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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

the keynote of successful journalism, he declares. All forms of writing are included in the course, from an ex- haustive resume of big corporation like the Standard Oil company, made at first hand, to criticism of the latest play The students are even re- quired to write verse, often, as Dr. Williams says, with deplorable re- sults." For a large part of one year they study nothing but statistics, to give them facility in handling the large volume of statistical matter that is published in newspapers. A great deal of attention is paid to contem- porary history and the study of Eng |iish is most thorough.
 In the last year of their course stu dents "cover" the city of New York. They gather the news every day, write it and turn in their copy, just as if they were employed by metropoli- tan newspaper, and when they grad uate they will be better equipped, says Dr. Williams, than if they had been engaged three years in active newspaper work.
 Schools of journalism are still looked upon as something of an ex- pertinent, but no one can hear Talcott Williams talk without being im- pressed by the mans sound common sense and his ripe experience as a newspaper man. The school at Col umbia has 100 students and thus far is "a pronounced success"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
The Eastern Railroads

The eastern carriers will not be all lowed to increase freight rates, and that is to be regretted by large majority of people, including those whose means of livelihood are found in the coal mines or in the making of iron and steel products.
 Early in the year it was thought that the petition of the railroads filed with the interstate commerce com mission asking to be allowed to ad- vance freight rates 5 per cent, would receive favorable consideration. The roads were apparently prosperous then, although the rates charged did not yield enough revenue to meet the advance in wages. But net earnings have been falling off steadily, and now it can be demonstrated that some of the railroads cannot make the inn provements and the extensions that are needed unless they reduce wages or are allowed to charge more for handling freight.
 It was hoped that the interstate commission would take broader view of the situation. There is too much small politics abroad in the land and | the interstate commerce commission has listened probably more to the in terests opposed to letting the rail roads live than to the public spir. tied and progressive shippers, who know that when the railroads arc enjoying great prosperity al branches of business prosper.
 Had the petition of the carriers been granted the entire business world would be filled today with hope and with confidence in steady inn provement all along the line. Certain shipping interests in the west have opposed strenuously any advance in freight rates, but a vast number of people would rather pay little more for freight than to see the railroads crippled, for it is only when the rail roads are prospering that business 1T general thrives.
 Bumper crops are coming in sight The indications are that the yield of staple crops will be greater this year than ever before If that turns out to be so, the railroads will be over. taxed with freight, and will make III some of the recent falling off in ne earnings. In the meantime the rail road companies should brace up an( make the best of the situation. The, should be able to find some way t, finance themselves and make the bet terments that should be made. Wher the railroads resume large improve ment work iron will advance in price and the market will become very ac. tive once more. But no matter wha the railroads do or omit doing, they should not permit themselves to fal into the grouch habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
Arthur J. BalfOur

'Pathetic in the extreme~and yet unde- serving of pity is the case of Arthur J. Balfour." said r. | Monks. After a parliamentary career of 40 years, during which time he held many prominent of- fices in his party, even the premiership, he now practically closes his political life with words that chill the heart. A Bour- bon of the Bourbons, he chung tenaciouslv to the past. supremely ,oblivious of the fact that the world has progressed more In the last half century than in the previ- ous nineteen. As he was in 1874 when he entered Parliament so was he Wednesday Y when he confessed the failure of his whole life's work. Forty years of labor result ing in failure. and all because he refused to see the advance of humanity.
 'Balfour deserves to be recorded by the historian as the grand supreme politica! ostrich of British statecraft. In a demo- cratic government like the House of Com mons he was an anomaly. He was not of the people nor for the people, and yet it was by the people ne was elected He was neither constructive nor obstruc- tive nor destructice he was simply static. To lounge on the ministerial or opposi- tion benches was his avocation Intel- lectually superior to his whole party, practice had sharpened his natural talent for debate until he became the idolized and envied matador of the unionist party. Balfour was the apostle of doubt. nega- tive quality that is best expressed in the words. Whats the use. His party made him premier out of a sense of duty and the same party pulled him down out of a feeling of necessity. He stood in the way of his own followers and his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
TOMORROw-TRIAL OF MoDoC JACK

cussed for many years and was finally left to private capital to accomplish h the long run it promises to accomplish much for the coastwise trade between Boston and New York and other points scattered along the coast
 Not before midsummer will large ves- sells be able to navigate the full length of the canal, large amount of dredging remaining to be done. This however. ia to be hurried to completion. Shipping is already being figured on the new basis
 completed, this Cape Cod canal is to be an important link in the intracoastal svs- tenn of waterways winch will some day extend with lapse here and there. from Massachusetts to the Carolinas or be- yond. Most of the plan is to be worked out with government funds, it's suppor- ters hope, but at Cape Cod private capi- tai points the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
The Gum We Chew

Some interesting and rather ingen- .dous speculations as to the number of persons in the United States who chew gum are now being published by the newspapers. This number has been placed at over ten million and the figures are deemed to be quite conservative.
 The United States census of l9lo gave the number of persons between the years of and % at 27,750,599, of which 17,3O0,204 attend school at least occasionally and as the enumer- ators presumed that the pupils were not permitted to engage in the chew ing habit they considered it justifia- ble to place all of the remainder in the chewing gum column, making total of 10, ,450,395
 The latest statistics of the depart ment of commerce show that in the year 1913 the United States inn ported 13,4O1 ,500 pounds of chicle, valued at $5,119,5oO, which was used as the basis of practically all the chewing gum used in this country. .,-C -Chicle is word of Aztec origin and is the name given to the sap of the sapote tree, botanically recognized as the sapota zapotilla, and indigenous to Mexico and other tropical coun- tries.
 The Aztecs of Mexico were the first gum chewers known to the civilized world and Cortez reported it as em- ployed by the natives to quench thirst and relieve exhaustion. They gathered the sap by the same method as is employed in the United States in tapping the maple tree for sugar. Chicle has been used by the Mexicans rSn.<to this day and their country furnishes about six-sevenths of the entire supply consumed by us.
 At one vi7e the fruit of the sapote tree was popular in all Latin-Ameri- can markets, but the continuous tap ping for sap has so reduced the size and quality of the fruit that it has become a negligible product.
 It is estimated that there are sold annually in the United States over 300, ,O0O, ,000 packages of chewing gum each one containing five sticks of the mastic and some one has taken the trouble to calculate that if the sticks were placed end to end they would extend n ,025 miles, or about two and . half times around the globe; again, if reduced to thread one-sixteenth of an inch in diameter they would reach from the. earth to the moon, encircle that satellite three times and stretch back to this planet.
 ! It would be interesting to know the Aamount of energy expressed in horse- bower that is evoked by the human law in the chewing of gum, which has become with us national habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
VIRGINIA AND J. P. MORGAN
Inc Washington Herald.

From the Washington Herald.
 Aside from the historic interest of it's disclosures, the correspondence between the governor of Virginia and MT. J. P. Morgan. concerning the will of Martha Washington, which was made public at the meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution on Saturday, gives promise of an interesting contest to de- termine the rightful ownership of the document
 Some months ago, when the discovery that the will was in MT. Morgan's pos session was announced, and there was heated talk of compelling it's return to Fairfax courthouse by an act of the Vir- ginia legislature the Herald suggested that MT. Morgan could be relied upon to do what was right and just, without re- sorting to law. His offer to present the will to the Mount Vernon Ladies' asso- ciation for permanent exhibition at Mount Vernon, provided the common- wealth of Virginia will remove the will of George Washington from Fairfax courthouse to Mount Vernon, or to pre- sent the will of Martha Washington to the library of Congress. provided vir- ginia will make the same disposition of the will of George Washington, seems to justify the opinion then expressed.
 Governor Stuart, however. rejects both propositions meeting Mir. Morgan S objection to returning the will to Falr- fax courthouse-because the building is not fireproof and documents are not properly cared for-with a denial that such is the case.
 There is plain intimation in Governor Stuart's letter of an intention to dis pute MT. Morgans right of possession and studied ignoring of such intima- tion on the part of Mir. Morgan who, no doubt. has sought legal advice on the subject. Mir. Morgan has explained that the will of Martha Washington was taken from Fairfax courthouse in 1862 by colonel of the union army who rescued it from destruction by his men. This officer retained it in his possession for 30 years, and shortly before his death in 1892 gave it to his daughter, who. 1s years later. in 19O5 sold it to the late J. P. Morgan. The question of owner ship, therefore. apparently offers a ground for legal dispute.
 Whatever the outcome, Mir. Morgan proposal that these two priceless relics be placed on permanent exhibition in the library of Congress is both patriotic and practical. Certainly the proper place for them is some national institution in Washington. the capital, where they may be preserved until time, ages hence, shall have completed it's work of effacement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
School for Making Journalists

In | recent lecture Talcott Williams, )ean of the Columbia School of Jour- |elism and a veteran newspaper man ho bears the indelible stamp of his pfession, said that one of the prin- |el lims of the school he conducts is Eliminate the student without the . sense." So vigorous is Faining required before gradu- turned loose that about 40 per the matriculates drop out.
 lr years course is offered the pan who aspires to become a t. He is required to work the time, with the object of him how to write on every IbIe subject and furnishing ith the sort of information that need in active newspaper ecessarily, great deal of at
 given to writing, although
 Inns says that knowledge
 5 more to be desired than
 e of writing. Accuracy is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

M gallant defense of Port Arthur, 1 in the Russo-Japanese war, the world looked upon him with universal ad- miration. This admiration was never lessened in spite of the fact that in the l humiliation that came to Russia in the disastrous ending of that war, it was necessary to find victims and the great hero was put to the humiliation of a courtmartial trial in which he was ! stripped of all the honors he had won and was sentenced to death.
 l For many years Stoessel had cut an im- posing figure in Russian military life. When the siege of Port Arthur was at | it's height he was credited with the grim prophecy, Port Arthur will be my tomb" His death would have been looked upon as glorious had it occurred before he was put to the humiliation of surrendering. He had fought against terrible odds, thousands of miles from home, with an army in every way inadequate to with l stand the Japanese, so it would be diff ficult to imagine how any general could
 have succeeded under such crcum- stances
 l " iich A'totosti was liiioilucu Dy d tolii- pany of soldiers that they could no long | hold their post, his reply was, But you can die then" Seven long months he held out, but surrender was inevitable. Hon. orably and properly the world thought. | So contending he returned wounded and 1 ill to Russia to be judged. What was this judgment? Seldom has nation been known to use one of her sturdy soldiers as Russia used Stoessel. His former as- soeiates in the clubs and drawing rooms did not notice him when they met. He was no longer consulted on any matter re- lating to the government and troops. He was forced to resign from army.
 If he is guilty let him die," said the Emperor, once proud to call Stoessel his 1 friend. If he is innocent, let him prove | it." At the Emperors initiative Stoessel handed in his resignation on September 27, 1906. This was followed by the ap- pointment of a commission to inquire into the equalization of the Asiatic strong hold. On February 26. 1907. there was presented a secret report of affairs upon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
Ably Edited Quarterly

One of the best periodicals that come across, and I read many of them is the Sewanee Quarterly said clubman
 The current issue Is full of interest Every article Is worth while and two or three of them are up to the standard of the long established British reviews The article entitled, Leading Tendencies in Literary Art by Thomas E. Rankin of the University of Michigan, is too deep, perhaps for the reader unfamiliar with the latest technicalities employed in lit- erary criticism, but IL will be found by no means dry for the educated man or woman who keeps up with the times.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

From the Dallas News.
 Even the man who is liberal to fault is usually stingy with his wife As general thing. if our appetite is good the cooking isn't bad
 When the other side does it 1t Is pusil. luminous. When our side does 1t it is a peccadillo.
 Sometimes a man is so popular hii friends don't give him time to do any. thing that is any good.
 If the statistics were available prob. ably 1t would be found that g. per cent of the rich men who earned their own money are never radical except in large. gen. eral. iinpersonal way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
MAKING AN ISLAND OF A CAPE

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 While the eyes of the world are on the canal at Panama, whose chief builder says it could be utilized on short notice for the passage of war vessels if occasion required. another important waterway is being completed without attracting much attention. With elaborate exercises last week the waters of Cape Cod and Bug zards bay on the Massachusetts coa st flowed together. virtually finishing a big and important undertaking.
 Thus Cape Cod becomes an island and vesseis or commerce up and down a stormy coast are given a sheltered course and the means of cutting off several hun dred miles of the toughest part of the passage. It is a task which has been dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
ONE WAY TO .Fon" THEM

rfUH tHe Gfand Rap1ds Press.
 At the Lambs club one night player whose ccnceit is in inverse ratio to his ability was complaining to William Col Her that by reason of the curious hostility of the critics he was unable to obtain a lucrative engagement.
 What do they say?' asked cullier.
 That's just ft-they don't say anything about me. tell you there Is conspiracy of silence against me. What would you do."
 ''Join it." advised Collier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
TO GET A .yEs,

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
 Sapieigh: How much money do you think man ought to accumulate before he can safely ask girl to marry him:'
 Miss Keen: Tt depends on the man, N.r Sapleigh. You will probably have to acc cumulate several millions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
PROOF IRREFUTABLE.

PROOF IRREFUTABLE. Wife: Dear, where are you going to send me this summer?''
 Husband: ITO the Thousand Isles, and as proof of my affection I will let you spend a month on each one of them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

A police court judge decided the other day that 45 minutes is too long to wait for steak ordered in a restaurant. Those who waited had probably been in that particular restaurant before and forgot to tip the waiter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

Skin was taken from the arm of a young woman in Baltimore to furnish her with eyelids and the presumption is that henceforth she won't be like the naughty damsel who couldn't make her eyes be- have.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

In the present crisis. former President Diaz of Mexico refuses to talk, thus sus- taining his reputation for wisdom and sagacity.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

The bichloride of mercury tablet con- tinues to assist unhappy mortals in shuf- fling off this mortal coil. If anybody were sufficiently interested, the sale of this poison might be restricted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

BEGINNING THE DAY-Grant, o Lord. that in my little time, l may he a worthy link between the pnst and the future. Help me by lip anu fife to give some voice to the spien- did things that men have lived ana died for. Give me to hand on, nt least unimpaired, the high tradition of the world. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
DON'T YOU REMEMBER? !?

 0, don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt, Sweet Alice who liveo in the glen? She then was as slim and as sry as A colt, She now weighs two hundred and ten.
 -Nebraska State Journal O. don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt, Who lived tother side of the ditch? Twas Sweet Alice" until her rich un,x lost his holt; 'Tis Sweet Abyss" now since she is rich. Exchange. o don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt. Sweet Alice who blushed when you spoke? Now her blushes are bought of the drug gist near by And the price keeps sweet Alice quite broke
 -Conlmercial-Appeal o, don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt, Sweet Alice we both tried to get? She was womanly then, but now she chews gum. And sports long silk pantalette.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

A Savannah man climbed a tree to pro- pose to a girl who was in jail. Of course he was accepted. A man like that should never be turned down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

As constituted at present, two patrol wagons hold 'General' Coxey's army without crowding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

pr. Wiley says his 23-months-old boy can speak Italian as we'll as English Wonder how we'll he can speak English!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

The aviators haven't yet been able to show what they can do in Mexico, al- though they are men of soaring ambi- tions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

History is being made these days with the rapidity of stock ticker grinding out the latest market reports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

The English sparrow when called a reed bird does not present a gastronomic problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

Villa may protest his friendship for the United States, but there is an old saying to the effect that blood is thicker than water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

An Antarctic explorer has married a girl he wooed by wireless. That's a cold kind of courting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

Automobile driving is taught in the University of California, not with the ob- ject, however, of turning out professional joy riders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
wATERED STOCK.

WATERED STOCK. Woodlawn Citizens Aroused by Dust Headline. Look here, you men of Woodlawn, Wed really like to send To you some of the water From our lakes in West End. We'll send arks and gondolas And steamboats if we must. It truly is a bargain So just send us your dust" ENTHUSED. President of League: ''we've started a city beautiful campaign and need some funds. have contributed s1oo; what will
 you give toward the movement?" Nose Elbestein: .'Ill give three cheers" GOOD NOSE. Old Lady: T smell something scorch- ing" Old Man. "Oh, it was only motor- cyclist who passed the door" HORSE LAUGH. I bought new automobile, Forty horsepower they said; But when I tried to climb a hill, Just thirty-nine were dead. c. F. M.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
 DEPRIVED TASTE.

Young Lady: That man at the agri- cultural fair certainly did loop the loop gracefully
 Grandma: La, Sally. how can you see anything graceful in lynching? 1 think it is disgraceful.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
TIPS FROM TEXAS

You never hear anybody refer to the President as Proxy" Wilson these days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
A NEW DITTY.

~ -NII " DI T. We heard that "Whistlng Rufus'' And the One Band Man" before, But it remained for Woodrow To give us the one man war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

VVI HEN General Stoessel made his N gallant defense of Port Arthur,
 W in the Ruseo- Ia n neca war the
The Washington herald., 1914-01-26
Getting a Start NATHANIEL = Z 'eviz.
SAVING

cupy any social position within the
gift of even questionable society. He
injuries himself, his family, and So
ciety at large. He is far more dam
gcrous than is the miser, for the
hoarder of money limits the harm
he does, while the indiscriminate
distributor of money is one of the
causes of public calamity.
Success, including that of bust
ness, is absolutely dependent upon
economy, upon the systematic saw
ing of cents, until one can save dol
lars-not boarding, but legitimate
saving.
Men of mark, including our cap
tains of industry, will tell you that
the foundation of their financial sue
cess was the systematic saving of
small sums, which enabled them to
accumulate larger ones.
The failures of the world, of
every class and kind, are the i'm
provident. who would not save when
they could, and were, therefore, I'm
prepared to meet emergency or dis
aster.
Outside of your faithfulness and
efficiency, your greatest recommcn-
dation or asset is in what you have
saved-not necessarily how much
you have saved, but in the fact that
you have saved all that you could
consistently.
The business man has confidence
in the boy or other employee with
a bank account. He knows that one
who can save for himself can save
for him, that the money saved
stands for character and for the
kind of ability which is sure to pro-
duce harvest in any fairly fertile
field of endeavor.
Save-you often can when you
think that you can't.
Protect yourself. without protec-
tion you live on the quicksands.