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with that advice given the rich young man who came to him by night and said, Master what shall l do to be saved?"
 We arc on the eve of another birthday of this master-poet, master teacher. Whatever interpretation may be given that saying of his that from him that hath not shall be. taken away" or that other ore, the poor ye have with ye all way" it cannot matter any more to the human family when it comes face to face with distress or knows the pinch of need. Jesus, too, knew the whips and scorns Of trne-knew well the fighting and the lov- ing life. Hopeless one day perhaps hum grv. is it strange that tIe should have seen no end to his hunger?-no end to the hunger of the world? Is IL strange that He should have thought it ''easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven?" Had he not
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ISoR numerous reasons the name of
 Judge William P. Chiffon is worthy
 of conspicuous place in the an- nals of the great men who have made Alabama. He was a lerned and incor- ruptible public servnt, patriot of the highest mold, patient and manly gen. tleman in all his relations. and a typical Christian. He moved among his peers with universal esteem, and amidst the temptations of public life preserved a reputation untarnished even by breath of suspicion.
 Of pleaisng temperament, he was joc- uar as companion, always agreeable in intercourse, minglng in true demo- critic style among all classes, and yet he never depressed an exalted standard of manhood even an iota. In his rigid fidel- fly to duty he represented the best type of the publicist. and alike in private and in public, exemplified a genuine manhood. Even under the laxest conditions and in the abandon of free intercourse with others, he never soiled his lips with un- seemly speech or with questionable joke. There was nothing that escaped him which a lady might not hear-nothing that he could not utter in public speech.
 He was a man of vast and command
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iginal epigram and in ro1licking anec- dote at the expense of his opponent. Fluent and eloquent he was at home before promiseuous gathering. His in- nocent, sparkling wit afforded him vast power in discussion Among the lu- dicrous sallies used in opposition to another in a speech. and one long quoted in referring to the remarkable conservation of his opponent he accused him of reaching an extreme medium Before popular assemblage he was irresistible in his joviality and power to produce merriment. Yet this was al ways done. in such way as never to occasion offense. Nor did he ever yield to buffoonery. His contagious twinkle of eye, his sunlit face and his ready husbandry of dictum suited to the oc- casion, were so remarkable that he would sweep an audience as a breeze field of grain. Yet his thrusts were so tempered by good nature that they left no sting nor pang of regret to the | speaker.
 Buttressed on character such as he possessed this variety of gifts gave to
 Judge Chiffon immense advantage. It was known to be impossible for him l knowingly to misrepresent or to take l the slightest advantage and conse-
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watched the feasting of the rich and noted their forsetfulness of the man lower down? Had he not suffered to the n- iensest point? Would that brave soul have said the Son of Man hath not where 10 lay his head if He had not at that speaking moment known des- tituton and poverty? It was the cry ef the human heart of Him, 1 think-no more Certainly it was no sanction of human misery, as some believe, else we could give Him no love. fancy the bit terness that exclaimed, from him that hatl, not shall be taken" Was brought about by that gray pail of poverty that pressed down upon Him and those He lowed. For it was among the scorned ones and those who lacked that His path led He saw mo light between the trees" a nd lie was hungry-both the soul and the body of Him. l suspect.
 And the nations go hungry today. much as they did in the time of that First So-
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Administration is rubbing the phase where they tryed to sit on Doc, and at the same time blandly assuring us that Doc has been "Vindicated.'
 Of course, Doc deplores the bad luck the Administration has had in the Investigating bizness, but he reely didn't feel like being the Goat.
 There air a good menny things that the Administration mite turn it's hand to and give a perfectly good airing" without getting hold of the rong number, but sum how they air unable to pick them out.
 The Administration has started an- uther job, believing it to be good polyticks, that if they don't watch out will turn out to be just about as Hot Potatur" as was Doc.
 Enny how, Doc is all rite. Yours trooly, BILL VINES.
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ing and conduct of Judge Chiffon.
 In such an orbit he moved, in such an orbit he died, leaving in the memories of those who knew him and in the rec ords of the state, life of distinguished purity. He was in no sense a recluse, TOT in the least offish: on the other hand, he was most cordial, and his piquant humor was relished as a season to pleasant conversations but he would never sanction by even a smile an un- seemly joke or expression.
 His was an active life Indeed his un- ceasing labor was a subject of frequent comment. This necessarily brought him into connection with all classes of men, but he moved amidst all scenes without the smell of taint on his character. His habits of life were as regular as the movement Of the hand on the dial face By this means he was gifted with a physical manhood capable of severe strains of labor.
 Beginning life as a young attorney, in Talladega county, in co-partnership with George R. Brown, MT. Chiffon was subsequently, associated in the practice of the law with his brother-in-law the late senator, John H. Morgan, the strong firm including two other distinguished gentlemen, George W. Stone and Frank w. Bowdon Chosen once to represent
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with offensive rubbish? If so, clean it up and give it a chance Change it from liability to an asset.
 Learn from the Japanese.
 When the Jap comes to this country he is amazed at the neglect of our premises. Tn Japan every inch of the little holdings, however small, Is culti- vated. The front yards blossom as the rose, and the back yards grow half the living of the household.
 Do you waste your back yard?
 Properly tended, when the spring comes it has big possibilities of garden stuff Even a small space is worth while A few square feet will bring forth an astonishing quantity of table deicacies.
 Resides
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praying on the products of our grate food industries than enny uther per- sun living. The Doc can fix his eagle eye on a ransum pale of butter and make it wish it was labuled axle greese, and Shurlock Homes himself cannot invent a disgize for Bensoat of Soda that can get one ovver on Doc. He's the remmedy all rite-all rite. And then the Big Boys who have grown fat on feeding the pub lick on Boil Weevils and "Balanus balanoides" took a nosion that Doc
 was too fresh and raised such howl barking at Doc till his life was a mizzery that the Administration con- culded that Doc was a Restraint to trade" and was therefore entitled to an investigation, and he got it. But bare in mind that Administration started sumthing, Doc didn't have a thing to do with it, but Doc being a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-17
T TO HEART TALKS-By Edwin A. Nye

You must want something.
 That is proved by the fact that you are dissatisfied. The cheaper things of life do not satisfy you. Then what is It you want? .5
 Will you let me suggest?
 First, you want to be what you were intended to be. Anything less than that will not do You were designed Tor purpose. just as the plant, the animal
 You want to be what you were built to be. And you try, though awilwardlY perhaps or in roundabout, bllld sort of way Nevertheless
 Down deep in you is the unquencn- able want You wish to be as intelligent as strong, as fine, as you were intended to be.
 Is it not so?
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BILL VINES ON DIR. WILEY

When it finally wound up the inves- tigating bunch was eating out of Docs hand, trusting implissitly in him to feed them enny bacteria dino thrium.
 Cents Doe has had his job he has been as bizzy as a one armed paper hanger tending strictly to his own bizness, and incidentally making it warm for sertain individuals who weer sum careless about whether there pure pork sausage was maid rum the ordinary hog of commerce, or the sad remains of "Old Tray" The publick was looking to Doc and assuring him that the prise of liv- wing was too high for there to be enny uncertainty in the quality, and when they set down to meel and ordered spare ribs, they wanted to feel resunabully confident that the sed ribs used to occupy the fat sides
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cialist. The wayshower for Adam Smith and Thomas Carlyle, Abraham Lincoln and you and me, saw deep into the hurts of the world. and found there no healing. That day must have been dark for Him when He said "the poor ye have with Ns a1way-He who so loved the poor II was terrible conclusion for that Sfeat optmist to reach. Among all his Ser- mons I find no such despair as this eX- pressed. We cannot be sure that His words were not prophetic, even though they were pronounced in all bitterness aud sorrow. Between the high and the low d gulf surely widens. Save on this nni- versal holiday which mankind has named in honor of Him, we seem nearly to for get the bleak lives of those who lack.
 Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomor- row the most of us will be ransacking the shops on happy service bent. Each gift that we give. please God, will
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stingy cannot be happy He is not built that way. Nor can the generous man who sees the worlds need and is unable to supply 1t be as happy as he would ike to be.
 Make money-honestly.
 Make it and give it away to the cause that needs--because when you lie down i'll your long, last sleep
 All you can hold in your dead cold hand Is what you have given away.
 Do you remember or have you heard it-Dr Conwelrs lecture on Acres of Diamonds?'
 Conwell tells this story:
 A man of south Africa wandered for several years, prospecting over veldt and kopje, searching for a diamond
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There is the possibility of beautifica- ton. A few cents expended for pro- fuse blooms like sweet peas and va riety of climbing vines will do much to hide ugly surroundings and trans form your back yard into bower of beauty.
 There's wealth in your back yard if you will dig for it.
 We Americans are so accustomed to big fields and large acreage that we are only just beginning to appreciate what may be done by intensive cultivation of small areas
 Dig in your back yard
 Over and above the neeessaries and the ordinary comforts of life what do you waOto
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syentiffic gent, and chemist and all that sort of thing, proceeded to do the Doc Jeekil stunt, and took sumthing" that transformed him rum a mild and purely harmless but dilligent pur- suer of the genus colcopterous Rhyn- chophora, and relasions, into the biz ness part of Buzsaw and he went thru the Administrations investiga- ting apperratus like catamount thru chicken roost, and all you could see was feethers and, they weer not Docs feethers eether.
 The Administrasion tryed to turn Doc aloose, but there was nuthing do- ing; Doc held on like Bull pup to a persunal frend. That investigation sure did raise sum rumpus, and it wasn't moor than started before it was awful hard to tell which was in- vestigator and which was investiga- fnn
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of Uncle Billy Porker, and not act as a frame for the support of the hide of a Mizzoury mule. Doc took it for granted that when he was ap- pointed to his job, that he was to look into these grave matters and kinder clear up the mystery sur rounding the food and drink consumed by the American peepul, and it was not long before he was freeing sum pretty big game, and slitely aggitat- ing the waters round the nayborhood of sum helfty fish. They hinted to Doc that he was on the rong road, and that if he wanted to continue or naminting his fat job, that he had better take a side track, and fade away. But Doc is not successful fader. He is little bit like a ser- tain Mr. Folk of Mizzoury, who was thru mistake considered one of the Boys" and appointed district attur-
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tfIM THAT HATH MOTLEY A. B. Bealle

yield its own need of joy.
 "In my Fathers house there are many mansions" the Master said. And in that Kingdom of God which some be- lieve shall he no more than d coming to pass of Love OH earth, shall we not be right jealous workers and servants in forwarding the kingdom?
 This we have to remember just now tEat between the princely gift and the beggarly gift there Is little real differ ence If you cannot give houses and lands, give handclasps; pocketless of q dime, you still may wish your neighbor well.
 If you give a spinning top or a toy stove to one of the worlds waifs, I warrant you. true prince that you are, undlminished returns. Even distrih 7 uton of rag dols and toy whistles may he right durable cornerstones for the temple in the Kingdom of God that is even now In the making.
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mine. Discouraged by his failures, he settled down in a house.
 One day while digging in his back yard he came across a find which on development resulted in the discovery of a rich mine of diamonds
 And the moral?
 Plainly enough, what Conwell makes it-the need of conserving and using all your resources, however small. "ln your back yard" says the lecturer, are acres of diamonds
 While the prospect of finding literal diamonds in your back yard is rather farfetched, nevertheless there is wealth 70 be had.
 Take d look at it.
 Have you made of your back yard 8 dumping place for refuse, cluttered it
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T<TO him that hath shall be giVen'
 and from him that hath not shall be taken away, even that which he hath '' Your minister will give you the spiritual interpretation of ms saving of Jesus 1 cannot. That gay hearted minister of cheer, 70. Henry, SIS pected that it meant nothing from noth- ing leaves nothing
 But whatever spiritual significance II may have for students of the Book, the writer has never been able to reconcile it with those other tender minded les sons of the Master. For the most paft the recorded talks and sermons of Jesus are superior poems, pregnant with sweet ness and light; yet here are words that bite and sting with unfairness. They lack that tender-mndedness that prompts ed the sermon on the mount, that prompt ed the story of the man who fell among thieves. They have nothing in common
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State of Alabama. ..lsxecltiVe Department.

Executive department.
 Montgomery. Jan. q, 1871. "Gontlemen of the Senate and House ot Representatives:
 ..It k with feelings of sorrow and re- eret that I inform you of the death of the Hon. N. F., Chiffon of the city If Montgomery. This event occurred last night about the hour of II. Judge Clifton was one of our best beloved citizens emi- bent as a iurist. and the people of Ala bama had often honored him with their public esteem and confidence. As a mem- her Of the legislature, as meber of Con- gress apd as chief justice of our su- nreme court, he discharged his duties with devotion and zeal. In the halls of legislation. he was a statesman, and he adorned the bench by his integrity and learning. The loss of such man is public calamity. and it is fit that the ie- partments of the government of a state he loved so well should pay tribute to his memory
 The occasion of his funeral was sad ovation of public esteem. The legislature. the bar the fraternity of Masons of which he was an honored member, to- gether with multitudes of friends. sought on the occasion of his funeral to accord to Judge Chiffon the merits of his just deserts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-17

K TISTUR EDITUR- Kindly allow M me to present for the careful
 consideration of the reeding publiek, this open fased, syentiffic looking gentleman, known as Doc Wiley-Doc Hervey certainly. The Doc is unnyversily known as the chairman of the Society of the h. vestigated, and is the prinsiple speek- CT at the annuel banquets of this grate organization, and he is also one of the largest consummers of lime lite now at large on the Ammerican continent. A syentist who is familer with mycrobes and germs to an as
 stonnishing degree, having given a life time studdy to the Gay and Fes- time Annamancule in its native lair. The Doc is on speaking terms with moor different varieties of bugs and insecks that make there livving by
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Fiction Makes Public Opinion

FfNW IeSNH N-
 Fiction, Public opinion is based on fic- tion If the yellow newspaper says 1t Is so, the people believe it is so. No matter if ii proves to be untrue; that fact is quickly forgotten when the next untruth is utierea When new fiction appears, the public Is impressed by it all the same. It swallows it, and a falsehood travels the world around before truth can get on its boots to overtake it.
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are not perfect. I suppose the reader has at sometime in his life purchased
 shoes with paste leather soles and heels. This leather is made of scrap leather, that is, pieces of real sole leather and pieces af heels. These scraps are not thrown away but are ground up into small bits They are then mixed with
 paste and pressed into sheets from which
 soles and heels are cut. They are gener- ally used for the inner parts of the heel and the sole next to the outer one. They
 will serve well for leather until they get wet; then the scrap leather swells and becomes like a sponge. SYou can detect the scrap leather very easily. It never has the ink gloss or polish that the real leather heel or sole has. Frequently you may find that four or five pieces of 'shoddy" leather are used in building up the heel, the outer part being good leather.
 Shoes often reveal character, for char acter controls ones walk, and the walk ing wears out the shoe In certain well defined places. As your cobbler will say,
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Wear at the heel, Live to save a deal; Wear at the side, Means long to abide; Wear at the toe, Live to see woe; Worn even the sole, And also the heel, Is one among many, Who's power you'll feel.
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I'll not vouch for the philosophy of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04

selves while endeavoring to enlighten
humanity. An especially interesting
chapter on witchcraft and clairvoy-
ance includes such names as DR.. Lee
LIE Voison. Sir Edward Kelley. Moth
er Damnab1e,'' and, Matthew Hopkins
John Law is placed in q class by him.
self, as q singular instance OF whole
sale dupery. A chapter is devoted to
the legend of the Wandering Jew.
which has given rise to numerous
frauds. Another chapter treats Of ia
nous cases of women disguised as
men, while another sets forth in out
line and with some detail ten of the
most famous hoaxes Of history. The
remarkable experience of Chevalier
DEon. once n favorite servitor of the
King of, France. whom his enemies
accused OF being a woman. is set forth
and finds an interesting counter-in-
stance in the story OF the "Bisley boy"
which closes the volume, this being
an analytical treatment of the legend
which still prevails in some parts Of
England that Princess Elizabeth
daughter of Henry VIII. died when a
young child and her attendants. to
conceal the fact from the king. who
rarely visited his daughter. secured a
boy from a neighborhood peasant and
dressed him in the princess clothes
This boy, according to the legend
grew up to be the future virgin
queen Of England. Mr.. Stoker dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04

cusses the tale from every conceivabl
point OF view and presents all obtain
able evidence bearing upon it.
WHO'S WHO, 1911, IN Annual Bio
graphical Dictionary. Sixty-third
year Of issue. London: Adam and
Charles Black. New York: The
Macmillan Company. Washington:
Brentano's.
The siXty-third volume of who's
Who is OF especial interest. inasmuch
as it carries the newly arranged royal
family list. in accordance with the
accession of King George. It is main
tained in its standard form. with an
immense volume of information con-
densed into a convenient space. The
usual features have been preserved.
including a full obituary list. Who
Who is one Of the most useful books
OF ready reference in existence.
THE CHILDREN's CITY. by Esther
Singleton, author of Dutch New
York" etc. Illustrated: New York:
Sturgis & Walton Company. Wash
ington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Miss Singleton has been making
books about cities here and abroad for
many seasons, and now she puts forth
a unique volume, intended to intro
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04

the victim Of his own generous nature
and the vil1ainy OF associates. The moth
er. self-exiled to italy. under new name,
rears the daughter In .seclusion and In
complete ignorance of the truth, fostering,
rather, a romantic exaltat1on OF the
father. At the right moment the son of
Sir George appears. and the usual comes
to pass. Then. Sir George himself. not
far behind the son in admiration. in q
glow Of approval. A return to England q
most unwilling return to the mother,
moves the story into its main current.
Some woman-to be sure-wtth a fine
memory for scandal and an equally fine
scent for news unravels the old tangle,
whereupon the pride OF Sir George gets
into immediate and vigorous action. Not
a new outline. But the filling is above the
common. The people are natural. usually
likable, sometimes clever: the situations
are. in the main. believable. Good weeks
Of fine English life In the country are
fresh and enjoyable. Early in the book
the italian landscape plays a large and
poetic part. One remembers this italian
atmosphere as somes Of the best OF the
book. \ we'll balanced, engaging story.
FAMOUS lMPOsTORs. BY Bran
Stoker. author Of "Dracula,' etc.
illustrated. New York: Sturgis &
Walton Company. Washington:
Brentano's.
Ever since the world began. with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04

out a doubt, there has been fraud and
imposition. persons Of all grades of
social standing trying by tricks and
devices to make their living without
honest labor, reaching after the for
tunes of others or playing upon the
credulity OF the innocent. Mr.. Stoker.
recognizing the fact that there Is al
ways keen interest in the practices
OF tricksters. has in this volume as
semb1ed a remarkable array of famous
and half-forgotten cases in which
shrewd tricksters have undertaken to
work their games and gain their re-
wards through fraud OF greater or
less degree. Pretenders to thrones are
naturally in the front rank of these
impostors. such as ,Perkin Warbeck
who laid claim to the title Of Edward
" Of England; the several false
dauphins." and Stephen Mali, who de-
clared that he was Car of Russia.
Then there have been claimants. to
private estates. such IS Arthur Orion.
who demanded recognition the heir
OF the Tichborne rank and. property
But there have been numerous other
fraudulent workers of historical note
such as Cagliostro. Mr.. StoRer. treats
in connection with this famous fmanip-
ulator of human credulity of Paracel-
sus and Nesmer, though pointing out
that In each case these men were
scientifically sound in method and re
sorted to tricks only to sustain them