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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
SOCIETY IN LONDON
Fly LADY MAR MAINTAINING

London, June % -(special)-The King and Queen will give state balls at Buck ngham palace on Friday, July 3. and Friday, July 1e next, and a garden party at Windsor castle on Thursday. July Is
 The court will be at it's merriest point from next week onwards following the recent period of royal mourning which eliminated the dances and garden parties previously arranged,
 An interesting proof of the efforts to- wards progress of the more cultivated of Mohammedan ladies in India Is the open ing of hizin or club at Murud, in the state of Janjira. The Begumsaheba of that state is one of the most enlightened of the consorts of the native rulers and her sister. Miss Alta Fy1ee. has visited this country charged with an official mission of inquiry on the education o girls. To Miss F'yzee fell the task of explaining the scope of the undertaking when Lady Clarke paid n visit 10 Murna for the ceremonial opening of the Duild- ing with its spacious halls. all of which has been given by the begun. Tn tho course of her addrosa shr e-',S-'-o7
 the idea of the club had originated in 1909 when her lnzhpess wla..s>. ., ;. something to brighten the outlook of "V..-e,l ilN,ng l.. monotonous seclusion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
IRISH PEERS
 TOBE ATFR|SCO CrOker Will Send Them to the Panama Exposition.
 Lamb as Swimmer

Dublin, June 29-( Especial .)-Richard Croker will send party of six Irish pipers with their war plpes to the Pan- ama-Pacifc exposition.
 A very few years ago and the war pipes were practically unknown in Ire- land. They were played, indeed in DOT tions of the north, but save for the pres- once of a very few pipers in Cork, Tip perary and Clare, some of them old men, the instrument was not known through out the country. It had not been gener- ally played for couple of centuries. Now, however, pipers are to be numbered by the score, if not by the hundred and pipe bands are springing up like mushrooms in the large towns. in the villages and in most unlikely places. They bid fair to displace fife and drum and brass bands to as great an extent as the melodeon and the concertina have supplanted the fiddle and the union pipes. Only in this case the change is hardly one which will cause any considerable sorrow or mean loss to Irish music.
 An Irish lamb has just won a mutton swimming Olympic. As a fishing boat was on her way from Ardmore County Waterford to Younghai harbor. the crew observed something swimming Tn the water about a mile off the land at Rams Head Not knowing what to make of 1t they made all haste for the spot, finding . young lamb swimming away seawards. Taking the little animal on board they brought it ashore. apparently none the worse for its long swim of several miles. as it evidenly must have fallen from one of the steep cliffs that line the coast in the locality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
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raise fruit unless you spray it. That Is the mistake so many shifuess farmers make; the consequence is unsound fruit and many a short crop"
 Peaches to suit every preference are hanging from the limbs of the abundant trees. The first crop is fast going, but the many immature green ones on other trees hint of further plenty Last year, said MT. Blackburne. the second crop was cut off by indictment weather ln- cessant rains bring ruin to a crop. The cold of early spring and the heavy rains this year did no harm to this crop, be- cause 1t was not far enough advanced. Thus 1t is all that anyone could ask for.
 Yes" he continued. my crop is in- dicatve of what my neighbors have and everyone else who uses care and intel ligence In hls treatment of the fruit. That is the drawback, commercially speaking. When one has peaches everybody has peaches; that. of course, cheapens them. But the farmer gets all the encourage ment he wants to raise good fruit and he can do it if he tries. There are plenty of agricultural books and pamphlets that give good advice and most of my information has been gathered from them. One doesn't have to worry about worn out soil. It need not continue worn out. Some of mine was so but I have made 1t new. The trees were planted five years ago, just after I purchased the place. They were all select, budded plants, pro- cured from a reliable man, so they had fine chance to start with"
 And you have given them every en- couragement to become the most flour ishing and beautiful of trees" he was told And demonstrating Pats epigram that livery plant has it's boog," he told of his plan to outwit the particular one that disturbs his peaches.
 Spring and fall this same plan is fol- lowed" he says There Is a peach tree borer-a little white grub, three -fourths of an inch long. that tunnels through the stem of tree just below the surface of the ground, and will kill it in a year or two The rootstock must be barred and the insect removed in order to rid the tree of the grub Then the root and sur rounding earth must be dusted with air saclxed lime to kill any remaining larva. It requires the two men about three days to go over my entire orchard in spring and autumn. This with frequent spraying and digging about the roots keeps the trees in fine condition, and so with my corn, which is sprayed and cultivated ire nuently There are five acres of 1t and it Is said to be the best in the county" No one could deny it. as the long leaves back of us swayed on their high stalks and curled in the breeze, some of it seven feet tall and with splendid ears and long silks to bear out its appearance of sumptuousness.
 Near the gate to the farm. which ex- tends from Seventy-seventh to Eightieth street along Eighth avenue. East Lake are the plum trees, loaded with the same character of splendid fruits that are to be found in the larger peach orchard. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
Society
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(Contipued From Page Twenty-six)
 >~~~~~~ ~~~~~~-~~~~~>-~~~~~~ studio and leave the city tomorrow for St Louis. Denver, Colorado Springs and other points in the west, returning by way of Texas to visit relatives for short time before reopening her studio in Sep tember.
 Miss Nell Deale and Miss Pearl Deale have returned from Republic, where they have attended house party given by Miss Jessie Wynn.
 Miss Margaret Anderson will leave the latter part of the week for Chicago to join a party visiting Cleveland, Detroit and points in Canada before going to Michigan to remain until autumn.
 Miss Matte Donahoe, who has been the guest of friends in Baltimore, will join the Zac Smith party sailing July for Europe.
 MT. and Mrs. IT. H. Strickland left yes terday morning for New York to remain throughout the summer.
 Miss Louise Archer is visiting Miss Mar garet Archer in Anderson, s. C., where she has been deliberately entertained. Fri day evening Miss Margaret Archer gave a reception in her honor and other dances and receptions are in prospect.
 MT. Leon Harris, a recent graduate of Howard college. left yesterday for the University of Chicago. where he will re- main until the completion of hls full course in medicine. MT. Harris is son of MT and Mrs. l.. F. Harris.
 Mrs Clyde Ennis and her little son starling, returned this week from Louis vile where she visited relatives. Miss Elizabeth Moore, Mrs. Ennis sister, re- turned with her and Is her guest.
 Mrs E. J. Thomas, Jr.. Misses Marjory Thomas, Mary Lanney and Master Lan- ney Thomas are in Savannah, visiting rel atives. They left via the Central of Geor- gia railway Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

"If one could only get the farmers to see it there would not be a vacant farm in Alabama, was the remark of a Bir- mingham capitalist a few days ago as he stood in the big peach orchard that so few people know is growing and bloom-
 ing and producing peaches as fine as any in Georgia almost within walking dis tance of town. The farm is the possession of Mir R. Blackburne, who is showing not only the possibilities of Birmingham soil for producing fruit, but that it may be an additional interest to a man whose chief industrial concern is cement.
 MT. Backburne is an Englshman-thrif- ty, careful in his management, versed in agricultural matters and when in doubt ready to consult expert advice on farm methods He has made study of fruits and soils since entering upon his peach growing industry, and the consequence is that his 1000 peach trees and his plums bear perfect fruit and an abundance of it. Thus Is his energy and intelligence re- warded, and to talk with MT. Blackbune, and above all to sec the practical use he has made of his F acres Is an inspiration for everyone who has even tiny patch of ground to begin digging and planting. The owner of the peach farm has q number of friends who motor out to his place and either the host or his black rep resentative, faithful Ben, is pleasantly in terested in showing them over the rough slopes that are laden just now with the first crop of peaches. We visited Ben a few days ago just after he had sent off the morning supply to the markets. A wagon comes in from the farm every morning stocked abundantly with the fruir and still there is more There were number of baskets in the cool shade Of a particularly large tree near the little barn which, with Ben's cabin, are the only buildings on the place As he bent over to offer some of the fruit with kind ly hospitality Ben's quaint black face was vaguely apologetic for, as he saw it. the left oyer fruit he had not thought quite good enough to be sent to market did not properly represent his masters and his own efforts. T am lucky to get Ben," said Mir. Blackburne of the darlxy;
 he is quiet earnest and remarkably en- ergetic for one of his race. He watches the fruit and the corn, nursing it and protecting it as though 1t had feeling. To make a success of fruit-or of anything that grows-a man has to be on hand himself If he cant be there all the time he must be mighty well represented. Ben goes over a part of the farm daily, spraying it. There is no use to try to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
WIFE OF FRANCIS
 APPEALS ID POPE Wife of Heir to Throne Has Been Systematically
 Snubbed
By EMIL ANDRAssY

Vienna, June 29-(Special. 1.-The wife of the Archduke Francis of Austria, heir to tho throne, has petitioned the Pope to en- deavor to obtain for her the full rank ac- corded to her husband, and the Emperor Francis is to be approscned by the Pope on the matter The lady in question. known as the Duchess of Hohenberg, has been systematically snubbed. and at times even insulted by the ladies of the im- perial family. At court functions she has been forced to walk at the extreme end of ? procession of 30 archdukes and arch duchesses. while her husband walked inn nediately behind the Emperor. at the head of the procession. with the arch duchess second in seniority on his arm.
 It has long been felt in viennese court circles that the Duchess Hohenberg, who is one of the cleverest and most accom- plished women in AussrIa-Hungary. and has unbounded influence over her hus- band. would not tolerate her unpleasant position forever, and that she would un- doubtediy claim fuller rights after the death of the Emperor Francis Joseph. if not before.
 The German Emperor showed his sym pathy with the duchess when she visited Berlin with her husband some time ago. bv according her full honors as the wife of the heireto the Austrian throne, and by taking her in to dinner himself.
 oil fields which promise rich results are now being developed by British and Aus trian capital at wroblik and Strawies One well, the "Rockefeller.' produced 20t tons during a 4S-hour test and this. the owners of the property say. can be con siderably increased. The equipment is al most wholly American and many of the engineers are Americans. Surface oil abounds in this region.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
Color Blindness

rom the New Orleans Times Democrat. Railroad superintendents are becoming yvery careful about hiring men who use alcohol to excess. Men who are heavy drinkers or great smokers. gradually get go they cannot see a red light or a green light It has been found that among lSS people mostly men, of course. who were color blind. 75 were hard drinkers. 45 used both alcohol and tobacco to excess, land g were inveterate smokers. In this astonishing test alcohol and tobacco &C., counted for all but 16 of the 1SS people who had defective eyes
 Professor Cutten of Yale college in a very exhaustive study of this subject, found that color blindness is more com mon among regular drinkers than among . Occasional drinkers It varies in a de- gree from a slight dimness of vision and Inability to recognize colors to total blind ness. He found that it was entirely pos Fible for a person to become blind drunk" from one single spree, and that The blindness was occasionally permanent, Especially when there was wood alcohol in the whisky.
 F The human body is a very finely ad- busted machine, but it can be gradually and sometimes suddenly wrecked by alco- hol. A body worn out by intemperance never reaches old age. It seldom gets much into middle life. Alcohol dries up and decays the nerve cells of the body. Besides wrinking and whitening the nerves of the brain, it also weakens the blood vessels. liver. kidneys and stomach
 Bat alcohol is not the only thing that foes this. Professor Cutten discovered that inveterate smokers. especially Of strong. black tobacco, have very much 4t}le same physical breakdown as hard z6rinkers This is peculiarly true in the
 
 the nerves of the eyes. After time red bnd green appear as different shades oi gray. If this breakdown of the optic rfrve co-tinues the hard drinker or hard pnoker is. likely to become permanently Cid hooelessly blind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

"Abundanate' bears out it's name cluster ing in Sixes and sevens around the leary
 stems and as a matron in the party out
 from town climbed up in the two branches
 of an especially handsome Burbank tree she was almost hidden by the heavy
 branches of crimson fruit that she was gathering There are nectarines, too
 green and Roman. that will ripen soon, and MT. Blackburne expressed the wonder that more of it is not marketable here.
 since the process of growing 1t Is not so
 simple.
 As the little party sauntered out to the car laden with baskets of fruit to be carried home, and exclaiming over the beauty of the view which formed the ridge on which lies the peach farm, commands a beautiful stretch of the lvalley in which lies East Lake, the spell of the freshly turned soil and the rosy fruit and the quiet of shady spaces was still strong upon the senses of the group of folk--even the children among them jaded and city tired-and some one again expressed the wonder that there is not general movement of back to the farm" And Mir. Black burne, practical, level headed English man that he is, gave it as his opinion, based on experience, that farming would be popularized if it were made profitable: and that the advantage of
  Cullman, could 1t commend itself and explain itself simultaneously to con-
 sumer and producer would be con siderable stride toward lowering the cost of living in this district. If one has to ship his produce, he cannot make | it pay, and he must find a market near home The best all round arrangement | is the central market plan, according to MT. Blackhurne. And remembering a conversation with Mrs. Barnes Nor gan, a successful young woman farm | er civic worker and society woman, reproduced in The Age Herald some l time ago. I asked MT. Blackburne why
 the central market plan last winter.
 which both he and she advocated so earnestly, had not succeeded. Because | it was a new thing" he answered. "The
 farmers did not understand It's ad- lvantages at the beginning and the
 housewives for one reason and another
 did not champion 1t. It is hard to get
 n Birmingham woman to put a basket
 on her arm and go marketing. She
 would rather buy almost any old thing
 at her door They will carry basket l in England or in Baltimore or in New
 Orleans. but Birmingham is just dif-
 ferent. As for the soil around Bir-
 mngham. concluded Mir. Blackburne, every inch of il can be cultivated and made 10 blossom like the rose. It is rich and fine, and adaptable to lots of l other things than coal and iron. Any | body who tries it will see that l am right These show it." and he pointed | to the baskets of peaches and plums | that Ben had helped to pack in the
 motor car as evidence of his master 8 l generous hospitality to nis guests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
Fooled a Lawyer
1e Roston Traveier.

From the Boston Traveller
 A story is going the rounds of how one of Suffolk county's lawyers was fooled by a client A tramp. arraigned for va grancy, was under suspicion of having taken the watch of an elderly gentleman who was eager to appear against him. The lawyer took pity on the unfortunate pedestrian. and convir.ced that he was not guilty. took the stand in his behalf and pleaded for him so strongly that the judge discharged him.
 Stepping from the dock the freed man followed the lawyer to the corridor and in a secluded spot approached him to ex- press his gratitude. He said: ''Honorcd sir. I'm sorry aint got no money to give you. but feel highly grateful and wish to repay you" F'umbling among the folds of his tattered garments he pro duced shiny object, and placing 1t in the lawyers hand. said: Here, take the watch"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

at the house: the dog was duly identified and arrested until the inspector was con
 fronted with the four-legged response to
 his official warrant Of course, imme- diate bail and apologies followed
 The health of the Princess Victoria has
 Never very strong, her royal highness is
 Never very storng, her royal highness Is subject to nervous depression and ex- cruciating headaches, chiefly neuralgia. When she is well the princess devotes
 herself to her mother. but she does not share the musical tastes of the later to any great extent. and if her health had permitted she would probably have fol- lowed the example of Princess Louise and taken up sculpture. As it is. she amuses herself with photography and one of her
 greatest pleasures is to make up small albums of pictures for her friends, en-
 circling each photograph with frame work of tiny pen and ink sketches. In
 the palaces Princess Victoria is known as the kind princess She is always anxious for the comfort of others. and
 knows far more about the servants than most of the housekeepers who are re-
 sponsible. Princess Victoria has a great love of flowers and always arranges her
 own vases in her boudoir. while 1t is not unusual for her to undertake the decora-
 tion of the dinner table when there is a
 small party.
 Lord Farquhar's task as joint executor with the Princess Royal of the will of the late Duke of Fife. which has been proved for 100000 sterling. will be an onerous one As the decision has been made to regard the document as royal testa-
 ment the King becomes its official GUS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

todian and he will be consulted as to all important questions affecting the future of the estate, as well as the two nieces, legatees Provision is made for separate estate for the Duchess of Fife. whose marriage will of course. need the present acouiescence of the King. and 1t is under stood that the Princess Royal will now have comptroller of her household, as in the case of her youngest sister. the Queen. of Norway. There is no present intention of curtailing the estate. although If the late Duke of Fife had lived It was believed to be his desire to dispose of some outiaying portions of his Scot fish properties. The new Mar Lodge. on Deeside, is regarded as the dover house of her royal highness-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
At the Cafe<

from Judge.
 He-Who is it you're looking at? ! friend?
 Divorcee (wearily)-No; I think itp husband. New York is very snaii, really. There's no privacy.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-08-03

His business energies have always
been confined to that of reducing the
cost to the consumer on the con-.
mon necessities of life. He has de.
voted his time at a great expense, in
order that the burden of the people
might be lessened by the adoption of
proper government laws. He has
never had political experience;
neither has he ever been connected
in any way, shape or manner with
any political machine organization, and
refused absolutely to enter this race in
any other way than by defraylng his
own expenses, in order that he might
carry on the fight single handed, and
thus, if elected, act according to his
own Judgment.
Mr.. Lindquist has taken a strong
opposition to the political machines.
He advocates voting on postmasters
direct, as method OF eliminating
the congressman who are members
of political organizations, from using
the machine postmasters for the
purpose of keeping the power of
political organizations out of the
hands Of the people. This fight for
the peoples rights will undoubtedly
ATTRACT national attention, for it is the
first time in the history of our coun-
try where a man has made a single
handed fight for congress, defraying
his own expenses and conducting his
campaign entirely by mail
Mr.. Lindquist claims that some of
the newspapers have been bought UP
by the political machines and that
the people are unable to read the
truth in any other manner excepting
by the adoption of the United States
mail. The laboring people and the
farmers throughout this district are
wrought up by the manner in which
the corporations and machine poll.
ticians have fought Mr.. Lindquist in
this campaign, and in many cases
farmers have left their work for the
sole purpose Of campaigning and
bringing the truth OF Mr.. Lindduist's
platform to the ears of their
neighbors.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-08-03
WORKED LIKE MAGIC
RED, scALY ECZEMA YIELDS TO
SAxO SALvE,

A Highland, N. Y, woman writes:
Since 1901 / suffered from eczema
and my skin was very tender, red
and scaly, and I could find no relief
until used Saxo Salve. The first ap-
plication worked like magic, in less
than a week the scales were gone and
now the skin is healed and smooth,
thanks to Sake Salve.
In all forms Of eczema, and all 9TH
err crusted or scaly humors and erup-
tions, Saxo Salvo has given astonish-
ing1y good results. The great improve
ment that it makes in the first few
days shows plainly that you can place
full trust in it's curative power.
We have so much confidence in it
that we give back your money If you
are not satisfied with Saxo Salve.
w. G.. SPRING DRUG Co.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-08-03
THE FINEST IN THE STATE

Is the big modern plant recently purchased
from the Booth Fisheries Co by A. 4. Wash.
burne and located at foot OF Midway on the
bay shore as permanent home for ~ con-
stantly increasing business In the m. N,act-
ure OF SANITARY Rugs from OLD Carpets ade
mark established 1899 In which line a trade
has been successfully established all over the
United States on the excellence of products.
This also gives much needed room 20 the Car
pet Cleaning and reftting department, which
includes large sterilizing abbator for purify
ing rugs and carpets. The cleaning DEPART
ment is fully equippep with all mbaern and
time saving machinery devices run by cleo
tricity. Two of the largest rotary renoyatine
machines for general CLEANING and a powerful
Vacuum machine 100 per cent times moro
powerful and eficient than the portable ones
this latter Is for fine rugs and orientals. The
plant is also equipped with three machines fsf
the sewing OF carpets OF all kinds in the .bst
approved manner with fiat elastic seams. thus
with largest facilities, most up-to-date equip
ment, highest grade of workmanship. lowest
possible prices, and prompt service. bespeats
busy future for the Petoskey Rug 90. Of
which A. t. Washburne is proprietor and 20
which address all orders and correspondsncs
should be addressed-N O.AGENTs --pet<n-
key Evening News. April i3 1911, Mako you-
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