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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
MATTY
From the New York Globe,

from the New York Globe.
 Christy Mathewson's retirement from the Giants baseball team is a matter for public sorrow. For 16 years he has twirled the ball for the Giants, and the championships won during that time have been due to the skill of this great pitcher more than to any other one cause. When "Matty" was not in form the Giants were not there.
 Mattys fame, however resJ not alone on his ability as a baseball player. He has played not only good ball, but clean ball. Thoroughly sports manslike, gentleman both on and off the diamond, he has done much to raise the standard of baseball. Rowdyism and "Matty" are as far apart as the poles. The regret at his leaving New " York will be softened somewhat by the knowledge that he is bettering himself
 As manager of the Cincinnati team all will wish him the same measure of success he has won in the ranks of the Giants. He could not ask for more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
DANGEROUS LOCALITY.

Now, if this proposition appeals t you, sign here," said the brisk agen a. the end of a half-hour harangue.
 q didn't say it appealed to me-" an swered the man at the desk.
 NO, but I saw an expression 0 pleased interest on your face"
 "Oh, that wasn't due to anything yo said. just happened to remember tha Mike, our head porter, is due here i about three minutes. The last time h put an agent out the fellow was cal ried to a hospital. Oh, must you go We'll, good morning."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
HOTEL LOBBIES
Confirms Action

The report of the government health experts on the typhoid situation in Bir- mingham is a confirmation of the action taken by the local health board in SUD- pressing the product of one of the large manufacturers of ice cream here" said Commlssloner John R. Hornady. Tt is a source of qualification to us that the local health board was not working in the oark' but knew what it was about in do- ing this.
 However, the ice cream of Birming- nam now is absolutely pure and safe, as Dr. Lumsden has pointed out, and there IS no danger to anyone from eating it"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
ANOTHER MYSTERY,

"Is it true that one-half the worli doesn't know how the other half lives?i
 "I'm convinced of that" why so?''
 "A neighbor of mine keeps an auto. mobile on salary of s9oo a year, an, T haven't even found out how he doe that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21

BEGINNING THE DAY-My God, can do so little; I have so little strength and so little time and so little wisdom and so little grace. Help me, then, to put my little ex- actIy where it belongs, to do just the thing which Thou hast for me. Guide me every day and give me close ear for Thy faintest whisper. in Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. F..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21

w imminent song writers who specialize in 'tin pan" ballads and syncopated horrows worked overtime turning out war songs. They prided themselves on being able to recog-
 nize the psycho- War Songs Gut logical moment the Music Market when they saw it,
 and with General Carranza writing crusty notes to the American government and troop trains being rushed to the border, all the composers and publishers agreed that the psychological moment for war songs had arrived.
 The output must have been enor- nous, for your "songsmith' can turn out ballad in about 30 minutes, when he's feeling just right and there is less on his mind than usual. It is said the publishers themselves sidetracked all other orders and devoted their en- ergies to getting war songs out to meet the expected demand.
 Now that the war clouds have prac- tically disappeared and only handful of Villistas are left to keep up the ex- citement in Mexico, publishers are left with stacks of songs on their hands which they cannot sell. The sort of ballad in which "eyes" rhymes with "skies." "blue" with "true," "moon" with 'spoon," and so on to the end, is again in favor.
 The publishers may have lost something, but the public is the gain CT. This country may produce another great war song some of these days, but it won't be written in "Tin Pan Alley" by "revamp artist" HEWING gum, says Dr. Anton O Carlson, associate professor of physiology at the University of Chi capo. reduces the board bill.
 In his book, ''The Control of Hun ger," he tells of experiments made on
 human beings, dogs, Keeping Down guinea pigs and rab- Hunger's Pangs bits which showed
 that chewing gum, tobacco, cigars and cigarettes dull the bangs of hunger. Alcoholic drinks also have the same effect, according to the learned doctor. Whisky introduced into the stomach of dog will cause hun ger contractions of the stomach to cease for thirty-six hours.
 A little starvation now and then IS also good for the human system, says Dr. Carlson, who has tried it and finds the sensation not as bad as some highly imaginative people have pie tured it. With the cost of living get ting higher every day, 'tis well for the average citizen to know that by chew ing gum he can stimulate the nerves in his mouth and take the edge off the sharpest appetite, also that if he should happen-to miss few meals, he may profit. by the experience, pro- vided he doesn't miss too many.
 D ALTIMORE is just now a center ID of interest and all because the Deutschland is ready to make dash for the open sea. Warships of the al lies are waiting for the undersea ves-
 sel and if it es- Interest Centers capes them, the in the Deutschland resourcefulness
 and daring of it's crew will have been shown in most striking manner.
 It is said the men dread more than any other peril the danger of being trapped in submarine net. Their fate would then be the most horrible that one could imagine unless the subma- rine were hauled to the surface be- fore suffocation ended their suffer- ings.
 The sentiment of this country has been more favorable to the allies than to the central powers, but the gallant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
Bees Are Buzzin'

The issues which will figure most prominently in the gubernatorial and other political contests two years hence nave not been sufficiently outlined yet Tor anyone to forecast with any degree Of accuracy what the results will be-" sad Stuart Mckenzie, a well known Montgomery attorney, who was at the IutWlIer yesterday. "Of course there is already much talk among those interested Tn politics regarding the candidates and the lssues but the best posted men know rom past history that the entire situa- ton can be changed in two years. New issues may arise which will bring out new candidates and some of those who now seem strong probabilities may be relegated to the rear. Such things have happened frequently in Alabama during the past decade. But this does not stop the discussions and from all parts of the state come reports that candidates are getting the bee and preparing for the contests which will open early next year, in all probability, despite the fact that the primaries will not take place until August, 191S.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
BID FOR PATRONAGE.

Heres enterprise for you.'
 'Tn what form?"
 'The proprietor of the Diggs hotel a Diggsville advertises the most com fortable lobby chairs and the larges cuspidors in town
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
FOOTBALL IN URUGUAY

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Really we will have to revise our mo- tions about South America. The revolu- tionary era is past for good. Instead of finding vent for their pentup emotions in starting an insurrection and shooting up capital the excitable Latins now find safety valve in football. It might attitude toward our southern neighbors. We allowed the pushful Briton to cap- ture the markets and. of course, he took his cricket and his football with him. Just now it is midwinter in South Amer ica and football has the call. The sea- sons play between teams representing Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Brazil had brought the series down to the two for mer teams who played or tried to play off the final for the football championship of South America at Montevideo, Sunday. Popular interest? We should remark. Tickets were sold beyond the capacity of the field. Thousands broke through the gates, invaded the seats and flowed over on the gridiron. Uruguay tried for goal but the crowd made play impossible. The police attempted to cope With the frenzied mob which retorted by setting fire to the stadium on three sides until the officers had to charge the rioters and drive them from the grounds Several persons were injured.
 After this exhibition of sporting enthu- siasm rivalling our own most fom- pageous days who shall say that there Is no hope for the Latins? Any people who can get wrought up to that extent over a football game have surely given proof of capacity for the highest civili- zation. Imagine what such mob might do to an umpire in the baseball season if given few exhibitions by an Amer ican fan or two. Score one for human ity! These Latins and ourselves must, after all. to pahaphrase the colonels lady and Julia OGrady," be brothers under their skins" If we knew them better we would probably like them lot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21

tion engineer to come here ana
 make a report on how to dispose of the
 garbage and waste of the city," the
 board, according to lthe Kansas City
 Times, voted also to name a taxpayel
 in every block of the city as advisory
 sanitary inspectors to the board the
 citizens to serve without pay" This| plan is said to be modelled upon a ChI-l cago example. But it is not the detaiY
 of the plan nor the personnel of the ad II
 visory inspectors to which we would
 call attention so much as to their supI
 plementary purpose. More than thisI (their duty as inspectors), they wild constitute a nucleus around which tdl build public sentiment for better sani.l tary laws,' and, we naturally infer, foil the enforcement of such laws wherl passed. / Sanitary laws are manifestations oil the prophylactic conception which con II siders preventing disease preferable tdI curing it. This is field in which emf !| nent authorities assure us there ard great possibilities for development. Wd| may believe that the Rock efeller found dation's proposed school of hygiene and public health at the Johns Hopkins1 under the able leadership of Drl Welch. will make great progress in| realizing these possibilities and thaA trained men will be turned out whos{| services will form an important rein forcement to the existing means and agencies of safeguarding sthe publie| health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
THE wIsHFUL ONES.

The world is full of people
 Who scarce know what they want And yet they often worry
 Until they're thin and gaunt, Without the least conception
 Of what would make them glad, Although they'll name a thousand Things that they wish they had.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
TRUTH COMES OUT.


 eff gave my wife all the money she asks me for, I wouldn't have car fare left" said MT. Jibbles, indignantly. I'm glad you show some independ- ence, old man." answered his friend, MT. Doppel. Since you are riding on this car, I naturally infer that you re- serve part of your weekly salary for yourself"
 "Er-no. I borrowed a nickel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
GUAYMAS, MEXICO

like many of the homes in the hot coun
 tries of the near east.
 There is excellent fishing for the wis
 itor to Guaymas, the big Colorado rivei
 salmon being especially plentiful, whil,
 lobster spearing is one of the populai
 sports. It is not safe bathing resort
 however, on account of the sharks which,
 infest the waters. {. "Mazatlan, some 400 miles to the south.A
 east of Guaymas, is gradually forgintl ahead of the latter city. due largely tey
 the fact that it is much nearer to thtl
 American ports of the Pacific coast. .
 Steamers loading at Mazatlan have thu.
 long voyage up the Gulf of California According to the latest avilable figurei of Mexicos foreign commerce, Guayma, showed a decrease of $500,000 in importf compared with the preceding year, whit Mazatlans loss was only half as much
 whereas in exports Mazatlan gained mor than s1.0OOOOO and Guaymas remained practically stationary. Guaymas received little more than one-fifth the total i'm ports of Mexico's Pacific ports, and ii slightly surpassed by Mazatlan. Lest than one-fifth of the export trade is con trolled by the more northerly port, whilt Mazatlan enjoys nearly fourth of 1t Three years previously the trade percent ages of the two ports was reversed. Consular offices are maintained fl Guaymas by nine foreign countries-tht United States, Great Britain, France Germany, Belgium. Italy, Norway. Hon duras and Bolivia"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
PRAYING FOR MAMA

From the Kansas City Star.
 There is said to be little girl in St. Marys who includes in her prayer ev- cry night the hope that "Dottie might be made a better little girl and do what mamma tells her to do, and that mann ma be made better girl and do what papa tells her to do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21

vUT ASHINGTON, D. C., July 20. A/ Special )-Guaymas, the scene
 w of a reported exploit of the American cruiser Cleveland in releasing the steamer Sonora recently, is de- scribed in today's National Geographic society bulletin as the port of second importance on the Mexican west coast.
 "As the chief outlet of the wealthy state of Sonora, Guaymas Is a seaport of vast possibilities" says the bulletin, flor it has naturally fine harbor, af- fording anchorage in its present little inn proved condition for vessels drawing from 14 to 20 feet of water.
 ''The Southern Pacific railway of Mex ico, running through the state capital, Hermosilla, connects Guaymas with the American border city of Nogales, 29O miles to the north. This roads extension along the coast to the south has been retarded greatly by the political condi- tions and according to the company S report the losses on account of interrup- tions to traffic from the beginning of the Madero revolution to June 30, 1913, amounted to s3,0O0,OO0 (gold).
 "Guaymas is not a pleasant place in which to live at this time of the year, for from July to September (the rainy season., the atmosphere is hot and muggy. The winter climate is very agreeable, however. The town stands on an arid peninsula, book of which rise hills 150O feet high, which serve as giant heat re- flectors To overcome this, many of the houses have extraordinarily thick walls,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21

different. The wisdom of the govern ment's preparedness policy is all ap- parent. Never before had the guards men been on a par with the regular army. They are now a part of the establishment" and as soon as the newness of the reorganized army law wears off nothing will be heard in the way of complaint, although today such is so rare as to be really negligible. General Bliss not only finds condi- tions first class, but he takes occa- sion to commend warmly General Funston and his staff for excellent handling of difficult problem" When General Bliss returns to Washington and complies his full report the public will understand better than ever what marked improvement Uncle Sam has made in the treatment of military af- fairs. The street tax has become a law in Bir- mingham. A number of citizens who figure the years expenses closely will have to cancel their subscriptions to one or two magazines
 The Germans are reported to be run ming short of aeroplanes, but it is hard to i,,,o eri,a +boea affic;ap+ Teutc r,,po;po short of anything that can be made in a factory
 Some towns have so much local pride that so long as they can keep their heads above water, they declare the floods have done little or no damage.
 
 King Constantine of Greece has lost palace by fire, but that probably doesn't trouble him half as much as the reported loss of his self-respect.
 
 None of those troopers along the bor- der, where the thermometer is soaring, are particularly anxious for place in the sum-
 General Castro may yet settle down in this country and lead the life of com muter General Huerta did it-for while
 Peace will be declared in Europe some day, but the Ford peace delegates will have nothing to do with bringing it about.
 Even a person who is not political prophet can see that there is no likeH- hood of the bull moose being exhumed. Tom Brown Is back on the job at Sing Sing and number of political schemers are nursing sore heads.
 
 Private Goldberg, according to all re- ports from Camp Vandiver, simply was not cut out for military man.
 sss
 Boston landladies are said to have formed a union. Han-roomers should retalate by organizing at once.
 The prophets who said the world would  come to an end in 1916 still have about five months to make good in.
 MT. Hughes will not try to convert the solid south" He has an idea it would be a waste of time Correct
 MT. Munsey thinks a small, compact newspaper is the thing, but publicity ex- perts don't agree with him.
 A New York man advertises for a job that is full of color, but he Is above painting anybody's barn.
 Kansas man boasts that he went to school with Hetty Green. but the Hetty he knew was black.
 Persons who, don't pose as experts are beginning to think the war in Europe is nearing an end
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
HOrnady a Great Man

That there is at least one commissioner who is doing a great work for Birming- ham is the opinion of John Calman, treas- urer of the Strand theatre:
 "Commissioner John R. Hornady," said MT. Calman, Ifs the man of the hour He is successfully combating the biggest typhoid epidemic that the city has ever experienced and doing so despite the obvious fact that the municipal treasury is empty due to the legal attack of T. C. Mcdonald. MT. Hornady has given the citizens free vaccination and thus saved the public thousands of dollars as the doctors would have charge us at least s5 for each treatment of the preventive serum.
 MT. Hornady is also on the job seek ing and pushing legislation that will help the public He is quiet but forceful, and what is more important he obtains re- suits He is one member of the present capable city commission that should be closely watched by the politicians as he is going ahead to bigger things I will vote for him any time, even though he IS opposed to Sunday motion pictures"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
RARE CASE.

"A beautiful girl"
 "so she is, and remarkable, too" 'In what respect?"
 50 far as know, she has never had the slightest idea of going into the movies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A GLITTER.

A plague upon the soldier
 Who mournfully complains Whenever dinners somewhat late
 And every time it rains. He has a craven spirit
 Of that you may be sure, Not fit upon the battle field
 To conquer and endure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21

There's nothing level in our cursed natures, But direct villainy.
 -Timon of Athens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
Rumsey Tax and Special Taxe.


 R. F. Middleton one of Birmingham s Mayor Frank V, Evans is wrong in say ing that the famous Rumsey tax was collected for more than one year in Bir- mngham.
 MT. Evans probably has in mind the special tax which was levied for several years here in the early days" said MT. Middleton, because the early receipts for payments of this tax do not show foi what purpose it was collected.
 ''The Rumsey tax, which was collected one year, was to satisfy a judgmen. against the city for an old Rumsey fire engine. The receipts dated in January, 1882, for this tax were on special forms and state that the amount received is for the Rumsey tax in full The special tax collected in those days, however, was not the Rumsey tax because this special tax was collected long before the court ordered the collection of the Rumsey tax. the city taxes of my mother-in-law, Mrs. R. A. Garrett. She paid her Rumsey tax of $2465 on January 30, 1882
 But here is another tax receipt signed by John L. Davis on April 26, 1881, which specifics that the taxes paid are for the year 1880 The items are: Real estate. s17.5o; personal property, s1; special tax. $925
 Here is another signed by MT. Davis, dated January 15, 1882, for the year 1881 l5 days before she paid her Rumsey tax The items on this receipts are: Real estate, SIS; personal property $; special tax, S.
 Here is still another, signed by B. A. Thompson as tax collector, on March 8 1883, in payment for taxes for 1882. Its items are; Real estate, $35.25 personal property, 75 cents; special tax, SIS. And so they go, but it is noted that from year to year the special tax de- creased in proportion as the real and per sonal taxes increased
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21

B. Steiner purchases $20.000 of war bonds at a slight premium and imme- diately receives an offer of per cent profit on the price he paid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
Much Loss to Farmers

While the rains and storms which have swept the southeast for the past two weeks or more have done untold damage to railroads, and all kinds of industries, the greatest losses have fallen on the farmers" said E, l.. Dodson, a well known attorney of Tuscaloosa, who was at the Morris yesterday. The best land in Alabama and in the other states af- fected, lies on the river banks, and the crops on this land has been totally de- stroyed. While there may be some re- planting of certain kinds of crops which will help in small way to tide the farm CTS over, their crops for this year will amount to practically nothing where they were swept by the floods and the heavy rains.
 "On account of the ravages of the boil weevil, much of the land in the black belt of Alabama and along the Warrior and other rivers was planted in corn and similar food crops this year rather than cotton. With this almost total loss, the farmers will receive a serious backset. One fortunate thing about the floods in this state was the fact that the loss of cattle and live stock was very slight These floods do not come very often and with the rapid advances made by Ala bama farmers in diversification, they will soon recover from this blow.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
> From Age-Herald Files

Thursday, July 21, 1S98-The United States advertises for bids to wire the government building, and electric lights will be installed in the postof- flee as soon as possible. This is being done because of the high cost of gas lighting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21

The seven-mile extension of the Southern railroad has been completed to the Leeds ore mine of the Sloss Iron and Steel company and an official says the company soon will be loading brown hematite ore at the new mine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21

Mayor Frank V. Evans submits his semiannual report to the city council, showing receipts for the first six months of the year to be $141 1,SS6.S7, and disbursements for the same period, $140,394.SS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21

Anniston Star: A busy bee made S6,- O00,O00 worth of wax and honey last year in this country and still found time to amuse himself by stinging mortals at Sunday school picnics.