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THE AGE-HERALD
E. W. BARRETT . Editor
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Bnt what music f My lord, 1 hear
pone—None! The mimic of ll»e spheres!
^ —Pericles.
BEGINNING THE DAY—Lord,
1 give me grace to pray, not for a
1 lesser burden but for greater
strength. 1 would not be softened
* with ease, but bullded up to lar
ger labors. But, O Thou who watoh
est all Thy people, let me not fnll
under too heavy n load. For Jesus*
sake. Amen.—11. LI. E.
A Movement Demanding Imitation
There is probably no component ot
the human anatomy that contributes
more to healthfulness, long life and
the enjoyment thereof than our teeth.
The fact has become so pertinent that
the question of preserving the teeth
is being taken up progressively and
exploited in many of the leading cities
of the land.
In the city of Cleveland a campaign
has been inaugurated by over 300 citi
zents to raise the sum of $75,000 in 10
days for the prosecution of the work.
The object of the movement is the
establishing of six free dental dispen
saries and a brochure has been issued
under the title of “Knockout Blows
for Campaigners,” containing some
important data and many important
questions.
Some excerpts from the brochure
published by the Cleveland Plain
Dealer reveal the facts that 97 per
cent of children have bad teeth; that
physicians maintain that clean mouths
would do away with 50 per cent of
infectious diseases and that when op
erating upon wounds surgeons cover
their mouths with gauze to prevent
g£rms from entering those wounds.
It is also shown that a majority of
children have their imperfect teeth
drawn because of inability to pay the
expense of proper treatment, and that
dental experts claimed an increase of
09.8 per cent in efficiency after the
dental affection had been removed.
Figures are published demonstrating
that over $100,000 had been spent by
the city in re-examinations of children
who had failed to pass the first ex
amination through delinquency caused
by imperfect teeth. The fact was
then stressed that bad mouths are
culture fields for all kinds of infec
tious diseases ar.d that healthy chil
dren at school sitting beside the pos
tessors of such bad mouths are ex
tremely liable to contract the infec
tion.
This campaign is in accord with a
movement scheduled last August at
the International Congress of School
Hygiene as the first great preventive
action demanded by the .civilized
world.
This is a question demanding local
consideration, and one which cannot
fail to seriously appeal to every pa
rent and those having at heart the
conservation of the health of this or
any other community.
A Briton's Tribute to Lee
It is gratifying to read from the
pages of the London Spectator, a jour
nal which has never been too friendly
to the south, the glowing tribute paid
by an anonymous writer to General
Robert E. Lee. The ecomium says:
“He is probably the finest soldier
since Napoleon, the embodiment of
every soldierly gift of mind and char
acter. His superb daring in the early
■tages was no more brilliant than his
stubborn defensive warfare in the ter
rible wilderness struggle. He took the
measure of his adversaries and could
treat Pope cavalierly and Grant with
respect. Every day his power grew
and his last campaign is a flawless ex
ample of how great a force may be
baffled with slender resources. And
with it all he remained the ideal of a
Christian soldier, humble, courteous,
brave and gentle, so thnt with Sir
John Moore he may stand as a type
of the happy warrior,
“ ‘Who doomed to go in company with
pain,
And fear, and bloodshed, miserable
train.
Turns his necessity to glorious gain.’ ”
This tribute appears in a review of
! "The American Civil War,” by James
i Kendall Hosmer, just issued and has
commanded the general commendation
of the British public.
The south has never for a moment
doubted that time and history would
accord its peerless military leader a
just recognition of his ability and vir
tues or that fame would enshrine his
name upon a pillar of glory, yet while
storied "urn or animated bust" are ns
dross compared to the honor and love
that dwells in the hearts of those for
whom he did battle, it is provocative
of unstinted pleasure to behold a for
eign nation placing a wreath of hom
age in token of a memory that is im
mortal.
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Festival Season Approaching
In the south May is the generally
accepted month for festivals, espe
cially festivals of a musical charac
ter.
For several years past Birmingham
has had festivals in which a sym
phony orchestra and vocal artists
were the principal features. In this
city s early days a large chorus
trained to sing some great oratorio
was the conspicuous feature, but in
the last few years no attempt has
been made to present large chorus
numbers.
Recently the musical forces of Bir
mingham have organized a chorus of
nearly 200 voices, and this large band
of singers—the largest ever assem
bled here—will be in fine form by
May; and in order that the chorus
may be heard in public a festival
should be arranged for. It is hoped
that those especially interested in
musical affairs on a pretentious scale
will take up this matter without delay
and secure the necessary orchestra.
Unless prompt action is taken the only
acceptable orchestra available now will
have been engaged elsewhere. The
month of May would hardly seem
like May in Birmingham without a
festival, and now that a splendid cho
rus is getting in shape it would be par
ticularly regrettable were the season
to pass without some refined and ele
vating entertainment of the class re
ferred to.
The music loveis throughout this
part of Alabama look forward to
music festival time with keen interest,
and if the festival should go by de
fault this year our out-of-town
friends would wonder and ask what
had become of Birmingham’s enter
prise.
Few things have done so much to
advertise Atlanta as its grand opera
festival. few years ago Atlanta
built a large auditorium chiefly for
the purpose of making opera festivals
possible. Grand opera is so expensive
that a hall seating many thousands
is necessary in order that receipts
may come up to the expenditures. The
Metropolitan Grand opera in Atlanta
every May has not only been self
supporting, but usually there has been
a large surplus for the local guaran
tee fund. This season Atlanta’s opera
festival will break all records. The
guarantee required was $50,000. This
week the first day’s sale of season
tickets brought in $41,000. Such a
ticket sale is indeed phenomenal.
When Birmingham has its audito
rium a grand opera festival here every
year will be in order. Since Atlanta
has established a May opera festival
it would be a good idea for Birming
ham to have grand opera in the fall,
and to make a specialty of a music
festival with a monster chorus in May.
But at the present time a May festival
with orchestra, solo quartet and cho
rus is all that can be considered from
a practical viewpoint.
Unless a decision on the part of
those who promote musical projects
is reached within the next few days
it will be too late to talk about a
festival for 1914.
A Luxurious Ship
A hundred years ago travel on the
seas was anything but luxurious. An
ocean voyage of any length entailed
leal hardships, not the least of which
was the time consumed by slow sail
ing vessels in getting from one port
to another, with a chance always at
hand of being blown clear out of the
course and delayed for weeks. Not
only was it tedious and wearisom to
make a voyage, but there were few
comforts aboard ship in those days,
none of the countless diversions and
up-to-date forms of amusement pro
vided at the present time by steam
ship companies Competing for busi
ness. To reach one’s destination in a
reasonable period of time, considering
the obstacles to be met, and without
having suffered the perils of ship
wreck, was considered a creditable
performance.
It is a far cry, even from the trans
atlantic liner of 10 years ago, to the
new Cunard liner, the Aquitania,
Great Britain's largest merchant ves
sel, which is scheduled to sail on her
maiden voyage to New York on May
HO. This magnificent ship will be, it
is promised, the last word in luxury.
To embellish the saloons, works of art
in all parts of Europe will be opened
by experts. The eight large suites
of the Aquitania will be named after
famous artists and each will be
adorned with reproductions of the ar
tists’ most noted work. The fumi
ture, the tapestry, the carpets ant
practically every detail of decoratior
will be distinctive. Even the wrought
iron balustrade of the main staircasi
has been copied from a famou:
French chateau.
Tourists • have become accustomec
I to finding on board the modern ocear
| liners all the luxuries and convenien
j res of a great hotel, with many addi
tional features. Libraries, swimminc
pools, gymnasiums and cafes are com
nion now and each new liner that i=
built contains more luxurious appoint
ments than its predecessor, so that
one begins to ask himself what the
end will be. With harbor facilities a?
they are at present, ships cannot prof
itably be made much larger, although
there is apparently no limit to the
money that may be spent' in fitting
them out for service. It is reallj
much more pleasant nowadays tc
travel on an ocean liner than it is tc
stay in a hotel, even without consider
ing the health-giving properties ol
sea air and, provided that one is nol
seasick, the delights of being on sail
water, an experience that never loses
its fascination for some people.
In the matter of comfort there is
simply no comparison between travel
by train and travel by ship, while the
passenger is infinitely safer on board
one of the big liners than he is on a
train. Except on some of the western
roads where oil is burned in the loco
motives, railroad travel is made doubly
disagreeable by smoke and grime, and
even on the roads where oil is burned
there is no escaping the dust.
By the time the Aquitania becomes
as well known as the Imperator a new
leviathan will be in process of con
struction. What luxuries and marvels
of shipbuilding that vessel of the fu
ture will contain it is impossible to
say. Doubtless, it will also be the
“last word.”
When Dr. Ilarvey W. Wiley, the pure
loud expert, was professor of chemistry
at Purdue university, :» years ago, de
rision wns heaped on ids head because
lie insisted in riding an old-fashioned higli
wheel bicycle to and from the university.
1 he president and faculty members pro
tested against this practice as being ridic
ulous and undignified, but Dr. Wiley was
not to be deterred. Recently this ancient
machine was discovered in the basement
of a bicycle an dsewing machine store,
at Lafayette, Ind. It bore the name of
tlie former owner. The bicycle will be
sent to Purdue university to be preserved
as an interesting relic of the mail who
became famous as chief of the United
.States bureau of chemistry.
Alarmists predict that the world will
face starvation before the end of the
century. Just about that time prices for
food everywhere wilt be on a par with
those at present charged in some of the
lobster palaces.
The Austrian Emperor, Franz Joseph,
at the age of 8.1, smokes 20 long, black
cigars a day, which is ample proof of
the fact that the old gentleman is able to
sit up and take nourishment.
A Texas widow wants to sell her hus
band, who is a fossil, to the American
Museum of Natural History. Very few
husbands have any pecuniary value after
they are dead.
Congressman O’Shaughnessy of Rhode
Island has written to 58,000 farmers in
that state offering to send them free
seed. What does he care? Uncle Sam
pays the bill.
A Paris reformer blames men for Im
modest gowns. However, he places the
blame on the men who make them and
not on the men who stare at them so
hard.
Edison became so bored at his winter
home in Florida that he sent to New
York for a phonograph and some records.
Some people simply don't know how to
rest.
An Iowa woman who laughed herself to
death had probably been reading about
the manner in which a Denver man hopes
to raise the Titanic.
A beauty of the London revue "Keep
Smiling.” is going to marry a wealthy
American. Some "dock's" heart is sure
to be broken.
Melba temporarily lost her voice in Bos
ton. Birmingham having recently been
snubbed by Melba, isn't going to shed any
tears. v
An eastern man recently choked his
wife, who is a prominent suffragette, and
called her a devil. Votes for women!
It is positively announced that Miss
Eleanor Wilson is not engaged. Great
excitement on the woman's page.
President Wilson hud a quiet time in
Philadelphia last week. That’s the place
to go for a quiet time.
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It seems that nothing can prevent Mr.
Roosevelt from becoming a grandfather.
BAD NEIGHBORHOOD
From the Charleston News and Courier.
Press dispatches say that a man who
lecently disappeared from his honip in the
west has been found "safe at New Yoik,”
Another example of journalistic inaccu
racy. No man is ever safe at New
York.
I* A DEB WOOD UNANIMOUSLY
From the Mobile Item.
We hear so little of Mr. Dobson these
days that we have about decided that
the state will go unanimously for Os.or
Underwood. •
THEY DON'T SEE THE JOKE
From the Washington .Star.
"You think the American people lack a
sense of humor?”
"Yes.” replied the frank visitor fiom
abroad; ' otherwise you wouldn't find so
many people weighing over 200 pounds
wl*v game the tango."
oHb
j IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Merchant Talk* of Active Trade
"Our business was very brisk in Feb
ruary, and we expect it to be decidedly
active throughout the spring." said
M. W. Searight of the Searight Reese
Furniture company.
"We had a large and satisfactory
special February sale, and following
that sale business with us lias been a
little quiet, but it will soon be active
again. From all indications l would
say that the year IT* 1 I is going to be
a very busy year in Birmingham/'
HI rin I nali hiii’* I'opulat ion
"When 1 found by looking over the
New York World almanac for 1911 that
Birmingham's population was esti
mated at 180,000, I thought perhaps
that was an exaggeration: but after
spending several days here. I would
think that 200,000 would be a conserva
tive estimate,” said Joseph F. Dillon ot’
Chicago.
"My only visit to Birmingham prior
to tins was 12 years ago. The city
iiad a brisk appearance then, and I
was particularly struck with the beauty
of the residence sections; but look
ing back. Birmingham s«emed like a
very small town then, compared with
the city today. All cities of the larger
size boast of handsome residences, but
in addition to the hundreds and hun
dreds of elegant houses here the lawns ,
and the artistic treatment of tin* I
grounds surrounding many homes 1
greatly impress the visitor. Few cities:
in this country or Europe, for that mat
ter, have such enchanting landscape ef
fects as Birmingham.-'
Jenklii IJoyil .foilcm routing
The friends and admirers of Jenkin
Floyd Jones, for many years pastor of
All Souls' church, Chicago, will be glad
to know that this charming speaker is to
deliver an address in Temple Em&nu-El
next Saturday night. His theme will be
"Who Are the Cultured?"
An old citizen in speaking of Mr. JoneQ,
said: "He Is one of the greatest orators
l have ever heard. He came to Bir
mingham several seasons in succession to
deliver lectures in the university extension
course, and he never failed to draw large
audiences. His lecture some years ago
«»n Victor Hugo, delivered in the old Tem
ple Emanu-El, was a literary and oratori
cal treat that 1 shall never forget."
>lale* Chorus Tonight
"A rare treat will be presented Thurs
day night at the Ensley opera house by
the Tennessee male chorus when it will
render a programme of more then usual
merit," said Hugh Hill of the Hill Sign
company.
"Having bad the pleasure of hearing
ihe chorus on various occasions and be
ing familiar with the ability of many of
its members I do not hesitate to say that
the concert will please the most exacting
critics. Among tin* soloists are voce lists
of known talent, including Miss Norma
Schooler and Mrs. Williams of Birming
ham and the Thomas brothers of Kns
loy.
"Under the able direction of Professor
Alisopp, the male chorus has attained a.
degree of proficenc.v seldom found out
side ot' professional ranks. The pro
gramme is said to be the best the chorus
lias attempted.
"The entire personnel of the chorus
with one or two exceptions to composed
of employes of the Tennessee company,
representing all the departments, clerical
as well as Industrial. It receives the
moral support of tlie officials of the com
pany. General Superintendent C. J. Barr
being president of the organization."
Great ln«ler*vood Majority
"In a business trip through Alabama I
beard a good deal of political talk, but
1 only felt an interest in the senatorial
campaign," said R. P. Dunstan of Phila
delphia.
"As 1 have always voted the demo
cratic ticket I naturally want to see Mr.
Fnderwood, our great party leader in
Congress, elected by a huge majority.
Before T came south I supposed that Mr.
Fnderwood would beat Mr. Hobson, and
1 am more pleased to find that the leader
has the state by an overwhelming ma
jority.
"In some of the towns and cities which
I visited Underwood seems to have it
practically all his way, and even in locali
ties where Hobson has considerable
strength Underwood is even stronger. I
am told that in the rural districts Un
derwood is relatively as strong as he is
in the cities. It would certainly be a
rude setback to the democratic party if a
leader like the great Alabama statesman
were defeated. A bare majority for Un
derwood would be very disappointing to
the democracy throughout the country,
and T will be glad to tell my friends when
1 go back that the majority will be much
larger than even his admirers had been
expecting."
Croxton Quartet at Chautauqua
"Of the many attractions at Chautau
qua," said a prominent music lover yes
terday who spends every summer at that
popular plate, "there has never been a
musical organization w'hich was so uni
versally liked as the Frank Croxton quar
tet. Not only is the quartet popular
musically, but the members, Mr. Croxton,
Miss Marie Stapleton-Murray and Mr.
and Mrs. Reed Miller, have made many
friends at Chautauqua socially, who sing
their praises unceasingly. Mr. Croxton
has been at Chautauqua for several rea
sons, and his splendid voice and attrac
tive personality have made a place for
him that it would be difficult to fill
should lie decline going there during the
season. New York is not alone in paying
homage to Mr. Croxton and the artistry
of his quartet, but w herever he goes and
the quartet Is heard the same delightful
encomiums are passed upon it. The
appearance here Thursday night should
be the signal for a packed house, and
this the Music Study club hopes to real
ize."
Bast Yeqr’s Ptauo llualnesM
"I sold more pianos last year than in
any year since I have been In busi
ness," said Robert L. Seals, one of Bir
mingham's pioneer citizens and pres
ident of the Seals Plano company.
"It w’as a good year indeed, and 1914
gives promise of being even a better
year. My business extends all over
Alabama. The great prosperity of the
farmers accounts in a large measure
for my exceptionally large sales.
"This year has started off well with
me, and I expect to do a rushing busi
ness in the spring. One of the most
encouraging things about the piano
trade is the increasing evidence of dis
crimination in the purchase of instru
ments. With the improvement of the
financial condition of the farmers and
the country merchants a larger per
centage of high grade instruments is
'being sold now than iu former yeai>."
NAVY MUST NEVER SLEEP
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Sec
I retar y of the Navy, In the Scientific
American.
The primary object of the navy is to
be ready in the unfortunate event of war.
To this end all others must of necessity
be subordinated. Just, as the police force
of a city is of little value in stopping an
invasion of a country by a foreign force,
so the work of the gunboats and survey
ing ships and obsolete battle ships in time
of peace would count for little against
the enemy's fleet in time of war. The
day is past when it was possible to build,
equip and man a frigate in six months.
! Now a battle ship which takes three
years to build cannot be taken into an
engagement by any kind of officers or
i any kind of a crew. Many months of
thinking, toil and practice are necessary
to efficient maneuvering and straight,
quick shooting.
A naval war of today would not see
single ships in action, nor would it see
a fleet divided and scattered along the
two coasts of the continental United
States. A glance at the map shows a
part of our activities and interests out
side of this continent portion in time
of peace. Would we then in time of war
be content like the turtle to withdraw
into our own shell and see an enemy su
persede us in every outlaying part, usurp
our commerce and destroy our influence
as a nation throughout the world?
et this will happen just as surely as
we can be sure of anything human, if an
enemy of the United States obtains con
trol of the seas. And that control is de
pendent absolutely on one thing—the pre
ponderant efficiency of the battle fleet. A
thousand gunboats, a thousand harbor
defense submarines or monitors would
avail us nothing. Invasion is not what
this country has to fear. If the American
people are willing to he relegated to the
position of a nation unimportant in the
great affairs of the world, without in
fluence in commerce, or In the extension
of peaceful civilization and high ideals
throughout the world, they need no battle
ships, they need not fear the loss of con
trol of the seas.
Students of naval warfare, naval of
ficers, historians, are as a whole as de
sirous of peace as any class of Americans;
they deplore the struggle of the nations!
to guard themselves with military prep-j
arations, but they realize that we are
confronted with a fact and not a theory.
The day will come', they hope, when
armaments will be limited by internat
ional agreement, and they are ready to
help hasten that day. But until that day
is an assured fact the American Navy
must keep the principles of a possible
naval conflict always in mind. The
efforts of all must be concentrated, as
• ar as possible, on tlie preparation of the
battle fleet. That fleet must at all costs
be kept together, for division of forces
is fatal; it must be drilled and man
euvered: it must spend good money for
target practice; it must contain the best
material and the latent devices, and it
must in its personnel typify the highest
ideals, the greatest efficiency of Amer
ican citizenship.
ESTIMATE OF THE PRESIDENT
From Life.
When Mr. Wilson came to Office the*
soothsayers were telling us that w«>
"ere on the brink of social destruction
because the interests owned the ma
chinery of life, and the banks con
trolled the undertaking business, and
there was nothing; for the common peo
ple any more except to work hard till
they died and were buried for the profit
of the powers in control.
Folks can hardly feel so now. The
tariff lias been revised downward; the
new currency law lias relieved the
bankers of part of the control of money,
and the only question about the cor
porations seems to be how much regu
lation they can stand without losing
the ability to contribute nourishment,
transportation and the other neces
saries to unincorporated people. Surely
we have made as much progress as any
people ever made in a year towards
realization of the scriptural injunction
against taking thought for the mor
row.
It is reassuring to have anxiety so
far allayed about the destruction of
our civilization by the capitalistic sys
tem. But we don’t want to overdo even
n good thing. Neither do we want to
leave it incomplete. We look to Presi
dent Wilson for help in both those par
ticulars. He is not our lawmaking body,
neither is ho our judiciary, but he is a
penetrating and very influential mind,
that can be trusted, we believe, to work
for the maintenance of sufficient clear
space between the capitalists, the labor
unions, the social workers and the
courts, for the ordinary American fam
ily to live its life, duly nourished, and
reproduce anything it may have that is
worthy of reproduction.
\ ICARIOUS TELEPHOXIXC
From the Indianapolis News.
In Paris the special merit of the
telephone as a nuisance is how meeting
with a corrective opposition which bids
fair to have no small amount of success,
in that great city, as in other cities not
nearly so large, the busy physician or
lawyer while attending clients in his
office or during consultations is fre
quently interrupted by the ill-timed
persistence of the telephone demand
ing attention. Somebody at the other
end of the wire wants to ask a ques
tion about his "case,” to pass pleas
antries upon the weather, or perhaps
solicit the privilege of selling some
th'ng to the busy man. There has been
established in Paris a new form of
telephone service. In each, central of
fice there is an operator whose duty
it is to receive and record telephonic
messages meant for those who sub
scribe to this form of service and who
may not be at home or at the office or
do not wish to be untimely interrupted.
The subscriber at his leisure calls up
the special operator and gets the mes
sages that may have been received dur
ing his absence or while he was other
wise kept busy.
SIX DOLLARS A WORD FOR PLAY
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
All records of prices paid for moving
picture sketches were broken recently
when Gabriele d’Annunzio received a
check for $12,000 from a Turin firm for
a scenario of 2000 words.
The piece is written in the true d'An
nunzio vein, and deals with episodes of
the Punic wars and the tragic love
story of Sophonisba. 0
The most spectacular sections of the
film, in the making of which 4000 supers
were employed, represent the eruption
of Mount Etna. Hannibal’s invasion of
Italy, the siege of Citra and child sac
rifices to Moloch.
The film probably will be shown in
the United States within a month.
JUST IT
From t lie New York Globe.
Mr. Longsuffer—Say. janior, it's d"wn
to zero in my fiat.
The Janitor—Down to zero, is it?
That's nothing.
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TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
A SILHOUETTE.
At night athwart tlie way I stood
And watched her window veil.
A soft moon flung Its argent flood
Upon her balcon rail.
She came, oh. rapturous vision fair,
And back the curtain drew;
The moonlight kissed her lustrous hair
As only Titian knew.
i The rounded arm and curv-ed line
Of palpitating mould;
! A silhouette. Raphaelesque. divine.
Traced neath a silken fold.
And then dissolved she from my view
As starlight quits tlie wold;
But, oh. the raptures that L knew,
Unspeakable, untold.
A FfRE BELL.
Harry: “So you've lost your job on the
morning daily?”
Chawly: “Yes, I had charge of the
I irth, wedding ami funeral writeups and
with an idea of being original I headed
the column ‘bells, knells and yells,’ and
the boss tired me.”
MR. MARCH.
Of my Lady February
I’ve sung, and now' comes Mr. March
With cheeks puffed out and towsled head
As a spruce pine, flr tree or larch.
His nostrils wide with blizzards blow;
His throat roars as a lion or bull,
And from his noise you'd think he had
The habit of Atlanta full.
But It says in the almanac
That he will not thus always blow;
Though as Atlanta lie came in.
Out lie’ll like Montgomery go. i
V
THE CRUCIAL, TEST. *,
Lady Passenger: "This storm is hor- ,
rlbie. Is there nothing further, captaip, ,
that you can do to insure our safety?^
Steamer Captain: "We have done all,
madame, that lies in the power of min.
and nothing remains but to trust in the
Lord."
Lady Passenger: "Dear me! Is it as
bad as that?"
DUAL DUTY.
Druggist: "Here is a medicine good
lor man and beast.”
Wife: "Give me two bottles of it!
please; I can use one and my husband V
the other.”
SPURS CLIPPED.
Mrs. Brown: "Air. Jones claims that ^
he is henpecked.”
Air. Brown: "(Juite natural; he was a
perfect coxcomb before his marriage.
WORK BOTH WAYS.
Absence makes tho heart grow fonder
But when at home they wish ns,
And we’re away, most of wives
Nowadays grow suspicious.
S1A1PLE LIFE.
Since I was young the styles have'
changed,
And even names beguile;
What then was lingerie is now'
A bustle and a smile.
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GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
-- 9
TRIAL FOLLOWING BOSTON MASSACRE
□HE collision between the British sol
diers and certain citizens of Boston
on the evening of March 5, 1770. re
sulted in three trials of those engaged in
It. The first was that of Captain Pres
ton; the second of the soldiers under his
command ami the third of those who were
supposed to have fired from tlie custom
house windows.
On this eventful night, which was the
actual beginning of the American revo
lution, a. party of soldiers, of his Britanic
majesty’s Twenty-ninth regiment of Foot,
fired upon a collection of citizens of Bos
ton and caused the death of five individ
uals. Quartering soldiers among the col
onies was never a popular measure in
America, and the citizens of Boston, in
particular, resented it from the first. Out
rages had been committed by some of tne
soldiers, which were promptly resented,
and quarrels were frequent.
Early on the evening of March 3 it be
came apparent that an unusual excite
ment prevailed in Boston. Clusters of
citizens were observed in earnest con
ference. About 8 o'clock one of the bells
was rung as if for fire, and soon after
large bands of men were seen in motion,
hurrying forth with clubs in their hands
and uttering tlie fiercest imprecations
against the soldiers.
There were many slight clashes between
the citizens and soldiers, including an at
tack on the sentry before the custom
house while on duty. Captain Preston,
tlie officer of the day, sent a corporal
and six men to protect the sentinel, and
followed them himself. The mob had now
received a great accession of numbers
and tiie soldiers on their way were hooted
at and pelted with snow, Ice and sticks.
They were then ordered to load.
After the soldiers had taken their sta
tion before tlie sentinel at the custom
house, and were pushing off the people,
one of them received a blow with a club
which brought him to the ground. Rising
immediately, he fired, and the rest, with
one or two exceptions, followed his exam
ple.
The citizens fled from the scene and in
tense excitement at once prevailed. The
streets were filled with people and there
was danger of a general and bloody con
flict. A court composed of justices of
the peace was immediately held and a
search was made for Captain Preston.
After several hours he surrendered him
self and was committed to prison at 3
o’clock in the morning on the charge of
murder. The soldiers also surrendered
TOMORROW—TRIAL OF GER
COCHINEAL
From Harper’s Weekly.
Great quantities of cochineal are still
made and find a market as dyestuff in
spite of the aniline colors which have
so largely replaced all old-fashioned
d>?es. More than 1.000.000 pounds arc
imported into the United States annual
ly, to be used as a coloring matter for
fine fabrics, certain kinds of inks, and
confectionery. It is also used for tinting
solutions and emulsions. Formerly it
had a supposed value as an anodyne.
Cochineal Is the body fluid of a scale
insect that feeds upon cactus plants of
the pricky pear, or opuntia group,
whose fuit is the edible tuna.
The insect Is a native of tropical
America, and Von Humboldt gives a
most interesting account of its culture
as he found it in southern Mexico in
1811. He believed that this had been
going on since prehistoric times there,
and it is certain that it was a very
extensive native industry at tlie time
of the Spanish conquest. The cactus and
its powdery white scales wore long ago
transported to various parts of the
world and cultivated until a total an
nual product of about 7,000.000 pounds
was reached. Latterly the Canary
Islands yielded three-quarters of this,
exporting more than 5,000,000 pounds in
1876, after which the industry rapidly
declined. As it has been determined that
it requires about 70.000 insects to make
a pound of the dried product, the ex
tent of the cactus planations in those
islands may he imagined. We have in
the southwestern United States a close
ly related scale, the cottony cochineal,
whose blood is a ^eep crimson. It dif
fers from the true cochineal in having
a heavy covering of cottony wax.
AN A.-H. CARTOON
From the Mobile Register.
The Age-Herald's cartoonist hits cen
ter. This time, Old Man Traveling Public
has Just been divorced ffom a goat la
belled “Those Coupons Ho Saved.’’ He
was crossing the track, the goat leading
a: the end of a string, when along cam;
the “Surrender Special” and cut the string
in two. The old man exclaims, “So
long, by dear angora!” On the rear plat
form of the train “State Official” and
“Railroad Official” are embracing with
gur.t joy, and “smack, smack, unariU.”
cr.niew back like the sound of .ire exhaust
of a locomotive.
\
and were committed to prison tne nexi
da y.
The regular time for holding the su
perior court was the next week after the
tragedy in Boston. The grand jury found
hills of indictment against Preston and
his eight soldiers for wilful murder, but
the court thought fit to continue the
trials to the next term, when the people
would probably be more free from ex
citement and a more dispassionate hearing
might be expected.
The case of Preston first came on for
trial before the superior court of judica
ture on October 2b, 1770. There were five
indictments against him. A few witnesses
testified that he ordered his men to fire,
but their evidence was encountered by
that of several other witnesses to the op
posite, and judges, in summoning up theid,
charge to the jury, were unanimous in
their opinion that he did not order his
men to fire. The jury soon agreed upon a
verdict of not guilty.
The trial of the eight soldiers com
menced on Saturday, November 12, before
the superior court. There were also five
indictments against them. The prosecu
tion was conducted by Robert Treat Paine
and Samuel Quincy. The counsel for the
prisoners were John Adams, Josiah,
Quincy and Sampson Salter Blowers.
Every juryman from Boston having been
challenged for cause, and set aside, the
entire jury was made up of men resident
outside of that city.
A large number of witnesses were called
to prove the allegations in the indictment,
and that the circumstances were not such
as to justify the soldiers in firing. Josiah
Quincy opened the case in behalf of thev
prisoners with a most eloquent plea, and
he produced fully 60 witnesses to prove
the facts alleged in his defense. Their ex
amination occupied four days. John
Adams also made a stirring appeal for
the prisoners when the vase was being
summed up for the jury, and the case
was closed by Robert Treat Paine on the
part of the crown. The charge was made
to the jury by Justice Trowbridge.
The jury deliberated two and a half
hours and returned a verdict of not guilty
as to all the prisoners, except Kilroy and
Montgomery, who were found guilty of
manslaughter. The third and last trial
began on December 12, in which four men
were charged with having fired on the
crowd from the custom house windows.
The jury acquitted all the prisoners with
out leaving their seats. Thus terminated
the judicial proceedings fn relation to the
1 Boston massacre.
\LD, EARL OF KILDARE
HliOODHOt'ND TESTIMONY »
From the New York Sun.
Bloodhound testimony must be very
weighty, according to some of our South
ern friends, who have written to the dun
in past years their humorous disgust at
the bloodhound of the drama, novel and
saffron newspaper. These experts hold
that the average bloodhound is a sumph,
not to say an idiot; unable to find any
thing, including his daily meals, with-\
tut assistance; with no more geograph
ical sense than a dead jellfish. Their
bloodhounds lick fondly the hands of
pursued criminals, snarl at constables
and other innocent folks, and when over
taken by the fierce Mecklenburg rabbits
of North Carolina, climb in wild disorder
to the tallest turpentine tree.
WEI L’S CONSERVATIV E ESTIM ATE
From the Alabama Courier.
^ °1- Marcus \\ eil says that Underwood
will have a majority of C'.\020 votes in the
April primary. In this estimate lie givus
F icurwood tnly 40t> nniiority in ld.nesluie
county. If the colonel ts us cousciva
tive in all his estimates us he la in tins,,
Underwood will have in the neighborhood
of 30,Will majority, for l.iinvstonv will give
him liiorjs ti an douhl ■ lyt . ,tjunty.
SOXU OF THE OLD LOVE
By Jean Ingelow.
O my lost love, and my own, own love
And my love that loved me sol
Is there never a chink in the world above
Where they listen for words from below-v
Nay, I spoke once, and 1 grieved <hee ‘
sore, ' ^
I remember all that I said,
And now thou wilt hear me no inure no
more,
Till the sea gives up her dead.
Thou didst set thy foot on the ship, and
sail
To the ice Helds and the snow;
Thou wert sad, for thy love did naught
avail,
And tlie end I could not know
How could I tell 1 should love tlie’e tod-iy
Whom that day 1 held not dear?
How could 1 know I should love thee
away
When f did not love thee anear? ^
We shall walk no more through the '.
sodden plain /
With the faded bents oerspread. i
We shall stand no more by the seething
main .
When the dark wreck drives overhead:
We shall part no more in the wind end
the rain,
Where thy last farewell was said;
But perhaps 1 shall meet ihee and know
thee again
When the sea gives up the dead.