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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15
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Stevenson as Stanch Party Ma

stevenson as otancH FdTty Mdh
 Although Adlai E. Stevenson had retired from active political work, his death recalls his admirable public ser vice performed through number of years as national figure in the dem ocratic party.
 He first came into national promi- hence in 1885 when President Cleve- land appointed him first assistant postmaster general. Although the of flee was one of honor, it had seldom happened that an assistant postmaster general rose to fame; but MT. Steven son became remarkably popular with the democratic politicians who be-. lieved that "to the victor belonged ,Xna spoils," for scarcely had he- taken charge of his office when /ne began turning out republiea,Ss postmasters and filling places with demo cIats. ffGsident Cleveland was strong ly committed to civil service reform but MT. Stevenson had no liking for it He had full control of the fourth class postoffices, and so rapidly did he dis tribute party patronage that he gained the soubriquet of democratic headsman" He was from that time on a celebrity.
 When Cleveland received his third nomination in 1892 Stevenson was more popular than ever. No democrat in his state stood higher, and al though Cleveland and Stevenson dis agreed on many points, the man who was to lead the party to victory was glad to have his old assistant post master general on the ticket with him MT. Cleveland was then at the neigh of his political strength, and would have been elected no matter who hat been nominated for the second place but it was a generally recognized fac that Stevenson added real strength t. the ticket.
 MT. Stevenson came to be an ardent believer in free silver. In 1897 he was member of the commission sent te Europe to try to secure internationa bimetalism. In 1900 he was the dem ocratic nominee for vice president or the Bryan ticket. In 1908 he was the democratic nominee for governor o1 Illinois, but notwithstanding the per. sonal esteem in which he was held ir his state, he could not command votes enough to elect him.
 MT. Stevenson never ranked as a great statesman, but as a high minded gentleman and staunch party man he was entitled to high place among the better type of politicians. In the democratic household his death will be sincerely lamented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15
yUTAsHINGToN. June 14.-tspecial) M Representative William k. Hum-
 NI phreY of Washingfnn is the nf-

1 l M Representative William k. Hum
 VI phrey of Washington is the of
 fcial calamity howler of the down and
 out club" William views everything with
 much alarm. Nothing. absolutely noth- ]! ing, but return to the high protective
 tariff duties of the Payne bill, or some
 thing equally as efficacious, will ever
 induce William to become cheerful once
 more.
 MT. Humphrey insists that we are hav-
 ing hard times.' He predicted hard ftimes when the Underwood bill went into
 effect, and there simply has got to be hard
 times, whether the country knows it or 1 not. Nothing short of hard times is go-
 ing to satisfy Mir, Humphrey. and every
 time Secretary Redfeld opens his mouth
 and begins to point with pride to the con- dition of commerce and trade. and make comparison tending to show that business is surviving under the new tariff fairly well, MT. Humphrey rises right up and begins to bite the ceiling.
 1 T protest" shouted MT Humphrey the other day, against this reflection by the President upon that oratorical demonstrat- or of efficiency. that vocal creator of im- aginary prosperity. tile suave sophist, the radient and serene Secretary of Commerce. MT Redfield He Is the optimistic spouter of twisted, figures, who never met a truth he could 1ot strangle, nor a fact he could not vanquish.
 This wild protest from MT. Humphrey. gentle reader, you may not be able to quite undefxtand In that you have noth- Ing on anytof the rest of US who heard It. It is moke than likely that Mir. Hum phrey don Understand it himself. but far be It from Him to admit it. It's general tenor, howd<er. is to convey the intelli- sence to a stricken nation that we are really In a desperate situation We are in the midst of a famine, and a stagnation of business, and all that, don't you know, and it is all brought about by the Under wood tariff bill. He also warns the coun- try not to believe MT. Redfeld. Mir Red- field knows very well that we are in a bad way, but he won't admit 1t. Being "strangler of the truth,' and a kind of hypnotist, he is trying to slip some thing over on business and make it be-
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LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer. You cant keep woman from buying an article that is marked 50 cents and looks as if it cost dollar. She is always mighty sweet until you get her, and then you discover that she was only sugar coated. A reformer is man who talks to the lord every day, but doesn't talk to his next door neighbor. It is all very well to observe table etiquette. But you are supposed to make
 a few errors when you are eating noodles, corn on cob and pigs feet. One reason why man is superior to
 woman is because man always knows
 where he got his headache
 They say woman's No means "Yes. ?
 But when friend wife says No to friend
 husband. you can bet the family jewels
 that she means mo" The slits in the skirts seem obe rac-
 ing with the cost of living to see which
 will go highest.
 Get any bunch of poker players to- gether after an all night session and
 every one of them will cheerfully admit that he is loser.
 Water and soap are cheap enough. But the fellow who is always yelping about lawn Dee Rockefeller having all the
 money is usually guy who hasn't had
 bath since the Spanish-American war. Once upon time a man who had been married for 15 years came home and put his arms around his wife and said: Kiss me, sweetheart miss you so much when am away from you" And his wife went upstairs select a soft spot on the floor and threw nine fits. The more l examine the people I meet
 every day, the more I rejoice that was not born a cannibal. The thin ones are wearing pockets in
 the sides of their skirts. But the corn feds are still depositing in the Woman's g National bank, where the Jacobs ladders come from
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1 taken off the beds and made up In the shape of corpse, and that a bolster once walked out of the room into the kitchen with nightgown about it. l It was also presented in the evidence
 men were scarcely able to hold the Mean girl in bed; that at times she grew deathly sick and that on one oe-
 casion sfe slipped off of the bed and
 was laid on the floor as if supported
 and drawn by an invisible power The afflicted person was unable 60 give any evidence at the trial. In the defense of the prisoners it was shown that most of the accused were sober, industrious people, who attended public worship. could repeat the Lords prayer
 and had been known to pray both in
 public and private, and that some of
 them had lately received the com munion.
 Judge Upton, in charging the jury.
 noted the regular attendance of the ac-
 cused on public worship, saying that he thought it improbable that real l witches would so far retain the form of religion as to frequent the houses | of religious worship. both publicly and 1 privately. which had been proved in | favor of the accused. He concluded by giving his opinion that the jury sould
 not bring them in guilty upon the sole | testimony of tn inflicted persons vis- ionary images"
 Jrdge Upton was followed by Justice Mccartney, who differed from him in opinion and thought the jury might, from the evidence, bring them in guilty, which they accordingly did. This trial lasted from 6 o'clock in the morning
 until o'clock in the afternoon of
 March 1, and the prisoners were sem teneed to be incarcerated 12 months and to stand, four times in the pillory in Carrickfargus.
 Tradition says that the people of the
 village were much exasperated against these unfortunate persons, who Were severely pelted in the pillory with boiled cabbage stalks and the like by which one of the women had an eye beaten out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15
THE TARIFF AND WOOL

From the Journal of Commerce.
 Since the removal of the duty on raw
 wool took effect at the beginning or
 last December there has been, not only
 a decided increase in the quantity inn
 an advance in the price. not only of
 foreign but of domestic wool, which is
 in contradiction of direful predictions.
 The natural inference is that there has
 been an increased demand out of pro-
 portion to any increase in supply. There
 has long been a tendency in this coun- try to restrict sheep raising on account of the taking up of large ranges of land for cultivation, and It's more prof itable use for crops. This would tend to increase the price of wool. but 1t is
 said that while the tariff was pending and the removal of the wool duty was expected there was an unusual slaugh- ter of flocks in the apprehension of a decline in the market value of wool
 There is also evidence of general in
 crease in the demand for wool.
 While the domestic price has ad-
 vanced instead of declining. there is renewed interest in sheep raising and
 discussion about improving breeds with
 reference to quantity and quality of fleece. Attention Is given to better sys- tenn of grading and marketing the sta pie. This is one of the salutary ef- fects of removing ther barrier to for eign competition, which Is sure to stimulate efforts for greater efficiency
 and economy in production and in mar keting products. This in the long run contributes to greater abundance and lower cost to the consumer This ef- feet is not confined to the producers of the raw material, but extends to those who use 1t in manufacturing.
 In the four months from December t0 March, inclusive. after the removal oi the duty on wool. the importation al the three ports of Boston, New York and Philadelphia amounted to 10S. .z02. s69 pounds. compared with 6s,s57,s4s In the corresponding months year be- fore Apparently there was no haste In selling domestic wool on account oI increased competition, inasmuch al prices had advanced considerably above those Of year before. Presumably in- ] creAsed importation 10 the result of .
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Advertising the South

All the railroads traversing the south are maintaining efficient pub licity departments, and are making the resources of this part of the coun- try known to the world at large. The Southern Railway company is ex- pending more money for exploitation purposes now than ever before. It has the only exhibit made by an American railroad at the Anglo-American Hun dred Years Peace exposition being held in London. It makes a handsome dis play of southern agricultural and mineral products. The exposition will be open until November and will be visited by millions of people, who will for the first time gain clear knowl- edge of the advantages of the south. Alabama marble has conspicuous place in the exhibit; but no product has been overlooked.
 The Southern Settlement and De- velopment association recently formed is working in close alliance with the railroads and excellent results may be expected within the next year or two. Several colonies of farmers have been established in Alabama recently. All that is needed to bring desirable set tiers here by the thousands is. just such organized efforts as are now be- ing made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15
NURSES DISCARD UNIFORMS From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.


 Uniforms are to be discarded by Cleve- lands force of health department nurses. Nose and mouth guards of gauge are to be substituted for the regulation nurse s garb.
 Latest discoveries in the city bacterio- logical laboratory have proved to the sat isfaction of the health division authorities that germs are not carried in clothing, but in the nose, throat and mouth.
 We know now that the germs are car ried in the throat, mouth and nose." said Dr. Martin Frederick, chief of the city bureau of communicable diseases. That Is the danger. Coughing, sneezing. kiss ing and even breathing carry these germs from one person to another. The nurse s gown is not needed. The nose and mouth guard should be substituted, and 1t should be worn by physicians as well.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15
A FRAGMENT
Anonymous.

Should fickle hands in far-off days
 No longer stroke thy hair, And lips that once were proud to praisa Forget to call thee fair, Sigh but my name and though I be
 Mute in the churchyard mold, I will arise and come to thee
 And worship as of old
 Or fnd the silver tress. What were't to melt would be- thou could not love thee less. 'Gainst love time wages bootIess strifa. What now Is would be them The cry that brought me back to life
 Would make thee young again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15
LEAST DOG AT ONE TIME

FfUIil tue NEW 1VTK 0IODt. man Legare of South Carolina one of those vest pocket edition lilliputian Mex ican dogs to take home to tho children. Lse-res, by the way was leading the dog along by cotton string when South Carolina mountaineer stopped him.
 Are it . reg'iar dog?'' the man asked. "Yes. it's Ch-, We'll. I can't pro-
 nounce the name of it," said Legare, s'but it's some kind of a Mexican dog'' Just pup, reckon?" ''No, it's full grown "weu,' opined the mountaineer, 'thats the least dog I ever seen at one time.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15
TELEPHONE
BEGINNING THE DAY-My Fath-

BEO1N N1NU f1r1 Dh NY IT "E CT, keey my soul on the outlook for Thee. May | climb to hilltop for q Thee in the valleys. May I expect Thee In the temple and at my place of toll. May I he dissatisfied in any experience of life until I have seen Thy face. In Christ's name. Amen.- H. M. E.
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VIII Attract Tourists

Now that Birmingham is advertised as a great hotel city and the railroads have decided to issue tickets good for stop-overs the 'Pittsburg of the south will become something of tourist cen ter,' said a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
 The thousands of pleasure seekers who visit the south every year will be glad of an opportunity of seeing Bir- mingham, and when they find a hotel equal to the finest in the north many visitors will spend weeks here instead of days Birmingham has d delightful Tall, winter and spring climate, and the stop-overs will be particularly in evil dence when tourists are returning forth in March and April" s2~
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one more means Of emaneipating the human mind-emancipating 1t from fear, from misunderstanding. emanci pating it from the dark and leading 1t into the light"
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The Pennsylvania railroad is planning to adopt a standard steel rail weighing 12O pounds to the yard for use on it's main lines and branch roads on which trains run at a high rate of speed. The change will be made imperative by the modern demand for more safety on railroads and the fact that the trains of the big trunk systems are much heavier than formerly. The heaviest rail now used by the Penn sylvania road weighs 100 pounds to the yard. There was d time not long ago when rail that weighed 90 pounds to the yard was considered heavy enough for all purposes. Tests of the new l2O-pound rail have been made by officials of the Penn sylvania road at the plant of the ary- land Steel company, and they have strong ly indorsed its use, despite the fact that the added cost will be considerable.
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larger demand from the mills and that would seem to indicate that they are not suffering from the reduction of the duties on wooden goods. In fact, we have not been getting any verification of the prediction of such result from tariff changes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15

The Philadelphia woman who says her husband beats her every time the moon is full should vamoose about the time her husband reaches his first quarter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15

''The evil tongue of a gossip does more harm than the hatchet of a militant, says the Baltimore American. But not to priceless works of art.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15

The statement that typewriters are get ting cheap per should be taken with grain of salt Just recently one cost a man whole years income.
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ment of a theatre because a pan fell on her and impaired her symmetry lost the suit. although she declares that her vis- ible means of support are not what they used to be-
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President Wilson's enemies refer to him as the "sehoolmaster," but they can hard ly accuse him of sparing the rod, except, of course in the case of Mexico.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15

The national censors will frown on nov ing pictures that show women smoking. Exceedingly wise. Movie" films are high ly inflammable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15

At recent art sale in Paris, Clodion' S sculpture, "Hermes ct Dryope," sold for s23Oo. and his ''Le Centaur ct La Bac- chante" brought &20O. Houdon's bust of Voltaire was bought for $500 and Le Moyne's bust of Marshal de Lowendal, in a fur collar. was sold for s7soo. collec- tion of 50 carved wood frames brought s25,5 ,503. The highest price was $2sOO, which was paid for Louis XVI frame decorated with Carved leaves and a row of pearls and surmounted by crown of laurel and ribbons. The objects sold were the prop ,rty of the Marquis de Biron.
 
 Palmetto fana taotato salad acd v,tonic
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Rain Needed in Many sections

Cotton does not need rain, but in many sections other crops are suffering from the drouth' said man who has just returned from trip through Ala bama
 ''The boil weevil does not thrive un- Ger scorching suns, but the cotton plant does. 1 believe Alabama will produce a 1,600, 900 bale crop. More corn was planted this year than last. but unless we have frequent rains during the next week or two, the yield will not be as large as it was in 1913. On the whole, predict the money value of the crop will be about up to that of last year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
A Grea. BnnkInr InstItutIou

The Birmingham Trust and. Savings bank, in advancing it's divident rate rom to 10 per cent per annum con tinues it's well established rfeputation for conservatism. for its earnings would have Justified 12 per cent" said an old citizen who has had many dealings with that bank.
 "Of all the strong financial institu- tlons in the south none is more solid than the Birmingham Trust It is large ly bank of the people, for it's 13,000 accounts represent wage workers of very limited means as well as the pros porous merchants and large capitalists. A few years hence the Birmingham Trust will doubtless pay ? per cent on its stock; but in the mean time stock holders are well satisfied, I take it, with the per cent dividend rate"
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A bomb under England's coronation chairl Nothing is sacred to the ..svs.d women"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15
President Wilson's Fine English

No matter what may be thought of
 President Wilson's statesmanship, and
 many of us accord it a very high place, | all must agree that as writer of | English Mir. Wilson is resentment, said professional man.
 1 England has long had masters of l expression. but I do not recall one whose diction combines such grace and strength and originality as Woodrow Wilson's. l have read all MT. Wilson $ books and many of his public addresses and l am struck with his freshness as we'll as his clarity of statement He originates beautiful phrases, but he never repeats himself in his apt phrase olosy. I have just been reading MT. Wilson's remarks made extemporan- eously at the opening of the American l university at Washington founded by the Methodist Episcopal church. Here are few striking paragraphs:
 Philanthropy doesn't consist in giving your money to pay for what somebody else will do for mankind. It | consists. at the fountain head, of put
 ting yourself on the same level of life and comprehension with the persons
 whom you wish to help and letting
 your heart beat in tune with their
 hearts. So that you will understand. And the object of scholarship the object of all knowledge, whether you call 1t by the large name of scholar ship or not. is to understand, is to com prehend, is to know. what the need of
 mankind is, and 10 find that need in | this way, that you can interpret 1t
 without going to the books. You will
 be looking in your own heart. and list
 ening to your own understanding. That
 is the reason. ladies and gentlemen,
 why scholarship has usually been most
 fruitful when associated with religion.
 and scholarship has never so far as I
 can at this moment recollect. been as
 sooiated with any religion except the
 religion of Jesus Christ.
 1 "'Ths religion of humanity and the
 comprehension of humanity are of the
 same breed and kind, and they go to-
 gether. It is very proper, therefore,
 that. under Christian auspices. great
 adventure of the mind. a great enter
 prise of the spirit should be entered upon.
 There is no particular propriety in
 my being present to open a university,
 because I am President of the United
 States Nobody is President of any part
 of the human mind, The mind is free.
 It owes subservience and allegiance to
 nobody under God. And the only thing
 that one can do in opening a uni- versity is to say that we wish to add
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15

T. R. has been Invited to hunt the wild boar in Fra.Ice Too tame, entirely.
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-Iaaat snowfall was just the thing Paris needed to cool it's absinthe.
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Getting Used 70 Hot Weather

While ever, one will welcome rain ana eooiiig spell it is a fact that the ion9e- the hot weather lasts the iess~ we feel it." said an old citizen. We can get used to hot weather just as we get used to other things. week ago everybody I met was com blaming of the heat. but now the usual remark is Yes, it is hot, but l do not feel it so long as we have pleasant breezes.'
 "I am not one of those moderns who bring psychology to bear on every thing under the sun, but l do believe that the less we think of hot weather the less we are oppressed by it'
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Entered al the BlfmlbS hS m' AIa'' postoffice as second class matter un'ei act of Congress March 5. 1873.
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Palmetto fans, potato salad and picnic daysl
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virsinin's Prohibition Campaign

While in Virginia a few days ago read the arguments for statewide pro- hibition in the prohibition organ but they did not impress me favorably, al- though I am for prohibition on general principles" said Wilson T. Jacobs of Philadelphia.
 "The editorials and communications that came under my notice all harped on the evils of liquor, but the writers lost sight if the fact that prohibition in large cities does not prohibit. Nc arly all the counties in Virginia are dry, and several cities are without saloons. in Richmond where great many peo- pie believe in high license and regula- ton, than 1t was enforced in Birming- ham few years ago when Alabama had statewide prohibition.
 q was here under the prohibition regime and although l was not per sonally interested in the liquor ques- city was overrun with blind tigers I do not know how the statewide pro hibition question will be decided in Virginia when the election is held in September, but it seems to me that Virginians would do well to inform themselves in regard to Alabama's ex- perience and not make the mistake of trying to apply prohibition to Rich mond In large cities the legalized sale Is Tar better than so-called prohibition that only means weakening of re- Spect for law"
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A J. Eaton, Jr., and 0. E. Young are the only authorized traveiins repre- sentatives ot The Age-Heraiu in us circulation department.