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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-07-25

Poor old Ciprano Castro seems to be
Persona non grata everywhere he goes.
There isn't much room in this world
for a dethroned dictator.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-07-25

The River Bug is pronounced "Boog, .
which Is doubtless the reason why
American puns based on the name
would not be understood abroad
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-07-25

1t is said that the Balkan states
would not be able to fight longer than
three months. In modern war that
would be merely preliminary bout
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-07-25
JUDGING HIM

1t isn't the way my brother lives
IL isn't the foolish words he speaks,
NOR the foes he makes and his wild
mistakes,
But the goal in life my brother seeks.
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There are S4S.00O British husbands in
tie war and the government has paid
to their families the tidy sum of S125.-
Oc0,0 600
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-07-25
NOT THE FIRST ONE
From the Chicago Herald.

From the Chicago Herald
1t can at least be said in General
Huerta's favor that he has had number
of fairly recent precedents for abusing the
hospitality of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-07-25

The cooling of the peace dove, heard
during intervals of bombardment, is
said to sound sweetly in the ears of
the lambasted Turks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-07-25

The Russians are praying for victory
and Vladivostock is doing its best to
supply the munitions that make a vic
tory possible.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-07-25

The Welsh coal miners may not be
true patriots, but they seem to have
gotten what they wanted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-07-25
The Expansion of Cities

Having been frequent visitor to Bir-
mingham during the last 10 years / am
familiar with the city's topography and
! general conditions remarked J. +. Ros-
ser of Baltimore.
| Birmingham, like most other cities of
considerable size owes much of its in
crease in population to the extension of
its boundary lines; in other words, the
annexation of suburbs. Richmond. Va,
whose growth had slackened between 1890
and 1900, showed a great gain in the CEN
sus of 1910. 1t annexed territory not only
Immediately contiguous but crossed over
James river and annexed Manchester, an
old and proud town of about 1000 popu-
lation. Some of the Manchester people
were, l learned, a little sore at first. but
they are well satisfied now.
Atlanta did whole lot of anneXing
just before the last census and every
man, woman and child in the outlying
communities is glad to be called an At
lantan. That is the Atlanta way.
II was surprised when 1 read in The
Age-Herald that serious secession
movement was on foot in Ensley, now a
part of Birmingham-a movement seek
ing legislation that would enable 1t to
cut loose from Birmingham. know
nothing of the merits of the case, but
It strikes me as an unwise movement
Birmingham is known throughout the
United States not only as the chief city of
Alabama. but as the city that has alb
sorbed all its earlier suburbs, and that
will keep on absorbing. 1 can hardly
think that Ensleys secession movement
will succeed.
| But speaking of Birminghams phe-
nomenal gain In the last census, it is
almost sure to outstrip Atlanta in 1920
1t Is already the largest city south of
Louisville except New Orleans"
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privilege at this time to contribute to
relief fund as token of their SYM
pathy and visible manifestation of
their belief in the brotherhood of man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-07-25
THE JAG REMEDY

81 notice the soldiers in Europe are
using bath trains" remarked Mr.. Cad
ders
How interesting," exclaimed Mrs.
Gadders. Are there also Turkish bath
tra;ns?"
"No, my dear. l think not While 1t
is true he gave name to the Turkish
bath, being a strict teetotaller, the
Turk does not have to resort to 1t
quite as often as the English and
Americans"
historical fireside naval strategists might
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l see the committee on temperance
has reported bill providing that no
cigarettes shall be manufactured or sold
in Ala bama. Cigarettes, since the opium
and other connections formerly put into
them has been eliminated, now are
made of as pure tobacco as that con-
tanned in cigars and pipe tobacco and
have become as much a necessity as
either the cigar or the pipe. They are
no more injurious than either of the
latter. 1t is therefore. absurd to at
tempt to deprive the man of his cigar
cite simply to protect a few wayward
boys who are INDUCING in cigarettes.
If the latter is the desire, it would he
well enough to pass a law preventing
dealers from selling cigarettes to boys.
No one would object to that But to
deprive the hundreds of thousands of
men in the state of their cigarettes
would be brutal, and l don't believe the
sensible members of the legislature will
be serious in this matter.
= + y
Another measure pending before tho
legislature, the passage of which would
do much harm, is that providing the
abolition of fraternities in state edu-
cational institutions.
Fraternities have been existent in the
state educational institutions for many
years, and law or no law they will
continue to exist in secret, if it be
nessary Such a law, therefore, would
merely lead to subterfuge and eveniu-
ally to dishonesty.
Traternities are up-builders They
teach high morals and cause young men
entering college to conduct themselves
in such a manner as will lead to their
initiation into one of the fraternities.
The legislature had as we'll adopt al
law preventing Masonic lodges or
lodges of the Elks in the state.
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HARD TO PLEASE.

MY wife has 1nicky tastes
"Yes?'
'Never wants Strawberries till the
seasons over and doesn't care to see
show until after it has left town"
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wenthcrIy Expresses His Qualification

"Of course l feel highly gratifed over
Birmingham indorsed by the finance COM
mittee Of the legislature" stated James
Weatherly just after returning from
Montgomery.
Il understand many people are sur
prsed at the result of the matter, but
Birmingham simply put up such a strong
case that the committee members could
do nothing else. L was surprised myself
at the spirit with which the arguments
of the Birmingham citizens who appeared
before the committee We're received. From
the very start the majority seemed to be
with US. Frequently rousing applause
was given to the speeches in favor of the
recommendations of the committee of 100
had been won.
THE compromise we reached with Mr.
Weakley, l think, is all that could be
wished for. We will simply try out the
equalization plan for one year and if at
the end of that time the revenues of
the city are not sufficiently increased,
then we will have the right to vote a.
tax raise for ourselves, IL we desire In
any event, l doubt II an election on a
proposition to increase the rate of tax
alton could have been held before Oo-
tober 1916; so that We had nothing to
lose and everything to gain by accept
ing the compromise"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-07-25

For the past few days harmony has
been the key note at the county court
house." remarked Dick Bali, assistant
clerk of the probate court.
1.-THE Sacred Harp singers held their
gatherings in the city courtroom, which
is now on its vacation, and the whole
building echoed to the music. One or two
of my friends hazarded the guess that the
volume of some might come from the
JAIL singing being a pastme of the prs-
oners. All together we have been kept
rather busy dispelling the mystery from
the minds of visitors.
From the rich strains which have
reached my ears while at work down
stairs, l judge that there must have been
at least 500 voices In action, and the har-
mony was good.
Sunday will be the last day of the
gathering and the singers will then dis
perse to their homes. They have assem-
bled here from various sections of Ala
bama and Georgia to take part in this
pleasant annual event"
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self-constituted political busybodies, he
will make a success of his administra.
ton
Both the governor and the legisla-
Two leaders are now inclined to do
constructive and lasting work for the
state 1t is merely matter of getting
together on that which is the most
practical.
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PROBLEM FOR THE STRATEGISTS
From the Beaumont Enterprise.
If the allies cannot take Constantinople
how would foreign fleet be able to pass
through the Panama canal? Some of our
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historical fireside naval strategsts might
ponder over this with good effect
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der act OF Congress March g. 1879
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rostofflce as second class matter UNI
der act OF Congress March 3. 1919.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13

Most OF Denmark's land would be
abandoned by the New England farm
er in disgust Yet this small country
raises enough cattle and hogs, and pro-
duces enough milk, butter and cheese
to feed itself and part Of England. and
TO enable the hardworkinE Dane 10
save enough money 10 come 10 Ameri-
ca and get rich
The American dairyman who has
raised the price Of milk 100 percent in
20 years because Of the crowded cOuu-
try, the scarcity Of hay and the grow
ing demand for Victrolas and autOmO-
bles. should look blushfully at Den
mark, whose farmers balance a calf
on a barren island and live off her de-
scendants.
Denmark is a scholarly country with
many great men in its history, a beau
tifuI capital and one Of the largest and
most unremunerative colonies in the
world. It owns Greenland, but has
never been able TO survey il OF collect
any taxes north Of the S0th LATITUDE.
It also owns Iceland and is still mourn
ing for SchlesWig-Holstein, which WaE
amputated from IL in the sixties
Denmark's navy consists Of an i'm
mense fleet OF islands on either coast
and a few small war vessels which, in
case Of trouble, would be much easier
to hide than the larger vessels Of the
great powers and are, therefore, more
effective.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13

rabbit! I'll just gnaw through the
grapevine rope. and let the boat drift
over the waterfall at the end Of the
duck pond The boat will upset as it
goes over the falls, and then I can
easily get uncle Wiggily. If I jump on
the boat to get him now, I might be
upset in the water"
So the fox gnawed through the grape
vine rope, and the raft-boat, with uncle
Wiggily still asleep on it. began TO
drift down the duckpond toward the
waterfall
"Ah, har' thought the fox. as he
trotted along shore. Soon I viii have
that rabbit"
Nearer and nearer went the boat to
the falls. carrying uncle Wiggily. Oh.
deari But what is this? Hal 1t is Bully
and Bafly NO-Tail, the two brave frog
boys, swimming across the pond They
saw the drifting boat with uncle Wig
gily asleep on it
oh. we must save uncle WiggilyI'
cried Bully.
That's what we mustr exclaimed
Bawley. I'VE must save him from go
ing over the falls
Then the two frog boys swan close
to the boat. They caught hold of the
dangling grapevine rope the fox had
gnaWed, and. with it in their paws they
swan to shore, pulling the boat and
uncle Wiggily after them.
The bad fox, seeing what was hap
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13

pening. snapped his teeth and ran
away. taking his tail with him And.
just as Bully and Bawly. the two brave
frog boys. got the boat and uncle Wig
gily safe TO shore the rabbit gentleman
aWoke.
My N.Y. What happened2" he asked.
rubbing his eyes with his paws
You nearly went over the falls in
the drifting boat. but the frog boys
saved you" said Sammie Littletail. who
came along just then Uncle Wiggily
thanked Bully and BaWley and with the
animal children-girls and boys-then
went sailing on the duck pond, and they
all had a fine time And all that fox
had for supper was prickly chestnut
burrs. which was just what he de-
served
So this teaches US that hickory nuts
do not make good pies, and in the next
story. If the pudding stick doesn't 90
out TO beat the carpet and make the
rug jump over the fence. III tell you
about uncle Wiggily and nurse James
hat.-Copyright 1915, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13
Coffee Drinking Is Injurious To CbildreDe
Fzhilaratss At First Then Makes Them Dull

They have had so much rain down
about Dallas that the farmers are
afraid they are going 70 lose their
CROPS said Dr. f R. Carpenter. 1t
has been raining down there for weeks
and the fields. pastures and roads are
deep in water and mud"
"EI Paso is not the only city with a
marketing problem said j. L QuicE-
sail, United States farm expert i re-
call an incident near Texarkana where
a farmer raised some very fine hogs
and took them to TeNarkana 70 try 10
sell them. He found that he could
hardly give them away He blamed the
local butchers; said they did not want
to buy home grown products and all
that Finally a number Of farmers got
together and. after investigation de-
cided that IT was not solely the fault
OF the butchers that they could not sell
their hogs. Investigating, they learned
that the butchers had not been able
10 depend upon the local supply, so
they had put in their orders with the
Fort Worth packers for regular ship
mCuts- The result was that when an
occasional farmer came TO town with
hogs naturally he found the butchers
all supplied from Fort Worth The
farmers then organized and -egan 10
put in a number OF hogs and get in
position to make regular deliveries, and
the local butchers began TO buy OF
them They are now not only supply
ing the local butchers but shipping
many carloads TO Fort Worth them
selves FL Paso valley producers must
organize, gather and pack their produce
right and contract for their sale in
advance Then the local dealers will
not order away from home They pre-
fer the fresh. home products. but they
want to be assured OF a supply ana
and packed This takes organization"
Miners in the Bisbee district are
making better wages now than they
did at any time last summer" said
J. S. McFarlane, OF Bisbee. Ariz- The
miners are on a scale OF wages that
f1uctuates with the price OF copper,
and just now they are making S41o.
whereas the best wages paid last year
were s3-75 per day Prosperity has re-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13

(BY n. b. 81

arr,ent agents OF with their tolerance; the British
war in China to enforce the rights" Of the opium
traders the French revolution with its Of thousands
sent to sudden and undesered death at the hands Of
the mob; Napoleon killing his prisoners in Egypt; @St
arhoIornews day" with $1,000 victims Of French lust
for butehery the Begans in the Congo whose atrocities
under king Leopold shocked the world to the marrow;
the Spanish commissioners In Mezco the Armenian
1nassacres; the Torreon Of sos Chinese BY
Madero troops; and over a few hundred years,
with the last 100 years not whit less disgracefu
than other centuries The plain truth that the people
Of this world have changed very materially IN
the last several centuries, IN morals humanities
only in methods materials, and opportunities.
Whatever Justification" Germany may seek to give
herself for sinking the Lusitania she VIII learn that
this is the costliest she has made in the
The bitter feeling It has aroused all the world
will last long after the ends And this is so, in
spite of the fact that there IS much truth Germanys
contention that the responsibility rests largely upon
the British government, for not preventing the sailing
Of the Lusitana into the danger zone OF at least con-
vOying her.
England first mined the North sea- in violation Of
all law and all precedent and the only reason many
German ships not sunk was that German ships
stayed at home.
If after fair public warning 1000 German noncom-
batants on German ship had been killed By British
mine in the North sea- would It have been assassina-
ton OF an accident of war?
It all depends on the point Of view.
floating mine kills dead a torpedo, and even
more Unexpectedly than submarine
The only a1aws' Europe recognizes the
law Of might and the law Of helish ingenuity.
Are we too slipping into the maelstrom? Perhaps
it is merciful that the future IS yelled to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13

ENMARK is a collection OF ISL
ands and a thumb Of mainland
Il which stick out from the CONT
nent Of Europe and form half Of the
gate Of the Baltic sea
Like all European nations Denmark
has varied greatly in size. a thousand
years ago it ran England and spread
over the west Of Europe like an ex-
ceedingly painful rash. A hundred
years ago IL was so powerful that the
English navy tackled il with great
caution, and so years ago Prussia did
the honor OF fighting it single handed
and alone.
Today Denmark contains only about
$1,000 square and rather damp miles
and about as many people as Chicago.
1t is a monarchy but everyone is per-
fectly free in Denmark, except the king
himself, who has to belong to the Lu-
theran religion and is in other ways
much oppressed and held down, not
being able TO make war at viii or 10
imprison anyone who stops him on the
main street Of Copenhagen and gives
him advice
The privileges Of a king in Denmark
are to work harder than anyone else
for life without any chance Of ad-
vancement Still the place is always
easily filled
Denmark is low-lying. barren
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13
Cb1dreDc

turned TO the copper mining districts
The object Of the county commits
sioners, sitting as a board OF eQualiza-
tion. in raising the values OF Texas &
Pacific lands in FL PasO county, was
70 equalize them with the values placed
on the alternate sections held by IN
dividual owners" said county commits
siOner Seth B. OrndorfE Last year
Texas & Pacific lands were valued at
so cents per acre. while adjoining sec
tons were assessed at from 90 cents
TO 81 Yet the railroad company in
many instances values its lands higher
than individual owners"
Business is better in Fl Paso than
any other city in Texas" said 7. B.
Dockery. Of Waco. who is in FL Paso
looking after his business interests. lIr.
Dockery formerly lived here. 81
Paso's climate agrees with ne better
than the climate OF any other place L
know" he continued, and business
here is splendid. as IL always is, but
my interests make it necessary for ne
TO live in Waco at present" Waco was
Mr.. Dockery's home before he came TO
Fl Paso a number OF years ago.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
Uncle Wiggily and the Frog Boys"
By HOWARD B. GARIS.

@HERE came one morning a knock
on the door of the hollow stumI
\ bungalow, where lived uncle Wig
gily Longears, the rabbit gentleman.
Come in invited nurse Jane Fuzzv
Wuzzy, the muskrat lady housekeeper
In came Sammie Littletail the rab-
bit boy, followed By Johnny and Billie
Bushytails the squirrels
We'll, weir uncle Wiggily ex-
claimed What does this mean Are
you playing war, and am I TO be a
''Oh. no. Nothing like thatr ex-
claimed Sammie- I'VE came to borrow
an old sheet, If you have one, Miss
Fuzzy Wuzzy."
"A sheetr repeated nurse Jane.
And one Of your old clutches, uncle
Wiggily," spoke Johnny Bushytan
And a piece Of an old fishpole also,
if you have one" added his brother
Billie.
And maybe some cookies. or a bit
OF cabbage bread with carrot lollypop
sauce on" said Sammie the rabbit,
blinking his nose.
We'll. welIl What's all this going
on2" asked uncle WiEgiIy with laugh
that made his nose twinkle like piece
Of jelly cake on a merry go round.
'Oh, we're going to make a raft and
90 sailing on the duck pond" ex-
plained Sammie.
we want LlG sheet Tor q E2llr ana
pne OF your old rheumatism crutches
for a mast" explained Johnnie.
And the cookies and bread and jam
are TO eat, IN case we get wrecked on
e desert island" added Billie.
"Hal Hal" laughed uncle Wiggily.
Well I guess they may have all those
things; may they not. nurse Jane2" he
asked the muskrat lady
'-Oh, yes, Of counsel" nurse Jane eX-
claimed and soon, with a piece Of an
old sheet for a sail, with their cFutch-
mast, and with plenty Of ice cream
cone cookies and some bread and car
rot jam. with a bit Of nut cake for
lunch, the rabbit chap and the squirrel
boys went down TO the duck pond to
make their raft-boat.
They took some sticks and bits Of
board, tying them together with
strong grapevine Pn the middle Of
the raft-boat they put up the crutch-
mast, fastening the sail to it.
Uncle WiggiIy sat in his hollow
stump bungalow, after the rabbit chap
and the squirrel boys had gone.
You seem to be thinking Of some
thing, uncle Wiggily,' spoke nurse
Jane.
q am" answered the rabbit gentle
man. Il was just thinking 1 would go
down TO the duck pond and see what
those animal boys are doing 1 may
even take sail in their boat"
ct would, perhaps. do you good"
nurse Jane SAID ana very nkely you
may meet with an adventure.
''Perhaps-who knows?' asked uncle
Wiggily.
Down to the duck pond he went. and
he found Sammie. Billie and Johnnie
almost ready TO set off on a sailing
voyage aboard the queer boat they had
made
"Oh. uncle wiggiIy!" they cried.
"Come with u.s. won't you pleaseT'
Yes, I think I will" said the rabbit
gentleman So 1e went on board the
raft-boat
Then Sammie Littletail thought of
something
1T is selfish for just US three animal
boys 10 90 sailing with uncle Wiggily
We have plenty of room on our boat,
so let's get some of the animal girls,
with their dolls. and give them a ride"
ooh, yes" cried the squirrel boys
wen do itr'