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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
GUIDE BOOK WORTH THE WHILE

From the Portland Telegram.
 Better than Baedeker-that is the yer dict which undoubtedly must be rem dered concerning Uncle Sams first guide tleman who symbolizes our great Yankee government has taken a hand in this business of seeing America first;" and through the activities of the department of the interior has brought forth a guide book in four volumes that, according to all report, should furnish entertainment and edification to the traveller of an in- quiring mind and transcontinental mean derings.
 The arrangement of the work is &C., cording to linesfo of travel, a volume suited to one each of four principal routes from the Atlantic to the Pacific. One of these covers the Union Pacific, following the old Overland trail from the Missouri river west. The others follow the Santa Fe, the Northern Pacific and the Coast and Shasta routes. There are side glances, so to speak covering the Yellowstone and other national parks. The work is com- prehensive and the detail is accurate and interesting.
 There are maps and illustrations. plenty of them There are geology and history and up-to-date information; nor as we are told, are tradition and romance over looked. With this work in hand one may follow the itinerary of travel with fuller knowledge of what Is seen than can be obtained from any other guide book in existence. It invests with new interest cities and towns. mountain ranges and lakes, rivers and plains and deserts; and from all this new charm is lent to travel It is the fruit of labor on the part of the United States geological sur vey, the like of which has never before been attempted by any government It IS a contribution with the compliments of Uncle Sam which any traveller may &C., cept with profound gratitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
Regarding Police Discipline

Birmingham has a smaller police force than any city of approximately it's size in the United States. It seems ridiculously small, but what it lacks in numerical strength should be made up in a measure, at least, by the char acter of it's personnel and by higher standard of efficiency.
 Judge P. W. Turner, recently ap- pointed inspector of police, has started out on the right line. His experience on the recorders bench will stand him in good stead in his new position, and better still his ideas of discipline are sound and practical. The inspectors order No. 1, published in yesterdays Age-Herald, had the military ring. Every member of the police force is now required to pay strict attention to dress regulations. He must not only be a model of neatness, but he must carry himself well. All this is as it should be.
 In every city of large population policemen on duty are required to brace up and look metropolitan. A few years ago when Birmingham had police force two or three times as large as that of today proper atten- tion was given to style. There has been a noticeable deterioration in that respect of late, but judging from order No. 1 no time will be lost in correcting all careless habits regard ing these little yet important matters. Of large matters, the principal of them demanding reform has to do with conduct toward persons who fall into the hands of the city's guardians. The great majority of Birmingham's policemen are as free from brutal in- stincts and the ruffian's manner as they are intelligent and faithful in the discharge of their duties. But there have been several cases where policemen have been not only grossly rude to citizens meaning no offense against the law, but actually brutal, and if these unfit officers were dis ciplined at all the discipline was far too mild. No man should be allowed to remain in the police department who is guilty of bad manners, to say nothing of ruffianly conduct.
 Being invested with ample author ity, the inspector will see to it that no policeman shall behave himself other than as wellbred man, and hold his job.
 Some cities have two policemen for every 1000 of the population, but most of them have one or one and half to the thousand. Birmingham, with a population of nearly two hun dred thousand and an area of fifty square miles, has only 80 patrolmen. There is all the more reason then why gentlemanly department as well as vigilance should be watchword. Many citizens will seldom lay eyes on "bluecoat," but when one is seen there will be some satisfaction in feeling that he is as good as he looks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
A Southern Business Index

shipments for July, 1915, were 72 per cent greater than for the corresponding month of 1914. and were by far larger than any other July in the history of our com pany" said J. I. McCants. sales man. ager of the Standard Portland Cement company.
 The company. even in the face of the most adverse business conditions this country has ever experienced, continues to establish each month new record on shipments from our large plant at Leeds.
 Tn view of the fact that we have prac- tically no large active contracts on our books at present. this showing is, indeed, a remarkable one and should indicate beyond a doubt that general conditions are fast resuming their normal state, especially so in the south proper, as the major portion of this cement is being consumed in the southern states.
 Tt is strikingly interesting and encour- aging to note the large quantity of cement being used by our southern farmers in the building of concrete silos, dipping vats, feeding floors. water tanks and ether improvements on the farm in gen eral and also the enormous amount of cement being used in the construction of highways throughout the southern states. This Is. indeed, convincing evidence that the south and its people are fast coming to appreciate thoroughly the won derful advantages of concrete for perma- nent construction"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
The BritOns and Botha

A remarkable transformation of feeling has taken place in Great Britain regarding Gen. Louis Botha. Shortly after the Boer war he visited London with a few of his generals. His reception was not at all cordial. T. P. O'Connor writes that the hotels were doubtful about receiving the Boers as guests and the only visitors they had were principally Irish politi- clans who had favored their cause. Now General Botha is popular hero and is immensely admired by the Brit fish crowd, while the Irish nationalists greet him with tremendous enthusi- asm.
 The change in sentiment is not hard to understand. After Campbell Ban- herman carried home rule for the Boers, Botha was made prime minis ter and he was quick to realize that the best future for his country lay in firm allegiance to Great Britain He stuck to this policy and, following the outbreak of war in Europe, he was the first British general to win an im- portant victory over the Germans. At the same time that he defeated the Geruans in Africa he successfully mt down a rebellion of his countrymen directed against Great Britain. As a result he is now at the zenith of his fame and popularity.
 The Irish hail the success of hone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 After the time for saying it has passed, you can always think of some bright thing you should have said.
 Father doesn't mind spending $5 over a bar where he can see 1t going But If he loses 5 cents out of his pocket he gets so mad he wants to shoot somebody
 Every now and then a princess whose face looks like marshmallow will look at some other princess and say: Goo! Amt it awful the way they powder their faces!"
 Some women get divorced so often that the children wake up every morning and go down to breakfast expecting to see a new stepfather.
 We are all good losers until we lose. And then 99 per cent of us yelp.
 Some of the June brides are beginning to realize that package of bedbug pow der wouldn't have made such bad wed- ding present.
 The man who is afraid that people Will laugh at him isn't going to get very far up the ladder
 We all know that we have had enough when we discovered that we have had too much.
 If a man can't find anything to worry about he can always go and get married.
 woman never says word when the laundryman by mistake brings her real linen tablecloth. But if she misses one old sock she wants to have the laundryman arrested.
 Every tgirl should stand in front of a mirror for an hour and watch herself chew gum.
 When father gets a raise of s per week mother starts increasing her living ex- penses $10 per week.
 Father will give mother s10 on Monday and he will act as though he was present. ing her with s10.000. And mother will pay the ice bill and the milk bill and the groc- cry bill and the lundry bill and have 9 cents left And then if mother asks father for sl during the week father gets mad and says that If mother would econo- mize like other women he wouldn't he broke all the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

From the Independent.
 As a method of getting better prices for first-class farm produce, Hal B. Fuller ton. who runs a railroad company's ex- perimental farm at Medford. l.. l., devised the home hamper idea. In substance the home hamper is a crate holding six four quart baskets, which are filled with a variety of vegetables and fruit in season and expressed direct to consumers at price of $1 50. transportation paid
 The contents of home hampers are gath cred early in the morning, washed, packed in paraffin paper and expressed in time to reach consignees for preparation for dinner the same day. Only perfect pro- duce is shipped, and 1t retains its fresh- from-the-garden condition. The hamper is carefully assorted sample package of the farms contribution to the table After paying express anywhere in Long Island, or to Brooklyn or Manhattan, Mir Fullerton finds that at the price he quoted he has net profit of 98 cents from each hamper, while the same produce con- signed to a commission merchant would net him from 4 to 8 cents. The same vege- tables and fruit in city market would cost them from 70 cents to 8 more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
HOTEL LOBBIES
Birmingham College

The fall session of Birmingham col iege begins September 15, and from indi- cations we will have the largest enroll ineht this year in the history of the in sutution, said the Rev. Dr J. D. Simp- son. president of the college.
 we are making material improvements on our buildings at a cost of about sS0OO. The architects plans for the new science naii' to cost something like s3OOO0, will De completed soon, and no preventing Providence, we will break ground for the building sometime this fau'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
A Pleasant Mountain Home

T have enjoyed a quiet vacation with my family at our pleasant mountain home In Tennessee between Chattanooga and Home' said A. S. Leath of the sales de- partment of the Gulf States Steel com pany. The mountain air is fine tonic, of course, and I come back to work in ex- cellent condition.
 "The Gulf States Steel company has prospered greatly, and the outlook is for continued prosperity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
THE REAL THING
m the Charlotte News,

From the CharlOtte NeWs.
 Not content with the enemies they have already lined up the Germans are trying to involve Cupid in the world mix-up. The authorities have stepped in to break up a love match between wounded French prisoner and his German nurse. Talk about the atrocities in Belgium,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
COME OVER TO MACEDONIA rom the Fl Paso Times

Judge Davidson of the Texas court of criminal appeals, has decided that mov- ing picture shows are not theatres, and as such are not inhibited from giving exhi- bitions on Sunday. This decision will bs joyfully acclaimed in those Texas cities which considered movie theatres harmful and closed them on Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
THE ORIGINAL KELLY

From the Knickerbocker Press.
 The frequency of Culebra cut slides sug- gests that it's name originally should have been Kelly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
Republicans and Prosressives

T was in hopes that Colonel Roosevelt would return to the republican party and particlpate actively in next years cam paign, but judge from his statement pub hshed tn the Associated Press news that he will assist the democrats to victory in 1916. as he did in 1912.' said Richard M. Rosser of Philadelphia.
 II have always voted the straight repub- lican ticket and was looking forward to a republican victory in the coming cam paign, but unless we can get Colonel Roosevelt with us I see little or no hope Republican leaders should do their best to bring the progressves including their great leader, back to the fold I believe most of them are ready to line up with the regular republican organization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
HORSE OF ANOTHER COLOR

From the Beaumont Enterprise.
 Little old Switzerland is turning out large quantities of munitions of war to Germany, the telegram states But we hear of no protest against the commer- cial greed of that country-and no bomb throwing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

Birmingham was the first city in the country to which the government regu- larly furnished weather forecasts to be shown in moving picture theatres Eff teen other cities have followed the exam pie of progressive Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

BEGINNING THE DAY-"A stove radiates, a mirrosv reflects" We ra- diate what we have, we reflect what we borrow. A man can reflect Christ in superficial act. in formal phrase, in borrowed pose. But when a man radiates Christ, Christ Is in him, life of his life-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
ALABAMA PRESS

Talladega Daily Home: Talladega' s business houses kept the banks busy Mon day morning taking in deposits. Though the dull season is on. Talladega people just can't hold on to all their money
 Deeaturs Daily: Why should the Rus sians worry about the scarcity of muni- tions? Don't they hamper the movements of an army?
 Huntsville Mercury Banner: A highway from Paducah. Ky to Memphis was built in one day last week by the united ef- forts of 1s,ooo citizens living along the line of the road. There are some communities in Alabama that need this kind of spirit
 Gadsden Daily Journal: The announce ment of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway company that the company is out of the pig Iron market and will have no more of that product to sell for sometime is more than encouraging, likewise the advance in price of that commodity after hanging around the s10 mark so long
 Montgomery Daily Times: The Birming- ham headline stating that pay rolls are double what they were two months ago sounds good at this particular writing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

Boston man claims he was arrested for asking his way in Chicago. Anybody who can find his way around in Boston should have no trouble of that sort in Chi cago
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

West Virginia jurors refused to fine a man $l0o and put him in jail two months, as the prohibition law provided, because he had bottle of whisky In his pocket. They held that 1t would be "cruel and un- usual punishment" A law that Is too drastic defeats its purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

MT. Bryan says peace at any price" Is a cheap epithet designed to hurt the cause of true paciflsm. The cause of true pacifsm Is entirely too sensitive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
SAFE AND SANE

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 West Virginia has a new unwritten law. A jury has refused to convict a man who admitted that he carried a bottle of whisky in his pocket
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
UNsnlsEvEABLE sELF-REsrRAIN1
Ire le Memphis News-Scimitor

I'r0 10 Memphis News-Scimitor.
 Wai.e it Is entitled to do 90. the News Scirnitar will modestly refrain from put ting on airs because one of its stan was held up by highwaymen and robbed of $40 cash and a gold watch several days after pay day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

There was an Italian prince on the trail of the sSo.0o0ooo heiress who was mar ried the other day in Illinois. but a watchful guardian kept him at bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

All the pictures of the Kaiser are not warlike. newspaper photographer re- gently caught him just after he had inn bibed some tea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

China is merely trying to save it's face, but Russia is trying to save its whole an atomy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

Being President of Haiti is one of the world s least desirable jobs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

Henry James explanation of his req son for becoming a British subject is more lucid than most of his literary work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

split in the democratic party over the question of national defense Is said to be imminent. The democratic party is a grand old splitter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

The war has shown dreadnaughts to be expensive luxuries, regardless of the fact that they look so imposing on water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

Col. Samuel Colt has a worldwide fame as the first man who perfected a practical revolver. His first important patent was taken out in 1855, but he had to face q skeptical public and army and navy off eers refused to grant permission for an official test of his weapon. However, the effectiveness of the Colt revolver was shown in the Seminole war. in 1887. A company was formed to exploit the inven- ton, but soon failed, as no market was found. Gen. Zachary Taylor, who wit messed the work of the revolver in the Seminole war, at the outbreak of the Mexican war persuaded the government to order thousand for the use of Texas rangers Stories praising the American revolver soon began to come back from Mexico and the "forty-niners' made it well known. Colt shortly afterward found a market in England and orders were placed in America for the Crimean cam paigns. The revolver of that period, how ever, was a clumsy weapon compared to the types in use today. Gatling. Maxim. Remington, Parrott and Dahlgren are names of other Americans who won fa me as rife and ordnance makers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

Secretary Redfeld's bucket of white wash was tilted over shortly after he reached Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

The allies say they will never give up until the war Is won. And then, of course, 1t won't be necessary to give up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
HOW TO GET FRESH VEGETABLES

The submarine Is a picturesque craft, but a poor pleasure boat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

A pessimist is a person who does not think that the reduction in the price of automobiles is an encouraging sign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
EARLY ATTACHMENT.

Didn't you ever hide a dime novel be- hind your geography and read 1t in school?"
 No"
 suppose you plume yourself on that" Not at all. I was in love then and couldn't read"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
FAITHFUL IN DEATH.

FAITHFUL IN DEATH. Al his life Dobbs was great booster of his home town"
 Ar admirable character, no doubt" And he kept 1t up after he died" You're joking"
 Not at all He made arrangements for his funeral some years before he passed away and on his tombstone. following the usual epitaph. was chiseled, Next to heaven there is no place like Chiggers- ville''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES

A MORNING THOUGHT.
 Better than power,
 Fame and pelf
 Is simply being
 True to yourself.
 The world may never
 Know your worth,
 And none may praise you
 On this earth
 But in your soul let the
 Knowledge be,
 From the mean and false you've
 Travelled free!
 SOME KISSES NEGOTIABLE. This is queer. woman wants a di- vorce from her husband because he kisses her all the time'' "Ah!
 "She says he spends so much time kiss ing her that he neglects his business and doesn't even provide the necessities of life"
 Remarkable case" ''Yes. indeed. And, rurthermore, she says she might be able to pay the grocer with kisses. but he couldn't INCREASING THE DISTANCE. We have an anti-cigarette league in our town. All the girls who joined have pledged themselves never to marry cigar cite smokers" fs How are the men taking it?' Some of the younger ones are worried, but number of confirmed woman haters have recently acquired the cigarette habit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

Teach thy necessity to reason thus, There is no reason like necessity.
 -Richard II.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

A NECESSITY. When l go on a vacation you don't catch me borrowing a suitcase from one friend. a trunk from another and a ten his racket or golf stick from another" That's good. But don't you ever bor- row anything at all?"
 "Oh, yes. Of course borrow money."
 THE THIRTEENTH "so you are engaged to Miss Teacher" Yes" Why. she's been engaged to a dozen men!"
 What of that? I'm not superstitious."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. rostoffice ss second class matter un- der act or Congress March 8, lsts.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-11-19
HIPPODROMf VAUDEVILLE
Popular Variety Shows Soon to Play
Twin Falls Every Week.

The Press agent of the Lavering
theatre informs the Times Dramatic
Editor that starting next week the
Lavering theatre will offer its patrons
Hippodrome vaudeville each week.
Each bill will comprise four or five
acts of standard vaudeville, direct
from the Sullivan & Considine Circuit
of Empress theatres
Most acts playing the Sullivan &
Considine Circuit finish on the Pacific
coast, either in Seattle or Los Angeles
and the Seattle booking office for the
circuit conceived the brilliant idea of
routing these shows back east in COM
panies and experienced no trouble in
filling in solid time for the acts from
the coast eastward
The rs cent shows at the Lavering
the past few weeks have proven so
popular that the management has de-
clded to offer this exceptional vaude-
vile at that price and for good meas
ure throw in the usual five reels of
motion pictures.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-11-19
POTASH & PtRlMUTTtR
ABE" and Mawrnss- Again Will De-
light Twin Falls People.

In the case of potash & Perlmut-
ter seeing is believing. We were in
troduced to the stage version of those
famous and humorous stories by Mon
tague Glass the past season, and are
quite able to understand the extraor-
binary success that has attended its
production ever since the first per-
Torrance.
Potash & Perlmutter" is one of
those rare contributions to the the
atre, play so filled with touches Of
human nature and comedy built
around the peculiarities and foibles of
certain we'll defined character types,
that its appeal is well night univer-
sal
Wherever it goes it strikes a resuon-
sive chord in the majority of theatre
goers who receive 1t with the same
unbounded laughter and applause
which was accorded it last season.
The return engagement at the Law
ering theatre, Tuesday, November23,
is sure to be taken advantage of by
those who missed this amusing per-
Torrance before and by many who
saw it, but will again want to laugh
with and at ABE" and "Mawruss."
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-11-19
SALT BUSH BILL AND co.
Australian Fun Makers Mt the Orphe-
UNI Last Three Nights of Week.

For the last three nights of the
week the management of the Orpheum
theatre is offering splendid double
bill in vaudeville. Salt Bush Bill &
Co., asc the original cyclonic Aust~al-
ian stock whip manipulators, pro-
nounced by all who have seen them,
as giving the most thrilling exhibit
ton of nerve and skill ever seen in
modern times. This is certainly re-
fined, novel and entertaining act. AL
via and Alvia, are the descendants of
Mr.. and Mrs. Nut. They are being
seen in comedy, talking, singing and
acrobatic dancing The photo plays
are up to the Orpheum standard 1.-THE
Maker of Guns is wonderful story
in two acts, showing as it does how
the real meaning of war was brought
home to an ammunition merchant.
Uncle Heck by Heck is a keystone
comedy up to the usual standard: of
Keystone comedies. With the Mutual
Weekly the entertainment is good
one and is bound to please.