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The Southern herald., 1911-11-17
A Manager.

why do you insist on carrying
that umbrella?" asked the bridegroom.
For purposes Of domestic econ
ony," replied the bride. I'm going
to turn 1t upside down and catch
enough rice to do the family for sew
eral weeks"
The Southern herald., 1911-11-17
Rebellion

Billy sat on the extreme edge Of the
last stone forming the low wall oor-
dering the grounds about his home.
There was a lowering expression upon
his face. Now and then he beat his
heels viciously against the stones Of
the wall
Around the corner swung Mrs. Don
nell. Billy and Mrs. Donnen were
ehums, so she beamed and called
'Hello!" as a ehum should. Billy
looked up from under his frowning
bFows and made no answer.
MY goodness!" exclaimed Mrs.
Donnell, pausing in surprise. What's
the matter with you this morningI
Where's your laugh? And your dim
ple?"
Billy growled something and shifted
around. Then he spoke with great
effort. They've GOT" He actually
choked over the word. They've gone
and got IA baby at our housed" He
jerked his head toward what had been
home to him. The expression Of his
face signitled that his connection with
the place was now completely sew
cred.
"O-o-ohl | see," said Mrs. Dom
nell She ficked the top Of the wall
with an absurd handkerchief and then
sat down beside Billy. Her serious
ness was very comforting. "No wonder
you are excited"
The Southern herald., 1911-11-17

Good morning. Mr. Baxter! | was
Just talking business with your son.
He says there is a superfluous baby
up at the house that is in his way, and
he'd like to dispose of 1t. If you'll
sell it I'll take 1t off your hands.
What price do you ask?"
"Um-m!" said Billy's father, frown-
ing thoughtfully. Nov, that's kind
of you. What shall we sell it for,
Billy?"
"a quarter" Billy suggested tenta-
lively.
"Oh, l think we ought to ask at
least 80 cents" said his father. But
wouldn't your mother object? | think
she'd feel sorry If we sold i'll"
Would she?" asked Billy in sur
prise.
YES" said his father. "Its queer,
but she's just crazy about it. You and
l have got to stand together and bear
It! We don't want to hurt mothers
feelings, do we?"
"No-o!" admitted Billy, irresoIuteIy.
Have you seen what funny fingers
It has? They curl around one OF
yours, tight"
"Do they?" asked Billy, interestedIy.
That's what they do," said his
father Come with me and I'll show
you. You can have lots of fun with
It, Billy. Come on"
"All right" said Billy, sliding down
from the wall and joining his father.
81 guess we won't sell It," he called
back to Mrs. Donnell. But thank you,
lust the same!"
The Southern herald., 1911-11-17

I'm not excited" contradicted Biz
ly, fatty. I'm mad. | don't want II.
What good is a baby? Nobody but
toned my shoes for me this morning!"
"Horrible!" sympathlzed Mrs. Dom
nell She pulled one fat leg up on her
lap and proceeded to remedy the de-
feet in Billy's toilet We'll, you see.
the baby's new, and you must expect
them to be dreadfully interested in It
People are that way. You've no idea
how foolish they can be over a red,
homely little new baby, Billy"
Theirs is awful red" Billy de-
clared scornfully. And 1t yells. That
isn't the worst, thoughts a grill"
He shot out the words in explosive
contempt What goods girl?"
"They certainly have piled it up on
you, haven't they?" cried Mrs. DON
nell. Whatever are you going to do?"
I'm thinkin'," announced Billy.
First l thought I'd run away. 1t amt
going to be any fun at home any more.
All they do is look at the baby and
act silly over it. can wait an wait
for somebody to pour the cream on
my peaches, an there's nobody to do
IT, Mother she stays right with that
baby and father he stays with 1t, and
Mary she just runs around from the
kitchen to upstairs and back again
and says The darlin'! Amt 1t sw-
w-w-e-et!"
"Well. isn't it?" queried Mrs. Dom
nell In suspiciously shaky tones.
Billy glared at her in reproach.
Sweet" he almost yelled Its Just
ugly and red. and hate I'll"
"Billy!"
Il dol" repeated Billy. ut can't do
a thing! 1t doesn't know anything!
When father took me in to see 1t this
morning showed 1t my new knife
and 1t wouldn't even look at i'll It
would II 1t had been boy! Boys
have some sense! Father just laughed.
And anyhow didn't have any use for
baby"
Il know" said Mrs. Donnell. "PIl
go and buy the baby and take 1t away
and that will rid you Of It,"
Wild hope sprung into Billy's eyes.
Then 1t died out. "You don't want It,"
he said, disgustedly. After you take
a good look at it you wouldn't even let
'em give it to you!"
Mercy" said Mrs. Donnell. rs 1t
as bad as that? Well, | might take
It anyway just to obllge an old friend
like you. Here comes your father
I'll see about 1t now!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26
NEGRO LYNCHED
 BY A SMALL MOB Pays Penalty in Maryland
 for Murder SHRIEKED FOR MERCY King Davis, Who Killed Man near Tolror From Prison
SHRIEKED FOR MERCY
King Davis. Who Killed Man near Baltimore, Taken From Prison
 and Shot Through Lungs Er Four Times

Baltimore. December 25.-King DaYls' negro. aged 2S years, who last Saturday shot and killed Frederick A. Schwab, white at Fairfield, was taken from the loclxun at Brooklyn, a suburb of Balu- more. at an early hour this morning and shot to death by a small mob.
 Davis. who was also known by the name nf Johnson. was dragged to a spot about 9o0 wards from the station and shot through the lungs four times. Ills body was not discovered until several hours later by a passerby, who notifled the po- lice. No all night guard is kept at the prison and the authorities had no khoWl- edge of the affair until the finding of the bodv was reported. Chief Irwin at once started an investigation, but has un- earthed no clue.
 The averaging band, thought to have not exceeded eight or 10 in number, formed quietly. They effected an entrance into the lockup without attracting the atten- tion of those living nearby and went to Davis cell, where they found the negro asleep. Hubert Chase, another negro who was held as witness Tn the ochWdp case, was not molested. Chase said Davis fought desperately and shrieked for mercy but his cries were quickly silenced by a hlow on the head which stretched him unconscious. He was then dragged away to his death.
 No noise or outcries were heard by the neighbors except the shots and no atten- tion was paid to these as they were thought to have been fired by Christmas merrymakers.
 Between the prison and the scene of the Iynching the grass was trampled down and there was trail of blood, indicating that Davis was badly beaten before he was taken out.
 A jury of inquest returned verdict that Davis came to his death by bullet wounds inflicted by parties unknown to the jury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26
SAN ANTONIO GETS GIFT FROM MEXICO

San Antonio. December -(SpeciaD The International club of San Antonio has received from the Mexican govern ment as a gift one of the finest ex- hibits of Mexican products and manu- factures ever brought 10 this city. The value of the mineral exhibit alone is said to be more than $300O.
 The exhibit includes all kinds of to- bacco raised in Mexico and manufac- tured tobacco from all the larger to- ba eco factories in the rcpublic;a splen- did collection of the woods of Mexico nuts, rubber, fiber and rope and other
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26
CARRY HOLIDAY
 CHEER ID POOR San Antonio People Make UnfOrtunates Happy
 With Gifts

San Antonio. Texas, December 95.- al.)-Charitabl people in San
 Antonio have been very active this year in the effort to carry holiday cheer into every home, and many poor child or sick father or mother or dis
 couraged family has been made happier and given encouragement by the ef- forts In their behalf. The Christmas cheer brigade began it's work in San Ahtohio several years ago and each year receives new recruits for the labor or love and extends the scope of it's charity. owners of automobiles vie With each other in distributing baskets or 1ood among and carrying toys and comforts to the homes of the poor. A powerful dynamic. thd Christmas spirit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26
ROBBER SHOOTS
 AND ROBS CASHIER

robber shot and seriously, wounded c. l.. Mccoy, cashier of a safe company in his office today, and then escaped with $25J in cash which Mccoy had been counting.
 When Mccoy went to lunch today he left the door to his office unlocked. Dur ing his absence the robber secreted him. self in the office. Mccoy was unaware of the robbers presence until he was SOW cred with revolver. After shooting Mccoy the robbsr obtained the money and fled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26
BURGLARS STEAL
 NEARLY S4OO0

New York, December 25.-Graduates of the newer schools in burglary operated on a safe in , and 10 cent store in Har- lem. today, and got away with $4000 in cash. The men entered by way of the skylight, drew electricity from live wire to operate their drill, and with nitro- glycerin easily blew off the safe door. Beside the safe were found kid gloves, which the burglars evidently had used to avoid leaving finger prints, which recently led to the arrest and indictment of sev- eral alleged burglars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26
Exhibition at Red Bay

Red Bay, December 5.--(Special)-- Prof George Zephulo of San Francisco gave an exhibition at the high school building today consisting of mind reading and hypnotic performances. This was tho first instance for the people to see a man hypnotize subjects and find hidden articles concealed from him while blindfolded. Some of the things that be did. was. to- find a hammer and nall hidder in different parts of town by Mayor Johnson and D. c. Clay. 8 EF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26
ALABAMA GUIDE \ FOUND MURDERED

Mobile, December 25.-Henricke De Leon, well known hunter and guide, who has resided on Bay Minette for the past 30 years, was found in his home early this morning with one side of his head blown of. There were no evidences of a strug- be, and the suppostion is that he was fired upon through the open door. The body was discovered by a neighbor. who came to this city to notify the Baldwin county authorities. There is no clue to the perpetrator of the deed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26
MAN KILLED BY
 A STRAY BULLET

New Orleans. December 25-Pedestrians were astonshed yesterday when John Houlihan, aged 40 years. suddenly col lapsed on the sidewalk, exclaiming that he had been shot. No one near him had heard the report of revolver and he was rusned to the hospital his friends believing that he had been stricken with heart failure.
 An examination showed bullet hole ir his breast. He died shortly afterward Police say the bullet was from revolvei fired in. another part of the city by 8 Christmas reveler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26

box into which patriotic pilgrims oc- casionally dropped coins of small de- nomination. The reward for his efforts could not have amounted to more than a dollar or two.
 Entrance into the building was ef- fected through a walled up doorway. The invader carefully pried out each stone and the work must have occupied several hours. The door being at the rear of the building he could work with little fear of detection. Evidently he was not a relic hunter for he did not disturb the many treasures that patriotic Texans prize so highly, which are displayed in the Alamo. Had he done so hue and cry would have been raised when the loss was discov- cred, but he merely wanted money, so the crime is likely to go unpunished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26

The dying glow of Christ mos Cheer is tanned into O flame of brightness with the prospect of the eco- nomical possession of the Uery models that have formerly gained your ex- travagdnt admiration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26

The many friends of John H. Sheldon will regret to learn that he is i'll at his home on Avenue G. MT. Sheldon recently returned from Denver very much improved in health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26
Couple Have Xmas Row

Waco, Tex. December 25-His face covered with blood and a bullet through his body, Joseph B. Sims, 3S years of age, hotel clerk, staggered into a cor ridor from his room today and fell deai. His widow was taken to a sanitarium with krife wounds in her neck. She said Sims stabbed her and she shot him. Jealousy of Sims by his wife is given as the cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26

seizse and grips upon hundreds of so-
 eiety and business people of the city.
 and with intense energy born of united sympathetic feeling they work early and late to carry Christmas joys and holiday cheer to the poor and lowly in the highways and byways.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26

articles made from 1t, anthracite and camel coal, preserved fruits und laces and other articles. The exhibit has been arranged in the rooms of the Internationaly club so that it may be studied by all persons interested in Mexico and in the products of that country, mineral agricultural and manufactured a %
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26
MONEY TAKEN FROM {. THE SACRED ALAMO.

San Antonio. December 25.-(SpeciaD
 Even the sacred Alamo, cradle of Texas liberty. is not safe from the midnight marauder. A thief broke into the old church building in the night recently and stole the contents of a little tin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26
STENZEL'S
 ECZEMA LIQUID

A clear white liquid for cleansing, puri- flying and healing skin and scalp dis eases. Stops itching instantly; cures per lnanently. few days after using the disease begins to disappear. Price, $i Sold in Birmingham by Jacobs Phar- macy and Patton-Pope Drug Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26
Nezvs of Ensley

A large and appreciative audience heard several well known singers and speechmakers at the Elks' concert yes terday afternoon, the local lodge en- tertaining from to o'clock. The vo- cal solos by Mrs. Dodge, MT. Bishop, MT. Wilson and Miss Rose were well rendered and each number received lib- eral applause The speakers of the afternoon were the Rev. H. T. Walden, Ira, F. Sandefur and Thomas R. Walker.
 This morning a 10 o'clock the cere- monies of the laying of the corner stone of the big Ensley postoffiee will begin. Capt. J. X. Thomas, chairman of the entertainment committee, will introduce the master of ceremonies, pr. Russell M. Cunningham. who will de- liver an address. pr. Cunningham will introduce the speaker of the day. Senator Joseph F. Johnston of Ala bama. A large crowd is expected to hear the speakers and witness the lay ing of the cornerstone.
 Following the ceremonies the sena- tor will be taken over the Ensley dis trict in motor cars by a committee of representative citizens and after the trip luncheon will be served at the Metropolitan cafe. Covers will be laid for about 25.
 About 2:30 o'clock yesterday after noon an unknown negro met his death at the hands of unknown parties. He was killed in the Nolan quarters on Nineteenth street and a negro woman has been arrested and lodged in the city jail charged with the crime. De- 1ectiyes Wiggins and Granger are working on the case
 The many friends of John H. Sheldor will regret to learn that he is i'll al his home on Avenue G. MT. Sheldoi recently returned from Denver yer, much improved in health.
 Tonight at 7:30 o'clock services vii De held at St. Johns Episcopal church al which time Dr. T. J. Beard of Bir. mingham will baptise the infant of MT and Mrs. Knight of Carbon Hill Mrs Knight is daughter of Mir and Mrs Gaine of Avenue C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-26
THE HAMILTON
 I4th and K Sts., N. w.
 WASHINGTON, D. c.

A select family and transient hotel; conveniently located; thoroughly com fortable and homelike. Good table American plan. Rates $2.50 up per day. Send for booklet. IRVING O. BALL, Prop.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-24

OF course, was Shah Rahman. In tho
gorgeous Oriental setting Mile, Paw
Iowa danced before her captor, seeA-
ing TO overcome him with her charms
and make her escape. All the emo
tions OF the dramatic situation were
expressed in her poses, poses thht
were the contamination OF grace.
Mordkin, too, danced, with more and
more abandon as he fell a victim 10
the charms of the lovely captive, the
passion rising with each new step un.
til al last he fell exhausted ana
AEyaide with her handmaiden make
their escape.
AT both performances the ballet
danced the folk dances OF Poland,
Russia and Hungary TO the strains
of the music of the masters, express
sing the whole history and character
of a nation. The Polish dances led by
Mile. Bronislawa Pajitzkaia and NJ.
Sergei Moroseff, were perhaps the
most striking.
The art OF Pavlowa and Mordkin
rose 10 the highest expression, now
ever, in the wonderful Interpretation
OF the Bacchanale. The riot ana
abandon of the dance OF the god OK
VINE anu TeNelIy NdiliNu ehN
away. The entrance OF the dancers
in this number is a picture never 10
be forgotten by those who have seen
IL, and the dance rises, becoming
wilder and wilder as the charm Oh
the grape becomes stronger, unal
Mile. Pavlowa sinks TO the stage ex'
hausted.
The music for the performances
was in harmony with the high plano
of art, being furnished by the spe-
cial orchestra which Pavlowd
and Mordkin carry with them. The
strains OF the old masters played
with great skill aud understandings,
took on a new meaning with the in
depreciation given TO them by the
dancers.
Pavlowa and Mordkin have con
The Detroit times., 1911-01-24
Bowling Teams
Well Under Way

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 23.-Ten-pin roll.
ers from Dayton, Ohio. will occupy
the sixteen Coliseum alleys today, in
the American Bowling congress tour
nament, their appearance TO be known
as Dayton night. The Ohioans enter
the tournament free TO break records
established year ago. Two-men
teams from Chicago, Memphis and st.
Louis will resume bowling at 2 o'clock
this afternoon.
The st. Louis Duffeys, promising
candidates for new national records.
captured all honors in the five-men
class yesterday with a score of 2,7lS.
The st. Louis Palaces were second
with 1886 and the Witter-Monroes
third, with 1850
In the two-men class, II & /. Stolz
Won with 1901, Eubanks and Mason
second, with 1851 and l.. Amman
and 7. Haley. third with 1921.
VI. Stolz again was in the first di-
vision in the individual play, lead
ing that class with COZ. Charles Den
nett was second with I'll and II.
Booker third, with $50.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-24
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The Detroit times., 1911-01-24
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The Detroit times., 1911-01-24

i1G SELF 1917 E'O TEN
But I've no guarantee I'll live to be
eighty"
you have no guarantee that you
will not"
But don't you think children should
make their parents happy?"
Certainly, IL the parents can be
happy in a reasonable way. II is not
reasonable for any parent to expect
TO I'LL the life OF child. 1t is against
al the laws OF nature"
But think OF all the love and self
sacrifice n parent gives TO a child"
Il have just noted the manifesto
ton of your love-" said the Brute
dryly. "As to self-sacrifice, II the love
that is in your heart for your child
and the pleasure of serving 1t does not
compensate you for any sacrifice. you
are unworthy of your motherhood
But do you think children ought
10 cast Off their parents?"
who said anything about casting
of? You have your place in the lives
OF your children, but IL is only one
place. You cannot satisfy the instinct
that calls for husband and family, and
you can reap only misery from the
effort 10 do so"
The Selfish Mother turned purple
and the Brute went on.
There are many places in the affec-
tons and ii takes a number OF people
TO fill them, just as different blocgs are
required to 1T into the structure OF a
house. You had as well expect to fit
every interstrice In a building with a
block of one shape as to expect to fill
every place in the lives OF your chill
dren. Believe me. what you need TO
do is TO learn the one place that you
can fill-and I'LL that acceptably. You
can never do that by trying to crowd
into place where you do not belong"
But whimpered the Selfish Moth
err, II know lots OF children who are
contented just with their mothers
love-"
"You know nothing OF the kind You
may know a few whose affections
who are making a brave pretense, but
their lives are incomplete and bar
rem. II you are satisfied to give the
world lot OF lives Of that kind, well
and good. IL not, change your de-
mands or get the guarantee OF an
early death"