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I perceive In you so excellent a touch
of modesty. —Twelfth Night.
BEGINNING THE DAY—Till* I*
Thy day, O Lord, and thl» Tlilne
earth. The air I ahull hreathc la
Thine, and the food 1 aliall eat, Hie
people I ahull meet, the experience*
I muat undergo—all Thine, And I j
am Thine. Now help ua all to move j
together In sweet harmony under
Thine eye nnd ear. In t'hrlafa name, j
Amen_H. M. E.
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'* The Lure of the Diamond
' Today the inhabitants of this
city will flock to a man to
Eickwood park to see the Barons
convert the Gulls into the first step
ping stone of the stairs that lead to a
triumphal success. Birmingham has
two woods that will not brook de
feat—Underwood and Eickwood—and
it is expected that today’s attendance
at the latter will present a numerical
strength equal to the majority,which
the state gave the former in the re
cent primary.
The city commission has courteously
accorded the occasion the distinction
which it merits and the day of the
opening of the season has been de
clared a half-holiday. It is difficult
to find a spirit that excels that of
Birmingham in enthusiasm, earnest
ness and determination, and the
^.’hamber of Commerce, the Board of
Trade, the Business Men’s league, the
Rotary club and the Ad club have
'■ united in bending every energy to
contribute to the success of the event.
Everybody is going to forget busi
ness for the nonce and repair to Rick
wood. Mercantile houses will be
closed, offices will be abandoned, and
all care will be flung to the winds.
The reserved section o£ the new
bleachers will be occupied by those
who have labored fox the perfect ap-~
pointments of this gala day. Badges
have been freely furnished and special
cars will convey the boosters to the
park to witness the signal triumph
of the Barons.
Remember that Birmingham is on
the map in more atlases than one; and
your presence at the park upon the
opening of the season is but rendering
you a factor in the success of the
movement which at the close of the
professional series will cause this city
to flare and glare as the biggest spot
on the chart of the Southern league.
Let every patriot be present, male and
female.
The Barons true now promise you
Tile penant they will win:
To doubt would be disloyalty,
To falter would be sin.
Seeking Latin-American Trade
It is gratifying to note that the
United States is taking steps to com
mand that portion of South American
.trade which should be ours and still
more gratifying is it to learn that the
Chilian press hails as a “red letter
day” in the history of its country the
arrival in Chili of members of the
Chicago Manufacturers’ association to
work to secure trade.
There are ten great republics lying
In South America beyond the isthmus,
-yKnd yet our combined trade with them
all last year fell below the volume of
our trade with the Central American
governments and their imports to us
were $40,000,000 greater than our ex
ports to them. In this respect we are
surpassed to a considerable degree by
both Great Britain and Germany. In
the year just gone England sent to
South America exports worth $273,
106,932, as compared with $153,305,
853 from the United States; and Ger
many also exceeded us with $178,
852,809 worth of imports.
When conditions of this character
have been inquired into the universal
reply has been that Europe was first
in the South American market and
that South Americans have grown ac
customed to continental conditions
and standards. This leaves a choice of
two courses open to the United States
merchants and manufacturers—either
to grasp conditions of this nature or
to demonstrate to the citizens of the
ten republics the superiority or North
American trade methods.
Some years ago a consul of the
United States in Brazil reported that
canned gofids from Europe found
greater favor among the Brazilians
than did goods from this country for
the reason that the wrappings and
labels of the former were bizarre and
highly colored and thus tickled the na
tive fancy. He even reported that
American hams and otner meats were
first sent to Europe, recovered and
then shipped to Brazil where they
were purchased in preference to
meats direct from the United States.
Thus it is seen that to cope with the
foreign rivals the merchants of this
country must “cater” to the puerile
disposition of the South American or
teach him to abandon such sentiments.
The past has taught that whenever
the North American sets himself seri
ously to the solving of a problem he
usually succeeds and that he general
ly gets that which he starts out after.
Now that Chicago has initiated a
movement looking to the securing of
foreign trade, other localities will
soon follow the pace and it is safe to
predict that the time is not'far distant
when the United States will command
its full complement of the trade of
the ten great republics.
Mr. Miller's Retirement
In on announcement in another
column of this issue of The Age
Herald Nathan L. Miller withdraws
from the race for Congress, leaving
the field open to George Huddleston,
who received a plurality of the votes
in the primary in the Ninth congres
sional district.
A very large element of the business
■people of this district will regret very
much Mr. Miller’s announcement. He
is a lawyer of splendid ability, a man
of the highest character and honor
and an able man in every sense of the
word. He represented Jefferson coun
ty in the state senate with credit and
ability. He would have represented
this district in Congress as a worthy
successor to Oscar Underwood.
Mr. Miller does not want to add to
the turmoil of politics and is modestly
unwilling to make the demands on
his friends for time and services which
would be necessary to overcome the
plurality which one of his opponents
secured in the first primary.
Mr. Miller is a magnificent worker
for his friends and has always been
noted for his loyalty. He has, how
ever, been too modest in pushing his
own claims for recognition. Should
he ever appear before the public again
for office his friends will not con
sider his election a foregone conclu
sion, as they did this time, but will
get out and work and win for him.
Overconfidence on the part of his
friends was the cause of his failure
this time.
Mr. Miller out of it, The Age-Her
ald wishes for Mr. Huddleston a suc
cessful congressional career; that he
shall put his shoulder to the wheel,
work, study, and, though he be young
in years, endeavor to become a fitting
successor to Oscar Underwood.
Should Have Large Welcome
The appearance in Birmingham of
the Blackfriars of the University of
Alabama under the auspices of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
this week will be of more than ordi
nary interest, and the young his
triones should be greeted by a large
audience. The Blackfriars have been
here more than once before, and their
acting was on each occasion highly
creditable. But they are in even better
form this season and will present one
of the standard English comedies in a
style worthy of the best professional
talent.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
need funds and every purchaser of a
ticket at the moderate price of $1
will be helping a good cause; but those
who know !»bout the excellent work of
the Blackfriars do not exaggerate
when they say that no lover of dra
matic art can afford to miss the forth
coming entertainment.
Birmingham and the University
are joined in strong bonds and they
will be all the while growing closer
and closer together. The community
of interest between the two is being
distinctly felt now, and the flower of
Birmingham society will doubtless be
glad to unite with the University
alumni in making the appearance of
the Blackfriars a brilliant success in
every way.
Captain Eagan's Popularity
For the first time in several months
the atmosphere of unpleasant expect
ancy is removed from police head
quarters in Birmingham and confi
dence is apparently restored. The old
time “espirit de corps” seems to have
returned with vigor. The cause of the
removal of the “gloom" is the authori
tative news that Martin Eagan is to
be appointed chief of police at today's
meeting of the city commissioners.
The popularity of Captain Eagap
has never been questioned, and yet it
is a fine tribute to the little Irishman
that his election as chief meets with
unanimous approval on the part~f
the men on the force.
Many of the policemen have worked
for years with the doughty captain,
and knowing him, are glad that it is
he who has been selected to lead the
“bluecoats" of Birmingham. With the
general public it has been felt for
[ months that the election of Martin
; Eagan by the city commissioners
would be cordially approved.
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j The first railway In Iceland will soon
be built. Plans have been worked out
and it is believed that the Althing-,
which is the national assembly of Ice
land, will promptly accept them. The
1 country has heretofore had to be con
tent with hardy Icelandic ponies as a
means of travel and the prospect of a
railroad is rausing much excitement
among the people. The proposed line
will be perhaps the cheapest railroad
in the world. Its entire cost has been
estimated at $9*8.000, which is about
$13,440 a mile. There will be no luxu
rious equipment for the stations. The
most expensive one will be located at
Reykjavik, the capital, and will cost but
$14,000. The smaller stations will not
cost more than $4000. The new rail
way will be a narrow gauge line, and
will traverse a fertile part of the is
land. running from Reykjavik to Ran
gavalle, a distance of about 64 miles,
with a branch line to Eyrarbakki, a
distance of 12 miles. Although there
will be many hills along the route,
there will be no tunnels. A great
many bridges will be required to carry
the road over numerous streams. These
bridges will have to be of unusually
solid construction to withstand the Ice
landic floods which come down the
mountain sides in summer.
West Hammond, Ind. recently voted
“wet” by a majority of 1300. The brew
ers, to keep in the good graces of the cit
izens of the town, have announced that
they have organized districts, each in
charge of a captain, who will watch the
amount of money each man spends in sa
loons. Any man who is a toper or de
prives his family of necessities will be
put on a blacklists and the saloon
keeper who sells to him will be put out
t>f business. West Hammond was given
a great deal of notoriety by the vice i
crusades conducted there by Miss Vir- I
ginia Brooks.
At least politics can t win the attend
ance trophy and Atlanta will have to
stand upon her merits when she com
petes with Birmingham as a drawing card
on the opening of the baseball season.
A tank car in St. I,ouis was found to
contain a stock of whisky, wine and beer
in packages intended to relieve the drouth
in Oklahoma City. Think of the watch
ful waiting that came to naught!
From the way Birmingham is stirred
over the opening of the Southern league
season it would seem that King Baseball
has even a stronger following than King
Politics in the Magic. City.
Oscar Underwood had a grand ovation
in Congress yesterday, •nut that was to
bo expected, for the democratic leader is
loved and honored as few men in public
Me have ever been.
A Pittsburg man has written a pamphlet
entitled, “What To Do Till the Devil
Comes.” He seems to take it for granted
that the devil will put in an appearance
sooner or later.
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Secretary Bryan s ’llama, having been
refused admittance to this country and to
England, lias probably made up Its mind
by this time that there is no place like
home.
Henry C. Frick recently paid $200,000 for
two paintings by Whistler. That seems
the height of extravagance to the mar.
who buys most of his “art” at a post card
store.
A Pennsylvania man is devoting a great
deal of time to assailing evangelists in
doggerel verse. He would be more ef
fective if he could write better poetry.
The simplified spelling board reports
that S000 words have been “simplified.”
After awhile almost anybody can be a
bad speller and not be detected.
A New York woman will pay $50,000 a
year rent for a suite of rooms. The high
cost of living* is as nothing in compari
son with the cost of living high.
The ’’stilt heel” Tor women’s slippers is
8Vi Inches high. The idea seems to be
to make walking more dlgictilt and more
dangerous than ever.
There will be one consolation, anyway,
in case Birmingham fails to win the. base
ball attendance trophy—they can't blame
it on Underwood.
The meanest man on earth recently
charged a stranger 5 cents for the use of
Ids private telephone and then spent the
nickel for a cigar.
Birmingham fandom can vote a straight
ticket for victory and best attendance
tills afternoon. They are both home can
didates.
The first strawberries of the season sold
for $i a pound in London. No doubt
boarding house keepers bought most of
them.
The man who doesn’t cheer up wt<|n
m itit beds are flourishing and fish begin
to bite is a hopeless case.
The California woman who wants to
be nominated for governor can stay at
home and be a queen.
l r— ■ “R. i
From tlie Cincinnati Enquirer
The reason why a man makes his
auto tear platforms off street cars and
lilt nothing but the high places getting
home in nine seconds, is because lie has
time to sit around and talk about the
weather for four hours after he gets
home.
Before marriage he sighs because he
can’t get her. After marriage lie sights
because he can't get rid of her.
Practice may make perfect in other
things, but it doesn’t seem to improve
tiie marksmanship of tobacco chewers.
1IOI M) IN MOROCCO
P'rom Judge.
“Idsten to this: ‘The Emperor of Mo
rocco Includes in his suite 30 keepers of
the Imperial umbrella.* ”
“Fmph! I’ll bet he'q come into con
tact with some of the fellows down at
our office.”
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Prospects for Auditorium
“I am Inclined to think that ground
will be broken this year for'our much
needed auditorium," said Paschal G.
■Shook, president of the Chamber of
Commerce.
“After tile supreme court passes upon
the validity of the auditorium bond
issue voted by the people last fall there
will be no trouble about whatever fur
ther financing may be necessary. Public
opinion Is now more strongly in favor
of the auditorium than ever, Birming
ham cannot afford to go longer with
out a convention hall; and while we are
at it we should build l ot only a large
one, but one that will last for years
to come.”
The Ridgely Pilling I p
“The demand for apartments at the
Ridgel.v has been very brisk, and al
though Hie building was opened only two
weeks ago, there are comparatively few
rooms unreserved," said J. M. P. Otts,
representing the Jemison Real Estate and
Insurance company, rental agents.
“Notwithstanding the fact the Ridgely
is one of the largest apartment houses
in tills country, there is no question but
that it will be fully occupied year In and
year out. Everybody that lias looked
through the building has spoken of it
enthusiastically as a great credit to this
city.”
W ntcklng; Crop Reports
“In periods of general prosperity only
business men who are directly interested
watch the crop reports; but when dull
ness prevails in the industrial and mer
cantile world, everybody is on the look
out for harvest forecasts," said Henry
J. Charlton of Chicago.
“The present year started off very well
and there was considerable trade activ
ity in February, but since then there has
been more or less complaint in business
circles. Some financiers and Industrial
leaders attribute the recession In business .
to politics in Washington, but the most
general idea is that hesitation on the
part of the interstate commerce com
mission on the question of allowing the
railroads to advance flight rates comes
nearer accounting for present conditions
than anything else. If the interstate
commerce commission will act favorably
and act shortly there will be a very pro
nounced business revival. The pig iron
market will certainly become active.
“Tn the meantime, all bueines men are
looking forward to bumper crops this
summer. If the west and the south pro
duce as large crops and get as good \
prices as they did last year, we will ;
have real prosperity; and if the railroads !
are helped a bit, business In all direc- j
tions would be more prosperous than it J
has been for two or three years past." |
nirminglumi'M Steady Growth
“Nothing indicates so well, perhaps. '
that Birmingham continues to grow j
steadily as the demand for houses,"
said a real estate agent.
"In many cities, both north and
south, one may find 'For Rent’ signs
very numerous; but in Birmingham va
cant dwellings are few and far between.
Last year hundreds of new houses were
built in Birmingham, and it may be
said in a general way that the de
mand is still greater than the supply."
lliiftlnens Good In CompnrlNon
"We sometimes hear men complain
about business conditions; but here in
Birmingham it should be remembered
that business is far better at this time
than it is In eastern cities," said Sidney
F. Lazarus.
"Trade in my line Is quieter than 1 |
would like to see it, hut I am not com
plaining. On the other hand, I am
thankful that we are not feeling in
dustrial depression so much In this dis
trict as is felt elsewhere. I cannot help
believing that there will be a decided
improvement a little later on. In our
agricultural sections prosperity reigns,
and as there are prospects for big
crops again this year I look for a good
average of business activity."
Concerning Regional flanks
"There are too many regional banks;
and I predict that it will not be a great
while before a reorganization of the dis
tricts, as now established, lakes place,"
said a citizen prominent in commercial
and industrial life.
"The districts as now planned are too
small and financially too weak to meet
the demands of the large banking Inter
ests. This Is especially true of the dis
trict In which New Orleans, Atlanta and
Birmingham are situated. It is called
district No. 7, I believe. The federal re
serve bank to be located In Atlanta will
not be able to finance the cotton crop or
that part of it east of the Mississippi
river. I do not pretend to be an author
ity on finance, but I would be willing to
bet dollars to doughnuts that this dis
trict,-will have to go outside for money
when the crop moving time comes. Af
ter Birmingham became a candidate for
a federal reserve bank I wanted to see
It ‘win out,’ but after all, the location
of the bank is a very small matter. It
is only a banker's proposition, and lias
no relation directly to the general pub
lic..
“Mr. Harding, who is an acknowledged
authority on banking and crop statis
tics, was strongly in favor of the num
ber of regional banks in this country be
ing limited to four. I can see now that
three* would have met the banking de
mands even better than four. After the
new system has been in operation a
year the federal reserve board will go to
work to reduce the number of districts, al
though it may be several years before the
number is reduced to three or four. My
idea is that in a year from now we
will see only eight regional banks, and in
two years only six. In other words, the
extension of the district lines will be
gradual.
"The people will finally see that the
federal reserve bank is something that
should be entirely removed from senti
ment and local pride considerations, and
no one will care where a regional bank
Is located, just so the district is strong
enough to satisfy the ends for which
the banking and currency measure was
adopted."
ANONYMOUS WRITERS
New York Letter In the Cincinnati Tiines
Star.
One of the standing subjects of humor
ous remarks among New York theatre
goers is the weekly articles on men’s
fashions, published over the nom de plume
of “Beau Brummel,” in the programs of
the theatres of the better class.
Some people think "Beau Brummel” is
a woman, while others believe him to be
merely a haberdasher with a drug habit.
However that may be. It is a reasonable
supposition that no one wears any of the
clothes that “Beau Brummel” writes
about. It couldn’t be done. If any man
ever arrayed himself in one week's output
of the “Beau Bnunmei” fashions and
started down Broadway, he’d land in jail
or the psycopathic ward at Bellevue.
The case of “Beau Brummel” is merely
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funny. But here is a grim and pitiful
little tragedy which Is in a way related
to It. In a small tenement, at the eastern
and poverty-stricken end of Fifty-sixth
street, the police found John Conwell and
his old mother, dead from gas. The man
was past middle age and unmarried. They
lived alone and he idolized the woman—
a poor, old drunkard. The neighbors said
He used to cry hysterically when she
would stagger home, stupefied with drink.
M last he turned on the gas while she
slept and died with her.
He wore cotton overalls at the time or
his death, and the few articles of his
wearing apparel found In the apartment
were worn and ragged. Yet the letters and
papers which the police took possession
of proved that he earned a livelihood for
himself and his mother by Writing articles
on the latest fashions in men's dress.
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Ol R OWN HI TCHER’S BILL
From the Wall Street Journal.
In a recent address the dean of the
law school of the University of Michigan
is reported to have said:
“During the year 1912, within the boun
daries of the United States, there were
9152 men slain in violation of law by their
lawless fellows. This number is greater
than ever before has fallen by t*ie hands
of t He lawbreaker. In 1910, 8970 were
j killed.”
Homicides per 300,000:
1914....6.6 390-5....4.G 1900.... 2.1
An increase of 214 per cent in 11 years
is little cause for pride. Wc have before
this become indignant at Armenian and
other massacres in other parts of the
world. Do they equal our own shambles?
Count the number of Union soldieis act
ually killed in the nine greatest battles of
the civil war, including Gettysburg, Spott
sylvania, the Wilderness and Antietam.
The total is equalled by the fruits of two
years of murder in this "law-abiding”
country.
Mr. Taft once said that our administra
tion of criminal law was a disgrace. It
is more than that. It is an invitation to
crime., In two years it has resulted in
over 18.000 homicides. Two years ago the
supreme court of Oklahoma, in handing
down a decision in a criminal case, took
occasion to speak in plain terpis of the
administration of criminal law in Amej
ica. And it referred to the fact that in
the city of Chicago 202 homicides were
committed in 1910, biit in that year only
one person was sentenced to death for
murder.
It is time for a radical change in the
administration of criminal law, which has
ramifications in every branch of activity
and growth. There is room for a great
change in the moral sense of our people,
who lack, most of all, teaching in respect
for the law.
WARD HEROES l\ THE FILMS
From the Chicago Record-Herald.
The moving picture impresarios have
now gained such confidence, experience
and momentum that any subject, no mat
ter how local its appeal or how narrowly '
biographical its nature, will got filmed 1
when Interested patronage Is foreseen. 1
The acme, thus far, in that sort'would
seem to be th eeareer of “Big Tim” Sul
livan, done in four reels for Xew York’s \
East Side. These show the favorite
leader and benefactor from the cradle
to the grave—from the christening party
which followed the hero’s arrival In this 1
world to the funeral procession which '
followed his departure from it. Among
Jeh intermediate scenes to stir the mem
ory of his loyal supporters are pictures
of Sullivan’s street fights as a boy, elec- 1
tion scenes, portrayals of his charitable
work among the poor and a representa
tion of “Tipr Tim” leading a grand march
at a Sullivan ball.
Doubtless such entertainment sets the
hearty human sap to flowing in simple
natures, but it is essentially misleading
and scarcely tends to real edification, it 1
may even have the effect of establishing
a bad precedent elsewhere. The time may
come when our own local public will be
asked, at 5 cents a head, to shed reminis
cent tears over a character in public life 1
who gave Ills supporters Christmas tur- 1
keys with one hand and took away pretty
nearly everything with the other. Any
such procedure would be against clear
vision and essential understanding of the
situation. We hope the Bowery idea will '
not be adopted In other quarters.
THE OFFICE SEEKING THE MAX
From the Spokane Review.
Whatever other meaning the triumph 1
of Underwood over Hobson for the 1
senatorial nomination in Alabama may '
have it possesses at least one unmis
takable and undeniable significance.
Solidity of character, a long record of
effective congressional service and
faithful devotion to official duty are [
preferred by the democracy of Ala
bama to showy personal qualities and
neglect of congressional duties that the 1
public pays its servant to perform.
Representative Hobson has for many
months been an absentee from bis post '
of duty at the national capital as the 1
representative of a congressional dis
trict. He has allowed selfish personal *
ambition to seduce him into running all >
over his state in an effort to bunco 1
the voters into acceptance of his asser- i
tion that he is competent and worthy 1
to represent the commonwealth in the 1
national Senate. But Mr. Underwood, 1
though naturally desirous of promo- 1
tion from the House of Representatives, <
has lived and stood on the principle 1
that the office should seek the man, not 1
the man the office, and has refused to 1
quit his heavy and responsible tasks. 1
From this point of view the result of 1
the senatorial primary in Alabama af- '
fords encouragement to believers in the ^
policy of public men sticking like ad- l
hesive plaster to their official duties.
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K \ISER S l A CUT TO IIE A MOl>EU 1
Berlin.—Details of the<new yacht Hohen- ]
zollern II, which is being built for the i
Kaiser, have just been published. She i
will be of 7800 tons, compared with the i
4250 tons of the Emperor's present yacht t
Hohenzollern. and will have a crew of 4d5 1
men. The present yacht has a crew of 35S. i
The new yacht will have a steaming ]
radius twice as large as the present yacht 1
and a maximum speed of 30 knots. Other 1
features will be turbines, submarine tig- 1
nailing apparatus, a double keel the en- <
tire length of the boat, and many water- ]
tight compartments which, it is con- i
tended, will make her practically unsink- (
able. She will have armor similar to
that on the armored cruisers, and al
though she will carry only saluting guns, 1
others can be mounted.
The Hohenzollern 11 will be fitted anct I
illuminated like the most luxurious liners. :
NOT NEAR ENOUGH (
From Everybody's Magazine.
A farmer in great need of extra t
hands at haying time finally asked Si ,
Warren, who was accounted the town j
fool, if he could help him out.
"What’ll you pay?” asked Si. ,
"L’ll pay what you’re worth,” an- i
swered the farmer.
So scratched his head a minute, then
announced decisively:
'Til be darned If I’ll w'ork for that!’' <
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NORMANDY FIGHTS “DEMON RLM”
Caen.—This city is beginning to resent
quite seriously the reputation which, to
gether with the surrounding country, it
has been enjoying more or less for a
great number of years. The worst of
it is that according to government statis
tics there are more inebriates here than
in any other part of France: and the rep
utation is therefore well deserved. Not
only when it’s apple blossom time, but
all year round in Normandy the streets
and roads are rarely without one. two
or even a small crowd of men unable
to find their way home. But all this will
soon change if the campaign undertaken
by a local newspaper, Le Bonhomme
Normand, proves as effective as is ex
pected.
Beginning with last Sunday’s Issue, Le
Bonhomme Normand announced that it
will hereafter print every week a com
plete list of all those who have been seen
intoxicated during the past seven days
in the streets of Caen. The first list
met with great success. Every wife in
town carefully scrutinized *it, fearing at
first to find the name of her husband and
rejoicing thereafter over the fact that
families of friends or neighbors were
well represented. The editor has been
flooded with letters of encouragement
from the women and to these communi
cations he gives much space in his paper.
But no mention is made of the other mes
sages which he undoubtedly also is re
ceiving.
ISLAND COVERED WITH GLASS
From the London Telegraph.
“Why! the beautiful little island has
been spoiled by the fruit growers." So
said an enthusiastic lover of nature
when he* landed at Guernsey a few
days ago.
Who ever heard a disparaging word
about the lemons, oranges, vines, fig*,
olives, and flowers that abound In
Sicily? It would be considered the
height of bad taste to object to those
delightful growths of the Mediterra
nean island. Then why complain of
the cultivation in Guernsey? Because
I it is quite different. Sicily’* products
| grow under the canopy of heavtn. but
Guernsey-!* practically one large glass
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house. Nurseries, growers, and agents
are the principal features of the place.
The names of British fruit and flower
salesmen are emblazoned in prominent f f
positions, and conversation in Gurnsey
does not stray much beyond the limits
of such subjects as deal directly with
the cultivation and marketing of fruit
and the breeding of cattle.
It Is all very well for the idealist to
grumble because the natural beauty of
the place is injured by the emormpus
number of glass houses, but this is a
utilitarian age, and the output of those
houses is most acceptable to England in
general and London in particular. From ;;
the 2-1 square miles contained in the is
land some of the choicest fruits, flow
ers, and vegetables that grace the table
are derived. Beautiful carnations,
foliage plants, including the trailing
smilax and decorative flowers of va
rious kinds find their way from Guern
sey to the English markets. Richly fla
\ ored tomatoes, new potatoes, forced
beans and peas, melons, figs and grapes
also must be named among the im- _
portant contributions of Guernsey
which delight the epicure.
THE THINGS I MISS
By Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
As easy thing, O Power divine,
To thank Thee for these gifts of Thine:
For summer's sunshine, winter’s snow,
For hearts that kindle, thoughts that ;
glow,
But when shall I attain to this—
To thank Thee for the things 1 miss?
For all young fancy’s early gleams,
The dreamed-of Joys that still are dreams,
Hopes unfilled and pleasures known
Through others’ fortunes, not my own.
And blessings seen that are not given,
And never will be this side heaven.
Had I, too, shared the joys I see,
Would there have been a heaven for me?
Could I have felt Thy presence near
Had I possessed what I held dear? J M
My deepest fortune, highest bliss, J
Have grown, perchance, from thing* I
miss.
Sometimes there comes an hour of calm: I
Grief turns to blessing, pain to balm; !
A Power that works above my will *
Still leads me onward, upward still; *
And then my heart attains to this— *
To thank Thee for the things I miss.
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TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
ICONOCLASTIC
The old oaken bucket that hung in the
well,
I’ve often imagined that strong it did
smell
Of caterpillars, worms and perhaps of,
snails;
I don’t believe I'd care to drink out of
such pails.
The old oaken bucket that hung in the
well,
I'm sure that a tale of microbes it could
tell;
Of bacilli, too, of pathogenic creation.
Today we'd condemn*it for insanitatiorr.
In this our era of cups individual
I'pon that old bucket we’<l employ the
strlgil,
The old oaken bucket upon the well wall,
Jn fact, I don’t believe we'd use it at
- all.
A REA I, PEST
The fragrance of everything vernal
In spoiled by the ^rifling galoot
\\ ho makes a whole street car Infernal
With fumes of his dying cheroot.
— Youngstown Telegram.
The fragrance of all that Is elegant
Is spoiled by the tranej bogy
Who a street *car to phosphate plant
Turns with his Pittsburg stogy.
REAL WONDERS
We’ve been in many cities
And sailed from many docks.
But never found a bootblack
Who did not daub our socks.
—Youngstown Telegram.
We’ve been In many cities
And sailed on many ships,
^But never found a waiter
Who would refuse our tips.
—Houston Daily Post.
We’ve been in many cities
And sailed to many lands,
But never found a youngster
Who liked to wash his hands.
—Baltimore News.
We’ve been In many cities
Seen sights, believe us. kid.
But never saw a girl who liked
To wear a last year’s lid.
—Los Angeles Express.
We've been in many cities
That bask beneath the sun.
But we never saw a Hobson man
Who could tell how it was done.
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VERSATILE
He is a fine musician.
Rut if his calling fails. _
He'd make a good fishmonger, ^
For he can handle scales.
He is a fine musician.
The world about him raves;
But he would make a cooper,
For he can fashion staves. 1
He is a fine musician,
And never fails to please;
But he would make a jailor,
For he knows all the keys. ' j
He is a fine musician,
And on his playing dotes, :
But he could he a banker, i
For he is fond of notes.
He is a fine musician.
And lifts you to the stars;
But he could make a cocktail,
For he's at home in bars.
He is a fine musician.
And wears his hair in plats;
Dut 1 don't like his company;
He lives with sharps in flats.
POLITIC
Jinks; “I see that ‘Bathhouse John*
boat his female opponent in the Chicago
election.”
Bilkins: ‘‘Yes, the woman made a mis- !
take. They should have nominated
‘washtub Jane’ against him. '
A NEW VEHICLE
First Dude: ‘‘When away from home I
always travel incognito.” '
Second Dude: "Is that so? I always
go in a Pullman.”
RAGGED ROBINS j
If Coxey’s aripy has a band
Of music on the wey,
I'm sure when they reach Washington !
Some rag-time will they play. j
A BIRD MAN
When birds migrate in winter, V
My fate with them I blend
For though I don’t move southward,
On my grate I depend.
-C. F. M.
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
. TRIAL OF ASSASSIN OF CANOVAS
Till1, murder of Senor Conovas del
Castillo, the Spanish prime minis
ter, on Sunday, August 8, 3S97,
brought on one of the most critical pe
riods in the history of that county dur
ing the nineteenth century. Spain had
been in such an unsettled state for a
long time that the taking off of her
right arm, for such was Canovas con
sidered, almost meant the dissolution of
existing government.
The deed was committed by a Neapoli
tan anarchist at Santa Agueda. His
name was Michele Angina Golli. The prime
Truster had gone to Santa Agueda
with his wife for the baths. The
murderer fired three shots, one of which
struck Canovas in the forehead and an
other in the chest. He fell at the feet of
bis wife, and lingered in agony for two
hours before he passed away.
Golli was immediately arrested. He de
clared that he had committed the deed
“in accomplishment of a just vengeance.”
At the moment of the assassination the
minister was waiting in the gallery of the
bathing establishment for his wife. The
assassin narrowly escaped lynching at
the hands of the waiters and attendants.
Detectives and civil guards immediately
arrested him.
The day following the murder Golli,
the assassin, made a confession, in which
he stated that his deed was an act of re
venge for the execution of anarchists
at Barcelona. As the premier lay dying
on the ground, his wife reproached Golli
for his crime, crying, “murderer.” In
reply to the agonizing words of the dis
tracted wife he answered coolly:
“i respect you because you are an hon-1
orable lady, but I have done my duty
and am now easy in mind, for 1 have
avenged my friends and brothers | of
Montjuich.” Montjuich is the fortress of
Barcelona, outside of which the anarch
ists W'lio had been sentenced to death for
outrages they had committed were exe
cuted by being shot in the back.
Michele Golli, or Angiolino, was 32
years of age. He was the member of
an honest family, his father being a
tailor. His military record was bad and*
he was classed as a disobedient'nnd trou
blesome soldier.
Canovas was buried in Madrid on Au
gust 13. At the funeral the widow of the |
TOMORROW—THE !
aeaa premier saw: “1 desire that all
should know that I forgive the assassin.
It is the greatest sacrifice 1 can make,
but 1 make it for the sake of what I
know of my husband’^ great heart."
’ On the morning of the funeral three
anarchists were arrested In Milan. On 1
their person were a number of incrimi- j
nating documents showing that there had
existed an international anarchists plot.
The documents captured Included let
ters from Caserlo Santo, the assassin of
President Carnot, and Pietro Acciarito,
who attempted to assassinate King Hum
bert on the previous April.
The trial of Golli was begun at Ver
gera, Spain. It was a courtmartial trial j
presided over by a lieutenant colonel and j
captains of artillery. All the statements \
of the prisoner were submitted in writ
ing. When lie was brought In for ex- j
an.ination he refused to choose counsel |
and the judge appointed Lieutenant Cor- j
ria, of the artillery, to defend him. He
accepted the duty and made the defense
insanity.
An interview was given to the news
papers by the prisoner, in which he as
serted that the assassination of President
Faure of France, had not ben suggested, !
but that the only person whose death
had been decreed were Premier Canovas
for torturing anarchists, and General
Polavieja, for ordering the execution of
Dr. Kisal, the leader of the insurgents in
the Philippine Islands.
About 200 persons were present at tho
trial, which only lasted two hours. The
prisoner, heavily manacled, sat between
two gendarmes, and immediately In front
of him were the judges. On the table ,
nearby lay his revolver and other ma
terial evidence of the crime.
Golli was put to death by the garrote
at 11 o'clock, ofi August 20. He heard
the news calmly that he was to be exe
cuted on that day. An executioner from
Burges performed the garroting. Just
prior to the execution a priest ordered
the anarchist to repent, to which he re
sponded: “Since you cannot get me out
of prison, leave me in peace. I myself
will settle with God." Senora Catenas
requested the priest who gave extreme 1
unction to her husband as lie was dying
from the assassin's bullet, in the bath at
Santa Agueda, to visit GOlli and assure
him of her forgiveness*
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