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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
THE CASE OF MARIE JOSEPH

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 It has long been the custom for cer-
 tain estimable persons engaged in the cause of upllft. either as paid workers
 or volunteers, to rail at the methods or dispensing justice in vogue in our police courts but one incident like that brought
 to light in Magistrate John J. Sweeney s court will do more to retard real progress and make the police court system. with all it's admitted faults, satisfactory to- the general run of people than can be overcome by all the eloquence of all the zealous ones from now till doomsday. In these days when the child is given so
 much consideration in the law, and there is constant urging that such consider ation be increased, it will shock good many people who imagined that reform went hand in hand with common sense, and the rule of reason. to read of a child betrayed into committing an offense by railroad policeman at the initiative or
 an officer of the county court.
 l The little girl was held in the police
 station all night and was discharged by the magistrate after he had reprimanded
 the policeman and the woman probation officer had made heated protest. Had the magistrate on the bench been one whose views of the enforcement of the 1 law agreed with those of the woman and the railroad policeman, the youngster i very likely would have been sent up for | 30 or 60 days to reflect on what queer things can happen in the great city of 1 Pittsburg, which next week celebrates the hundredth anniversary of it's incor- 1 poration and also is to give it's vote for better babies.
 | It is not alone in war that blupders are ,worse than crimes; excessive zeal
 not infrequently is responsible for more harm than that it seeks to overcome. There is no disposition here to moralize on the value to a railroad corporation
 of one of it's servants who would think that trickery of child to make an arrest
 was within the province of his duties, nor of the value to the county of Ale gheny of an officer of it's juvenile court whose zeal leads to such a trick. Higher courts elsewhere have held that anyone
 who connives toward the violation of the law by another is as reprehensible as the yiolater. But the people of the city, no less than Marie Joseph, are to be com mended that one of the city's magistrates believes common sense and common de- ! cency still have place in our com
 nluIiity affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
PEACE

By Rupert Brooke. Now, God, be thanked who has matcl
 us with His hour, And caught our youth, and wakened
 from sleeping, With hand made sure, clear eye 2
 sharpened power, To turn. as swimmers into cleann
 leaping, Glad, from a world grown old and q
 and weary, Leave the sick hearts that honor col <, not move. And half-men and their dirty. songs s
 dreary,
 And all the little emptiness of love! Oh, we, who have known shame, we hi
 found release there, Where there's no ill, no grief. but sl|
 has mending, Naught broken save this body. lost 4.
 breath; a1 Nothing to shake the laughing E
 long peace there But only agony, and that has endii8 And the worst friend and enemy N
 Death,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

From the Chicago Herald.
 The holiday traffic was at its height and there were the usual piles of passen- gers luggage on the platform of a great Lcrdon terminus. In the usual way, the porters were banging it about, while the owners mournfully looked on.
 Suddenly the station master appeared. and approaching one of the most vigor- ous baggage smashing porters shouted in stern tones:
 Here. what do you mean by throwing those trunks about like that?"
 The passengers pinched themselves to make sure that they were not dreaming, but they returned to earth when the of fical added:
 Cant you see you're making big dents in the concrete platform"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
Finds Rusinesx Gnad

During the first two months of this year l doubled my business over the same months in 1915" said Curtis E. Hasty, who sells insurance. If this is an index to general conditions, business in Birmingham is on a high tide of pros perity.
 T have found, too, that it is much easier to sell insurance to man now than it was a year ago. Whether it was the business conditions at that time or not, am unprepared to say, but the fact remains that insurance solicitors have not been compelled to listen to hard luck stories so frequently this year as they did a year ago."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 "O put six books into every log cabin
 in the Cumberland mountain dis
 .4 trict is the mission of a man who is going around the country making speeches in behalf of his plan.
 Only six books! Well, now, what great good can come from that? Let the man
 with the mission answer:
 'The whole case of the mountaineer is
 shown in the story of one of them, Abra-
 ham Lincoln. His mother had six books,
 which little Abe fletcherized. If it had not been for them the great man must have been strangled at his birth. I can never pass one of these little blind cabins in the mountains without thinking of the possible Lincoln it may contain, and strengthening my resolution to do all l can, and enlist others to put six books into every humble home there.' The man with this mission is William Goodell Frost, president of Berea college. in Madison county, Kentucky, on the edge of the great mountain district, where there are 100000 persons. more iso- lated and at a greater disadvantage than any OCnef WHlte pcOPiC III ehO "o'i>s' Those people are descendants of English and Scotch-Irish pioneers, but for up- ward of century they have been iso- lated and almost without schools. The beds of streams are the chief highways in that country and the log cabins back up against them. They burn kerosene lamps without chimneys, because chimneys can not be carried on horseback over those mountain roads. All they ever see of the world is other cabins and corn patches l like their own. All the world sees of 1 them is when they have done some crime of moonshining or homicide growing out of feud and are brought out for trial | by federal officers.
 | But those mountaineers are not de- graded they are simply not yet graded
 up. They are eager for light, Professor Frost says and he tells this story to il-
 lustrate it:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
HISTORY OF GASOLINE

Forrest Crissey in the Saturday Evening Post.
 Gasoline first compelled public atten- tion in the role of the little demon in the kerosene or coal oil lamp. In this capacity it kept the coroner and the in- surance adjuster working overtime. When crude oil was first discovered in the Pennsylvania district the public re- ceived it as cure-all for diseases in- stead of fuel or an illuminant Then it was discovered that by subject ing 1t to distillation a certain portion of 1t could be used for lighting purposes, to supplant candles and lamps using whale oil and vegetable oils.
 But 1t was found that a considerable fraction-about 20 per cent-of this oi, had so low a boiling point. was so volatile and explosive, that it was extremely dangerous in lamps At the sign of the coal oil lamp of that pioneer period fires and explosions were the prevailing pro- gramme.
 It was soon seen by the refiners that, if kerosene was to become a popular il- luminant the Tight boiling point frac- tion must be taken off the top and dis posed of in some other way. For con- nearest streams and allowed to dispose of itself by evaporation; but experience proved that this was decidedly danger ous method of disposal. The refiners were forced to recognize the fact that in some way they must find a legitimate commercial outlet for this volatile fluid, which was so explosive that 1t could not be dumped without great peril to life and property.
 Under the pressure of this economic ne- cessity, about 1875, man named Hull, who was in touch with the Cleveland re- fineries, invented a vapor stove which was the father of the gasoline stove of today. For time this furnished very considerable outlet. A considerable quan- tity of gasoline was also consumed at this period in street lamps and out-of-door lighting systems.
 About 1903 the motor car, with it's inter- nal combustion engine, appeared on the scene-just in time to rescue gasoline consumption from a decided setback, due to the fact that gas had come into gen. eral use for lighting and heating pur- poses and was able, on account of it's greater cheapness and safety. to push ga soline out of competition to a great ex- tent.
 Gasoline has, in short, pushed King Kerosene from the throne. The outcast. the infant terror of the oil industry, has now become the czar of the whole empire of petroleum commerce, and there are few who dot not pause at the sign of the garage pump to pay him tribute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
NIardi Gras This Year

T believe Mardi Gras this year was better than it ever has been,' declared E. H. Colley, owner of the Princess theatre, who has just returned from New Orleans. of course, the practice of confetti throwing has practically stopped, but the streets were filled with maskers, and I don't believe I have ever seen so many women masked as were in evidence at the carnival just closed.
 One is we'll repaid for a trip to New Orleans when Mardi Gras festivities are on the boards"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
A COOL RECEPTION.

'Im introducing little work-' begs the persua sive book agent.
 shot one glance at the caller and snorte " Introducing a little york;, eh? Car you see Pm already swamped with worl Tell your troubles to a man of leisui Look up my son. He's out playing go somewhere"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
CRUEL NECESSITY.

why should you think of abandoning your career just when you have made an enviable reputation in politics?'
 I'm compelled to think of it. answered the statesman whose political fences were in a dubious state of repair. "Other gen tlemen who not only consider my reputa- tion enviable, but do envy it, aspire to stand In my shoes and they have about convinced the voters of my district that the change would benefit the entire hu man race'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

LACK OF FACILITIES. Said Captain Kidd, My best I did To terrify the scene; I might have made Men more afraid, Had I submarine.
 Washington Star Said Captain Kidd, ''It can't be hid, For killing I've a mania, But I, poor loon, Was born to soon To sink the Lusitania."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
THERE IS NO PERFECT MAN.

1III11NI1 ID 1N1 I110H I-SI 1Ni@AAN' Mrs. Twobble says MT. Twobble eats what is set before him.
 Doesn't give her any trouble about the cooking, eh?"
 "No, but he bellows when the grocery bills come in.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
Inquiry for Farm Lands

As Alabama becomes more widely known as state of boundless opportunf- ties for the farmer. large and small the inquiries from northern homeseel1ers for farm lands increase" said B. F. Eborn. T am having such inquiries right along.
 This state has been well advertised of late by men of national reputa tion-Ex- Governor Shaw of Iowa and several others-who have made large investments in the black belt. Crop diversi6cation in Alabama has given a new impetus to progressive farming and cattle and hog raising is becoming a valuable factor in our agricultural wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
BEGINNING THE DAY-o. God

BEGINNING THE DAY-O, U0o of all grace, as Thou fOrGivest' may I, Help me to seek out him who has injured me that we may he one. Grant me that we shall not imnrison ourselves in the ugly dun- ueou of misunderstanding and HI feeling. Unite us in our love ana our labor and our prayers that we may show forth Christ to the worio' In Hi. name. Amcn.--H. M. h''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

At the outbreak of hostilities in Europe General Petain, the hero of Doua mont, was a colonel and about to be retired on account of age. He is 59 years old. In garded as particularly brilliant officer, but in actual warfare he showed surpass- ing judgment, and his promotion was rapid until he was given command of an army. In the fighting at Artois last spring he won high praise. his name be- ing associated with the Iron Division" of the Colonials. said to be Frances strongest troops for an assault. Stories are told of General Petains astonishing energy It is said that he spent eight days of the battle of verdun rushing from one point to another along the front in an armored motor car, exhausting two drivers. An officer on his staff said, "Petain's staff officers must be @ com bination of track athletes and cham pion cyclists" A great believer in ex- erclSe ana the Cdfc OI lIS UouJ, 6SHOl al Petain kept himself fit by skipping night and morning in his bedroom and weigh ing his food with scientific accuracy. Since becoming a general he has been known to challenge a sergeant to jump over a dyke or a member of his staff to run a race up an embankment. He is adored by his men. One of his sol. diers who was criticized for extrava- gance. replied: We of Petain's division never save money. We don't live to use 1t"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
SHOULDN'T DESPAIR.

"She called me an 'abysnal brute.'"
 Don't be cast down, son. Some women cans resist that type of man. If she was not referring to your table manners you may stand 8 pretty good chance to win her yet.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
STRICTLY A LAY VIEW.

When clergymen
 Begin to fight, Each one for what
 He thinks is right, There's nothing much
 That we can do, Except to hope
 They'll soon get through, Their loud and long
 Dissension cease, So We can read
 Our "pape" in peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

If the popularity of moving pictures has reached it's zenith, 1t might be a good idea for the producers who cater to the Legitimate theatre to improve the quality of their offerings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

A political observer says Justice Hughes cannot avoid the republican nomination tleman at present sojourning in the West Indies seems to think Justice Hughes can dodge it without the least bit of trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
ANOTHER CRISIS THREATENED

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 What international complications will! this start? A German band, bearing a banner with the strange device, "Roose- welt and Safety" was arrested While pa rading in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

A magazine writer indulges in a poeti- cal rhapsody over the America but there might conceivably be less romance attached to the craft if 1t had attempted to fly across the Atlantic and failed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
Accumulation of Wealth

"The power and advantage of accumu- lated savings are only beginning to be fully realized by the greater portion of the population in this section,' remarked T. V. Johnson of Birmingham.
 And though there are numerous excep- tions to the rule, I think I am not ex- aggerating when I say that thrift here
 is almost in it's infancy among the people who earn their daily bread by the sweat of the brow. so to speak. While 1t is true that in this district wages are ex- ceptlonally good, and work in most in stances may readily be obtained, there are many people who live from hand to mouth through a lack of decision or tenacity of purpose which is requisite to a systematic accumulation of wealth There are, of course, numerous huge undertakings involving great sums of capital controlled by men who know what to do with money. But with the exception to our rich farms and small mercantile enterprises the savings of the working man are handled and made in- terest-bearing by others
 Ut is in the thicllly populated New England states, Massachusetts for in stance, where the thrift of the laboring classes has made itself most felt. Peo- pie there make practice of putting their savings aside in a systematic man. her, and have made thorough study of the best manner of investment. There are cooperative banking institutions op- erated by men who have clubbed together for the purpose of saving and dividends are distributed in proportion to invest ment. In fact it is safe to say that the New England Yankee never overlools chance to make money and to make his money earn money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

The Russian ballet has helped consid- erably to strengthen the cordial rela- ton existing between this country and Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
QUICK TRANSPORTATION

From the Dallas News
 All some senators seem to need to con vert them into granny gossips Is to put on ruffled nightcaps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

It is predicted that he revolution planned by Felix Diaz in Mexico will last just as long as his money holds out. A child ought to know that much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

Judging from the frequent announce ments made in newspapers and maga- zines, discovering poet is much easier than locating a new comet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
A JUST GRIEVANCE

More discriminatory legislation! Con- found the luck!" exclaimed the motorist.
 Whats the trouble?"
 Another ordinance is proposed to safe guard pedestrians. Why. they're so pam pered now they act as if they thought the streets belonged to them.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

Alabama's most successful woman farmer is not content to rest on her laurels. She is teaching others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
JUST FOR KILLING CHICKENS

New York Correspondence Cincinnati Times-S Star.
 Every now and then you hear of some thing which really gives you an idea how big New York is. For instance, the Schochet union--poultry killers licensed under Jewish religious laws-have gone on strike. They want one cent a chicken for Killing. The poultry dealers have refused their demands. offering statistics to show that at such price per chicken the union would receive S2o0o 8 week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
HOTEL LOBBIES
Prosperity at Leeds

Conditions in and around Leeds in- dicate decided prosperity" said pr. A. J. Farley. one of the best known citizens of that section of Jefferson county "We have profitable industry at Leeds, in the Standard Portland Cement company. This concern is operating its plant to full capacity. turning out 1S,O0O barrels or cement day, and the demand is greater than the supply.
 ''The farmers are in good shape and when the farmers thrive we all thrive''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
ENTER THE DEMON OF DOUBT

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 In a New Yorw court wide-awake woman was being questioned by an at- torney as to her friendship for certain confidence queen," whose operations were under examination. The witness denied that she had given the queen" her esteem and affection. She even declared that the person referred to was "a crazy old woman and should be in an asylum. .
 Then why did you send her your love?' persisted the attorney
 Quick as a flash the woman replied. Don't you know, sir, that love is a mere figure of speech with woman? If you don't you ought to-"
 We grant the latter observation. A lawyer who is qualified for the highest performance of his learned calling should know such things. No doubt this one did know But the rest of us didn't know, and in mercy we should have been al- lowed to dream on. It is one of those cases in which ignorance is bliss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

If Representative Mann were to see 'The Birth of a Nation he mlght nave a more favorable opinion of the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

A modern maid may have dozen pairs nifty skating costume she's unhappy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

If Billy Sunday ever goes to Louisville the Courier-J Journal will not make a fuss over him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

There is nothing an Englishman in of. fee hates more than little honest crit icism
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
READY.

Melissa wears a happy smile,
 The reason why's not far to seek: From head to heel she'll be in style, For celebrating Fashion Week."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

After what he has been through in the White House, President Wilson need rear nothing short of earthquakes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

If Villa is waiting for an army to ac- cumulate, the process is apt to be rather slow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

Policing Haiti is going to provide some fat jobs for patriotic American citizens who dislike work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

NOT A PLEASANT PROSPECT.

NOT A PLEASANT PROSPECT.
 Doctor, if don't obey all your instruc- tons implicitly, what will happen to me?" "Wel, for one thing, you will consume some more of your valuable time waiting in my reception room to see me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
NOT HIS TRUNKS

Fortunately for France. the defense o1 Verdun did not devolve on the British.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10
ALABAMA PRESS

Roanoke Leader: Tn carrying out the preparedness programme. which is being urged upon us, shall we build a line of forts and other defensive works along the Canadian boundary? Why not?
 Talladega Home: When a foreigner is caught with a suitcase full of explosives it is reasonable to suppose that he is not, strictly speaking, a humanitarian Birmingham Age-Herald. And what would you call an Alabamian who is caught with a suitcase full of liquor?
 Gadsden Times-News: And now comes Sheriff Batson of Jefferson county, who says he will enforce the old blue Sun day law in Birmingham. Gadsden has al- ready had taste of the blue law, and 1t caused some complaint from the work ingmen.
 Selma Times: Dr. Bradford Knapp of the department of agriculture says he will send a man into Alabama who will teach the farmers how to raise cotton successfully, regardless of the boil weevl The job, it would seem, will be most too much for one man, single-handed and alone. A battalion division 6r them would be more like it.
 Florence Herald: A late telegram from Washington says: One of the largest power development enterprises in the United States will be established in the Tennessee river at Muscle Shoals, this single project representing when com plete an approximated investment of ESQ., 0OO,000. At last it looks like Florence and the great Tennessee valley country was coming to their oWn and soon will har- ness the power of nature so wonderfully placed here by the Creator, and use it for the good of our nation and the peo- pie. The Tennessee river Is to become the greatest asset of our nation, both in time of war and in time of peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-10

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala., postoffice as second class matter un- der act of Congress March 3. 1879.