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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
 GERMANY'S EGYPTIAN DREAM

From Cartoons Magazine.
 Current cartoons from Germany reveal the extent to which the Kaiser evidently, has been indulging in dreams of Egyptian conquest In a number of these draw ings reproduced in Cartoons Magazine, the pyramids, the Nile, the camel the hippopotamus, and John Bull figure con- spiouously. One artist fashions a Trojan horse from a giant hippopotamus, and tire Kitchener army is seen disappearing. Another artist caricatures John Bull as a common or garden Nile horse,' whose habitat is along the Nile, and who is worse than he looks, dangerous in the water, but clumsy on land. and is becom- titled, A Vision in the Orient" England IS represented riding a camel, while be- yond the pyramids appear the sl- houette of the advancing Germans We see John Bull in the role of Antony, while Egypt, as Cleopatra, tells him that toon, which displays considerable fancy, purports to be modern version of an Arabian Nights tale. Over the domes and ininaYcts of Bagdad two German sol dicrs are seen flying. escorted by a little Muck who, when the entente powers tried to play mean tricks on him. went out and fetched a pair of other Mucks; who are now going to drive the bad Mucks out of Bagdad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
The Fallible Machine Gun

The press reports that two of the machine guns used by the Thirteenth cavalry's machine gun troop jainmed when Villa made his raid on Colum- bus, N. M., caused Brigadier General Crozier, chief of ordnance, to order an investigation. It is stated that two of the four guns used by the troop were rendered useless when the need for them was most imperative be- cause of darkness and the difficulty of loading weapons of this type. The feed strip of cartridges has to be in- serted in a narrow slot or guide. If not properly inserted the strip causes the gun to jam after four or five shots are fired.
 General Crozier states that no ma- chine guns have yet been devised that are perfectly satisfactory. High pres sure and tremendous velocity make them Subject to the weaknesses and infirmities of all machines.
 The average person has an idea that devices which are supposed to repre- sent the highest type of mechanical construction should be entirely de- pendable in all circumstances, but per haps this is due to the average per Son's ignorance. That the jamming of these guns was responsible to cer- { tain extent for the success of Villas $ raid cannot be gainsaid. If our sol diers are unable to load their guns in the dark, they can hardly expect to repel a surprise attack. Over in Eu- rope where great deal of fighting done at night difficulties of this 16rt seem to have been overcome.
 The official report apparently ex- c16rates the Thirteenth cavalry's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
KEEPERS BATTLE WITH ELK

f Cunningham entered the inclosure and fastened the door behind them. Bibulous | spotted them, and in second charged, antlers down. The keepers tucked and the elk brought up against the netting
 with force that served the more to mad den him. Twice again he charged, and the third time caught Snyder in a corner, where there seemed no way of escape
 Cunningham adopted the methods of the Spanish bullfghter, and as the elk gath cred for the charge he struck him vio- lent blow on the flank. It served it's purpose, and Bibulous changed the object of his attack.
 After 10 minutes of infinite patience and
 skill the keepers succeeded in getting a lasso about the elk's neck. Then as he
 charged again the line frightened, and the animal came crashing down with his fore legs double under him. Before he could regain his feet Snyder had deftly loosened the wire. Then tearing open the gate, both keepers leaped outside the inclosure and shut the door..@' Inside old Bibulous scrambled to his feet, and for nearly an hour afterward continue his demonstra- tions of anger.
 The continued cold weather has made the care of the very young animals in the Geological park in the Bronx quite a problem. For two weeks axis deer have been giving Keeper Charlie Snyder much trouble. They are lively youngsters, and insisted on going outside every chance that offered. The door had to be left open to allow the older deer to go out, and for a very brieg time Snyder met the sit- uation by blocking the door to the corral with bale of hay. The older animals
 jumped over it, going out and coming in.
 Then the four little deer, or at least three
 of them, solved the problem by mounting
 on the back of one of the four, and so
 getting outside. After that Snyder gave
 up, and all four are now in warm house
 of their own. Mother is brought over at
 meal times.
 It has just been discovered that the big
 Russian brown bear has three very cute
 cubs in her den in the rocks at the back
 of the inclosure Just how they are get
 ting along the keepers have not been able
 to find out, and they probably will not
 know until they get bigger and mother
 bear proudly leads them into the open.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
Forecasting the Weather

1 A Texas weather man is now cred tied with real discovery in weather forecasting, which, it is claimed, has been thoroughly tested, and which is
 promised to be of far-reaching impor- tance
 Under his scheme the chief factor in forecasting is to watch the sun spots and keep track of the tempera- ture at the equator.
 The sun is supposed to be covered
 with cloud areas, but between these areas are open spots millions of miles
 across. The suns rays, of course, are
 more intense when they shine through these open spaces. This excessive radiation is felt most strongly at the equator. The super heated air at the equator rises rapidly and drops down toward the poles. It
 takes this air about 19 days to reach
 the temperate zones. In the mean
 time, it has been cooled excessively
 by rising so high, so that when it again reaches the earth it brings a
 cold wave.
 Therefore, when one of the suns
 "windows" is seen open toward the equator, lookout for a cold wave
 somewhere in your neighborhood about 19 days later. In summertime
 the same conditions produce heavy
 rains.
 Very simple. All we have to do
 now is watch the suns spots and open spaces and figure out which way they
 are pointed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE

I to the servants quarters. They don't Am&rick they are rushing into the pantry ] at all houres. It gives me very bad 1 impression. 1 T am not upholding drink. I know it | is bad. But trying to show the differ | ence between both countries and how hard 1 it is for a trained servant to get on who has been dealing with such Gentlemen and Ladys. There is great difference be-i | tween them and the American Wealthey | Glass;
 | James O'Suiivan Neville, the author of the letter, came to America seeking and expecting to find golden opportunity. Many Americans no doubt, employed him 7, under the impression that with an Eng fish butler in the house life would be gladsome Each party to the contract found the other disappointing because os the preconceived notion of each that 8 business connection with the other would be cinch
 | Employers of servants are divided into two great classes. There are those who are obedient to their servants and make
 
 human ingenuity employed in avoiding devotion to undesirable detail. There are those whose servants are obedient to them and stand. like angels with flaming swords, at the entrances of the domiciIe, keeping out all inharmony. This class exists in the pages of fiction dealing with society in it's more plutocratic phases. The class first mentioned is found outside Of fiction all over the civilized portions of the globe.
 With James O'Sullivan Neville, and with his employers as well, and with those who will not be persuaded to employ him, and draw beer for him four times a day. or foot the bills for the same. everyone | who is reasonable, and whose blood is not chilly, must sympathize Nobody's ideal of mundane happiness has ever been real. l ized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
Army Aviation

While, day after day, battles in the air are being fought by the European aviators, raids are successfully carried out and hundreds of machines engage in scout duty with comparatively few accidents, the appalling weakness and inefficiency of the United States army aviation corps is being revealed in Mexico. At best we have but hand ful of machines, and these are appar- ently unserviceable or else improperly manned. The efforts of army aviators to join General Pershing's expedition would be ridiculed in Europe, where aviation has reached a state of per lection scarcely dreamed of, even five years ago. England, France and Ger many have made the aeroplane tre- mendously effective factor in the pres ent war. The United States has Jagged so far behind that our flying service is joke-though not without tragic significance.
 Of eight aviators who set out from Columbus, N. M., to join the ex- peditionary force, distance about no miles, two were lost in desert country and one had to put back for repairs on his machine before he completed the trip. Nowadays, flight of no miles in an aeroplane is common place achievement for European air men. Some of them use machines ca pablo of making 90 miles an hour. Another American aviator who at tempted to ascend in an unfavorable wind fell height of 50 feet and suf- fered minor injuries. These accidents have all occurred, one might say, be- fore the punitive expedition was well started.
 What must the military authorities of foreign countries think of nation which has neglected so deplorably one of the most important branches of army service, one whose effectiveness has been so convincingly demonstrated in Europe that an army without areo- planes is almost at the mercy of an enemy? American genius made the modern aeroplane possible, but the American people have been blind to its practical advantages in war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
WILD LIFE IN TEXAS

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 For sometime we have been hearing how utterly effete the west is getting in where bears growl and bulls fight and lambs are shorn within sound of Holy Trinity's bells. It is encouraging to know that even the babies in Texas are now flourishing siX-shooters and their spurs jingle as they kick and gurgle in the nurses lap. They wear boots instead of socks; they eschew the down pillow for the leather saddle; they cry for pulque to be their breakfast drink, and, instead of the beribboned baby cap the sombrero darkens their scowling countenances.
 Who said that Bret Harte and Roaring Camp are ancient history, and that in Wolfville Alfred Henry Lewis staked out too large a claim the imagination? :? The ghosts of heroes vanished are troop ing back in flesh and blood to take their places in the lean and silent, sun-tanned regiments. With the 92 Texas Rangers whose motto is "Get them when you go for them kindred spirits are assem- bling, come to life from the pictures of Remington, the pages of Mister, out of the red dust of oblivion-the same vague hinterland from which many of the Rough Riders were recruited when there was need of them. It seems there are still men who are wise even to the way the chaparral cock takes as he darts through the thickets of mesquite and prickly pear and catclaw, where the soil cracks open in the sun. The breed of the old-time cowpuncher is not extinct. Just let us get at them," they plead, "and we win put down the ravages of savages' as fast as a Ranger after a parching day can gulp the waters of the Texas Crazy Spring."
 There is more in the Lone Star State than the author of that old-time ballad, Hell in Texas" found:
 "The rattlesnake bites you, the scorpion The mosquito delights you with buzzing
 wings;
 The sand burrs prevail and so do the
 ants,
 And those who sit down need half soles
 on their pants.
 There are men in Texas, too and they are no mavericks. The branding iron of border foray has burned it's way into their very souls and they are bound that nevermore come whooping and reeling down the main street. pumping lead ar all he sees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times
 n ILL SNYDER, head keeper of the h Zoo in Central park, leaned against A~ a post outside the elk inclosure yesterday afternoon, gasping for breath, his trousers torn and his collar hanging by one button Joseph Cunningham, his assistant, stood near also disheveled. Inside the heavy wire netting and making every demonstration of ungovernable tenn per pranced and snorted old Bibulous, the father of all elks and the pride of the collection in Central park
 After this I vii tackle an angry ele- phant instead of an elk with an inclina- tion toward misbehavior,' was the com ment of Bill. His remark was drawn out because his hurried departure from the elk inclosure marked the end of con- test in which the two keepers barely escaped with their lives. For 15 minutes a rapidly growing crowd had been the witnesses of a thrilling encounter in which the two men were nearly gored to death when they sought to free from an entangling wire the terror-stricken old elk
 The telegraph wire connecting the ar- senal with the deer paddock was blown down by the high wind early yesterday morning. One end rested on a corner of the elk inclosure. All morning old Bibu- lous viewed it with growing curiosity. but it was not until the afternoon that he de- termined to investigate. He nosed the section of broken wire, and in some way it became entangled in his antlers. Sur prised, he backed away, and when he lifted his head the coiled wire held fast.
 The spectators who gathered watched the first efforts of the animal to free him. self with mild interest. But when he failed he became first enraged and then terrorized, until he was dashing madly about in the effort to get free. The more he tossed and snorted the more tangled the wire became. The crowd grew until about 200 were banked about the inclos- ure. Then some on took word to Bill Snyder in the hay house that the elk was going mad.
 When they got to the corral Bibulous was running up and down, frantic. He would stop suddenly, duck his head and rattle the grasping wire. Snyder and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
IN DEFENSE OF THE GOosE

Zm. in Cartoons Magazine.
 We sometimes refer to the goose as a stupid fowl by way of comparison with some silly ones of the human race. When we do so we pay the goose no compli- ment, because geese. speaking of them collectively, in many ways are much keener Intellectually than men. Let us take up the case of the wild goose, for example. He and his flock know enough to pull up stakes and pike off to warmer climate the moment coal goes up, and to return with the first strawberries and cream of tine season They are better drilled than our idolized West Point ca dets and are free of all the ills that man is heir to- nor do they overtaX them selves with useless cares. They are bet ter versed in geography. astronomy, gas tronomy, and the art of self preservation. With these superior endowments the goose cannot be called. fool.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
THE BRokEN PINION

By Hezekiah Butterworth. walked through the woodland meadow Where sweet the thrushes sing: And l found on bed of nosses
 A bird with broken wing. healed it's wound, and each morning It sang it's old sweet strain, But the bird with a broken pinion
 Never scared as high again. I found a young life broken
 By sins seductive art; And touched with Christlike pity,
 l took him to my heart. He lived with a noble purpose
 And struggled not in vain: But the life that sin had stricken
 Never scared as high again. But the bird with broken pinion
 Kept another from the snare. And the life that sin had stricken
 Raised another from despair. Each loss has it's compensation.
 There is healing for every pain; But the bird with a broken pinion
 Never scars as high again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
,m the Louisville courier-Journal.

From the Louisville Courier-J ournal.
 IT YTOPIA will be Q place in which the domestic establishment will work automatically And it is further to Utopia than to Tipperary.
 Americans are firmly convinced that their servant problem is the most dltfi- cult in the world, and that in England 1t is a problem that has been solved.
 A contributor to the New York Herald whose statements throw an interesting light upon the relationship between ser want and employer in England writes as follows:
 'I am a butler trained in England. have been out of work for four months. l find it hard to get work. And"when l do get work find it very hard to keep my job for the following reasons: In Eng land when Lady or Gentleman is ingag- ing a servant, the question is put by the servant as a rule, do you supply beer the gentleman says yeas. Or l give beer mooney, there is mutual acknowledg- ment of human nature on both sides. There is beer drawn and served four times a day in all the large establishments in England.
 Tn limerick when a Gentleman is en- gazing butler he wants to know if he is an obstainer if he says no, He will never get the job. Or if he does get the job And they happen to smell drink from him afterwards it will be only a question of time before he is discharged.
 "I will give a few instances of things that has happened in houses that I have lived in in England. And 1t will show the English Noble Man at his best is dealing with those who have to serve him. In England after dinner is over no other servant dare so into the dining room be- fore the Butler he goes in and puts all the wine away. And then he rings the bell for the footman to clear away. One of the footman was in the habit of going into the dinning room, And having a drink out of each of the decanters. The Butler was not aware of the fact. The Gentleman happened to return to the din- ming room one night for something he had forgotten and caught the footman in the act of helping himself. He spoke in this manner. John I have no objection to you having a glass of wine. But I strongly object to you drinking out of the decan- teers. That man was there when I left. What would happen in limerick? .
 'Tn England they send down word the day before when they want to come down
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
HOTEL LOBBIES
Dr. Owens New Register

"Dr. Thomas M. Owen, director of the Alabama department of archives and history, is due the thanks of ev- cry Alabamian for the Alabama off ctal and Statistical Register, 1915,' just issued by his office," says Hervey W. Laird. now located in Atlanta. Few states prepare anything like this. have never seen so much valuable in- formation crowded into such small space. No man who desires to keep up with what his state is doing can afford to be without it. It has his tory, sketches of state officers, coun- ty officers and town officers; also sen- ators and congressman. It has data
 about elections, institutions and move ments. In fact, there are few things about the state that may not be found in or located through this book. As is his habit, Dr.. owen has done here a
 splendid service to his fellow citizens"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23

troop, but it is not difficult to sur mise what would happen in the Ger man army if clumsy handling permit ted machine guns to jam. No excuses would be accepted. If the guns could not be loaded in the dark, were there no flashlights among the troopers and no other means of furnishing for an instant enough light to load properly :?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
IN DARKEST ALABAMA

From the Cornell Widow.
 Say, Alabama is dry state. isn't it?"
 Sure"
 "Why, my dear, when was there I saw several negroes who were intoxicated"
 "Well, of course, they can't stop the sale of that awful cotton gin entirely"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
ALABAMA PRESS

Montgomery Advertiser: At the present rate of dimunition pacifists will soon be- come as scarce as hens teeth, according to The Age-Herald. They have become at least as harmless as Old Speck's mo- lars
 Anniston Star: Henry Ford should be able to afford an Overland trip south of the Rec, although such action would have a tendency to make the yellow press au- tomobilious
 Huntsville Mercury: A North Carolina farmers COW ate $500 in greenback bills he had hidden in the barn. It is fortu- nate for the farmer that he did not sleep in the barn.
 Eufaula Citizen: Barbour county is talk ing more and more interest in the ques- tion of the eradication of the tick. It is a question which must be presented to the people intelligently, in order that they may study it and learn it's advantages. Just like the question of temperance and other questions, it is a matter of educa- tion.
 Decaturs Daily: In awarding medals to it's more than 1700 employees who have been in the service for 25 years or longer, the Southern railway has shown a com mendable appreciation of the labors of the men who have stood by the road through thick and thin. The attitude of the South ern toward it's faithful working force is in marked contrast to that of many corpor- ations, firms and individuals who are quick to shelve the man who has attained an age where his activities are somewhat impaired The Southern evidently be- lieves that those who give the best years of their lives to it's upbuilding are not only entitled to be well taken care of when they grow old, but deserve the added honor which the service medal gives
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
PREDICTION CONE WRONG
rom. the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
 A temperance orator in Kentucky says the day is not far distant when the very name of the commonwealth will become a synonym for sobriety. They used to tell us that about Tennessee, but the name of that fine old state has almost become synonym for anarchy and fanaticism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
Ready to Respond

Every enlisted man in Company B is ready to go to the front at the cal of the President" declared Capt. Hal +. Halstead, captain commanding Com pany B, Second infantry, Alabama Ma tional Guard. "Of course, the company is not recruited up to war strength for we have not received such in- structions, but every man in the com pany is awaiting the call.
 T have been asked by any number of young men if there was a possi- bility of Company B being sent to the border, and all have told me that the moment assurances could be given that they would be called to Mexico. they would join the National Guard Com pany B could be recruited to war strength in less than day if the Alabama National Guard was called upon to send a force to reinforce the border fighters"