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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
Beautiful Music.

The music at St Paul's yesterday was spoken of by members of the congre- gation as exceptionally good. A beau- tiful mass by Marzo was sung and the choir had evidently been rehearsed well by Mrs. Colgan, the organist.
 In my pew during high mass hap pened to be a gentleman visiting Bir- Imingham. who belongs to St. Patrick s Cathedral congregation in New York,
 said musisal man of St. Fauls parish. After the services the visitor spoke In highly complimentary terms of the music.
 "A feature was the oboe playing of
 Philip Memoli, Jr. For the offertory
 he played solo entitled A Prayer
 written by Giovachino. It is violin work and was arrnaged for the oboe by the boys father. The composition is very artistic and is touched by tender religious feeling. When the choir sang the concluding number of the mass Agnus Dei-young Memoli played a
 short prelude and then an obligato to
 the baritone singer and also accom- panied the chorus to the end. The solo WniCu optHS tIe ASnus Icl WoS bCdu- tifu1 and moving and the oboe was at once pastoral and soulful. It recalled |a Sunday in St. Pauls 10 or Il years ago, as well as I can remember when
 the Mexican band was here for the State Fair. The entire band of 45 men
 played in the organ loft that day.
 There was very fine oboist in the
 band and he accompanied the alto sing
 CT, who began the Agnus Del q think lit was Weber's celebrated mass in CD.
 The Mexican oboist was matured ar
 tist and Philip Memoli, Jr., will be a master oboist some day. He already produces fine tone and his execution seems faultless.
 There is not much solo literature
 written for the oboe except the short passages in grand opera and symphony
 music. But many fine melodies written
 for the voice or the violin can be well arranged for the oboe. Brahms pa-
 thetic Lullaby which Schumann- -Heink
 made famous would sound well as an
 oboe solo, and so. too, would the Eng fish horn part in the Largo in Dvorak' S New World symphony"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

home, and these thousands will large- " consist of men who have hereto fore voted the republican ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

yUIAsHINGToN. October 1s.-tspe- Af cial) Baseball is not longer an
 " infant Industry" It started,
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
The Chatham Chest.

Carefully preserved at Greenwich
England hospital is the famous Chat
ham chest 1t Is great box curiousiy
wrought. its iron body being crossed
and recrossed by strengthening bands
OF steel 1t was the nearest approach
the artifcers of Elizabeth's age ever
made to the modern iron safe and was
worked with special care. since it was
the repository Of the funds of the great
naval charity. In 1858 it was felt that
something should be done for Eng
lands disabled sailors who had SO
nobly upheld her prestige on the sea
against practically the whole world.
So the Chatham chest was instituted.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
Deeeived by a Cloud.

The instinct of animals Is sometimes
supposed to be more infallible than
human reason, but scientists obser-
vations OF the katydid rather contra
dict that opinion. The katydid. with
Its musical membranes. produces two
distinct songs" one peculiar to the
night and familiar to everybody. the
other a daytime tune. which is rather
4 rasp than a melody. According to
the scientist mentioned. it is sometimes
quite comicai to hear the singers sud
denly change their tune when a dark
cloud obscures the sun, Immediately
resuming their daytime song when ii
has passed This recalls the hens that
go to roost during a solar eclipse.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
Rin Hearted Goldsmith.

Mills, a fellow collegian Of Gold
smiths. called one morning to offer
Oliver a breakfast, when he was adj
jured In answer to his knock and in
smothered voice to fore ol,en the doo'
and enter When Mills and Others
had at last forced the bolted door
they found Goldsmith 50 entangled in
the ticking of his bed that he could
not extricate himself without help. He
explained that as the night before had
been piercing cold he had given a poor
perishing woman with Eve children
all his bedclothes. What could he do?
He had nothing else, not penny, to
give her. 1T was a cold night, too" he
added. 'for~ couldn't at first sleep till
l thought of ripping open the mattress
to lie In the ticking, Oliver Gold
smith," by r. Ashe King.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
They Must Have sssass sns City = eed-
ian IN oldsn Days.

They Must Have sssaes ma City Bed-
iarn In oidsn Days
London must have been lively city
IN the days when the street crier
joined In competition with the bell of
TIE postman ana the muffin man The
boy who goes round the streets with
he early morning CRY OF Hot roIlsr
sim fingers In the outer suburbs. but
the old street crier has long been silent
In the land.
Some OF the ancient cries have been
collected By Frederick W. lakewood
In his book. The Good Old Tines
They Include Cherry Ripe. o." "Bak-
ing or Boiling Apples" Screen hast
ings" these were early peasl: "Laven-
der. sweet lavender. six punches a
penny" or perhaps Rabbits. wild
rabbits" and when there was a good
catch OF fish It might be "MackereL
Or or "Herrings. alive. all aiive."
Some OF the cries." writes Mr..
lakewood, would sound strange to
the ear now. as 'Bandboxes,' sBas-
kets,' Buy q broom Hair brooms.
Hot spiced gingerbread Brick dust,
Sand. or Bellows to mend Chairs to
mend Bill Of the play More. familiar
perhaps were Old clothes Cats and
dogs meat and Dust or
"Now we are reduced to little more
than the shrek and howl which are
supposed to represent milk and Goals. "
London Chronicle.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
Seems 70 Justify Superstition.

The opal associated with misfortune
by Russians of both sexes, who should
they chance to see en- opal among the
goods displayed for purchase will buy
nothing more that day, and it is Gu
rious fact that the japanese. being un-
der the sig that this stone belongs
to, should be the nation to bring such
i'll luck to the Russians during the
disastrous war between these two
countries
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
a surnrisa Ear sMaoner.

yes" said Swagger. this is tur,
keze ring"
Excuse me-" said Bangs; ''the cor
rect pronunciation Of that word Is
turkwoise.'
NO: turkeze. excuse me"
81 say turkwoise."
well, let's 90 to the jeweler and
ask him"
Right"
an order to settle wager" said
Swagger TO the jeweler. would you
mind telling me If the correct pronun
citation of the stone 10 this ring Is tur-
keze or turkwoiseT'
The jeweler took the ring and ex-
amined 1t carefully. The correct pro
nunciation," be said, lis glass. Lon
don Tit Bits.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
Youthful Reasoning.

A Maryland assemblyman says the
boys up his way begin to learn poll
tics as soon as they leave the cradle
BY ten" he states, "a boy knows
the game pretty we'll For instance.
one day in school the teacher was
asking the pupils about South Amer
lea. Explain the government Of ten
of the countries down there, she
said to one of the little fellows.
They're republics, he quickly replied.
What are the other three?' Demo
Gratis
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
Strictly Business.

ITO whom do you wish to make
your benefit certificate payableT asked
the officer of the fraternal order.
ITO my sweetheart" said the candi-
date for initiation.
According to the laws of our order
you'll have to marry her first"
Say. hold up this initiation about
fifteen minutes and I'll go and attend
to that."-Spokane Spokesman-Reyiew
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
lmposslble 70 lmltate onaI.

Alone among jewels the opal defies
the ingenuity of the imitator 1t owes
Its charm not so much to its own in
trinsic merits as to the splendor of
the rays Of light that it reflects II
is the chameleon of stones. Pliny,
writing 1919 years ago. remarked that
1t displays at once the piercing fire
of carbuncles, the lurple brilliancy OF
amethysts and the sea green of emer
aids, the whole blended together and
refulgent with brightness that Is
quite incredible"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
poualaa JsrroId In School.

Douglas Jerrold wrote BLACK Eyed
Susan" when be was twenty-one and
contributed to Punch the immensely
popular ''Caudle Lectures" not long
afterward But at nine years Of age
young Jerrold had been scarcely abe
to read, and 1t was not until be was
apprenticed to a printer. after serving
for some time as a mid hpman at sea.
that he showed either desire or capac,
ity for intellectual Improvement
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
When clsanlnn Furniture.

When cleaning upholstered furnt
ture 1t is often either impossible or
inconvenient to move it outdoors. In
such a case place a damp cloth over
the piece OF furniture and then beat
it. changing the cloth several times
during the process. The dust will ad-
here to the cloth and will not rise in
the rooms Suburban Life.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
saptlxed IN lrrIo.tion pitch

Probably for the first time In the
history OF irrigation q new member OF
the church was immersed in an irriga-
ton ditch in q baptismal ceremony.
Just west of Irrican, in the Canadian
Pacific railways irrigation block. Al
herta- ]. S. CUP, farmer. and also
pastor OF the Church of the Brethren,
oficiated at the ceremony, and Mrs
E. Studdebaker was the member who
embraced the faith and was immersed
In the irrigation ditch.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13

First Sport-Dickson is a wonderful
Hnancier.
Second Sport-How7
First Sport-He borrowed a nickel
from me this morning to take him up
town to see a man that he could bor-
row IS from. and with that s. he blew
OF another man that he borrowed $50
from
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
Easy.

About the easiest thing in the world
Ia to make splendid plans for the in
vestment OF the money one has not
yet succeeded in getting.-Chicago Rec
ord Herald
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
Acts unIustIx.

He often acts unjustly who does
not do a certain thing; not only be
who does a certain thing Marcus
Aurelius.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
HE knoeker Abroad.

When you hear a man start TO
boost by saying; 4 wouldn't knock
anybody, but" Just make up your
mind 1t amt goin' to be no BOOST
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13
ATLANTIC COAST LINE.


Psamslis Limiied.
DAILY Carrying through Coaches,
Hseeris- ishtsd Pullman Drawing Room
msspers, Dining Cars. Jacksonville to
Nsw YosE
New Ys Rs and Elerida Special.
DassrtI ton Of this popular train de Luxe,
Z&fs sf I'm consists Of Pullman Drawing
&&&M. 81 Aee 8ODsn. Sleeping, Dining and Ii
NFzEy~0A ervaeloa ears, heated by steam,
SH&zFpe1 Fith the new hfah speed brakes, and
- &=zzxz& tly 1&h&ed throughout by electric
80 sp&& d lz&h<z being provided for each
&sx8h, 90 erdins perfect eomfort In writing
81 <nx E&a Hng q night.
Hs1 &c 3 Snd Elerida special First Train
NeFz& - mary I. zs18.
Elsriaa odd Wssi Indian Limited.
uAHs. Carrying Through FREE Re-
cliains { hair Car. Coaches. Electric Lighted
PnIlmAa DEawiu< Rcom Sleeping Cars
Dinins Cara jacksonville to New York.
caast ! lne Florida Maa.
Daily. Carrying Through Coaches
and - stxie@Llahted Drawing Room
Sleeping Cars. Jacksonville to New York
Besps % Msal Stations.
Lseaa ssaspsr IaeksenvIlae 10 Savaansh.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-13

Harold-And what OF Cholly Pie
face, whose mother considered him
budding genius?
Howard-oh. he turned out TO be a
blooming idiot,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

Mir and Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew have sent out invitations for dinner at their house on West Fifty fourth street on | January 9.
 | Mrs. Alfred Ronalds Conkling has | changed the date of her "'rhe Dansant' at Sherry's from January 1 to the 13. At 1t Maurice will dance.
 Maurice in his speciality dances was also the attraction at Mme. Nordica Young's reception. She gave on this oc- casion q reception for Baron and Baroness
 de Meyer
 MT. and Mrs. George Henry Warren will entertain at dinner January Y
 at their home. No. 924 Fifth avenue. The Musical Comedy club, an organiza-
 tion of amateurs. will give two perform ances this month of King Karl Of Kron- stadt. which the prospectus describes as "A Musical Voyage in Two excursions. by Kenneth s. and Roy D. Webb. the
 joint authors of last years great sue
 cess, "The Dream Girl" The first per
 formance will be January 20 at the Plaza.
 for the benefit of the day and night camps
 of the Throat. Nose and Lung hospital,
 on East Fifty-seventh street, the charity in which Frederick Townsend Martin is so deeply interested. The digress from it's benefit performance. MT. Martin, who
 with Julien T. Davies John D. Grim
 mins, William F. McCombs. Henry D. on the committee of the night camp fund. recently took Mrs. F. N. Breitung over to visit the camp, and see tine splendid work it does in helping the poor in their struggle against tuberculosis receive the best of outdoor treatment and medical service, and nourishing food, and at the same time permitting them each day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
Suffrage Squelched

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 An exceedingly progressive member of the house of deputies of Persia made bold to introduce the question of woman suffrage into the discussion of that au- gust body not long ago. but the efforts was squelched with all dignity. This attempt. however, Is perhaps the most remarkable phase of the later develop ment of the feminist movement.
 It is not surprising in view of the po- sition assigned to women in Moslem countries that his decoration that woman has q soul and civic rights was received with mortified silence ley the chamber. all orthodox Mohammedans. or that they order the excision of the 'unfor- tunate incident" from the records of the house
 The deputy was probably member of the Baptist movement, founded by Mirzi Ali Mahomet in 1Si5. who declared him self to be the "Bab'' or gate through which the faithful might communicate wit hthe hidden 1mam," a prophet who with the hidden Irnam." prophet who appear to rule the world. 'Babism," a mixture of Mohamweraais-r with e.hies borrowed from Chr M tr 4s osophical precepts ~ 1ht c4 il unlike MahometaniF e eshaa a prominet place in 9uf
 For some time it Q 4p44 N4 England and tho S4atts tlit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

Perhaps I'd found out about it if such sales were made
 Meyer D. Rothschild, president of the jewellers board of trade, and also pearl sharp, says, Pearls are undoubtedly be- ing bought in New York. Our dealers sell cheaper than they do abroad.
 "A single 40 grain pearl may cost s20000 That is the way the valuable strings are being collected. The big pearls are rare. When a wonderful collection is being ad- vertised, 1t does not long remain on sale. Competition is keen In pearls, and they bring their full value. But the value is steadily rising. There is reason to believe that 1t will continue to rise.
 And this is the serious note which must be sounded. The output Is stead fly decreasing. for many of the oyster beds are worn out On the other hand, the consumption has grown immehsurably larger. People who found peaRls an ex- travagssce years ago now find them a necessity. Were it not for the necklaces which come from old estates and which come into the market through Christy,s in London. the price would be still higher There Is no earthly way of increasing the output. and therefore the price will, in all probability, continue to rise.
 The actual sales of wonderful strings Of pearls, the kind which bring several hundred thousand dollars. is a rarity. have heard of the alleged Astor, Gould and Gary pearls. but haven't found the jeweler who sold them Good strings of pearls can be bought for sl0.o00 They are fattened later. That is the main source of income for the jeweler"
 The Canadian winter sports will soon be at their height. Princess Patricia of ConnauGht has joined her parents- the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
\ NEW YORK
,,x mA,.,. !. ..Er WATTS DE pEYsrEn

1 Not only were the great country
 houses nearby New York filled with hetiday guests but Christmas dinners
 and old fashioned parties were numer-
 ous.
 I thought for time that perhaps the old time New Years calling or
 even the old Dutch custom of the New Years kiss might come into vague lagain, but not so. Ono of the Christmas amusements right popular this season was the story | of great necklaces of pearls presented by rich men to their wives I heard no less than three such tales with tho value of the jewels ranging from $20O 900 to s500.00O and they were told so seriously that I was impressed and investigated.
 Ludwig Nissen, who knows more about pearls than the oysters them selves, laughed aloud when he was asked whether he had heard of the
 rumored gift of a s20o.000 string of
 pearls from Col. John Jacob Astor to
 his young wife. who was Miss Made line Force.
 Have I heard of r Vas Of course: also about Mrs. Gary'a and
 Mrs. Gould's- Let me teil HfF1 ing.
 They weren't bought iH NeN HtN hey indeed exist.
 These fabulous peaf tlsit eaf for me- are pure myths. ity Goa list.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
S4000 for One Quail
rom the Winnepeg pisnatch

IVH 0Ht WlHhtpe3 Dlspatch.
 The state fisheries and game commits sion has decided to abandon artificial matching Of quail, after having expended nearly si0O0 and getting one quail chick en, which the commissioners assert. owes it's existence to the fostering care or his feathered mother and not to an Incubator. A large number of mall and female quail were obtained at a large expense from western states for the ex- pertinent at the Connecticut Agricultural college. About 10 birds remain, and these have been transferred to the hatchery at Windsor Locke The mem hers of the commission are satisfied that the only way to hatch quail is by the hen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

New York, January 6.-tspeclaL'- Society is recovering from the hoh- days and is getting into full swing apain. It was a great hilady season, too. I have spoken of the Angieclza- tfon of the New York Christmas ana u is true that the great festiVai is coming more English among the hisnis placed in society but It IS suli Ehs lish with an American accent. lns turkey is still king of the Aeast III tn~ very highest circles and tue .sooo oid American mince pie and fruit cake mas not been displaced by the plum pnd- ding.
 santa Claus. too, still clings to the little brothers and sisters of the rich. even if he is clad in purple and er-' mine and has forsaken the reindeer for the aeroplane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

is said to have very large secrat ,., towing in Persia, including some of ,I,a nlsher officials and prominent members or parliament. That the new movement among women. which even in Persia ha afeady begun. should find support in
 thls quarter is not at all astonIshine ana aS the sect Is expected to play a
 s"uins part m the future development or the country, an extension of tha .woman's movement may be expected. a 'ueveiopment which is also foreshadowed In other eastern countries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

when able to return to their work. Mrs Breitung was so impressed with the good work that before leaving it Sine gave a check of $l000
 The second performance of King Karl will be on January 31 for the benefit of tho Viyisecton investigation league.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

| Duke and Duchess of Connaught. at the
 government house in Ottawa. Already
 many plans for her entertainment are
 under way, and the social season at the
 Canadian capital this winter promises to | be very brilliant If is expected that the | princess and her brother, Prince Albert
 of Connaught. will make visit here be-
 fore the season is over, travelling lncog-
 nito.
 1 The charity ball. given annually since 1 1857, for the benefit of the New York Nur- sery and Childs hospital, will take place this season on Tuesday evening, February c, at the V aldorf-Astoria.
 The following ladies form the committee in charge of the preparations for the ball: Mrs. Algernon sydney Sullivan. Mrs. Edward J. Berwind. Mrs. Henry Mills Day, Mrs. Thomas Hicks, Mrs. Rob- ert Nco. Mrs. James J. Goodwin, Mrs. Frank s. Witherbee. Mrs. Henry C. Adams, Mrs William c. Robinson. Mrs. George Eilard Benjamin. and Miss Ruth Lawrence.
 Mrs. William B. Leeds has chartered Anthony J. Drexel's yacht, Margarita. and will sail for India soon, where she will spend the greater part of the winter, and in the spring will go to Japan, returning to New YorE by way of San Francisco. Accompanying Mrs. Leeds will be the Duke and Duchess of Manchester and Lady Sarah Wilson. Mrs. Leeds. who spent several weeks in New York this season at the St. Regis, with the Princess di San Faustino as her guest, sailed for England about a week ago.
 Each mail brings invitations for new affairs to be given after the holidays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
Thick

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 sreas aes- i3r <el hkt fssi6 ase eos. Naaw sas# fn ea9ose
 Wf 4p e npa wS lrs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
IS
 ECZEMA LIQUID

4 aeer nite liquid for cleansing, puri- fxiu< 4aa ealing skin and scalp dis
 Q@&lss atnFs itching instantly; cures per- |<.si'enHy few days after using the
 5esase 3e.zins to disappear Price. s1.
 Bis bingham by Jacobs Pbar.
 naASy and F'atton-Pope Drug co v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

' Y Hs or course l, z and teil ing.
 ,eN aiA they q tisil eaf for
 Icy eosA list.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

The Canadian winter sports will soon be at their height. Princess Patricia of
 ConnauEht has joined her parents. the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-30
EUROPE NERVOUS OVER SPIES
Case Of EneIlshmen Arrested In the
Baltic Taking Pictures Reveals
Situation.

Berlin, Germany.-The case Of five
Englishmen arrested on the charge OF
espionage while cruising in the Baltic
has directed public attention afresh to
the widespread prevalence Of spying
in Europe 'c.and the extraordinary
nervous alarm 1t is causing among the
powers.
Since the first of the year there
have been about fifty arrests In Ger
many for espionage. The majority Of
these arrests were due to the inbound
ed apprehensions OF the police or mill
tary officials. The majority OF the per.
sons arrested were French. English or
Russian. One Of the last named was
an accredited representative Of the
Russian government. lin some in
stances ordinary tourists have been
taken into custody for v~enturing un-
awares into grounds which are under
military control.
The English prisoners were released,
the only evidence against them being
that. while sailing neal the coast, they
took a number Of photographs OF the
scenery along the shore.