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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
PERIODICALS BY FREIGHT

From the Rochester Democrat and Jour-
 nal.
 Congress has again been engaged in the discussion of the cost of handling second class mail matter and the advisability of shipping weekly and monthly publica- ton by freight. The postoffice depart ment estimates that carrying periodicals at the rate of 1 cent pound means a loss of $S0,000,000 year. What the off cials of the department do not seem to realize is that if rates of postage were advanced so as to cover this efficiency, periodicals would be obliged to increase their subscription rates accordingly, and no real economy would be effected, from the standpoint of the public. Shipping magazines by freight is one of the de- vices adopted to reduce transportation charges It worked so badly when first introduced, and caused so many com plaints, that in 1912 Congress made pro- vision that publishers might have their option of having magazines shipped by freight at 1 cent pound, or by mail at 2 cents pound. This arrangement has worked better, because it made impossi- ble the gross discrimination practiced be- fore that when a postmaster general ar bitrarily decided that certain publications should be relegated to freight cars, while rival publica tions in the same field were sent by mail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
GOOD-BY

By Emerson. Good-by, proud world!--Im going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not
 thine. Long through thy weary crowds roam; A river-ark on the ocean brine. Long I've been. tossed like the driven
 foam But now, proud world I'm going home. Good-by to Flattery's fawning face: To Grandeur with his wise grimace; To upstart Wealth's averted eye; To supple office, low and high; To crowded halls, to court and street; To frozen hearts and hasting feet; Good-by, proud world!-Im going home; I am going to my own hearthstone; Bosomed in yon green hills alone A secret nook in a pleasant land, Whose groves the frolic fairies planned; Where arches green, the ilve-long day, Echo the blackbirds roundelay, And vulgar feet have never trod A spot that is sacred to thought and
 God.
 O, when I am safe in my sylvan home tread on the pride of Greece and Rome; And when I am stretched beneath the
 pines,
 Where the evening star so holy shines. I laugh at the lore and the pride of man. At the sophist schools and the learned
 clan:
 For what are they all. in their high con
 ceit.
 When man in the bush with God may
 meet?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14

past in favor of separate taxing district and shall continue to be so in the future At every commission meeting I stand up, sometime amid the smiles of col leagues, and urge a separate county and separate taxing district. My colleagues are under the impression that such talks at the present time are useless and a waste of time, but I differ from them, and believe that my talks on the sub Ject in the past six months have aroused much interest until today 1t is the domi- nant issue before the people of the city oe Birmingham. I believe that the city commissioners should lead in projects to better the municipality and in the future as in the past I intend to continue my attempts to arouse public interest in a separate taxing district, as 1t means the solving of all the financial problems of the city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
HETTY GREENS FORTUNE

it's exact value to the last cent. q dead hand can accomplish much, but. cannot prevent the orderly working | the laws. In this state all of Hol Greens wealth, after an exemption < $5O00, would be subject to the inherita,' tax, and most of it to the super-tax, 1l the amount that would Mhus go into public treasury is estimated at more tll A,000,00O, & larger sum than has been collected from any estates. h
 The case is interesting alike in it's ra gal aspects and ethically. Inherita1 taxes are not pleasant to contempl1 Their collection often seriously emr| rasses small estates. They deprive m widows and orphans of money they sal need. The proposal by Congress to SI plement the states inheritance taxesd a federal tax has provoked a great tI of justifiable indignation. Yet is is .I such cases as this which serve to force to the arguments of the advoc' of large death taxes. Mrs. Green nj most of her fortune here. under the
 tection of our laws and by her clever
 plOyu ulSuL OL lll0 IdCllltleS TOT money ing in New York. That the state E make every effort to tax the heirs is,
 to be doubted. It is right, under
 law, that they should be taxed. and b can we'll afford to pay all that the sl asks. But if the inheritance can leg, be levied here it is clear that l. | aggregate of yearly taxes, which never paid anywhere, should also +
 been collected here. Whether or nc legal claim could now be made for
 taxes is an open question. Such a ceeding would inevitably involve m litigation, and it would be extremely
 ficult, in the circumstances, to desN upon a basis for appraisal. Yet theh danger that such a complication mi prevent the solution of the prok which naturally suggests itself, thai for the heirs, realizing, as they n
 the justice of tho claim for taxes, fra to offer to pay over to the statei| sum found to be due after the apprII | by the comptroller's inspectors. HI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
Accept Advice of Experts

Birmingham and Jefferson county have opportunity presented to them corps of the counrys greatest health experts here this week making study of conditions and be-
 fore leaving they will formulate recommendations to prevent recurrence of typhoid
 They will go still further and submit recommendations look to the general health and sanitation of the community This report will probably embrace uniform health system for city and county, that the community health matters will be der head and will do away with duplication of efforts in city and county.
 City and county authorities should have the unanimous sup port of the electorate ill carrying out the recommendations which will be made The question of dollars and cents must not be made too conspicuous matter where the very life of the people is at stake
 The who performing the present service here will speak from experience gained from years of health work all the United States No higher authorities health mat ters be found at price and yet their work entirely without cost to city county Let the community cooperate by showing them that is ready follow their leadership making Jefferson county the heahet spot in the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
MINES OF SONORA

arduous journey, and the widow was stantly in fear of being robbed. VI she finally reached the capital she M not rest content until the fortune i. been placed in the safekeeping of. Spanish viceroy. A few days late1s widow herself disappeared and the < store of gold was appropriated byu government treasury and that treasI custodian.
 "An equally pathetic story is told oI Planchas de Plata (Silver Plates) Il which, according to Jesuit accounts,k N discovered by Yaqui Indian durinl first half of the eighteenth century. q deep canyon the Jesuits are said to taken great globules of silver ore, WI ing from 20 to 50 pounds. One mam1 nugget of pure silver, weighing a quI of ton, was discovered and provel undoing of both the priests and thf' dians. This treasure rock was with "A difficulty loaded between two pack iV and taken to the capital, where itC seized for the crown. After years o gation the authorities decided tharl only this nugget, but all other ore the canyon belonged to the state. WI upon Jesuits and Indians conspired cessfully to lose the mine.
 "Just 39 miles south of the Arizonl and midway between the border tow Nogales and Naco. is Cananea, tho ter of one of the richest copper I'd in the world, while to the south is dalena station. east of which is thd to Domingo canyon with it's placed deposits which are said to have nished the cargo for many of Sl treasure galleons. "In addition to copper, gold and E the mines of Sonora produce lead,l K antimony, mercury, iron, zinc, salt tellurium. The graphite deposits state are said to be the finests il \ world. producing an even better Ll than the famous mines of Siberik Japan" A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
SHORTAGE OF MONKEYS

New York Correspondence Cincinnati
 Times-Star
 Although 100000 children have been taken away from New York to escape danger in the epidemic of infantile pa ralyss which has spread over Manhat- tan and Brooklyn, and although deaths from the disease in Greater New York have approached 50 a day, the Rockefel- Ter institute has made no progress what ever in research concerning the causes of the mysterious disease. It is an- nounced that the failure of shipment of monkeys to arrive from the Philip pines has left the scientists of the insti- tute unable to conduct the experiments causes of he ailment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
HOTEL LOBBIES
Louisville and Nashvllle's Damage

The damage which was suffered by the Louisville and Nashville during the tropical storm and the floods of the past week, while excessive, will not equal that or last September" said J. H. Settle, district passenger agent, yesterday. Tn the storm last fall, our tracks was prac- tlcally washed up for distance of SO miles along the coast During the past week we have been affected over great CT area of the system, but most of these were from washouts and the total will not be so great as that of last Sep tember.
 We have done everything in our power to alleviate the troubles suffered by the people who were travling on our lines. In many cases, where they were tied up for sveral days, we took care of them and saw that none of them suffered. In every case we hastened them to the point of their destination over the first line that was available, regardless of the loss of revenue"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
VAT ASHINGTON, D. C., July 13
 " (Special.)-"If Americas Ma
 tiopa1 GI1a rd sees fOreipn service

NN (Special)-"If Americas Ma
 W tional Guard sees foreign service in it's patrol duty along the northern So- nora border, the boys in khaki will be Tn A Mexican state where fact and fable are fascinatingly interwoven in the accounts of it's vast mineral wealth. says today's war geography bulletin. issued from Washington by the National Geographic society.
 Even the name Sonora is said by some historians to be derived from a peculiarly musical and sonorous' quality possessed by certain marbles quarried in the state.
 within a decade after Cortez landed on Mexican soil and conquered the fol- lowers of Montezuma, the Spaniards had launched expeditions by sea and started exploration parties over the mountains to find that region which two centuries be- fore according to tradition, had supplied the Aztecs with great stores of gold and silver when they passed through the land in their tribal migration to the vale of Anahuac. By 153O Almindez Chirinos had proceeded up the coast as far as the mouth of the Yaqui river and he was 1OllOWeQ Dy ue VdCd, WHO DIOuSHt pdSfN a report that gold and silver could be plucked from the ground in unbelievable quantities. One of de Vaca's followers was Sebastian, mulatto who had re- markable gifts of imagination. Among the places he saw were the Seven Cities of Cibola, ruled by King Tatarax, whose wonderful, bejeweled robes ldazzled the eye as he worshipped each morning in his magnificent palace before golden cross. Mermaids also figured in Sebastians mar rative as alluring marvels of the Sonora coast.
 Among the Sonora mines about which romance and reality are strangely min gled is that of Senor Armada of Quintera. The owner is said to have celebrated the marriage of his favorite daughter by pan cling the bridal chamber with plates of silver. and paving the road from his home to the church with bars of the precious metal.
 "The legend concerning the Dona Maria mine is that it's owner. the widow of a Spaniard. de Rodroques, labored for years saving up nuggets of gold until she had treasure which required a caravan of 10 mules to convey the four tons of precious metal to Mexico City. It was long and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
SPAIN HONORs A JEW

From the Hebrew Standard.
 Some six months ago Dr. Abraham S. Yahuda was appointed professor of rab- binics at the Central university of Ma drie. He was inducted into office with splendid ceremonies and was received in special audience by Alfonso XIII, King of Spain. pr. Yahuda is the first protesting Jew to receive position of honor in the Iberian peninsula since the expulsion of 1492. He was educated in Germany, all though British subject, and for a time as an instructor at the Jewish seminary of Berlin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
Prohibition Party,s Platform

The prohibition party's platform will be made up largely of peace blanks, ac- cording to the outline adopted by the leaders in conference, and should appeal strongly to the -pacifists, said M. B. Carlton of Chicago.
 Several of the peace declarations are merely general and are such that any citi- zen might subscribe to, but one of them is entirely original I refer to the plank in favor of a government department of peace. If such a department were ere ated we would then see in the cabinet a Secretary of Peace, as well as a Sec retary of War, and this would present an anomoly It would make fun for the cartoonists and paragraphers. If MT. Ford accepts the prohibition nomination it would be hard to say which great moral issue would have precedence-peace or nationwide prohibition"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
WAR CAUSES COFFEE SCARCITY

From the American Food Journal.
 The great demand for the cheaper grades of Rio coffee to supply the Euro pean soldiers the past year has caused the price to advance to point almost as high as the better grades. according to A. M. Wells, sales manager for a cof- fee company of Omaha. Even the better grades of Mexican and Central American coffee are becoming difficult to obtain, while shipments of Mochas and Javas practically have ceased with poor pros- poets of securing more for at least a year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 MY HILE by her habits of thrift and
 W her extraordinary foresight and
 skill as an investor the late Mrs. Hetty Green was accommodating a fortune of enormous size she so lived as to avoid taxation. She eluded the tax collector, living, more surely than Peer Gynt euded the button molder. and now that she has passed into the beyond her dead hand stretches out to prevent the collection of the inheritance taxes. In her later years she dwelt, sometimes, III an apartment house in Hoboken called the Barracks, but she had an abiding place also in West Ninetieth street, Man. haitian. Her name never appeared on the tax lists of New York or New Jersey. She claimed residence in the township of Rockingham, Vt, and paid annually to the tax office there the sum of $2304 on some property in the village of Bellows Falls. She did not live in the house there even in her brief annual visits to the neighborhood, and had permitted 1t to lapse into state of decay. Her claim of residence in Vermont, therefore, must
 
 she was clever woman, quite as shrewd as any of the lawyers who will pres ently be employed in the litigation over her estate, and her attempt to preserve her estate from taxation may succeed.
 Tn Vermont where her will has been presented for proate, money left to the children of a testator is exempt from taxation. Mrs. Green left all her wealth to her son and daughter except few trifling bequests which will be taxed for purely nominal sum, considering the vast extent of her fortune This Is reputed to be about SIPS, ,0OOOo. and. all though her will expressly provides that the value of the estate is not to be made public, it is likely that the public will presently be informed by legal process of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
GETTING EVEN,

GETTING EVEN. A preachers in tn dinin room An eatin' chicken pie; But here I'm sittin' in tn hall An feelin' fit to die. I'll have to wait my turn, ma said, An pa smiled down at me, An tears came in my eyes so thick That I could hardly see. It's tough to be shut out like this An smell good things to eat An never get a single bite
 Because there ain't no seat. But when that preachers stuffed himself An all tn rest is through, An ma says, You kin come in now" Here's what I'm goin' to do. I'm goin' to tend I'm dreadful sick An got an awful pain Because I had to wait so long, Then ma, an pa an Jane Will gather round an cuddle me An ask me where it hurts, An then they'll heap my plate with food An give me two desserts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
HIS ATTITUDE.

 What is your attitude toward canned music'?"
 That depends on where I happen to be-" replied the tactful man. 'Yes?"
 "If I am visiting people don't know very well and canned music is provided, I simulate enjoyment, but if I happen features express my true feelings
 NOT CONVINCING. T have just been reading a booklet showing how to make money by raising chickens"
 Have you finished the booklet?" "Yes."
 How do you feel?" What do you mean?" Are you ready to throw up your job, sell all your earthly possessions and in vest in a chicken farm?' ''I should say not!' ''Ah! Then you are safe. The fellow who wrote that booklet is evidently a poor hack without any imagination"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
QUEER GIRLS.

A modest girl is Dolly Denn. As shy as can be found; She won't take off her glasses when There is a man around.
 Cincinnati Enquirer. The modesty of Fanny Fee Leaves Dolly far behind, For if man is looking, she Won't even change her mind.
 Detroit Free Press- A queer girl Is Dora Dale. You'll know it when we state, That even for a bargain sale She does not change her gait.
 Houston Postl A modest lass Is Mary Brand, A really proper dame; Because a man must be at hand, She will not change her name.
 -Pittsburg Postl The stubbornness of Sally Force Is really rather striking; For "flivvers" she won't change h course When she goes out a-hiking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14

BEGINNING THE DAY-shOw me the wide world, my God, and the deep heavens; and reveal to me how foolish are my petty cares. Let me look up and be ashamed. Release me from my little round by the vision of far horizons. Make me biz
 enough and calm enough to live rightly in this universe of Thine. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. IL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
THE TEXAS IDEA

From the Houston Post.
 The Alabama troops are compl that they have no cooks among Evidently all single men. Married generally know how to cook and SCI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
From Age-Herald Files

Wednesday, July 13. 1S98.-The Ivy Coal and Coke company buys 12,ooo acres of coal land from B. M. Long of Jasper, the consideration being $160, ,O0o. The purchasing company was backed by capitalists of Georgia and eastern states, who were interested in the Br- mingham district through the work of Walter Moore.
 The city of Birmingham is eminently satisfied with the action of the water works company in securing a tempor- ary injunction against the enforce ment of lower rates to consumers. Col J. J. Altman, representing the city, says the company has made the fight easier by coming out into the open.
 B. B. Miller is selected as agent for the Commercial club by committee composed of B. Steiner. R. N Rhodes, F. Y. Anderson, Joseph Beitman and J. w. Mcdonald. MT. Miller left inn mediately for the east with the inten- tion of interesting capital in Birming ham.
 Eight are killed in an explosion in the powder plant of the Laflin-Rand company at Pompton. N. J. Spanish spies are suspected
 General Toral continues to refuse to surrender Santiago and the lombard ment is momentarily expected to be- gin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
WILLING TO COOPERATE.

WILLING TO CO-OPERATE. Don't talk to me any more, sir. Il about to lose my temper" said the irasl ble man.
 "Umphr snorted the beIligerent persd preparing to give battle. Go ahead al lose your temper. Confound your ua picture, I'll help you find it!''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
AS FAR AS HE GETS.

What does your boy think of doil, now that he has finished college?" "oh, little of everything" answei., the disappointed father. "Indeed?' "Yes. You'd be surprised to know h' many things he thinks of doing, but net
 does."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
ALL TIRED OUT.

"You didn't stay away long on yeg vacation"
 ''No. Still, must have covered hui dreds of miles, | Motoring or wall1ing?' ''Neither. was dancing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
Young Lawyers, Absence Felt

"It seems somewhat lonesome around here without the young lawyers who left in the alleged silk stocking Bat tery C." said Judge Thomas R. Lea of the municipal court yesterday. Tine law profession was hit harder than most any other profession in the form ing of this battery. and this court has occasion to miss them more than any other place, as many of them were handling cases here continually.
 Despite newspaper criticism of their fancy ways they are a bunch of as fine fellows as ever wore Uncle Sam's uniform. and I have never heard word of regret expressed by a single lawyer in the company at having 70 leave his practice to go into the gov ernment service. I talked with good many of them some who were rising young corporation lawyers and others who had established a good practice, and they were all willing to respond to the call of President Wilson"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
Favors Separate County

Commissioner Arlie Barber stated yes terday that for years he had been advo- eating the idea of separate taxing dis trct. and that in the future he intended to continue doing so.
 T am for the separate taxing district, said Commissioner Barber, 'as 1t means a saving of at least $250,00O to the city of Birmingham. Even if it did no more than save $1O00O0 it would still be worth While, as that would mean saving of si,0Oo,OC0 in 10 years. Any business corpo- ration would be glad to effect such a saving and the citizens of Birmingham l believe are enlightened enough at the present time to desire to go ahead and work for a separate taxing district that is certain to abolish a duplication of governmental duties and incidentally save about $25O000 a year.
 Now I have been very active in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-14
Politics Interferes With Business

When a lawyer gets into politics he greatly interferes with his practice" said G. A. Sorrell of Alexander City, member of the legislature from Talla- poosa county. who was at the Morris yesterday. Being in the legislature last year with the split sessions and the almost constant interruptions Of committees and other work practically ruined my practice for that length of time. but I am now enjoying work greatly, giving all my time to busi- ness"
 Judge Sorrell was on his way to De- catur to attend the meeting of the state bar association. When asked re- garding the report that he would prob ably run as a candidate for Congress to succeed J. Thomas Heflin in the event the latter retired to make the race for some other office. he made the statement quoted above regarding the relations between politics and the practice of law. 1T am enjoying the practice of law too much to think about politics." he replied.