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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-01

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: The extremely obstinate resistance be- ing offered by the Czar's armies daily dis stages of the war, that the Russians advantage in having superior numbers would be nullified by poor leadership. Developments in the east have led mili- tary critics to express the opinion that the commander-in-chief of the Russian forces, the Grand Duke Nicholas, is not only a competent general but brilliant than held his own against Germany's s most able field general, von Hindenburg.
 To appreciate the grand duke it is necessary to understand that in Russia the royal family has nearly Iimitless wealth and privileges In no other civilized country on earth does the royalty have so much power and license. The grand duke ranks second only to the Czar in the most despotic autocracy in Europe. He could have. if he had so wished, lived a life of the most extravagant pleasure, of unbridled freedom.
 , The grand duke chose, instead the life of a soldier The army has been a hobby almost an obsession, with him. He is a cavalryman and for years spent a large part of his time with his troops in field maneuvers. He also studied tactics strategy and the mechanics of warfare In short, he made himself the foremost soldier of his country, and he, as well as Russia, Is now enjoying the fruits of his long preparation.
 The grand dukes history shows that though a person of rank in a highly vi cious governmental system, he remained purposeful, sincere and strong man. It Is to be hoped that when peace comes the grand duke will be permitted to bend his energies toward freeing the Russian people from the disgraceful yoke of tyranny which they have patiently borne so many years. There Is reason to believe that he would be in sympathy with such a task. And, since the war began, Russia has shown some signs of waking up.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-01

,Thoueh Love and Henson TOT his physician, he admits him not i"r "'' counsellor.
 Merry Wives of Windsor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-01
A NEW YEAR CARD.

NEW YEAR CARD.
 One of the cleverest New Year cards re- ceived this year comes from Dixon Mer- rett, of the Nashville Tenn.sseean and American, who finds time to contribute humorous verses to Judge and other publications. MT. Merrett writes And may the good Lord love you, lad, What time you're goodi If e'er you're
 bad
 To love you still I'll ask him. And bad you will be, plunging pelf In some mad maze or dazzling delf To love you lad, 's-a job. egad,
 Therefore, lest I oertask him, I'll love the lasses all myself.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-01
GUNS TO CONTROL ~GuA aENn

GUNS TO CONTROL "GUA uENv From the Kansas City Star.
 '''rhe government which can wield the arm of the people must be the strongest possible" That is one of Thomas Jeffer- sons apothegms.
 l Jefferson thought democracy should be as efficient as monarchy. He had partic- uar reference to peace.
 Bernard Shaw applies the Jeffersonian idea to war This '.philosophic wit' scoffs at tlie idea of pacific powers disarming or refusing to arm. 'srhe League of Peace he writes, must have a first rate armament or the League of War will make mincemeat of it." Asserting that it is the man behind the gun and not the gun that makes either for peace or for war. Shaw says. And if that man really means the peace of the world to be kept he will take care to have a gun to keep it with"
 "The notion" he says, that the men of evil intent are to have all the weap- ones will not work. Our business Is not to disable ourselves or anyone else. but to organize balance of milI- tary power against war whether made oS ourSeifeS UT any otner pOWefr anu this can be doro oE12S hy "a combination of armed and anstieol pacihsts of all nations. not bylf creutt of noncombatants yielding deprefAt1suh nan enstrances and Christmas car< a. = ------ That does sds1e se W
 THE sou nl rDE Lisl.E Willianl Wa4A tdspendent Their arms 11< to victory led
 By voic4 [< 1NRpet's peal; For great 1e at their beAd-
 The Soul q 'seu = Lsle'
 He gavestllX ebe o.a6 that cannetsdic
 Tilf tthep V 0'a honrt esase to feel: And they - 41o he11l5 captaind by
 The Soul of RQQRo& 0e Iisle.
 Not for IT. V t lot for tha- last- ':;s:s :sss N N ;;s 5. F s|;:' s;:'.. F4S Thss ss''as Ssss ei i psssa ssd fS:1 h: 2eFa The Song the> Yoe t1n of might5@hou
 In the 4@1L de Lisle..
 Fol Che GI }tf Ul11ee herself 10 ono
 With tl4 OH e< N4pget dc I4n1o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-01
WAR ECHOES

Irwin s. Cobb in the Saturday Evening Post: Be it remembered that no surgeon accompanied this living freightage Grains of wounded from the front; that not even a qualified nurse travelled with it. Ac- cording to the classifying process of those in authority on the battle lines these men were lightly wounded men, and it was presumed that while en route they would be competent to minister to themselves and to each other.
 Under the grading system employed by the chief surgeons, man who was still all in one piece and who probably would not break apart in transit was designated as being lightly wounded. This statement is no attempt upon my part to indulge in levity concerning the most frightful situation I have encountered in nearly 20 years of active newspaper work; it is the sober, unexaggerated truth. And so these lightly wounded men-men with their jaws shot away, men with holes in their breasts and their abdomens, men with their spine tips splintered. men with their arms and legs broken, men with their hands and feet shredded by shrapne. men N'eh thSii Sedipo iippcu optI iiicu NllH their noses and their ears and their fin gers anu toes gone, men jared to the very marrow of their bones by explo- sives-these men. for whom ordinarily soft beds would have been provided and expert care and special food were rolled up alongside that noisome station Cat Mauberge); and, through the door open ings from where they were housed like beasts, they looked out at us with the dumb glazed eyes of suffering beasts
 Behind this train would be another one just like it, and behind that one another. and so on down an S0-mile stretch of do- lorous way. And this, mind you, was but one of three lines carrying out of France and Belgium into Germany victims of the war to be made well again in order that they might return and once more be fed IS tldbits into the maw of that war; it was but one of a dozen or more such streams threading back from as many battle zones to the countries engaged in this wide and ardent scheme of sxtermi- nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-01
IN CONCLUSION.

T see where another stage beauty is suing millionaire for heart balm ''
 T fear you have used the wrong term"
 "Why sop
 Tt isn't really heart balm that she s after. She's merely arrived at the final stage of the trimming process
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-01

A. J. Eaton. Jr.. and 0. E. Young are the only authorized travelins represen- xatives of The Age-Herald in its cir- cG.al.on department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-01

Entered tne Bliinlns AaiE Ala, postuffiee as second class matter under act of Congress March .. 1sis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-01
ROBSON AS CONGRESSMAN

E. W. Townsend in the Philadelphia Pub lie Ledger.
 Pearson Hobson, representative in - Congress from the Sixth district of
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17

The fact that Washington
County ranks we'll. in comparison
with other sections of the state.
n average production of wheat
TO the acre. is sonnet ing tha,
should hold considerable sienif
eanoe to our farmers. 1t means
that what tillable soil we have
here is as suitable for growing
wheat as any in the state, and
that the methods of our farmers
In producing this cereal are cor.
rect. Weather conditions dur
ing the past two years made
wheat the only reliant crop here,
and without it the community
would have been in serious
straits indeed. Should this be
another drouth year, it would
seem that there would be nc
other course for our farmers tc
follow than to make wheat their
single crop, or at least, the re-
liant crop of their farms.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17
That Sinful Printer.

Unobserved and unannounced,
he president Of a church society
entered the composing room just
in time to hear these words is
sue from the mouth of the boss
printer:
Billy, 60 to the devil and tell
him to finish that murder he
began this morning. Then Xii
William J. Bryan's Youngest
Grandchild. and dump the Sweet
Angel of Mercy into the hell-boX.
Then make UP that Naughty
Partisan Actress and lock up
the Lady in Her Boudojr'.'
Horrified. the good woman fled
from that place of sin, and now
her children wonder why they
are not allowed to play with ths
printers youngster.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17
TRIBUTE TO MARK TWAIN
The Greatest Boy OF Fiction. the
American Boy. Who Knew
Human Nature.

What a man Mark Twain was, Be
ginning as a barefoot boy in a Sleepy
Mississippi river town. Journey man
printer will, 2 iiI.i., educats3n and 10
promise OF future, river pilot, an
unlucky prospector, he became a man
OF worldwide fame and immense i1fiu-
ence. His books have gone every
where, have made generations laugh
and weep. He was not S...ts q great
humorIst, he vas a man OF high eour-
age aud fine ideals, man who hated
shams and lies, and struck At them
6ercely. He knew human nature,
laughed at its iueer contradictions,
admired and respected it's goodness
and kindness. Always he is intensely
American, without being provincial
Not only did he lave genius kor
writing. He had 9 genius tor being
a man.
II, as young man. he va ;.,;nos
to be too extravagans .-ns+
he conquered - LOO irreVefen''
=, 80 -..it tendency. He grew
~ IN and in perception, and he
Led people. loved men and women
and children. That is why we all
love him. There is glow to him.
You can warm your heart at his
books. much as you warm your hands
at a fire.
Mr.. Gilbert Chesterton, the English
author, and wit himself, says OF
Mark Twain: ''An honest people saw
the point of Twain's wit. Not few
dishonest people felt it,
But to the whole world of youth
Mark Twain is Tom Sawyer, the i'm
mortal boy the greatest boy of fiction
the American boy, and yet the es
sential boy that links all boys of what
ever nationality together. Tom and
Huck-what more do you Want.-St
Nicholas Magazine.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17
Better Than a Circus.

A member from the Ozarks
worked offhis surplus eloquence,
which had been swelling up with
IN him for weeks. probably for
years He spoke on the educs-
t!onal bill and greatly amused, if
If he did not instruct his colleag-
ues. There is much fun and mirth
in the Legislature. A child of
strict parents, whose greatest
JOY hsd hitherto been the weekly
prayer meeting, was taken by
his nurse to the circus for the
first time. On his return to his
home ne exclaimed: OH, nam.
ma, if you once went to the cir
Gus you would never go to prayer
meeting again in all your life."l
So can say if you ever attended
the Legislature, you never will
want to go to q circus.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17

The situation in the European
war at present seems to be that
the Russians are to keep the
Germans employed until England
can assemble a new army for the
spring campaign. France ap.
parently can do no more than
try to hold the Germans in check
on the western line. While Rus
sia is keeping the German forces
busy she is making no progress
against them. So. as we view it,
the outcome of the war will de-
pend on the play England will
make within the next n.
months. -
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17
Plumb Foolish.
the people.

The Postoffice Department has
under its charge an employment
bureau to bring the ''jobless man
to the manles job" They claim
there are thousands of farmers
anxious to employ the idle men
of the cities, and so they expect
to bring them together. 1t is
another case of Democratic fool
ishness and ignorance of condi-
tions, Not a farmer in Dent
County or anywhere else needs
help nova days that cannot get
all the help he wants in his own
neigbborhood and cheaper than
ever before. If he could not Sc
cure it at home, he knows that
there are thousands of idle men
in all the large cities that he
could get Also the idle in the
cities know where the farmers
live.
The farmer might be willing
to support some unfortunate city
man until labor conditions be
come better, but 10 farmer wants
an inexperienced hand breaking
machinery, ruinlng stock an6
pulling off fool stunts. 1t woulC
keep one of the children out o.
school to keep the fool city mar
from killing himself Or milking
the range cattle. The employ
ment bureau is another Demo
cratic humbug. Did you eve
know of the Republican party en-
Exaging in all sorts of weak pro
jects to keep people from starv
ing to deaths-9alem Repuh
lican.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17
Think 1t Over.
Herald.

The weekly newspaper pro-
notes the interests of the town
in which it is published to such
an extent that it becomes i'm,
possible to place an estimate on
its worth. There Is DO enter
prise that does so much for the
corporation or the individual CT
tlzen as the paper. 1t stands
opposed to the town knocl1er.
the town kicker, the town fanat
ic and the town drones. T
stands for action against dry
rot, It stands for progress
against stasnaticn. It is ready
to combat the schemes of vision
as ard as ready to aid the
cunSt, active plans of the wise
= 'avel beaaed citizen. It is
r 's'e s-rSniidlng Of the com
muEliA. The paper hiss not yet
come into it's own, however, be
cause it is never appreciated to
to the extent of its worth by the
people at large. fet When bat
ties are 10 be fought for the town
or county a rush is made to the
newspaper Office, always 60 md
the loyal editor ready, frequent
ly without the hope Of personal
reward. Many other enterpris-
es are encouraged by a bonns..
but rarely IS the newspaper Of
fered sucn help, nor is it given
anything like the suppase ttIs
entitled to III return for SO r;ca
rendered to tho Community
Communities lose sight O: their
real oenefactor when they fail to
ie'''se hi1e the weekly paper as
such, The editor and his paper
stand as the buIwarks Of defense
against the attacks of evil, de-
signing schemes affecting the
good of the town or individual.
For these and other reasons tie
newspapers of the town aud
county should receive the sup
port Of the public at large to
more liberal degree Exchange.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17

What with the seizure of Amer
lean ships and the confiscation
Of their cargoes, and the free
and easy employment of the
American flag to protect their
merchant vessels from being
sunk by German submarines
our British cousins are making
it somewhat difficult for this
country to retain it's attitude as
q Rood-natured onlooker IN the
imbroglio across the water.
Washington, however, has not
made any emphatic protests
against these little diseourtesies
on part of the British, and we
don't think that under the pres
ent regime there Washington
has spine enough TO say that
these things must not be. To
beeome emphatic and really II
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17
Famous Salt Mines.

The great rock salt mines Of Hun
Eary are among the wonders of the
world, for the illimitable deposit Of
practically pure salt enables the work
men to cut it out in heavy blocks,
much as marble is quarried, after
which it is loaded on trucks and sent
to the mills for grinding. Rock salt,
it may be said, constitutes the worlds
principal supply of refined salt, and the
Hungarian mines furnish a large
portion of this commercial necessity.
Underground passages Of considerable
width, resembling streets, have been
cut at regular intervals, and the whole
is we'll lighted In one of the mines
near the Roumanian boundary large
chamber, with benches and seats, has
been cut, where occasional gatherings
are held, and perhaps in honor of this
fact it Is known as the ballroom y
Here the colorings are beautiful, the
walls of the cavern or hall partaking
of the many shades of rare marble and
color-grained onyx.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17
What Now?

The Beef Trust has been fined
S125,O0O and the fine must be
paid or the companies will be
ousted from Missouri. The
thought upperm ost in the minds
of the public now, is the effect OF
the decision on the price of meat.
We are of the opinion that the
companies can pay the fine very
easi V and that the treasures of
the five concerns fined will not
be damaged materially by the is
suance of the $4,000 checks.
But again, what of the price of
meat?
Will it be the same old story?
We are almost ready for the an
nou. cement that the price of
beef steak has gone up. That
would be the logical method by
which the companies could raise
the necessary $125,0OO.
The Supreme Court decision
is very broad and can be made
very effective but it must be en-
forced to the letter. To say
that the companies must live up
to the laws of Missouri, is anoth'
er way of reciting the laws as
they stand. Every law is man
datory to the extent that ii
shall" be ooeyed, but many OF
the laws are not obeyed, and
suits become necessary to enforc<
them. The State should not RESI-
with the decision in the Bee
Trust case, but should be vigil
ant in seeing that the decision j:
lived up to.-St. Louis Times.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17
process

The brewers and distillers are
now seizing upon the referendum
as refuge against laws passed
by the Legislature detrimental
to their business, but if they i'm.
agine that the referendum is 60
ing to prove a handy club against
dry laws forever. they are reck-
oning without their host. While
it is true that so far, questions
relating to the liquor traffic re-
ferred TO the people have result
ed in verdicts favorable to the
liquor interests, this result is
not altogether true reflection
of the sentiment of the people of
Missouri on the liquor question.
In passing upon this problem
through the referendum the vot'
ers have had to handle it along
with lot of other propositions,
and in the general confusion OF
the constitutional amendment
ballot they have rejected every
thing that has so far been pre-
scented to them on that ballot.
That in passing upon state wide
prohibition a few years ago they
apparently gave an overwhelming
expression against the PROPOSE
ton, while the real sentiment
of the people is for restraint of
the traffic, can be explained by
the fact that the vpponents OF
state prohibition took pains t.
single out that particular ques-
ton anu vote against it, while
those on the other side simply
passed it up along with the rest
IF the jun BILE on the amendment
ballot. Just as soon as the peo-
pIe see that the liquor Interests
are using the referend,::,? as a
protective cover for their bust
ness they will jerk the cover of
ard lit the liquor interests with
it. 1t is only necessary to view
the public sentiment on the
restraint of the liquor traffic ex-
pressed locally to get the correct
idea of the true feeling on the
subject, and what the feeling is
locally it must sooner Or later
become generally. The one thing
that enthusiasts on the dry side
should be careful of, is not to at
tempt to upset the reference so
the people.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17

earnest in demanding a strict
observance by England of our
rights as a neutral nation, would
be as much as saying that We
were ready to back up the de-
mand to the limit, for which we
are about as well prepared as
the grasshopper is for the frosts
of autumn. We will keep out Of
the war all right, but we are go
ing to eat a lot Of dirt that is
being handed to US during the
process.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17

The Beef Trust has been fined
$125,OO in Missouri and must
pay up or get out of the state.
II it pays up, the price Of meat
viii be higher, and if it don't,
and gets out, we will not have
any meat at all. Whichever way
it goes, the people will get the
hot end of it in the end.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17

Over in Franklin County the
auditors found that various coun
ty officers had withheld fees t.
which they were not legally en-
titled amounting to 300 in the
aggregate. The County Clerk
was hit the hardest, his discrep
ancy being S1492.S6 The officials
say they are ready to pay over
the fu1ds-as soon as the courts
dec de they must.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17
Ask the People.

The Department of Commerce
has discovered that savings
banks have veunprecedentedlylar large
deposits. This probably will be
turned into another argument
TO prove that the people are
enormously prosperous. Are
thev?-Rudale Express.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17
Its Coming Back.

Well, we'll, well, The dainty,
white silk shawl is coming back
for evening wear. The differ
ence is that they are going to
call it Chinese shawl, although
it is the same old wrap so fam
to our youth. Surely the
world is. headed toward a sane
spot once more. Rochester
Herald
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17

Our old friend Frisco Frank
Farris seems TO be about the
whole cheese at the present ses-
sion of the Legislature. He says
he is working conscientiously
for good legislation.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17

The protests of the people OF
England against the rising OF the
prices of food there. may be the
swelling of the bud that must be-
fore long bloom out into the flow
Ar of neace.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17

Gov. Major and the little ma
jors of his staff want $4,000
from the state treasury tor a
little pleasure trip, in a special
train. to the San Francisco Elk
position. The rest of US, if we
go at all, will dig down for the
price and travel in a tourist
clooror
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17
al years

Whether or not the present
General Assembly enacts any
beneficial laws, it will not fail
to spend all the money there is IN
sight for the next two wears.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17
Sl.OO Per Annum.
Looks now like the ship-pur-
chase bill will not float.

The railroads are up at JET
City asking the Legislature for a
hand out. They claim the have
not had a square meal for sever
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-02-17
Native Son Of Potosi
Mentioned for Auditor.

Among the available material
for state candidates on the Re
publican ticket, the Globe Dem
oerat yesterday mentioned our
fellow townsman. L. W. Kelly, as
a good runner for State Auditor.
It is none of our business,
politically, but, il ON the angle of
local pride and personal ac-
qualntance, we can say "a few
words upon this occasion" If
the G. 0. P. is looking for it's
best material for a state auditor,
the Globe has rung the bell.
Mr.. Kelly is one of those mis-
guided men who seen to possess
every natural fitness for leader
ship and fine executive service
except in the matter of his poll
tics, and even in this inexplic
able defect he exhibits the saw
ing grace of long consistency.
Ephraim has stuck to his idols.
No more devout, deluded or
faithful party servant is found
IN the ranks of Missouri Repub
Iicanism. and if an all around fine
fellow is wanted t ;;:.r:e is
sues with his genia
we have the Rando. 49,. 49,. i
fills the bill.
He was born at Pot, ii sIs "a
er lived at Fredericktown an, his
earliest associations with the
stronghold of republicanism in
Southeast Missouri does not lis
qualify his running ,ecv '-e
has lived in Moberly u. 1877,
during which time he has been
panty leader. He has been a
continual business success. has
been one of the best postmasters
the Moberly office has ever had
and he is now secretary of the
Commercial Cla5 aud president
of the Artificial Ice Company.
He heads one of the leading
charitable organizations of the
city and mixes almost like Dem
OcIat.
II they can't elect Len Kelley
they can't elect any body.-Mo
berly Monitor.