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hearts._—Othello.
BEGINNING THE DAY—“If ye
love me ye will keep my command
ments/* This l» Christ's test of love.
Bring my love to the earth.
< Lord, and face It with this cold
criterion. Rebuke a love which
protests bnt does not obey. Ma> 1
look for my Joy In doing Thy will.
For Christ's sake. Amen.—H. M. K.
America’s Economic Strength
Although the opinion abroad is
shared by this country that the war
will check temporarily the economic
development of the United States, the
conclusion of peace will mark the be
ginning of an era of unprecedented
prosperity.
The vast natural resources of
America and the character of its peo
ple have already given it prodigious
strength, which has been increased by
the freedom from great wars and
perhaps to a certain extent by a real
or fancied security which has spared
us the burden of vast military ex
penditures. Even in the present
crisis of the world’s affairs, this
country has weathered the storm re
markably well. For the 12 months
ending June 1 the exports have ex
ceeded imports by approximately $1,
000,000,000, exclusive of imports of
precious metals. For the first time
in its history the United States ceases
to he a debtor country and becomes
a creditor country, lending money
abroad.
After the war is over the tide of
European capital, which has been
checked, will again flow into this
country to a greater extent than ever
before. Not only will the United
States profit directly by its economic
strength, but the confidence inspired
abroad will quicken investments from
that source and the capital to develop
our natural resources will be prac
tically unlimited. Financiers have
found that America has a stability
which the greatest crises cannot shake
and money invested here is safer than
it is abroad, where tbe com'.ant fric
tion between nations is liable at any
time to lesult in war.
America will reap not only these
substantial advantages, but we have
also learned some important lessons
from the war, such as the need of a
merchant marine, and we have awak
ened to the fact that our indifference
has permitted other nations develop
trade, particularly in South America,
which we could have easily acquired
for ourselves.
The most ingrained pessimist can
not but acknowledge that the future
of the United States is brighter now
than it has ever been before.
If the Devil Ran for Office
“If the devil were running for of
fice he would receive a flattering vote
in some localities.”
This is a statement reputed to the
Rev. Frank Hollenbeck of Denver, by
a newspaper in that city. Enlarging
upon his subject, Mr. Hollenbeck con
tinued;
“If the devil were caught in crime,
arrested and placed on trial for his
... life, it would be harder than we sup
pose to find a jury that would unani
mously desire to hang him.
“The evidence is all against him; he
has set his trademark indelibly or
many. The output of the devil’s work
shop is entirely discreditable. The
task of the age is to put him out o1
business.”
There are four kinds of ammunitior
which the devil cannot withstand, ac
Cording to the Denver preacher.
Truth, if given the right of wa;
for 24 hours, he says, would kill th<
4devil beyond hope of resurrection
Gratitude would end his business am
charity and the maintenance of a gooi
conscience would be equally fatal t
his satanic majesty.
A general survey does not foster th
hope that the devil is approaching hi
Waterloo, and since he is a tireles
fighter, it is doubtful if his hold upo:
(things earthly will be broken sud
denly. His followers in their hearts
despise him, but are none the less
i bound to his service.
It might incidentally be remarked
that he is fairly well represented in
office throughout the country, though
I his name does not appear on any
ticket.
Yes, the devil is putting up a pretty
I strong fight these days, but may it
not be that he realizes the strength of
his adversaries and is fighting for
existence ?
Evil has always had its devotees.
Truth has had many a setback, yet
history shows that in the long run
right has generally triumphed.
New Policy Toward Mexico
President Wilson's “watchful wait
ing” policy toward Mexico, which the
administration announced more than
two years ago, was cordially ap
proved by enlightened and patriotic
Americans at the time; but as condi
tions in that turbulent republic grew
worse and as anarchy and famine
spread, there was much criticism of
the Washington government for its
continued nonintervention attitude.
Several months ago it looked as if
the United States would have to in
tervene and assist in setting up a
stable government. There seemed
ample reason for it. Had President
Wilson acted then on the line he pro
poses to act now, something like law
and order might have been in evidence
in Mexico today. But whether or not
the administration was justified in
holding off awhile longer, a crisis has
at last been reached.
The factional leaders in Mexico
must compose their differences and
that within “a very short time” and
a government must be set up in Mex
ico City worthy of this country’s
recognition and the world’s respect,
or else the United States will proceed
to take charge of the situation.
President Wilson’s statement em
bodying a solemn warning to the lead
ers of the factions, issued yesterday,
could not have been clearer or
stronger. There can be no temporiz
ing on the part of those responsible
for anarchy in Mexico.
It may be that the leaders will
come to Iheir senses and escape the
humiliation that foreign intervention
would bring down upon their country.
It may be that they will set themselves
to work immediately to restore order
and erect a bona fide constitutional
government. But they have been so
brutalized by human atrocities that
they will be scarcely able to rise to
the occasion.
If it becomes necessary for the Uni
ter States to invade Mexico and send
a large body of troops to the Mexican
capital, the probability is there would
be little fighting. This government
would have to remain in control for
many months, possibly a year or more,
but once committed to the task of
instructing its unhappy neighbor in
the principles of democratic rule, the
United States will stay with the work
until it is completed.
No Spooning in Chicago
And this in Chicago!
Every schoolboy has laughed over
the top of his history as he read of
the punishment by the Puritans of the
man who kissed his wife on the door
step.
Yet in Chicago the other day n man
land his wife were haled into a police
court and fined $5 and costs for in
terrupting the peace and dignity of
the city. They were riding in their
automobile along a boulevard and by
standers reported that the man kissed
his companion twelve time in three
blocks, although the auto was run
ning a high rate of speed.
The magistrate who pronounced
the sentence must have been old and
forgetful of his honeymoon days, for
the fact that the couple were man and
wife failed to move him to clemency.
If this incident had taken place in
Concord, N. H., Montpelier, Vt., or
Salem, Mass., it would not strike the
reader as so peculiar—but the idea of
blase Chicago adopting such a mein
of puritanical modesty is sufficient to
send a ripple of amusement all over
the country.
Can it be that family affection in
Chicago has become so rare that any
public manifestation of it is frowned
upon as undesirable?
European soldiers find It a painful uuty
to sliuut a spy, probably because it is
minus the "sportsman's thrill" which re
sults from putting a bullet through a
man's head when he pokes It above a
ti ench.
------
The summer "girl show” does not » ffer
more scanty costumes than are worn by
the merry maidens of winter girl shows,
for the simple reason that a further cur
tailment is impossible.
The French soldier dislikes to shave
while at the front and is not particular
about keeping clean. In his opinion dress
ing up to die is a waste of time.
It may be claimed eventually that the
» Lusitania was a superdread naught dis
guised as a passenger ship by the pres
ence of American passengers.
Boiled down to essentials, the German
reply to President Wilson's note ie a mas*
i terplece of evasion.
\
Both England and France claim to have
had the first public conveyances, which
were forerunners of the modern "jitney
bus." The hackney carriage was estab
lished in London In 1638 by Captain Faily,
a retired sea captain. He put four
roaches into service, dressed his men in
livery and instructed them how much to
charge for transporting persons to va
rious parts ot London. The first hack
ney coach stand was at Maypole, in the
Strand. The idea became popular and the
enterprising sea captain soon had compet
itors. For a time there were only JO
hackney coaches in I^ondon. Tn 30 years
the number increased to 200, and in the time
of Charles II hackney cabs, which now
numbered about 4000, were stigmatized in
a royal proclamation as a public nuisance
“by reason of their rude and disorderly
standing and passing to and fro in and
about our cities and suburbs, the streets
and highways thereof being pestered and
much impassible, the pavement broken up
and the common passages obstructed and
made dangerous. Henceforth none shall
stand in the street, but only within
their coach houses, stables and yards."
However, the objection to hackney cabs
standing in the streets was overcome and
in 1710 they were allowed to seek custom
unmolested. The number was limited to
80f», which increased to 3000 In 1771 and to
1100 in 1802. The pioneer in operating pub
lic conveyances in France was Nicholas
Sauvage. He originated the term
‘‘fiacre,” denoting a sort of hooded gig.
The name was later applied to four-wheel
conveyances. The French style of vehicle
crossed the channel and became popular
in England under the name of cab. A
Birmingham manufacturer named Han
som patented the "hansom cab,” which
Is still used in all countries. Lord
Beaconsfield called it the "gondola of
London."
Whacking a bass drum at the psycholog
ical moment Is being tried to make an
athlete jump higher. Firing a cannon un
expectedly in his rear should get even
better results.
Jess Willard wants $30,000 for his next
fight. Defeating anyone of the present
aspirants, for a purse of that size, world
be the easiest money he ever earned.
General Huerta enjoys seeing the juven- !
lie members of his family playing with
American toNr Most supposed fire-eaters
are tame enough at home.
The past year in New York has been
rather unsatisfactory to the dramatic crit
ics, hut such gentry are notoriously hard
to please.
It is highly agreeahle to have Henryk
Shnkiewicz praise the I'nited States, even
if most Americans cannot pronounce his
name.
Still, when you come to think about it,
lambasting Josephus Daniels isn't the
proper way to go about getting a better
navy.
After coining out unscathed from the on
slaughts of Boss Bari. s. Colonel Roose- j
velt had to go and break one of bis own \
slats.
-——:
Efforts to swat free lunch have met
with a desperate resistance, on the ground
that it is a grand old American institu
tion
-—
A shortage of meat is reported in Glas
gow but hungry Chicagoans can subsist
for days on the stockyards breeze.
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Chicago maintains its reputation for 1 e- '
ing a large “wet” town by spending $1+)
000,000 a year for drinks.
The automobile bandit can see the peni
tentiary staring him in the face when he
has engine trouble.
l.l'KE M'LtKE SAYS
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Always try to remember that when you
are laughing at a man behind his back
there are a lot of men behind your bacK
who are,laughing at you.
The reason why father knows that Sher
man was right when ho remarked that
war is hell is because father has to use
safety pins to fasten the holes in the toes
of his socks together while mother is at j
her club knitting feet warmers for the j
men in the trenches.
Every now and then in your wanderings
you run into a man who gives you the im
pression that he is wearing long stock
ings and gauze undershirt writh baby rib
bon in it.
A pimply princess with a frog faco
knows that every man In town has de
signs upon her. if you will let her tell
it. But a pretty girl keeps her mouth
shut because she is ashamed to admit
that about 800 men try to flirt with her
every day.
If a man stays around the house all
the time his wife has no use for him and
if he stays away from the house all ths
time she is as mad as a wet hen.
Too many married men try to be faith
ful to some other man's wife.
Why is it that a red-headed man never
gets bald?
A man will get mad if you call him a
fcleary-eyed monkey, and yet he will feel
real proud if you tell him that his new
baby looks just like him.
What's the use? If father goes out at
night, mother will nag him when he gets
lock because he doesn't take her out
somewhere like other husbands take their
wives. And if father stays home at
night and offers to take her out some
where. mother will nag him because she
doesn't want to go out and will nag mm
because she hasn't a lot of nice clotnes
to wear like other men’s wives have.
A princess doesn’t mind wearing low
necked waists and short skirts and ex
posing a bony chest and bony ankles be
cause she realizes that she isn’t bony
where you can’t see it.
WHAT MOVED ’EM
From London Tit.-BitB.
A school teacher recently gave his
1 noils a lecture on patriotism. He
pointed out the high motives which
moved the territorials to leave their
homes and fight for their country.
The school teacher noticed that one
bov did not pay attention to the in
struction and as a test question he
asked him:
“What motives took the territorials
to war?”
The boy was puzzled for a moment:
then, remembering the public send-off
<*f the local regiment at the railroad
fetation, he replied:
“Locomotives, sir.”
AS SHE IS SPOKEX
From the Talladega Daily Home.
Mon Dieu!
Ach Himmel!
Blawst it!
Iptablo!
amraiti
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
<*pc«t Improvement In HuNiiM'M
"rr business improvement was slow
and spotty a few months ago it is
now very general, and anything but
slow,' said W. S. Raum of New York
city.
"Ii: every section of the country one
sees signs of prosperity, and the rep
•esenetative of a big New York bank
told me last week that more capital
uas being turned loose now for in
vestment in business projects than at
any time within the past two years
"•lust before the European war be
gan business conditions were said to
! e sound, but yet there was very little
new capital seeking investment. Of j
course, during the early months of
the war depression prevailed in busi
ness circles In this country. As con
, dltions improved there was a feeling
I that after the war was over there
| would be a great boom.
"It looks now as if the boom could
I not wait. At any rate, the fact that
confidence has been restored, and that
millions of money are being invested
in all sort of legitimate enterprises
makes for a high degree of buoy
ancy."
Plans for Warrior Highway
"I happen to know that the county au
thorities will lose no time in perfecting
Plans for a great highway from Birming
haw to the Warrior river," said a man
who keeps in touch with the hoard of
revenue.
"I am glad that City Engineer Ken
drick and County Engineer Clark are
to collaborate, so to speak. In the work
of locating a route through the rugged
approaches to the river. They will, I un
derstand, make a joint report on the
route and the cost. This report will he
ready, possibly within a few weeks."
Cold Wentlier In Richmond
"In Richmond May and .June are usual
ly very warm months, but it is a re
markable coincidence that the last Con
federate reunion—eight years ago—and
the reunion being held this week were
accompanied by uncomfortably cool
spells," said a member of Birmingham's
Virginia colony. "I was in Richmond at.
the 1907 reunion and it was cold enough
for fires.
"A cold rain in Richmond this week
made the weather conditions extremely
disagreeable. But the ardor of the vet
erans and of the Sons and Daughters of
Veterans was unrestrained.
"I feel almost sure that Birmingham
will have the 1916 reunion."
Renewed Confidence In Real Estate
“Recent announcements of the consum
mation of gigantic deals In properties ot
Birmingham and vicinity have served to
arouse renewed interest in the real estate
situation here,” remarked. McLin J. Car
ter, the hustling real estate man.
' A note of confidence has been struck,
end capital 1s beginning to loosen up.
There are, as a matter of fact, negotiations
now under way between Interests controll
ing large local properties, and it will prob
ably be only a question of a short time
before other important deals will have
been announced. While it is true that
#or the past year there has been a lull
in large sales on the Birmingham market
this year has been occasioned by Inac
tivity in the industrial situation and not
to lack of recognition of real estate
values. Large industrial operations, how
ever, have now taken on renewed life and
with the increase in pay rolls things wiU
soon begin to hum.
“Kor the past few months the man of
small income has been seeking investment,
any many attractive bargains in homes
end unimproved property have been se
cured in outlying sections of the city.
Of late, however, men of large capital
have found themselves unable to resist
tempting opportunities for lucrative In
vestment in this locality, and a feeling of
optimism is now beginning to permeate
the real estate situation here.
“At the beginning of the European war
the Birmingham real estate market, along
with other Interests here, was naturally
seriously affected by the wave of pessim
ism which swept the country. But un
derlying this unfavorable state of affair®
there was a faith in the ultimate value
of Birmingham dirt which could ne
shaken neither by wars nor rumors of
wars. With the return of Industrial ac
tivity, the faith expressed by people who
have invested heavily in the property ot
this district is now being fully vindi
cated.”
Our Foreign RelatioiiN
“A most delicate situation has developed
of late in our diplomatic relations,’” said
W. E. I'rquhart of Birmingham.
“With the sinking of the Lusitania by
a German submarine public indignation
bfccame aroused to the boiling point. War
like expressions w’ere heard on every hand
and the sensational press of the country
was most bitter in its description of the
horrors incident to the destruction of the
British vessel on which many Amer
icans had taken passage. President Wil
son. however, retained his poise in the
face of the intense excitement which swept
the country; and he was supported by the
more conservative journals of the nation.
"Thus far the counsels of peace have
prevailed, although the gravity of the
situation is still great. In order to uphold
the respect for the American flag and the
rights of our citizenship the President felt
constrained to make demands of a repudi
ation of the act of the German submarine
commander and a satisfactory explana
tion of the affair by the government of
that country. Dispatches from Washing
ton indicate that the answer received from
the German government has failed to
comply with several of the more impor
tant requests made in the American note,
and It now seems as though diplomatic re- I
lations will be severed with that country
but this may yet be averted. I sincerely
hope that the United States will not be
come Involved in war.
"The Mexican situation is also taking
or. a serious aspect; and this country may
yet be forced to intervene and establish
a more stable government in the war-rid
den republic to the south of us; but this
may also yet be avoided. One thing is
certain, and that 1b that all other means
of bringing about a satisfactory under
standing between the United States and
both Germany and Mexico will have been
exhausted before we resort to arms.”
Tennis Tournament
“The tennis courts of the Young Men's
Christian association are proving most
popular this season,” remarked H. R.
Howell.
• The tournaments which have been held
thus far have aroused much Interest
among the membership of the association,
and tennis enthusiasts have worked with
vigor to acquire the necessary skill to
participate in tne events. One tourna
ment came to a close Wednesday. Other
tournaments will be held later on in the
season. The courts have been brought up
to a state of perfection, and the game if
greatly enjoyed bv those who partici
pate. It affords healthful exercUe and
la in other ways beneficial*”
From the Philadelphia Evening TeJe
gra ph.
Reporting upon a letter from the local
government board upon the organization
of labor so as to secure the release ol
men for enlistment and the production
of munitions of war, the general purposes
committee of the London count:- .uuncll
says with regard to the tramway service;
"It has of late been extremely difficult
to maintain a full service of cars, as
very few suitable men now apph fur
situations as motormen. Representatives
of the Vehicle Workers’ unions hive been
approached as to the employment of
women In this capacity, but the matte!
is to be brought to the attention of the
chief industrial commissioner by the di
rector of labor exchanges with a view
to the commissioner conferring on the
subject with representatives of the unions.
The Paris Salon is not being held this
year. In the first place, ail th^* ai Lists
are dispersed, many have bee i Killej,
others have left the country and. besides,
the Grand Palais where the salon is
held has been turned into a military hos
pital. The two societies—SocWe dea
Beaux Arts and Societe ties Artiste* Fran
cais—have amalgamated since ♦he war.
for the purpose of coming to the help of
artists who have been impoverished by the
war and of the families of those who
have been killed.
At C&xton hall a women's exhibition
was opened recently by Mrs Ol»ve
Schreiner.
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst called attention
to the home workers who were tD be
seen at the sweated industries stalls mak
ing khaki shirts and coats, and said that
as £1 a week was considered a right
wage for an unskilled man, 6d an nuur
night not to be refused to women doing
government contract work whoa- labor
could not be regarded as unskilled. The.
various suffrage societies, including the
Actresses’ Franchise league, th? Chuien
league, the Catholic league and otht rs,
were representd, but the most lnt.»rest‘ng
stalls were those of the home workers
who were busy on khaki, their day ex
tending in some eases from 9 a. m. to 11
p. m. The rates paid varied in almost
every district In the East End. For fin
ishing trousers, for instance, Is 2d per
dozen was paid in Hackney; 2s in Roman
road, Bow, and 3s in Bethnal Green,
due to the system of subcontac<s Toys
made by East Ed women wee als > shown.
►Speaking at a conference on war
clubs for soldiers and sailors' relatives
rit the Mansion House, Jx>ndon, Lady
.Tellicoe said that some subscription
should be paid by the members, as
thp clubs must not be looked upon as
n charity. She had heard of one club
tlie members of which had been taught
bridge and she regretted that fact very
much. Some had also been taught mu
rk- and foreign languages, and these
were not necessary for the working
v omen to learn. A subsequent speaker
said that the women wanted to learn
French because their husbands were
learning it. A woman at n club re
linked: "When Bill comes back I won't
be able to understand him."
An amusing yarn is told of a camp
held recently by two earnest corps
of volunteers "somewhere near Lon
don." The one corps—for a joke—plot
ted a night raid: but the other corps,
happening to get wind of it. was ex
ceedingly indignant at the prospect of
a broken night's rest. When the raid
ers appeared, therefore, it was to find
their attack taken so seriously trat
several of them had to parade the next
ilaj in bandages.
ALABAMA PRESS
Talladega Dally Home: Editor Ayers of
the Anniston Star declines to become one
of the "leading lights” of the Alebama
press as to matrimony. He is a modest
ind confirmed old bachelor.—Montgomery
rimes. Well, then, it is up to the fair
sex of the Equal Suffrage association to
convince Brother Ayers of the error of his
way and draw him into line.—Huntsville
Times. What you fellows got against
Harry, anyway? Has he ever done you
any dirt? Let him alone.
Gadsden Times-News: Gadsden’s steel
mills are going to run all summer, a sign
lhat they are unusually prosperous.
Anniston Evening Star: "What is so
rare as a day in June?’’ Well, we should
say, sorter off hand, as it were, a man
who has never asked, "Is it hot enough
foi you?”
Gadsden Evening Journal: Plant corn.
If your cotton failed it may be a good
thing for you, Mr. Farmer.
Decaturs Daily: Having voluntarily ac
cepted the job of umpiring the Mexican
situation, it seems to be up to the United
States to order the revolutionists to either
fight or feed.
Dothan Eagle: Children head the list
of undesirables judging from the "rooms
to rent to couple without children" adver
tisements one sees.
LAEYTOWN LOCAL NEWS
From Judge.
The mail carrier has not come in frem
the Calf Ribs neighborhood in going on
four weeks, and it is feared his mule has
balked on him. That is one of the main
troubles with a mule. When it desides to
balk, it does not seem to care how much
mall matter there is marked "In haste.”
Jefferson Potloeks has bought a padlock
for his front door. He did not grow sus
picious until he attended a protracted
meeting at Bounding Billows and learned
from the preacher how mean the people
are.
Fish should never venture out far from
where they are hatched until they learn
to swim.
The magistrate at Rye Straw has come
into possession of a pair of square-rimmed
spectacles. This will enable him to look
at all evidence squarely when sitting on
a case.
Miss Flutie Belcher is a candidate foi
the admiration of Yam Sims, subject to
his action at the next party.
The depity constable left on a hurry call
for Bounding Billows this morning, when
he wil attempt to arrest the unknown
man who held up and robbed the niai
carrier of several Confederate bills ol
large denomination. Before leaving, thi
depity put on his extra star and place'
a stove-eye in his shirt bosom, in case thi
defendant tried to shoot him.
A customer has broken the spider wel
that has been across the door of thi
Rye Straw store for several days. Thii
is an indication that business conditioni
are fast improving.
Sidney Hocks is erecting a fence arounc
a mule he traded for last week.
The sawmill boiler at the head of Gimle
creek blowed up Tuesday morning. Amoru
those present Just before the explosioi
was Luke Mathew sla.
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES I
A DISTURBING THOUGHT.
Now doth the fond suburban wight
His garden tend with loving caie.
And scarcely can he sleep at night,
For fear the neighbors' chicks arc there.
EXCESS OF CAUTION.
"Do you always say what you think In
your speeches?"
"No," answered Senator Guff. "I Hnd
it safer to say what I think my conotiut
uents want me to say, and in such a way
that It is subject to at least two inter
pretations.”
A PAINFUL MEMORY.
"If 1 should ask you to earn your break
fast, what would your reply be?" said the
housewife.
"Dat would depend, mum, on de jou an’
de meenu," answered the tramp. I made
a deal like dat wid a lady onct aT after
I'd chopped wood fur an hour she handed
me a couple of cold battercakes."
OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL STUDY.
"You seem to have a great deal of trou
ble In keeping a servant gtrl. Mrs. Hop
pel.”
Oh. dear, yes! If I were compiling
data on the artistic temperament as
shown by domestics, my experiences
would be extremely valuable, but since
I merely want somebody to do the b juse
work. they are most annoying."
HIS OPINION.
"It'S a dreadful thing to sell liquor on
Sunday," said the reformer.
"Yes. it is," replied Mr. Jagsby 'Peo
ple who lack the foresight to lay in a sup
ply on Saturday night that will last them
until Monday, don't deserve any sympa
thy and, furthermore. I think bart.uders
are Just as much entitled to spend Sunday
with their families and take a little outing
in one of the city parks as anybody jlge "
CONSIDER THE COST.
Oh. folly's price is often high
And more than most of us can pay;
Methinks an urgent teason why
Mankind should walk the narrow way.
FRANK. ANYWAY.
"I can never marry you-" [
"Then you’ll break my heart.’’ \
"Let me finish. I can never ma *ry you
until-?•
"Please don’t ask me to save up a cer
tain sum of money first. That would take
too long.’’
"Please don’t interrupt me again I can
never marry you until I’m convinced no
body else w'ants me."
LEADING AT LAST.
The dream of his life was to hr the
head of the procession."
"Was it ever realized?"
"Yes. He died yesterday."
NO CHATTERER.
He never calls attention to the failing of
the rain
And never makes remarks about toe
brightness of the day; j
A man you seldom meet with, but the : 011.
'tis very plain. j
Who doesn’t care o talk when h* has
nothing much to say.
DEPENDS ON THE PERSON.
Some people's Idea of bad news ts to
hear that millions of Poles are dying of
starvation, while the most depres; .ng an
nouncement other people can hear is that
there will he no new Charley Chaplin pic
ture for a week.
PROBABLY DOESN’T KNOW HIMSELF
A newspaper writer says Paderewski
was a man first and an artist af or ward.
Always had an idea that Ignace was a
born artist who in course of time grew
to be a man.
TRUE.
The sort of da me who cannot smile
Unless her clothes are right in style, 5
Is neither shallow nor inhuman,
But proves herself a very woman
GOOD MANNERS
From the Kansas City Star.
UK A AC, shake hands with Tom Mor
|\/| gan. Tom, this is Bill Mcln
* * * tosh.”
In that way a man introduced to each
other two of his friends the other day.
accompanying the introduction with such
a resounding thump upon the back of
each that it jarred their hats loose.
The man who did the introducing had
an idea, no doubt, that he was a very
clever, pleasant-mannered and jolly fel
low. It was that kind of a man the 4>oet
Cowper had in mind wfhen he wrote his
stanzas on friendship:
The man who hails you Tom or .Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed,
To pardon or to bear it.
A great writer once said there waa no
greater error than to “mistake vulgar
familiarity for gentlemanlike ease.'*
In the old days, before the age of free
schools, wrhen boys and girls were taught
mostly in private schools or by tutors,
much attention was given to the acquire
ment of a good “address.” How to sit,
to stand, to carry on a conversation, to
make and receive an introduction, to bow
with ease and grace; all of those things
were as much a part of the schooling
' of boys and girls as was the teaching of
reading, writing and arithmetic.
And let no one think it was not an im
portant part of a boy's training. Many a
man has climbed high on the ladder of
success because of what our forefathers
called ■address'’ and "social bearing.'*
Many a man of ability has failed to get
ahead in the world because of the boorish
ness of his manner. (
Too many young men of today think
that a free-and-easy manner denotes clev
erness and manliness. They need to learn
that a man's character is indicated by his
manner of accosting another and by his
bearing in the presence of others. To
wear one’s hat in an office, or in the
presence of ladies; to accost anyone ex
cept a personal friend by the first name,
and especially by a nickname; to interrupt
a conversation; all of those habits stamp
a man as ill bred and lacking in consid
eration and respect for others. 1
A man who employs the help for a big?
business, talking recently about the grow
ing lack of good manners In young men,
said that fully onehalf of the boys who
apply to him for work enter the offi e
with their hats on. |
"Not one in 10 shows any indication
of having been trained in the simplest
elements of good deportment,” this man
said. “And,” he continued, “I believe it
is largely the fault of our puhlic schools. '
I am strongly in favor of adding to the
things taught in our schools a series of
lessons for hoys and girls on good man
ners.” |
And then he said a significant thing
that it would be well for every boy to re
member: ”1 never like to hire a young j
man whose manners are bad. I have no- !
tieed that loose manners and looseness of
character are pretty apt to go together.”
THE PEDOMETER I
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
THE pedometer, or the. odometer, or
some equivalent to this invention
with another name, has been known
I since very ancient times, but It was not
I until the middle of the eighth century that
an instrument was constructed by Hohl
feld, a young artist of Berlin, which ac
curately recorded the distance traveled.
The pedometer to most minds would seem
Like a toy rather than a useful article,
but it Is a most valuahle invention and
for many centuries great minds bad been
at work trying to construct an instru
ment for this use.
We are told by Capitolinus, in the life
of the Emperor Pertinax, that among the
effects of the Emperor Commodus ex
posed to sale there were carriages of va
rious kinds, some of which "measured
the roads and pointed out the hours."
That this instrument was known even in
I the fifteenth century can be proved from
th< carving on the ducal palace at Urbino,
erected to Duke Frederic, who died In
1482.
The celebrated John Fernel, physician
of Catherine de Medici, Queen of France,
measured w-ith an instrument that mu6t
have resembled the pedometer in con
struction, a degree of the meridian be
tween Paris and Amiens. From this time
on to the Hohlfeld Invention various
types of Instruments for the measurement
of distance traveled were constructed.
There Is a model of Hohlfeld's instru
ment now preserved In a collection made
by Count de Podewlls. He was born of
poor parents In the mountains of Saxony
in 1711. His Inventive genius first turned
to the construction of clocks. In the year
174S be became acquainted with the cele
brated Sulzer, at whose desire he under
took the construction of a machine for
noting down any piece of music when
played on a harpsichord.
A machine of this kind had before been
Invented by von Fnger. hut Hohlfeld,
from a very imperfect description, coin
I pleted one without any further assistance
than that of his own genius. Eater he In
vented a threshing machine and another
for chopping straw.
His next invention was the pedometer,
and the one on which his fame rests. His
machine far exceeded anything previously
made. His original machine was lost in
a tire, but he set immediately to work and
constructed another and a simpler ma
chine, which was so contrived as to be
buckled between the spokes of a wheel.
Nine years later, - when the Duke of
Courland, then hereditary prince, resided
in Berlin, he paid a visit to Hohlfeld, and
endeavored to prevail upon him to go to
Courland, by offering him a large pen
sion, but this ingenious man was so much
contented with hla condition, and ao at
tached to his friends, that he would not,
merely for self-interest, quit Berlin. j*
Besides the machines already mentioned
as having been constructed by Hohlfeld,
he constructed several useful models.
Among these were a loom for weaving
figured stuffs, so contrived that the wof/
ers had no need of anything to shoot
through the woof; a pedometer for placing
in the pocket, a convenient and simple bod
for an invalid, which was of such a na
ture that the patient with very little ef
fort, could at any time raise or lower the
breast, and when necessary convert the
bed Into a stool. He also constructed a
most unique model in which the front of a
carriage was so formed, that if the horses
took fright and ran away, the person in
it could, by a single push, loosen the
pole and set them at liberty, but this
model has been lost.
Every machine that Hohlfeld saw he al
tered and improved in the simplest man
ner. All his own instruments he made
himself and repaired them when dam
aged. It is worthy of remark that he '
never bestowed study upon anything; but
when he had once conceived an idea he
immediately executed it.
A little before his death Hohlfeld had
the pleasure of seeing a curious harpsi
chord he had made, which was purchased
by his Prussian majesty and placed in
an elegant apartment In the new palace
at Potsdam. As he had for sometime
neglected this instrument, the too great
attention which he bestowed in putting it
in order contributed not a little to bring
on that disease which at last proved fatal
to him.
Hohlfeld died In 1771 at the house of
Count de Podewils, in the sixtieth year of
his age.
A HOWDY PLAYER
From the Gadsden Tlmes-New*.
The Kaiser treats this country as if
it were umpiring the scrap between
Kngiand and Germany. j
LOVE IN THE WINDS |
By Richard Hovey.
When I am standing on a mountain
crest
Or hold a tiller In the dashing sprays.
My love of you leaps foaming in my
breast,
Shouts with the winds and sweeps td
their foray.
My heart bounds with the horses of the
sea
And plunges in the wild ride of the night.
Flaunts in the face of tempests the large
glee j
That rides out fate and welcomes godg
v to fight. |
Ho, love I laugh aloud for love of you.
Glad that our love is fellow to rough
weather; j
No fretful orchid hothoused from the de\f
But hale and hearty as the highland
heather;
Rejoicing in the wind that • an4
thrills.
Comrade of ocean, playmate c