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departments), Main 4000.
It la war's prise to take all advan
tages,
And ten to one Is no impeach of valour.
—Henry VI.
BEGINNING THE DAY-My Fath
er, I am glad Thou hast promised
not to give me more than I can
bear. I am glad Thou watches* me.
to lift the burden or give more
atrengtb ns my need requires. 1 am
glad Thou hast miracles of grace
awaiting my demand. 1 rest in Thee.
Amen.—H. M. E.
Retired Latin-American Presidents
The report that Huerta has departed
for the gay metropolis of h ranee,
where he will enjoy a fortune esti
mated at more than $10,000,000, calls
to mind numerous events of a like na
ture which have terminated political
careers of Latin-American dictators.
Unscrupulous rapacity, indeed, is one
of the prime characteristics of Latin
American rule and gauged by the code
of Mexican politics the Huerta regime,
although brief, has been quite success
ful. Upon arriving in Europe the re
tired Mexican ruler may find excite
ment rivaling that which has pre
vailed in and around Mexico City dur
ing the past year. However, should
the war scare prove of only brief du
ration the gay life of Paris, it is
thought, will prove most distracting,
and the light French wines will proba
bly be sufficient to deaden any pangs
to which even the benumbed con
science of the old Indian might other
wise be subject should some of the
harrowing scenes of his bloodstained
rulership recur in his memory.
The fallen dictator will also find
congenial companionship in the French
and Spanish capitals. It has long been
the custom of those who temporarily
hold the reins of authority in the re
publics to the south to bank in Madrid
and other European cities, and no op
portunity, as a rule, is lost to draw
upon the revenues of the home govern
ment to add to this private store.
When storms of revolution gather
force and sweep away their power,
these intriguing Latin-American
rulers are unsually able to seize an op
portune moment to retire to the old
country and enjoy their ill-gotten
gains.
Among the rulers that have pre
ceded Huerta into European exile are
old Diaz and ex-Presidents Castro and
Guzman Blanco of Venezuela—all ex
tremely rich, and with the exception
of Diaz, of most unsavory reputation
on this side of the Atlantic. Ex-Presi
dent Diaz has made his home in Mad
rid, but the others named have adopted
the French capital as their place of
residence. These ex-rulers have se
cured entree to official society in
Paris, and by reason of great wealth
and high enrollment in the Legion of
) Honor are enabled to make quite a
showing in the social life of the city.
Ex-President Blanco has recently se
cured a titled husband for his daugh
ter in the person of the Due de Morny.
Painless Death for Lobsters
Humanitarians who have long pro
tested against the cruelty of fisher
men and fishmongers in “torturing”
lobsters by boiling them slowly instead
of plunging them into scalding hot
water, have been laboring all these
years under a mistake. The fishermen
and fishmongers were right and the
humanitarians wrong, according to a
biologist who has conducted careful
experiments to find out the most hu
mane way of boiling lobsters.
The results of these experiments
■how that lobsters placed in cold wa
ter gradually brought to a boil showed
no signs of discomfort. When the wa
ter reached 70 degrees of temperature
the lobsters had “sinking spells” and
died peacefully at a temperature of
80 degrees. On the other hand, lob
aters placed in boiling water made
violent efforts to escape and did not
die for two minutes.
According to the biologist, the death
1 of lobsters by gradual boiling is simi
lar to that of a person who is over
YMBe by a heat wave. They lose con
sciousncss and breathe their last
without knowing in which “lobstei
palace” they will ultimately be servec
for the delectation of an epicure who is
careful about what he eats, or a chorus
girl who can eat anything.
It is gratifying to have this impor
tant matter settled. To know that the
lobster on which one feeds has died
| so to speak, without a struggle anf
without pain, is certain to heighten
the enjoyment of a meal particularlj
among people who are kind-heartec
even before they had dined. The popu
larity of the lobster is very great, and
his consumption is enormous. It is
fitting that he should die painlessly.
AH Preparing for War
Austria-Hungary and Servia are al
ready at war, and Russia and Germany
may soon be in bloody conflict. The
press censorship is so rigid that little
could be learned last night of the
proceedings of the cabinet meeting at
Potsdam, but Russia’s answer to Ger
many’s note of warning that mobiliza
tion had gone too far to be halted
is virtually a declaration of war.
Germany is mobilizing rapidly, and
all the other powers are making
preparations to meet sudden eventuali
' ties. One rumor at a late hour last
night was to the effect that Austria
would declare war on Russia today.
England is endeavoring through
diplomatic channels to avert a gen
eral clash of arms, but if Germany
and Russia cannot be held back it is
difficult to see how France and Great
Britain can remain passive. The
French people are eager for a fight
with Germany, but the British will
avoid war unless there is nothing left
for them to do but engage with Russia
in £& attefnpt to defeat Germany.
Italy is full of fighting stock, and
notwithstanding the fact that it be
longs to the triple alliance, there are
intimations that it will withdraw and
join Russia and France in the event of
a general European war.
Emperor William is more than ever
the man of the hour. The majority of
his people trust him absolutely and
on the battlefield they will distinguish
themselves by their splendid discipline
and their characteristic intrepidity.
For several years it has been predicted
that a great battle would be fought
some day in contest for supremacy
between Teuton and Slav. That time
may have come.
The yhole world waits with bated
breath for what the next 48 hours
may develop. It will not be surprising
if the worst fears are realized, but if
there is to be widespread war it can
not last long. That much, at least,
can be said with confidence to relieve
the pessimism that now pervades the
old hemisphere.
Wilson and (he Business Men
President Wilson is showing fine
judgment in paying more and more
attention to the business men of the
country and giving less and less heed
to the politicians. His frank utterance
to some of the country’s leading
wholesale men on Wednesday should
have cordial approval on the part of
everyone.
Events are rapidly justifying the
wisdom of keeping Congress in session
until its work is finished so that busi
ness men will know what to expect and
can adjust their affairs accordingly.
It is time to put an end to the era of
suspicion and to have enacted legisla
tion of such definite character that a
man will not be looked upon as an out
law who tries to conduct his affairs
in accordance with business princi
ples.
The President expresses the hope
that the party programme will be fin
ished within six weeks, and adds:
“And I honestly believe that
when it is done we can all take off
our coats and get to work and
look each other in the face and
say, ‘This is a nation of honest
men and we are going to do busi
ness as such.’ ”
Music lor the People
Birmingham’s park concerts which
have been given under the auspices of
the Music Study club, are free to the
public and have been enjoyed by
thousands; but the fund is much small
er this year than it was last, and un
less additional subscriptions are made
the open air music wall have to be dis
continued before the summer is ended.
A prominent citizen who sub
scribes to music festival guarantee
funds suggests that all of Birming
ham’s musical interests of the concert
class be consolidated, and that a series
of popular concerts, summer and win
ter, be included in the scope of
our musical activities. Birmingham
needs not only festival music, but
free concerts in the summer and pop
ular concerts at nominal prices of ad
mission during the fall and winter.
In ten or twelve of the large cities
of this country symphony orchestras
of the first class are maintained, and
in several cities not as large as Bir
mingham concert orchestras of forty
or forty-five players are made possi
ble by comparatively small guaran
tees.
It used to be that arrangements for
spring festivals could be deferred un
til two or three months before the pro
jected event, but the symphony or
chestras that will be available for next
year are in such demand that mana
gers are insisting on signed contracts
not later than September. It might be
well, therefore, for those who are ac
tive in the festival enterprise to
widen their plans and while securing
the festival guarantee raise enough
money to provide throughout the year
concerts by local talent.
The Frankfurter Zeitung says that
Fratilein von Siebold was the first woman
doctor. Jt was in June. 1814, after study
ing at Gottengen and Darmstadt, that
she obtained her degree and passed the
state exaT ‘nation in medicine and sur
gery. Tj r fame soon spread through
Germany and in 1817 the University of
Giessen conferred upon her the degree*
»>f doctor, honoris causa. The next year
she was called to attend the Duchess
Louise of Coburg-Gotha. at the birth of
her first son, Duke Ernest If. Fraulein
Siebold married a German staff surgeon
and died in 1853. The honor of being the
first vvomaA physician is also claimed for
an English woman, Elizabeth Blackwell,
who graduated in 1849 at Geneva, N. Y.
She died recently at Hastings, England,
aged 90 years.
A carriage that belonged to Napoleon
has been impounded by the Austrian au
thorities until its owner, Prince Blucher,
pays some taxes that are overdue. The
prince is a descendant of the famous
Prussian general who turned the tide of
battle at Waterloo. The carriage was
party of the booty which fell to his lot
after the battle.
Colorado and California will have wom
en candidates for Congress. The time will
yet come when a visitor, looking down
on Congress in session, will see here and
there a congresswoman powdering her
nose.
The Caillaux trial brought out first one
star and then another. Bernstein, the
playwright, gave what the bush league
dramatic critic would call a "masterly
performance."
The husband of a famous prirna donna
who divorced him is seeking to have the
case appealed. He’s not the first man who
bated to give up a meal ticket.
Trixie Friganza complains that her hus
band won't work. He probably looked at
the size of Trixie and decided she was
strong enough to work for both.
China puts bribe takers to death. Over
here they are merely relieved of their
jobs so they will have plenty of time
to spend the loot.
American sailors who were the heroes
at \ era Cruz are being shown, becomingly
embarrassed, in moving pictures. That's
hoqor enough.
he dogs of war are always straining
at the leash, in one part of the world or
another, despite Mr. Bryan's hopeful pol
icy of peace.
A hoy with two stomachs lias been dis
covered in Switzerland. The average boy
seems to have two.
Cincinnati wants individual drinking
buckets for horses. Better get individual
'growlers'' first. V
A titled guest at Newport, was overcome
by the heat while playing tennis. This is
a terrible summer.
At least. George Fred Williams is not
to blame for what happened to Servla.
WAR!
From the Wall Street-Journal.
To the student of finance, as well as
the student of humanity, no time In a
generation has been more interesting
than the present.
Men and nations are made by war—
not by wars of aggression, but by wars
of defense.
Every nation grows great in its de
fenses, mentally, morally and physical
ly. Every nation grows poor mentally,
morally and physically by its wars of
aggression.
The aggression of the Turk in Europe
is ended, although marauding hands
may still be cutting off the hands of in
dividual Greeks, in loot of sea coasts
where should be the fairest gardens
of the earth. The aggressions of Russia
against the Japs ended a few years
ago. The aggressions of France against
Germany ended a generation ago. The
aggressions of Spain against the whole
world terminated long ago.
The nation that seeks conquest by
land or sea courts disaster. England
made a war of aggression in South
Africa and received the greatest check
in its modern history.
No civilized nation in the world today
can raise armies for aggression, but
all can readily raise armies and war
treasuries for defense.
The problem in all the complications
at present, both here and abroad, may
be answered by first ascertaining the
point of aggression.
The great new factor in tills situa
tion to prevent the development of any
aggression is business.
The whole world Is engaged in busi
ness as never before. Industrial Ger
many in 30 years has far outrun mili
tary Germany. No building of dread
noughts by England or all the powers
combined has exceeded the business
building. Throughout the civilzed world
villages have become mill centers;
towns have become cities; empires
have succeeded states, and the empire
in the modern world is commercial, and
not martial.
Today the world is at war. It is a
war of bourses, of business, of finance.
The guns are so heavily loaded, the
interests at stake so vast, the civiliza
tion involved so wide, that just here It
may be said or predicted that the war
must be ended soon. As for any gen
eral physical fighting, it is unthinka
ble that it should begin.
If the Servians have moved aggres
sively on the Austrians, the civilized
world will not permit the defeat of
Austria. If the Austrians have moved
aggressively on the Servians, the world
will not permit the destruction of
Servia.
BEATING THE BAKERS
From the New York Times.
Oh, I am almost tired tq death!" said
the woman who spends half her time ad
dressing club meetings. "Our political
economy club lias been in session all day
passing resolutions and drawing up peti
tions demanding a law regulating +he
price of bread. Only think! Three dol
lars’ worth of flour costs, when baked
into bread, $13. It’s outrageous. We’ll
soon all be bankrupt. The bakers must
be made to feel the power of the law.
You should have been at the meeting.”
“I couldn’t come. I was too busy,” said
the calm-Cgced woman.
•Busy on a club day? What on earth
at?”
"Baking bread,” said the calm-faced
woman.
V i
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
IliiMlneN* Improvement In Memphln
“Business conditions in Memphis are
much better than they were a few weeks
ago, and the outlook for fall trade is
very bright indeed,” said Gyrus Garnsey, j
general manager of the Galloway Coal!
company, who is spending a few days in
Birmingham.
“The splendid crops are, as a matter i
of course, stimulating business every
where, and Memphis, like Birmingham,
will come in for its share of prosperity/' 1
Fine I/ate Corn
L. T. Allen, who lives on the Tide
water line between central Birmingham
and Ensley, la being congratulated by
Ids neighbors on his fine crop of late
corn.
“I rented five acres and a half of
ground near my residence, and despite
tiie drouth In the early part of the
summer my truck crops Will be fairly
profitable,” said Mr. Alien. “My early
vegetables, including my early corn, were
very much damaged by the dry weather,
but my late corn has turned out even
better than I expected. An Ensley friend
of mine who came here from Illinois said
he had not seen such fine corn since he
, left that state as 1 have on my place
now. The fine, large roasting ears that
I am marketing would easily take a pre
mium. I believe, if exhibited.
A great deal of money can be made
on truck farming in the Birmingham dis
trict. Ordinarily, there is profit, in most
of the vegetable crops. A few acres in
onions would make a man rich in a few
years.”
rile Money Market
“The New’ York money market had
been uncommonly easy for some months
past, but the war situation in Europe
has naturally brought about a change, '
said a local banker.
“Austria and Servla are already at war
and it may be that all the great powers
will become Involved In hostilities, but
if there is to be a big war, it will not
last long. I am Inclined to think that
high money rates in New York will soon
be followed by normal rates. The federal
reserve board, if It organizes and gets
to work within the next few weeks, will
he able, no doubt, to help the mone
tary situation at once.”
The Band Concert Tonight
Memoli's band will play at Capitol park
tonight from 8 to 10 o'clock and at Falr
| field next Sunday afternoon from 4 to <5
o'clock.
“We Intend to give a concert at Wood
lawn before the summer season is over.”
said a member of the Music Study club
committee. “We were making arrange
ments to have the concert Friday night
j of this week at Woodlawn, but in view
1 of the fact that the official programme
and the newspapers had announced it
lor Capitol park, it was finally derided
to adhere to the regular schedule.
“The concerts are popular wherever they
are given. A very large crowd attended
the concert at Avondale park last Sun
day week, and one of the largest crowds
of the summer gathered at Fairfield last
Sunday to hear the music.”
\ lrg|ula*M (niii|»«tlj>u
“1 have been hearing a good deal about
the state-wide prohibition campaign in
Virginia and have met several friends
from the old commonwealth who told me
that the state-widers would win, but 1
would be willing to bet the other way,"
said a member of Birmingham's VirginW
colony,
"111 mosL states whenever the people
have hail the opportunity of expressing
themselves at tlie polls they have voted
for a continuance of local option.
"Advocates of the state-wide proposi
tion have been led to believe that their
cause in certain states would win, be
cause nearly all the rural precincts were
‘dry.’ But Florida, Missouri and Texas,
all having large areas, voted de
cisively against state wide prohibition,
and l believe It will be so In Virginia,
When I Jived In the Old Dominion many
of my friends there were In favor of
abolishing the sale of liquor in their home
towns, but they were opposed to a state
wide law. I cannot bring myself to think
that their attitude has changed. The elec
tion, I believe, is to be held In Septem
ber, and then we shall know all about
it."
Baltimore Heady for Celebration
“The people of Baltimore are expecting
immense crowds of visitors In September
on the occasion of the centennial of the
Star-Spangled Banner," said Jacob H.
llerser of Philadelphia. T spent a few
days In Baltimore last week and learned
the preparations for the celebration are
practically completed.
"The centennial management was wise
In providing a programme covering only
eight days. Some cities would have
planned for at least a month's exposi
tion. but the fact that the Star-Spangled
Banner festivities are to he confined to a
little more than a week Is being com
mented on most favorably. The pro
gramme is exceptionally attractive and
everybody who caji fret to Baltimore
should be there and revel In the spirit of
patriotism. Americans arc noted for their
patriotism, but It Is well for us to come
together from time to time for the pur
pose of celebrating some historic episode.
The history of the Star-Spangled Banner
is certainly worth commemorating."
Local Sympathies
Here In Birmingham the sympathies of
many citizens—perhaps most of them—
are witli the Teutonic peoples as against
tile Slavs, hut there are some who lean
stiongly against Germany.
"While 1 regard Emperor William as
a mar. of greal force of character, 1 be
lieve it would lie a good tiling for Eu
ropean civilization if he got well 'trimmed'
In the event ot a general European war,"
said Z. T. Rudolph. "The English
people have been fearing a Ger
man Invasion, and they could be
easily aroused to a high pitch of pa
triotism in a fighting alliance with Rus
sia and France. The Kaiser, with ail his
practical sense, is a dreamer, and tils
dream is that lie Is a modern Charla
magne. He wishes to be recognized as
the sovereign not only of the German
empire, but of the whole of Europe, in
cluding Great Britain. Yes, Great Brit
ain and France may see their opportun
ity now of giving the Kaiser the trim
ming which they think lie deserves.”
PLANS FOR HARRY LAUDER
Remiold Wolf, in New York Morning Tel
egraph.
In a short period Harry Lauder's exist
ing theatrical contracts, many of them
made 10 years ago, will expiro and then
he passes for five years under the sole
management of William Morris. The
most sensational project planned for
the Scotch comedian by his American
manager is a gala world's tour.
Lauder is at present playing in Aus
tralia, where hia revenue is staggering,
amounting in many Instances to $5000 and
<8000 a week. He will come to New York
in the fall and under Mr. Morris’ direc
tion indulge in another transcontinental
whirlwind tour, beginning on the Pacific
coast. Cities in British Columbia where
Lauder never has been seen will be vis
ited. and the only limit to the prospective
receipts is tlie capacity of the theatres.
For Instance, in the city qf Lethbridge,
where the mayor, who is also the local
manager, insists upon hooking Lauder,
the theatre holds but 800 patrons.
In December the comedian will go to
his estate in Dunoon. Scotland, where he
owns a c astle and thousands of acres of
meadow land and woods. For the first
time in his life, so far as history records,
he is bracing himself to spend real money
for an entire week. On the Christmas
and New Year’s holidays at Dunoon Mr.
Lauder will hold a series of festivals and
feasting to which tlie neighbors will be
invited. Also at the same time he will
project a number of charitable enter
prises.
The following spring Lauder, accom
panied by Morris, will play engagements
of a day each in Paris. Berlin. Brussels,
Antwerp, Vienna, Budapest and St. Pe
tersburg. Next lie will visit South Amer
ica under Morris’ direction, reaching San
Francisco at the opening of the Panama
Pacific exposition and appearing at llie
Oort theatre. The trip around the world,
during which lie will remain a week each j
in the larger cities, will follow. By that j
time both Lauder and Morris believe
they will be ready to retire, and Morris’
grandson will take on tour Harry Lau
der HI.
THE SIGN OF THE DEMAGOG! E
From the Saturday Evening Post.
Do not trust the man—to whatever
party he belongs—who seeks to load all
the faults of a condition on a few in-j
dividual shoulders. He is either not in- !
telllgent enough to know the truth or !
not honest enough to speak it. Do not'
forget that the main difference between j
big business and little business has more
votes to give. There are plenty of clean. |
straightforward big business and plenty
of mean, unscrupulout little ones. Mor
gan and Harriman believed that their!
ways were right and for the ultimate!
good of the country as sincerely as you
may believe the contrary.
Our forests were a national possession. !
For years we threw them away right'
and left—gave empires of them to rail- j
roads; passed laws that facilitated their
transfer to private hands. Apparently
for years the main business of a great
department of our government was tc
see how rapidly it could give away tim
berland. A thrifty German peasant, im
migrating to this country, picked up
square miles of the forest for which
we seemed to have no use. At his deatli
they were worth millions. But how stu
pid to denounce Weyerhaeuser! We
ought to denounce ourselves!
That is only a sample. To get the
other side of the shield, take the more
Bourbon Wall street utterances that de
scribe the whole radical movement in
this country as the work of a few dis
honest politicians, and keep reiterating
that tin; people would repudiate these
policies If the devilish politicians would
only give them a chance!
That is exactly of a piece with tho
statesmanship which pretends that all
the country’s economic troubles can be
traced to a few score or a few thousand
individuals. When a man begins that
strain it is high time to cease taking
Hi in seriously.
TALKING BIRMINGHAM
Shelby County Sun: A negro in the
Birmingham Jail has confessed to the
murdering of a motorman, tlie price
for the cold-blood work was $60. Bir
mingham has many such characters in
her bounds.
Our Southern Home: The president of
the Southern Pickle company at Bir
mingham writes to a citizen of Liv
ingston, that upon investigation he
learns that freight rates from this point
will stand in the way of locating a
factory here. This is the situation at
towns in Alabama where there is but
one railroad it appears. What the rail
road commission may be able or willing
to do in the matter is uncertain, and at
this time not encouraging.
Mobile Register: The ^Birmingham
Age-Herald considers the result of the
Texas election a “decisive local option
victory.” Comparing the result with that
in Alabama in the May primary elec
tion. The Age-Herald says: “The great
est .number of rural voters, however,
who cast their ballots against state
wide prohibition do it from principle—
the broad principle of personal liberty
proclaimed and lived up to by the foun
ders of this government. In every coun
ty iri Alabama are hundreds of citi
zens who would always vote dry in a
local election, but who will never vote
to force prohibition on Mobile county,
Montgomery county or Jefferson county,
each having under ordinary 'conditions
a majority in favor of license and regu
lation."
POLICE FIND VICE SUBWAY
Chicago Correspondence New York Her
ald.
Rivaling the underground maze in the
old Chinatown of San Francisco is the!
vice subway which has been discovered
and explored by the police in Chicago’s
South Side “red light” district. It was
found that a tunnel connects 14 resorts
by moans of secret passageways and that
these underground channels undoubtedly
had been used for hiding criminals, for a
retreat for opium users and as a means
of escape when police invasions of . re
sorts w ere made:
Police led by firemen with lanterns ex
plored the subway. Then it was learned
that the passage had been discovered
by a battalion fire chief during a fire
in one of the houses. The chief observed
that smoke came out of many adjacent
houses which were not on fire. Investiga
tion disclosed that the smoke had made
its way through the tunnels.
Taking the cue from recent discoveries,
the police and probably government se
cret service men will make an examina
tion of Chinatown for like underground
passages where Chinese fugitives from
justice may be concealed.
In seme of the vice resorts also wfere
found concealed fireplaces large enough
to hold a man, and false dressers with
one end out, so that those wishing to
escape the eyes of the police might crawl
therein and be comfortable while they
were sequestered.
QUAKER QUIPS
From the Philadelphia Record.
Tli£. social climber would even try to
make tils way up an icy stare.
Tact is the art of convincing people
that they know more than you do.
Every woman wants a speaking like
ness, especially the talkative woman.
The artist should put his heart in his
wrork, but the shoemaker puts in his
whole sole.
Many a man Qho indulges In glittering,
generalities prides himself on his gems
of speech.
No, Maude, dear; we have never ,heard
that the ship's carpenter prefers see-saw
to other games.
The first thing a woman thinks of when
| she writes a letter is the postscript she
1 is going to ad^.
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
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A MAN WORTH WHILE.
Oh. sweet the song the toiler sings
Who finds his work a joy,
And to each day of duty brings
Fair hopes naught can destroy.
His heart is filled with happiness,
Iiis life with love's a glow,
And when the thorns of sorrow press
He won't give up, I know.
No matter what the call may be,
You’ll find hint In his place,
The light that makes a nation free
Illumining his face.
CARELESS OF BOTH.
"What do you think of a Tnan who takes
his wife out for an airing on the rear
seat of a motorcycle?”
I don't think he care* much for ap
pearances."
"I don't think he cares much for his
wife.” -
OF COURSE.
"Patrice is a wonder on the tennis
court.”
"Any girl who can *wat flies the way
she does ought to be able to swat a ten
nis ball.”
IN THE VANGUARD.
"Looks like a sleepy village you have
here."
"Oh, I don't know. This burg is not so
slow. We were the sixth town In the
country to have a poison needle' mys
tery."
A SONG,OF YESTERYEAR.
Oh. time slips away,
No matter what you say,
And It simply won’t stand still.
It seems like an age
Since I heard on the stage
That song called "Steamboat 'Bill.”
THE WAY IT IMPRESSED HIM.
"Has this town ever experienced a re
form wave?” asked the ministerial look
ing person.
"Oh, yes." answered tlie frank individ
ual. “For about four years life in this
town wasn't worth living.”
ANOTHER KNOCK.
*'M. Caillaux Is said to be a conuois- (
seur of fancy vests.”
‘ Don’t you suppose he has any good
qualities at all?”
A HELPFUL PARENT.
“Young Twiilerby is always boasting of
the big business enterprises he is inter
ested in.”
"I fear lie draws on hi& imagination."
“Perhaps so. I know he draws on hi&
father.”
SHK.
Oh, Modestine
In her limousfn«
Is a sight most fair to see; i
But modestine
On the beach, I ween,
Doth more appeal to me.
A PAMPERED DARLING.
When Mary Lou went camping out
The hardships she could not endure;
At the end of a week she 'gan to pout
For a masseuse and a manicure.
IDLE OPINIONS.
i
Many a man who marries a bello finds
out later on that her tongue is a tireless
clapper.
People who tango on the beach don’t
care what the wild waves are saying, or
the prudes either.
A good poker face is also a valuable
asset in business, when conducted along
modern lines.
The poet who said tl**»t love is woman's
whole existence wrote that line before the
advanced female began to throw’ bombs
and brickbats.
The man who trots around town wear
ing white silk socks with a black stripe
up each side is not, as a rule, looking for
work.
Life is a game of give and take, with
the odds in favor of the person who can
take the most.
College boys who wait on the table in
summer soon learn that it isn’t safe to
tango with a plate of soup. I C.
4
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
THE GOWRIE PLOT
ONE of the unique cases of Scotch
history, and one that is still en
shrouded in the veil of mystery,
is that of the Gowrie plot. On the 5th of
August, 1GOO, the King started for a hunt
from Falkland palace. Shortly after set
ting out he was met by Alexander Ruth
ven, the younger brother of the Earl of
Gowrie. Ruthven stole up to the monarch
with a great air of secrecy and told him
in whispers of a mystery that had come
to his notice, that of a man burying a
pot of money in a field. Thinking the mat
ter so unusual, he had followed and cap
tured the man. and he was at that mo
ment lodged. in the Gowrie Mouse, in
Perth. Me begged the King to come
and see him.
The King, as one would suppose, was
not averse to coin of the realm, whether
begged, borrowed or stolen, and accepted
the invitation of Ruthven. Telling noth
ing to his followers, he ordered Mar, Len
nox and about 20 other gentlemen, to
accompany him. Upon the arrival at the
castle the King was entertained and dined
as befitted royalty of that period, and
after dinner Alexander took his monarch
aside. When, later, some of his attend
ants asked the whereabouts of the King
they were told that he had returned to
Falkland. While they were preparing to
follow, some few of them heard cries
from a turret. This they recognized as
the King’s voice, and as they turned,
the King thrust his head out of the win
dow and called for help. Mis face was
red. and he was minus his cap as he
cried from the small window in the tow
er: "Help, my Lord Mar! Treason! Trea
son! I am being murdered!"
Instantly most of the party rushed hith
er and thither, searching for a way to
ascend to the turret. Then one who was
supposed to be Sir John Ramsey, called
for them to come right to the top of
the turnpike stairs, and rushing up, they
found him at last in a small room, stru^
gling with Alexander, whilst a man
dressed in armor was looking on. Both
Alexander Ruthven and the Earl of Gow
rie were killed In the scuffle that fol
lowed. A tumult arose, for the Earl had
also been provost of the town and w?as
very popular with the townsfolk, and the
Kimr nnd his followers wprp fnrr>p<t tn
make an undignified escape along the
muddy banks of the river.
After many preliminary summons and
meetings, the trial proper began before
the Parliament on November 15. As Alex
ander was dead, there was only one wit
ness of the crime remaining, besides the
King himself, the man in armor.
Andrew Henderson, chamberlain to the
late Karl of Gowrie, was the man in
armor. He deposed that he went with
Alexander Buthven to Falkland, and was
with him when the tale was told of the
Spanish gold. He was sent back to Gow
rie castle to tell the earl to prepare for
his majesty's coming. TTpon arrival, the
earl asked how many noblemen were
with the King and he answered “none ^
but my Lord Duke” (Lennox).
Gowrie then ordered him to put on a
coat of mail and plate sleeves. And when
asking the reason was told something
about a highlandman who was to be ar
rested. After the arrival of James, he
was asked for the key of the gallery
chamber, and was then taken aside and
told by the earl to go with Alexander
to the gallery chamber. When up there
he was. as he then thought, locked in
the “round” of the gallery for no rea
son whatever.
By his evidence, Henderson betrayed
the reason for the plot. When the King
and Alexander entered the tower, the
latter said: “Sir, you must be my pris
oner; remember my father s death.” In
his evidence the man in armor revealed
the whole scehome to assassinate King |
James, whom the earl accused of killing
his father.
The Parliament then pronounced a sen
tence declaring the brothers, Karl Gow
rie and Alexander Buthven, to have com
mitted manifest treason and ordered the
name, memory and dignity of the dead
men to be extinguished. Their bodies
were to be hung, drawn and quartered
in Edingburgh, and it was also added
that their property go to the “crowd.”
Others who had assisted the plot were
another Alexander Buthven and his broth
er, Henry; Hugh Moncrieffe, Patrick
Hviot. Thomas Cranston, George Craig
engelt and John Macduff, w ho had rushed
up the turnpike with the Karl of Gow-rie. i
They were all convicted at Perth by evi- 1
dence and confession, and executed the ^
samo <1nv
TOMORROW—TRIAL OF MRS. BOTKIN v
PROHIBITION SEEN LIGHT
From the Montgomery Times.
With a splendid and compact organiza
tion, with many able and eloquent and
attractive orators on the stump, and with
every assurance of auccess, the prohibi
tionists have been defeated in an effort to
put prohibition In the constitution of
Texas.
We do not know what to attribute the
cause of the defeat to, unless it be the
utter failure in the attempt to enforce
prohibition and the recognition of the
fact that it Is impossible to legislate mor
als into the people, and, further, that
drastic legislation is against public senti
ment. and that It Is futile.
Prohibition lias absolved itself Into a
local issue, pure and simple, and It has
long since become evident that no law
can be enforced In any community con
trary to the wishes of a majority of the
people. And even then, it is hard to en
force prohibition. Our observation here
in Alabama is to the effect that even
prescribed territory, even where a de
cided majority of the people have voted
prohibition, it is not enforced and the law
is frequently violated and realty
winked at.
What are we going to- do, then, with
this prohibition question? Surely we are
not going to have genuine prohibition
until the national government Joins with
the state government heartily and
hon^tly to enforce It, but when can we
hope to bring that about?
THE REVIVAL OF CROQUET
From the Detroit News.
In eastern centers whose whims and
inclinations make themselves felt
throughout this land, croquet is coming
back and we may look for it to bloom
in our own yards presently. We welcome
the prospect. It presages, we sanguinely
believe, reversal to a milder mode of
life. Our molhentum has been increas
ing season by season, what with the tan«
go. suffrage, aeroplanlng and the joy
ride, until we are borne along at a pace
threatening—It is declared—the fundamen
tals of our moral existence.
Croquet will be an antidote to this. It
Is essentially a soothing diversion. Side
whiskers, lemonade and Laura Jean
Libby played by young ladies who are
loth to shake loose their coiffures.
A CAMPAIGN ECHO
From the Selma Times.
The Times man witnessed a big ship
ment of bagging and ties on wagons go
ing across the river bridge yesterday,
which for the season was an unusual
sight. The indications arc that the far
mers will "get busy" tinning and selling
the fleecy staple about two weeks t.trller
this year than last. Lagging and ties,
thanks to the Underwood bill some say,
are ruling much cheaper also; bagging,
II a roll and ties 20c a bundle less.
NEWS FOH DR. EDMONDS
From the Huntsville Democrat.
The Andalusia Star Is now using Dr.
Edmonds' classic prayer. It Is a model
of supplication, and the wonder Is that
Dotey did not think to use it until he
made that tour Into Canada.
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SCENT OF CLOVER
From Lippincott's.
When the days go their ways veiled In
soft midsummer haze.
Scent of clover wafted over from the
fields where cattle graze.
Wakes a riot in the quiet of- my heart'*
accustomed beat—
Oh, to follow through the hollow cf tha
hills the river fleet!
Like a song, all day long, tripping glad
and free and strong,
In blithe measure, bent on pleasure, with
me unseen feet would thr
Love and laughter follow after,
thrill me with some drean
Long since banished, not quite
from some other life, 'two
*Day far spent, in the scent of
I'd pitch my tent.
Where the murmur—fainter, t
the stream seemed half lam
For that distant pre-existent 1
’ far-off stars would glow
With the tender softened splendoi
ayes I used to know!
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