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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
RECITAL AT SEMINARY.

An interesting recital was presented last evening at the Birmingham seminary by the graduates in music and expression.
 Miss Ruby Sharpe, the graduate in music, gave her plano numbers with a brilliance and style that brought forth enthusiastic applause. Miss Maud Porter and Miss Mamie Shugart, graduates, and Miss Frances McGlathery, certificate pu- pill in expression, also delighted their hearers.
 The programme follows:
 Coronation Concerto (Mozart), Miss Sharpe. Orchestral part on second piano.
 An Experiment in Matrimony (Thomas Dixon), Miss Shugart. Scene. Monte Carlo Alviro an Italian Artist; Princess Imira, Miss McGlathery.
 Story, Calls" (Grace McGowan CoolSe), Miss Porter.
 From Woodland Scenes: (a) Autumn, (b) To a Wild Rose, Co The Trysting Place, (d) From an Indian Lodge C1. A. McDowelD, Miss Sharpe.
 A Story, '"The Baptizing' (Eliza Cal vert Hall. Miss McGlathery.
 A Dramatic Study, The Christian. John Storms Resolution QHall Cain), Miss Por- ter.
 Sonata, op. 2, No. 2-Allegro, Largo, Scherzo (Beethoven), Miss Sharpe.
 As Lou Like It-Act H. Scene II (Shakespeare). Characters: Orlando, Miss Shugart; Rosalind, Miss Porter; Jaques, Miss McGlathery.
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NOTES AND PERSONALS.

MT. David Thompson of Chicago has joined Mrs. Thompson and is receiving cordial greetings from his many friends.
 Miss Edith Grant, who has spent sev- eral months with her sister, Mrs John Fletcher has returned to her home in most admired of the seasons visiting girls. Like her sister she is very beau tiful and no social gathering was quite complete without her presence.
 Miss Lucille Douglass friends are in receipt of letters written from Rome. In one received yesterday by. Miss Edna Smith she tells In her delightful little en- thusiastic way of her stay in Rome from which place she will leave in a few days for Venice to spend some time in sketching from nature. She Is with a sketching party under the leadership of clude a stay in Holland, where they will go after Venice. The winter will be spent in Paris.
 MT. Roger Williams has returned from Tuscaloosa where he is a student at the university. He will spend the summer on Shades Mountain with his mother, Mrs Sharpless.
 Miss Fern Minor left yesterday morning for Marion, Ala, to visit her sister, Mrs Arthur Stewart, for two weeks.
 Mrs. Maud Wynn has returned after a visit to friends in Tuscaloosa.
 Sydnham Trapp, II, the young son of MT. and Mrs. Sydenham Trapp of Forest City, Ark, is visiting his grandparents Col. and Mrs. s. B. Trapp, 1913 Tenth avenue, south.
 Miss Mabel Perrin of Eutaw is the house guest of Miss Syddie Moore.
 Mrs. Robert Hood has returned from Nashville, where she was the guest of friends,
 Miss Julia Randolph of Greensboro IS visiting Mrs. T. V. Boardman Miss Randolph has visited Birmingham a nunl- Der of times and has hosts of friends who are always glad to welcome her.
 MT. St. Elmo Massengale of Atlanta was a visitor to the city yesterday.
 MT. J. w. Beasly leaves today for Mill waukee, Wis, where he goes to attend the meeting of the National Retail Hard ware association. MT. Beasly delivers an address before this body.
 The Birmingham seminary aiumnae luncheon at the Hotel Hfllman will be at o'clock today in the banquet hall. The reception committee is asked to meet in the palm rooms at 12:15 D. m.
 Blount Springs Hotel Is open for sea son of 1oS9 For booklet\ and further
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Take Birmingham Special Southern Railways handsome train to Washington and New York, 9:30 a. m. daily.
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BaItist Churches.

First church. Sixth avenue and Twen- ty-second street. services tomorrow at II a. m. and D. m. by the pastor. the Rev. pr. James A. Dickinson.
 Southside. Nineteenth street and Elev- enth Avenue. south-Services tomorrow at Ii a. m. and p. m., with preaching at both services by the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Preston Blake.
 North Highlands. Rush avenue and Eighteenth street, by the 'astor, the Rev. James D. Ray. Preaching at both II a. m. and D. III.
 West End-Tuscaloosa avenue ana flaw kins street. Preaching at Il a. m. ana D. m.
 Twenty-seventh Street. Avenue F and Twenty seventh street-Preaching py the pastor, the Rev. w. B. Hubbard at II a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
 Ruhama, East Lake, Seventy-seventh street and Underwood avenue-Servlces kQull a. m. and p. m.. with preaching .f-e pastor, the Rev. J. M. Shelburne. |ll,A uf2s corner of Cotton avenue and N II 't "A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22

Big auction sale of Burn jew elry stock, including the finest diamonds, gold jewelry, cut glass, silverware, watches, etc. Great bargains. Nothing re- served. Sales daily, l0:30 8. m., 3::3O D. m. and special sale on Saturday and Monday at 7:3O D. m. 1907 Third avenue.
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conureuationaI church.

Services at the chapel, 725 North Nne- teenth street-Regular services at Ii a. m and D. m. by the Rev George Raves. pastor Bible school at 10 a. m. Young Peoples Christian Endeavor meeting at
 [ p. m.
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Mrs. Hugh Stokley will be the hostess today at luncheon given in honor of Mrs. David Thompson.
 Another event in honor of Mrs. Thomp- son will be the dinner to be given this evening by MT. and Mrs. culnepper Exum.
 Mrs. J. H. McCary's luncheon in honor of Miss Lucille Gaston is one of the events scheduled to take place today. The hour is 1:3O.
 The luncheon given by the alumnae of the Birmingham seminary will take place at the Hotel Hillman today. Covers will be laid for 110.
 Miss Isabel Caldwell and Miss LeMay Caldwell will be hostesses at o'clock tea.
 Mrs. Van Renssalaer Mason will enter tain at luncheon today in honor of Mrs. Robert Cunningham.
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Blount Springs Hotel is open for sea- son of 1oe9 For bookletN and further information write
 GEORGE E. DRIVER, Manager.
 k-15-sa-tues- -thu-1m
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Catholic Churches.

St Paul's, corner Third avenue and Twenty-second street, the Rev. James E. Coyle pastor; the Rev. William Claude Piereea1l, assistant; the Rev John A.SBrat- ton for the missions. Masses. on week days, 6:30, 7:30 and o'clock; on Sundays, 6:30, low mass and instructions; 7:30, low mass and instruction; 9:00 childrens mass and instructions; 9;30, Sunday school 1O:3O high mass; BOO, baptisms; 7:9o, rosary, conference and benediction. Confess sions are heard on Saturday even ing and eyes of feast days and on eve of the first Friday of the month; also before week day masses.
 Special for the coming week.
 Sunday, May 23, White; Sunday within the octave of the Feast of the Ascension, Feast of Our Bady Queen of Apostles. At last mass the Right Rev. Edward P. Allen, D. D., bishop of Mobile, will be the preacher. At end of mass the bishop will bestow the papal benediction sent to the Catholics of this diocese by the sov- ereign pontiff, Plus x.
 Monday, May 24. White; Our Lady of Christians.
 Tuesday, May 25 White; St. Gregory VII, Pope and confessor.
 Wednesday, May 26. White; St. Philip Neri, confessor. . Thursday, May 27. White; octave of
 Friday, May 2S-Red; St. Urban T., Pope and martyr.
 Saturday, May 20. Red; fast day-vigil of Pentecost
 May devotions at 7:30 each evening dur ing the week except Thursday, which Is reserved for the holy hour of adoration as usual.
 First communion classes Monday and Wednesday at D. m.
 St. Paul's parochial school closes Wednesday night at o'clock with ex- ercises at the Jefferson theatre
 Retreat for first communicants Friday and Saturday.
 Our Lady of Sorrows, Avenue F.-On Sunday low mass and instruction at 8 O clock; Sunday school at g o'clock; high mass and sermon at 10 o'clock; evening devotions at 5 o'clock.
 St. Augustine's, North Birmingham Masses at 7:30 and 10 a. m; sermon at last mass.
 San Marcos, East Thomas-Mass and sermon at 9 o'clock
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Birmingham Special" the convenient train to the East o::30 a. m.
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German Churches.

German Luthern Zion. Avenue B and Nineteenth street-Sunday school at 9:3o a. m. preaching in German at 1o:30 a. m., and in English at 7:30 p. m, by the pas tor the Rev. F. w. Wedman. Everybody cordially invited
 Evangelical church, or Evangelsche, Friednskirche, 210O Avenue F-Sunday school 930 a. m.; preaching at 10:30 a. m. in German, and at 7:45 D. m., in Eng fish by the pastor, the Rev. S. A. Ebinger. Catechetical instruction every Tuesday and Friday at 2:30 p. m.
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"CAMILLE" Special request Bijou bal ance of week.

THE QUICKEST To Atlanta is the ZOO a. m. train via SEABOARD. Only AZ hours.
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Christian Churches.

First Christfan-Fifth avenue and Twenty first street. Preaching at II a. m and p. m., by the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Allen R. Moore.
 Bessemer-Sixteenth street and Fourth avenue, the Rev. D. P. Taylor, pastor. Preaching at Il a. m. and 7:45 D. m.
 Ensley-Ayenue F and Twenty-frst street, the Rev. P. II. Duncan, pastor Preaching at Il a. m. and 7:45 p. m.
 Woodlawn-Fifty- y-eighth street, the Rev J. David Arnold, pastor Preaching at Il a. m. and 7:45 D. m.
 North Birmingham-Seventh avenue and Twenty-s sixth street. Preaching at Il a. m. and D. m, by the pastor. the Rev. Mflligan Earnest Sunday school at 2:45 m., H. Galt Braxton, superintendent.
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Christian Science.

First Church of Christ, scientist-Serv- ices will be held in the chapel on Eleventh avenue, south, near Highland Circle Sum day morning at II o'clock and Wednes- day ever4ng at o'clock. Reading room Rooms .S0-1 Brown-Marx annex. open daily, except Sunday, from 10 a. m. to 4 D. m. Mid-week service Wednesday at D. m.
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Episcopal Churches.

OnuTCnCSs
 Church of the Advent, Twentieth street and Sixth avenue, north-Regular ser vices at Il a. m. and p. m., conducted by the rector, the Rev. Dr. w. E. Evans. St. Mary -the-H Highlands-Nineteenth street and Twelfth avenue. south. Holy communion, 7:30 a. m. morning prayer and sermon, Il a. m; evening prayer, 7:45 D. m.; Sunday school, 9:3O a. m the Rev. Willoughly M. Claybrook, rector.
 St. Andrews. Eleventh avenue, be- tween Tenth and Eleventh streets. Sum- day school, 9:30 a. m.; morning prayer and sermon Il a. m.; evening prayer and ser mon, 7:30 p. m.; holy communion at Il c. m. on the first Sunday of each month. Service and lecture every Wednesday at s p. m., the Rev. MT Raimundo de Ovies, rector.
 Grace church, Woodlawn = Sunday school, 10 a. m. preaching, Il a. m.
 All, Saints, Twenty ninth street, be- tween Avenue c and Avenue G; services as usual.
 Christ's church, Avondale-Service on second and fourth Thursday in each month. Sunday school every Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock. The Rev. Raj mundo deOvies rector.
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The Birmingham seminary aiumnae luncheon at the Hotel Hillman will be at l o'clock today in the banquet hall. The reception committee is asked to meet in the palm rooms at 1215 D. m.
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Sunday Services af the
 Birmingham ChDycheS

Banks street, by the pastor. at Il a. m. ands9 p. m.
 First Avondale. preaching at the usual hours by the pastor, the Rev. L. M. Bradley.A
 First Woodlawn, Fifty-sixth street and First avenue, services at Ii a. m. and D. m.
 Park avenue, North Birmingham, regu- lar services by the pastor, the Rev. w. B. McDanel.
 Greymont-Meehng held in High school building at Il a. m. and 7:30 p. h. Sum day school at 9:30 a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30 D. m. B. Y. P. U. meet ing Friday 7:S0 D. m. J. Bunyon Kilpat- rick pastor.
 Primitive-Services held in Simms' hall on Thirty-ninth street, Avondale, one
 block north of East Lake car line, at 2:3O o'clock, Elder W. Lively. presiding.
 East Birmingham-Sunday school at 9.3O a. m; regular sermon at Il a. m. and 7:30 p. m., by the pastor, the Rev. A. E. Page
 West Woodlawn-Regular services at Il a. m. and 7:30 p. m by the pastor, the Rev. s. H. Johnson. Sunday school, 9:3o a. m., D. M. Smith, superintendent. Prayer meeting every Wednesday, 7:3O p. m. E. Y. P. U. Thursday, 7:so D. m.
The Springfield herald., 1909-01-08
WHY WELLS WAS WRATHY.
All Things Considered, He Had Some
Excuse for Anger.

Charles f. Wells, who has been
called the grounding senator OF West
Virginia, because he once introduced
q bill advocating the changing Of
grounding day from February 2 to
July 4, was staying over night at the
Grand hotel of budding West Vir-
ginia village not long ago.
He was awakened in the morning by
heavy pounding on his door. and the
voice of the old man night clerk say
Ing Five O'Clock! Better get up or
you'll miss your train
Mr.. Wells didn't intend to catch a
morning train and hadn't given any
instructions that he should be called
at the unearthly hour of five o'clock,
so he paid no attention to the old
mans early morning greeting and was
asleep again almost Immediately.
In about Is minutes he was again
awakened by the pounding on his door
and heard the voice OF the old man
saying apologetically: Don't get up.
raped on the wrong door."-Lippin-
colts
The Springfield herald., 1909-01-08
THEN AND NOW
Complete Recovery from Coffee Ills.

about nine years ago my daughter,
from coffee drinking, was on the verge
of nervous prostration," writes Louis
vile lady. "She was confined for the
most part to her home.
when she attempted trip down
town she was often brought home in a
cab and would be prostrated for days
afterwards.
"On the advice of her physician she
gave up coffee and tea, drank Postum,
and ate Grape-Nuts for breakfast.
"She liked Postum from the very
beginning and we soon saw improve
ment. To-day she is in perfect health,
the mother of five children, all OF
whom are fond of Postum.
"She has recovered, is a member OF
three charity organizations and club,
holding an office in each. We give
Postum and Grape-Nuts the credit for
her recovery"
There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to
We,lville," in pkgs.
Ey.r rend the above letterf new
owe appears from time to time. They
are xenuiI.e. true. and full OF human
interest.
The Springfield herald., 1909-01-08
GENERAL NEWS.

Only 761 miles of new track were
laid east of the Mississippi in 1908, as
against 1854 in 1907.
Congressman Robert C. Davey OF
Louisiana, died at New Orleans Dec.
2Gth after an illness of several months.
An athletic team from South AT
rlca is expected to compete in meets
at New York, Boston, Chicago and
Canada.
A new worlds motor cycle record
has been established on the Brook
lande track, in England, by C. Collier,
who made 70hs miles an hour. The
best previous was 63 miles, set by
Guippone, in Paris, in 1905.
Prof. Edward Suess of Vienna, the
celebrated geologist, says he believes
the earthquake in Sicily was not due to
voncanic eruptions, but to the subsi-
dence of the earth's crust, and that it
is likely to be followed by a volcanic
movement.
Canadians built 1,24S miles more
railroad in 1908 than in 1907. gain
of 219 per cent. In Mexico ABS miles
were built, as compared with 333 in
1907.
News from Naples that Joseph II.
Price, the former American vice-consul
at Messina, and all the members of his
family lost their lives in the earthquake
disaster.
Walter Scott, otherwise known rs
death Valley Scotty," entered the
United States recruiting office at Chi
cago Monday and declared his inten-
tion of enlisting in the marine service.
At Meridian, Miss, on the 27th ult.
Miss Ollie Patton, granddaughter of
the late W. S. Patton, Confederate
general and past grand master Of Mis-
sissippl Masons, married Chinaman.
The marriage violates the state law for
bidding intermarriage between whites
and persons of negro or Mongolian
blood. Miss Patton is young and beau
tiful ana an orphan.
The automobile capital of the nation
Is S1S7, 100000 and the automobile in
dustry gives employment directly to
1OS,OO0 people. and, through related
trades, to 100000 more.
The Springfield herald., 1909-01-08
I Took Ps-ru.na.

Peruna Drug Co., Columbus, Ohio.
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I could not smell, nor hear n church
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"When began your treatment my
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Almanac for 1909.
The Springfield herald., 1909-01-08
KNEW THE PIGS WEAK POINT
Younsster Was Confident Of HI,
Ability to "stump" Him.

1t is an interesting fact that the two
studies of arithmetic and geography
seem to be diametrically opposed to
each other in the affections OF school
children. Pupils who are particularly
proficient in one are apt to be back
ward in the other. A story is told of
a little boy who was slow in arithme-
tic. and whose apparent stupidity in
this field was a great source Of grief
to his father, who had been a mathe-
matician.
One day, when the father and son
were walking out, they passed place
where learned pig" was on exhibit
ton, and the father took the boy to
see this porcine prodigy.
"Just look at that" said the father.
"Why, there's pig that can count and
add up numbers! Don't you wish you
were as smart as he?"
Hal" answered the boy. Just let
me ask him a few questions in geog.
raphy!"-Ideas.
The Springfield herald., 1909-01-08
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

President-elect Taft has stated that
he probably will remain on the Isthmus
of Panama about a week.
1t is estimated that 5000 people
greeted President Roosevelt at his re-
ception in the White House New Years
day.
The death rate for Chicago during
the past year has been only 141 per
thousand, which places it among the
healthiest cities in the world.
Aeronautics, 1t is predicted in naval
circles, will eventually form part of
the studies of the midshipmen at the
Naval Academy at Annapolis.
The Geological Survey is planning
establishment of coal mine rescue sta
tons, at which mine rescue work ard
methods for safe working Of mines will
be taught by experts. For Colorado,
Utah, Wyoming. Montana and New
Mexico, station will be located at
Ration, New Mexico. with a sub.station
at Salt Lake.
Senator Warren has been advised by
the supervising architect of the treas
ury that it will be necessary to revise
the drawings for the proposed public
building at Rawlins. Wyo., in order to
bring the bids within the appropria-
ton.
The court of claims has awarded
100000 to the state of Oregon for
moneys expended by it during the Civil
war in protecting the adjoining terri
tories of Washington and Idaho. The
claim has long been before Congress
and the government departments.
Beekman Winthrop was offered and
accepted the office of first assistant
secretary of state under the incoming
administration. succeeding Robert Ba-
con of New York, who, in January next,
is expected to temporarily succeed Eli
hu Root upon the latter's retirement.
The Springfield herald., 1909-01-08
Harmony,

1--WE must have harmony" said the
leaders of the party.
I'VE quite agree" interposed mem
ber of the minority. Indeed, there
has been nothing in the way Of COM
plete harmony all along save the at
titude of stupid, truculent and ash
nine majority"
There was interruption at the point.
Still, the purpose of the meeting was
not wholly defeated, the police acting
as a harmonizing agency.
The Springfield herald., 1909-01-08
CONDENSATION
OF FRESH NEWS
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS,
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
eHoWiNG THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

Abraham Ruef convicted of bribery
in San Francisco, has been sentenced
TO fourteen years in the penitentiary.
The plant of the Pacific Coast Syrup
Company at Los Angeles was almost
completely destroyed by fire on the
night of December 3Oth. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
Five robbers dynamited the bank of
Wellston, Okla, east of Muskogee, De-
cember 3Oth. and after exchanging
many shots with the citizens, escaped
with $4,000. No one was hurt.
Chicago's new ordinance demanding
the pasteurization of all milk sold in
the city unless it comes from cows
which have passed the tuberculin test
went into effect New Years day.
The executive committee of the Ma
citation has decided to hold the next an
nual convention at Colorado Springs,
August 24th-27th, inclusive, 1909.
Ranchmen of the Green river valley,
Wyoming, are complaining that under
protection Of the game laws, beaver
have become so numerous that they
are seriously damaging ranch prop
erty.
Several leading Democrats of Ok
lahoma had meeting recently for the
purpose of preparing a bill to be pre-
sented to the Legislature to disfran-
chise, as far as possible, the negroes
of the state.
The Union Central Life Insurance
Company of Cincinnati will pay to
Hamilton county s750000 in settlement
of the claims of the county against the
company for more than $S,000,000 in
back taxes.
Eight business buildings in Silver
City. the leading mining camp of
southern Idaho, were destroyed by fire
and dynamite December 10th, causing
loss of $4,000, with practically no
insurance.
Daniel Freeman. the first man to
make an entry under the homestead
which was passed forty years ago, died
Both ult., aged eighty-two. He was
soldier in the Civil war.
In connection with his purchase Of
the Colorado & Southern road, James
j. Hill has determined to construct n
low grade route. from Denver to Bill
lings, and also from kearney, Nebras-
ka, to the same place.
The dates for the National Encamp-
ment G. A. r., at Salt Lake, will be Au-
gust 9th to 18th. This announcement
was made at Milwaukee by Phil Cheek,
Wisconsin's member of the executive
council of the G. A. r.
The Northern Pacific and Great
Northern roads, through the Burling-
ton, will establish through service
from Chicago to Seattle, Tacoma and
Portland before the opening of the
Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition.
Quicksand which has been discov-
cred underlying the site Of the new
$20,000,O00 depot of the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad on the West
Side in Chicalso will add about half u
million dollars to the cost of the struc-
ture.
Robert Emmet Fisk, for thirty-five
years editor of the Helena, Montana,
Herald, and confidential friend of Pres
ident Garfield and James G. Blaine,
died December 2Sth, at Berkeley, Cali
fornia, aged seventyone. He served
in the Civil War, attaining the rank
of major, and established the Helena
Herald in 1867.
The Springfield herald., 1909-01-08
LAME BACK PRESCRIPTION

The increased use of "Toris" for
lame back and rheumatism is causing
considerable discussion among the
medical fraternity. 1t is an almost in
fallible cure when mixed with GER
tain other ingredients and taken prop
erly. The following formula Is effec-
tive: ITO one-half pint OF good
whiskey add one ounce of Toris Com
pound and one ounce Syrup Sarsapa-
rilla Compound. Take in tablespoon
full doses before each meal and be-
fore retiring"
Toris compound is a product of the
laboratories Of the Globe Pharmaceu-
teal Co., Chicago. but 1t as well as the
other ingredients can be had from any
good druggist.