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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
Inventors Team Work

The last fifty years of industrial ac- tivity in the United States has been a period of unparalleled productive ness. Applied science and organization have gone hand in hand, and inventive genius has contributed in a great measure to the nations present state of high development. Until recent years, however, some of the large in- terests have been slow to appreciate the value of new ideas and devices, and even more backward in acl1nowl- edging obligation to the inventor who, having toiled for years in obscurity to perfect mechanism of great value, has often experienced much difficulty and hardship in prolonged efforts to gain recognition.
 But in latter years "captains of in- dustry" and those commanding large means have come to be quick in dis tinguishing practical ideas and methods when presented. Indeed, cap ital now often finds it necessary to search for men of creative genius, and for such men premium is paid. The inventor now experiences compara- lively slight difficulty in securing the necessary backing in pushing forward unique enterprises. Lucrative reward follows quickly in the wake of inven- tive achievement.
 Even greater problems, however, confront the present day inventor. Ma chinery in nearly all lines has become extremely complex, and a thorough understanding of methods in vogue is in most cases necessary in order to be able to utilize ideas for improvement. A comprehensive knowledge of many branches of science is found requisite in perfecting some of the most com plicated of modern inventions. To meet this condition effectively large corporations have in recent years or ganized teams of inventors. Large electric companies have been especial ly active in this regard, and inventors have been encouraged to specialize in different phases of the industry. A group of these specialists is then set to work along lines of practical im- provement.
 Many inventive enterprises of far reaching consequence have been brought to completion on short notice by this cooperative method, which otherwise might have required years of individual effort, or perhaps met with failure in the end. As much as $1,0o0,000 has been spent in perfecting single invention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
Out of His Element

Congressman James T. McDermott of the Chicago stockyards district, who has resigned his seat in the House of Representatives following an in vestigation of his relations with brew CTS and money lenders while legisla- tion affecting these interests was be- ing considered in Congress, will gain little sympathy for himself by plead ing that he is a poor and uneducated man, lacking somewhat in social graces and looked down upon by other members of Congress. He makes a weak defense, and while it is doubt less true that he is more highly appre- ciated by his stockyards constituents, for whom he professes a great love, than he is by his fellow congressman, he overlooks a vital point The man who has anything in him will always find his proper place in public life. He may be socially impossible" as long as he lives, but he will not suffer any great harm from that, nor will it affect his value to his country and to his constituents, if he has ability and honesty.
 While it does not appear that Con- gressman McDermott was guilty of more than "indiscretion," his honesty has been questioned and he had been subjected to an official investigation. So far as his ability is concerned, he has not displayed any great amount of it. Consorting with brewery agents and borrowing money from loan sharks is a poor way to win the es- teem of his colleagues and they are not to be blamed if they have looked on him somewhat coldly.
 His announcement that he will go back to the people "who understand and ask for reelection is intended to be bid for sympathy. It may prove effective in the Chicago stockyards and he may be sent back to Congress,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE HOFlE=
 COMING OF SOME VERY VALUED FRIENDS

Age Herald family on Sunday. August 16.
 All these little and big fellows got whooping cough or some other little troubles year or so ago and went into hospitals or abroad. or took formulas of medicine and have lain out in the woods recuperating.
 But all are well now.
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 Good old Mandy" gets back next Sunday and will appear in colors in next Sundays Age-Herald She will be followed by all the other funny and clever people who appeal to the young and old alike within the next four weeks.
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 And if you really want to read a good newspaper you will have to read The Age-Herald, because 1t will be the only newspaper in all the south which has all the best home-m made stuff; the best stuff that comes out of New York and Chicago and the best stuff that comes out of the foreign fields.
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 1 refer to stuff" adVisedly because if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
Business and Politics

An important and gratifying phase of the improvement in the business situation is the friendly understand ing between President Wilson and large business interests growing out of recent conferences held at the White House.
 Politicians opposed to the demo- cratic party were trying to make political capital of the industrial de- pression existing in different sections of the country. Calamity howlers at tributed all business inertia to demo- cratic legislation, and hoped thereby to defeat the democrats in the con- gressional elections next November; but a high tide of prosperity is now in sight and pessimism has vanished.
 While the enormous crops have stimulated trade, the administration at Washington has signalized itself by achievement making for the ulti- mate good of all the people and busi- ness in general; and even if the crops were barely normal there would have been some improvement with the ap- proach of fall. Disquieting conditions in foreign countries have had much to do with the unsatisfactory condi- tions that prevailed early in the year in the United States.
 But hard times are past. Many business men who a few months ago criticized the President for what they termed his radical measures now speak of the administration in fa- vorable terms.
 The great leaders in finance and commerce are broad-minded men as a rule, and they have come to see that a "policy" of constant nagging at the democrats was narrow to say the least. The republicans, or party opposed to the democrats, will win again some day; but that day will not be this year. The democratic party in the next Congress will have a good working majority, and from the pres ent outlook the democrats will win by a sweeping victory in 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26

nation. For six days-and the law says that every prisoner shall be examined within every 24 hours-he was left in darkness and solitude to brood over the cruelties which he had innocently suf- fered"
 It was subsequently, proved that the day that Cazeaux left Toulouse with the young Solar was September 1, While Joseph had been found exactly one month earlier, in August of the same year. Also by a host of witnesses 1t was proved that the Count Solar was at Bagneres when Joseph was at Bice- tra with the Abbe; so, therefore, they could not be one and the same. Cazeaux was immediately acquitted.
 Of Joseph it was later found that he was not altogether deaf, and learning of the purpose of the claimants to get for him a title he had listened to the story of the Solar family when it was thought he could not hear and so told many things that seemed to be true and which it was supposed he had re- membered There is no doubt that he did come of good family. for he was well bred, and polished. It is hardly likely that he could have fabricated the whole story, and 1t is thought that he was deserted through the cupidity Of his mother, whoever she might hay, been.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
PERSONALITIES in journalism
seem in vogue these days.


 Herald or anyone connected herewith indulges in personalities.
 But there are occasions when news paper is entitled to pat itself on the back and say: well done. my good fellow"
 I refer to two or three facts which are gratifying to the writer. First and foremost. Mandy" who went over to Liberia on a junketing tour. is re- turning and expects to appear before the footlights in The Age-Hera1d next Sunday. She has learned a whole lot of things since she became i'll and had to take foreign tour for her health. And again, the "Katzenjammer Kids" and Jimmy and Happy Hooligan." :" and Their Only Child.D have all got ten tired of their trips into foreign fields, where they have never been at home, and are coming back to The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26

From Harper's Magazine.
 reporter on Kansas City paper was among those on a relief train that was being rushed to the scene of a railway wreck In Missouri. About the first victim the Kansas City reporter saw was man sitting in the road with his back to a fence. He had a black eye, his face was somewhat scratched and his clothes were badly torn-but he was entirely calm.
 Tn ereporter jumped to the side of the man against the fence
 The reporter jumped to the side of the prostrate one.
 Haven't heard of anybody being hurt" said the battered person.
 What was the cause of the wreck?"
 Wreck? Haven't heard of any wreck"
 You haven't heard of any wreck? Who are you, ,anyhow?"
 Well, young man, 1 don't know that that's any of your business, but I am the claim agent of this road
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
HOGS WORSE THAN TIGERS
From Consular Report.

From a Consular Report.
 A curious instance of the bad result often obtained by tampering with natures balance is contained in a recent com munication by an Indian official to the effect that the campaign against tigers in several places in India has resulted in the enormous increase of wild pigs, which are doing great damage to crops.
 The native farmers are forced to watch their fields carefully at an increased ex pense. This damage and increased ex- pense must be taken into consideration in fixing the new land tax, and thus the strange situation exists that by the de- struction of the tigers the farmers may be out of pocket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
Hope

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 Rejoicing in hope" Romans 12, 12.
 Hope is the color of the clouds at sunset. Hope is a mixture of rainbows and butterflies. Hope is the star of the future, which we see out of the night of the present. Hope is the many-hued light of things as they may be flung across the dullness of things as they are.
 Hope, viewed absolutely and for this time alone, is the biggest folly on earth. We hope for happiness next year when we know it will not come. We hope for perfectly smooth house. keeping; we hope for perfectly satis- factory business. All foolishness.
 Young couples walk on roses, sit on roses, rest in roses, breathe roses, eat roses-and think that nothing else will come; when they know there will be thorns to walk on and rest on and work in and eat. Hope is charming lunatic, with smile of perfect beauty and an armful of flowers, but without a grain of sense.
 And the most curious thing about it all is that this Prince of Dreamers never quite awakes, despite all the shocks that come. At 40 we are still hoping; and at 50, and at 70. Not for exactly the same things, but still hoping.
 We know, because we have seen it a hundred times-and there is no alter native-that our certain end is wrin- kles, toothlessness, weakness, pain, helplessness, dependence on others; then the dragging sickness, emacia- tion, death, decomposition-a few bones which finally wear their way back to dirt. Still we hope and hope and hope. Hope is colossal fool.
 No, it is not. Hope is the light that slips through the gates of the other world. Hope is the song of the angels singing, Earth Is Not All" Hope is the piping of the pied piper that leads the children of men away from the stings and sorrows of outrageous for tune, from the laws delays, from the slow processes of hindered justice, over and beyond the wrinkles, the weakness, the sickness, the death, the grave, the bones.
 Hope is the voice of perfection whis- pering in the ear of imperfection. Hope is the incontrovertible proof of heaven. Hope is the souls re- fusal to be bound by the facts of earth. Hope is the reflec- tion of a fire kindled on the shores of eternity. Hope is the hearts de- mand for God, and Gods answer that the demand is heard. Hope is the Christians privilege. People of God, give wings to your hopes. They shall every one come true. Rejoicing in hopei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
Back From Virginia

William P. Redd, sales manager of the Birmingham branch of the Gras- selli company, has returned home from Hot Springs, Va, where he attended a meeting of the National Fertilizer as- sociation.
 "Our meeting was well attended, up- wards of 200 men connected with the fertilizer industry participating" said MT. Redd. q invited the association to hold next years meeting in Bir- mingham. Of course, I stressed our splendid hotel accommodations It used to be that the association voted on the place of meeting. but now that ques- ton is left to a committee, which will decide for 1915 after considering the various invitations. A strong effort is being made on the part of Atlantic City to have the next meeting held there, but l believe Birmingham stands a good chance.
 Hot Springs is one of the most mag nificent resort places I have ever vis- tied. I doubt if any other mountain resort can be compared to 1t. The com pany employs forester that has the reputation of being the best in the Uni ted States. and the vast forest park which has been developed under his direction must have cost alone $500, 900. Virsinians and others who remember the Hot Springs of 25 or 80 years ago when only invalids sought the curative water and put up with poor accommo- dations In an old wooden hotel could
 but be amazed when they visit the re- sort now, and see what money and art
 with the assistance of nature have done to make it a paradise.
 q stopped day in Richmond and as I had not visited that city recent ly l was agreeably surprised to note
 the handsome improvements that had been made. Richmond grows fast and it's expansion gives evidence of great wealth.
 During my short absence from Bir- mingham I saw signs of business re- vival. The fertilizer men talked opti- mistically. Growing crops in the south as well as in other parts of the coun- try are in excellent condition. One os tho things that surprised and delighted me was the improved condition of farms in Virginia-my native state. In look. ing out of the car window I saw fine farms and nothing but fine farms.
 All Virginia farmers now live in comfort ] and very many of them in luxury"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26

ance interests little more than a year
 ago when they sent committee to the
 city commission and induced the com
 missioners to pass an ordinance abol-
 ishing the shingle roof in the fire limits. In fairness to the lumber trade and property owners this ordinance was not put into effect until October of 1913, If, therefore, the insurance companies base their calculations on last years fire loss the new ordinance would have been practically negligi- ble quantity, as it had been in effect only three months.
 Birmingham has drastic fire regula- tions and it has one of the most com pletely equipped fire departments in the United States. The city commits sion shows every disposition to keep the fire department up to the highest standard. The water pressure is all right, and as prominent business man remarked, "The only thing that might be criticized at all is the poor on the part of some con- cerns or individuals, and this can be readily remedied by enforcing such as we have or making others that may be necessary or ad- visable.
 Let the underwriters withdraw their order for the 15 per cent increase and they will have no cause to regret it. If, however, the Board of Trade has to keep up it's fight, it is safe to say that it will win in the end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
QUAKER QUIPS

From the Philadelphia Record.
 Many young man sows his wild oats, only to reap a grass widow.
 This is the land of the free, or it would be if we didn't have so many bosses.
 You never can tell. Many man with deep voice makes very shallow re- marks.
 A mans pathway in life isn't strewn with roses when he realizes that he hasn't a cent
 Just because a girl has very small feet is no reason why she should get 0 big head about it.
 When you encounter two souls with but single thought the single thought is to be made one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26

Is newspaper term. It means a good story It means a good colored comic supplement. It means a good literary section. To the newspaper man it means the best writings of writers. the best production of the best artists and the cleverness of the ad writer and the printer who sets the type for the ad writer. In other words anything that goes to make up a modern and model new spaper, which is well done and daintily executed. means good stur.. from a newspaper point of view.
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 There are clever set of boys who make this Age-Herald and these boys have gotten their backs up, so to speak, to make it the cleverest news paper in. all the southland, if not the best newspaper in America.
 They are full of ideas. They have features galore.
 The vim, the energy. and the clever Hess of the modern Age-Herald ap- peals to the public as well as it does to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
IDLE OPINIONS.

A knowledge of when tos quit ..eldom goes with the gift of gab.
 What has become of the old-fashioned bully who used to be afraid of himself?
 As long as a man has the idea that he's misfortunes favorite, that's what he's going to be.
 The real far away look is the one trat comes in an old maids eye at we'd dirg.
 When the king of limited monarchy ventures to express an opinion he is i'm mediately frowned pack into innocuous desuetIde.
 Maybe one reason why some women are SC thoughtless is because they do most of their refecting in a mirror.
 It is wrong sometimes to judge a man by his clothes but you are justified in thinking what you please of the man who wears a brown straw hat with a gi cen sash on it. P. C..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26

NN August l. 1773. a horse Il man was travelling along the
 0 road to Peranne, France. He of what seemed to be half consumed rags They turned out to be d boy about Il years old, half starved and ut tering articulate cries. He was found to be deaf and dumb. He was first adopted by a woman, later placed in an asylum and afterwards taken in hand by the Abbe de rEpee. who taught the mute the deaf and dumb motion language.
 The boy told a story of remember ing having lived with his father, and mother and sister in a great house with suspicious gardens. Also that
 he used to ride in a carriage and on horseback his father was tall and
 his face scared by wounds received
 In battle. Later, his father had died, and when his mother, sister and him self were in mourning man took him on horseback to the wood and left him
 there, where he had wandered for some days without food until found by the horseman.
 l The story created much intefest and excitement in France and at once con1ectures were made at once as to what noble family the boy belonged A lady hearing the story mentioned that 1 In the autumn of 1773 a boy, who was
 deaf and dumb and was the only son of Count Solar had been sent from his
 home in Toulouse by his mother to Ra da ba of a young lawyer named Cazeaux Later the lawyer returned, but without
 the boy, who was said to have died in
 January, 1774. His father was deceased previous to the boy and a year later
 the mother died. Very likely this boy
 was Joseph. The mother not wanting
 the burden of an imperfect child, had
 charged Cazeaux to put him away. The boy was taken to Clermot where the Countess Solar had passed tho first four years with her son. AL though the boy was now IT, several of the residents perceived a slight resem-
 blance of the boy to the son of the Countess Even some of the relatives
 were struck with the resemblance and the ease seemed strong for the boy l"oscPiif dS iie hdu peti ndIHeu tDy the Abbe. But one thing was in the way of establishing Joseph as the Count. The
 present Countess, who would be Jo-
 sephs sister, failed to recognize the
 boy, nor did the boy himself know her
 to be his sister.
 l The Abbe and the Due de Penthievre,
 a prince of the blood, started a trial against the lawyer. Cazeaux, the only
 surviving member of the crime. The
 court ordered the arrest of Cazeaux and
 his prosecution as the abductor and ex- poser of Joseph.
 l At noon, the officers of justice found
 the lawyer in Toulouse, and with a mob
 clamoring at their heels, he was taken
 and thrown into the Hotel de Vile,
 into a miserable dungeon without light,
 which was called La Misercorde. At
 the trial he had for his defense a bril-
 liant young lawyer named Tronson de
 Coudray, who told in eloquent terms
 his i'll treatment on the cart in which | tho prisoners were transferred from Toulouse to Paris. For 17 days he was
 chained to the cart while travelling,
 table and even chained to the bed while sleeping. Tn Paris he was thrown into lthe vaults of the Grand Chatelet. Thence he was tranferred to still lower dungeon. without light or air,
 and kept for six days without exami-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26

SMALL CALIBRE
A,ee)73,ueQ-

worthless cuss is William Fife He's chuck full of ambition; He has a lofty aim In life, But nas no ammunition
 Luke McLuks- chap that aims bit too high Is Henry Foozie Clark. He is a bullet-headed guy That never hits the mark
 New York Mail A luckless man is Abner Ball, By fell misfortuass goaded, Although he has no aim at all, He's very often loaded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
The Insurance Rates

The Birmingham Board of Trade is Tight in its vigorous protest against the Southeastern Underwriters asso- citation advancing fire insurance rates here at this time. As a prominent member of the Board of Trade pointed out, it would be only fair and just on the part of the insurance companies to recall their recent action so as to give the mercantile interests of Bir- mingham further opportunity to CO., operate along lines to minimize fire loss.
 The underwriters give as their ex- .cpse for making an increase of 15 per cent that they are losing monev' ,but 1t often happens that man trs and merchants in times of Ss depression lose money, yet they .lfn- tain their operating organizations un- til it is seen that depression is to be of long duration. In other words, busi- ness men go right along through times of temporary dullness without any large changes in their attitude to- ward their customers or without cut ting wages.
 The Board of Trade co-operated earnestly and efficiently with insur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
TO THE SUMMER WIND

By John B. Tabb Art thou the selfsame wind that blew
 When I was but boy? Thy voice is like the voice knew.
 And yet the thrill of joy Has softened to sadder tone Perchance the echo of mine own. Beside a sea of memories
 In solitude I dwell: Upon the shore forsaken lies
 Alas! no murmuring shell! Are all the voices lost to me Still wandering the world with theof
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
BnRMINGHAMs RESPONSIBILITY

From the Montgomery Times
 Birmingham has gotten big enough and powerful enough to do almost anything it undertakes. It is to Alabama what New York city is to New York state and the whole state looks to Birmingham now to take the initiative and lead the way in every movement. And, what helps that city helps the whole state, and we are all for Birmingham.