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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

BE KIND TO THE SKUNK

From the Baltimore SUM-
The optimist. who is always trying,
like Mark Tapley, to find something to
be cheerful over even in the most un-
likely places, will be delighted to hear
that the skunk is much maligned AMI
NAL and Is a very useful member If
natural society. But though, at the be-
nest of the agricultural department, we
may cease to slaughter him, We inn
agine he will never take rank as =
household pet. Why he could not have
been made just as useful and a little
more elegant is one of those nature
problems that even science cannot an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

IT will be y years on June 80 that
Charles J. Guiteau was executed in
Washington for the assa ssination Of
President James Abram Garfield, the deed
having been committed about a year pre-
vious, on July 3. 1881. Following the as
sassination of the President Guiteau
made an attempt to escape, having a car
riage waiting for him on the outside of
the station at Washington where he COM
mitted the deed.
Guiteau was intercepted, however and
was taken to police headquarters where
after a brief preliminary examination he
was committed to jail. 1t needed but lit
tie investigation to demonstrate that the
attack was consummated after a delber-
ate and carefully laid plot. During Cult
ea5l's Imprisonment three attempts were
made to take his life, the first by Guard
Magill, the second by Sergeant Mason,
the latter a federal trooper detailed to
guard the jail, and the third, on No
vember 49, during the trial by William
Jones, a young farmer living near Wash
ngton.
Following Garfeds death and burial
the latter part VI StpleiHDei, 1901, oh oN-
tober 8, the grand jury for the District
of Columbia presented an indictment
against Guiteau, and on October IA the
prisoner was first arraigned in court
After the bill was read, and the culprit
was asked to plead, he attempted to read
from paper which he had prepared, but
was prevented, the court remarking:
Some other time will do for that" The
guilty
The trial began on November Is, three
days being occupied in selecting a jury.
On the first day of the trial Guiteau
began the boisterous conduct which as
much perhaps as any single feature made
the trial that followed one of the most
men1ol able in the annals of American
Jurisprudence
District Attorney Corkhill delivered his
opening address to the court on Novem-
Der L. and the same day Hon. James G.
PLANE told the story of the assault at
the Baltimore and Potomac depot on the
fatal July 3 On November IS was intro
duced the medical history of the case by
Drs. Bliss and Reyburn. The testimony
for the prosecution was finished on the
2oth The next day the prisoner made an
address to the court, and Mr. Robinson,
whom the court had assigned as counsel
for the defense, was granted permission
to withdraw from the case, for the rea-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16
The Effective Repression of Graft

The character of community is but
that of the individual in a cumulative
form and like the individual the COM
munity is often finding fault with
conditions for which it alone is re-
sponsible.
The fact that it is necessary to or
ganize smelling committee" in cer-
tain states, so soon after recent clean
up campaigns is physically and men
tally depressing, for it had been be-
lieved that the political house was
then set in pretty fair order and the
results of the determination of graft
and corruption were generally accept
ed as rather permanent. Even so wise
journal as the New York Nation
prophesied that it would be long
time before things could become again
as bad at Albany, Pittsburg and Co.
lumbus as they had been.
But it is the same old story. The
reptile of graft has left his Shiny trail
to be traced through departments, leg
islatures, city councils and executive
bureaus, state if not national, consti-
tuting the most depressing feature of
public life in America.
And why is it? The answer is the
temperament of the very people who
are depressed, amazed and complain
ing. Place few of such grafters in
Jail and see how public opinion will
rush to their relief. At once the cry
would be heard that their disgrace was
sufficient punishment and that cor
poral punishment was harsh and un-
necessary. The very fact that the
guilty ones were separated from their
| families and homes of refinement
would arouse universal sympathy and
engender pity for the condition and
distress of the convicts. If the con-
demned met their sentences with an
air of bravado, indifference or philoso-
phical acceptance of the inevitable
they would at once become the obioo--
of admiration and the halo of a quasi
hero would hover around their brows.
The result would be ~ -
innumerable petitions signed by a ma
jority of the business community for
executive clemency and a consequent
release from prison.
1t may be accepted as certain that
graft will flourish until the CRATER is
accorded the same punishment and
/ consideration that is meeted out to
the burglar. So long as men are
wanting in sense of shame or dis
grace, temporary incarcerations sur
rounded with public sympathy will
effect naught The sentence must be
certain, it must be adequate and re-
plete with all the contumely that COM
panions a felon's fate.
! When this is assured the CRATER
will cease to receive much, of that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16
stock Market Situation

Henry Clews in his Saturday review W
says in part:
Liquidation was again feature
during the first half of the week A
great deal of this was late profit
taking by over-confident bulls whose
courage failed when they found that
the January rise had eliminated Feb
ruary is frequently a reactionary
period, and in this instance the decline
was accelerated by distrust of the Mex
lean situation by foreign selling, by
weakness in New York Central, by a
break in the oil stocks, by unpleasant
after effects of the Rock Island episode,
by a vote in the Senate for another
New Haven investigation and by pros
pect of a suit between the government
and Southern Pacific over the separa-
tion from Central Pacific. The week S
business was also interrupted by the
celebration of Lincoln's birthday, and
this served to further restrict business
and restrain bullish operations.
Apart from these tendencies the sit
uation was satisfactory, and influences
affecting values were generally of a
| favorable character There has been
| some disappointment among those very
optimistically inclined at the slowness
| of business recovery. but it is recog
nized that considerable lost ground has
been recovered that economic condI-
| tions are generally sound and promis-
| ing, and that should we be blessed
with another good harvest, the pros
| poets are that the latter half Of 1914
will witness much wider activity than
the first half
| The extreme ease in money in this
! market appears to have reached its
| elimination. AT the west there is g
somewhat firper tendency, although ne
! return to much higher rate is antici-
pated The commercial paper market
which has been active for some time
past shows signs of quieting down
| Foreign exchange continues weak, bul
further gold exports to Paris were re-
corded, making the total since the mid
die of January about $10,000,000. All
| things considered the money. situation
is as satisfactory as could be expected
the last national bank call showing
that these institutions held $4,000, ,00(
more cash than at the previous call II
! October. while loans showed con-
traction of $S5.000, 600"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16
THE CALL OF THE SOUTH

Minna irving in Leslies.
When the days are short and dreary
And the nights are cold and long,
And the snow is deep and drifted,
And the ice is thick and strong,
Then | think of southern waters
Dotted thick with pearly sails,
And the tinkle of the banjos,
And the trill of nightingales.
There's houseboat in the lilies
Up a placid winding stream.
And a bungalow with hammochs
Just enticing you to dream,
And magnolias and roses
Framing every little nook.
And the king of all the tarpons
Waiting somewhere for my hook.
Who would blow his aching fingers.
Who would rub his frosted hess.
When the sunny land of sumnfi
At his very threshold glows
So Rood-by to bowling blizzard
lev walks and skies Of gray.
I am off for st. Augustine.
Or the shores Of Tampa Bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF GARFIELD'S ASSASSIN

son. as he alleged, that he could not main-
tain amicable relations with Mr.. Sco-
vile. Guiteau's chief counsel
On November % Scoviles opened the case
for the defense, arguing insanity on the
part of Guiteau. The examination OF
witnesses for the defense was continued
during the week following Guiteau went
en- the stand in his own behalf on No
vember 20, his cross examination lasting
until December 2. He described his career
from his childhood up to the hour of the
testimony.
The expert testimony in behalf of
the prisoner began on December and
was concluded the following day. The
closing days of tile trial were marked
by the extreme violence of the prisoners
| conduct on December q Guiteau issued
a Christmas address, in which he gave a.
sketch of his vagabond life and pro-
claimed himself patriot and an inspired
man. December 2S was one of the most
dramatic days, on which Guiteau abused
the court, insulted Judge Porter, counsel
for the prosecution, called Scoville a
iackass, and was placed in the dock,
where he trembled in terror of being shot
The testimony for both sides was closed
on January 2.
1t was not until January a5 that Judge
Cox submitted the case to the jury. and
after a brief deliberation verdict OF
guilty was returned On February 1
Guiteau was brought into court and sem
fenced to be hanged on June 80 within
the walls of the Jail of the District of
Columbia
A number of efforts were made by the
prisoners counsel and by others not con-
nected with the trial, put who believed
the prisoner insane, to save his life, but
they were of no avail. With the real
ization that his case was hopeless the as
sassins manner changed, and the fierce
defiance which had previously character
lied his conduct gave way to spirit of
resignation-the resignation of despair.
Guiteau was impenitent to the last and
protested his inspiration in the face OF
death. After ascending the scaffold he
read a prayer which he had written for
that purpose, and after he had finished he
started to read some verses which he
said are intended to indicate my feel
ings at the moment of leaving this world"
He then began the chanting of number
of verses beginning Il am going to the
Lordy, | am so glad which were widely
printed at the time. The execution oc-
CURED shortly after noon on June 80.
examination. That is the part | believe
the tonsils play in the mouth. Instead
of the germs passing into our system they
seize readily upon the tonsils. Unless
there is a leakage fronn the crypts into the
tissue and substance behind them the
tonsls care for the bacteria and no harm
is done
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16
ional Discomfort Not a Bad Omen


God pity the self-satisfied man is
as applicable to a nation as 1T is to
the individual, for where such salts
faction exists there is no progress;
there alone is stagnation. A govern
ment or a community that is content
to move along in old established chan
nels is simply marking time and is not
to be found in the van of advance
ment.
With this thought well in mind there
is no need for apprehension in the dis
cussion of the unrest marking the
present age recently entered into by
the New York Commercial.
1t is fact that in the United States
where the opportunities for acquiring
prosperity by the honest laborer are
most plentiful and where the laws
looking to the welfare Of industry are
presumed to be the best unrest is prev
alent and all manner of isms and
new-fangled doctrines are ANNUALLY
being exploited to vex and perplex the
masses.
: Likewise it is fact that in spite Of
its recent beneficial industrial legisla-
ton, and Notwithstanding that its
laborers are much better conditioned
than their brethren upon the conti-
nent England is torn and distracted
with internal disquietude.
On the contrary in France, where
military provisions have ground down
the people, the masses are giving the
cold shoulder to the demagogue and
agitator, while in Italy, where war
taxes have made yoke too heavy for
the neck and burden too weighty for
the back of the masses, apparent con-
tentment exists and the laissez faire
policy is greeted with universal acqui-
escence.
1t is singular that many of our inn
migrants who are peaceful and con-
tented subjects at home become the
most pronounced anarchists and So
cialists upon arriving in this country
But unrest is striving for uplift
and betterment. The demand -, -
ter laws, better environments and bet
ter conditions Of life is better pre-
figurement for increased prosperity
prestige and greatness that the future
has in store for US. Just so long as
the nation feels it's discomfort for pres.
ent environments and in sane man.
ner essays to improve OF hange those
environments, just so long will it con.
tinue in the march of progress thai
leads to achievements, the greatness
4 of which none dare at the present houl
to presage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16
BUNCOED AGAIN

From the Houston Post.
They are at the crossroads. What is
Sile looking SO glum about these days?"
asked the farmer with the eggs.
Gosh, He thinks he's been buncoed
again. drawled the rail-splitter
''Do tell,''
'Yaas. By heck, he paid dollar fer a
bottle of stuff that was advertised Ia
make you live 800 years, an now he s
discovered that someone fhas predicted
that the world will come ITO an end this
year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16
Would Cost Only Few Dollars

Now that we are starting up a city
beautiful campaign l hope that the
commission will erect a new iron lamp
post in the place of the broken post
on the edge of Capitol park fronting
on Park avenue" said citizen.
There were Originally three posts
grouped on the Park avenue side, but
one of them was broken off near the
ground about two years ago Mr..
Schumacher, vice president and general
manager of the foundry company at
Admission, which furnished the posts,
told me that IS or 50 would pay for
one Certainly the city can afford
that much. Few sights make such a
poor impression on a visitor to city
as just such little things as this to
which | refer-a broken lamp post
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16
FAREWELL ADDRESS

From Harper'S Magazine.
Miss Wheat, the new teacher, was hear
of the new scholars, she asked:
James. what was Washington's fare
well address,
The new boy arose with IA promptitude
that promised well for his answer.
Heaven, ma am, he said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16
Though the odds be great
] doubt mot, uncle, of our victory.
-3 Henry VI.
BEGINNING THE DAy-o Thou

BEOfNNfN" 'I'3 III nv"
great Giver of the new chance, l
begin today another working week.
threshold. May 1 rejoice In another
opportunity to prove my faithful
ness, my courage, my kindiiness.
And do Thou feed the fires, Lover
of nv souI. For Jesus sake. Amen.
III. NJ. Il.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

Premier Asquith says firmly that the
British government will not participate
III the San Francisco exposition. 1t may
be possible for the Frisco show to worry
along without John Bull
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

According TO the plans of the custom
tailors, who met in convention at Wash
ington, the frock coat will be extinguished
by degrees. 1t would be unsafe and rev.
olutionary to attempt to do away with
that garment by edict. Statesmen will
have to be gradually weaned away from
II
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

Safety on the sea is a lively topic for
discussion just now, but the thought up
permost In the mind of the average land
lubber who goes aboard ship is how he's
going to manage to make the trip without
missing his meals
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16
The Texas Compnnx

DR.. A. Van, assistant general manager
of the Texas company. whose general Of
fees are in Houston viii be In Birming-
ham today for the purpose of looking
after the organization of district head
quarters here. The company has offices
for the new district in the American
Trust building.
once, said Fl. n. Cook of Atlanta, now
registered at the Hillman, who will be
the superintendent CT the new district.
1T will take a little time to complete our
Birmingham organize ton. We will have
only a few clerks to begin with but by
spring we will have a large number of
men at district headquarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

Senator Gore, the blind man eloquent,
says a trap was set for him and he
walked into it. Maybe if he had had a
sensible little dog to lead him he would
have escaped that trap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

Is there such word as 'ruckus' ?'
asks the New York Sun. Sure. Down
in this part of the country that is what t
father raises with strap on the seat
of Johnny's trousers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

Scientists are seeking an imitation day.
light If they can hit upon something
'just as good that won't freckle my
lady's cheek their labors will be crowned
with great popularity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

The New York Sun has the honor of
having sent the first wireless press mes
sage across the Atlantic ocean, The
message was sent direct to Germany from
the 50o-foot tower of the Telefunken sys-
TEN at Sayville, L. [. Tt was picked up
more than 1000 miles away at the Nauen
station of the company. 25 miles from
Berlin. The message was to the Lokal
Anzeiger of Berlin, ana read as follows:
The Sun of New York sends cordial
greetings to the Lokal Anzeiger in this,
the first message ever sent direct to Ger
many by wireless The Sun hopes that
the extension of this new means of COM
munication will increase the friendship
and intercourse between the two ma
tions."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16
SHE TOLD

From the Christian Register.
Miss Maguire-Any letter for me?
Postmaster-What name please?
Miss Maguire-Must | tell?
ostmaster-Certainly.
Miss aguire-Wel, If | must. Ton
Dolan,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

maudlin, morbid sentiment and SYM
pathy that is now his and grating
will IN great measure disappear. 1t
all rests with the public and is prac-
tlcally a case of put up or shut UP.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

When the tax assessor collects the In
come tax of a multimillionaire the trans
action makes a noise like the sale of a
railroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

'rilden is remembered as the man whe
was almost President. Someone face
tiously remarks that Roosevelt is the man
who was almost too much of a Presi-
dent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

No matter what happens in Mexico City
the ponies run at Juarez and the book
makers accept bets with their accustomed
sang froid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

President Roosevelt sent his secretary
home from Rio Janeiro as escort for
live turtle. We trust that the secretary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

A New York paper has just published a
list of the six best sellers of romance dur
ing the year 1913. They were respectively
Winston churehilrs THE Inside of the
Cup" Harrisons "v. V. Eyes" Gilbert
Parker's The Judgement House." John
Fox, Jr.'s Heart of the Hills" Gene
Stratton Porter's "Laddie." and Jeoffrey
Farnol's The Amateur Gentleman"
Not one of these books was trashy or
harmful. Coupled with this fact, 1t is
learned that the most successful play
dramatization of tn enovel, THE House
of Bondage" dealing with white slave
features lasted but week and was with
drawn for want of patronage This does
not look much as If public taste was be-
coming morbid or demoralized or that
filthy literature is gaining in popularity
throughout the nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

The mayor of a California town saws
he believes in equal rights and does the
family washing on Monday to prove it,
That's proof enough for U.S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

The entente cordiale existing between
Secretary Bryan and President Wilson
continues to be an affront to the knock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

When Japanese statesman becomes
unpopular he can always regain his pop
ularity by committing suicide, but we
fail to see how he profits by 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

You will notice, perhaps, that nobody
nowadays refers to President Wilson as
Professor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

Senator Borah, who wants the men
guilty of looting the New Haven rail-
road crimnally prosecuted, should re-
member the rules of the game
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16
A USEFUL MIssOURIAN

From the Fulton. Mo-, Gazette.
One of the most useful men the state
OF Missouri has Is William l.. Nelson,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
RidRe1y Apartments

''The Ridgely apartment house which
Major Tutwiler has built will be ready
for rooms-suites and single rooms-are
now being filed rapidly" said Robert
Jemison, Jr., who is looking after the
rentals.
''The Ridgley is a 31O-room building, and,
as everyone knows, is one of the most
magnificent apartment houses in this
country. 1t represents an investment of
S65o,000 and it Is needless to say that
the building is not only elegant but
strictly up-to-date in all its appoint
ments. The indications are that every
room will be taken in April"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16
MOTHER OF CONSCIENCE
Luxe M,LUKE SAYS

From Judge.
Abstinence is the mother of competence
Absinthe is the other way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

A. ]. Eaton. Jr, and o. E. Young are
the only authorized travelling repre-
sentatives of The Age-Herald in its
circulation department..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

WV AsHINGToN. February 10
M Especial. despite the das-
w tardly insinuations of certain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-16

Enterted at the Birmingham, Ala,
postoffice as second class matter under
act of Congress March 3. 1879.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1914-04-18
WITH THE BOxgRe.

The lid will be taken off boxing N
Pittsburg on April "a, when Gus
Christie and Buck Grouse meet n
that city.
Freddie WEIGH, the English light
weight champion, is doing some real
work in training for his bout with
Leach Cross.
There is little prospect Of another
meeting between Georges CARPENTER
and Joe Jeanette as Jeannettee re-
fuses to make weight for any boxec.
Some Of the London papers are
pann'ng the American and Australian
boxers for introducing fake bouts in
England ed South Africa.
AID Welgast has been offered q
match with Red Watson, the bout to
take place in San Francisco. Watson
recently held Gilbert Gallant to a 20.
round draw -.lzlA#
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1914-04-18
NOTABLE: WEDDING
IN HISTORIC HOUSE
Norman Gaynor and Miss Eliz-
abeth Berwel! Page are
Married Today.

FAIRFAX COURTSOUSE, Va,
-pri1 16.-ln the parsonage OF Zion
Episcopal church, where half a cen.
-ury ago Brig.-Gen. Stoughton Of the
jnlon army WaS surprised and cap.
ured by Mosby and his men and
where several other stirring events
vere enacted during the civil war,
Mss Elizabeth Rerwell Page, daugl-
er of the Rev. Frank Page and a
'tiece Of Thomas Nelson Page, the
veil known novelist and the present
United States ambassador to Italy,
vas married to Norman Gaynor son
Of the late Mayor William J. Gaynor
Of New York city.
The ceremony was performed by
the father of the bride in the pres
ence Of a small gathering of rela-
tives and intimate friends Of the
couple. Miss Tillie Page, sister Of
The bride, was maid of honor, and
Jonathan Grout, son of former Ca
troller Grout, of New York, was best
mar,
After spending a rew days at At
lantic City Mr.. Gaynor and his bride
will sail from New York April 81, for
a Mediterranean trip. During their
stay abroad they will visit Ambassa-
dor and Mrs. Page in Rome.