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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08

By Joaquin Miller Behind him law the gray Azores. Behind the gates of 1ieIcu1es; Before him not ghost of shores. Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: Now we must pray. For 10! the very stars are gone Brave admiral, speak; what shall say?, Why. say, Sal on. sail on! and on!" My men grow mutinoug oa, oy gay: My men grow ghastly, wan and weak" The stout mate thought of home; a spray Of salt wave dashed his swarthy cheek. What shall l say. admiral, say. If we sight naught but the seas at
 dawn?"
 Why you shall say at break of day.
 Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!' ]" They sailed and sailed. as winds might
 blow,
 Until at last the blanched mate said: Why. now not even God would know should l and all my men fall dead. TEese very winds forget their way, For God from these dread seas is gone. Now speak, brave admiral; speak and
 say-h
 He said: Sail on, sail on. and on.' They sailed. They sailed Then spoke
 the mate:
 This mad sea shows it's teeth tonight. He curls his lips, he lies in wait, With lifted teeth. as r. to bite! Brave admiral. say but one good word: What shall we do when hope is gone?" The words leaped as a leaping sword:
 Sail on! sail On! san on! and on! Then pale and worn, he kept his deck. And peered through darkness An, that
 night.
 Of all dark nights, And then a speck- A light, light, A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! IL grew to be Times burst ofdawn: He gained world he gave that world Its greatest lesson: "On! and on!''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
LUKE NI'LUKE SAYS

Some girls who wear baby blue garters witt! gilt claspes before they are married,
 use piece of calico rag to perform the same service later A crepe de chine kimono often covers a lot of shabby lingerie. A stout woman will faint if you squeeze her hand too hard, but when she takes her corset off at night her skin is so corrugated and welted that she resembles | the tattooed lady in a side show. Things could be worse, fellows; the women are not buttoning their shoes up the back. | Let woman do a nations talking and she won't care two hooraws in Halifax who does its thinking 1 Men do not wear corsets. But this is I no sign that a whole lot of them do not need corsets.
 i Once upon a time there was a man l who was so rich that he enjoyed paying taxes But he died. He was too good for this world.
 i What has become of the old fashioned 1 man who had an ambition to be the | champeen mouth organ player in his { town?
 1 Some fellows never realize that time is
 money until they sober up and try to
 settle with the chauffeur of the taxi. | Why doesn't some smart upholsterer get rich by starting in business as a
 dressmaker and cater to skinny women exclusively?
 l After all, fame is merely pedestal on
 which the victim is placed in order to give the world better chance to throw. bricks at him.
 l Don't forget that when you marry a girl who has an independent fortune you are marrying an independent wife. l After all old Job hadn't much of a 1 kick coming. He never had to drive a 1 flivver full of boudoir-capped females
 around town all day.
 | A man likes to have his wife brag that he can't fool her. He knows that none
 are so blind as those who imagine they
 see it all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
WOMEN OF FRANCE
From the Louis

From the Louisville Courier-J ournal.
 @ TEPHANE LAUzANNE, editor of S the Paris newspaper, Matin. repro
 duces in his book, Fighting
 France" a letter written by a woman of Lyons to Maurice Barres, which is as follows:
 "One of these recent days, when our
 troubles have been so hard to bear, l
 went to regain my courage to one of
 tn. beloved sanctuaries of Notre Dame.
 A lady dressed in black came in
 beside me. and, as ali mothers are sisters
 in these trying days, I asked after her
 men at the front She told me sadly
 that she was a poor widow, and that
 the war had taken away her two sons, her sole means of support One of them had had an arm amputated-the right armand the hands of the other were cur off at the wrists. She came from seeing them to pray to the Mother of Sorrows for her children and herself. II was deeply moved by her sorrow and by her not complaining. I sought means to console her. This is the means have found. sir. and I tell it to you now.
 Let US ask the Virgin, I said to her. to create young women in France so
 brave, so strong, and so devoted that they will gladly and proudly consent to
 marry the poor, injured men, and to be not only their hearts but the limbs which will aid them to make their daily bread, leaving to the men the privilege of low ing them, of respecting their presences. and of guiding their lives.
 "The poor woman understood me. We separated My own youngest daughter was in my thoughts. and do you not think that the men who have wider audience could stir the hearts Of the young women 20 years of age in France l if they asked them to perform this act I of devotion, and to the companions of
 inc mutilated, maimed men of Francey' ! This .is offered as showing the forti- l tude. the loyal devotion of French wom- an That the French women are display ] ing all of the admirable qualities of Spartan women, plus tenderness and charm, which the Spartan woman possi-
 bly had, but which tradition has omitted ,to mention, nobody need doubt.
 1 After the 60s were not the states which had composed the Confederacy well sprinkled with mutilated men who
 were the husbands of devoted wives and the fathers of children who honored them
 above all men? Did not the women oi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
About John Wallace

T have known John Wallace for years and served under him as one of his game wardens," said John Rosen- stihl. "and I believe that ne has been the most outspoken man in the state against the federal prohibition amend ment, but somehow when the time comes to reward him for his stand, there is always an influential crowd in the state who seek to set him aside.
 Y think John is the logical candidate against Kilby, and I believe he Is go- ing to surprise some of the old time political prognosticators."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08

Bragg1u, IS In bad taste, but we ara firmly convinced that the Statue of Lib erty will be intact when the allied lead- CTS gather around a table to decide what shall be done with the Hohenzoller:, family.
 Parisians have no doubt become so ac- custome.i to shells dropping here and there in the city that they don't even shrug their shoulders any more and mutt tre "Ce'st le guerre' when one explodes
 !, a T
 Suffs wha hae wi Miss Paul bled tried to stage a little demonstration in front of the White House the other day. De- spite the heat, Washington police were sufficiently alert to nip it in the bud. * 4. &T The farmerette who remembers thai she is a lady and turns her hoe, pitch fork or rake over to a gallant farm hand isn't going to accomplish much toward winning the war. # x %
 New York now has two newspapers un- der the control of a board of trustees. IL remains to be seen whether or not a newspaper can be managed like an or. phanage or an old woman's home.
 Ht Aside from the fact that American tele- phone girls in France are called "Hel- loists" ty Stars and Stripes, they are treated with the utmost consideration.
 * < T
 What has become of the reformer who sat up late at night trying to devise some way to save General Pershing's s army from perdition?
 # * * It has about reached the point where the average German would rather see the good German sword'' used as a cheese knife.
 A newspaper reader gets the idea that it isn't possible to travel more than a few yards in France without reaching a village.
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 The war has brought prosperity to profiteers and hired propagandists of the German government.
 # T 2:
 It looks as if M. Cailiaux would es- cape the firing squad after all. There is still great deal Of politics being played in France.
 * # # Judging from the way candidates talk, they never have had thought in all their lives apart from the common people. 4s # # There's food for thought in the fac, that the six weeks war planned oy Germany has entered it's fifth year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
The Commissxry Managers

Tt was great pleasure to enter tain at lunch on Tuesday at the Tut wiler the managers and wives of the commissary men of the nation,' said Murray Brown of Goodall, Brown & Co.,
 They are in close contact with some and are more than merchants. They represent both the employers and the employees and are in a position to smooth out many wrinkles when there is trouble between labor and capital am glad that so many of them have expressed wonder and appreciation at the Magic City"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
High Temperature But
 No Prostrations

1H1oT waves such as that .I prevail. ''l. A A ing this week affect the south less seriously than the north. Many nersons have died from sunstroke Tn New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, and heat prostrations have been counted by hundreds. In semi-troplcal sections a prostration from heat is rarely known.
 Birmingham is blessed with an eouable climate. The mercury in the thermometer often plays up and down in the nineties, and for rarity occa- sionally registers 100 degrees. of course people here get hot and many of them do not hesitate to say they will be glad when summer is gone, but the truth is we have had pleasant summer. The nights have been pleas ant for sleeping and it is an outstand- ino fact that not single case of neat prostration has been reported in this neck of the woods. There is no bet ter climate in America than ours mild winters, joyuos springs, de- |lightful summers and gorgeous au- tumns, and pure air and an abundance of it for everybody.
 Out in the state of Washington a woman juror tossed up stick of canay ed with the red side up. But before discussing learnedly ''woman's tempera. mental unfltness for the ballot" let us remember that male jurors have been
 known to reach a decision by tossing up coin.
 A temperature of 114 degrees in Wash. ington. recorded on Pennsylvania ave nue recently. must have played hob with collars in Congress, although nothing af. fects the invisible collars some congress-
 men are said to wear.
 * ]. #
 Berlin might have real old-time eel ebration if U-boat should happen to sink an American transport loaded with 1 troops, but the chances of Berlin ever
 celebrating catastrophe of this kind
 are extremely remotes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Lieutenant starkey AIabamian

"Lieut. Joseph w. Starkey of Chatta- nooga, Tenn. reported in today's paper as severely wounded, is a native Ala bamian, being born at Tuscumbia, said Dr. ". A. Burns
 He has been in France since Sep tember, 1917. and received the Croix de Guerre for gallantry in the fighting around May 27. He is former Auburn boy and is a nephew of Mrs Burns. He was attached to the Ninth infantry. having received his training and com mission at the first officers training camp at Fort Myers, Va"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
Nicholas Romanoff
 Died Like a Patriot

66@ PARE my wife and my inno-
 g cent, unhappy children. May my blood preserve Russia from ruin."
 A dispatch from Amsterdam says these seem to have been the last words spoken by the unfortunate Nicholas Romanoff, former Emperor of Russia and richest man in all the world, who is believed to have been shot by fir ing squad.
 It may be that Nicholas spoke to this effect just before his execution. Although a weak man in many re- spects, he was capable of voicing such humane and lofty sentiments. His de- votion to his family, devotion which never wavered, won sympathy for him in many parts of the world. Whatever his shortcomings as ruler, he was a model husband and father.
 And there was genuine patriotism in the wish that his blood might prove the salvation of his distracted coun- try. It was vain hope, yet it gave to the man touch of sublimity in death. Much blood has already been spilled in Russia and much more will be shed before sanity and reason once more assert themselves. What a pity that the life of one man, even Romanoff, cannot save Russia!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
THE BUSY SEASON
the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
 What are you going to talk about in your next speech?"
 I'm not going to make any speeches during the next week or so," replied Sen ator Sorghum. There is so much regu- lar work to be done that if I was to get crowd together to stand around and listen to talk l wouldn't have any re- spect for my audience and my audience wouldn't have any respect for me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
Likes Birmingham

T am already beginning to like Bir- mingham,' said Alex E. Walker, man. has opened in the handsome quarters of the old Jefferson County Savings bank.
 T of course have been coming here for years on business, but now that l beginning to get enthused over it as a place of business and as place in which to live"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
ADRIF7T WITH THE TIMES
FELLOW CITIZENS.

FELLOW CITIZENS" Candidates are always with us, Even as we have the poor; Unacceptable, like taxes,
 They pursue us evermore. Oftentimes we stop and listen Till it's hard to keep awake, View unmoved the tears that glsten In their eyes the while they take Up the nations needs so vital And the wrongs they long to right. Yet, one "Honorable"-his title Is no sooner out of sight Than another stands before us Ardently his claims to press. Do these gentry sometimes bore us? Faithfully We answer Yes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
FISHING wlTM GRENADEs

From the Manchester (EngiandD Guard.
 ian.
 Our soldiers in India have adopted a remarkable method of catching fish for the pot" An ordinary marble -necked empty bottle, such as is universally used for lemonade and kindred summer drinks, is obtained, and a little quicklime put into it A small quantity of water is then added. and the bottle shaken up. The gas which generates in consequence forces the marble up into the mouth of the bottle, which thus becomes effectively sealed It is now thrown out into the river The white color of the liquid with in the bottle (which is furiously effer- vescing all the time) arouses the curi- osity of the fish. which swim from all parts. so to speak, to investigate it. Be- fore long the pressure of the gas gen erating in the bottle becomes so great that the bottle bursts, and the flying fragments of glass cause great slaughter among the denizens of the river. Used in this way. d pint-size bottle will ac- count for quite an imposing number of fish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08

BEGINNING THE DAY-Grant, o Lord, that I may use all of the heavenly colors and the lovely meIo- dies and the fair forms of this day as invitations to be sweeter and EentIer and finer. Speak to me through all the beauty of Thy world, and may Thy voice echo in all my living. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
A. E. F.. SMILES

From Stars and Stripes
 As clever as guy who can work tho skipper for a pass.
 As gloomy as P. G, watchinr er. Hamburg -Amerika transports come in at base port.
 As fussy as a quartermaster
 As cautious as guy out on pass with the dates changed.
 As callous as 8 summer court.
 As lucky as a cheese-mite in a mess shack.
 As safe as the Home Guards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
Louisville Courier-J Journal
 Passes Into New Hands

A ENCOURAGEMENT that control A of the Louisville Courier-Jour- nal and the Louisville Times had passed from the Haldemans and Col Henry Watterson to Judge Robert Worth Bingham of Louisville was of great interest to the newspaper pro- fession, which has loved and revered Henry Watterson for half century.
 It is stated that Colonel Watterson ends his active connection as editor of the Courier Journal, position which he has filled for many years, making himself and the Courier-J Journal famous around the world, but will continue to act in an advisory capaci- ty, as editor emeritus. w. B. Halde- man, editor of the Times, an after noon paper, will retire from that posi- tion. The editorial policy of both newspapers will not be changed. Rob- ert E. Hughes and Arthur B. Krock will be business manager and editorial manager, respectively, of the two pa- pers.
 It is to be hoped that American journalism is not to lose the daily contributions of Henry Watterson, whose editorials are unequaled in grace and charm of diction, in humor and wisdom. His knowledge of men
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08

the invaded south prove as heroic as the women of any earlier, ruder period: The women of France could not do more in proof of their loyalty to France or their loyalty to their men. That thev will not do less is believed easily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
HIS LAST RAGS

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 The scarcecrows of Germany are safa no longer. The imperial clothing de- clothes of the empire. These frayed and frazzled garments of better days are in- tended for the governments agricultural. intuition and railroad workers, who are in daily need of the shreds of respect ability.
 At first it was expected that the east offs would be yielded voluntarily to the proper officials, but the receipts were so small that the department has d. rected every male German to furnish a the glory of junkerdom.
 When the lists are received they will be carefully inspected by the bureau experts and confiscation will follow. 1t means that the average male German stay y-at-home will have to wear his Sun day best all the week round, that he will have nothing to fall back upon, ir case of miskap to his solitary apparel, and above all. it means that he must give up that garment so dear to the thrifty German heart, his old trousers. for these, too, must be laid upon the altar of kaiserism.
 It is said that the old clothes order has drawn many protests. The Vorwaerts declares that it virtually takes the last rags from the patient German back It is serious step backwards-if we may judge by the comment toward that con- dition of primitive carelessness which marked the lack of costuming of tkc early GerInanit tribcs-the first disciples of Hunnish kultur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
Patriot in Rags

"I saw one of the prettiest and finest things which has happened since the war began" said H. S. Limmer
 T was sitting in the office of the Birmingham Publishing company. and down the sidewalk came pattering a little street gamin, bare of feet and in tattered clothes. He was just a wee bit of waif, but he had a patriot s heart within him
 Just as he got near one of the win dows he spied an American flag, and came to attention, and then went trip ping along. He was alone, and was un- conscious that any one had seen him, but there was tichtening at my heart as l saw the brave little urchin salute the Stars and Stripes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
UP TO DATE.

"A poet of the fields, you say?" That's what he calls himself" Do you regard his verse as timely?" "Oh. yes. He limits himself strictly to two kinds of fields-battle and grain" CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. Its remarkable how a taste of War will transform man." said Sergeant Bill fur. A. E. F., France. For instance?" to know pretty well back home. He was the village cutup-thought it smart to rock the boat, you know, and do things like that"
 "Go on."
 "But now, when 1t comes to crawling across No Mans Land on his hands and knees to get a little information, with the Boches only a few yards away, or holding down listening post where it's hardly safe to breathe, there's not a steadier man in Pershing's army
 MARK HIM WE'LL
 Why does he wear
 That happy grin?
 He's free from care,
 His coal is in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08

Washington bureau. POT Hibbs build ing.
 European bureau, Henrietta street. CoVent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, World build ing, New York city; western business office, Tribune building, Chicago. The $. c. Beckwith Special Agency, aseh.s for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
ASSET OR LIABILITY?

q don't know whether to advertise U U-boat raids as an attraction of my place or not,'' remarked the proprietor of seaside hotel. Whats the trouble?'' I
 ''On the one hand, it might draw some adventurous people hero in quest of e1- citement. while on the other hand. 1t might keep away 8 larger number of timid people who yearn for peace and quiet"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
ERUDITE

ERUDITE.
 "Doppel seems to regard himself as above the average in intelligence That's the opinion I formed of him. ? "Why, I understand he claims to know ali the words in pocket dictionary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08

SHOPPING. Five dollars, madam "The ideal! Didn't you ask me for legal advice?' T did, And didn't give you legal advice?" You did, but don't like 1t and I don't intend to take it. Good day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08

Rendttances can be made at current rate Of exchange. The Age Herald will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address,
 THE AGE-HERALD.
 Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
OPENING HIS EYES.

There will be a greater percentage Of contented men, in proportion to the worlds population, after the war than there was before it started"
 Why do you think so?''
 Well, if living for weeks and months in muddy trenches and being bombed, gassed, shelled and otherwise shot at, a man rate the comforts of home at their true value, I don't know what will"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postoffice as second-class matter, un- der act of Congress, March 8. 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-08
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

s safe as the Home Guards.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1918-09-05
TO THE VOTERS OF SEDGWICk
COUNTY

Owing to the short time between
the county assembly and the primary,
have not been able to make a thor
ough canvass of the county, hence
l have not been able to see many of
the voters personally. l wish to say
to these voters and all who will take
part IN the republican primary next
Tuesday, that am asking for votes
for the office of County Commission
er and offer as support of this re-
quest that ! have been a resident of
Sedgwick county for nine years; am
well acquainted with the business in
terests.
My work has taken me over the
roads until ! am familiar with nearly
every road in the county. am land
owner and am personally interested
in seeing that new roads are opened
where needed and that old roads are
repaired and maintained | will give
to this office. if elected, my best eff.
forts, and l am sure that you who
know ME best have no doubt as to m,
ability to well look after anything
undertake.
therefore hope you will take time
to attend the Primary next Tuesday