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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Mystery of Glass

From the ScOlSIndn.
 A correspondent recently reported what he described as the 'curious freak Of a blackbird flying against a parlor window many times at the same spot.
 Such an incident is not uncommon. Birds have been known to fight for hours at a time, day after day, with their own im- age reflected in pane of glass, pecking and fluttering against the pane and quite exhausting themselves in their fury to demolish the supposed rival It is another instance of how the arts of our civilization corrupt and confuse the birds. It is the same with fishes.
 Darwin tells a story of pike in an aquarium separated by plate glass from fish which were it's proper food. In trying to get at the fish the pike would often dash with such violence against the glass as to be completely stunned. It did this for more than three months before 1t learned caution. Then when the gless
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
FREE CLINIC HOURS
 AT ST. VINCENTS

St. vincent's opens its dispensary for free clinics next Tuesday. It Is designed wholly for the poor and needy and under no circumstances for those who are not proper subjects for charitable treatment. It is new feature of the hospital work, which will be appreciated, especially by the indigent and charity workers. The free clinic hours are from to D. m.
 Surgery-Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 2-3 D. m.
 ynecology-Tuesday. Thursday, Satur- day. 2-3 p. m.
 Medicine--Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 2-3 D. m.
 Chlldrens Diseases-Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 3-4 D. m.
 Genito-Urinary = Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 3-4 p. m.
 Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat-Tuesday, Saturday, 3-4 p. m
 rthopedic-Tuesday, Thursday, 3-4 D. m.
 X-Ray and Skin-Monday, Thursday, 3-4 p. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03

l done to make their stay in Berlin pleas ant. They are Brgadier General E. A. Darlington, inspector general of the
 army; Brigadier General w. w. Weth-
 erspoon, president of the army war col lege; and Captain M. E. Hanna of the Third cavalry. General Darlington said the other day "The Germany army is a splendid fighting machine. The organ ization and discipline seems to be. as nearly perfect as is humanly possible. It is well worth the most careful study.
 Nothing could be added to the court esy, l may say cordiality, with which we have been received in Germany. The
 Kaiser is wonerful man. I think he
 will go into history as one of Germanys
 geatest sovereigns''
 Among the American visitors registered at the Berlin hotels are Mrs. Cass, Mrs.
 Milla of Denver, Col, MT. and Mrs. B. Damon of Plttsburg, Pa. MT. Otto Brewer of St. Paul is also a visitor here.
 Exploring the earth to discover the posi- tion of mineral ores Is the latest use to which wireless telegraphy has been put For the exploring apparatus, with which experiments have been made by Dr. Lowry of Gottingen, three holes. in line, are bored in the ground to debth of about 300 feet. or in some cases there are four holes, one at each corner of a square piece Iol 6iOdhds WDitii iiidy pt slS ldl St dS IVOU square miles. Wireless antennaes arc placed in the holes, each antenna being about 250 feet In height. By measuring the relative intensities of signals at enc an- tenna sent from the others through the earth, the position of any mineral deposits can be estimated. In examining a large tract of land for mineral ore the work of prospectors would be greatly facilltate ed and much shortened by the use of the rev method. The wireless "diviner" has al- ready been put to practical use in some Silesian lead mines.
 The Dowager Duchess of Meek lens- burg is soon to receive visit from Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales. She is now on the threshold of her nine tieth year. The lady-born a Princess
 Augusta of Cambridge-is the only sur viving granddaughter of George II, whose wife, Charlotte Sophia, was also a Princess of Mecklenburg Strelitz Here is some red tape. A few days ago a little boy amused himself by
 tearing up four ten -pfenning (penny) stamps, and after the father asked at the postoffice whether he could have them exchanged the official there said that only stamps to the value of at least
 one mark could be exchanged, and sug-
 gested that the man should wait until
 more stamps were destroyed. Instead of doing this the father purchased six
 more stamps and after tearing them handed the lot to the official who gravely exchanged them for 10 new ones.
 Though the taxation of cats has been
 discussed for some time the drastic step
 has been averted here. Munich, how ever, decided to put the threat into op-
 eration and charge of $1. 25 per cat per annum is to be made. It is not in the first place as a source of revenue that the tax is to be imposed, for ostensibly the purposes sought are the
 public health and the protection of birds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
TO DRILL TODAY AT
 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Boys Will Compete For Honor of Carrying the Battalion
 Flag

Today at o'clock the boys battalion of the Industrial school at East Lake will hold review and prize drill.
 The battalion flag will be competed for and the company gaining the most points will have the honor of carrying the flag for the period of one month. The competition between the boys is very keen, and Company c, composed of the you9Dest boys'of the school, is now carrying the flag.
 Lieut.. Col. Robert A. Morris, com manding officer of the boys battalion. will be in command, and he sends a cordial invitation to all friends of the institution and the public generally to be present on this occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Bedbugs Gnaw Wires

1Hollidaysburge (Penn) Cor. PhiIadelphia Record.
 Hollidaysburg was robbed of telephone |service this morning. Subscribers "tng-a- Ilinged" at their receivers in vain, for tho |central office was mute to the~most frantic 'hcllos' of the lawyers, doctors and bus mess men,
 Bedbugs were the cause of it all The Ipesky little vermin got behind the switch board at the central office, bred, waxed
 fat and prospefed. They had made a
 banquet Of the paraffine on the wires and electric equipment. and stopped. all the |after dinner speeches of the subscribers.
 After gallon of bedbug exterminator
 had been used by the linemen 1iollidays- burg was once more on the telenhone
 man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Horses In Paris

From the New York Sun.
 Paris has been described as a Paradise for women. purgatory for men and a hell for horses The number of horses steadily decreases under motor competi- tion and the horses that remain have to thank the automobile as well as the ef- forts of various societies for the better treatment they receive, for to survive In these days they must be fit., The army authorities take census of the number of horses, and the figures for 1911 show PASS in Paris, compared with 96,59S in 1901. This means that in ten years the number of horses has decreased 24,210, CT almost exactly a quarter The military authorities are somewhat perturbed over this fact It is true that for transport of war material and provisions automobile traction saves the use of many horses. But there remain the needs of the cavalry and artillery. The old standby for trained horses, the omnibus companies, will soon be of no assistance, as automobiles are rapidly supplanting horse drawn stages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03

was removed the pike would not attack those particular fishes, but would devour others freshly introduced.
 It did not at all understand the situa- ton, but associated the punishment it had received not with the glass but with a particular kind of fish. Darwins Amer ican monkeys proved themselves more "knowing.' When they cut themselves once with any sharp tool they wo.lld Lot touch it again, or else would handle it with the greatest caution.
 Thus they gave evidence of the simpler forms of reason of which monkeys are io doubt capable, but birds are evidently lacking In reasoning powers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Bright Money in Streaks

From the New York Sun.
 A man who gives to his wife all the bright dimes and quarters and halves he gets says that bright money seems to run in streaks. Sometimes he gets lot of bright coins for days and weeks in sue cession and then he may go anonlh and get not one. He doesn't undertake to uc- count for this, but he notes that in he last month he has gathered in next to- none. This has left him for that time With a little more money for himself than rre- 'yiously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
KAISER D|SPLEASED WITH HIS MINISTER Probably Supplant Him In
 Near Future
 AMERICAN 7 VISITORS
Army Officers Now In Germany Are Being Received With Marked Attention-Explori the
 Earth by Wireless
Rx MALCOLM CLARKE

Berlin, September 2-(SpeciaD the Kaiser is very much displeased with Herr Kiderlen- Waechter. the foreign minister, for the course the Moroccan incident has taken, is generally under stood When the negotiations with France have beer -completed and the situation completed in creation by the sending of German warships to Agadir has passed Into history, the belief Is general .that there will be a new Ger man foreign minister unless the unex- pected happens and Germany comes out of the mix up. with much more credit than now seems likely.
 The Kaiser Is now in personal com mand of the situation. Not a step is being taken without first consulting with him. He has followed with the keenest interest the labor situation in Great Britain. When it seemed that the strikes would spread so that it would result in the paralysis of the power which he really holds in respect, there was a marked stiffening in the German attitude towards France. Even now 1t is hoped that as result of the British labor situation Germany may get more than was thought possible little while ago.
 The great naval review at kiel next week is really a part of the Kaiser s Morocco programme.
 It will be the greatest aggregation of fighting craft ever gotten together by a continental power. No less than 1it German war craft with an aggregate tonnage of 4G0,0-o and with crews num- berlng 250,o00 men will be reviewed by the Kaiser and his guests. The fact that Admiral Count Monticuccolo. head of the Austrian nay. will be the kaiser's spe- cial guest IS regarded as significant
 fife American army officers sent to study the German army maneuvers have been the recipients of marked attention by the Kaiser and the best in Berlin society. Everything possible has been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Some Confederate Conversation

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 It is as natural for the veterans to get together and discuss war times. and the great men of that period as 1t is for the sun to rise and set. This morning a group of old soldiers who had fought with Lee and Jackson and the Johnstons, as they would praise this one and find fault with thc other one, 1t was easy to discern that there was fire in the old mon vet There was admiration expressed for one and contempt for another.
 The better nature of the group obiected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03

NEW STORE, 4O8 N. 10TH STREET. STEAM HEAT AND WATER FUR WISHED.
 SMALL STORE, 4TH AVE-, BET. BOTH AND FIST STREETS. ONE ELEGANT FRONT OFFICE IN NEW BUILDING, fTH AVE. AND 20TH ST. STEAM HEAT. WATER AND JAM ITOR SERVICE FURNISHED. CAN GIVE iaIMEDIsTE POSSESSION TO ANY OF THE ABOVE.
 LOUIS Vi. CL.RIs N 70. PHONE GUT. s'rH AVE. < 20TH ST.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Dr. Plunket Returns

The Rev. pr. Plunket, pastor of the South Highland Presbyterian church, has returned from his vacation and will fill the pulpit today at Il o'clock and to- night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Aviator Makes Record

Buc, France, September 2.-Aviator For ney. while trying for the Deutsch Tor g distance cup today, made flight of 72O kilometers (447,1 miles), in hours al- teen minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
This House invites sVisiting Buyers To View Its Great
 New Fall Lines
2

Ez 1EAREAWAREt that an invitation of this character w is not unusual, and that many other houses are
 SzzS presenting their claims for your trade But this
 SzsSy house has proposition which should command
 the attention of every buyer who desires to get the best possible for his firm.
 When house has been abe purely the merits of its merchandise increase its business by leaps and bounds year after year. and finally by sheer superiority of ice to double enormous business in year, it will be accepted conclusive evidence that gives the satisfactory results to its trade
 This house is Southern in location, in ownership in management in ambition and in sentiment, but it has solicited the trade of Southern merchants because 1t was Southern house, but the other hand has pre- sented for the buyers consideration, the stability of its goods and the actual values if offers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
FOR. RENT.

Forced to sell or trade quick, fine jewelry store. Sec classified columns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
OUR NEW BUILDING

further evidence of the great value of this house to its merchant customers lies in the fact that the enormous increase in its trade has forced it build for its exclusive the largest wholesale structure in the South and with exception, the largest south of Chicago. In exe- rior appearance and the interior convenience this is of the most modern reproof structures of its kind any where, and will be model for the entire country. This new building will be located at the Southeast hotel center of Memphis only three blocks from Court Square, and running to the Union Station pass di- rectly by the door
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
WE WANT TO KNOW YOU

customers, and extend cordial invitation the trade as body to visit our store in person. that they make their selections directly from the stocks. and form
 better conception of the value and stability of goods.
 We confident that the merchant who sees our lines will find that he afford to buy in distant national markets where his trade is not fully appreciated in small localized markets which do not afford the assort ment and values offered by this house.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-17

has sinned and shall confess this sin shall
be forgiven, and with that sweet promise,
we come just now, and plead for this for
giveness on the ground Of Christ's suffer
ing on the cross, and on the ground of his
intercession this morning in the highest
heaven. We blsgs Thee that Christ has
gone into heaven; that He is our high
priest. and that he has carried up all the
experiences of life = and so this
morning he is fitted morally and He Is
fitted experimentally to be the high priest
of man.
on. we bless Thy name for that man
Christ Jesus on the throne Of God. We
thank Thee that there Is help for every
time of need. We thank Thee that there
is comfort for every sorrowing heart. We
thank Thee that there is strength for every
weakness and q promise for every prayer.
God bless us today, and with all our spir-
it's moral force may we lay hold Of Christ
as our high priest; and the great promises
Of the word OF God. and the presence OF
the holy lspirit. So, we come this morning
in our Worship to ask forgiveness of all our
sins and grace to help Us In every time OF
need.
Now. our Father, help us this morning
to forget the cares OF the world, and help
US to center our thoughts and our hearts
upon what we are about to do just now,
as we worship before Thee. Our Father
we want TO ask that Thy grace will be
sufficient for those who are in trouble
for those who are perplexd-for those
who have lost the way-for those in whose
life the spirit Of light is dying-for those
over whom the world has thrown its myB-
tic fascination-for those who are in danger
Of forgetting their vows to God-for those
into whose lives sin has crept and for
those who turn their back on Christ ana
have forsaken him and the house and the
word of God. We pray this n orning, with
all the intensity Of our souls, and all the
earnestness Of which we are capable, that
God will redeem his own people from sin
and Satan and bring them into full fellow
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-17
Some Silhouettes of the Sidewalk Country School
By BOBBIE BABBLE

Where did she come from9 whittier will
she go?
This old musician OF the surging street;
Who in the sunlight wanders, bent and
| slow,
Filling the air with music, faint and
sweet
Now tbs Mozart melody she plays.
An oldtime dance, a song that's like
| prayer
Forgotten melodies of bygone days
Surge on the strings and fill the sum
mer air.
And now and then, in cracked and quaver-
ing tones,
Her old voice joins the music Of the
| strings.
Weird minor strains and cadences un-
Are in the fragments OF the songs she
sings
Marta's sad plant about final rose
Then 'S'wanee River" bits of Home
Sweet Home"
The song that every longing exile knows,
No matter where his wandering foot
steps roam.
A touch Of inspiration now and then
Flames in her old and sorrow laden eyes
/ Above the ancient fiddle. Then again
! The bowhand gains its youthful power
| and plies
With freshened vigor, and the strain
swells out,
Throbbing with passionate life and &C.
| stasy.
Age is forgotten! Hope has vanquished
! doubt,
And love sings out its noblest melody!
tbs the same fire that famed in times
long past,
| When Lucca or when Lucatelli played
tbs the same muse that lives In her that
| cast
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-17
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Serious History in Comic Vein d sSGSssS1"'

Sometimes a little dry spell is a good
thing" said Show Me Smith. the eminent
compounder and oonfounder Of history, as
he glanced suggestively at the nearest
cafe.
1T was during a very dry spell. you
know, that they discovered the Erie canal,
discovery that ranks second only In i'm
portance to the finding of the Pacific
ocean.
Il thought maybe they might discover
something Of the sort during the recent dry
spell, but the only thing noticed 'em dis
covering was a chance to boost the price
Of wine by taxing It so cents a bottle. And
water so scarce too. I've been helping
out by using as little Of II as possible
water, I mean.
1T was during just such a dry spell that
the city became alarmed and said Wen
have to find new bunch OF water some
where. The ocean and the Hudson are that
dusty they have to be sprinked. SO they
advertised for volunteers to go out and
hunt water, and got a good many replies.
Among them was one from a sage in Jer-
sey who guaranteed to find new water
supply with the aid of forked stick. That
appearing to be the most reasonable propo-
sition, they took him up, and he spent
month travelling all over the state, while
the town got drter and drier and all the
breweries were working overtime
After many hardships the explorer
landed on the banks of fine stream that
flowed straight as an arrow IN the general
direction Of Broadway.
AT lastl" he cried. 4 have discovered
the Erie canal. Mule, hot =
The canalboat he had hailed stopped
and allowed him to get aboard. He found
II comfortably filled with Buffalo oonnnrt-
ers who were on their way to lunch. It
would be served next Thursday, they in
formed him, and invited him to stay.
Can't stop now he says; I've got to
put the governor wise to this
Then he calls up Governor Clinton by
long distance, announces that the canal
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-17
Where the Pennies Go

Thousands OF 1-cent pieces are lost each
year. More than 1bO,OoO.OOo pennies are
coined annually by the Philadelphia mint
and only small percentage Of them are
ever accounted for. They are swept up
with the rubbish OF the streets
When the new Lincoln pennies were first
placed In circulation thousands were used
as souvenirs. never again to be placed In
general circulation. Hundreds were gold
plated and silvered. to be used as cuff links
and stickpins. Then at nearly all county
fairs there are machines that mutllate pen
nies-they flaten the l-cent piece, and
stamp view OF the fair grounds on Il.
This does away with thousands of the
pieces.
Not long ago over 10000 pennies were
shipped TO Cuba and placed in circulation
among the poor class of natives. Pennies
are placed in circulation almost as fast as
they are coined, but very few Of them are
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-17
Live as I Do" Bluff

The natural span of human life is said to
be three score years and ten, but the
peasants Of Bulgaria, who live largely on
sour milk, reach much greater age, and
Edison believes that he has discovered a
way Of prolonglng human life to $50 years
He has decided to live that long himself.
and would no doubt be interested in the
account of a man of 1O5
"old Boppel," as he is called, lives at
Obermoschel, in the north of Prussia, and
enjoys excellent health. The old man
takes his daily walk. and is still able to
read and write. He is the oldest man In
Germany, and can still remember the
march of the grand army through the
Palitinate in the year 1872. He can still
eat and drink with the best. His advice to
oil those who want TO live long is: Live
as do, eat and drink as I do. and then
you will grow as old as 1 do" That Is to
say, eat and drink what you like; don't
bother about your digestion or anything
else, and you win live to be 100.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-17
GkS LITTLE, SERMON FOR THE WEEK ENDS

-..p Wi.a the LJ.u Jesus N....-D Ana
then, our Father. we shall have peace
then we shall have power; then we shall
have the consciousness of Thy presence
upon us for all time.
What thing IL Is TO walk in fellowshi
with Thee! What a thing II is to know
that all things work for our good What
a thing it is to konw that nothing can de-
feat us, but that we are Thy children
coming up through the vicissitudes of lie
and the temptations Of evil. to our crown
and our kingdom. God help us this morn
ing to know and understand the things
we are called upon to do by our relation
ship to the Lord Jesus Christ. May we
be strong men and women; may we
welcome each discipline. May we grid
ourselves to serve God with renewed heart
and a new purpose and may we stand OUT
in the world as Gods representatives hold
ing forth the word of life by our lives and
by our examples.
We pray this morning for all who come
I to worship in this house. May they feel it
is their Fathers house, the very gate OF
heaven and the place of prayer. May they
know this morning that the Spirit of the
I Living God is here, and may He speak to
| each one of us. God bless us, as we wor-
ship. one and all; and we would ask that
Thy strength be given to sur men who
stand in the busy marts to do business
on Christian principles; that they may have
the faith and courage to live right. And
upon our young men and women, upon our
| children in the home and in the church.
God bless these young boys and girls, may
they give their hearts to the church of the
=, Living God.
Now we pray for the sick Of our con-
gregation. We pray for those who have
sought our help this last week in divers
ways. And, oh, how many heavy hearted
people there are in this world, and some of
them In our own homes-and we do not
know it-who need Thy grace and Thy
help. God bless each one OF u.s. We pray
that our men may take the lead in the
church and that they may invest their time
and money in this church of ours. We pray
that the friends of this church may become
members of this church and pour into it
the resources of their lives. God bless them
we thank Thee for their help and the
friendship they have for the church.
May Thy blessing be upon this land Of
ours, the officers and those in authority
upon this state, and upon all may Thy
blessing reach and Thy blessing fall this
morning who worship God in every land,
in every cline around the wide, wide
world, and may Thy spirit this morning
speak a message, and may we worship and
be accepted and our hearts be lifted up
today. And may we not ask that this hour
some men and women shah make the de-
clsion to confess Jesus Christ as their Lord
and Master, to receive the forgiveness of
their sins and identify themselves with the
church of the Living God?
We offer our praise and ask of our petit
| tons this simple faith In the name of
Christ Jesus our Lord Amen.