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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
FIvE-DoLLAR GIRL COSTLY

From the New York Sun.
 Don't let the public lambaste you because you only pay 8 a week to the girl who is worth less; lambaste the public which gives you the five-dollar employe you have"
 This was the advice which H. E. Miles, vice president of the United States Chamber of Commerce gave to the 200 members of the National Re- tail Dry Goods association at their an- nual convention at the Hotel Astor.
 MT. Miles theme had been vocation al training for employees, but he swerved somewhat from his theme in order to answer Norman Hagood, an editor, who had just told the retailers that a minimum wage is the thing, and that all legislation Is useless which protects women and children from overwork, and then, by allowing em- ployers to pay them inadequately, sub jects them and their children to worse evils, such as subsidies from parents or lovers.
 MT. Miles views on the minimum wage were well received by the retail CTS, especially when he said that if he were a retailer he wouldn't allow the public to dictate to him what the min imum wage should be unless the public developed labor worth more than it is at present
 1 He put the blame for the present valuation of labor squarely upon the shoulders of the educational system of the United States.
 'The fourteen-d dollar week girl is the cheapest labor you can hire," he said earnestly, "and the five-dollar girl I is the dearest. This country's educa- tional plants are worth $1 ,000, 900, 900 and each year we spend $500, ,000 00C more for maintenance. We allow 60 per cent of the children, all those whe
 would be affected by a minimum wage scale. to leave school at the end of the fourth, fifth or sixth grade.
 Don't let the public blame you fol the girl who is subsidized by the par
 ent or lover and don't let the public
 make you subsidize them. Use the ar. guments they use against you in prov ing to the public that the schools vii
 have to turn out girls worth more thar
 $5 week. You would be glad to pal more if they were worth more Demand
 that the people of the United StateI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
Most Important Facts

of I were asked what were the two most important facts announced this year in connection with the material progress of Birmingham, I would say the starting of operations at the American Wire and Steel company's $400000 plant, and the Southern Railway companys pur- pose to build at once yards and shops at North Birmingham at a cost of S1 ,500, GOO, ' said a member of the Chamber of Com merce. Immense tonnages of wire and nails will be made here and shipped to various states in the south.
 'The Southern Railway company will begin its construction work at North Bir- mingham with sl,50O,00l outlay. but with in the next few years it will more than double it's yard and shop facilities there"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
LIVES LOST BY LAUGHING

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 An accident. said to be the most extra ordinary on record, occurred at some oil fields in the Baku district of Russia, on the borders of the Caspian Sea. One Of the big 'ggsher'' oil wells became choked and, with a view of blowing it clear, number of iron drums full of nitro glycerine were brought down by rail from Derbend, and deposited over night in a large shed, which was used by the men as a sort of canteen.
 The steward of this establishment, a Greek named Darios, opened one of the drums for some reason best known to himself, and "decanted'' a small quantity of the dangerous liquid into long thin glass used for mixing vodka. This he placed on a shelf behind the bar Shortly afterward there entered workman named Borkovitch, who was famous for the boisterous hilarity of his manner and especially for his loud, resonant laugh ter.
 The sight of nitro- glyerine in a vodka tumbler so excited his visibility that he gave vent to a series of stentorian gulf flaws. This set the half-filled glass ring ing" and the treacherous contents im- mediately exploded
 The conclusion sufficod, in it's turn, to explode the rest of the stuff in the drums, entirely demolishing the shed and killing five persons, all who were in it at the time. The barman escaped through hav- ing gone down into the cellar just pre- viously, whence he distinctly heard the laughter, followed by the musical ring ing of the thin tumbler and the two ex- nlosions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
ToMoRRow-TRIAL OF EUGENE MARIE CHANTRELLE

1 teach these children efficiently, and demand that the public pay the bill. If you run your stores well you are doing | all one man can do.
 | A"When the average child who would | be affected by minimum wage scale | is turned out of school she has not been educated; she has learned some-
 thing of reading, writing and arithme- tic, which is not education, but which
 are the tools by which education is acquired. And yet thousands of chill dren are turned loose without even these tools"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
uomeseekers and the south

Many northern farmers of the smaller class have settle1 in Texas within the past five or six years, and 1 take it for granted that not few have settled n other southern states" said F. l.. Wads- worth of St. Paul
 '4 suppose that .Aladama is getting a pretty good share Of these homeseekers who desire to live in the sunny south. I am told that this Is second to no state in tbe south in opportunities. Truck farm CTS in the Mobile neighborhood are very prosperous, and there are many eoun- ties in the state especially well adapted to trucking. One thing that especially attracts homeseekers to the south is the cheapness of good lands in this section. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS
rom the Cincinnati Inouirer,

From the Cincinnati Inquirer.
 If there was law compelling us to practice what we preach there wouldn't be much preaching done.
 Judging from the union suit and combi- nation advertisements they carry, any woman's magazine is entitled to be cassed as book of revelations.
 The reason d woman can keep on loving the man she didn't marry is because she didn't marry him.
 They say there is B use for everything in this world. But side whiskers and holes in doughnuts are still mysteries. 4
 If Edison wants to make a hit why doesn't he invent a scheme whereby a man can tip his hat to woman and not expose his bald spot?
 And there are some princesses who try so hard to be modest that they would faint if a man ever mentioned that he saw them with his naked eye.
 Most men talk so much with their hands that if you could handcuff them they would be dumb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
The Golden Age of Democracy

When Joseph w. Folk declared that the Wilson administration has ushered in the golden age of democracy he probably builded higher than he knew and in addition to uttering a poetical platitude evoked serious considera- tion of his statement.
 The golden age has ever been the sublime theme of the poet and the happy burthen of the orators tongue, but it has always been an era of the past. Humans who were so fortunate as to live in that period never seemed to be aware of their blissful condi- tion and it has ever been left to pos terity to discover the fortunate en- yironment Astria was the last god dess to quit this earth and abandon mortals to their fate, but the year of her departure has never been deter mined. Hence we are blessed indeed if we become aware of the fact that the golden age is the one in which we live and move and have our being.
 There have been several golden ages, and that period of this country's s political history which dates from 1901 to 1861 was a very proud one for the democracy; it approached quite closely to halcyon days. Then the democratic party as a dominant or ganization rested for awhile in a comatose condition. But it survived and any party that is able to sustain a quarter of century of retirement and emerge with pristine virility and virtue must be an organization of no little merit. This fact was due to the principles of democracy which are im- perishable and eternal Most of the people of the United States have al- ways been democratic in the abstract.
 
 when they yielded to the impulse of a movement, that they stepped aside, but ever and anon they have returned to the country's pristine faith.
 And this may be the golden age of democracy. Never has there in the history of the nation been such an ab- solute accord between the executive and the legislative branches of the government as now; never has there been less censure indulged in by the press of the land, irrespective of party affiliations, than at present; never has an opposing organization showed such mildness in criticizing it's enemy as that manifested by the republican party of this day, and never have the people possessed the confidence anc trust in the wisdom, ability, patriot ism and integrity of the party repre- sentatives in all branches of the gov. ernment as that which obtains in this hour The people are proud of the party's record; the tongue of cavil is stilled and the voice of criticism !. hushed. Verify we may be entering : the golden age of democracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10

Sir Ernest Shackleton who has won fame as an Antarctic explorer, has recent ly been discussing the qualities demanded of men who brave the terrors of a frozen continent, No special physical training is necessary, says Sir Ernest, but every man | must stand doctors examination and be physically fit before he is accepted for
 an expedition. He must indulge not at
 all or very little in a1conol and have a good digestion as we'll as good teeth. As
 cold deadens the nerves to a certain ex- tent, men of temperaments not too phleg-
 matic are desired. And a most impor- tant quality is the ability to sleep well
 on short notice. Sleep vitalizes as nothing
 else can, and the man who can make the
 most of a little sleep Is the one who will
 fare best in dash across ice fields.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10

A camera so large that man has to
 stand inside of it to operate it is used to reproduce all kinds of objects that will lie flat and are not larger than Il by II inches. This camera will photograph di- rectly on paper Oil paintings are repro duced and finger marks can De clearly transferred. The machine is simple in construction. It contains a large Goerze
 lens and prism The rays from two 5O- inch mercury tubes pass from the objects exposed below the prism to sheet of senstized paper spread over sheet ot glass. The lens is built into a large wooden box inside of which the operator stands, developing the film, washing it and drying it in the same compartment. The interior of the camera is really well equipped dark room, containing all the materials and appliances used for making a picture. This new camera is expected to be of great value in scientific work, particularly in reproductions which re- quire great detail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
finally
COLD BATHS FOR COLDS
From the Family Doctor.

From the Family Doctor.
 One of the best ways of avoiding colds and catarrhal conditions, also, is a daily cold bath. The friction does two things it brings the blood to the surface, en- couraging circulation and it carries away the dead skin which is often left on the body too long. The reaction from the cold makes one feel warm and ready for work. The blood is made richer
 After a cold bath there is one fourth more red blood cells, which carry oxygen and more white cells, which do the re- paring The skin. too, becomes accus- toned to the touch of the cold and it is not so sensitive to every little draught The lungs and kidneys work better and the nerves are toned up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
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 free press in America It was the first trial In this country of I charge of libel against the government. Zenger was one of Americas pioreer newspaper editors, and the first issue of his peri odcal, called the New York Weekly Journal" appeared on November 5, 173S and he continued printing and publishing 1t until the following January when the chief justice. James de Lancey, charged him with having prlnte5 sediticus libels
 There was a bitter controversy wagins between Governor Crosby and the people of the province of New York. The legis- lature and the council mad been brought under the Influence of the governor, and the higher courts Of law were also so inodeled as to be instruments in the hands of the government against the peo- pie. The only resource of the people was In the press.
 The chief justice, at the instigation of the governor, endeavored in vain to pre- vail upon the grand jury to indict Zenger. The council then pronounced four of zenger's issues to be false, scandalous, malicious and seditious libels,' and ord- cred them to be burned hy the common hangman. The order was read in the court of quarter sessions, but the magis- trates would not suffer it to be entered The sheriff caused the papers to be burned by his colored servant.
 Zenger was then arrested by order of the council and thrown into jail His friends procured writ of habeas corpus. hut the bail was placed so high that he could not procure it. While he was thus wing in jail the judges tried again to get him indicted, but without success. The attorney general then charged him by n- formation fer a misdemeanor In printing the 'lbels. Two popular leaders, James Alexander and William Smith, undertook the defense of Zenger, but, taking exctp- ton to the Jurisdiction of the court, they were summarily excluded from p1acticing in the court and their names were stricken from the roles of the attorneys
 This high-handed procedure frightened other New York lawyers, but Zenser s friends had recourse to remedy which proved effectual. They engaged the serv- ices of Philadelphia lawyer, Andrew Hamilton, who was celebrated barrister, about 80 years of age The admirable way in which he handled the case, and his success in having tie prisoner acquitted is responsible for the oft-cuoted saying,
 It takes a Philadelphia lawyer
 When the trial came on Zenger had been in prison many months. The first point to be judged was that he did print
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF JOHN PETER ZENGER

and publish the papers, and the next that for the defendant proposed to contest the first point, but Hamilton overruled him and, acknowledging the printing and pub- iication, boldly threw himself on the other point. and took the ground that he had printed and published no more than every free-torn British subject had a right to print and publish.
 Hamilton's was a masterly appeal He was frequently interrupted by the attor- ney general and the ehief justice en- deavSred to cut him snort, taking the ground that the jury had no other duty to perform than to find the facts of tlie printing and publishing. which Hamilton had admitted, and that it was for the court to adjudge the libel. Upon the courts asserting this Hamil- ton deliberately turned to the jury and addressed his argument to them, showing it was their right, and privilege and duty, to place themselves between the court and tke citizens, and to protect the latter against such a claim as the former. He proved that they were the judges of the
 
 case was in their hanos, and that tkey ought not to relincuish any part of it to the court. In that argument the sov- ereign power of the people, of whom the jury were the representatives, first came forth In complete manifestation in America, perhaps it might be said, in the world A
 Tine jury returned a verdict Of ''nut guilty in the very teeth of an authorita- tive charge from the chief justice against the defendant. The decision of the jury was received with shouts of applause. The judges threatened to iniprison the promoters of such a disord-rly proceeding, but the people were too much excited to hear the voice of authority. A son of Admiral Norris rose and called for re- newal of the shouting, which was con tinued and could not be repressed Hami- ton, who would receive no compensation for his services was borne in triumph from the court roon He was carried to q festive entertainment which was re- peated by the city authorities before his return to Philadelphia. The common council presented him with the freedom of the city, the certificate of which was enclosed in splendid gold box purchased by subscription, and as he stepped into a barge, on his departure from New York, there was salute Of artillery Governor Morris asserted that Hamilton's argu- ment and the result of th- trial of Zen ger, were 'the gems o. AneHcan free dom, the morning star of our liberty.' trellc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
The Regional Banks

Yesterday was the last day on which briefs bearing on the forma- tion of federal reserve bank regions or districts could be filed and probably before the end of the present week the organization committee, composed of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, Secre- tary of Agriculture Houston and Comptroller of the Currency Williams, will agree upon the cities in which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10

Dr. Van Stockun of the Rotterdam hos pital claims to have found new treat ment for tuberculosis that is efficacous. He placed cows spleen under X-rays and extracted grayish powder which had been formed by the influence of the rays This powder, soluble in water was ad- markable cures are said to have been wrought The radium treatment for can- cer, according to medical authorities has proved a disappointment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
QUAKER QUIPs

From the Philadelphia Record.
 Dreams go by contaries, so perhaps it is all right to refer to girl as q dream.
 The popular idea of being contented Is simply to have more than you can possibly use.
 Even the people who believe in call ing a spade a spade will sometimes call a man rake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
WHAT CANCER IS

From the WorId's Work.
 The word "cancer" though it figures largely in popular speech, is used with less and less frequency in medical lit erature. There is probably no word com prehensive enough to include all the kinds of abnormal growths to which, the human frame is subject Cancer is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10

BEGINNING THE DAY-Teach me, o Lord. the divinity of quiet. Let me learn from ThyseIf, who in silence cbsurest the seas, 1evellest the mountains, holdest the worlds in place. and bendest the hearts of mer. Let me learn from my Master who lifted not His voice in the streets. In His name. Amen. H. M E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10

Fifteen persons were killed in New Eng land the past week by snowballs, and the papers are raising a general hulaballo over the fact. It is safe to say that many times this number were killed by high balls during the same period and were never accorded a notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
TERROR TO BATTLESHIPS

From the Rochester Democrat.
 John Hays Hammond, Jr., son of the famous mining enigneer, appears to have inherited to a degree the talent of Nis distinguished father. The young man, although only 9 years of age. is credited with having perfected a boat which can be propelled, unanswered and managed through the use of Hertzian waves, utilized in wireless telegraphy. At present the craft has a range of eight miles from the wireless station at Gloucester. Should this young electrical engineer succeed in operating a slightly submerged craft. it would take the place of the most modern torpedo, and would greatly simply the problem of coast defense. For in connec- tion with range finders it would become a weapon with which the largest dread nought could be annihilated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10

It is singular how obstinately the opin- ion obtains that Noah took but two of a
 kind among the beasts and the birds into the ark. It is especially stated in Genesis vii, 2-3, that he was commanded to take seven of the species with him and it is to be presumed that he obeyed the command
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10

Love may be blind, but when you see $25-a-week clerk paying his respects to an heiress, it's a ten to one shot that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10

MT Bryan has announced his intention of visiting Chile in the fall It was not generally known that the chautauaua circuit extended so far.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10

To that Texas woman who has been married six times Mendelssohn's wedding march must sound like a grsphaphone record
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10

President Wilson has had his eyes treat ed. Probably he's taking precaution to avoid any more splinters in the dem ocratic platform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10

Increasing prosperity marks the year S progress in the Birmingham district and in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
IN HER OLD DREAMS THERE

From the Baltimore Sun. There's a bloom upon her beauty In her old dreams there, In the corner by the window In her old arm chair There is snow upon the ringlets That were golden in d day Ere the dreams were like the roses That the years blow away. There's glow of something lovely |. her person as of cid, Ar the tENe her lips are crooning lsf'as trgs as virgin gold. Thefes s sNsakle in her eyes yet, And ufep nsr lips a gleam. AS she li side the window. h her old old dream. An. little slsevy lady, Would that time might never know A mcinAns you must vanish Ar the dust the breezes blow. For tg. such a gift of beauty
 10 penaiu you sitting there. In te dreams by the window M sot i'd arm chair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10

Anyway it's grossly unfair to say that Sumter is the county that put the ticks in politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
TROUBADOUR AND JESTER

male suffrage in 1888 the democrats would have elected Seymore by million mad iority. His name was so suggestive of peek-a- boo
 STATE AGRICULTURAL DEPART.
 MENT. If Alabama should choose Seed For governor and award Chestnut second place, she'd bloom As garden of the Lord.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
HELP.

Now, thirty-button boots for girls Is fashions latest crack, Friend wife won't wear a pair unless They button up the back.
 Houston Post. Thirty button boots for girls; Though buttoning them's some work, The ice man and the milk man Both envy the shoe store clerk. o'Reilly ''So Mikes dead I wonder if he was prepared to die.'' o'Flarity: "Yes; he said he didn't have an enemy in the world. He killed his only one last week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
EuPHoNY OF POLITICS.

First Politician: 'It is a question which of the national parties will profit most from femal suffrage"
 Second Politician: 'If we had had fe-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
NOT A MACADAM.

Smith: Congress seems to be follow ing Wilson in his plank repeal policy
 Smithers: '.Yes; it has struck regular toll gait
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
NEMESIS,
WRONG LABEL.

Grocery Clerk: What Is it, Auntie?''
 Colored Aunty: 'Missus sent me for two cans of medicated milk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
1 ITIRAIL DEPART.
TALK IS CHEAP.

Brown5 T see Huerta declares that he will die with his boots on.'
 Jones "A whole-soled fellow he must
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10
IsoTHERMAL LINES.

Whene'er l con geography Or travel OCT the chart, They come to me in poetry The lands I know by heart. The purple lands that England lost Is Uruguay so far; The frozen fields Napoleon crossed Mean the realms of the Czar. Tie republic oriental Joins Argentina bright, Iberia is Portugal; Algeria blanche is white. Scotia is old Scotland, where Scots ha' for Wallace bled; And bonny Wales is Cambria fair Where once the dragons fed, Old Egypt's the land of the Nile Ultima Thule, Norway; Ireland is the Emerald Isle And China far Cathay. Sunny Spain's Hispania Realm of the ancient Moore: Provence gave birth to rondalay, The soul of Troubadour
 (To be discontinued)
 NEMESIS. What in the world to do with Blease Almost gives one hysteria; Would that Woodrow would send him as Minister to Liberia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-10

Enterted at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter under act of Congress March 3. 1879.