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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
AS to the Coke Ovens

The Sheffield Steel and Iron
company, like all other iron pro-
ducers, felt acutely the business de-
preston that was in, evidence in 1918
and that became acute in the autumn
of 1914 as a result of the European
war
But with the return of prosperity
the Sloss company is very busy once
more. The accumulated stock on it's
yards is in demand and in order to
keep up with the rush of business
furnaces, long idle, have been put back
into blast.
The Sheffield company's fur
mace plants are distributed between
its northern division-Sheffield and
Florence-and it's Birmingham divi-
sion, which embraces the two fur
naces and coke ovens on First avenue
and the two furnaces at North Bir-
mingham.
Now that the demand for the pig
metal is increasing, iron companies
are increasing their production rapid
ly. The Sheffield. company re-
Gently "blew in" one of it's two First
avenue stacks and it is ready to blow
in the second if the city will permit
it to operate its old coke ovens at the
First avenue plant.
The ovens have been out of COM
mission since January /, 1914, and,
according to city ordinance, will re-
main out of commission, but in view
of the iron market emergency the COM
pany asks that it be allowed to op-
crate the oven plant once more-tem-
porarily. The petition should be
granted.
Coke ovens make vast deal of
smoke, and that is why the Slcss oven
plant was declared nuisance and
ordered to move on" But in view
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
Coming Phrases

Did you ever sit down and compare
woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roose-
velt?" asked Tom Shirley. "Of course
there are many things in which they
are dissimilar, but what want to
call attention to is their ability to Gre
ate phrases that strike the fancy and
are written into the English language
and become almost slang.
Take Roosevelt and remember the
many phrases he has coined and which
have become current all over the Uni
ted States. Perhaps his most undying
phrase is My hat is in the ring al
though almost equally as well known
is his Nature faker or 'Ananias club.
MIR. Roosevelt is at all times pic
turesque and the American nation has
seized upon and almost deified that
quality in him.
THE difference between the two men
is indicated by the quality of the
phrases they have originated and it
speaks volumes for the complexity OF
the American nation that they can &C
Copt two men of such radically diff =
ferent temperament. Mr.. Wilson's
watchful waiting sprang into instant
fame as did his deliberately unfriend-
ly, but perhaps his best known motto
is Too proud to fight"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
if COW woke upfto the fact that
~ in all the grand scheme of creation
she was nothing but a COW. Happily for
US, most cows never wake to this discov-
being cows. Many hundreds of thousands
of years ago an all-wise Providence fore
saw that something would be necessary
to supply the mornings milk. Hence the
cow-the calm, contented, patient, hard
working COW.
But did you ever notice how many hui
man COWS there are? Just nice, patient
hard working people who never wake up
to the fact that they are not brilliant and
important, but who just go on content
edly turning out products that in their
way are as necessary as milk. Some OF
them lay bricks. Some Of them make
the pens with which others write great
novels or design skyscrapers that may last
thousands of years. You never hear Of
these penmakers. They raise families,
pay taxes and buy a lot in the nearest
cemetery Nevertheless they are not
buried before they have contributed to
the world praiseworthy number of
bricks or pens. and we should all be poor
er if these unknown people had never
lived. 1t is sometimes worth while to
pause and admire the COW. human or
bovine.
One such person died the other day. A
very important COW, too, in his way. His
name was Murray, and his speciality was
to give forth words. He left US what is
beyond doubt the great dictionary of all
times. People thought it remarkable when
old Samuel johnson left his dictionary
containing less than 1900 words. What on
earth does a man need of 1000 words
when he can make the mistake of his life
in half a dozen-asking the wrong girl
to be his wife, for instance. But Sir
James Murray left US all present of
about 100000 words. And he hadn't fin
ished when he died. He got as far as the
word ''turndown," and there death cut
him short. Even so, he stuck to it till he
had eight volumes of THE New English
Dictionary finished, and no doubt some
to tAe bitter end
Four hundred thousand words is zone
might say, a good deal of milk for one
COW to give. A long time ago Cardinal
Richelieu organized the French academy
and charged it chiefly with the duty of
keeping the French language pure against
the invasion of the Chicago brand of
French. A good many generations Of
academicians have come and gone. and
still they have not finished their diction-
airy. Yet here Is a lone Scotchman who
has created permanent museum of AGO.
600 English words. There they are. They
can never get away again. He has pinned
every one of them fast to the printed
page. Not merely that. he has shown
the origin Of each one of them. its his
tory its shades of meaning. all illustrated
by some quotation from man of brains
who knew how to use each particular
word. Old Murray had collected no fewer
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

Haiti and Santo Domingo share IN
island which comprises about 2s.ooo square
miles Of territory and has population of
nearly 100000. The population of Haiti
and Santo Domingo are about equal but
Haitis territory is about half that of
its neighbor. The population of Haiti is
entirely negro and since throwing off the
French yoke in 1904 has cherished live
ly hatred for whites. Santo Domingo's
Inhabitants are mixture of negro ma
tive Indian and Spanish blood Ninety
i've per cent are illiterate, but even at
that they are much superior to the Hal
tians who are said by writer in the
New York Sun to be almost indistinguish-
abb from the unciviized negro of the At
rican jungle. For 100 years both Haiti
and Santo Domingo have been in a con-
slant uproar due to practically an un-
broken series of revolutions. Upheavals
and bloodshed have characterized the his
tory of these troubled republics since they
gained their independence, and they have
been source of much anxiety to the
United States. 1t is estimated that ''po-
lice duty" about the island during the
past 20 years has cost the United States
government more than would have been
required to take full control of Santo
Domingo and Haiti
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AZ to definitions

NO, we don't know the real mean
ing or every word we hear spoken,
Notwithstanding our business may be
TO find the most appropriate words to
express our IDEAS remarked w. NJ
Lindsay. For example, few DAYS
since friend casually asked me If
lranspre' did not mean to- sweat
told him promptly that it did not that
II meant to come to pass. to occur or
to hapren' He doubted me and refer
ence was made to the dictionary. I'm
agine my surprise to find that the book
said it meant not only what / said but
to perspire. to sweat
How many of us would have given
this definition to a word of such COM
mon use in the manner | first thought
1T should be applied?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

of the fact that one of Birmingham
oldest and most potential upbuilding
factors would be especially benefited
at this time if it could relight its
Getty ovens" the commission should
without the least hesitancy grant the
petition.
The Sloss-Sheffield company's ovens
will have to be moved out of town in
the near future, but the people who
were most persistent in urging the
anti-smoke ordinance will be glad, no
doubt, to see the Sloss ovens in op-
GRAFTON temporarily.
If permission is granted for the
temporary operation of the ovens,
then two of the city furnaces, instead
of only one, will be in blast 1t will
mean the employment of 1000 more
men than are now on the pay rolls.
If any one were to be materially
injured by the temporary operation of
the oven plants, then the city COM
mission would be justified in with
holding it's consent. But no material
injury could result. On the other
hand prosperity would be greatly
promoted, and that is what everyone
in Birmingham, rich and poor alike,
is interested in at this time.
Let's have the old beehive ovens
ablaze again and 1000 more men at
work
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
HOTEL LOBRIES
Canadian Graft

1 was much interested to read in
thursdays Herald of the great
Canadian graft case" remarked II. p
iiargrove of Milwaukee, Wis.
There have been so many money
scandals in the United States and crit
ieism has been so strong that it is
welcome relief to know that there are
other countries where the same thing
occurs. From the accounts which L
nave read it would seem as though
the officials involved at Winnipeg had
been caught with the goods 1t re-
minds one very much of the famous
Pennsylvania capital. 1t is to be hoped
mat refoym measures will be adopted
by Canadian officials"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

One of the unique amusement devices at
the Panama-Pacific exposition is the
horoscope, which seems to be a successor
to the Ferris wheels of other fairs 1t
weighs $40 tons and is o65 feet high when
extended to its full height above ground
1t is said to be the largest passenger
carrying machine ever built The aero
scope moves in circle with radius
of about 200 feet The machine is funda-
mentally a trunnion bascue bridge mount
ed on a revolving tower which Is in turn
trucks travel on 9o-pound rail in a
circle of 60 feet The upper part of the
horoscope extends outward and passen-
gers are sung around by motor power
The operator travels In the car at the
top of the horoscope and directs it by
telephone to the motorman below, and also
by interlocking signals. One year was
required to erect the horoscope which 10
said to be so strongly made and so we'll
designed that there Is no danger of an
accident. 1t was put into service as soon
as completed without any preliminary
trial and has since been extremely pop
ular with visitors to the fair.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
SORROW FOR CAsTLEMoN
From the Buffalo News.

host of boys, grown up, will feel
a sense of personal loss in the death
'of Charles Austin Fosdick, whose name
In the boy world was Harry Castle
mon" He was a real companion to
many thousands of boys in their early
teens; they took real journeys and had
real adventures with him. His tales read
best in the study room of the big out
doors preferably within hearing of ta'.
measured waves and within sight of a
bellied sail At all times though, Harry
Castlemon's heroes were boys heroes
andjvery real
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
THE ALCOHOLIC SORT.

'One of those literal chauffeurs brought
Mr. Jagsby home last night, considerably
the worse for liquor.
Why do you call him lterar?'
Seeing a sign on the front door of the
apartment house which read, Deliver all
packages In the rear, that's where he
left Mr.. Jagsby."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

Mr.. Bud" Fisher, the cartoonist, con-
for $40 a week. 1t must be plea SAINT
from his present height of affluence to
look back on those lean days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

ITO say that d banana peeling thrown
on the sidewalk is a dangerous thing
hardly expresses it," said l.. p. Hill.
Hardly a day passes that l do not
Kick banana peeling OFF of the side
walk and when l see one 1t brings to
my mind a sad experience. which hap
pened to friend of mine who lived In
my old home town--New Orleans. He
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

BEGINNING THE DAY-No man
can pay his way in this world. All
the liberties are gifts of the past.
The vast machinery of institutions
comes down from yesterday. The
arts and sciences have been worked
out for Ms. Music, paintings, statu-
ary, books, await us. No man can
pny his way except by making him
self some contribution to the rich
ness of Iife.-H. VI. e.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

An archeologist says Paul was bow
legged, an affliction which may have de-
tracted from his platform appearance, but
in no way lessened his power as a
preacher.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
SCARCELY CoNsIsTENT
e louisville Herald

From the louisville Herald.
Sir George Faish recommends the peo-
pie Of England to economze themselves
our Of debt and in the same breath urges !.
American bankers to lend them few
hundred millions OF dollars by way OF :
starter. ~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

Germany says the news sent out from
as the sinking of the Lusitania and the
Arabic have been pretty well substan-
tiated
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

Abe Ruef is out of prison on a parole
and with something like $450,000 to start
with will endeavor to recoup his shat
tered fortune.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

The ancient sybarite who spent $35, 900
for roses at one of his banquets, could
not have afforded it if he had been
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
The Army and Navy


Il believe that most thoughtful, well
informed citizens. whether they be
democrats, republicans or progressiyes.
are in favor of Strengthening the ma
tional Defense said Sterling A Wood.
We need more navy and more army;
not huge standing army. but con-
sidcrably more of an army than we
have now.
President Wilson seems to be thor
oughly alive to our needs in respect
to the national defense and will have
d definite military programme to urge
upon Congress this winter. But Claud
Kitchen. the new chairman of the ways
and means committee, and James Hay,
longtime chairman of the military
committee, are both pronounced In
their opposition to an increase in the
regular army.
If the European war happens to be
a thing of the past when Congress
meets, it might be difficult to get leg
islation through increasing the army.
but if the war is still in progress the
democrats will have to act favorably
upon the administrations recommends
tions or stand to lose in the 1916 cleo
lion. No policy that spells unprepared-
aess will be tolerated by the people
when there is possibility of for
eign clash
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

The Mexicans are consistent, at any
rate They don't pretend to believe that
their battles are directed by Commander
on high.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

Minnesota has decided that James J.
Hill is her greatest living citizen. 1t
seems up to Mr.. Hill to reciprocate with
a donation or something.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

One expert predicts that there will be
an alliance in the future between Ger
many and England. But first the Song
of Hate" will have to be forgotten.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

Japan has decided to make ammunition
for her honorable allies, the Russians The
Japs might have thought of this sooner.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

When st. Louis lady baseball mag
nate "bawls OUT the umpire there is
nothing for him to do but to stand and
take it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

Viewing with alarm is getting to be
a universal habit More's the pity that
there is some EXCUSE for 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
By John James Meehan

BY John James Meehan.
Lights out. And a PROV turned toward
the south.
And canvas hiding each cannon
mouth;
And ship. like a silent ghost released.
Is seeking her sister ships in the east.
A rush of water, foaming trail,
An ocean hound in coat of mail,
A deck long-lined with the lines of fate,
She roars sood-by at the Golden Gate.
On. On! Alone without gong or bell
But burning fire like the fire of hell,
Till the lookout starts as his glasses show
The white cathedral of Callao.
A moments halt meath the slender spire,
Food. food for the men and food for the
fire:
Then out in the sea to rest no more
Till her keel is grounded on Chile s
shore.
South! South God guard through tina
unknown wave,
Where chart nor compass may help or
save:
Where the kissing wraiths of the sea
abide
And few may pass through the stormy
tide.
North. North! For a harbor far away.
For another breath in the burning day;
For moments shelter from speed and
pain,
And a prov to the tropc sea again.
Home Home. With the mother fleet to
sleep,
TIL the call shall rise DER the awful deep;
And the bell shall cang for the battle
there.
And the voice of guns is the voice of
prayer!
Once more to the songs of the bold and
When your children gather about your
knee;
When the Goths and vandals come down
in might
As they came to the walls of Rome one
night:
When the lordly William of Deloraine
Shall ride by the Scottish lake again;
When the Hessian spectres shall fit in
air
As Washington crosses the Delaware;
When the eyes of babes shall be closed
In dread
AS the story of Paul Revere is read;
When your boys shall ask what the guns
are for.
Then tell them the tale OF the Spanish
war.
And the breathleAs millions that LOOKED
The mstchless race Of the oregon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

A scientist says man is getting smaller
But not in his own conceit, OF which
there is ample proof.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

Mr.. Bryan fears that this country will
go to war in spite of all he can do. At
least he won't get the blame for it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

1t begins to look as if the San Fran
cisco fair will be closed before Generalr
Huerta gets there.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
HE'S EXPECTED.

Whenever you hear someone referred
to as determined little woman, you
know what to expect"
Sure And if there's anybody on earth
I'm sorry for, it's hen-pecked husband"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
THE RACE OF THE OREGON

(The run of the oregon, Capt. Charles
E. Clark, from San Francisco to Florida
1900 miles in 65 days-is one of the won
ders in the history of the American navy
Newly built at San Francisco, she was
ordered to the north Atlantic, via Cape
Horn. in the spring of 1898, when war
with Spain looked imminent. Always ex-
pecting attack, she kept at her best speed
and such was the wonderful skill of her
engineers that her machinery was not
even strained. In the great battle of July
9, though rated as only a 14-knot ship, the
Oregon's machinery was so perfect and
finely handled that she kept pace with
cruisers of a much swifter class.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

Having turned the other cheek as often
as could~be expected Uncle Sam may yet
der.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
FLATTEiRY.

make friends with our janitor, but he is
still crusty.''
'I'll give you friendly tip"
Well?
Il happen to know that your janitor
used to be a private in the army. Call
him major"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

John Bull and the boil weevil have made
the southern cotton growers lot an un-
happy cue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A QUICK CURE.

The doctors came and looked him DER,
They said he had no chance.
Their scrutiny he ca}ss1y bore
And scarce vouchsafed glance
At those medics profoundly versed
In scores of human ills,
And yet are seldom too immersed
In science to send their bills.
But when at last they had withdrawn
And left him to his fate,
With something that approached yawn.
He spoke unto his mate.
Friend wife, he said, in fretful tones,
Now. after I am dead,
And time disintegrates my bones,
Pray tell me, will you wed?"
Friend HUSBAND quick the wife re-
piled,
Il would not. This is why:
You've played the sneak and schemed
and lied
And let me work, till I
Hate every trousers wearing cuss
On earth!' And, strange to tell,
Her tongue made him so furious,
For spite he soon got well.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27
HER PREFERENCE.

why did you bring Mr.. Boreson to
dinner, dear?"
81 wanted to surprise you"
Permit me to make a suggestion"
'All right"
1.-THE next time you want to surprise
me that way, borrow an organ grinder's'
monkey. 1 dare say his table manners
will be bad, but at least he won't talk
about himself until I'm on the verge of
nervous prostration.''
A HAY CONCEPTION
This is a picture of the sea-"
ut seems rather blurred"
Maybe there was a fog when it was
painted"
"Doubtless-in the mind of the artist"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-27

The local iron market continues ac-
tive. Rogers, Brown & Co.'S Cincin-
natl circular says in part:
with most of the purchasers of
large tonnages now covered by con-
tracts and the order books of the fur
nacemen comfortably filled, there is
not the slightest weakness perceptible
IN the market. The upward tendency
continues. southern furnacemen have
not yet named prices for first half de
livery and their northern brethren,
while accepting business which is Of
fered at their own prices. are not es-
Eecially anxious to load up with orders
for delivery that far ahead
General conditions appear bright
The foreign governments are still good
customers. Domestic railroads are in.
creasing their purchases. The assur-
ance that the government will supply
sufficient money at a low rate of in
terest to carry the cotton growers
seems to overcome any alarm caused
by that staple being declared, contra
band by the allies.
Blast furnacemen feel sure that the
good ship Prosp erity, which has at last
reversed her course, will successfully
evade all lurking dangers of the wal
zene and arrive safely in their ports
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REQUIRES SOME SKILL.

Whats Doubleday doing ,now?"
He's engaged in some horticultural
experiments
'Indeed?'
Yes. He's cultivating two society
buds"
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WHERE WILL THEY PUT EN-.

From the Kalamazoo Gazette.
Headline in Grand Rapids paper:
stockings for Mermaids."
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-03-26

A. L. TERRY. Clerk. (SeaI of the Board of Supervisors, Grenlee County, Arizona)
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-03-26

At 11:30 a. m. the Board adjourns until 1 p. m.
 The Board reconvenes at 2:15i D. lm.
 The Board ueeming it necessary to appoint a County Engineer motion is made by W. W. Duttoh,, seconded by W. T. Witt and carried unanimous ly to appoint S. c. Redd as County Engineer at a compensation of $24O0.- 90 per annum. Said appointment to take effect April 1, 1915. A motion is made by s. F. Await to appoint w. R. Hutchina as County Engineer. Motion received no second.
 Upon motion by w. T. Witt-. sec onded by W. W. Dutton and carried unanimously, the Clerk is hereby ~in- structed to advertise for bids far the extension to the Duncan bridge amounting to approximately 4Qs feet of steel bridge. All bidders to fur nish plans and specifications Bids to be opened April 18th, 1915.
 At 3:3O p. m. the Board adjourns. Attest:
 A. L. TERRY.
 Clerk.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-03-26

Effective 12.o1 a. m Monday. March 1
 1915.