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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

ging his tall the while. that 1t was almost impossible to resist his ntito appeals. He would take nickels and dimes. but sometimes when he was not hungry ne would fail to go through lis favorite performance. Instead he would take the dime or the nickel In his mouth, and disappear around the corner. For a long time the movement was mystery. but after awhile 1t was discovered that he buried the money, but no one ever found his place of de- posit. Another dog would have buried the meat, but Flash had gentle tastes end refined habits when compared to all other dogs; and 1t Is only to com pare Flash with ordinary dogs that this brief history of his self education Is given.
 "It shows what can be accomplished by close Application and reflection. Flash was not d mathematician nor an astronomer, nor theologian; he was a linancier. He discovered for himsel, the value of money; know the differ ence between the smaller coins, and he made for himself a savings bank that was above the influence of specula- tion."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
NOTICE

polls. Lincoln beat Seward In 1
 venton and Douglas failed to -l.a nomination of united party, the south repudiating him and putting up can~ didate of its own. Breckinridge.
 Blaine was confident just before the convention of 1876, and Grants friends were equally sanguine about their fla vorte in 1880. but in each case the con vention chose somebody else-Hayes In 1876 and Garfield In 1880. After Blaine's withdrawal from the race early in 1888 Sherman thought that the prize was his. just as Bland believed, at the opening of the democratic convention in 1896. that the dominant silver issue would make him the candidate. yet Harrison carried off the prize in the convention in the former year and Bryan in the latter. Stock on the political exchange some times has as swift mutations as any, thing on Wall streets list.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

Neill and others gave vocal selections, which were much appreciated. J. w. Beddow gave several recitations in his inmitable manner, which invoked much applause. The Ensley Male quartet rem dered several numbers that were we'll received. Harper Reems at the piano and Peter Smith with the violin added much to the evenings enjoyment
 In the midst of the enjoyment, how ever, the poor and unfortunate were not forgotten, and collection was taken up to be devoted to charity. At the close of the event St. Johns association was formulated and officers for the ensuing year elected as follows: pr. J. H. Ed wards, president; D. F. Sugg, first vice president; Henry Brods- second vice president; A. Ramage, third vice presi- dent.
 New Fire Department.
 movement is on foot to organize a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
A ParAbae for the Peerless.

From Harper's Weekly.
 Here is a little story out of the news paper: ''a
 Seattle, Wash., December 14.-One of the large ranchers near this town has lost flock of II 900 heep in the Mad river. As the story goes. the animals were being driven over the slopes of the Cascade mountains to a valley for the winter. and while going down the mountainside the leader slipped on the ice. falling over a precipioe into the
 below. All the other animals in
 entire flock followed blindly, de-
 the efforts of the shepherds to re-
 in them. M
 ln 1t be possible that this trag.. 4lf tale of real life will be useful a .t from now to illustrate what hap d to a great political party that
 Id follow a leader named Bryan?
 us hope not; let us hope not! But
 1t, the shepherds must get a move as. IT tho sheep must develop sense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Gratitude.

From Harpers Weekly.
 Smith, the railroad agent at a suburban station in a western city, saved the life of dlgnified gentleman waiting for a train, by pulling him from In front of . through train on another track. The dig- nified gentleman lost all his dignity for the moment and was much confused. but not so much so as to forget that some thing was due to the agent. Following a grateful impulse. he thrust his hand into his pocket. and, drawing 1t forths exclaimed:
 Man. you've saved my life; here's half a dollar"
 "Oh. I never take payment for thing like that" answered Smith, as he turned to attend to the duties of the moment.
 But, man, you must: you saved my life Have a cigar. anyway"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

not sing the role, and another singer was secured as substitute. She sued the manager, but he showed that he had provided the opportunity, but that the singer was not adequate and she did not regain cent.
 Tn another case a wealthy America-l woman hired theatre to produce Lucia de Lammermoor. She made a failure, but on her return to this country advertised extensively that she had made a success full debut in another opera in Italy. The Italian papers saw these notices and printed them with scathing comments about the way Americans misrepresented conditions. As a result, there is a certain the most faithful singer has to overcome this prejudice. When 1 began to sing, inasmuch as l spoke Italian and Spanish, did not say anything about being Amer ican. Finally, after months of successful work, 1 happened to sing in a company with Puri Corsi, a baritone, who had sung with me when l was Miss Broadfoot in America. In all kindness he imme- diately said that 1 was an American, and although l had been successfully reheais- ing for two weeks and had had months of successful in Italy, my troubles imme- diately began. The conductor at once took the attitude that I could not pos slbly sing my role without an accent, and If 1t had not been for the fact that the manager of the theatre believed in me I probably should not have appeared in Falstaff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Personal and General.

The Rev. T. J. Mcdonald C. M. of Philadelphia. will preach at St. Anthony's church at the 10:30 mass Sunday. Father Mcdonald IS one of the most eloquent preachers of the Catholic church and IS filled with earnestness and zeal He is we'll known in this district, having taken part In the series of missionary meetings held In Birmingham some time ago. At this service special music will be ren- dered by the choir under the direction of Mir. C. J. Herbert.
 The public schools will open again Mon- day, December 30, after the weeks holi- day. The second terms of the session will begin and a splendid half year is anticipated. The rolls continue to increase and the next session promises to be banner one in attedance. Prof. Thomas R. Walker desires that every pupil re- port Monday morning promptly at the school house.
 The receivers of the Southern Steel com pany paid the late employees of the rod mill yesterday all the money due them for work performed In November. There is still a balance due for October. All money for December is due. It is stated authoritatively that all claims for wages will be paid in full.
 The many friends of Mir. W. H. Skinner, manager of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad companys commissary will be pleased to learn that he Is rapidly re- covering from his recent severe sickness. He is at San Antonio and will return in a few days.
 F. c. Cutler. chief engineer at the steel plant, Is quite sick with measles, at his home on Avenue E.
 James F. Graham of Atlanta is in the city visiting relatives MT. Graham Is looking over the district with a view of going into business here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

But If one does get contract for opera In Italy, one gets real training in repertoire. There each big opera house gives perhaps only six different operas a season and spends from three to five weeks in piano, orchestra and full hearsals. In America extensive rehearsals are very rare, unless some very impor- tant new opera is to be produced, and consequently the beginner has no chance to learn roles. At the rate at which operas are produced here the conductor has time to work with beginners-he must have finished opera stars who can jump In with little or no renearsing and sing. Take my own experience. One morning I received word that owing to the Illness of a singer I was to rush to Philadelphia and sing for the first time the role of Amneris in Aida. I rushed down to the opera house. got costume with a most beautiful wig, l remember, and hurried to Philadelphia. When there l asked the conductor for a rehearsal. He said he could not give it, but that the pianist would go over it with me. [ didn't want the pianist l wanted to know what the tenor was going to do in the big duet. I had to go on and trust to good fortune"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

At this point MT. de Cisneros came in. He had been with Madam de Cisneros on her Italian tour. MT. de Csneros said:
 There is also another point to be con sidered by American girls going to sing in operain Italy. If they think that operatic successes in Italy means neces- sarily social recognition by the Italians they are badly mistaken. Moreover Italian men think 1t Is their duty to pay compliments to every woman they see on the streets. They think nothing of It. It Is decidedly wise for the American girl going to Italy to study to have a chape- rone or some one to look after her"
 How much money should the American girl have for her Italian trlp?" was asked. Madam de Cisneros replied:
 That varies. If she wants to live com fortably, in a good pension, she must pay from 240 to 300 france month, or s48 to $6o month. She should have from 50 to 100 francs a month to buy little necessarles and for tickets to opera. Her lessons will cost from to 10 francs each. or more, and there lessons a week will bring this up about 100 francs a month. In all. she will need about s12O a month. not counting money for clothes or doc tors bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Negro Wrote Prescrlptlon.

At the police court this morning Mace Reese, a negro, was convicted of violating section 62S of the city code. This section makes it unlawful for any person, except a licensed physician or druggist, to obtain, sell, or have in his possession, cocaine or morphine, or other similar drugs. Tho negro had obtained morphine by means of prescription signed by J. M. Reese, M. D. After securing the drug the clerk became suspicious of the signature and notified Police Officer Cochran, who ar rested the negro. On searching him, in addition to finding the dope" several prescription blanks were found in his possession. The negro showed much skill in filling out the prescription.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Industrial Improvement.

Four of the furnaces in the old open hearth were shut down this week for re- pairs. The furnaces have leen in opera ton a long time and badly in need of repairs. It Is stated the rail mill will be shut down for reconstruction, and that the old open hearth furnaces will be torn down and rebuilt on the same line as the new mill. It Is estimated the work of remodeling the rail mill will take about two months. A large force is at work both night and day and the work will be completed as rapidly as possible.
The weekly Iberian., 1907-07-20
It is Proposed to Build
through Youngville, Brous-
sardville, Port Barre to
Melville.

The people Of Abheville arc in
earnest in their desires for attract
ing another railioad connection
to their borders. This last week
they listened to MIR. F. NJ. Welcb
who outlined plan by which
they we're assured their hopes
could be consumated.
IL was then proposed that the
now road should be laid out along
. line "through Younev,lle, Brous.
sardville, Port Barre and on 10
Melville. where It would connect
with the Gonld system and the
Fri co."
Ahb:vil.e was then requested TO
contribute 1000 to an advance ex-
pense fund Of $1,000, and to vote
. special tax which would yield
the road an annual bonus OF $GOOO
per year tor . period Of ten years
It was also proposed that the
Abbeville connection should be
built under the existing charter,
already secured by the New IE.
ria--St. Martins aud Nothern
Railroad Co. This would also
save delays and expense, two fsc.
tors Of extreme Importance. 1t
was thought that the road
could be put IN operation within
tue next II mOnths.
Ab6eville VAS assured, however
that thAy we're not to have 81
heaneh from tho n. l-Sr. n.
) ~. q = bet : naia liss
: A1hot tllsl !.
The weekly Iberian., 1907-07-20
A Splendid Record

The work on the Bayou Petite
Anse Drainage District is pro
crossing very nicely and the end ia
n sight. Mr.. Lewis Anglers SAYS
he will be ready to move his Ia, ger
dredge boat out IN the near future
which, if he can, will be put to
work Just az soon az it can be
tOwed to the new scene tf action.
The smaller dredge, engaged in
This same cut, made a splendid re.
cord this last week. The cut in
4 TO 5 feet deep, with a few places
Of 6 feet. In this kind Of a cut
it finished one mile of canal dur.
ing the week.
With a few weeks work OF this
sort the canal shall be finished.
The weekly Iberian., 1907-07-20

Breaux Bridge has organized a
parish fair. said Mr.. A. A. Nor.
row, when on visit here recently,
and i is proposed TO make Of it
grand affair this year. A stock
company nas been organized, with
a capital Of 10000, divided into
1000 shares Of *3 90 each. The
shares are payable in 3 install
ments Of one dollar each. BY this
method the door has been opened
to the smallest planter 10 become
q stockholder. Anyone holding
five shares is eligible to mem ber
ship on the Board of Directors
The dates fixed for the hold ing
Of the next fair are October "a to q
inclusive. The exhibitors will be
more numerous this year than in
FORMER seasons, due to the large
number of valuable cash prizes be
ing offered by the directors for
the best to be had. These exhib
its and rewards are having a
marked influence in improving the
standard Of almost every staple Of
the section.
The present officers Of the As
sociation are A. A. Morrow. Pres;
U J. Jygot, Secty; Dr.. Albert
DasteEievs, TNss; Dr.. Arthur
Gallhennx, 4. Viee Prssidsat.
x = -
The weekly Iberian., 1907-07-20
FIRST NEW RICE

The nrst consignment Of new
rico was sold on the tlooT of the
New Orleans Board Of Trade to-
day 1t consisted Of thirty nine
sacks Of rough rice. Honduras,
strictly prime, shipped by =. A..
Conrad, Belle Place, Bayou Tcche,
I.a., over the Morgan road to Bcr
nard Il Grima, Of this city, and
was auctiOned off ny Mr.. Frank
Il. Bernard
The successful bidders were
Ernest 4 Dcsforges, brokers, who
bought the rice for account of
Bloom Sons d Co, at SO per bar-
rel, rough. 1t will be mlllcd by
the LeOna Rice Mill N. u PIcay
llNe
Last Saturday we made men
ton OF Mr.. Conrad's shipment Of
that day. II now seems that he
il entitled to the honor of the first
Of the season into New
Orleans. This is squte a feather
~ the cap Of Iberia
The weekly Iberian., 1907-07-20
ERATgl.FIRENZI1.

On Tuesday, July 10th, 1907, a
the residence Of Mr.. A. j. Nauk
q brother in-law Of the bride, /,
AbbeviIle, Mr.. f. Erath and Mis-.
Laura Frenzil were united in mar
riagc. Dr. g A. Schllling Ofliciat
ing.
Mr.. E'ath is rising and prom
islng young man Of Abbevlllc, the
proprietor Of the Ice and Bottling
Works Of that town and a nephew
Of Mr. V. Erath of this city.
The pretty and charming young
lady he has chosen for his llfe's
partner is daughter Of Mr.. aud
Mrs j. + Frenzil, formerly Of
his city. Their bridal trip con
New Orleans, Biloxi
md other sum ncr resorts.
The weekly Iberian., 1907-07-20
n. /. St. N. { NORTHERN R. r

It is Proposed to Build the
Abbeville Connection un
der this charter.
The weekly Iberian., 1907-07-20
WRITE US "A LETTER

freely and frankly. in stristest conf
dcnce. telling rs all vour troubles.
We will send Ilcc Advice Gin plain.
sealed envelope. Address: Ladies'
Advisory Dept. Tie Chattanooga
Medicine Co.. Chattanooga. Tenn.
The weekly Iberian., 1907-07-20

"a pretty wedding was celebrated
IN the presence Of a few friends We'd
nestiay evening Of this week whcr
Miss Nellie Thomas, daughter of Mrs
l.. NJ. Valentine, was united in the
holy bonds Of matrimon, with Mr..
Charles {. Reynolds by Rev. T.. Perry
Ratzell at the home Of the brides par
ents, GA Summer street, which had
been made quite pretty for the sacred
OCCASION A huge bell fashioned from
variety Of blossoms and green was
suspended from the ceiling OF the bay
window while streamets Of shal and
hucklcberry were suspended in grace
f"l folds forming kind Of bower.
aud it was here that the only dmugh-
ter was given away. At $50 O'Clock
the ceremony was performed. Mr.. W.
II. Todd, friend Of the groom for
several years acting as best man while
the bride was attended by Mrs. w. n.
Todd. The bride was gowned in a
sweet champagne silk embroidered
carried white carnations, and present
ed picture Of rare beauty. The
bridesmaid wore white lucine silk
trimiDsd with point venice and bah,
Irish lace and carried n bouaute of
Lady Washingtons.
"When the binding ceremony had
been pronounced dainty wedding
was served in the prettily de-
'oratcd dining room where happiness
md ',rg useful lives were pr.phcsied
md the best wishes showered upon
he happy couple.
Many and beautiful as we'll as use
ul were the presents, ev.dencinv the
'steem in which the young people are
,eld by their friends. Mr.. and Mrs.
Reynolds have cosy rooms in the Kicks
and happier little home
would not wish to be SEEN"
The above information was clipped
rom the columns of the Eureka Her
Id, published at Eureka, California,
lay 25th, 1907. The paper reached
IL only this week. H. is hardly posi-.
lie that the delay is attributable to
he mails.
Late as II may be. the Iberian is
ordial in rendering its best wishes,
nd Charley's many friends here will
,in in wishing him and his ali good
hings
The weekly Iberian., 1907-07-20
SOM ElDNE MEDDI.INll

This week a marked copy OF the
Baton Rouge Daily State came Ia
the lberian, and the article indi
Gated 10y divers cross bars and and
elongated read az follows:
Emile Vuillemot. of New Iberia
one Of the clerks in the State auditors
Office and candidate for register Of
State lands, has issued statement dc
nylnH cmphatically that he has with
drawn from the race for register.
II returned to Baton Rouge yester-
day. said Mr.. Vuillemot, and found
that some parties have widely cir
culatcd the report that l have with
drawn from the race for rt tgister of the
State land Office. There is nothing in
the report; | have no intention OF
withdrawing. but. on the contrary, my
candidacy is being favorably received
by the people and ! am meeting with
more encouragement every day"
1t is now generally understood that
I. .. Harris, private secretary to Gov. |
will not be - candidate for |
register OF the land office. Mr.. Har-
ris was urged by number of his
friends to run for this Office, and mt
one time Il was generally thought
hat he would run. but 1t is now prac
Iically certain that he will not he a
Mr.. Vuillemot is in earnest in
his matter, is taking q deep in
crest in the campaign and he
'as many staunch friends in this
'att OF :he world who will give
''m hearty support.
Keep an eye on 'cm, Emile, aud
'on't let them pi your game.
The weekly Iberian., 1907-07-20
OREDCE At WORK.
The PEBBLES Coulee is being
Dredged and Strengthened
". ). Davidson in charge Of
the work, making good
Headway.

After many vexat;ous delays III,
dredge 6as been started to worl
cutting out and Strengthening III.
PEBBLES Conlee. Last week s.can
was riliscd on the boat and hcl
machinery tested, tn see that al
was in rine condition before III.
regular work would 10 started
Every thing proved out to he sat
lSfactiOn Of Mr.. W.. y. Davidson
who, We understand, has charge OF
this work.
On Tuesday morning Of this
week, the start was made in earn
est. Mr.. Davidson says that the
contract calls for the dredging out
Of the bottom Of the cOulee to an
average depth Of y feet Az he
comes up the coulce lie is cutting
"ff as many Of the points as he
can thereby making a straighter
channel. In doing this he has
had to increase the depth Of his
cut to 1 aud 45 feet IN such turns.
The little dredge made quite a
good record on her first days work
When work was shut down on
Tuesday night the boat was 300
feet ahead Of the starting point
At this rate it will not be long be-
fore there will be a splendid drain.
age channel for the drainage OF
that entire section.
Mr.. Davidson says it is u mat |
tor Of considerable regret to him
that about $4,000 more could no, |
have been expended upon this
piece Of work. With that amount
additional tide water could have
been brs ught up the cOulee to the
10 arpent road. This would be far
ht cheaper policy in the end, ~
liz tide water canal would have a
~ tendency Of harbOrl.g a veg
stable growth on the bottom
This canal when completed, is
Intended and expected to drain
ut d'y. With the bottom expo
a I" tie mir aud sun, will not be :
Ong before q great variety of veg
tatiOn will find rootage l., the
anal. This will have a tcndenc,
{ impeding the flow OF the waite, q
nd lesseDing it's efficiency.
It is hoped that ere many years y
oil by that the commissioner.
i'll fihd It wise to redredga the
anal bringing al least 4 feet of u
de- water to the head Of the 9
lannel >
The weekly Iberian., 1907-07-20
GAVE UP SUPPORTER

! wore supporter for years. for
my womb. which had crowded every-
thing down before II, writes Mrs. S. J.
Ii'llsman. of Mannsville. N. Y. "Isuf-
'cfe1 untold misery and could hardly
walk. After taking Cardui ] gave up
my supporter and can now be on my
feet halt a day at q time.''
The weekly Iberian., 1907-07-20


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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-11-23
.rusrrE1An1E oNUELrY?

They are conservative in Massachu-
sets, SO it is perhaps not surprising
that In a recent action for divorce a
decree was granted upon the ground
of cruelty, the petitioner man
setting forth as his chief cause of
complaint an allegation charging his
wife with rifling his pockets of spare
change at night, the said acts set up
as ground for legal separation by the
plaintiff being clearly and specifically
proved by incontestible exhibits and
testimony. In rendering his decision,
the magistrate, Judge Sanborn, used
these words: persistent and contin-
ued intrusion of the wife into the per-
sonal affairs-particularly the pockets
of the plaintiff, sustains, in the opin-
ion of the court, the charge Of
cruelty"
This is a queer decision. They have
such a thing in Massachusetts, as justi-
fable homicide, but they don't seem
to have any notion of justifable cruel
ty. Is such cruelty as this Massachu-
sets man complained of not wholly
justifable, and ought it not to be so re-
garded by just Judge?
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-11-23
Certificates.
"He has a motor car tongue"
.,f,vr, 49, %,

"TTe has a motor car tongue"
what do you nfean?"
"Oh, he's always running other peo-
pie down. -Picl1-Me-U Up.
Father went off in good
humor this morning"
Mother-"My! That reminds me.
forgot to ask him for any money
Christian Advocate.
what sort of a looking chap is
Gussy?"
well, if you ever see two men in
a corner and one looks bored to death,
the other one is ussy."-London
Opinion.
80 you don't take any stock in all
this criticism of our SO gold pieces %
None whatever answered the
young man who has read law, I'm my
! case it's mere hearsay evidence. -
Washington Star.
Aunt-"And have you been all that
long way alone?"
Niece-"Yes, Auntie"
Aunt-'"Then how is it you went out
with an umbrella and came back with
walking-stick Punch.
Knicker-There are plenty of books
telling how to save life while waiting
for doctor
Bocker-Yes. What we need is one
telling the young doctor how to save
his life while waiting for the patient
-Harper's Bazar.