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—Henry VI.
BEGINNING THE DAY—Lift •»»
life Into prominence, O Lord, and
grant me to live n* If the eye* of
■11 the world were on me. Help me
to do my little tn*k a* If the *tory ,
of It were to he put In hook* for
posterity to read. Nay, teach me
that 1 am lu very troll* making *•
part of tlic hint or y of the age*. I”
Christ** name. Amen.—II. M. E.
An Opportunity for Patriotism
The fall of Tampico may greatly
' '^change the situation relative to the
presence of the United States in Mexi
co and it is not at all improbable that
our regulars may be called upon to
aupport a provisional government in
Mexico City and preserve order there
when it falls into the hands of the
rebels.
Carranza and his followers have not
been impressed with the idea of par
ticipating in the mediation proceed
ing and their attitude is not to be won
dered at since they feel that Huerta
is almost within their grasp and they
t .Wish to enjoy the prestige and reap
the fruits of their success.
The South American mediators have
suggested the formation of a commis
sion consisting of five merabg|:s« *.-o
of whom are to be named by Huerta,
two by the Cavrctiza following and one
by the moiiators, the commission to
' name the members of a provisional
government to be composed of federals
and rebels.
Huerta has been duly advised ot this
proposition and so far has intimated
no objection thereto and it is believed
that the dictator fully realizes the ap
proach of the dissolution of his
regime. It is said that he lias been
recently shipping gold to Europe to
provide for himself in ease he is im
pelled to quit Mexico and a panic al
most prevails in the capital born of
the fear that Villa and Zapata will
not be able to control their men when
the city falls. Indeed it is averred tiiat
Villa has promised his men 48 hours
of looting if they succeed in capturing
the place.
The proposition of the South Ameri
can mediators should be acceptable to
the United States as the elimination
of Huerta is the avowed object of the
Wilson policy and the President is
willing for the Mexican nation to se
lect its own ruler after the present dic
tator has been removed.
Much now depends upon the rebels,
and it is to be hoped that patriotism
and love for humanity will obtain
over personal pride and individual
glorification. Tiie commission will at
tain the end for which rebels have been
shedding blood to reach and the propo
sition should be accepted.
' ’'-^Contesting British Supremacy
Avard Longley Bishop has ex
pressed in the current issue of the At
lantic Monthly the opinion that the
growth of the intercommercial rela
tionship of the nations of the world
has been really the most striking de
velopment of modern civilization.
It has ever been an interesting
Study to note the growth of coinmer
cial supremacy enjoyed by the respec
tive nations of the world as commerce
proceeded in its westward sway. The
march starts with Phoenicia, who fur
ished the earliest sailors, and hugginj
closely the not hem coast of the Med
iterranean and the western shores o
Europe finally reached Great Britain
where it rests today. Venice was thi
immediate successor to Phoenicia am
her ships brought home cargoes o
fabled wealth. Then followed sueces
aively Portugal, Spain, Holland am
England.
It cannot be said that topographica
geographical features were con
butory to this line of eomniercia
remacy, for Germany today has m
coast and yet the increase of he
merce is phenomenal. Her foreigi
has increased over ZbO per cen
last forty years, and this i
the cause of the anti-Germai
tion now prevalent in England.
heart oi
| commerce it is difficult to predict that
such will be her position much longer,
for, like Germany, the United States
is making a fierce contest of British
| supremacy. It is true that until quite
■ recently this government and Ger
! many have proceeded upon different
i lines in challenging England. Germany
I has constituted the subject one of na
tional patronage and governmental
1 supervision, while in this country the
efforts have rested upon the individu
al almost entirely.
But we are arousing ourselves and
I the Panama canal is the initial imple
! ment for the supplying of a nation’s
energy in this direction, the effect of
which it will be dificult to estimate.
Time was when our flag was seen in
every port and waved over every sea.
and it is not at all improbale that re
I turn of that time is close at hand.
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Recalling the Prosperity of 1912
The business situation and the crop
I situation of the present time are simi
lar to business conditions and crop
conditions at a corresponding period
in 1912.
There has been considerable depres
sion in the industrial field since last
fall. The iron market has been ex
tremely dull. It was so in the early
part of 1912. But in the spring of
that year when bumper crops were
coming in sight the iron market
started up. and the industrial world
generally took on new life. By
June of 1912 immense crops were as- j
] sured. and notwithstanding the fact |
| that a presidential campaign was j
j about to he launched, prosperity with
a big P was in evidence from one end
of the country to the other. It was
one of the most prosperous years
of the twentieth century, and what
made it so marked was the gloom that
had preceded it.
This country not only produces large
crops, but prices are better than they
used to be. Great harvests this year
are now all but assured. If we are
to have anything like a repetition of
1912—and it is believed we will—there
will be no idle men in the industrial
districts. In the Birmingham district
the demand for laborers will be larger
than the supply. Business will hum.
Ilarr as Bank President
The directors of the First National
bank of Birmingham havg art?j wisely
in deciding *o pforriefte Vice President
J. H- ®«»rr to the presidency upon the
retirement of W. P. G. Harding, who
is to become a njember of the federal
reserve board at Washington.
Mr. Harding and Mr. Barr have
worked side by side for many years,
and ever since Mr. Harding has been
president of the First National Mr.
Barr as vice president has been his
able assistant. He is a banker
through and through. He enjoys the
reputation in banking circles of being
a man of singularly fine judgment.
Maj. E. M. Tutwiler, now chairman
of the executive committee of the First
National, will become chairman of
the board of directors. He is noted
for his public spirit, his broad views
on financial questions and his knowl
edge of the banking needs of Bir
mingham.
The First National bank is recog
nized as a public institution, and the
general public naturally feels a con
cern in regard to its official staff.
I It is believed that the authoritative
announcement on the fifth page of
this morning’s Age-Herald will be
cordially approved.
A motor car chapel has been operated
aloiiR the Kio Grande during the past
year by the Catholic Extension society
with so much success that the experiment
will be repeated. The car Is named St.
Peter s chapel, and is a real church on
wheels, being the only one of its kind
in the I'nited States. It has been the
means of providing Sunday services for
as many as half a. dozen widely scattered
communities in one day. When the back
doors of the ear are opened and the
sides lowered a chapel If, feet wide is re
vealed lo the congregation, with all the
necessaries for mass, vespers and other
services. The car has been operated
under the direction of the Right Rev.
J. W. Shaw, Bishop of San Antonio, for
merly secretary to the Bishop of Mobile.
The Rev. Father Constantlneau has been
conducting services in this moving chapel
and Is highly pleased with tile results
accomplished.
Every man big enough to serve oit
the federal reserve board is worth
more than the *12.000 as salaries go
these days. But the members of the
board, like cabinet officers, are sup
posed to In- implied with uatriotism
• and make sacrifices for the Koftd of tire
! country.
i The supreme court of North Carolina
'■ holds that a person may curse on the
I street without violating a town ordi
nance if lie is not heard by a number ol
. people and does not create a disturb
lance, a ruling apt to make the profant
soliloquy extremely popular.
"Who knows that perhaps equal suf
I trage may bring to the titular head ol
| j the family the right to carry a nigh;
Jkey?" says the Cincinnati Enquirer, thui
sustaining its reptuatlon for looking or
I the i.righter side of things.
President Wilson is said to have ap
, 1 r-ar. <1 worn and gray of face" w hen hi
if, reived the nation's dead from Mexico
j w hii h may have been due In some degrei
I to i, suspicion that "watchful waiting'
lit a failure
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m ■ . .a.
Mrs. Harriet Tice, who claimed to be
the original of "Little Nell,” the heroine
of Dickens* "The Old Curiosity Shop,”
died recently Jn London. She was born In
1827 in a house which is said to have been
the original of "The Old Curiosity Shop.”
Mrs. Tice claimed that her father. John
Pepperell, was the original of “Little
Nell s” grandfather.
"We re in the lion's mouth," says Huer
ta., “but the lion will not And it easy to
eat us.“ The wrong metaphor. "We're
in the talons of the American *»agle”
would be nearer the facts.
Governor Hatfield of West Virginia is
said to have chastised his brother-in-law
so severely that he broke two of his ribs.
The governor’s name indicates that he
comes of fighting stock.
A Jury at Cleveland, composed of 12
different nationalities, awarded damages
j to a man named J. Oshlnsky, who seems
j himself to be no relation to the Jones
| or Smlth tamilies.
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For tlie “last time” the world is posi
tively informed that Colonel Roosevelt re
ceived no pay for that Brazilian lecture.
But will it be the last time?
After the A. B. C. mediators give up
their task as hopeless Uncle Sam w’ill
do some fighting and finally restore order
in unhappy Mexico.
The cool nights are conducive to
sound sleep but the growing crops will
soon be calling for a higher tempera
ture.
It seems highly appropriate that Yell
ville. Ark., should be the center of tho
new radium excitement in the Ozarks.
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\ GREAT AMERICAN SINGER
From the New York Sun.
The career of the American singer,
Lillian Xordica, ought to encoruage
young aspirants for lyric honors. No ob
server of the development of her artistic
powers ever failed to discern the fact
that she lacked that peculiar gift called
temperament. There were no lightning
flashes of inspiration, no divine moments
of inexplicable exaltation in Nordica's
art. What she achieved she did by sheer
force of Indomitable resolution, unceas
ing study and fine intelligence. Despite
obstacles she bcfmme one of the famous
body of “international singers.”
That a great career is open to one pos
sessed of such equipment as hers, to
gether with a serviceable voice, was
triumphantly demonstrated by Mine. Nor
dica. Her voice was never a perfect in
strument. and particularly at the meet
ing of the medium and upper registers
there was always weakness. But brains
got the victory. The singer mounted to
tile highest rank in several widely dif
ferent styles. She was one of the best
Aidas ever known to thQ. stage. ’ Her
Leonora in “T1 TriuafoYe’’ and Selika in
“L’AfHcaVne” Have not been excelled,
fjer Marguerite had qualities of great
beauty. Her Valentine in “Lcs Hugue
nots’’ was a model.
She sang also with great finish of style
and authority in oratorio. But without
doubt the summit of her ambition as an
artist was attained on November 27, 1895,
when at tho Metropolitan she sang
Isolde for the llrst time. In that same
performance of “Tristan and Isolde” Jean
de Reszke sang Tristan and Eouard de
Reszke King Mark for the first time on
any stage. Kaschniann and Marie Bre
tna were the other two principals in that
memorable performance, and the great
Heidi conducted.
Mnie. Nordlca afterward sang all the
Brunnhildes. and was one of the repre
sentatives of Kundry in “Parsifal.” But
Isolde remained her dearest love in the
Wagnerian realm. In that role she made
her farewell appearance on the Metro
politan opera house stage on December 8,
1909. She afterward sang the role in
; Boston and later in Paris. But that was
her last uppearance in opera here.
Her memory should be warmly cher
ished. She whs a great and devoted ar
tist.
WASTED FOOD
From the New york World.
Investigation into conditions in city
institutions under the department of
correction show's that at the workhouse
the food waste from two meals
amounted to 734 pounds, and that at
the penitentiary the food returned aft
<-r Hire** meals was 1887 pounds. What
this bad management costs tho city in
the course of a year must be reckoned
in tens of thousands of dollars.
In large measure tho abuse grows
out of the so-called American standard
of living. By habit and false pride vve
are a wasteful people. Public and
private extravagance is a national vice
in which w'e glory while sermonizing
about it. Honest thrift is an alien
characteristic that we are apt to re
gard with lofty contempt. Ho we
squander our resources heedlessly in
the government of our cities and the
conduct of our household, and call our
selves a practical people with strictly
modern business ideas.
The trouble with the institutions un
der the department of correction Is
that, like the average establishment,
they have been run at haphazard.
Commissioners did not know' what was
being done, or did not take the trouble
to find out. Any competent manager
of the kitchens could have saved
enough money to improve the diet and
make other needed changes. But it
never seems to huve entered any com
missioner’s head that a first require
ment was that the management should
be competent and economical.
RE HU KING COIt HI PTIO N
From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegram
Chump dark, discussing the Panama
canal tolls al a luncheon in Washing
ton. said:
"My opponents argument on thie
point seems to mo as absurd as tin
argument of Washington White.
“As Wash sal on his stoop one morn
ing round election time, the republican
candidate for mayor stopped, soundec
him a little, and finally gave him $1 tc
vote tiic republican ticket.
A little while afterward the demo
cratic candidate came along and gav».
Wash $2 to vote the democratic ticket
“Then, just befot'e dinner time, tlu
progressive candidate turned up ant
gave Wash $3 to support the progres
sive cause.
“Well, which one of ’em is you going
to vote fur?" asked Mrs. Wash, as sh<
smiled upon the heap of silver wdiid
her husband had earned that morning
on the front stoop.
"'1 tiling I’ll vot«* for the fust fel
ler. said Wash, the one that guinnn
the dollar.'
“ 'Why,' cried his wife astonished
why vote for him.”
“ Bees us.‘ Wash answered, ‘because
he Is the least corrupt.!"
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Modern (old Plant
“The conduit which la being laid from
the Birmingham Ice factory to the prop
erty at the nerthwest corner of Ave
nue E and Twenty-second street, la the
first step, I understand, In the construe
| tlon of a plant which will place Birmlng
1 ham on a parity with other large cities
tin the matter of cold storage,’ said a
business man.
| “I am told that the building, which
will embody all the latest improvements
| in cold storage construction, will have
more than a quarter of a million feet of
i refrigerated space which is ample for
! the needs of Bir» Ingham for sometime
to come. Belt line trackage will make
I the plant accessible from all parts of the
i city and district.
■ “Ladies will be pleased to learn that
provision will be made for the storage
of furs, rugs and things of that sort. In
brief, the plant will be up-to-date in all
its features, and will mark another ad
vance in Birmingham's development."
Decided Impro vecmnl
“Business in Birmingham seems to be
better this month than it was last,’* said
B. B. Burton.
“With the first of May came a very
decided improvement, and today there is
much actfvity in many lines of trade.
From all accounts. Alabama will produce
immense crops tills year. We had good
crops in 1913. but they will be much larger
this year. And if the rarmers get any
thing like the prices they got last fall,
this state will make new high records in
prosperity."
Thrift mid Hospitality
‘‘Cullman never looked so thrifty as it
did last Tuesday when J was there to
attend the annual state meeting of the
Knights of Columbus," said State Depu
ty M. E. Llhnehuq.
“Cullman may not grow as fast h3
some of the other Alabama cities, but it
grows steadily and its growth is solid.
The people of Cullman are as hospitable
as they are thrifty. The • visitors Tues
day were elegantly entertained and May
12 will long be remembered as a red
letter day in the history of the Knights
of Columbus in Alabama.
"The Cullman council is made up of a
splendid set of men. and it has done noble
work in aiding the Rev. Father Ignatius.
O. S. B., to build the new Sacred Heart
church, which is one of the most beau
tiful and imposing edifices in this coun
try. There are few churches that can
he compared to it."
Minnie for Next Year
“The financial as well as the artistic
success of Birmingham's music festival
last week caused great elation in musical
circles,” said a member of the Arion so
ciety.
“We will begin early in the fall to
rehearse an oratorio for the spring dT
iido. We will probably have a three days’
festival. If ground is broken for an
auditorium within the next few months
a building should be far enough ad
vanced to be available for a festival next
May. If so we will certainly have a
festival of several concerts. Our oratorio
(horns would have one evening on the
programme. Another evening should be
symphonic, and for the third we would
have a monster chorus made up of choirs
from various cities trained to sing a few
short numbers. I believe all our future
festivals can be so managed as to escape
deficits."
A Voting >lan*N Giving (out
"It costs an unmarried man more to
live in these days than it did when I
was just starting in business," said ail
old club member.
“Forty yeafs ago f saved a little money
out of $75 a month salary, but a young
friend of mine who gets $1200 a year tells
me that he can barely make both ends
meet. He neither smokes nor drinks,
and ids habits as far as I know are ex
emplary. Young men dress better now
than they did in former years, and ftfllrly
good board costs considerably more.
"These are about the items that a young
man has to reckon with when making
up his annual ‘budget:’ Board $360,
clothes $225, laundry $75, club dues and
club expenses on a moderate scme $100,
vacation trip $75, hooks and theatre tickets
$100, street car fare $50, Christinas gifts
$60, church $50, life insurance $60, inci
dentals $55; total $1200. This does not
allow much for tango society and pocket
change."
The Iron Market
Matthew Addy & Co.’s Cincinnati re
port for this week says in part: "From
all that we can learn, consumers will
not see their trade grow less than it is
at present: if business will not get better
it certainly will not further decline. Cur
rent inquiry and shipping instructions are
slightly greater. We are finding here and
there an improvement: for example, at
Addyston, where there are six pits for
casting pipe, and where -they have beer
operating only three of them, they are
now going to operate four. The malleable
shops are doing a little more. Some oi
the foundries are reporting increased or
ders. Steel mills are on a basis of about
60 per cent: gray iron foundries not more
than 50 per cent.
"As for the furnaces, they are holding
quotations, as they must either get the
prices they are asking or else blow’ out.
It will be impossible f*r them to remain
in operation unless they can receive at
least what they are now receiving; their
situation is serious, as they are now or
an unprofitable basis. The northern fur
naces will be helped by the reduction in
the cost of ore, though this will not be
available until July: but, of course, this
reduction was expected, and It has already
been fully discounted.’*
l<Gill KING HEARST
From the New Orleans State.
Hearst methods of manufacturing
• sentiment against the democratic ad
ministration in its war policy met with
a just rebuke the other day from tM
family of one of the youths who gave
up liis life when the American flag wai
planted at Vera Cruz.
The dead boy’s home , was at Willa
coochee. Georgia. When his name came
in the list of casualties, the Willa
eoochee correspondent of the Atlanta,
Georgian, the Hearst newspaper, gol
this hot telegram:
Please interview Summerlin’s fathei
on uselessness of sacrifice if United
States is now to accept meditation
Does lie not think it outrageous to have
to send boys to be killed, and ther
government decide fighting is wrong'
Please send good statement.
To this request, addressed toa famil.v
of patriotic southerners. Mr. Hoars’
receivd the only reply which a loya
and honorable American could hav<
mad*. This is what li. \V. Hummerlti
answered:
I beg to say ray brother, Randolpl
Summerlin, was killed at Vera Cruz li
defense of the country’s honor. W<
favor President Wilson and the dem
oeratic administration, and Randolph
(lias four brothers and a father who are
I ready and willing to make the same
sacrifice If called upon. We think the
Wilson policy is absolutely correct.
When the incident fell under the at
tention of President Wilson, he was so
I deeply impressed with the ring of pa
triotism in Mr. Summerlin’s telegram
that he promply addressed the following
touching letter to the brother of the
dead hero:
"Mv dear Mr. Summerlin—My attent
; tion has just been called to your eor
jrespondence with regard to the death
I of your brother at Vera Cruz. It has
moved nit* very much. It rings so true
and has such a genuine note of patriot
i Ism in it. and the deep feeling which
makes citizenship* in this country so
noble a thing.
"No one was more distressed tli&n 1 at
the loss of life at Vera Cruz, and I
sympathize with you, youf father and
brothers most, deeply. It is the more
gratifying to find the noble spirit In
which you take the loss, because I know
! what it must have cost you to lose a
1 gallant brother like yours."
However Americans may disagree as
to the policy of the administration
toward the Mexican problem, the spirit
manifested by the family of this
Georgia boy who gave up bis life in
the performance of his duty as a sol
dier, is the spirit which animates every
loyal American. The bloodshed at Vera
Cruz was deplorable. It will be a
source of lnfinate regret if from it there
is not evolved an new order in Mexico
under which we shall have full respect
for the Stars and Stripes and complete
protection for every American citizen
who, from business or pleasure desires
to reside or travel In Mexico.
GU9S TO BALK SUFFRAGETTES
London Correspondence New York Times.
"Suffragette-proof glass" w an inven
tion, originating in France, that is being
applied to the British national collections.
This glass is rather expensive, but is said
to be proof against attacks.
The Victoria and Albert museum and
the National Portrait gallery have al
ready been supplied with the glass and
negotiations are in progress to supply it
to the National gallery and the British
museum. The trustees of Shakespeare’s
birthplace are taking precautions for the
tourist season, and all the showcuses in
the museum are being protected with
"triplex glass." T1m* bust of Shakespeare
in the rhurch at Stratford-on-Avon has for
sometime been safeguarded in this way.
I The glass, though a French invention, is
now being manufactured at Willesden. It
»is composed of two layers of ordinary
piateglass, inclosing a sheet of trans
parent celluloid, the three sections being
welded together so as to form, apparently,
one sheet.
| Experiments proved that a heavy blow
! only "starred" the glass without splin
tering It. Even a sharp weapon will not
penetrate the amalgam when It is half an
I Inch in thickness. Shots from a small
j bore Winchester repeater have been fired
at a piece of gla.NB an inch thick without
making a hole in it.
Hitherto the chief use to winch the glass
has been put is for motor car wind
screeiie. As a method of protecting na
screens and motor goggles, a purpose for
which it possesses obvious advantages.
Aeroplane builders are also employing it
for wind screens. As a method of protect
ing national treasures it promises to be
of the highest value. Had the Velasques
Venus been covered with it the suffragette
attack would not have resulted in the
mutilation of the painting.
To the ordinary eye the "triplex glass
is perfectly transparent and does not dis
tort the picture w’hfch it covers. Evi
dence of this is afforded by the fact tha'
John Lavery, whose picture of Princess
Mary was in the Royal academy last year
had the painting glazed with the new glass
before sending it to Buckingham palace.
Burglars have a simple process of re
moving glass when it stands in their way
"Triplex glass'' cannot be cut by a dia
mond: it must be drilled in order to effeci
an opening.
THE HOG A MOLLYCODDLE
From Wallace’s Farmer.
The hog is now a gentleman of leisure
He lives on the cream of the farm. H«
opens his eyes in a warm wigwam 01
Fleam-heated palace. He is warmed anc
t« nderly introduced tt* the front ol
porcine blessing. Tie basks in the sun
light through glass windows, if his com
ing is in February, March, or April. A
side dish of appetizing food is within his
reach the very first day he can use it
He is fed on the finest grain on the farm
He shares with the calf the skim milH
thAt may he available. Thus from birth
to death he lives as an organized appe
tite. and becomes at maturity an ani
mated lard keg.
His ancestors some generations bach
roamed the woods. His ancient ances
tress measured her pigs in the bushe
basket, and with the recognized head 01
the family tested the mettle of the fleet
est horse and the courage of the boar
hound. He was clear of vision, brave ii
spirit, sound in wind and limb. His bones
had the strength of the finest steel, anc
his nose was fearfully and wonderfullj
made.
A life of luxury has shortened his nose
has refined his form, and has put a lovel:
little kink in his tall—just too sweet fo
anything! He can no longer walk ti
market, but he must be carried: and for
tunate is he if his bones will stand th
shock of rough roads or the sevtme bump
ing of two freight cars. Naturally, ever:
pore of this mollycoddle is open to ever;
breath, every pocine malady that is waft
ed on the breezes by day or that steal
in like a thief in the fog-3 of night. 1
cholera winks at him from the next town
ship, he is sure to collapse. This glut
tonous gorgt-i- is to blame. We have mad
him what he is—a mollycoddle, a porcin
mollycoddle, a spoiled child of luxury.
FLOORED BY MOTHER
From tlie Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
With a volley of right jabs, followed b;
anan uppercut Mrs. William Hopkins o
Electric avenue, East Pittsburg, sen
* Hughey Madole, promoter and forme
prizefighter, staggering to the ropes
where he held on for a few moments an
then dropped to the mat, taking th
count in 'Squire Herman Windt's office
Farmer*' Bank building. East McKees
port.
For the last month Madole had bee
instructing Helen Hopkins. 16. of Fllectri
avenue, and Eintyy Flynn. 20. of TurtI
Creek, in the art of self-defense. The
became quite handy with the gloves.
Madole took his students to Browns
ville, and. there had them sign up wit
the Harry C. Hunter Show company
They were billed as the "Lady Battlers.
The mothers of the girls lcafned of tti
engagement and sent of floors to Browni
ville. where they arrested Madole an
the girls and brought them lxick to Eai
l Pittsburg.
’Squire Windt planned to give Mado
a private hearins, but the infuriate
airs. Hopkins burst in upon the seer
t and started to wreck things. After si
had punched Madole a few times si
1 fainted.
They finally settled the case and tl
• charge was withdrawn.
■ TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
PARADOXES.
1
I (To C. F. M.)
A truer thing was never spoke
Than that a guy when he is broke
j Can ne’er his room rent pay.
Though paying be his full intent.
And e'en his very soul be rent,
’Twill not suffice we say.
R. A. I,.
R. A. Li. can't pay his rent.
And that is why he rants;
But we don’t know if that rent
Is in his soul -or pants.
A BRILLIANT THOUGHT.
Billy: “I understand that the United
States refuses to give up that Mexican
lighthouse.”
Willby: “Yes, Uncle Sam seems rather
fond of light housekeeping.”
TEMPI'S ML'TAMTER.
When Pavlowa kissed Emperor Wil
liam's hand her rouged lips left their Im
print upon his white glove.—Cable from
Berlin.
Though they that kneel at woman's shrine
Breathe on it in their love,
A dancer may an Emperor
Salute and spoil his glove.
ON THE SAFE SIDE.
Silas: “I tell you that fellow Gibbs is a
slick one.’’
Hez: “Yes Indeed; I always count my
fingers after every time he shakes hands
with me.”
A DIFFERENT BROOM.
She: There's one thing sure, the United
States troops will eiean up Vera Cruz,'
He: "Yes, and it is equally sure that
the rebels will 'clean up- Tampico."
WATCHFUL, WAITING.
Old Man: "What are you fishing for,
sonny?” J
Sonny: "Snigs.”
Old Man: "What are snigs?" j?
Sonny: "I don’t know, I ain't never l
caught any yet.” 1
CLASS IN EUPHONY.
Teacher: "Tommy, what is the chief crop
of Ireland?'’
Tommy: "Potatoes."
Teacher: "And what of Mexico. .
Tommy: "Dictators." ,
Husband: "Well, I see that contempt
case of Gompers et al lips been dismissed
by the court.”
Wife: "I know all about Gompers, but i
[ tell me, who is this man at al?"
C. F. M.
THE EAST AND THE WEST
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Oh,Ea8t is East, and West Is West, and
never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and sky stand Presently at
God's great judgment seat;
But there Is neither East nor West, Bor
der, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face,
tho’ they come from the ends of the
earth! R. KIPLING.
• "
ONCE more the wonderful contrast of
the very new with the very old
which the far East presents Is
thrust strongly upon our minds. Some
days ago the Dowager Empress of Japan
died in the Numadzu palace. The day
after the lifeless body made its state
entry Into Tokio with the same pomp and
circumstance accorded to living majesty.
It Is not befitting for a member of the
Imperial house to meet death outside the
capital, and when death visits one of
them beyond the walls, custom Imme
morial prescribes that the corpse shall be
treated as a living person until it has
been brought within the precincts where
tradition ordains that royalty may die.
There Is something magnificent in an
etiquette which can ignore death itself—
something, too. quite inconceivable to our
western modes of thought. The whole
Japanese people do homage to the amaz
ing convention. In the palace where the
Empress had died her dead body gave
farewell Rudlences. On its arrival at
Tokio. princes and nobles, ministers and
officials, attended to receive ft. as though
it lived, it passed the great Torri in the
sacred harbor of Miyajima, and then was
driven through the streets at a trot In tile
same carriage and with the same escort.
The same troops lined the route and the
same masses of people watched the pro
cession on its way. Only their unbroken
silence, as the state coach passed in the
moonlight with its drawn blinds, showed
that they knew the grim burden that It
bore. Then came the most dreadful part
of the strange ceremonial. At the door
of the Imperial palace the living Empress
had to welcome as yet alive the poor re
mains of her dead relative. The function
was not yet done. The corpse must be
escorted to its apartments and put into
possession of them. Then, and not till
then, was it permissible to proclaim what
all the world knew, and to acknowledge
that the Dowager Empress was no more.
Within the palace it was etiquette for her
to have died.
Dike the messages which the most
advanced of Chinese republicans de
livered at the imperial tombs, like the
attribution which Japanese heroes
made of their successes in the war to
the virtues of the reigning Emperor
and of his sacred ancestors, like the
declarations of the Emperor himself
THE PINK BALL WOHM
From the Evergreen Courant.
The department of agriculture evidently
is very* much in earnest in Its plans to
prevent t tie Egyptian pink boll worm
from getting a foothold in the south.
Tf it is necessary to put In effect a dras
tice quarantine there is no question but
that the cotton trade will upohold the
department, for no chances can be taken
1 .with the worm. If it once gets a footliod
In tills country it will do millions of dol
lars worth of damage every year, be
coming a worthy competitor of the Mexi
can boll weevil in destroying cotton
Dast year th^worm is said to have been
more destructive to Egyptian cotton than
all other pests combined, in some easel
reducing the expected yield by one-half
■ Certainly if there is any danger of half
• way measures being effective in keepini
> It out of the American cotton belt, ther
• halfway measures should hot be adopted
> A quarantine against all foreign cottor
• might be costly to some men in thi
• cotton industry, but if that is the onlj
’ sure means of preventing the immllratior
■ of the pink worm, then let the quaran
i tine be put in force.
NEW BRIDGE ABOUT COMPLETED
From • the Mountain Eagle.
■ J. H. Barton, foreman of one of Colone
; Dobson s bridge crew#, was in Jaspei
Monday. Mr. Barton stated that work ii
progressing nicely on the steel bridge ovei
Blackwater creek at Shields mill.
t The bridge Is being built for the counts
r by Colonel Dobson, and when completed 1
t will be a very substantial structure,
r The old bridge at Shields mill had i
, 100-foot steel spau with wooden ap
1 proache at each end. The woodwork I
9 being torn away and replaced by ateel
, and when completed the' bridge will bi
- made of solid steel, 264 feet In length.
The principal streams of the county ari
t now being spanned by handsome, sub
j stantial steel bridges.
J both apples anu peaches
' From the Mountain Eagle.
Mr. John D. Grace of Heat 9 was i
a caller at this office Friday. He brough
. with him ocular proof that he has both i
’ crop of apples and peaches this year,
e The peach twig, about'a foot In lengtt
— contained over a dozen healthy peachel
11 about as large as a bird's egg; and th
i£ apple twig, about the same site, had 1
o apples on It.
d Mr. Grace said he had a fair crop c
e both, "but," he said, "a man has to wor
e and take care of things on a farm if h
* succeeds with any crop. I have not had
lt failure Id-a peach crop In eight yeara
ntBliiiBMffiMWMWMMWlBr
I when the constitution was established. j
[and like the rites at his burial, this
.grim yet impressive ceremony reveals
how immense is the gulf between the '
thoughts of the east and of the west. 1
The news of the Empress’ illness or
[ death was sent by telephone. It was J
at the railway station that the great
officers of state went through the
ghas ly form of paying to the dead
[the homage proper to the living. The
ministers who were present beloflg to
one of the most enlightened and pro- ;
l^ressive governments in the world. The J
Iroops which escorted the corpse are i
among the first and most highly l
[trained of modern soldiers. [
In every detail of the story, as the j
Tokio correspondent of the London •
Times tells it, the most wonderful of l
the material discoveries of the west !
came sharply into contact with these
customs of a civilization going back
for 26 centuries. The convention that j
members of the imperial house must f j
not die except within the. appointed I
area is doubtless connected with the \
cardinal doctrine of Japanese religion
and of Japanese patriotism, that the j
Emperor is the descendant of the gods \
who sits upon “the throne of a lineal (
succession unbroken for ages eternal.’’ r
and that to his virtues and to the vir- J .
tees of his ancestors the prosperity and
the glory of the empire are due. That
is th faith upon which the great
ness of Japan and of her people is
built. The Emperor rules by divine
right in a sense very different, and far
More personal than ever was elaimeo
by the proudest of Christian Kings. I
The right is still freely and fully ac
ktiowledged by the immense majority I
of his subjects. The unanimity with
which all classes have agreed in sup- i
porting the strange fiction that the
dead yet lived indicates how gen- *
oral the acknowledgement still is, and
how universal is the obedience of Ja
pan to received tradition. But the ques
tion inevitably presents itself how long
these beliefs and feelings can resist
unmodified the impact of thought. That
tncy must be affected by the new con
ceptions of all thingwwhich this learn
ing is daily spreading in Japan among *
thousands of keen intellects seems cer- *
tain. How they will be affected, what f
form they may ultimately adopt, what *
action in their altered form they may fc
exercise on the mind of Asia, are
amongst the greatest problems of the f
future. We make no attempt to ap- •
proach them even from afar. We only t.
rote the startling ceremonial of last e
week as a reminder that one of the ^
most civilized and most brilliant na- t
tions of the world is passing through
a pregnant phase in its development. P
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MISS STANLEY VISITS WALKER £
| From the Mountain Eagle.
Miss Lquise Stanley of Washington, ®
D. C., a representative of the National
Bureau of Education, was here last week
| for the purpose of visiting the Walker
! County High schcool. She came all the e
I way from the national capital to visit n
f three schools in the state, and it is a r
high compliment to the Walker County
High school that it was selected as one >f
of the three schools to be visited by Miss j*
Stanley.
SENATOR-ELECT WHITE "
From the Mobile Register. ^
There was no contest and Capt. Frank
S. White of Birmingham got all the i
votes that were cast for senator; so he is
senator-elect, and will qualify at once to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of j
Senator Joseph F.* Johnston. Mobile has
a good friend in Captain White and is
sincerely rejoiced that he has been suc
cessful in his aspiration for the high of
fice.
HARDING HONOR TO AL.%0AM.%
From the Franklin County Times.
Alabama Is honored in the appoint
ment of Mr. Harding of Birmingham to
the reserve bank board and this leads
me to remark that Alabama has taken
high rank in the nation through her
favorite sons and this leads me to re
i mark further that this is singular; when
Alabama ranks fourth in illiteracy. r[
What’s the answer? £
HIS PIPE
From Leslie’s.
Though grandpa left us long ago, with
i vears and labors ripe,
■ Yet still upon the shelf we keep his old
i black briar pipe.
And when w'e take it down we seem to
see above the bowl
1 The keen blue eyes that mirrored forth
his wise and kindly soul.
t We took our sorrows to his knee, he f
. listened to them all, j
From sister Letty’s love-affair, to
Benny's ‘‘losted’’ ball, |
And when he filled and lit his pipe, we
knew that he had found
The and of all the troubled-skeins our
l careless hands unwound.
[ So when my grown-up heart Is sad with
* life’s eternal pain,
With reverential touch I take the old
, black pipe again.
, About it hangs the aroma of good to
! bacco still,
g And calls his sturdy spirit back to brae# '
my weakened will. |
Through that old pipe he speaks to me, [
f just as he used to do,
c And bids me face the world again with
I strength and courage new, ]
And Hope around me folds once more
„ her rainbow-colored cloak, j
And all tny little troubles fade as one# JL
they did—t* smoke. j ** |