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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-23

sons and friends. There were no toasts last night and the informality of the cee- bration heightened the enjoyment of all who attended
 The dinner began promptly at S:30 and after coffee and cigars had been served the guest of honor without any ceremony of toastmaster, rose and made touching address. He was looking the picture of health and his voice seemed as clear as it was before lie turned the four-score period. In all tender references there was emotion In his speech, but he delivered his remarks with that quiet simple dig nifty which has always characterized him.
 His address follows:
 My friends, I have travelled farther along the journey of life than any one of you present here tonight. am now S1 years old and my gratitude to God for his goodness 10 me and mine i'm creases with the coming and going of the years. A great many important things have transpired in my day. When 1 was years old Stephenson exhibited the first really successful locomotive that the world had ever seen. When I was years old Morse startled the world by perfecting the telegraph and when I was 10 years old ocean steam navigation was practically solved. In my time railroads and telegraph lines have been made to traverse the continents and cablegrams
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went to bed and left me alone to watch at the bedside of his suffering, and feared. dying wife. I had no watch, and there was no timepiece in the house. III that long and dreary night the sick woman would often inquire of me, Is 1t not almost day? Then she would say, Surely it is almost day now? Finally said, Yes, 1t is almost day; the morning star is up Thank God. she exclaimed
 I have lived to see the morning of an other day It had been a fearful. dread fu night to me and [ suffered and sym pathized with the poor woman. and was almost as happy at the sight of the morning star as she could he. There are dark nights in the lives of us all- nights of sickness, gloom and dlsappoint- ment, but to all those whose star of faith is rightly fixed there is always morning star suggestive of a bright and beautiful day on the road ahead To those of us who are growing old, let me say that we know not we cannot know. when the morning star of a new and untried day will appear over the horizon of our earthly existence. am as happy in the thought that there is a day await
 ing the finally faithful where no storms ever beat on that beautiful strand, while the years of eternity roll When my pa- tient. the poor woman. finally got well, while the tears were streaming down her face she said to me. Doctor you
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you may turn the parents out and they will always come home to their young. Before this they are as good as gone when once turned loose.'
 Just like people. are they2 Just love their home and instinctiyely go back to it."
 What is the profit in squab raisingg' I next asked.
 Well you can figure that out for yourself' said my friend. In most parts of the United States it costs about 30 cents year to feed pair of breeding pigeons. They raise seven or more pairs of squads. Of course, there is always the expense attendant upon any business venture to begin without after that with the proper attention and an economical turn or mind with regard to domestic ar fairs, one can easily see the pront to be deriNed-
 'sWell I should say so,. l answered vigorously. Tt seems to me that there Is barrel of money in it.
 oStil many people have lost lots on it for one reason or another There IS all ways tae possibility of the small boy and his fiendish desire to demolish and de- stroy. And then there is disease, which may overtake the pigeons. And worse still, the thief who on his midnight prowl includes you on his visiting list. But talk Ing it all in all, l fancy 1t will be a neat and easy way 10 net me nlce little sum of pin money
 You are very brave to make the att tempt I said nd oh how I do ad mire women who do things It Is so clever. and 1t makes one so independent. Doesn't it7''
 Don't be too optimistic about it, was the testing reply. 'I may turn out badly with mine but I am not going to think so until I give 1t good trial. l am verv fond of stfch things to begin with. love living things about me. and I have patience, and then. l want to make some money. So you see there are a few in- centives toward my success-don't you think SOP
 Indeed. I do, and I am going to pay you another visit soon--for I am greatly interested in your venture. And then, too, the pigeons are good to look upon. There plumage is 80 pretty and In such apple pie order Are they always like that?" Yes. cleanliness is one of their char acteristics. See the large pan of water over there in the corner of the flying pen?''
 Yes" l answered, as I eagerly looked for the object"
 Every morning." said my friend, lat sunrise they flock to that pan and take splash, They never roll in the dirt and they always look like they are on dress parade-so to speak well, that is a great deal in their favor" l said. "at least. with me. for like to see birds look well groomed as vol ~ror'c And nov I must he rcN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-23
HOW CLEVER WOMEN MAKE PIN HONE Y RAISING PIGEONS
Money in SquabsQue Remunerave if Properly Conducted
 On Large Scale Some Have Made the Venture
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE.

per?' was the prompt reply in very high voice.
 "Yes-and please be good and talk to me. That's a dear; I just knew you would. And now to the point When may come up to see you and have you talk to me about your pigeons.
 Why, any time you say"
 Then l shall start at once" I said "I have on my bonnet now and as soon as I can catch car you will see me-
 Accordingly 1 started and arrived at my destiration within a very few min utes. When ' started up the steps was greeted by my friend with cor disl Howdy Jo.7 and proceeded at once to talk pigeons.
 People are interested said l, 'in everything the women are doing nova days in the line of making money and I want you to tell me everything there is to tell on the subject"
 At this my good friend laughed heart fly and said:
 Well. you know I am. very young in the business, but so far have been very successful, l am glad to say.
 How did you ever happen to think of such thing?''I inquired
 T had read great deal on the sub ject to begin with--how much money there is in it. and all that sort of thing. and I decided to try it. Come out with me and let me show you where my pigeons reside
 with pleasure said. and we sought the place where the cunning little feath- cred things live.
 I can't begin to tell you how spot lessly clean everything was to begin with. The yard, the flying pen, the entire sur roundings were just as neat as pin, and of course 1 had to comment upon that fact at once. I had always iIn- agined the pigeons were sort of 'mussy like and here. behold immaculate sur roundings.
 Now. do you want me to commence at the very beginning?' was my friends first question as she looked at me quiz- zically.
 At the beginning.' I refterated "every-
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thing"
 Well. then to begin with, you must know that my pigeons are all of the homing variety. These pigeons produce fastest. the best young for the table and are used almost exclusively by the intel lisent and successful breeders. One can purchase a pair of homers for $2 to g and their squabe are always mar ketable whereas the cominon pigeon pro- duces s squab that is skinny and very hard to sell.
 How old is the squab when it is sent to market?' I inquired.
 About three or four weeks old. she answered "At that time 1t is large and fat, juicy and tender and it is not old enough to fly. So you have only to go to the nest and pick 1t out-which is easily done.'
 How much do they weigh at that time?i I queried
 "usually from three quarters to pound apiece'
 Why. how can they; the dear little bitties?p
 Easy enough. In that time they never move out of their nests and their par ents stuff them full all the time and never having any exercise they fill out to a surprising size
 And do the pigeons stay in the lit- tie flying pen? l asked
 Yes: that Is where they mate. For insanee. I have turned thirty-odd pig cons In the pen over there and their conrting and mating is very interesting. As soon as they are placed in the pen the pairing begins. each mate searching for the object of his affection
 "Does it take d gentleman pigeon as long to find the lady of his choice as 1t does real true man?' l ventured
 silly. mo- of course not they aren't as hard to please and not nearly so fas- tidious. Their choice is soon made and let me tell you something very inter esting right here, After pigeons have mated, and raised one pair of squabs,
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can never know how grateful I feel to you. l can never repay you for your services but the good Lord will set tie it. And, my friends l can testify tonight that the good Lord has settled it a thousand times over. I am a firm believer in the doctrine that good deed is never lost.
 q am happy tonight to be able to say that through all the years of my practice l ministered to rich and poor alike as best I could. and those who could not pay me in material things for my services, re- mem bered me In their. prayers, and God has been good to me.
 T have lived to see my children all req sonably successful in the world and the esteem in which they are held is source of great happiness to me. want them all to do good in the world, and whatever station they are called upon to fill, want them to fill it honorably fearlessly, and faithfully. No citizen is truly strong who does not possess the clements of heroic courage and manly honor.
 The man who serves his day and gen eration to the best of his ability, looking to the Father of us all for aid and gui- dance need have no fears of the here after.
 ,"'Iet all the ends thou aim st at
 Be thy country's. thy Gods and truth S..
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are now sent from land to land through the depth of the seas.
 Since I was a boy electricity and steam have revolutionized the industrial world aud I have witnessed the advent of the telephone and the phonograph--these mar vicious agencies of man. I am glad that I have lived in this remarkable time in the worlds history and have been permitted to see these material bless ings come into the world, but the thing that pleases me most in 1t all Is the great growth and advancement of Chris tion civilization--the progress of the church and the advancement of the cause of temperance and these two count the greatest. achievements of man In the time that 1 have lived In the long stretch of years that lie out behind me the happiest time of my life was spent when my loving and now sainted wife and happy children were around me In my old home at Loufna, in Randolph county, Alabama, when as a physician I was actively engaged in the practice of medicine.
 When I was a very young doctor, just 19 years old. beginning the practice of medicine had an experience one that I have never forgotten. was at tending the wife of a poor drunken fel- low and he was drunk at the time of her severe illness. Early on the first night that I attended her the husband
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The annual dinner given last night by the Hehin boys in honor of their vener- able father, Dr. W. L. Hefiin of Roanoke, now S1 years of age, was not only a pleasurable event but one full of inspira- tion and the spirit of far-reaching com radeship. It was held in the large dining hall of the Hotel Hillman and a hundred or more guests, including many prominent citizens, assembled to join in saluting the central figure of the occasion.
 Dr. Hef1n has nine children living eight sons and one daughter namely, Dr. Wyatt Hefiin of Birmingham, Solicitor H. P. Hehin of Birmingham. the Rev w. w Hefin. minister of the Methodist church, stationed at Brookwood, Tuscaloosa; John T. Hef1in, a lawyer and the present mayor of Roanoke; Dr. Howell T. Hefiin of Bir- mingham, Congressman J. Thomas Heflin of Fayette, Robert l.. Hefin of Roanoke, engaged in farming; the Rev. Marvin R. Hehin of Birmingham, and Mrs H. B. Reid of Roanoke All the sons were pres- ent at the dinner.
 The Heflin reunion has come to be notable institution. The family custom of celebrating the birthday of the dis tinguished sire with dinner began IA years ago and it is looked forward to every year with keen pleasure by father,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-23
Spring Gardens.

spring GafuenS-
 The spring gardens along the popu- lar thoroughfares this season are an evidence in themselves of the pleasure to be derived from cultvating beauti- full surroundings After a winter which left the gardens and lawns desolate the sight of delicate blossoms bursting into bloom has given pleasure to all who have passed them. On South Eleventh avenue there are several houses with a border of hyacinths and jonquis. their dainty colors and fragrance appealing subtly to every passerby. More bulbs than usual have been planted this spring, it seems, and there are many who, through the influence of the lovely flowers them selves, have resolved to plant some for themselves next season. A large bed of tulips and hyacinths on one broad lawn on the South Highlands has been a source of pleasure to an entire neigh borhood Several residence owners on that block have alre tdy expressed de- termination to beauf fy their premises in the same way when another spring shall come.
 The planting of bulbs or of any of the annual plants is of little moment in comparison to the pleasure that they will give. Little growing things-from the first moment their tiny green heads ap- pear above the brown earth-are a source of ountold interest to the ony who placed them there and because If the little trouble every housekeeper may be her own gardene1 for tiny space. A charm ing little bride who came to make her home ip Birmingham winter re- belled at first against the fate that gave her no flower garden around her cozy apartment, but she soon discovered tiny square of earth in sunny place and she began at once to plant her small plot.
 Many persons who are living in rented houses do not feel that they can af- ford to make a permanent garden be- cause they may be preparing a pleas ure for some one else to enjoy Yet as the average renter lives in the same house year or two his garden may not be such a transient one after all. One who does not feel sure that he will live in house for more than one sum- mer may have just as good garden as his more fortunate neghbor who owns his grounds and has them adorned with perennial plants if he will grow annuals such as asters. marigolds and zihnas.
 A florist who was discussing plans for the flower gardens of the renter said
 Among 50 kinds of flowers he can find varieties that will thrive in any situ- ation except deep shade, as. for in- stance under trees; and they range in shades of color from white. through the yelows and reds and purples to black Surely no one need be without all the flowers he wants for his own use and to- rive to his neighbors, to sick friends an / the hospitals.
 ''As a beginning the renter should se-
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A few days ago went to the tele- phone and asked central to give me a certain number, which she promptly did and within a very short time a sweet. feminine voice said
 Well, what is it?''
 I promptly replied: This is Dolly Dal- rymple, and I want you to talk to me about something. Will your
 Are you going to put 1t in the pa-
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q wish each and all of you success, health, and happiness along the journey of life.
 After Dr. Hefin had finished his ad- dress calls were made for Capt E. w.. Booker, and in responding this gentleman made a short but filicitous speech. Others called on for speeches responded in this order:
 The Rev. Dr. Whitten, pr. A. F. Mon tague Ex-Gov W. D. Jelks, the Rev. pr. A. J. Dickinson, Judge Charles w. Fer guson. the Rev. pr. J. w. Stagg, Judge Samuel D. Weakly, B. M Allen, the Rev. Robert w. Anderson, Syd. J. Bowie, the Rev. pr. J. H. Mccoy. Judge R. B. Kelly. the Rev Dr. L. c. Branscombe, the Rev. Frank Willis Barnett. Dr. T. L. Robinson. Percy Clark, Dr. E. P. Riggs J. D. Moore. and ]. T. He1in. Some of the speeches were marked by humor. some were stir ring. all had touches of grace and good fellowship, and all included sincere trib- utes to the father and glowing compll- ments to his manly sons. Tom Heflin spoke only five or six minutes, but he was at his best and mingling humor and pathos. he held friends rapt.
 It was a quarter to midnight when the company broke up, and all took leave of the elder Heffn with a hearty grasp of the hand and wishes for many happy re- turns.
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ing. and thank you for telling me all about your pin money enterprise"
 .I am glad you have enjoyed 1t, and do come again. And oh, just one thing be- fore you go," she pleadingly said; don't mi my name in the paper. will your"
 ..certainly not" I said; If you don't wish it-but if I were as clever at any tning as you are about pigeon raising, I don't believe I'd object one bit"
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feet the plants to cover his fences. Most fences are unsightly but they sometimes are necessary especially in suburban towns where the lots are small. Cover the fences with vines, such as morn- ing glorles, wild cucumber, purple bell flowers, hyacinth, bean, cypress vine, moonfiower and ornamental gourds. All of these plants are so familiar that they hardly need to be described They are also good for training up over porches- except the cypress vine and the purple be1lflower, which grow six and ten feet respectively in height"
 Notes and Personals.
 Mrs. T. T. Milson of Chattanooga ar rived yesterday to be the guest of MT. and Mrs. Frank Howe Bell at Terrace Court
 Miss Emma Leedy is still in Memphis with relatives.
 Miss Guilfus and Miss Leota Cotter, who are huse guests of MT. and Mrs. c. F. Foust, will return to their respect i've homes Sunday, Miss Guilfus to Cin-. cinnati and Miss Cotter to Detroit.
 MT. and Mrs. J. D. Moore will be at home after April at 210S South Tenth avenue.
 Mrs. c. B. Spencer and Mrs. J. B. Weisel have returned after an extended visit among several cities of the north and east.
 Mrs Kinney will be the hostess for the Matrons' club of Woodlawn this week.
 MT. and Mrs. Paschal Shook have taken a house near Crescent Circle awaiting the completion of their new home.
 Miss Kate Smith has as her guest at her home on Sixth avenue, north, Miss Doliska Williams of Montgomery.
 Mrs. Edward Ellis of Clarksville, Tenn, is the house guest of Mrs. Mamie H. Williams.
 Mrs. White and Mrs. Mabel White VII Hams of Nashville. Tenn, who have been the guests of MT Kenneth White, re- turned last night to their home.
 Dr. w E. Drennen has returned from New York and will engage in the prac- tice of medicine in Birmingham.
 Miss Mary Lee Drennen and Mrs w. B. Drennen will return from New York about Easter.
 MT. E. c. Stringer of Talladega is visit ing Mir Goode Heaslett for aIfew days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-23
NEWS IF TIE DAY IN SOCIETY WORLD. Interest Felt in the Flowers of the Spring Gardens NOTES HERE AND THERE Personals of Well Known PeopIe-An- nouncements-The Eleanor Hord
 Club to Meet With Mrs.
 Johnson.
NOTES HERE AND THERE
By MYRTLE MILES.

Mrs. Charlotte zetrouer has announced the engagement of her daughter Mar garet Sarah to MT. John Alexis. Mat thews of Birmingham, the marriage to be an event of April 27 at the zetrouer residence in Rochelle, Fla.
 The Eleanor Hord club of Woodlawn will meet this afternoon at 2;3O o'clock at the home of Mrs. S. Jesse John son.
 The regular and advisory board of the Mercy Home will meet this morning at 10:90 o'clock at the home.
 The meeting of the Agathos club has been postponed until next week when Miss Ellen Dickerson will be the host ess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19
FOR A BIG TIME.
Everything in Readiness for
Merchants Week.
Extraordinary Efforts Put
Forth to Entertain Visitors.
WILL BE OPEN HOUSE
Guests Given Hand of Welcome
Everywhere.
Program for the Entertainment
in Detail.

To say that next Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday will constitute Mer-
chants Week in Topeka sounds very
insignificant but to the people of To-
peka, to the merchants Of Kansas and
to the general good feeling and welfare
of the state it means lots more. It
means that the retail dealers all over
this big prosperous state will gather in
one city and meet with not only the
most enterprising and entertaining set
of business men of Topeka but meet
with each other. The average country
town or small city merchant lives In
a sphere of his own. He is always more
or less we'll fixed financially and his
life is an easy one but the jealous com
petition which always holds forth in
his village gives him that selfish and
self indulgent feeling-a feeling that
is entirely natural under the conditions
mentioned.
Merchants Week in Topeka is for
the purpose of getting the business
men of the state away from their busi--
ness for few days during the hot
weather and bring them all together,
make them extend the right hand of
fellowship and forget their troubles
and their animosities. The cure is
without a flaw and has never been
known to fail. Topeka manufacturers
and 1obbers and citizens live in city
where the one occasion of this kind is
a constant round of pleasure and they
are always ready to make life worth
living for the stranger who touches
the out-hanging latch key.
It must be admitted that Topeka is
bringing out of town people to the
city for the purpose Of showing them
the town and the advantages. Then the
wholesale and retailers are anxious to
meet their customers face to face,
place their feet under the same table.
drink out OF the same loving cup and
hold the one match for the two cigars.
There is good behind this whole thing
there is no secret about this. But
while the busy Manufacturers and
Jobbers' Association is planning this
event to last three days 1t is paying
little attention to its personal inter-
ests.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-10-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
CTinal ProoI.)

(rinal Proof)
], Edwin J. Brown, Jr., Of Seattle.
~ ash .'ii9 H's'sia estig i'i2 5iitiieF
provisions of an act of tho lesi-la .1s..s
of the State of Idaho, commonly
known as the Carey Act" approved
March 2nd 1899, which embraces
SEl-4 Of NWl-4 OF Sec. - and sNl-4
OF Nbl-4 OF See 81, TIP. 4 soflanga IS. e
hereby give notice of my intention to
make dnai proof to establish my
claim othe land above described,
and that / expect to prove that
have resided on, reclaimed and cul-
tiVatod said land, as required by law.
before IT, z. Blodgett, Representative
Of The State Land Board, at Rich1eld,
idaho, on the 10th day of Octoae.
1903, by two Of the following wit
Dcssss.
EDWIN !. BROWN JR.
Entryman
j. A. Green I. b. Brush, Is. w.
Reeves and w. A. Deneclse allof Kich-
field, idaho.