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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24
Marriage Licenses Issued

Marriage licenses have been issued as follows, from the office of the probate court:
 George w. Tucker of Pratt City to Miss Mamie B. Fason.
 6. B. Helck of Montgomery to Miss Kettle M. Grigg.
 c. V. McElroy of IIartselle to Miss oma Trucks. t
 W. P. Osborn of Tacon. Ala, to Miss Anna. Eubanks.
 o. z Stanley of Birmingham to Mrs. Julia A. Melton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24
The following Is list of those who con- tributed during the last week:
Judgments By Consent

The following Judgments by consent were rendered yesterday in the circuit court:
 J. D. Gayry vs. Southern Iron and Steel company. s20o
 Gilbert Reed vs. Louisville and Nash vile Railroad company, $10o.
 Frank Reed vs. Louisville and Nash vile Railroad company, $500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24
Noah H. DrOadhurst

The funeral services of Noah H. Broad hurst, aged 67 years, who died at Gate City yesterday, will take place from the family residence on Fourteenth avenue, in that place, this afternoon at o'clock, and the interment will be at Woodlawn cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24
Bishop McCoy at Fountain Heights

Bishop Mccoy will make the Christ mas address at Fountain Heights M. E. church tomorrow night. In addition tiie choir will render fine musical programme under the leadership ot G. H. Grain and assisted by the Apollo orchestra. The service bids fair to eclipse any service eyer held in the Fountain Heights church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24
praxer Meeting at Q a. m.

Prayer meeting services will be held Sunday, Christmas morning, at o'clock at the Third Presbyterian church, cor ner Avenue and Twenty second street, and the regular morning ser vices will be held at Il o'clock, and evening at 7:30. There will be special singing for the occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24
pr. NewfieId's Sermon Last Night

At the regular Sabbath services at Tenn ple Emanuel last night Rabbi Morris Newfield delivered a sermon. in which he explained in his usual painstaking
 manner the significance of the Jewish hol- iday "Hannukkah." A good crowd at
 tended,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24
Downey Jury Tied Up

The jury in the case of Daniel Downey vs the Alabama Western Railroad com pany which has been on trial in the first division of the city court for the last week, was late yesterday afternoon re- ported hopelessly tied up. The case will probably end as a mistrial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24
Infant Bailey

The infant son of MT. and Mrs. Ollie Bailey, who died Wednesday in Shades valley, will be inferred at Patton chapel. Shades Valley, this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24
Birmingham Oratorio Society.

There will be no rehearsal of the Bir- mingham Oratorio society next Tuesday night A social and musicale will be held on the second Thursday night in January.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24

ters represent the only items which help to swell the supplies that are put on the local market.
 The estimate made by the wholesalers on the cost of Birmingham's Christmas dinner tomorrow Is as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24
THE WEATHER

Washington, December 23.-Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi: Fair and colder Saturday; Sunday fair, slightly warmer light to moderate northeast winds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24

TOR appropriate floral offerings, phon' A. See Godden's Seed & Flower Store 201S 1st avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24

SHAW. The Undertaken Phones 9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24
LICE JOY. Undertaken. Phones 7s.

GREEN Undertaking Go. Phones ,ooa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24

Local office United States weather bu- reau, Birmingham. Report for the A hours ended 4 D. m.. December B. 1910:
The Republican journal., 1910-12-01
THE CHILDREN LIRE TT
KENNEDY'S LAXATIVE
CCJCfy y
Potatoes In Aroostook.

There seems to be no particular change
in the potato situation from last week.
The farmers are not hauling m ny to
market, and no one can blame themawhen
the price remains SO low. Not so many
years ago when the price paid today, 80
cents per barrel. would have been one at
which the average crop could have been
sold with profit. But conditions have
changed. The price of land on which to
raise potatoes has more than doubled:
and this item must be taken account of
when figuring the cost of raising bar
rel of Aroostook potatoes. Then labor
is nearly fifty per cent. higher than a
few years ago; fertilizer has advanced
in price-everything which is required in
the potato industry is more expensive.
In order for Aroostook farmers to make
profit on their 1910 potato crop, the
price must get over its present notch. -
Aroostook Republican.
The Republican journal., 1910-12-01
CAKE RECIPES FOR CHRISTMAS.

CHRISTMAS FRUIT CAKE-Stir a cupful
and half of butter with three cupfuls
of brown sugar until light and creamy.
Add half grated nutmeg, tablespoon
full of powdered cinnamon, one teaspoon
full each of Glove and mace. Dissolve
level teaspoon full of soda in half cupful
of sour cream; stir until it stops purring,
and add to the other ingredients. Mix
we'll and put in six eggs, beating vigor-
ously between each one. Corfectioners
and French chefs knead fruit cake with
their hands for it is too stiff to beat easily,
especially when the fruit is added. Now
stir in wineglassful of e-juice.
Sift four cupfuls of -four, and add to the
cake mixture, kneading in all the time.
Have ready one pound seeded raisins,
one pound washed and dried currants, a
quarter of pound of shredded citron,
and an eighth of a pound each of candied
orange and lemon peel shredded fine.
Sprinkle this fruit with two tablespoon
fuls flour and mix we'll together before
adding to the cake Add and knead ten
minutes longer, then put into two brick
deshad tins lined with buttered paper.
ANGEL FooD.-Angel food, by the
way, is one of the most ornamental and
celicate of cakes to serve. 1t may be
put into squares with hard icing, then
decorat ID with candied cherry, rose
leaves or violets. To make it, sift some
pastry -four four times over, then meas
ure one cupful and set one side. Sift
and measure one cupful and quarter
(scantl of granulated sugar. Break on
to large platter the whites of nine or
ten small fresh eggs that have been chill
ed in the icebox, add pinch of salt and
begin whipping in long strokes with
wire beaten. When partially stiffened
add half teaspoonful cream of tartar,
and continue beating until stiff. Add the
sifted sugar and teaspoonful of vanilla,
stir in, then add the sifted flour, and fold
in as lightly as possible. All this on the
large platter. Now turn into brick
shaped pans or pan with tube in the
center, place in very moderate oven,
and after twenty-five minutes increase
the heat little. 1t will require about
forty or forty-6ve minutes to bake Do
not jar while baking. A boiled frosting
is best for this cake -The New Idea
Woman's Magazine for December.
The Republican journal., 1910-12-01
Rodney Nelson's Bay Mare Midget.

Rodney Nelson of Palermo has a valuable
brood mare called Midget, now twenty years
old; She is bay, weighing about 1000 pounds,
Victor Wilkes by Geo. Wilkes, Jr. Midget has
the distinction of having produced ten good
colts in less then that number of years, the
youngest of which is now by her side. These
colts have been by various we'll bred sires that
have from time to time stood in Mr. Nelson
section All but one Of them have been bays
and Mr.. Nelson has been able to dispose of
them at very satisfactory prices when young.
She has been practically returning him regu-
lar yearly income as brood mare. Mr. Mel
son now has of her colts, besides the four
months old filly, five year old gelding, weigh
ing around 1000 pounds, that is great roader
Turf, Farm and Home
The Republican journal., 1910-12-01
RAISING MONEY FOR THE CHURCH.

How Some Women Have Solved the Prob
lem in Different Ways.
An easy way to raise money for the
struggling church in any community is
to have an "Apron Bazaar" says a
writer in the New Idea Woman's Maya
zine for December.
For this purpose all the women in the
church give their remnants to the cause,
pieces Of white lawn left over from last
years dress for the plain white aprons,
figured dimities and lawns for the fancy
aprons, while left-overs of ticking make
splendid aprons for heavy work.
The list of aprons includes black alpaca
and silk aprons for elderly women, some
with pockets and some without. Heavy
butcher aprons of linen and even aprons
of burlap for wagon drivers. They have
princess apron, chafing-dish apron,
Lady Baltimore apron, all made of white
goods.
One of the best and most business-like
methods of raising money by the women
of large city church was that of con-
Quoting a regular domestic exchange
every weekday, between two and five
o'clock, in the church parlors.
Here were displayed the best possible
products of private kitchens, and women
hurrying home from shopping, teas, card
parties and other functions, to belated
dinners and hungry husbands, stopped to
pick up salads, baked beans, cold meats
and bake-stuffs of various sorts.
The work was not done in haphazard
fasl ion, but was splendidly systematic
ed. Each woman who was willing to
contribute to the exchange registered
the sort of dishes she would donate and
the days on which they would be forth
coming. In this way there was never a
day when the exchange overlooked with
cake and showed shortage in pies.
A novel method of raising funds was
tried by the women of an Iowa town.
For years the women had endured the
teasing about the scarcity of oysters in
the church stews, and the small pieces
Of cake served with ice cream at festi-
walls. So they decided to challenge the
men of the church to give supper.
In towns where the jig-saw puzzle has
taken firm grip on both young and old
folks, there is money in an exchange or
circulating puzzle library. All members
of the church owning puzzles are asked
to donate their property, after first
working out the puzzle at home
Then the puzzles are loaned at five
cents each, and a time limit is set on
each loan.
The Republican journal., 1910-12-01

grew stronger, and within three months
I was perfectly we'll woman.
81 want this letter made public to
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. JOHN G. MOLDAN,
2115 Second St., North, Minneapolis,
MINI.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
inc testimonials like the above prove
the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which is made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight of these facts or doubt
the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
Ifyou want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
She will Observation-Disclosures
confidential. For 20 years she
has been helping sick women in
this way, free Of charge. Don't
hesitate - write at once.
The Republican journal., 1910-12-01
Children Crv
FOR FLETcHER'S
ASTORIA
The Liquor Agencies.

One of those wonderful alleged Au-
gusta dispatches which are liable to
show up in certain newspapers afraid to
father what they produce, says that
Governor Plaisted is in favor of repeal
ing the liquor agency law. This is in
credible. Such course would be das-
tardly violation of the constitution by
the Legislature itself, for the Constitu-
ton says-except for medicinal and me-
chanical purposes and the arts. Those
who blart out their wish to shut off the
supply Of alcoholic liquors for purposes
which have never been interfered with
either by the law or the Constitution,
Guido the most crack-brained of the tenn
perance fanatics, and in their eagerness
for open saloons place themselves on q
par with the poor topper who pawns his
child's shoes for the price Of drink.
The very most that the Democrats can
afford to do is to repeal the Sturgis act,
and take prohibition out of the Constitu-
ton if they can.-Six Towns Times.
The Republican journal., 1910-12-01
CHRISTMAS CANDY RECIPES.

SMITH COLLEGE FUDGE. Melt quar-
ter cupful of butter. Mix together in a
separate bowl one cupful each white and
brown sugar, quarter cupful of molas-
ses and half cupful of cream. Add to
the melted butter, and bring to boil.
Cook three minutes, stirring quickly.
Add two squares of chocolate grated:
cook five minutes, stirring very rapidly
at first, but decreasing toward the end
Take from the fire, add teaspoon and a
half of vanilla, then stir constantly until
thickened. Pour in buttered pan and
set in a cold place.
NUT FUDGE. Cook together two cup
fuls light brown sugar, one cupful of
thick cream, two squares of grated choc-
olate and teaspoonful of butter until it
gets waxy when dropped in cold water;
add vanilla to taste, take from the fire
and beat until thick and creamy; spread
buttered pan with English walnut
meats, cover with the candy and cut into
squares when nearly cool.
MARsHMALLow FUDGE. If your
marshmallows get little stale before
using up, try making marshmallow
fudge. Put two cupfuls graduated
sugar and one cupful of milk in sauce
pan and let the mixture come to boil.
Add one square and half of chocolate,
grated, and two tablespoonful of butter.
Cook about ten minutes, and then re-
move from the fire and beat until the
fudge gets rather stiff, but not so stiff
that it will not pour easily. Break
marshmallows into several pieces, place
in the bottom Of dish and pour the
fudge over them.
CHRISTMAS CANDIES OF MAPLE SUGAR.
Crate one pound of the maple sugar and
add to one cupful of cream. Stir until
melted on back of stove, then cook until
the sirup forms a ball when rolled be-
tween thumb and forefnger. Chop in
coarse bits two cupfuls of butternut
meats and scatter thickly over the bot
tom of buttered pans. Pour out the
candy to the thickness of a third of an
inch over the nuts, let it harden little,
then crease into squares with a knife.
When cold, break into candies. The
New Idea Woman's Magazine for De-
cember.
The Republican journal., 1910-12-01
KIDNEYPE!s' IL. s $,
eoa BAG xAcne MONEYS AND 6IopsS
A PRAYER FOR ALL MOTHERS

Walter Rauschenbusch contributes the
following prayer to the December Ameri-
can Magazine:
"O.God, we offer thee praise and bene-
diction for the sweet ministries of moth
erhood in human life. We bless thee for
our own dear mothers who built up our
life by theirs; who bore US in travail and
loved US the more for the pain we gave;
who nourished us at their breast and hush
ed US in sleep in the warm security of their
arms. We thank thee for their tireless
love, for their voiceless prayers, for the
agony with which they followed us
through our sins and won us back, for
the Christly power of sacrifice and re-
demption in mother love. We pray thee
to forgive us if in thoughtless selfishness
we have taken their love as our due with
out giving the tenderness which they
craved as their sole reward, and if the
great treasure of mothers life is still
spared to us, may we do for her feeble
ness what she did for ours.
eve remember before thee all the
good women who are now bearing the
pain and WEAKNESS of maternity. Be
with them in their travail, and grant them
strength of body and mind for their new
tasks. Widen their vision that they may
see themselves not as the mothers Of
one child alone, but as the patriot women
of their nation, who alone can build up
the better future with fresh ard purer
life. Put upon the girls of our people
the awe of their future calling that they
may preserve their bodies and minds in
purity and strength for the holy task to
which the future may summon them.
'Bestow thy special grace, we beseech
thee, on all women who have the yearn-
ings of motherhood, but whose lives are
barren Of its joys. If any form of
human sin has robbed them Of the prize
of life, grant them righteous anger and
valiant hearts to fight this sin on behalf
of those who come after them. Help
them to overcome the bitterness of dis
appointment, and to find an outlet for
their frustrated motherlove in the wider
ministrations to all the lonely and I'M
mothered hearts in thy great family on
earth.''
The Republican journal., 1910-12-01
PITTsFIELD PERSONALS.

Mrs. E. F. Williston of Troy visited
Friday and Saturday with her daughter,
Almeda Williston.
Mrs. Elizabeth johnson returned to
her home in Camden Saturday after a
visit here in the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Bert Bean.
DR.. E. c. Bryant and grandson, Bry-
ant Anderson, left Wednesday to pass
Thanksgiving day with his daughters in
Medford, Mass.
Bert Chandler of Burnham was operat-
ed on for appendicitis at his home there
Monday. Drs. Kilgore Of Belfast and
Whitney Of Unity performed the opera
ton. -Pittsfeld Advertiser.
The Republican journal., 1910-12-01
BUTTER AND CHEESE.
Exhibits Invited by the Maine Dairymen's
Association.

Exhibits Invited by the Maine Dairymen's
Association.
The Maine Dairymens' Association
cordially invites exhibits of dairy and
creamery butter and cheese at their an
nual convention to be held in City Hall,
Augusta, December 9Th to 9th inclusive.
Entries open to all people in the State.
Prizes are offered as follows: On dairy
tub, LIST, $500; End, $500; 3rd, $500.
The same for dairy prints, creamery tub,
and creamery prints, with $50 to be di-
vided pro rata for exhibits in the above
classes scoring 80 points and over, but not
winning premium.
For an exhibit of dairy cheese, LIST
prize, $500 is offered; End prize, $500.
Same amounts offered for exhibits of
factory cheese.
Entries close promptly at IL o'clock
Tuesday noon, December 9Th. Special
arrangements will be made with the ex-
press companies to have all exhibits de-
1ivered promptly. Butter and cheese
sent in will be cared for and repacked in
the same boxes by the attendants. Send
all packages prepaid and address to Leon
S. Merrill, Secretary, Maine Dairymen' g
Association, City Hall, Augusta. Ex-
hibits will be released Friday afternoon,
December 9th. After scoring butter and
cheese will be on exhibition accompanied
by the scores, and expert attendants will
be at hand to answer questions, as to the
object of the exhibit is educational and
for the benefit of the dairy interests of
the State.
All entries must be accompanied by a
statement of manufacture or production,
made upon the regular entry blank fur
nished by the Association. Programs
and entry blanks will be mailed to all ap-
plicants addressing the undersigned. No
exhibitor is allowed to compete in more
than one butter class for scoring.
Entries may be made in the name of
the owner of the creamery or factory, or
the maker, but not by both.
R. w. REDMAN,
State Dairy Instructor.
The Republican journal., 1910-12-01
THE LURE OF MAINE.

Written for the Maine Daughters of Bos
banquet November 49, 1910.
When Hunters Moon is on the wane
Begins the Turing lure of Maine.
For one glimpse Of thy rural scenes
Well cen forsake our Boston beans!
We're "off our jobs" and call strike,
And for the wilds Of Maine we hike
With spirits high, that do not fail
AS joyously we chit the trail"
November days mean, living high
On garden sauce and pumpkin pie,
On winter squash and apples sweet,
And other truck that can't be beet
The Husking Bee is now in order,
10 separate the corn and fodder,
And ardent youth with hope and fear,
Displays his prize-the first red ear.
For Fairest of the Fair he rushes,
And. spite of all her maiden bushes,
She soon in his embrace is locked,
No wonder that the corn is shocked!
And then those famous baked bean suppers
Put old and young right on their "uppers,"
AS round and round they gaily prance
In mazes Of the kitchen dance.
The woodbox is the fiddler's seat
While beating time with rhythmic feet
He larups well his homemade fiddle.
AS Rube and Sal scoot down the middle.
And soon the PAIRING Bee we seek
Where apples vie with maiden's cheek,
And each young swain, with envy yellow
Strives to "cut out" the other fellow.
To him there's one divinely fair,
Carrots look sick beside her hair;
With all her charms he's deeply smitten,
Not dreaming he might "get the mitten."
To the quilting Party than he HES,
For Seeing Nellie Home" he tries.
At the door he says, with boldness rash
Excuse the dew on my mustache"
At other seasons, when in Maine,
We're forced to quench our thirst with rain.
But now, our mouths we open wider
And fill our tanks with new, sweet cider.
And wish our necks, that take this grog in,
Might be as long as the Androscoggin!
And the cup from which our jaws partake,
Might be ~ deep as Moosehead Lake!
And the straw, through which we drain thi
fountain
Might be a. big as Streaked Mountain,
And the cider barrels which we tap
Might reach from Strong to Saccarapp!
All me! These good old times have fed
Rub-een and Sal-ome are college bred.
The auto now sometimes dis-graces
The old gray mares familiar places.
And strange contraptions and devices
The humble rural mind entices.
Full soon they'll come from Cup in Maine"
In highfalutin' aeroplane.
And many other vain ambitions
Have crowded out our old traditions.
Yet, spite of being up-to- date
We still adore our Pine Tree State.
And Indian summer days remind us
OF all the joys we left behind us,
When, yielding to the worlds false charm
We left our hearts down on the Farm!
Martha Maxim.
The Republican journal., 1910-12-01
To Save the Birds.

That the National Womens Christian Tenn
Perance Union Is steadily gaining recruits in
its campaign against wearing birds or their
Plumage on hats, was reported by the mercy
department of the union at the Nov. 18th
session of the annual convention Since the
taken the pledge not to adorn their head
gear with birds or their plumage. Cruelty
to animals and vivisection were strongly de-
nounced,
The Republican journal., 1910-12-01

All the good qualities of Ely's Cream
Balm, solid, are found in Liquid Cream Balm,
which is intended for use in atomizers. That
at is wonderful remedy for Nasal Catarrh is
rnony. It does not dry out nor rasp the tender
air-passages. 1t allays the Inflammation and
goes straight to the root Of the disease. OBJ
stinate old cases have yielded in few weeks,
All druggists 75c., including spraying tube, or
mailed by Ely Bros, Sc Warren Street, New
York
The Republican journal., 1910-12-01
Maine Society of New York.

NEW YORK, November II. Eighty persons.
formerly Of the Pine Tree State. dined tonight,
at the eighth Annual dinner sf:the Name Society
Of New York. Former Congressman Charles
E. LittIeield. president Of the society, presid-
ed. Asher c. Kinds. parliamentarian Of Con-
aress and Coneressman-elec from Maine. and
Dan Beard. the artist and author, were guests
Of honor. The speakers included Mr.. Little
field, Mr.. Kinds and George L. Record Of New
Jersey.