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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
------------ss'---- - JEWS ON THE FARM
From Farm Life.

T TOII dTfH l-ikc.
 There's labor bureau in New York where they furnish Hebrew farm hands Often these Jewish immigrants have never seen a farm. They are most up- promising material, so far as looks count undersized, oddly dressed, and green" in a ridiculous degree.
 Yet there is something about the Jew that impels him to make good wherever you put him on the job He is intelligent. tireiess, sober and kind to animals Leon- ard Robinson, manager of the Jewish Agricultural society, says he has secured farm jobs for 5000 Jews and "the farmer who has once tried the Hebrew laborer is certain to want the same kind again.
 The children of Israel were farmers in Abrahams time and there is some deep seated instinct in the race that causes them to turn easily from trading to agri- culture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Liked the kettie interview

IL Is safe to say that no feature of Tuesdays Age Herald attracted as much attention as MT. Kettig's interview on the cotton situation" said Leo K. steiner. MT. Kettig is right. The Wash 'ngton government can and should in duee Great Britain to modify it's block ade so as to allow cotton to be shipped to the continent With the embargo on our staple lifted. the price of cotton would jump up and the south would then boom as other sections of the country are now booming.
 The people of the cotton states should bring the matter forcibly to the attention of President Wilson. The Fresldent l feel sure, would act.
 AS Mir. Kettig says, this is the time when all southern people should be ro-SOuth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
On Driving an Automobile

My chauffeur was i'll today. and I es- saved to run my car" said H. N. Long, fellow with q sigh. It has been some oay, believe me. It looks awfully easy 10 see chauffeur drive a car, but when one attempts to manipulate the levers and pedals and wheel at the same time one IS apt to get up in the air and do the wrong thing with the result that the engine is stalled.
 nave watched my chauffeur drive so long and have been told so many times how to work the gears that I felt conf dent I could manage the machine without difficulty. I took my seat behind the wheel nonchantly and started the en- zine Then I pushed the clutch in, shifted my gear low, as l thought and let my clutch ease in. The engine ehoked and looking down, l discovered that the car was still on high gear and of course would not start.
 The next time got my lever into low speed all right. but I was so absorbed Tn the working of the levers that I forgot the steering wheel, and when I looked up the car was almost into the curb Then l had to stop the car, and in doing so choked the engine again.
 T finally got so that 1 could operate have been on needles and pins the entire day Believe me- the chauffeur hasn't as easy time as it appears"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
NOT MEANT FOR HUMoR

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 The answers of school children in their examination papers are not to be taken humorously. While there may be anna teur humorists among the pupils. it is presumed that they are perfectly seri- ous when it comes to writing themselves down for a promotion record.
 That is why there has been such general comment on an article by writer who says he examined the papers of certain pupils of public school in Philadelphia, in which the following answer to various questions were given:
 Benjamin Franklin is the founder of electricity
 George Washington was a land savory.
 Lord Raleigh was the first man to see the invisible Armada. (English)
 Tennyson wrote Tn Memorandum"
 Tennyson also wrote a poem called Graves Energy"
 Louis XVI was geatined during the French revolution.
 Lincoln had a woman make him a suit of homespun from rails which he had split. They were hickory rails, hence hickory shirts
 Franklin produced electricity by rub ping cats backwards.
 The minority is composed of the minors.
 The spells system: The place where spoiled things and waste are kept The board of health has largely taken the place of this.
 However the above answers may strike the reader, similar ones have been given by pupils of other cities, notably not long since by children of a New York city pub lie school district, where there was evil dence of even greater darkness of ignor- anee'
 Naturally, the towns where school chil- dren make such Illuminating answers do not like the publicity of print, but that is the bestthing that could happen for them. Their school teachers will doubtless take care that the youthful mind is more accu- rately informed in future in the various departments of school instruction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
MISTAKES WILL HAPPEN.

"Is this genuine antique?" asked the prospective victim
 Why, yes" answered the dealer "It is more than 500 years old"
 iRemarkable! It is dated 1912 .
 Let me see. Huml That's the fault of my careless assistant, who put the numerals on wrong. It should be .I21s.'"  IS Improving. But the result of the war can hardly be other than to increase rates of interest for a considerable period.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
Joseph A. Holmes

In the death of Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, director of the United States bureau of mines, the mining world sustains distinct loss. Dr. Holmes was a native of South Carolina and a graduate of Cornell.
 Previous to his government service he had been professor of geology and natural history at the University of North Carolina, and few geologists in this country have been more widely known. He was the father" of the bureau of mines in the technological branch of the United States geological survey and had done experiment work of inestimable value in connection with mine explosions. AS result of his tests and his safety first" cam- paign the death toll has been largely reduced.
 Dr. Holmes had visited the Bir- mingham district several times and he was greatly esteemed by all Ala bama coal operators and coal miners. Corporations had rendered him high positions with salary much larger than the government paid, but these offers never tempted him. His heart was in his work and he felt that he could accomplish the most good in the line of his profession by remaining at the head of the bureau of mines. All honor to his memory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
OLD FEUD REvIvEs

From the Chattanooga News
 There is a report abroad that the old feud between Lord Kitchener and Sir John French has broken out afresh. The war minister has furnished the general commanding nearly 100000 troops, but he makes no progress along his short 30 miles of front in France. Joffre is restive over the delay. France has brought up it's last man. The French are holding over 300 miles of front with but few more men than the British. It Is said in Eng land that either French of Kitchener will have to go. No doubt it vii, be the for- mer. He complained bitterly about be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
Expects to Take Western Trip

Since leaving St. Vincent's have been gaining my strength slowly but surely and expect to be well enough to attend the convention of the supreme council of the Knights of Columbus which meets soon in Seattle. said M. E. Lnnehan of Lin nehan & Masberg, who was seriously i'll for many weeks
 I have been doing office work for sev- eral days and have reason to hope that l will have no backset'' ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

as has the little, uneducated mother with her wash boards.
 There may be honor in the college degrees of the daughters, but there should be some specially high degree conferred upon the undergraduate from the school of toil and experi- ence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

The Romans are said to have introduced trench warfare in Europe when they built in southwestern Germany a line of trenches to defend themselves from the barbarians. These defenses were the pro- tytype of the trenches which extend today from Switzerland to the North sea. A writer in the New York Sun says the northern "palisade ditch of the Romans extends from the east bank of the Rhine. near Bonn, across the Taurus mountains in a southeasterly direction to point near Stuttgart It consisted of an earthen wall topped by palisade. The ditch was in front. There were towers at inter- vals, occupied by small bodies of troops who patrolled the intervening sections. At wider intervals there were stone re- doubts for housing larger bodies of troops. The other half of the Times Germancus as the Roman trenches were called, ex- tended from a point near Stuttgart in a southeasterly direction to the Danube at Regensberg. This included rampant of stone and was also defended by forts. However the old Roman defenses were intended as a barrier while the purpose of modern trench is chiefly to conceal troops and protect them from shell fire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
LOCATED.

as matrimonial felicity" unused the phi losopher.
 Certainly replied the cynic. You will find the substantive in the dictionary under F. and the qualifying adjective un- der M"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
A PRAYER

By Antoinette Kinney Harman. As I lay me down to rest,
 Pillowed head upon Thy breast, Slumber sweet will come to me, While my spirit turns to Thee Thou refreshest mind and soul, Helping me toward lifes goal; I leave my burden. labeled care To my God, who hears my prayer I commend all those I love,
 To my Father. we say 'above," But I know he is right here, And I sleep without a feAr, :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
HOW MEN MAINTAIN MArRIMoNy

From the Chicago Daily News.
 In defense of the second best sex one may serenely submit the findings of the sage and philosophical marriage license clerk of Detroit, who says that more men than women make a second venture into matrimony. This fact speaks well for one sex. Which one, it is not expedlent to say. But it shows that the matrimonial institu- tion has the unqualified support of the sex that is popularly supposed to disregard it's ties.
 Dr. Samuel Johnson defined second marriage as ''the triumph of hope over experience" But the cynical doctor, de- spite his first happy matrimonial venture, never essayed a second so his saying must be put down as one of those epi- grams that are too clever to be true.
 However, it moves one to thought It may, after all, represent the sentiment of the lovelier rather than the more lov- ing sex. Dr. Johnson may have spoken for the widow, whose axiom, according to the Detroit statistician, is Once bitten twice shy" It is the men, we are re- minded who remarry.
 Thus speculation takes a wider flight. Do the men who remarry choose inexper- fenced girls because the widows know better? Are girls more attractive than widows to widowers? Do the widows sternly refuse to take second chance?
 It is a large subject and on 1t there is no one, perhaps. to speak authoritatively. Still. consider the remark of an elderly and wealthy citizen of Iowa, who, after long hesitation between the two. chose for his bride a comparatively unattractive spinster rather than a young and buxom widow. Explaining his course to a confi- dential friend he said 'I decided that it was better to be a surprise than a dis appointment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THE INCOMPLETE GARDENER. A garden isn't hard to make. You get yourself a hoe and rake, And then read books until at last The time to plant the stuff is past.
 Washington Star plant that suits me wondrous well. The reason why l fain would tell; One does not then both toIi and fret And just crop of blisters get
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
VERY SURPRISING

From the Mobile Register
 Holt was in New Orleans"-New Or leans Times-Picayune. That doesn't mat / ter The surprising thing is that it has not been claimed so far that Holt was in Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
REFERREp TO TIRpIrx

From the Chicago Daily News
 Turkish armed transport, the Niagara, was held up in the Sea of Marmora and examined by a British submarine before being sunk. Respectfully referred to Ad- miral Won Tirpitz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
WHY WOMEN HATE THE WAR

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 About 300 colors are known to dyers, and only 100 of these are made in the United States. One can't blame the women for hating war that makes them get along with measly hundred colors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
A NICE DISTINCTION.

A NICE MT. Chigley!' said the professor of eco- monies in a sharp tone. dent. whose eyes had been glued for l5 minutes on the profile of fair coed. 'The subject for this morning is femin- ism, not femininity''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
WORSE THAN THE GERMANS

From the Nashville Banner.
 Some people are beginning to believe that what happened to the Rheims ca- thedral wasn't circumstance to what happened to the Nashville city hall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
ALABAMA PRESS

Troy Messenger: The merchants should aid the farmers in their petitions to the President to force England to give up her cotton blockade.
 Gadsden Evening Journal: Announce ment has been made that Alabama has returned to Uncle Sam the s5O00.000 which she borrowed last fall. Times are better.
 Dothan Eagle: Probably the best way to make the courts do less work is to ed- ucate the people.
 Anniston Evening Star: It's quite un- natural that there should be two wings to the liquor question in Red Wing, Minn., as we understood that we prohibitionists hae monopoly on the wings.
 Gadsden Times-News: Conditions in Mexico grow worse. The people are starv- ing even in the capital and there is no telling what Is really happening in the several war zones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

Growing sugar cane is an snoustry that antedates the Christian era. Sugar cane is found nowhere in a wild. state and scientists admit that they don't know where 1t originated. It is first mentioned in the sacred books of the Hindus. It is believed that sugar cane was well known in India prior to 32O B. C., as fol- lowers of Alexander the Great observed it growing there The first known sugar was concentrated cane juice eaned 'gur'' In India. It is thought this was used as a food from prehistoric times. Tn the early ages the Egyptians and Arabs learned how to purify raw sugar by re- specialization. They manufactured a great variety of sweetmeats and candy Sugar cane was introduced into Sicily by the Arabs in 7os. from whence it was taken to Spain and along the coast Of the Mediterranean sea- and to the islands and borders of the Indian sea. 1he Crusaders found large sugar cane planta-
 tions in Tripoli, Mesopotamia, Syria, Antioch and Cyprus By the fourteenth century it was being cultivated in all parts of the known world where the cli- mate permitted. The Portuguese intro duced it into Brazil and it soon spread to nearly all the South American coun- tries. The first sugar cane in Louisiana was sent to the Jesuits in 1751 from Santo Domingo, where it was said to have been est producer of cane sugar in the world and the United States is the greatest sugar consuming country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
THE PROPER POSITION

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 Uncle Joe Cannon is going to help work the roads at Danville next week. We SUD- pose the overseer will put him in charge of the steam roller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

Colonel Roosevelt plans to make but three or four speeches on the Pacific coast which to an active man is equiva- lent to a complete rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

BEGINNING THE DAY-"Be mo- bIe. and the nobleness which sleeps in others will rise to meet thine own" Measures have not yet been invented by which to reckon the world influence of one noble life.- H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
WE HAVE

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Nothing is more contrary than human nature" observes the Birmingham Age Herald. Ever drive mule?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

Train robbers who are believed to have stolen $500,000 from a Louisville and Nash vile train have catapulted themselves into the realm of high finance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

The post of Secretary of State is an honorable position, but Secretary Lansing is not at present envied by officeseekers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

Germany's colonial possessions have fal- len into enemy hands, which may make the Kaiser more determined than ever to have a slice of France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

ing supplied with the wrong kind of shells. but despite this costly mistake Kitchener seems to have the confidence of the British government and people.
 A good many resignations of command ing officers already have taken place. In one respect Kitchener has shown great ability He seems to know the advertising game, though he would never talk for publication to a reporter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

The true beach "confection" is the kind of bathing suit that a summer shower would put out of commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

German diplomats, in their correspon- dence with the American government. at least, seem to have forgotten that there ever was a Lusitania
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

The European struggle has become a war of annihilation, with the manhood of Europe as the forfeit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

Observers declare that the reading habit is on the wane, but baseball extras continue to sell like hot cakes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

The Frenchman may wear a dinky little mustache and look like a flop, but he goes to his death a hero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
Activity in Building Operations

Last spring there was very little building here, but it is different now said Charles M. Allen, the contractor
 Within the past few weeks work has been started on several handsome houses, and before the summer is over all builders will be very busy. The outlook becomes brighter every davr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

At any rate, we are having an agree able rest from the slmplifed spoilers, all though a simplification of many war names would be real help.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

While Great Britain may be short of soldiers English pounds are proving a great help to her less wealthy allies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

The prevalent drouth in Alabama makes a vacation trip to a wet center impera- tive for some people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

A real matador was gored by real bull in the staging" of a picturized version of Carmen" Under the circumstances a slight advance in the price of admis- sion seems justified
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

less "soul" would improve the Upton Sin clairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
NO DOUBT OF IT.

Heres an interesting pamphlet en- titled How to Play Golf Without Pro- farfity'"
 Just so."
 T presume it is intended for people who never take anything seriously"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

Wise men ne'er sit and wall their
 loss, Hut cheerIy seek how to redress their
 harms Henry VI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14
STARING HER FEELINGS.

"I never see Miss Gadders without her summer furs.'
 She's determined to be fashionable at all costs"
 Yes Her thoughtful parents have hid den the family thermometer so she can't see how hot 1t is.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

One thing is certain. Germany is inter ferng with President Wilson's game of golf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

AN OUTING. Close by a river rolling On it's journey to the sea, Some happy yhearted morning, Is where I'd like to be, The sunshine all around me And a birds song in a tree. Above the blue sky bending, Below a tranquil scene, And perfume of wild flowers. And plots of grasses green And groups of signing willows That OCT the waters lean. The fish might not be biting I should not greatly care, Just so sweet sounds and odors Were waited to me there And still my glad eyes rowing, Saw brightness everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE. ''Pa, what is poverty"
 Poverty, nay boy" said the struggling father of nine. lis a standing invitation to the stork''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-14

Entered Al the birnlns hah' Aia' rostoffice as second class mater un- aer act of Congress March 3, lSi9.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-28
LEEcRAFT WANTS SOME RULE
TO MEASURE HORSEPOWER

Oklahoma City, June 27.-'Colonel
A. N. Leecraft, state highway COM
missioner, has asked the attorney
general for an opinion as to what tax
ought to be paid by owners of electric
automobiles. Under the law there
is no way of measuring their horse
power upon which the tax is as
sessed, and if the actual horsepower
of electrics be taken it will develop
a very low rate of taxation as com
pared with what has been received
under the ad valorem valuation in
the past. The electrics are expensive
machines and develop small horse
power. Colonel Leecraft would like
to have some rule for measuring the
amount of revenue that the state is to
get from such cars.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-28
U. S. AUTHORITIES TRYING TO AS
CERTAIN REAL HACKERS OF
NEW HUERTA REVOLUTION
UNDER SURVEILLANCE
Besides Huerta and Orozco, Twenty
Prominent Mexicans and Several
Americans Are Believed to Have
Been Connected with Latest Plot

Washington, d. c., June 2S.-The in.
side details of the plot to restore the
Huerta regime in Mexico began com
ing out here today.
Besides Huerta and OrozcO, nearly
twenty other MeXicans and some
Americans are under surveillance for
their alleged part in the failed plot.
The state department is trying to
find the real hackers of the new re-
voution. 1t is believed that it was
to have the financial backing of promi-
nent American interests.
1t was disclosed that several weeks
ago General Huerta offered his ser
vices to General Iturbide, one of the
Mexican exile colony in New York
and also asked the United States gov
ernment if Huerta would be persona
grata to the United States If he par
ticipated in Mexican affairs. Wash
ington answered mo" and lturbide
declined to offer Huerta his services.
Officials say that Iturbde afterwards
accepted a modified offer of Huerta's
aid Officials believe that Huerta in
tended TO take active charge of bor-
der affairs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-28
MRS. FANNIE SPEAR.
Young Mother Succumbs to Lingering
illness.

Mrs. Fannie Spear. wife of C. r.
Spear, died at the age of % this
morning at o'clock at the family
home, 734 d street, southeast. She
had been i'll for some time, and her
death was not unexpected. Funeral
services will he held late this after
noon and the remains will be taken
to Overlook for interment. Deceased
is survived by her husband and one
son between the age of three and
four years.
Mrs. Spears maiden name was
Cisco. She was reared in this coun-
try, and also Mr.. Spear was reared
here. The husband is a brother to
John T. Spear. The family moved
to Mckinney, Texas. and resided about
three years, returning here last Sep
tember. Mr.. Spear has been employed
at the Ardmore oil mill.