cannot pretend !, that we have done our duty in putting down law1essness.
 Of late the editorial page of The Age Herald has carried many clippings from other newspapers taunting Birmingham and Jefferson county upon their murder record. It is well that The Age Herald has published these comments. It is high time that Birmingham and Jeffer- son county come to see themselves as other sees them.
 The Shelby County Sun remarks: "The coroner in Birmingham is the bus fest man in Jefferson county
 We must admit. however saddening the admission. that Mn. Spain is kept pretty constantly employed He has done splendid work with little thanks and no reward. The salary paid him is pitifully out of proportion to the ser vices he renders. Still he has not be- come discouraged, but has manfully att tempted to keep somewhere in sight of our merry band of murderers. Eventu- ally he may get ahead of them. but such consummation now seems a long time off.
 Here are some other references to Birmingham and Jefferson:
 Peoples Advocate: Jefferson county leads all others in the state for mur- ders."
 Talladega Home Birmingham s crime wave has reached the stage of a steady stream. and its newspapers and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26

TOT much to be learned from the M Eskimas-of course not. They are ! a primitive race. little touched by modern civilization. living rude lives amid snow and ice. Scientists say that all of the groups of Eskimos, except those which have had long intercourse with the white race, may be classed in point of develop mnt with the prehistoric races of the age of ground stone tools.
 And that's very far back indeed in the history of mankind.
 Yet there's one thing we can learn from the Eskimos.
 Travellers say of them that when they have times of leisure in the long Arctic relating mainly, of course. to the replen- ishing of their food supply. and. by way of sport, discuss the proper way of deal ing with such cases.
 Fine ideal Thanks to the Eskimol
 Civilized man spends his spare time trying to figure out what he'll do in the event of easy times. He dreams of the luxuries with which he will supply him. self when his Ship comes in. Literature is filled with references to the "halcyon d
 days" of the golden future. Everything will be lovely by and by. No more hard ship, no more want.
 And in the meantime the time for pro- vidng for such future passes by un- needed.
 Would it not be better to initiate the uncivilized Eskimo and. picture to uf- selves what we would do in the case of z hard times? We could then fit ourselves better to meet such hard times if they came. And if they did not come the mental labor spent in devising the plans would be good discipline
 After all. the unlikeness between us and the Eskimos Is not very great Con- ditions are hard for the Eskimo in his frozen land. but not harder on the wkole than they are for the average dweller in our crowded American cities fighting sternly with hand and brain to gain a livelihood for himself and his fam fly.
 Each must fight and fight hard, if he would maintain his position and accu- mulate goods so that the future may be easier for his children than 1t has been for himself. That is the chief main spring of action.
 The Eskimo imagines hard cases and imaginary ways and means of solving his problems before they arise. When the problems come he has acquired knowlsdss of the best means of solving
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years in expounding the truth as he saw it, and that his vision generally has been clear is testified by the high honors that lave come to him. He was selected to head the venerable university in Cam bridge at the early age of 35 and con- oucted It's affairs for 40 years, seeing 1t grow great in power and Influence
 "He las delivered many noteworthy addresses on educational and scientific subjects" says the biography in Who's Who"
 To be the first citizen of a state is good and is given to very few. But not alone states, but cities. towns and vil- lages are in need of first citizens" men whc will take intelligent interest in the affairs of their communities and will seek rather to give service than to win re- wards
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-12
MONEY AND METALS
NEW YORK MARKET.

(E3W Associated EreSS-
New York, Jan. 12--Cal money steady
202h.
"A six months, AZ @ AZ
Mercantile paper, AZ q ..
Commercial bills, 4-6ZA-
Bar silver. 57%.
Mexican dollars, A.
Government bonds, strong railroad bonds
strong.
Copper. dull; standard spot not quoted;
Jan. to April. offered at 400
Tin, steady: spot to Feb, 1915 300
Lead quiet; 410GA15-
Spelter, quiet; 5.2oq5.23-
Iron Ouiet. No. i Northern, 15-UU ~ L5-5Us
No . Northern, 14.75u 15.25; No South
St Louis Lead and Spelter-
St Louis. Mo- Jan. 12.-Lead slow =OUi
spelter nominal, 5.15-
London Metals Market
London, Eng, Jan. 12.-The London met
$40; spelter. f21, SO; copper easy, spot 49,
SIT, dc; futures, sos, So.
TIE L0CaE. MARKET.
Mexican Ncney-EI PasO Quotation
Mexican pesos Gel Paso bnuying price,
Mexican currency Gel Paso buying price,
New york exchange in Mexico City,
FL Paso smeIter Quotations.
Corrected Datly.)
Bar silver, 57&.
Pig lead 4.10.
Lead (London) E19, So, do.
COPPER CWire bars) l4-425.
Weekly Averages.
douglas Shelter Quotations.
Copper. 1A4L
Silver. $3.50.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-12
Grain and Provisions
rhicaro Grain. CIosA
LIVESTOCK

Chicago Livestock. Close.
Chicago. Ills, Jan 12--Cattle-htects- ~
600; weak mostly 1Oc lower. BeeVes 5000
$3.50: Texas steers S6.S5 n 500: western
steers. s6.1507-T5; stOckers and Iee9e rs
sS. % ZOO: cows and heifers, $40 q e-50i
calves, S7-5OG1200- c.
Hogs-Rects. As. 900; dull, steady. az SAT
urday's average. Bulk. sS-6o@ $50; HghLs,
SIS. O5G 3O- mixed. Sis n $40; heavy, Se-L1
GS4O: rough SS1O0 SIS pigs, 500 q soc
Sheep-Rects 43. 900; slow, loo lover Ma
tive 81 IS q .o5. western 81. so q 6-lys year
Ifngs So 9OO7.O5. lambs native, $5-t5 q SO
western. $3.50 n SIS.
kansas C=tv livestock Close
Kansas City. No, Jan 12-Cattle-Hects-
10000. steady to 1Oc lower Prime fed
steers sS5Oa910. dressed beef steers $I-25
0S40- western steers. $3.50 a $50: south
ern steers $1,000 500; cows S4S3 zoe
heifers. $3.50 $500 stockers and feeders
$500 7.50; bulls, $3.50 a 200; calves, $500
Hogs-Rects 5000: steady to strong; bulk.
s7.SO7 s 20: heavy. $500 S-25; packers and
butchers SS.O0@8- $50; lights, $3.50 SIC;
PIGS STOO07.5O-
Sheep-Rects- 1900; steady to loo lower
Lambs. S7-45 n 500 yearHngs, $50 @ To {.
v-ethers IS. 40 a 1905 ewes. $4.75 G5-T5-
Denver Livestock. Close
Denver. Colo. Jan 1Z--Cattle- Etects
1900. market steady to strong
Hogs-Rects. 100; market strong. Top,
SO 25- bulk. $3.50 n $50.
Sheep-Rects. none
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-12

New York. Jan. 12.-SpecuIative senu-
ment favored the constructive side OF Ine
market today and involved the faVoraole
character Of the latest developments bear
ing on the general situation. The chief IN
SEPARATION for the upward movement lay IN
definite reports of better conditions In the
steel trade Better monetary conditions. as
shown by the bank statement and relax
ing quotations for time and call loans, were
an fnducenent for more active speculation
The market was under control Of bulllsh
forces throughout the morning, and al
though there was some profit taking.
wherefore the demand waned, prices did
not depart from the high level Washing
ton reports that investig atiOn Of the Van
derbiIt lines would be asked in congress
caused renewed decline in New York
Central which dipped to 88%c, the lowest
for nearly a score Of years.
Bonds were firm
syrntoms became pronounced in the last
hour when the distributions Of large sell
ing orders in Union Pacific and Reading
forced them under Saturdays final figures
Much Of the advance in other well known
stocks was lost but the minor issues held
up we'll
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-12
THAW NOW WANTS
HIS BAIL FIXED

Concord. n. H, Jan. Harry X.
Tbaw. elated bv the report of the fed
eral court commission, that his release
on bail would not endanger public
safety, remained in his apartments at a
local hotel today, receiving messages
of concentrations and planning q
series of visits within the state in the
event that federal Judge AldriCh allows
him his freedom under bond.
The next move in the case viii be
the filing by Thaw's counsel of a pc
tition asking that the amount of bail
be fixed and a date for a hearing on
the question viii be set by the court.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-12
COLD WAVE is
SWEEPING COUNTRY

Washington D. c., Jan. 12.-The
first winter weather of the New Year
and the first real cold snap of the
present winter was spreading geRer-
ally over the country today.
The cold wave was central this
morning over extreme western Min
nesOta and advancing eastward. a
reading of 80 degrees zero was re-
corded at White River, Canada.
zThe low temperatures are predicted
to continue in the upper Lake region,
the Ohio valley and in the south,
where frost tonight will be felt as far
south as Miami, Fla.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-12
COLD WEATHER IS
BRACING WHEAT
Bulls Control Corn Also,
Owing to Better Pros
poets Of Demand.

Chicago. Ill, Jan 12-Cold weather anu
higher cables gave the wheat market TO-
day a lift The market opened 3 TO 7sc up
and continued TO hold the advance
The close was steady, = TO IS net
higher.
Better prospects Of demand from feed-
ers put the bulls into control Of corn
Opening figures were q to Is TO zee hiBhsr
Some reaction. however.
The close was easy, unchanged to &c up
Free selling by a leading house kept oats
from making much Of an advance
FIRST sales of provisions ranged from the
same as saturday night to loo higher ana
there was a further advance, with blS
trade in ribs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-12
NO PROVISION FOR PAYING
COURTS IN FELONY

Austin. Texas. Jan. 12.-It was held
today by the attorney generals depart
ment that there is no provision of law
requiring the payment OF courts IN
felony cases or habeas corpus cases;
further that a justice of the peace is
not entitled to a fee TO be paid BY the
state for holding an examining trial
unless the defendant should be in
dicted for the offence for which he
was charged before the examining
courts