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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-23
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-23
WASP SINKS VESSEL

LONDON. June 23-The British
treamer Harnsbrook bound from
Montreal to Leach has been sunk by
| submarine with a loss of Is mem
oers of her crew.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-23
LEAVE FOR COAST.

EATON, Ohio. June ga party Of
Satonians composed of the following
PERSONS will leave Eaton next Wednes-
lay for a trip to the Panama Pacific
Exposition: Rev. Sara l.. Stoner, Mr.
ind Mrs. W. R. Runyon, Mrs. H. L.
Nikesell, Mrs. E. r. Shaver and Miss
Sertrude Earhardt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
West Point and Annapolis

Champ Clark, speaker of the House of Representatives, has assured the President that he was for a reason able expansion of the army and the navy, without committing himself to details regarding an increase in either arm of the national defense.
 He is particularly alive to the inn portance of military and naval educa- tion, and to that end will introduce a bill authorizing the appointment of double the number of students at West Point and Annapolis now provided by law. His bill will also provide that any applicant, in addition to those of ficially chosen, who is able to pass the examination, may enter the mili- tary academy at West Point for the four-year course at his own expense; but there will be a clause to the effect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
HOTEL LOBRIES
Business Men Playing soldiers

Last summers experiment in training New York business men for the duties of the tented field may have resulted in some practical good, but most of us who have performed real military service regard it as joke" said S. H. Appleton of Albany, N. Y, an ex-guardsman.
 Tt Is all very we'll of course, for men well up in the 40's to play soldiegs for a few weeks during vacation. If they should ever be called upon to defend their country they would know the rudiments of discipline and would be able to handle a rife. But after all, they would not be far removed from the awkward squad.
 For the making of soldiers young men are required. A youth of IS or 19 who has any taste for the military will soon become well drilled if he enlists in the National Guard. But men above 90, or even 25, are too old to start.
 T hope some way will be found to in- crease the numerical strength of the Ma tional Guard If we had 100000 in this country instead of 125,000, the government would be saved the expense of enlarging the regular army"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
Renewing College Life

One never outgrows the sentiment which is connected with college life" said Louis O. Davidson of Uniontown, one of the best known planters of the canebreak section, who was in Birmingham yester- day.
 Tt has been sometime since was a lad under the ivied walls of the University of Alabama. But remember every day of that delightful four-year period, and practically every incident which featured each of those days. And I love the uni versity, the boys of the university I love the very atmosphere which hoVers about the life And am no exception. Every other normal man does the same
 T am en route now to Memphis The boys of the Glee club appear in Uniontown Wednesday. I regret exceedingly that l will be away. On other occasions, I have taken the whole team to my home and en- tertained it. Of course, I complimented the boys. But was fully repaid. I lived again-was young again. I enjoyed the stories they told and the songs they sung for they were simply reproductions of the stories we told and the songs we sune long years ago. 4 ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
The Mercy Home Appeal

The board of directors of the Mercy Home make an appeal on another page of The Age-Herald for assistance They want the necessities of life, staple groceries for their charges Turkey dinner for Thanksgiving Is asked, Eff the public so desires, but staples must be had"
 The Age-Herald comments thi; charity to the public. The Mercy Home cares for almost one hundred homeless tots. The generous-hearteG people of Birmingham can give these little ones real cause for thanksgiving Thursday.
 Send in your donations in sufficien, time for them to arrive not later thar Thursday morning. It will make youl thanksgiving better one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
Life fin Mobile

We have Sunday amusements in Mo- bile," said Henry Chairsell, a Birrning- ham boy connected with one of the news papers of the city on the bay, who Is now visiting friends at home.
 "In. the southern extremity of the state the people work. and, in consequence have little time during the week to enjoy themselves. On Sunday mornings they go to church-for the people are more religious than the people of Birmingham and on Sunday nights they go to church again. But on Sunday afternoons they enjoy themselves. some fishing, some hunting, some playing baseball, and others simply swimming in the brine.
 T am glad to sec that Birmingham has taken step forward in respect to Sunday amusements. There is opposition, of course, and this opposition will continue I would not be surprised were the opposi- tion to win. But 1t would be sad day should that result obtain. The people, in the first place, must have relaxation in order that surplus energy might not be put to nefarious purposes. and in the second place, 8 city bossed by the clergy does not grow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
A "BEAT. ON EZEKIEL

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 So the colonel got beat" on the quo tation from Ezekiel, as the newspapers would say, and the White House, because in the bright lexicon of its political youth there is no such word as Roosevelt, no matter how much he thunders in the in dex of the current magazines. knew noth- ing of it and is now in sackcloth and ashes for fear that anyone would think it was indebted to the colonel for anything, and particularly for hint in the issue of pre- paredness from Ezekiel or any other prophet! Well, well. the campaign is young, the Bible is old and a big book full of quotations'' and open to all and the apt quotation's artful aid is at the command of any one! But surely the genial Tumulty had better take colonel "off the index" else the newt coincidental argumentum ad hominem may prove to be unconscious plagiarism of some ot the Progressive leaders real thoughts. not Ezekiels. and the White House may get to using the shorter and uglier," and even as Virgil once said when discussing the hyphenates, find the descent to hades itself, in metaphor, easy!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23

that graduation will not entitle the pay cadet to commission in the regu-
 lar army.
 The number of midshipmen at An napolis is now about double the num-
 Der of cadets at West Point, and
 while change is being made it might be we'll to have the number at each institution something like equal. Some we'll known military authorities have suggested that there be four military academies instead of one. Technical training for either the army or the navy is fundamental in the matter of preparedness, but 1t must not be confused with militarism. Gen. James H. Wilson, soldier, en- gineer and man of affairs, and a graduate of West Point, is, for ex- ample, opposed to any increase in the regular army, but he strongly advo cates multiplication of West Points and at least one more naval academy. Any youth educated at West Point or Annapolis is splendidly equipped, mentally, physically and morally, for the battle of life. He is thoroughly disciplined as well as thoroughly taught in textbooks.
 Speaker Clark's bill will doubtless have an easy passage through Con- gress. And when it becomes law there should be no lack of applicants for the civilian cadetships as well as those who are enrolled for the profes- sion of arms and receive pay from the government while they are being edu- cated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23

The first issue of the Alabama Demo- crat, a weekly newspaper magazine of democracy and progress" @has made it's appearance at Montgomery It is edited by Ava Fitzpatrick and Robert F. L. Mel, two well known newspaper men of the state. The paper presents an attrac- tive appearance geographically, is pub lished in a convenient form and contains a great variety of timely reading matter. The Democrat will naturally be expected to play a prominent part in state politics, but in foreword states that it "does not esteem itself as nd-picked' by destiny either to regenerate or save" Both MT. Fitzpatrick and MT. Niel are competent newspaper men who are in close touch with state affairs and the success of their initial issue indicates that they will give Alabama strong and readable newspa- per. Ther undertaking has the best wishes of The Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
WHEN "HOME! SWEET HOMEw WAS
 WRITTEN

From When Payne Wrote Home! Sweet Home! by T. T. F. Luquer, his grand nephew. in the Christmas Scribner. It is more than 90 years since Home! Sweet Home!'' was written, but it's pop ularity is still worldwide, and wherever the English language is spoken it is
 known and loved because it appeals to that deep-lying instinct in humanity which is the basis of family life.
 Many stories have been written of it's origin, most of them more or less in- accurate and tending to distort reality by a mass of pleasing fiction.
 Moving word pictures have been drawn of the starving author fin his garrett and illustrations have been published of the original 'lowly thatched cottage for
 which he was supposedly pining, both af- fecting and interesting, but not in ac- cordance with the facts Although he had periods of failure and hardship. as l well as rossibly briefer periods of success and prosperity, it was not while suffer
 Ing from poverty that he wrote "Home! | Sweet Home' but during time when he was liv ng comfortably in Paris in the
 Palais Royal and having considerable
 success in his dramatic work.
 l TLere is also no evidence to indicate
 that the 'lowly matched cottage had 1 any existence outside of the author
 brain, in spite of the tradition which
 has been built up about the Easthamp- l ton cottage.
 I Throughout his life Payne had a deep l affection fer his native land, his friends, and his family, from whom he was for many years widely separated. His let
 ters frequently allude to his longing for
 the society of those he loved and his appreciation of the home and domestic | life.
 He was only Is years of age when ne- i cessity forced him to begin his battle with the world precocious, high-spir- Iited. inirulsive, sensitive. ambitious boy, conscious of an intellect above the nor nal, restive under restrain quick to <. take offense at seeming slight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
Railroads in China

The Age-Herald is in receipt or an interesting brochure from the Chl- nese division of transportation at the Panama-Pacific International exposI- tion. entitled "Modern Transportation in China" It is the work of Special Commissioner Hsia of the ministry of communications, Picking, China, and shows the great progress being made in railroad development by the Chi nese. The immense territory of China and her numerous products call im- peratively for improvement in her means of communication, a necessity that is being realized and acted upon bv the industrial leaders of the coun- try.
 The first proposal for establishing railroads in China was made in 1863. The Shanghai -Woosung line, 20 kllo- meters long, was completed in 1867, and the Kiaping Mine railway was finished in 1881, 15 kilometers m length, but under the Manchu dynasty the people were slow to realize the value of railroads and it was not un- til 1886 that the movement gained any real headway by the completion o1 the first part of the Peking- -Mukder line.
 In 1894 China had only 444 kilo. meters of railway in operation. With in the next few years the government will own and control total of about 13,7OO kilometers of railroad. This substantial advancement has beer made in spite of internal upheavals The present ministry of communica tions is composed of able and far sighted men who are receiving the ac tive support of the government in the work they are doing for China.
 All the lines except one follow tht normal gauge of feet, o1a inches and a system of safety block-signal ing is being successfully used on al the railroads of China.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23

Mammoth cave is in Ed, uson cour U ty. Kentucky. about s5 mil south~eet of Louisville. and nut far V,u Green river. into which the s se44nean' waters empty. This sec.io W Ken lucky. where may be found Vestone beds frequently reaching vkness Of 800 feet. is noted for it's roA sros i toes. sink holes and eaverns Tn ocks in the vicinity of Mammoth cave i've evidence of but little disturbance byl tine dynamic forces of past ages.
 From q geological viewpoint. Nam ' moth cave is of comparatively recent origin. its formation having begun something less than 100000 years ago. in the Piiocene age. The cave action began after Green river had cut its channel down into the limestone | stratum which underlies this section. The rain water, with its carbonfc acid content, seeped through the overlying eorth and passing into and through the crevices and joints of the stone, at the time above the level of the river began the work of solution and ero ' sion.
 These underground waters gathered along the planes of least resistanced and as the crevices grew in size morel anu lHore or the surface water WasI drained into them, and as Green riverI cut it's bed deeper into the limestoney underlay the cave waters kept paced with the process until what had onceI been mere subterranean rills grew intd that remarkable stream known aa Echo river, which now flows through the lowest levels of the cave and empties into Green river.
 During the ages it has been at world 1t has left behind it the twisted. tori tuous passageways and large galleried and chambers which form this mightI jest of all known caverns. The cavd first came into prominence during thd war of 1872. when the United States government needed nitrate to mako powder. Some of the large entrance chambers of the cave had formed thd winter habitations of myrDds of batd for many ages. and as a consequencd the soil had become converted intd guano beds with large nitrate con tent As a result the cave became s nitrate mine, whence much of the pow1 der supply for the young nation was obtained. NI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
"Nickel Thrillers'' Dressed Up

Walter Pritchard Eaton contributes an article to current magazine in which he exposes the trick of "disguis- ing the jitney screamer as real litera- ture," and selling it at an advanced price. He writes: T have on my desk at this moment book which sells for nickel and would be burned in the stove by any careful parent. The volume is issued as single number of weekly periodical tan ideal pub lication for American youth,' it calls itself!; each number of this weekly being book of cheap adventure writ ten by the same author" There is also on his desk book of more than 300 pages, attractively bound and printed on good paper, respectable looking volume, which sells for 50 cents. It is by the same author and lis nothing more nor less than an old nickel novel III dress SulC.
 Mir. Eaton is unduly exercised over the attempt of the "jitney thriller" to get into good society and repose un- molested on the library table-that IS, unmolested by the careful parent whc might burn it up, if it were not SC we'll dressed. It is true that great many people judge book by it's ap- pearance, and the unpretentious nickel novel has rather evil look but it's baneful influence has been sadly exaggerated.
 There is all kinds of "cheap ad- venture" in literature, as we'll as on the stage and the moving picture screen. In fact, the moving picture thriller" makes a much deeper and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23

more lasting impression on youthful minds than any nickel or dime novel has ever done, yet prudent parents let their children see moving picture melodramas whose plots are no better and no worse than much of the old fashioned detective fiction"
 If the nickel novel aspires to a "dress suit" why not give it chance to get into better society, with the hope that it's literary style and sub ject matter may be improved by the change of environment?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
HISTORY OF MAMMOTH CAVE

From the Pan-American Union-Bulle-
 tin.
 H ROM time immemorial caves have been objects of Interest to man. x kind Around them have clus- tered legend and superstition. in them men have found habitatfbns of the liv- ing, refuges for the pursued. secret temples for the practice of their re- ligious rites, and mausoleums for their dead. In ancient days they were the abcdes of sybils and nymphs of Roman mythology; in Greece they became the temples for the worship of Zeus, Pan, Dlonysius and Pluto. as we'll as the homes of the oracles of Delphi, Corinth and Mount Citheron; in Persia they were connected with the worship of Mithras, and in more modern times popular fancy in Europe peopled the mystery enshrouded caves with elves, fairies and evil spirits galore.
 But, after all, caves are but the re- suits of perfectly natural forces work ing beneath the surface of the earth, just as they do upon its face. and for the sake of convenience may be divided into three classes: CD Those formed by the action of currents, the force of waves and the grinding of shingles against a cliff on rocky seacoast. " hich forces gradually hollow out caves in the weaker places, of which those found near Bar Harbor, Me-, may serve as examples; CD those found in vol canic regions, formed by the subter- ranean flow of lava, or by the expan- s,on of steam and gases. such as those in the Klamath lake region in Oregon. which are so large that they often served as effectual hiding places for the Indians in the early days of the conquest of the west, and (3) those which have been cut out of calcareous rocks by the chemical action of car bonic acid in rain water. combined with the mechanical action of the sand and stones set in forcible motion by the streams of water which have flowed through them for ages. These last arc the most numerous and most important in size, and it is to this class that Nam moth cave belongs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
A TOnsOriaI Incident

"A ludicrous incident happened to me sometime ago. said l.. P. Hill
 T sauntered into a barber shop to get shave. The tonsorial artist lath- cred my face and gave me first class razor service. after which he powdered my face. In some way my tongue came in contact with my lip and l tasted something sour and let me tell you. 1t was more sour than any vine. gar ever tasted in my life I said to the barber: What horrible stuff is that you powdered my face with?' He replied: Powder. of course. Here is the box. just purchased it today I told him to look at the box again and see if it was powder. He did so and, low and behold, what do you think he had bought for powder? Nothing more no, less than 'footease, and this is what he had put all over my face. Believe me, no more footease' for my cheeks know the taste and the effect.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
so LONG, BONNIE LADY"

.so long Bonnie sLady The early frost had blazed Across stretch of through the hi blue A buzzard sailed tilted in the sleepy upper air The little lay and wasted so Bonnie Lady-but a fellow musn't
 So olonc.B Bonnie Lady'and there In boyish thai Twoar abouta a a pointed, twitching That to answ a to hear. in raters
 long, Bonnie a
 so long, Bonnie Lady. All Tapping crows: daya awstfu A yadiant twhs o
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
MAIL CONDITIONS IN IDAHO

The following R. F. D. conditions of the waste places in Idaho, as told by a correspondent in the December Woman's s Home Companion, smack of the Eskimo system and barren Alaska:
 "If the snow is fresh,'' she writes, "the dog teams find it difficult to haul the needs must come when some of us in the wilderness happen to be short on sugar, coffes, or other necessary food. In the early spring the magazine books, papers and so forth, are piled in the near by office. Gradually they come over each week, but not until the trails open in June to cayuses do all of us get everything that lies stored at the other end of the line. The Companion is rarely left, for 1t is one that we of the wilderness con-
 sider 3 necessity, along with the sugar, the coffee and other grub If the dog team plays out, or there is fear of it, someone crosses the summit to help the carrier over the divide. At times men take the great sacks of mail on their
 backs and turn the dogs loose, for there is snow so bad that, no matter how will ing dog may be, he cannot wallow through it with a load. Then the dog seds are discarded and the mail tied in deer hides, this being found an easier way of hauling the loads, especially later, when the spring thaw is breaking up the winter snow. By the middle of March the real difficulties come, for many parts of the trail then are bare, yet the sum- mits closed. That means that cayuses must come up to the snow line on each side of the divide, while dogs must be
 used over the summits. This takes extra
 men, for the cayuses from over the hills have to be brought up to meet the. car rier, who has to return to the cayuse he left on the other snow line. otherwise the poor beast would starve or freeze,