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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
MoNEY IN sALONIKA

From With the Allies In Salonika.'
 By Richard Harding Davis, in tho
 April Scribner.
 In normal times, if Salonika is ever normal, she has population of 120Q0O, and every one of those 100000 is per sonally interested in anyone else who engages, or may be about to engage, in a money transaction. In New 4ork, if a horse falls down there is at once an audience of dozen persons; Tn Salonika the downfall of a horse is mo- body's business, but a copper coin changing hands is everybody's. Of thls local characteristic, John T. McCutcneon and I made a careful study; and the result of our Investigations produced certain statistics If in Salonika you buy a. newspaper from a newsboy, of the persons passing, two will stop; 1T at an open shop you buy package or cigarettes, five people will LOOK over your shoulders; if you pay your cab driver his fare, you block the sloewaiK' and if you try to change 1o0-franc note, you cause riot.
 In each block there are nearly half dozen money changers; they sit in httle shops as narrow as a doorway, and In front of them is a showcase filled With all the moneys of the world. It IS not alone the sight of your 100-franc note that enchants the crowd. That collects the crowd; but what holds the crowd is that it knows there are 20 different kinds of money, all current In Salonlka' into which your note can be changed. And they know the money changer knows that and that you do not 80 each man advises you. Not because ne does not want to see you cheateo-pe- tween you and the money changer he IS neutral-but because he can no more keep out of money deal than can fly pass a sugar bowl.
 The men on the outskirts or the crowd ask: "What does he offer?'
 The lucky ones in the front row seats call back: "A hundred and elghteen drachmas." The rear ranks shout with indignation: "It is robbery! lt IS because he changes his money in Venl- zelos street" He is paying the money changers rent" "In the Jewish quar- ter they are giving nineteen. lie IS foo lazy to walk two miles TOT drachma." '"Then let him go to the coI, popapatasSiOn."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
HOW TO BE HAPPY
Benjamin Franklin.

Benjamin Franklin.
 There are two ways of being happy: we may either diminish our wants, or augment our means-either will do-the result is the same; and 1t is for each man to decide for himself, and do that which happens to be the easiest. If you are idle, or sick, or poor, however hard it may be to diminish your wants, it will be harder to augment your means If you are active and prosperous, or young, or in good health, it may be easier for you to augment your means than to di- minish your wants. But, if you are wise, you will do both at the same time, young or old, rich or poor. sick or well and, if you are very wise, you will do both in such way as to augment the general happiness of society.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
THE RIGHT TO SHE'D COLLARS

From the Augusta Chronicle.
 Hereafter schoolboys in New Jersey at least, may SC, to school without collars
 Juvenile rights have been vindicated. Last June two boys of Merchantsville, N. J., shed their collars one broiling day, and opened their shirts at the front, pre- senting modest debutante effect. Their teacher promptly sent them home. Theil l mother promptly sent them back tc
 school. The teacher turned, them out again, and little later the state com
 missioner of schools upheld her. It was
 immodest, he said, for boys to go with out collars. The fact that girls do so had nothing to do with the matter. Now the state board of education has
 passed finally on the case, and upheld the boys. Its decision is as follows: Had the boys appeared in school with. out shirts, it would perhaps have met
 the exigencies of the hot weather but
 would have been subversive of discipline but to say that they should not come to school collarless is an unreasonable an6 unwarranted exercise of power by the teacher"
 That righteous decision ought to hold good anywhere, and every boy in America who rebels against the bondage of linen collar on hot days ought to know about it.
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with Iowa, which has grown rich on it's packing house pork.
 Alabama made large gain in corn production last year - 68,OO0,0O0 bushels as compared with 52,OOO,OOO bushels in 1914, the highest previous record. The corn acreage will be in creased this year and g 100000, ,OO0- bushel crop will not be too much to expect. And with enthusiasm on the farm unabated it should not be many years before Alabama is in the corn class with Missouri and Iowa, or with any other corn state in the average yield to the acre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

The state of Chihuahua and its western neighbpr, Sonora, have been the stamping grounQ of Villa for years, according to a writerl in the Kansas City Star. The country is singularly wild and uninviting. Treeless hills, dry water courses and deserts Of sand and alkali are character istic of northern Mexico. Prairie dogs, jack rabbits and circling hawks are about the only signs of life. Chihuahua and So- nora are the two largest states in Mex ico. Five years ago Sonora had 221, ,6S2 inhabitants and Chihuahua 327,SoO The two states are separated by the Sierra Madres mountains, whose slopes are in habited by black and grizzly bears, noun tai nlions and leopards Four-fifths of Chihuahua is table land lying from 4OO0 to 5000 feet above the sea. In winter there is snow and the dry beds of streams become rushing torrents. There are many mines and large cattle ranches in Chi huahua. The mineral wealth of Sonora is even greater It furnished the gold of Montezuma. The principal city of Chi huahua is the capital, bearing the same name, which has a population of about 10000. It dates back to Spanish days and is rather picturesque. The hills about the city are rich in silver, which lured many Americans there. At one time con- sidered the richest, as well as the largest, of Mexican states, Chihuahua has been and outlawry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
AN END LIKE DE QUINCY'S

"The only thing that vexes me in dying is the thought that my book was not brought out in time for me to read the notices. The extraordi- nary fluctuations of the effects of the drug seem to absorb my conscious ness. I cannot write them, though I had projected an essay called Drug Dreams.' I have twitching in my hands
 which prohibit holding a pen or a pen cil. I am told these are entirely due
 to morphia and emodynia. I have never been able to dictate essays or stories;
 thought has always seemed to flow through the pen.
 ITO my dear American public good-by"
 Her daughter, who took down Mrs.
 Frankau's last lines, added a few words addressed to her mothers publishers as follows:
 ''The few lines that my mother has
 dictated are, alas. too true, and it is
 heartbreaking to write you more detail.
 That brave, fine spirit is going out as
 might have been expected. She has not
 said word that could prevent her
 three sons from serving their country.
 The eldest has commission in the
 Royal field artillery. the second in the
 London Rifles. and the third in the
 army of cyclist corps.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
ABOUT THE PYRAMIDS

lected had, according to pr. Kyle. civ ilization and culture practically equal to that of England in the eighteenth cen tury. Among relics which he and other excavators dug up were conduit pipes of a sewer system that would find ap- proval of modern engineers it is stated.
 Yearly trips have been made to Egypt and Babylonia by pr. Kyle, who was with Dr. Petri when the ancient city Heliop- olis was partially uncovered in 1912. The delights of excavation, it was learned, are quite equal to those of treasure seek ing and hunting pirate gold. Only the war prevented Dr. Kyle from returning to his field of discovery the last year.
 But much experience is necessary he stated. One> of the most startling finds he ever made was that of an ancient tablet containing an important inscrip- tion. Unfortunately I soon discovered that the tablet was only copy manufac- tured by relic dealers said the archaeo- logist. 'I have been searching ever since for the original but have not yet found it.
 An overwhelming majority of scarabs, vessels, inscriptions and other relics &C., quired by delighted tourists are regularly made for the seasons trade,' said pr. Kyle Most of the manufactured scarabs are soapstone, whereas real ones are us- ually covered with sort of green enamel or are carved from gems"
 Another popular fallacy was punctured by the archaeologist in speaking of the Pyramids. "All that has been said of the wonderful mathematical peni1s of tho an cient Egyptians as exemplified in pyramid building is unfounded,' said the man who gets his information at first hand by dig ging ''The Egyptians had some knowl- edge of geometry, but they were prin- cipally. as regards the Pyramids, good workmen."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
ALABAMA PRESS

| Selma Journal: Baltimore solons con
 slider Baltimore bachelors are worth two
 dollars per head. That is to say, several
 of them have proposed $2 annual tax on
 them. They would be cheap at half the money.
 Alabama Courier: Judge H. B. Aber- ! nathey of Birmingham inferior court has performed 313 marriage ceremonies, and yet he is a young man. The marrying parson of Bristol will have to look to his laurels if the judge stays on the bench much longer.
 Eutaw Whig and Observer: The total of shipments of strawberries for the sea- son up to one day last week from Plant City, Fla, was 1,233,246 quarts for which the growers received an aggregate of $175, ,039 net The strawberry is good for
 the bank account as well as being good to eat.
 , Talladega Home: A large number of Birmingham suffragettes have one or
 more children, fact that disproves the claim of the anti-suffragists that mar
 ried suffragist never has anything about the house but a hen-peclSed husband
 Birmingham Age-Herald. But have you any of the childless variety, and how do
 they look on the general average? Gadsden Times-News: The Boy Scouts of Birmingham will take an active part in helping entertain the Confederate vet erans at the reunion there in May. They will meet all trains and escort the vet erans to their boarding places and any where in the city that they might wish to go. Hurrah for the Boy Scouts! They
 are always on the job and are manly
 young fellows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
From the New York Sun.


 K YRS. JULIA FRANKAU, known MI for many years to the American ! and English reading public as Frank Danby," died in London on Fri day. She realized that she had written her last novel about two weeks ago and dictated a farewell message from her deathbed to her American readers who enjoyed her books.
 The message was sent through her American publishers, Dodd, Mead & Co.,, who only recently issued Twilight" the novel she had written under the influence of .morphia.
 Too weak to write more after finish ing her novel, she dictated the follow ing message.
 Twilight is my swan song. I shall never write another novel. A year ago I fell into a consumption chiefly treated by morphia. I knew my De Quincey pretty well; perhaps this gave me the idea of writing my dreams. Twilight was written between II and o'clock at night after the second and before the third half grain injection of morphia. Perhaps it Is morbid; per- haps. being genuine. personal expe- riences. it is only interesting. All my life has been happy, successful; the end has been hard and unexpected. Night and day wish it were over, but it lags.
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NHE reason that ancient Egyptians
 so carefully preserved bodies =. after death WAS because they be-

lieved that the soul, on returning. would inhabit these same bodies." Dr. Kyle said in a series of lectures in Cincinnati. "Of course, all could not afford to be em- balmed so that their bodies might endure. Just how it was planned that they. also, might have a future life is not known, but it is thought by many that the little inn ages found in many tombs along with n1ummif1ed remains of kings or the like may represent the common people, who thus may have employed sort of proxy system"
 Since many secrets of the faith and life of ancient Egypt are still buried beneath tons of desert sand and Nile mud, Dr. Kyle does not know, nor, he said, does anyone, whether those too poor to have their bodies preserved in readiness for the returning spirit, yielded up all hope of future life or resigned themselves to reinhabit the tiny images referred to.
 But although these and many other in teresting matters are still in doubt, Dr. Kyle is among the successful archaeolo- gists who have established very important and interesting facts. One Is that at the time the Jews went to Palestine, that country, instead of being poor and neg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
FROM TAMBoURINE TO GUN

From the Charlotte Observer.
 Even the Salvation Army has colun- teered to help out in Mexico if it's services should be needed It does not mean re- ligious, but military services. The assur- ance has been given by Capt. Reynolds White, in New York. He was formerly connected with the National Guard and, speaking of the kind of a regiment the Salvation Army would supply he says it would be composed of fighters, every man, while not one of them would drink, chew or smoke, or use drugs or indulge
 in profane language. Commander Evan geline Booth is of the opinion that the Salvation Army could consistently take up arms in defense of it's country. Its members are patriotic and if they should see proper to rally to the defense of the flag, all she could say to them would be: God bless you and preserve you" Cap- tain White takes the view that it would be un-Christian for any man to hold back when the country which gives him shel- ter and protection needs him. Chris tian men above all others" says Captain White, should be patriotic. Sometimes war is a grim necessity and no man should shirk his duty. Salvationists can fight as well as pray. Titus, who scaled the walls of Pekin when the interna- tional army was suppressing the Boxer uprising, was a member of the Salvation Army We have no doubt that Captain Whites recruits would give good account of themselves. It is not likely that the aid of the Salvation Army will be needed, but the patriotic proffer of service de- serves commendation, and while in no way bid for popularity, will tend to strengthen the Salvation Army in pub- lie estimation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
FISHING WITH A WORM

From Fishing With Worm." by Bliss
 Perry. Hougbton-M Mifflin.
 To make the most of dull hours, to make the best of dull people, to like a poor jest better than none. to wear the threadbare coat like a gentleman. to be outvoted with a smile, to hitch your wagon to the old horse if no star is handy-this is the wholesome philosophy taught by fishing with a worm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
THE CANARY

By Edmund Clarence Stedman. Bird, bird of the golden wing, Thou 1.-the, melodious thing!
 Where hast thy music found? What fantasies of vale and vine. Of glades where orchids intertwine Of palm trees, garlanded and crowned, And forests flooded deep with sound
 What high imagining
 Hath made this carol thine? By what instinct art thou bound To all rare harmonies that be In those green islands of the sea, Where thy radiant, wildwood kin Their madrigals at morn begin. Above the rainbow and the roar Of the long pillow from the Afric shogNl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
HOTEL LOBBIES
Birmingham Boys on Border

Two Birmingham boys are captains of cavalry serving Uncle Sam on the Mexican border, besides number of en- listed men from this city, remarked Frank V. Evans. These are Captain John E. Shelley of the Eleventh cav airy and Capt. Dick Going of the Fifth Captain Mat Smith of the Fourteenth another Birmingham boy, is en route to the Philippines. Looks like Birmingham boys have a way of forging to the front in every good work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
Nn CAUSE EoR AIARM

From the Nashville Tennessean.
 Paragraphers over the country express considerable consternation over the fact that a kentuckian has been put in jail for stealing bathtub. Take it easy, brethren. He probably stole the thing to keep his whisky in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
.yOR FOR TEDDY

From the New Orleans States
 The blast of war has blown in the ears of the Hon. Ted, Roosevelt and he is has, tening home from Port au Spain. When he arrives we expect to near that he has volunteered to go to the front and bite way for the American army through the Mexican cactus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
MAKING SLOW PROGRESS om the Knoxville Journal and Trib-

From the KnOXViIIe JournaI and Trlb-
 une.
 Senator Underwood is credited with saying that Congress is further be- hind with. its business than it has been at the same time in 20 years This doesn't look much like getting through before the convention dates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
IT COMES HIGH

From the Louisville Courier-JoIrnal.
 After paying $2 for a seat and sitting through a musical comedy how can any, one believe the common assertion that the pun is the lowest form of wit?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
TRUE.

Were living in a weary world, dreary world, a teary world" Exclaimed a doleful citizen who's never known to smile. It well might be a merry world, a light of-heart and cheery world If every one would do his best to make this life worth while,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

There is probably some truth in the re- ports that the Turks are tired of having Teutons for officers. It isn't pleasant even for Turk, to be deprived of all in- itiative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

Trouble along the Mexican border is said to have brought out hundreds of pie turesque characters who were thought to have disappeared long ago. Since these the meaning of fear, they will be useful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

Birmingham bank clerks engaged in a contest last night to show who was the fastest operator of an adding machine. Exciting, no doubt but the average per- son would rather see an automobile race
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
TWO MEN KILLED BY A WHALE

l"V SAIN IAAhLED A W f1AAA From the Boston Journal.
 Two men of the whaling bark Alice Knowles of New Bedford Mass, were killed in an encounter with whale off the coast of Africa. A private dispatch from St. Helena says that the bark has put into that island to recruit ship, hav- ing lost the mate and sailor. The men were in small boat pursuing whale which had been harpooned when the quarry turned and attacked them. The mate and sailor were crushed by a blow from the whales flukes. Other men in the boat were hurled into the sea, but were rescued by the crew of another boat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
HOW NEWTON WORKS

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch
 Newton D. Baker, the new Secretary of War sits on one foot and smokes pipe when he is at work. Mexico and some other countries will do well to beware of the foot that isn't held down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

A Philadelphia man says he will capture Villa single-handed if the President will give him permission. Too early yet to say it's the effect of the heat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

The armor manufacturers are now showing disposition to eat out of Uncle Sam's hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
JUST A THEORY

From the Savannah News.
 One of the fighting factions in Mex co is known as the "pacifists.' which probably explains how that trouble ridden republic came to be in it's pres ent chaotic condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lerd, may leap in my joy when | re- member that Thou has forgiven me- Help me to forget the sins or yes terdny, except in my praise mat Thou hast wiped them out, ana ID my prayer lest I fall again. Gve me humility that I have sinned' "ut boIduess that Thou has pardoneo' In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M' E'
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MT. Bryan says every day brings us
 nearer to the end of the war. That's true, as it is hardly probable that the
 war will last forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

Maybe those Germans know what they are about but they seem to be wasting q lot of ammunition around Verdun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

When old Boreas speeds up a confla- grafton the most efficient fire fighters can do little to save property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

All candidates for national committee man must be patriots since they are will ing to work without pay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

Holland is such a plucky little kingdom that when Germany treads on her toes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
AT SEA.

Don't you think this actor plays Ham, let with 8 great deal of feeling?"
 Indeed I do. It strikes me that he is feeling his way all through the part"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
AMONG THE MISSING

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 This pursuit of Villa reminds us of another very elusive criminal. Where is Jean Crones? {.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

American dealers are said to be facing a diamond famine. The man whose lunch never costs over nickel should worry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

Don't trust the dealer who waters his oysters. The oysters drink and weigh more than nature intended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

THEY MIGHT TAKE THE HINT. Of flowers that bloom in the spring,
 tra, la, Depend on the poets to trill And while some are praised when they
 sing, tra la, They are even more DoDl1lar still
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

The hoopslirt may come back into courage to again wear frils on his shirts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
HORRIBLE EXAMPLES

That old gentleman's hobby is foreign missions"
 Believes in uplifting the heather, eh?'
 Exactly And as proof of the strong hold the idea has on his mind, he doesn't see the inconsistency of trying to convert a few childlike savages while the so- called Christian nations of Europe are making civilization mockery."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24
HOW IT STARTED

HOW IT STARTED. "Pa, who was Noah?" I'm surprised at your ignorance, son. Noah built the ark"
 What else did he do, pa?" 'Well, he floated about in it when the flood came, and I suspect he was the first man who ever said, 'Whither are we drifting?" "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

War brides" in the home mean brand new motor car standing at the door.
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From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 Had those who rail against special priv ilege lived in the days of the Hyksos Kyle, eminent archaeologist. they would have found a good deal more to complain of. In those far off days not only en- joyment of the present. but practically all chances at a future life were depen- dent, in popular belief. on a certain finan- cia1 standing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

Like Banauo's ghost. prohibition in state
 politics will not down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

Lest we forget, the Lusitania case hasn't been settled yet.