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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

cue, and while some wrested the knife from the young ruffians grasp and held him, others carried hig victim to his home, where he expired an hour, after wards.
 When the villagers heard that the poor little fellow was dead they would have lynched his murderer if gendarmes had not arrived.
 A parrot called Plato, remarkable as a linguist, was the principal character in a recent local tragedy in Paris. Vin- cente de Carvallos landlady is in hospi- tai. Plato could utter military commands in Spanish, make charming speeches in several languages, demand sa sauerkraut. beer and mention the Kaiser in German. and also talk French with uncanny flu ency. M. Carvallo was very proud of his pet, and when he returned from his lectures he spent hours teaching the bird rew phrases. It appears, however. that Mime. Machunel, his landlady, dis liked the parrot and she urged NJ. Car vallo to get rid of it While at break fast one morning Carvallo noticed a mur- derous look in the landlady's eye when Plato amicably invited her to come ont and pick violets with him. Carvallo left to attend lecture, but became uneasy, and returned an hour later, Just in time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

muscular exercise. Whether this be due
 to lack of inclination ss indulge in the strenuous life or from Nason of an oc- cupation that precludes out-of-door exer- else, the result is the same Ten minutes delightfully."- exilarating treatment will re- store the poise, straighten the tired stoop,
 banish all lassitude and make a new
 man, woman or child of the participator ID this twentieth century gymnasium. The
 one thing can be accentuated most strong
 ly, aside from the marvellous results
 obtained, is the utter painlessness of the
 treatments. Not only is the patient
 cured without inconvenience or discom-
 fort, but the exasperating or expensive
 trips from doctor to druggist are elimi-
 mated
 The offices are neatly arranged and con
 taln all Of the most recent discoveries of
 both electric and light rays needed to successfully treat without pain and cure
 most quickly and completely When this great cure Is perfected 1t does not return as, by other methods, as the disease is thoroughly stamped out and the body be- comes free from all germs Prospective patients are asked to keep in mind the
 fact that not one cruel and unnecessary slash of the surgeons knife is ever any thing but a stranger in their offices. Go and learn the true cause of your suffer- A-6S anu SouI cure IS only a question Of | intelligent treatment properly, modernly and s'rllfuHy applied by the Electro Radio doctors, who by the aid of the Electro
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26
Country With Only One Bank

There are no public banking institu- tions in the Dominican republic, and but one private bank with agencies in the more prominent towns which buys and sells drafts, makes loans, and is the repository of the government funds.
 Buying and selling drafts is an inn portant source of revenue to this bank and also to many private individuals.
 Money is easily placed at almost any time at IF per cent a month, and sometimes at and 21a per cent with first class real estate or personal se- curity. Long time loans of large amounts are placed at 12 per cent per
 annum. Municipalities, borrowing money for Improvements and other pur- poses, pay 1 per cent a month
 There are very few depositors in the local bank Most of the well-to- do people, both among the merchants and farmers, never think of deposting their money but have small private safes or secrete their headings in some oth- CT manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26
WITH THOSE WHO LABOR
 IN THE LORDS VINEYARD
BY D. V. F RANGES

to carry on further study of differences and possibly removal of them.
 Leaders among Presbyterians, Con- gregational, Episcopal and Disciples unity commissions, who have been in initial conferences looking to Protes- tants getting together. substituting CO., operation for competition, report that the striking think about meetings thus far beld has been the lack of personal acquaintance.
 Speaking on this point the Rev. Dr. Charles Little. Presbyterian moderator, said: ''We cannot force union, but we can know each other. We have lived long in our respective worlds, knowing well the men In our own body, but know ing not at all the men in other bodies. It has been a delight, a spiritual uplift, to know these leaders of other names. After all, they are much like us. My judgment is that one of the greatest lev CTS to pry us upward toward the CO., operation we ought to exercise Is personal acquainted. When all get to know all, union will be here. I hope more of these informal conferences will be held We shall not be fit to hold the world con- ference till we know each other and when we know each other I am not sure a world conference will be necessary, un- less 1t be to plan common and co-opera- tive advance, every man doing his share. ''
 The Rev. Peter Ainsle of Baltimore, chairman of the Disciples commission, said immediately the initial conferences were over: ''These informal conferences held in New York to talk about Chris tian union, and attended by Episco- palians Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Disciples of Christ, were private, as Is necessary in the preliminary steps of a project so important and so delicate but l am free to say that the spirit shown was beautiful throughout While | there was perfect freedom on the part oi every one, there was not single instance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

New York, March 25.-(Special)- Where will the trend towards unity be- tween the great branches of the Protes- tant churches lead? That there is a steady growth in this trend cannot be denied and thoughtful men in all de- nominations are watching it eagerly and prayerfully
 Will it lead to organic union? Prob ably not. It Is to be doubted if organic union Is either possible or desirable. . But that 1t will lead to closer affilia- ton, union of effort along certain s broad lines of work, the elimination of waste effort, the taking up of lost mo- : tion; so to speak, Is altogether proba- ble.
 In the larger national view of unity Presbyterians, Congregationalists Epis- copalians and Disciples of Christ have now definitely committed themselves to Christian union plans f
 These represent 4,500,000 actual com municants. or approximately 12,000,000 Protestant population. There Is plan ming a world conference on faith and order, to be held In New York, but to : have in 1t religious bodies of Europe Australia and south Africa and tc which will be invited the Roman Cath ollie, the Eastern or Greek Catholic and [ everybody else. s5s "'''
 The first conference between differ ent American religious bodies looking to this larger. one shave just been held Attending them were the Rev. Peter z ;Ainslie of Baltimore, the Disciples of Christ chairman; the Rev. pr. J. H. Gar rison of St. Louis, a leader among .Christians of the middle west the Rev pr. William T. Manning, rector of Trin- ity Episcopal church, New York; Mir iss R. Fulton Cutting. a foremost Episco- pal layman; the Rev. Dr. Charles Lit 2 tie of Indiana, moderator of the Pres byterian general assembly this year . the Rev. William Hayes Ward, who has seen much service on Congregationa1 unity committees, and about 20 others Committees were named in each case
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

. By means of experiments that have
 been carried on in Europe and America, the results of which are now ready to
 be placed before the public, 1t has been 1. .sconclusively demonstrated that by the
 use of directed rays of electric radio that
 mosts diseases are rapidly cured to stay
 cured. The rays penetrate the body and i. destroy all harmful germs. Prof. J. J.
 Thompson of Cambridge university, Eng
 land, has estimated that the radio rays
 are possessed of a million times as much
 force as Is produced by an equal amount
 of oxygen or hydrogen. They throw off
 cerpuscles or atoms of helium, moving with one-tenth the velocity of light or
 about 1S,000 miles per second. Thus the destructive phase of the rays Is based
 on their inconceivabe energy. A correct diagnosis is admitted to be two-thirds or a cure. As it were eyer for. human to . err, it follows that q diagnosis given by the best of practitioners is liable to be wropg Such cannot be the case with a diagnosis as demonstrated; by the power r ful ,electro-radio.
 The doctors are showing all callers in the suite of rooms in the Farley buld- ing and the wonderful apparatus and
 more wonderful results they have ob- tained- It has revolutionized the science of medicine, by doing away with most all drugs and medicines and. the. always { fear-inspiring surgeons knife. Not only do these wondrous forces eln1inte these relies of the past. but they effect cures where old-time nostrnms and bloody op- 7 erations have most lamentably failed. Tc
 child or adult, man or, woman. the pro- ,ecess is absolutely without sensation. They have scores of testimonials from youI foremost citizens, all ages and all classes {. one-time sufferers. but now happily cured. who will gladly vouch for the { truly wonderful results obtained, While < their scope as bitter foe to disease is practically unlimited they have been es- g pecially efficient against paralysis, ca- 4ttarrh. deafness, rheumatism, diseases oi rthe stomach. liver and kidneys and ail- !. ments peculiar to women. Therefore they , ask of the unbelieving Is visit. Theil demonstrations will now be held daily from 9 to 12 in the morning. to after noon and to evenings; Sundays, 10 tc only Another interesting and instruc' tive feature of the manifold benefits thai resulted from, the use of the electrica
 forces is their wonderful aid as re- iuvenator of those who. while having nc serious ailments, are vet run down ano euffering from lack of sufficient active
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26
His Bad Break

Judge-It seems to me I've seen you
 before.
 Prisoner-rYou have, Judge; I gave your
 daughter singing lessons.
 Judge-Twentv years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26
The Tenderest Skin Is Benefited
In Need of Doctoring

From the Louisville Herald
 Editor (extending manuscript)-You ought to take this story to some Doc- tor of Literature.
 Author (puzzled)-Why?
 Editor--The plot is weak. the construc- tion very bad. the style nervous and the sentiment decidedly sickly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

to see her wringing the parrots neck. In madness he threw her down the stairs She was taken to hospital and he to l prison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26
Mostly Common

From the Harvard Lampoon
 Lord Mount Auburn-Are millionaires common in the states?
 MT. Beacon Hill-Yes-mos of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26
Exasperating and Expensive Trips
 From Doctor to Druggist Eliminated

Electrical Forces and Power Properly Modeny and Sfuly Applied Often Effect Cures Where Old Time Nostrums and Bloody Operations Failed-Scores of Testimonials
 From Foremost Citizens All Ages All Classes
 One Time Sufferers But Now Happily Cured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26
IMPORTANT FIND OF HISTORY MADE Concerns Conquest of the
 American Continent GIVE $2OOO FOR NOVEL French Academy Will Award Prize. Literary Men Deplore Recent
 Demonstration at Theatri-
 cal Performance
Fly PAUL VILLIERS

Paris, March 25-(SpeciaD-W is re garded as an important historical dis covery has been announced by most re- spectacle authority.
 A librarian of the Bibliotheque Nation ale the 'Semaine Litteraire" announces seriously that they recently came upon a document which enabled him to guess "e secret de Catherine de Medics." This was nothing less than the conquest of the two Americans. The document in question is a map, dated 12S4, in which both North and South America were marked out as being French colonies. This discovery put the finder on the way to obtain some proofs of the pro- jects of this ambitious queen. She had named two viceroys-Troile de Mer neg was to conquer the north of the continent, and Admiral StrozZi was to take possession of Brazil. The two vieeroys sailed, furnished with secret or ders, but an unkind fate ordained that Troile should be shipwrecked and Stroz- z defeated and killed in a battle off the Azores The death of both of the. leaders brought the royal project to naught, and nothing would have been known of it but for the diligence of the learned H. Drarian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26
Great Big Bargains in Good Gray Enamelware

Gray enameled 2-qt. Coffee Pots ........... ..z5c Gray enameled gallon Coffee Pots ... .........3 DOC Gray enameled 2-qt. Tea Pots .... ......... 1oo Gray enameled 3-qt. Tea Pots =. ............ 5oc Gray enameled 2-qt. covered
 Stew Pans ......... 15c Gray enameled 4-qt. covered
 Stew Pans :. .... .25c Gray enameled 9-in. Pie
 Pans Q. .......~......9c Grave enameled 9-in. Jelly
 Cake Pans Sc Gray enameled 10-qt. Dish
 Pans ... ......... .25c Gray enameled 14-qt. Dish
 Pans -. .35c . Gray enameled 17-qt. Dish
 Pans .. ............ 45c Gray enameled large
 Dippers Sc Gray enameled 6-qt. covered
 Sauce Pans 35c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

Owing to the fact that great number of it's members made their name by novel writing, the French academy has de- cided to endow an annual prize of s20o0 for the best novel of the year or other work of the imagination In prose- It seems that hitherto novelists had been rather left out in the cold by the acad- emy. Eloquence, poetry, history, criti- c.sm were richly rewarded, but not TO- mance-writing. The new prize is ob- vously a counterblast to the Goncourt annual award of half the amount made under Edmond de Goncourt's will by the academy which he founded, and which, by his express wish must never include member of the Academic Franchise The jilting of deaf and dumb man | by his fiancee had tragic sequel. Rob- | ert de Ferry, who was born deaf 25 years ago had, nevertheless, been pro- vided with an excellent education. He made the acquaintance of Lima Loys, and fell in love with her. and the two | soon became engaged.
 | Mile. Loys reconsidered her decision | and while she was walking with the young man along the Rue Lepic she made her confession by means of the l deaf and dumb alpha bet. Scarcely had 1 he grasped the fact that his sweet heart intended to abandon him when he, | drew a revolver and shot her through | the heart Then he killed himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

little boy of 10 was recently killed by lad of 15 years of age at a Breton village They were walking: along togeth- CT when the bigger boy began to molesr the smaller, who protested. The bully took knife out of his pocket and stabbed his companion seven times. The child cries brought several persons to his res-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

One day last week the assize court acquitted boy accused of having mur- dered man to defend his mother. The man had repeatedly ill-treated the boy s mother and on this occasion he had been particularly violent. The boy killed him. At the trial the lad explained "He beat US every day. and often threatened to shoot us with revolver that he kept under his pillow"
Putnam patriot., 1911-06-30
,cvn TT FINDER HIS FATHERS CHAIR

PLACED IT UNDER HIS FATHERS CHAih through the window, while Mrs Mur nbv tried to crawl under the kitchen stove.
 All this excitement afforded the boy q good deal of delight, but he reserved for the evening the continuation or HIS inv He intended to blow his father up as he sat in his chair on the Daeh stoOp.
 Mickey thought 1t would be an ID sniriting sight to witness his tathe' erfnq across the back yard and plow inr I'D the ground with his nose. ID order that he might hnve an audience annropriate to so great an occasion Mickey had spread the news among all the boys Of the neighborhooa. auU of o'clock fifty boys sat on the Ieiiee surronnding the back yard. Mir tlnn' ,i-ad of the excitement of the day, hao fallen asleep in his rocking char oh inc back stoop when Mickey ht me sfem of the big cracker and placea ,. carefully under his fathers ehair-
 Tho moon shone brightly. iliumina' ,,~ ,ba ertn on every boyish face. EV a-v car was strained 10 catch the fam hissine of the fuse and every eye ID rent upon the sleeping man
 The fuse burned itself our. ana 'n' s,lance and suspense were deepened minute pcssed and another unu' N;ekev could stand the strain no long a- He reached down and lifted the eracracker from beneath the cnaI.
 Az he held 1t up in the moonlight 10 o~arnine fl mosquito lit upon nls tather,s nose, and the old gentleman
Putnam patriot., 1911-06-30
Mickey's Big
 FirecraCker

s-xAWO mammoth 1recrackers stood
 in the window of Casey's gro
 cery. They were twelve inches
 long and proportionately thick For A month before the Fourth of 1r,v these gigantic indicators of en- ,hnsiasm had stood in the window like pritish soldiers on dress parade, while . nre.atory spider hung a flmy ham mock betw zen them ana calmly killed his buzzing victims over two powder mines.
 The firecrackers were the admira- .,on and the envy of all the boys in Coopey Island. It was seldom that a ,orthful nose was not tiattened against tbe window pane in ardent covetous- ness.
 Rut the price demanded by Casey for the thunderers was prohibitive, so far as the boys were concerned. and there was not one of them pa- triotic or courageous enough to invest o5 cents in single ecstatic explosion Said Mickey Finn timidly one even ing when he had been sent by his mother to get quarter of pound of tea and half pound of pork:
 .Nr. Casey, 1 suppose now that vhip one O thim big fellows wint off fl would blow the stars out of the skyYa his mind filled with blissful thoughts of mighty explosions.
 Casey stopped measuring out half nint of New Orleans molasses, raised s monitory finger and replied:
 "Mickey, my boy, I'd be afeerd to tell you what would happen if l stood wan O thim big fellows out on the sidewalk and touched the stem wid the lighted end of five cent ciga-ar The noise would be terrible. m- son 'Twould make your head ring like an anvil. and you would see sparks like frehieS.
 ..Would it blow the house down7" askea the boy ill an awed whisper.
 "No. l don't think it would" said Casey. Tt might shake the chimly down and break all the glass in the windys in small pieces. and there would be papsr in the street as would fill an empty barrel O flour. Oh, but thin big fellows is mighty powerful Mickey: mighty powerful. They use them in China to kill murderers and robbers. They put wan of thim big frecrackers bechune the teeth of murderer and make him light the fuse wid his own hand and blow his own head off. Thin Chinese is mighty crool, Mickey; mighty crool."
 This vivid description in1amed Mick eys desire, which was Casey's motive
Putnam patriot., 1911-06-30

TILL NIP IT OUT AFoRE IT GOES OFF" in telling it, for the incident occurred on the eve of the Fourth. and Casey was afraid that the big tirecrackers would be carried over the national holiday and remain a loss on his hands In order to deepen the impression al ready made upon the boy Casey per nitted him to handle one of the twins. The boys eyes had widened to their utmost capacity when he was outside of the window. but now that he could feel the red jacket his hands trembled with the eagerness of possession, and he would readily have given ten years Of bis life to own 1t.
 Take it along wid you. Mickey" said Casey cajolingly. "Thim crackers were made in Chowchow. in China. for the Cooney Island trade, and l want to get rid of thim l have on hand be- fore send another order to Wan Lung, the haythin."
 But 1 have no money" said Mickey sorrowfully. My father is goin' to give me three punches of little fire crackers and pinwheel, but l know De wouldn't buy wan O thim big fire crackers for me"
 Well, continued Casey, you come down here tomorrow mornin and car Y in half ton of coal for me, and III give you the big cracker" The next morning Mickey was busy TOT two hours carrying chestnut coal ID nail keg and dumping it in Casey's cellar Just after noon. with a smile covered with coal dust and a bosom iuA ot chuckles. he received his prize NO grass grew beneath his bare feet e De ran homeward. the precious pow uef mine ciasped to his bosom. Hold "ls the big tirecracker aloft as be dart eu through the kitchen door. be eX claimed.
 tyr
 wen, l don't see anything about De makin fuss over" said Mrs slhn' who. ike most mothers. had we Tor fireworks. "Now don he "llsin 1t nearer to me- as Aieael t@ hEA ADG hhAFAt' sown info the middle o next week 1lFow the dirty thing away ID eireed O me life while you have if sVR hands! Now. don't be goin oea .Ae stove w1d 1t! Arrah. ye little spa gen will ye take it oil the stove ,aAe It of afore ye blow the roof ot ae houser And the frightened won
 ran into the bedroom and peere' e[oush the keyhoie.
 "Nh the recklessness of boyhoo'
 eAey exclaimed as he fit matei
 a reduced his mother to hysteric' stem:
 ioa needn't be afeered. mother
 mp 1t out afore it goes off"
 ~ this simple fashion the afternoon
 ne Fourth passed away in the Finn
 usehold, varied by the boy with oe-
 4onal visits to the neighbors, whom