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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
Frank L. Stanton, in the Atlanta Con

Frank l.. Stanton, in the Atlanta Con-
stitution.
HYHERE is universal sorrow at the
death of James Whitcomb Riley,
for he was a poet of world-appeal.
In the quiet and seclusion of Locker
bic" the street of his home, about which
he had written SO feelingly, and which
the affection of the people had set apart
as Mr.. Rileys Street" he passed into
the silence.
In terms of affection only can a fare
well word be said to the loved person
ality that was his; for he was so close
to the heart of the people that he was
the friend of all, and his message went
like light from heart to heart.
He was, for his songs sake, a welcome
guest at every fireside; a guest of glad
ness; a comforter in grief, whose signs
were silenced by his sympathy of song.
He opened for the child 1.-THE Book of
Joyous Children" he sang of the plain
people and revealed the hidden music of
common things.
Just as the world has always loved the
singer whose soul is in his song, it loved
Riley; for when he came singing the
world needed just that song.
So his acceptance was certain, as his
message was true, and he went hand-in-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
NAVIGATING SHARKS

an inhabitant of the polar seas, but o.
casionally strays as far south as VII
ginia and California, and in former yea
was not rare in the United States All
British coasts. The species has the had
at times of collecting in schools at tt
surface and basking in the sun with ii
back partly out of water. 1t reaches 4
maximum length of so feet and is Ell
ceeded in size by only three or four are
mails extant. Provided with small teets
it feeds on fishes and floating crust'
ceans, and is not of a ferocious dispo&
ton. 1t is dangerous only by virtue of j,
great bulk and when attacked it's po-
erful tail easily demolishes boats.
former years the basking shark va
hunted for it's oil on the coast of Norw;
and Ireland; it was also harpooned 81
the shore of Massachusetts in the ear
part of the last century, and as many Fl
Il barrels of oil were sometimes obtainT
from the liver of one shark. There az
many records of basking sharks % to 4
feet long from the coast of New YoIs
Massachusetts, and Maine, but the speci,
has not been common in our waters 4
recent years.
1.-THE largest Of all fishes, the larges
Of all cold blooded animals, and ts
largest of all existing animas, with Il
exception of few species Of whales, \
the whale shark (Rhineodon typiouaI
originally described from Good Hope, oil
now known from India, Japan. Soul
America, Panama, California, and vail
Gus other places, a small specimen nal
ing been obtained on the Florida codl
a few years ago. This shark has vel
broad and obtuse snout and an excee
ingly wide mouth armed with numero
minute teeth; the dark colored body
marked with many small whitish spo
The species is stated to attain leng
of 70 feet and is known to exceed 30 fe
Notwithstanding it's immense size, no
ever. it is harmless to man unless 4
tackled. and feeds on the small creatun
for which it's teeth are adapted. Its hu
bulk makes it dangerous in the same n
that a whale is dangerous. Years ago
was reported that the sperm whale ts
ermen at the island of Saint Dens, in t
indian Ocean, dreaded to harpoon
whale shark by mistake, and stories al
told of a harpooned fish, having by
lightning-like dive exhausted the suppl
of rope which had been accidentally fa |
tened to the boat, dived deeper still, a |
SO pulled pirogue and crew to the b
tOm.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27

hand with life-brother of the mornin'
and in darkest night brave-singing of til
dawn.
He had the worlds acclainl-high hol
ors of the Eminent, but his greatest gi
was in the love of little children. +
interpreted their joys and sorrows #
them as no other had before him, an
they knew what was in his heart whe
he sang for them, al voicing the prote:
of the child heart:
The coolest mems they is amt good
AS baddest little childs.
When critics of what is termed I'll
higher flights of song came to his ver|
where joy contended with tears for tt
mastery, the scholars of song" four
themselves going hearty with him on IL
sunshine road "Out to Old Aunt Mary's
or wandering Knee Deep in June ovi
his gracious country, and they gave hi
their hands and their hearts.
He went away-there, where the hom
folks are, in the state that had reache
up to crown him with all honor, as fel
living poets have been crowned; and nc
having lived near to the true heart of h
people he is folded to it forever in tt
Immortality of love.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
Soldiers Wei Drilled

certainly was surprised to see SO
many we'll drilled soldiers the other day
while | witnessed a dress parade of Bat
terry c when 1 was a visitor at the mobi-
nzauon camp in Montgomery" said
Frank 10y yesterday.
Many reports have been circulated
about the silk hose soldiers of this bat
terry, but they are making the other bat
terles and companies take notice Of their
advancement in military tactics. The ma
Jorty OF these young men have had pre-
Vious military training in college, but
nave not had the hardships of real SOL
dlerlng, as men in other batteries and
companies have had. The men of Battery
G are standing these hardships as good
soldiers should, and the citizens of Biz
mingham are for them"
When the noncommission officers of
this outfit organized a bank for the bat
terry the whole south took notice of this.
When Battery c is discharged from SER
vice and returns home every man in the
battery will have his honest earned
money. He won't be without funds, as
perhaps some of the other soldiers will
be-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
GEMS OF LITERATURE

From the Kansas City Star.
Literary crimes and misdemeanors COM
naitted in the name of realism are brought
to the bar and punished by satire in the
Harvard Lampoon.
Realism in any language is mostly bunk,
the Harvard comic magazine believes.
The difference between realism and the
real thing in literary work continues to
be three cents a word
The Lampoon, to indicate how the lead
ing nations are fooled by the same sort
of stuff, presents three examples of COM
pressed realism. American realism runs
something like this:
Tom Hardguy was camping out at ths
boardwalk city. He was some boy. was
Tom, and a skirt never phased him
Therefore, when he slipped the glad hand
to Flossie Dresser he wasn't worried at
all. Flossie was the best looking chicken
around those pickings, SO that Tom didn' t
have any Il -showing- a unity the-town ex-
preston on his map when he took her
on a party. Yup, he was nuts over her;
so one p. M, when they were chewing
food in a swell cafe, he slipped the
query.
Want to get hitched to muh, kid?" he
asked.
'Betcha,'' she came back, and right
away they COPIED sky pilot and were
coupled.
English realism is not much different
and about as bad, according to the Har-
ward magazine. 1t skips along something
like this, without music:
Lord John and Lady Mary were on a
stone bench on the great Darlington es-
tate at Drinksome- on-Me. About them
were hawthorne hedges, peacocks, foun-
tains and gardeners, SO they were quite
securely concealed. Lady Mary was COW
ering an expansive yawn with a fortune
of ostrich feathers, while Lord John was
idly tracing the picture of a fried smelt
in the gravel with gold toothpick.
bah Jove," he unused, II just wager
you cawn't divine of what I'm thinking.
It's deucedly hard to express, you know,
but it's something to do with marriage"
With quick English wit Lady Mary had
solved the problem well within the space
of two hours, and as hastily as three
years later they were married.
French realism dovetails with the other
examples. 1t is like this:
Beautiful women adorned with jewels,
feathers, furs and laces laughingly surged
by the Cafe de la Femme. Paris at night
is gorgeous, fascinating and something
never to be forgotten. But Jean and
Yvonne, seated at the small table in the
corner, noticed not the passing throng,
but their asinthe and themselves. After a
silence of five minutes and u kisses, Jean
spoke
Ma cherie.'' he said, lone word from
you and I am the happiest man in the
world; otherwise I kill myself"
mon brave JEAN Yvonne began, but
Jean, with steely CLINT in his eye, had
already drawn his scarfpin.
."Treacherous woman" he Missed, you
have said three words. not one"
So saying, he stabbed her and then
himself. Unhappy pair, SO young, beau
tiful and healthy a moment ago, and
now mere corpses. Alas. cruel world.
alas!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
PULLMAN-CAR SOLDIERS

From the New York World.
We can well understand the irritation
of Major General Funston over the child
ish grumbling of the national guards
men who complain that they should have
been, sent to the Texas border in Pullman
cars.
What is the matter with Americans
nowadays?" the general is reported to
have asked. Have they got soft, or
whatiis it? l have seen the time when
day coaches would have been a luxury
And so have most other adult Americans.
The great majority of the American peo-
pie were never inside a Pullman car, and
every night thousands of Them including
women and children, sleep in day coaches
because they canont afford to pay Pull
man prices. Have members of the Ma
tional Guard less stamina than the ordi-
! nary American man and woman?
This country would be in pretty situa-
ton If it had to rely for national de-
| Tense upon men who could not undergo
the hardships of riding in a day coach.
| Probably the National Guard complaints
have been exaggerated. We trust So
| for if not, it would be hardly worth while
for either the federal or state govern
ments to waste money on a National
Guard that could not endure the discom-
/ forts to which the ordinary person must
submit in going to Coney Island on Sun
] day. Wars are not won by armies that
can travel only in Pullman cars.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
A Test ON Character

Commissioner James Weatherly is OF
the opinion that it is a great test on
the character of any man to be a city
commissioner.
1T is not only a test on a man
character" said Mr.. Weatherly "but the
trials and fluctuations are such that it
makes or unmakes the character of any
man to occupy an official position such
as being city commissioner in Birming-
ham.
Every day 1T is the acid test all over
again. Every citizen that appears before
you with some complaint or other is a po-
tential enemy if your decision does not
suit him. and 80 per cent of the time you
are not going to decide in favor of the
complainant
But despite all the troubles and the
checks that we received, the loss of
valued friendships, and the abuse and
criticisms of public and press, I like the
job. like the fight there is in it-and,
incidentally, it might be apropos to say
that thoroughly enjoy being Of service
to the general public"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS

BY Thomas Moore
Oft in the, Silly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Fond memory bring the light
OF other days around me;
The smiles, the tears
OF boyhood years,
The words Of love then spoken;
The eyes that shone
Now dimmed and gone,
The cheerful hearts now brokenl
Thus in the Silly night
Ere slumbers chain has bound me,
Sad memory brings the light
OF other days around me.
When remember all
The friends SO linked together,
i've seen around me fall
Like leaves in wintry weather,
feel like one
Who treads alone
Some banquet hall deserted.
Whose lights are fled,
Whose garlands dead,
And all but he Departed
Thus in the Silly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me-
Sad memory brings the light
OF othet days around me-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
HOTEL LOBBIE,S


G. j. Kahn of Kelley & Kahn. repre-
senting the nonelectric fan, is at the
Motion. Mr.. Kelley, the inventor of the
fan. is with Mr.. Kahn.
We are in Birmingham looking to
placing an agent for our fan in this
CITY, said Mr.. Kahn. I'VE believe we
nave one of the most useful articles
ever placed on the market 1t is a fan
which works with spring and when
wound 1t runs for three hours.
or course, fan of this kind has
many advantages, and we believe that
there will be great market for it in
this section.p
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27

BEGINNING THE DAY. thank,
Thee, my God, for the hour that
have just passed in Thy presence.
Thy will was clear to me; meas
ured my faults, counted my griefs,
and felt Thy goodness toward me.
realized my own nOthingness.
Thou gavest me Thy peace. In Bit
terness there is sweetness; in af-
fiction, joy; in submission, strength;
In the God who Furnishes, the God
who Ioves.--Amiel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
GETS A DRUBBING

1.-THE man who is always looking for
trouble usually finds it, sooner or later"
That's true" replied the student of
human nature. "And when he does find
it, he is nearly always in a state of I'M
preparedness
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
SERVED HIM RIGHT

SERVED HIM RIGHT
Il hear you've been fishing for sew
eral days.
NO" replied the exact individual. 81
was fishing for fish and devoted several
days to the alleged sport without getting
bite"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
ALABAMA PRESS

Selma Times; The state has just fallen
heir to $4,000 worth of whisky via the
court at Scale There is going to be a
pretty wide swath cut in old Mother
Earth when all this fiery fluid is set in
motion.
Talladega Home: Having put out a
ticket, the prohibitionists can now return
to their private affairs and wait to hear
the news of Woodrow Wilson's re-elec-
tion.-Birmingham Age-Herald. And they
will hear it, bless goodness.
Montgomery Journal: Alabama has
cause to be proud of the splendid manner
in which the members of the National
Guard responded to the call for men to
protect the Mexican border, and to meet
conditions as they might arise. In after
years we can refer to the readiness of
the response of our soldier boys with
pride. If there was such a ready response
to the call for troops merely to protect
the border from bandits what would have
been the response to protect the country
from an invasion of a real enemy, one to
be considered worth while?
Montgomery Advertiser: Life announces
that it is gong to publish a Josephus
Daniels number. After which it will be
in order for the Raleigh News and OBJ
server to publish a Life number.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
A FOND DELUsIoN
PREPosTERoUs

.PREPObIEROUS
81 couldn't help but laugh"
whats the matter?"
THAT summer girl who just now
climbed aboard a Pullman after telling IA
sorrowing suitors good-by, said she was
going to Atlantic City for rest"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
CHRONIC COMPLAINT


However fair this world may be,
You'll find some people in it,
Who talk as if they're never free
From troubles for minute.
Their ceaseless groans do fill the air
And cause great perturbation,
But precious little do they care
For others tribulation.
Their own small trials so obsess,
They're facile in ignoring
A neighbours far more keen distress,
Or merely find it boring.
A FOND DELUSION
Mrs. Grabcoin gives herself grand
air."
Don't let her overhear you say that
why not?"
"She thinks it was inherited
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
How He Beckoned Death

THE community which dies through
continued indifference" said J. l.. Lamp
kin of Tennessee, motoring through Ala
bama, ito good roads, come to an I'M
timely end, industrially and socially, for
the same reason as a mountaineer was
hung to a tree by his neighbors
When the coroner undertook to find
out how the mountaineer came to his
death, the same neighbors, of course,
managed to get on the jury and the ver-
dict was:
=" Come to his death by his own
dom s. r
ITO community stuck in the mud by
refusing to vote bonds for permanent
roads the application of this incident is
plain
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
BRIGHT IDEA


According to this story of pioneer life
all the hero's neighbors assembled ane
helped him to build his house"
Il wonder If scheme like that woulc
be feasible now"
Whats your idea?"
81 was thinking of inviting four or five
of my neighbors to come over and hell
me work my garden"
AsAFoETIDA
A simple remedy with us
Is gum of asafoetida.
A cosmopolitan it is,
Of zeal and intrepidity.
It bores the nerves olfactory
And when in contiguity,
necessarily disseminates
Obnoxious superfluity.
When used as pills it combats ills
And pains in great variety
Yet it's despised and ostracized
In up-to-date society.
j. G. ORSBURN. /
. NO CHANGE OF PROGRAMME
why are you weeping my poor fel
low?"
de tune dat organ grinders playir
carries me back ter meN boyhood- days,
answered the sobbing tramp. II.
''why. it's only ragtime piece, fear
fully out-of-date"
YES sir. OATS why it carries m
back. It's de same tune organ grinder
played when I wuz boy-a little inno
cent boy"
VERY MYSTERIOUS
Interpretative dancers
Are seen in every show
But what they are interpreting
Nobody seems to know.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27

To whom God will, there be the vic
tory, Henry vi.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
New Jerusalem

81 greatly enjoyed the convention of
Rotary clubs in Cincinnati recently said
7. H. Rennie of Pell City, member Of
the delegation of the Birmingham Rotary
club. THE entertainment features of the
convention were great and Cincinnati is
to be congratulated on the splendid man
ner in which she handled the conven-
ton.
The trains were met by automobiles
and not delegate was permitted to walk
to his hotel. Bands played throughout
the city, and the entire city was almost
a Implication of the New Jerusalem, in
SO far as the matter of day and night is
concerned. Those people never knew
when night arrived. The bands were
| playing at o'clock in the morning, when
retired, and they were playing when
l arose.
| II was glad Atlanta secured the 1917
meeting of the Rotary clubs. We will
| show the delegates next year something
of the hospitality of the south"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
Pea bulls for Live Stock


I'm view of the continuous rains and
ruinous floods which have visited Ala
bama, little time is left to make another
crop" said John G. Moses.
But as several varieties of peas can
still be matured and made into hay or
allowed to ripen and the seed threshed
out, it will be of interest to know that
bright pea hulls that are not moldy may
be used as rough feed for mules and
are keenly relished by all kinds of live
stock. They should be fed dry like hay.
Be careful to see that they are free from
dust and dirt otherwise it will be
necessary to wet them before feeding.
However, no moldy or tainted cowpea
hulls should be fed to mules or horses,
although they are all right in the steer
ration.
ITO lend relish to the pea hulls a lit
tie salt may be sprinkled over them. If
they are clean, bright and properly cured
the work animals will clean them up in
short order. Only a small quantity of
hulls should be fed for the first two OF
three days until the animals get used to
the roughage, when eight to ten pounds
day may be given to each mule
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27


THE Bankhead good roads bill,
j now enacted into law, will prove
to be one of the most popular meas
ures adopted by Congress in recent
years. 1t calls for stated and gradu-
ated appropriations within period of
five years totaling $4,000, 900 as fol-
lows: Five million dollars for the
fiscal year end
Government Aid ing June 80, 1917;
To Road Building $1O0,000,000 for
the next year;
SIS, 900, 900, for the year 1918-19; $780,
900, 900 for the year 1890, and $685.
OO9, 900 for the year 1920-21.
The apportionment of the funds is
made by the United States department
of agriculture and the road work in
each state will be done under the de-
partments supervision.
The amount apportioned to Alabama
this year is $1O4,14S. At the end OF
five years Alabama will have received
s1.5o0,O0O. A condition of federal aid
is that the states applying must pro-
vide either in money, labor or mate
rial an amount equivalent to the sum
to be expended by the government.
The basis of this Bankhead meas
| ure is the demand for improved post
roads. When rural free delivery was
undertaken in a small way, as an ex
Putnam patriot., 1916-03-24
RppnblicaIl CaucuS

The Republican electors of the town
of Woodstock are requested to meet in
caucus in Lyceum hall, West Wood
stock, on Thursday, March SO, 1916, at
TWO o'clock p. m for the purpose of
eleeting delegates TO the Republican
State Convention and Congressional
District Convention TO be held in
Hartford, April 18th ana 18th, 1916,
fer the election OF delegates To the
Republican National Convention and
the appointment of State Central
Committee; also for the purpose of
eleeling town committee for the
ensuing two years.
BY Order of the Town Committee.
Dated at Woodstock, March q, 1916.
Putnam patriot., 1916-03-24
WOODSTOCK

In spite of fierce winds and drifted
roads about sixty five people proved
their appreciation of good thing by
attending the "men's supper" and en-
tertainment nj the chapel Friday ev
ening. Everything from start 10 tin
ish was masculine. William c Child,
chairman of The committee, so skilfu
ly divided the honors ami labors that
every man was a specialist in his line.
William Gallup was business mauag
err. Edward Il. Rollins was the artist
in charge of decorations which were
attractive and suited To March nth
The Irish stew concocted by w. J.
Eindeman would have delighted st.
Patrick himself and Frank Miller's
fine coffee with cake and Indian pud-
ding made up the menu. Rev +. b.
Harrison, ms head waiter, WAS assisted
by G. II. Sumner, J. E. Clark, J.
Rutishauser, George Spalding, Spen-
Ger Child and Mr.. Burke, all in white
coats and green aprons with sham.
rock decorations. q. NJ. Sampson in
honor of his birthday was favored
with a birthday cake Dewitt Miller
was pianist. George Hamilton, in
charge of the entertainment, assisted
by Mr.. Prehn, Harry Wells, Walter
Lindeman and Jack Stoutenberg, pre-
scented an Irish play written for the oc
cnsion by Mr., Stoutenberg. Pictures
were thrown upon the screen, st.
Pntrick's day post Office, and other At
teactions filled the evening. Proceeds
were used 10 complete payment on the
piano. Dish washing was nbly man.
aged by n sampson, a "Ritchh man
and judge of probate.
Herbert Nelson has been home for a
week.
The postponed Senior social Mt the
Academy was well attended Saturd ~
evening at Academy hall. Miss Mel.
sons pupils of the district school did
themselves credit in the entertain
ment.
MIR. johnson of Putnam was unable
to meet his appointment at the chapel
Sunday evening and the meeting was
conducted by Albert Williams
Mrs. f. b Harrison is visiting Mas
sachusetts relatives This week Monday
afternoon She addressed the Won.
ans club in Townsend upon Protective
Coloring.
Harry Child was home over Sunday.
Fred Howard and family returned
home Monday.
Henry Lindemau spent the weekend
with friends.
a $3.50 parlor organ for only s25, the
owner having died. In good condi-
ton out will he sold as ABOVE. Address
Lock Box l47, Putnam. adv
Remember that Watch sale is still
on Al Jeweler Shaw's. A good time to
buy is when you can buy cheap. ndv
Engraved stationery, cards, wedding
invitations, at Jaweler Shaw's. Fine
engraving at better than city prices
adv