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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

sion overlooking the waters of Hell Gate where Archibald Oracle entertained Louis Philippe, the exile, and played host to Washington Irving, who called the great ship owner "an old gentleman with the soul of a prince" So well preserved is the Oracle mansion that its age-it was built before 1so0-seems like deception.
 The Jumel mansion, at 16oth street and Edgecombe avenue Q765), which Wash ington used as his headquarters for sevs eral weeks in IT'S, the Van Cortlandt mansion in Kingsboro, and the Ferris house in Westchester village, where Mrs Ferris cooked unwillingly for Lord Howe, are conspicuous landmarks; none of them look their age, although they do look their historial distinction. The Dyckman house G7s3), at 204th street and Broad way, always & humble domicile, has far greater aspect of venerableness; but it is to the confines of modern New York that one has to go for the very oldest remains; the Schenck- -Crooke house O656), on Mill Island, near Bergen beach; the Bergen homestead d65e), on East Seven, ty-second street. Bergen Beach; the A'oWhS ioesc tlVoiJ, TiuSlllnS, tHe luOoTe house Q66D, Newtown; the Wyckoff house G664), near Canarsie Lane, and the Jan Ditmars house (before 1700), at Flat lands. Most of these old dwellings are delightfully."- picturesque with their slant ing. overhanging roofs, but today the grounds about them have a primness diff f1cut to associate with the time when they were outposts in the wilderness.
 Staten Island, still dark to most Man hattanese. contributes some rare speci- mems to the list: The Billop house Q6s5), at Tottenville, full of historical memo ries; the Perine homestead d713), at Don gan Hills; the Kreuzer-Pelton house Q772), at '"rhe Cove" West Brighton {; and the Christopher house d776). at Will low Brook. A pilgrimage to the ancient houses, some of them dating back almost to the palisade on Wall street, 1653, witfll the brochure of the Bank of the Manhat- tan company in hand. would lberally| repay anyone who has reverence in his| soul. The start should be made fromI the canyons of the skyscraper district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
OLD HOUSES IN NEW YORK
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 LOW many people living in New
 York know that within it's present . A limits there are at least 30 dwell ing houses, churches, inns and taverns that were built before 1900? The most eel ebrated of these interesting relics every body is supposed to be familiar with, but we think that the Bank of the Man hattan company has put all who are not antiauaries under an obligation by as- sembling in a tastefully printed and hand somely illustrated pamphlet the 30 build ings that were standing at the date of 1t sown incorporation in 1799.
 These precious relics are widely scat tered over the now great area of New York, but in addition to St. Pauls chapel and Fraunces' tavern there are three buildings in the old Dutch district with in hail from the Battery that date back to the eighteenth century, and that are not generally known to be survivals. They are No. State street, built in the last years of the century, and now the home of the Mission of Our Lady of the Rosary: the Eastern hotel, at the corner Ol w nltendu ana south streets, DullI De- fore 1790 where Robert Fulton and Daniel Webster, Commodore Vanderbilt, P. T. Barnum and Jenny Lind used to stop; and No. fl Cherry street, the old brick John Latham house, which has stood since 17S6.
 One has to travel several miles north of the Latham house before finding the next old building on Manhattan Island that appears on the list. It is not one of the famous relics, like the Jumel man sion. and now it has the background of gas tank. The Jeremiah Towle house was built before 1795, and may be found near the end of the Greensboro bridge at Sixty-first street. If it was originally the stable to Peter Van Sant's manor house it afterward became a. popular tav- ern, and in 1880 the residence of Jere- miah Towle. Only three blocks away is the Schermerhorn farmhouse Q74O, at the foot of East Sixty-fourth street, and near Jones' woods. A little further on. at East River park and Eighty-eighth street, one comes upon the fine old man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
Demand For Good R0ad Rou,i.

"Alahama and other southern states will make good records in road build ing this year, said Carl Steiner of Steiner Brothers.
 We have bought recently several county issues of good road bonds and are now negotiating for the purchase of more of such issues. Our represen- tative ]. NJ. Levine, purchased $100 900 of , per cent 3O-year bonds from Mar ion county and he is about to conclude a purchase of road bonds in Mississippi
 Good road bonds are very popular In investment circles"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
PrOsperity's New Era

The period of depression which has been felt in financial and indus trial centers is fast coming to an end. Reputable statisticians and forecasters say that business recession will soon be forgot, in new era of prosperity which they say is in sight.
 For several years past a certain statistician of national reputation has been writing in a bearish vein. Even when wave of prosperity swept over the country in 1912 he sounded loud note of warning and insisted that prosperity was only temporary and would soon give place to a period of liquidation and general dullness. The same authority now gives out an op- timistic note. He takes the view that the present depression is to be followed soon by the greatest boom
  this country has ever witnessed. He speaks of the recent hard times as covering a longer period than any known in the commercial history of America. That is a mistake, however.
 The depression that began in 1887 lasted about 12 years. There was a panic in 1857, but in 1860 general prosperity had returned. The panic of 1873 caused widespread depression which lasted until 1879. The latter year and 1890 were boom years. The panic of 1893 marked the beginning of period of depression lasting un- til 1897 or 1898.
 While there has been a great deal of prosperity in this country in the 1 last four or five years, yet viewed broadly there has not been complete recovery from the panic of 1907. Therefore, it is that scientific sta tisticians refer to the years from 1907 to 1914 as period of hard times. Thus it is seen that it has been the longest dull period since that begin ming with the panic of 1887.
 A steady liquidation has been in progress for several years, and va rious interests, large and small, have liquidated. When the new prosperity gets a good start every industry will be working full capacity day and night. Stocks of practically all com modities are low. Many of them have almost reached the vanishing point The markets, therefore, will have to be restocked at once.
 The bumper crops will tend to ac celerate the new boom. If the crol prospects were only fair prosperity would, according to financiers ant successful business prophets, take tn, place of rock bottom conditions in tn, large industrial fields; but tis believed that the crops of 1914 will be recort breakers. The boom will probably b, under full headway by the middle o1 the coming summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
FAITH IN MASCOTS

From the Kansas City Star.
 The Chicago White Sox were winning, playing brilliantly, rushing the attacks, fighting every step, and already com mencing to figure their worlds series chances. Then. one afternoon, their bat boy, who had been with them for years. was found weeping disconsolately. Be- tween sobs he told the players that his parents were moving to Michigan and he would be with them no longer. His father had refused to permit him to re- main in Chicago and be mascot.
 There goes our luck" said one of the players, slamming his bat at the stands. + And, the day after the boy left the team started to lose.
 Every club has it's mascot There is the quiet smart little hunchbacl who is the mascot for the Athletics. His devotion for the team is almost touching. Little Jerry Mccarthy ward of the Boston Red Sox, Is another. He is bright clean little fellow, who studies hard until school closes, for the players insist that his marks must be high. On the road in summer they teach him.
 Possibly the oldest mascot in the country is rubber who mas been with Nashville ever since Nashville had a team. He is past middle age now, but as speedy and wiry, it seems, as a man of 20. I have seen him stand within 50 feet of Ed Reulbach and catch the speediest balls he could throw with bare hands
 Bears. dogs, goats. cats, almost every animal has been used as a mascot. The Athletics one spring were offered an elephant painted white. San Francisco had seal in a pond. Years ago Memphis had goose that used to stalk solemnly up to the plate to start rally when re- leased from the bench, But hunchbacks and small negroes are considered the luckiest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

plan will find many adherents. It is even more cold-blooded than the proposition to execute culprits by the scalpel. For some generations the inferior organisms of rab- bits and guinea pigs must continue as the operating field of medical and anatomical inXastigators
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
The chautauqun Ticket Sale

son tickets for the chautaqua which opens Thursday" said Mr. George r. Harrington, who has charge of the ad- vance sales.
 Last years ehautauqua was a grand success and the forthcoming entertain ments will prove equally as popular as those we had in 1913; even more so, I believe.
 ''The advance sale was somewhat slow last week, but now the people have walked up and the season tickets are going rapidly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
The state Fair

We are going to have a fine State Fair next fall said President R. A. Brown.
 We started early in the year to close up contracts for various attractions. and We will soon have the full programme ready for distribution. Big crops. Of course, mean everything to the rural dis tricts. The crop outlook in Alabama was never quite so good, l believe. at this time of the year as it is now. It is safe to say that we will have a record breaking attendance at the next fair, and I am cer- tain that the farmers will make splendid exhibits,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

as lamb. At least he was not fleeced, and that is more than can be said for the New Haven stockholders who were the victims of his company's financial system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Holcombe Report- Good Bushes.

Business with my concern is good, - said J. H. HoIcombe. vice president and general manager of the E. F. Forbes Piano company.
 Trade with us has been quite brisk this month and 1 believe it will be still more active during the summer. The outlook is decidedly bright.7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

Female school teachers appear to be barred from unions of all kinds. In Chicago they may not marry, and now
 Ohio has forbidden their entering the Federation of Labor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

Alabama's statehood centenary is only five years off The new legislature should make preparations for a proper celebration of the event. An industrial exposition in Birmingham would be in order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

Colonel Roosevelt has arrived. It was necessary for him to bring the mouth of that river with him to prove his claim. He has enough of his own to serve him for all purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

The superintendent and the chief clerk of the Indian school at Carlisle have resigned. Probably they were as much opposed to giving the war whoop as Huerta was to rendering a salute
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
TELEPHONE
BEGINNING THE DAy-Hclp me

Q, Father, to regard my interr"p- tions ms unexpected Opportunities- for service, for kindness, Tor res'' for change, for control. Make me 'o know that the large task Of o'dereu life Is more important than the sma" task of the passing moment neip me to leave place in the prosrn" of my days for thees uniooNe" ~. messengers of God and then receive them with wide arms when they come. For Christ's sake. Amen' H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
GADsDEN BoY TO GRADUATE

From the Gadsden Daily Times-News.
 William R. Dortch. Jr., 0adsden boy will graduate from the United States Naval academy at Annapolis on June 5 next. h
 A total of 154 boys will graduate, live of them being from Alabama.
 The whole class will be commissioned |immediately, and some of them may bs given active service
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

Bristol. Tenn, always likes to split the difference. Under the peculiar pro- visions of the new bank law it is a patron of both Richmond and Atlanta. Bristol probably gets all her drafts from the latter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

Huerta staggers as his fall hears. reads headline. According to Bayard
 Hale the Mexican dictator has been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

Villa is reported as having run out
 of ammunition. This is the only run ming, except after the federals that he has done in the entire revolution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

Cincinnati is proud of the financial success of its recent music festival. The receipts amounted to s57.00O. But At lanta's opera festival was a bigger event from box office point of view. The receipts reached almost a total of s100,OOO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

If a meal well discussed is half di- gested there will be no trouble about digesting that W. P. G. Harding dn-
 ner when John Allen is present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

Since Huerta has announced that he will resign if necessary, organized baseball may now wish it had mediated the federal league problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
DIDN'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING

From the Atlanta Journal.
 An old Scotchman who had been some thing of a reprobate was lying on hi deathbed while the village "meenister' sat by his side praying for him. Tn "meenister,' after telling him he had bu a few hours to live, asked him if he ha, any special wish he wanted carried ou before he went aloft-or otherwise.
 Yes answered the old man. T hay one wish to make The day of the flu neral ye ken a the mourners have to gi a glass of guid whisky before they talk me to the graveyard, and after they bur] me talk them back again to the hous| and gle them another glass. But, seeiI I'll not be back myself, ye can gie m mine the noo.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

The wires report that a tug has passed through the Panama canal. It was not the tug of war. however
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

Rabasa is Huertas man in the medi- ation meet. Sounds too much like Barabas to be agreeable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

With John Barleycorn and new a6i- tators to contend with this year poor Nashville is deserving of every sym pathy available.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
THE CAMERA IN WAR the Philadelphia Ledger.


 From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Reporting wars with cameras is like hunting big game with photographic outfit. It gives us something we never had before.
 If Gettysburg were fought today the camera would be on Cemetery ridge. Per haps the talking machine would also be on hand to reproduce for the world "the terrible grumble and rumble and roar of battle.
 There would be moving picture worth looking at-films reeling off Pickett charge and the talking machine records unrolling the crackle of 10000 rifles! l wonder if our Victor friends could reproduce a sound as great as the com bined road of Lees and Meade's 300 and more cannon?
 But even with the daring scouts high in air taking photographs of the enemys po- sitions, and with cameras and phono- graphs reproducing battles for firesidd consumption. war finally comes down i'd the same old game-men behind the gun1 shooting the other fellows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

A warm wave is now due. Cotton calls for hot nights as well as hot days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
FOR PROTECTION OF BIRDS

Wonder if those mediation delegates ever studied Peter Parleys history
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

A. j. Eaton, Jr., and 0. E. Young are the only authorized traveling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in us circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

SOME ANCESTRY. Stranger: That's queer looking fowl. What breed Is it?'' Farmer: My breeds are a trifle mixed, and call that bullet a plyorpingdott."
 c. F. NJ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

Daily and Sunday Age Herald-sS.OO Daily and Sunday per month ID
 Daily and Sunday, three months 2.O0 Weekly Age-Herald. per annum.. .oO sunday Age-H Herald ...-........-. 2.UV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
A oUANpRY.

A QJANDRf. When I saw Pavlowa dance l thought her feet quite clever. And l could watch those nimble fee, Forever and forever. But since she has the Kaiser told He's killed tango complete. l don't know which more clever is Pavlowa's tongue or feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
A TEXAS MUTE.

A TEXAS MUTE. Now Winklewads, we've writ to you Quite often, but the wind Seems to have gotten what we've writ, Or are you a John Lind?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
RESIGNED.

RESlGNED. l never did care for this job. l don't believe it pays l see a spectre through the night And am drunk all the days. l hear old Villa drawing nigh And tremble in my shoes. Those Yankee guns they make me deaf That boom al Vera Cruz. 1 wish that I'd made that salute 'Shaunghnessey I miss, And John Lind with that alphabet Called deaf and dumb of his Of ultimatums l am sick Tut. tut. tuts and grape juice Give me much nausea and headache; I guess that I'll vamose. It's getting too warm here for me At last I realize 'Tfs not at all a pleasant thing To be unrecognized To Paris l have sent my gold 'Tis better, l opine. A live man there than a corpse here So l will just resign.
 NOT HE. Billsby: From the signs of the time. it commences to look as if Huerta will take water"
 Hillsby: Wrong old boy; he never takes anything milder than cognac.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

Entered al the Birmingham, Ala postoffice as second class matter under act of Congress March ,, lS79
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

POSSIBLY A NEW CITY. Stranger: 'Is this town on the map?a Citizen: We don't know. There ain't no bookstores in the place and we've never seen map" F:H
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript win not be returned uhiess stamps are enclosed for that purIose' Rennttances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald Will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address,
 THE AGE HERALD.
 Birmingham. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

WELCOME SOUNDS. First Mediation Delegate: Listen, l hear something falling, Second Mediation Delegate: Tt must be Huerta''
 Third Mediation Delegate: Alas. no it is only Niagara"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

Charles Becker will not take the stand, according to his counsel Judg- ing from the case Mir Whitman has made against the former police lieu tenant it would seem that Beckers new trial will prove a sort of 'out of the frying pan into the fire" affair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

Washington bureau. 2o5 Hibbs build- ing.
 European bureau. Henrietta street. Covent Garden. London.
 Eastern business office, Rooms 4s to 50. inclusive. Tribune building, Ne" York City; Western business onice. Tribune building, Chicago. The B.. C' Beckwith special Agency. agents for eign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20
NEMESIS.

l hoped when I'd an aeroplane
 That l would be in clover; My luck's the same, for yesterday buzzard I ran over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-20

Edward Treu died in a New York hospital Sunday afternoon from a bull let that pierced his brain Friday morn ing The New York Sun says that his case was one of the most remarkable that have come to the notice of the physicians who attended Treu. pr Robert Morrison, the chief surgeon said there was no explaining the young mans resistance of death. Treu was found unconscious in bed Friday moru- ing. A .32 ealibre bullet had entered his right temple, pierced the brain and had come out through the left temple It was found in the bed beside him. Treu recovered consciousness and told Coroner Wagner he had shot himself After describing the attempted suicide in detail ne lapsed into unconsciousness and continued In coma until death.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-12
REPORT OF COMMISSION AP-
POINTED BY FEDERAL COURT
FAVORABLE TO HIM.
MAY co TO P|TTSBURG
Thaw Makes Statement That If Re-
leased on Bond He Will Remain in
New Hampshire for Some Time
Other Opinions.

Concord y. H., Jan. 12,-Harry X.
1haw believes that his early release
is assured after yesterdays decision
of the commission, appointed by Fed
eral Judge Aldrich, which declared
him sane
Thaw says that if he Is admitted to
bail, he will remain in this state for
some time visiting with friends. Rog-
CT Omara, his guardian. has announc-
ed in Pittsburg that Thaw ultimately
will come there to enter business.
The report says that the commits
sion finds that Thaw is not afflicted
with any of the mental diseases
from which he was suffering when
he killed Stanford White The mem
bers OF the commission said they
have reached "a definite and posi-
tive opinion as to the present mental
condition OF Thaw and his probable
state of mind at the time of the hom-
icide" they refrain from expressing
this opinion, in view of their instruc-
tions from the court not to embarrass
any subsequent litigation where the
broad question Of insanity might be
involved.
"Upon the question of menace or
danger through the granting of bail
we may, however, be permitted and
probably are compelled" concludes
the report, "to record our finding
that whatever may have been the
mental condition of Harry Thaw at
the time of the homicide he now Is
rot suffering from any Of the mental
diseases alleged by the prosecutions
at the time of the trial or subse-
quently thereto-namely, manic de-
pressiye insanity, paranoia dementa
praecox or delusional insanity.
"In our opinion it is reasonably
probably that Harry Kendall Thaw's
liberty under bail would not be dam
gerous or a menace to the public
safety"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-12
MRS. FRANCIS DEAD.
Funeral Will be Held in Sherman
Tomorrow Afternoon.

Mrs w. f. Francis, who for the
past two months has been suffering
from complication of diseases died
last night at 10 o'clock at the family
home AL, 11th Ave. Northwest. De-
ceased was "a years of age, she is
survived by her husband and four
children aged II, II, 5 and 4. Mr.
and Mrs Francis have resided here
the past year, Mr. Francis was en-
gagged in the cotton business during
the fall. The remains will be ship
ped to Sherman, Texas, where they
will be laid to rest Tuesday after
noon in West Hill cemetery. Rev.
Forrest Smith will preach the fun
earl Mr.. and Mrs. Francis were well
pleased in Ardmore and had decided
to make their home here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-12
METHooIsTs RAISE FUND.
Nearly 5000 Subscribed Yesterday
to Discharge Church Debt.

For the past twelve years the
Broadway Methodist church has owed
a building debt. After the build
ing Of the church a handsome par
sonage was built and the debt
climbed a little higher. DR.. Gray
decided some days ago that the
church needed to pay off the indebt-
edness, get it out of the way 80
that attention could be devoted to
other things With this irea IN
view, he made a campaign yester-
day and very easily raised $4,000.
The total Indebtedness is $500.
The sum of $4OO more will pay all
the church owes on the church edi-
fee and the parsonage. The money
was raised quietly. The Methodists
cheerfully took hold of it and there
remains but little to do now to dis
charge the entire Indebtedness OF
the church