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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

Romance Cont, one of the most famous
 vineyards in Burgundy has been sold.
 and no American millionaire disturbed
 his bank account to obtain possession
 No English or German bid has been re-
 corded, either, and the most royal of
 vineyards remains in the hands of a
 F, enchman, who was one of its former e -proprietors. Romance Cont has been described as the king of Burgundy vine yards When General de Gallifet, who loved good wine as well as good fighting wss the commander of the division at Df- ion, he Is said to have ordered his men to stop and the drum to beat while they saluted the first wine Of France each time they passed It.
 This Romance Cont stands in the very center of the great Burgundy vineyards. It's vine-coyered hillsides covered, cn area or approximately 40 old French <uvrees" e1u.valent to about five acres. If these f,gt res, which were given when the sale was announced. are correct. 1t would make the estate very small indeed. but
 these 40 "ouvrees" are said to furnish on
 an average 10 casks of wine year, of
 about POO quarts, and the working ex-
 penses are put down as only 20o0 francs, or s40O a year, the taxes being 193 francs. Trere were only six casks produced last
 year, but each of them was sold for
 iOt0 francs, which is the highest price
 ever paid for any vintage
 The wine was not so highly prized in the days of the French monarchy. It was sold in 1860 at the rate of 70 livres per cask, and about 1701 1t had risen to an average of 1So livres per cask. Twenty five years later it had risen to nearly
 double the price. A curious story Is told of it's first coming to fame. It was after the vineyard had been purchased by the Ia inces of Contin, vino really acquired
 ouly a small part of the old estate of Vosne, and gave 1t the name of Romance Conti that Louis XIV. was advised by hi- physician, Dr. Fagon. to try the
 Romance Cont wine instead of the cham
 parne which he had been drinking. The lung followed the advice and found the
 wire excellent. The court at once imi- ta,ed The king. and the Burgundy wines Immediately acquired great aseendency.
 he vineyard is said to have been first planted during the Roman conquest ot Gaul an later on we find it classed as O, c. of the properties of the Abbey of Citeaux When the Princes of Cont be- c.,me its proprietors they kept the wine IT os tlv for themselves, and sent pres ei ts of 1t to friends and, among others, to the Archbishop of Paris. Mgr. de Juigne,
 who described il as ebcttled silk and vel
 vet'' It was conhscated during the rev e,ntion and declared national property.
 A M Ouvrard finally repurchased it for sseo0e francs. and since then it came into tie hands of seven propristors. It was fo nut an end to this Joint ownership
 tiaf the sale was nndertaken The re
 serve price was 3o9.00o francs but ther.
 was no bid at the public auction. an l
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medicine.
 No, suh" said Mary, firmly I'm much obliged to you, doctor, but I'se done got my mind made up never aein to drink nothn' what won't squench."
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Tuesday night the crowd represented two sides of the life of the city--the riqh people who are personal friends of Mrs. Blahop and her five daughters and the poor people whose children. are as ini- portant in the growth and deyelopnent of the~young band. ]
 The players number forty and their ages range from 10 to IS. They go to ths:
 plshop home every saturday {. morning. !, e,al where the drawing room. is set apart for their use. They ara directed by Louis J.
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agitation, whose secretary he nearly be- came. One fine day Cognel made his ap pcarance in Normandy for the purpose of founding a school for intending coonists unGer, as he declared, the patronage of tho government An estate was secured,
 ard appointments were made but the whole scheme. broke down, as he had no
 nnorey behind him and creditors were
 growing troublesome.
 Ccgnel cut . very fair figure in the dock and the ladies. who were In the
 majority. rather liked the looks of him tcan otherwise. though the glory of his rosplendent uniform has naturally de- parted. But before the trial began. with obvious concern for his personal appear ance, he consulted his counsel as to whether he should or should not. wear cloves Tt will do no harm If you put
 them on," was the reply, so the court
 was treated to the spectacle of a brand
 new pair.
 The long drawn out taxicab strike which has lasted since November 2S, has
 come to an end throi,l.i the sheer ex-
 A"~eti"- of the strikers The companies ! have porsistently refused an increase of !. .e l.ie pronts which the men r'are- as 1t would have been impossible
 to work on that basis. A large number ct chauffeurs have already returned some SVu resumed Tn one company alone and another has some 15oo applications, but they will all be considered very care fully. There were at one time some 600
 men on strike. and it may be remembered Il at the incidents on several occasions were exciting. and included bomb throw ing, the exploding of cartridges in tab
 ooed cars and the firing of revovers Many of the striking chauffeurs have
 meanwhile left the nsghborhood of Paris and sought occupation elsewhere. The net result of the cessation of work s
 simply loss to both the men and the companies
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Good Idea
From Tit-Rits.

From Tit-Bits.
 Jones was at the theatre. and be him sat lady with a child on her which was crying unceasingly.
 Unable 10 stand it any longer. turned smidlingly to the lady and as Has that infant of yours been ch ened yet, ma am?'
 aNo. sir.'' replied the lady.
 .If I were you would call it I Idea. said Jones.
 And why Good Idea ?" said the indignantly.
 "Because,r said Jones. "it shoul} carried out
 It was Jones who had to be carried
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white bishap,and fhe southern white paosI pie Of all espbarrassment the negroes askl for a negro bishop to preside oyer tne colored work in the South and in the tso-l lated portions Of the NcFtllAS where they have congregations
 ? But the negroea binnder when. they ir.I sist on negro bishop. beins eieetsf ,es a' general snperintendepta ,They are W1llinS l for, him to be limited to asprestdency over negro churches and Resros conferences py ] the. action. of the board -of hishcpsi .out l.thev nevertheless want. hirrrto be a, full. powered bislsopeof the Msthodist Episco-l
 pal. church. :, In this they. aro wrong. ana
 the committee to which their petition. vas i referred m it's report. to the conference' declared that. no man could be elected O
 bishop with full power, pr. in other wornSs 1 a general superintendent. and yet. in ac-
 cord will, the law of the church. De lim- 1 tted in his superintendency to any par. ticuiar section of the church or to super.
 Intend any particular membership Of. the I Methodist church. To do the. work. of sue 1perfntendibg the negro membership alone [. i.tiie constitution of tho church win require an amendment which. H1n. provide for
 bisheps for the. negro race ,in ne Initso 7 It was easy to see that ex-vice Presi. deng Fairbanks has a warm place In the Methodist breast by. the. cordial reception given to ilirn by the general conference s1he ex-vicc president came to the con: lSN2rence to speak before tho body on the zzsSs Value of the College Man ssNssal Life."F z Het received al }zsy sAs he usually. coes among $ Z. .,vs~~sszSs b1efs ;sS < 2 Nz quite aetives as4 SE g At present hei is q % S z B ian napolis in the erec' < x s W pdist; hospital. whicf 2 SB s Ss siy $250.000.@ He is z in the election oA g xS 3Sz %3$S5 S Ss conference and if I s& su stasp1 the candi W SEj Ashua Stansffeld SSz S E sS sS 3 E Street Metho I S ss Z; *s}s z S Dr.f Stant ( s < xs$ ${ M esident's pastcI g3& Z < zE sought to cngaR sS Atical conversatior S 5 $zSs AMss Sative on that sut % E ;S " clam. They hal ssz x = sS ring him out % S5 x 3s,5S slSs he Tribune said { M has been er,Iaii sz seen repeated
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 Ssz xssS 3;Ss z%sary of the genel ccis.. s.a8p William F. Anders resident bishop at Chattanooga. spoke l.The Need of Christian Leadership State schools."' Bishop c. H. Hughl resident bishop Of San Francisco. and 1 Vice President Fairbanks also made dresses. while Bishop William. F.
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Creme dela Creme
 Whiskey

You soon forget ordinary whiskies. But his whiskey is so exnu01uina1ily fine, so exq1asItely smooth, that once tasted 1t sticks out in your memory forever after.
 Indistllers' original boting. Never sold in bulk.
 THE l. TRACER CO, Distilers, Cincinnati
 At all frst-class cafes and maiI-order houses everywhere. Four full quarts, $6O0-twelve
 full quarts, $15.00-express prepaid.
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l;YNfF fNt A@s< (lOxford Century. C1uhA

Trhe annual open meeting and receptio, Of the. Century club of Oxford college held on Monday evening, May. 6. was most successful affair .. This forganiza ltion of a number Of the. young wonei Iof :. the < college, P under ( tho g separati branches Of the .Philalethian and Gallo; pean Literary societies, aswhich S wers founded in 1850. took this occasion 55 show to the public their regular form z meeting. ;, The entire program twas r8s1 scented by the society members and MNN most attractive. There were paperlMzA Miss Chesta Mitchell, Miss Marion Az&$SS5 well, Miss Mary Willis Miller, a re M| by Miss Ruth Lahman and musical Ms Ibers by the Misses Ruth KImball. Saa Jeffers.- Charlotte Aiken and E
 Hail. Miss Edna Murphy presided EsAz8 s Miss Mildred Fontaino In the seer chair. Following the program an RzW
 nal reception was theid in the 9Nz655 parlors and ices were served. sz AZ lber of guests from the town and HzS sity were present. .sMMa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

On April 13 M. Leloup, an experienced aeronaut, started from Saint Cloud in a balloon called Zodas in the competition for the Dubonnet Cup. Several days later the balloon was discovered in the Bay of Biscay, but nothing could be ascertaine1 as to the fate of its pilot. Now the Aero club has received a dispatch from naval official at Les Stables dOlonne, stating that the corpse of M. Deoup has been picked up on the shore of Bretignolles. It Is presumed that, the balloon having been damaged by a strong breeze In the direction of the sea, the aeronaut endeav- ored when it was too late, to descend, and that the Zodian, alighting on the water, was buffeted about while its un7 fortunate occupant still hoped for res- cue from some passing vessel.
 AS soon as the news of her hushand's $ fate arrived at the Aero club ae Ie.oup took the train for Saint Giles, and it is thought she will return to Paris in time for the funeral. to be held on Fri day, the service being at Saint Sulpice. ana the interment at Pere Lachaise. The utn ost sympathy is felt for the widow aad her two children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

s23.25 WASHINGTON AND RETURN, JUNE 6, c. 2. GOOD LIMIT.
 SOUTHERN RAILWAY. PHONE BELL 3O03s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

Movements arc on fcot to train Meth- oei st young men and young women in the language of the Italians. the Slavs. fher poandsrs. the Danes. the Swedes, tho Norwegiaps. the Japanese. \ the Chinesa and other languages that ace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

FThe department of edrcation' oxz5zxzHM State federation now Is as. follo1HMS
 Committee q oni. Education--Mil} i}NASaSS|s Louise Armstrong; < chairmar1,- 2ESHNZM&M3 Gregor avenue, Mount Auburn, ;fk8ANz# natl; Dr. Jane sherzer,t Oxford. frk oxford; Miss Emile w Nrcvea, yygXzs3 1nati university, Cincinnati; Mrs. WM#& Stefnen. Scottwood avenue. ToledSNN*xzs, E, Annie E. Logan, State Normal tzz Oxford; Miss Amy Weihr. State EANMMMz school, FAthens; Miss Trillena
 Elmwood ss school, se Springficid5 Arnold Green. 211S East Fortieth tssSxzMS CleveIand; Mrs. Ella o. Shoemaker, lsassSSs eillon; Mrs. Emma S., Ol6s, Elyria; Mfx3 Alton IT. Smith. 22os East iNinety-thirtg Istreet, ,. Cleveland; f Mrs. k Frank $ Dick,i ;Oberliu.f
 k School Patrons Department of N. E. A Miss Annie Laws, 292Ik Reading iroad, Cincinnati.
 Advisory Committee ? von-; Education, Mrs Samuel B. Sheath. ' Tiffin; Miss Vivian B. Small, Lake Erie coliegeS painesville: Mrs. e JamesH R. Hopleaxa lBucvrus. Miss Florence M.s Fitch. Ob M#3 lin college. Oberlin; Mrs. A Edward tM Buchwalter. Springfield. KMs
 The following subjects are FeuggessXR for our two years work, and We wou S emphasiza the first three as' of. speciat Importance at tlte present time: VI v | l. munity centers in the schoolnouses or me state.
 2. Trainingv in normal Tschools Tann teachers colleges aforAA the teaching of social hygiene. 2
 5. An investigation of rural school con- ditions.
 The first of these is suggested by the executive board of the state federation the second by the department of educa- tion of the general federation. and tho third is one of the most important ques- tions before tho citizens of the. state at this present moment. 4. The loan scholarship fund Eof fthe state federation.
 Mrs. Alton Smith. 220s East Ninety-third street, Cleveland. has this in charge and will appreciate the cooperation Of tho clubs fin the work sha is doing.
 S. A study of conditions. necessitating tho introduction Of industrial education into the schools and of vocational bureaus throughout the state.
 6. The establishing xof continuation schools fin accordance with the state law
 Section T767 general code of Ohio In case the board of education of any school district establish part time schools for the instruction of youth over IA years of age, who are engaged in regular ems ployment such board of education is au- thorized to require all youth whp have not satisfactorily completed the eighth grlde of elementary schools to continue the schooling until they are IS years Of age; provided, however. that such youth, if they have been granted age and school ing certificate, and are regularly ern- ployed. shall be required to attend school
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

A duel was fought today at the Grands Roue by two sons of former presidents of the Peruvian republic Senor Garcia C:'deron and Senor IgIesas had quarreled over a private matter. There was as many as nine encounters. mostly of an ex- citing nature, as both gentlemen are ex- pert fencers. As early as the second bout Scnor Garcia Calderon received thrust in the forearm, and he fared no better in |, third. Both injuries being slight, however, 1t was decided that the fight could continue.
 Nothing particular happened in the three following encounters, but in the next, which was the seventh from the be- gj.ning, Senor Garcia Calderon scored ar advantage. He wounded his adver sary, and there was a rather long pause vhile the doctors who had been invited to be present watched the case. They event. .ally pronounced the injury not to be sufficiently serious to warrant the termi- nation of the duel. so the principals were once more confronted. The eighth bout wi ch followed was harmless; but in the ninth Senor Iglesias was again wounded, tlis time with a deep thrust in The right wnst, and as it affected the muscle con- rected with the thumb and so put him ir decided position of inferiority the seconds. acting on the advice of the doc tors, brought the fight to close.
 Senor Gomez Carillo and Senor Larco del Valle were the seconds of Senor Gar oia Caderon, Senor Plasencia and M. Soyer acting in like capacity for Senor Iglesias, while the combat was directed by Lieutenant Touny of the First regi- ment of Curassiers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
IThe unruIy Tona,le,M

%fhc UnruIy Tongue.M
 fYou know what preventive is.v don't you?, It means money in regard to pov- erty, health fin regard to catching dis ease and cheerfulness in regard to a prolonged case of the blues. But you have heard people call the something a preventative. haven't you? Don't put the extra "ta'' in just to be sociabie. be- cause 1t is as wrong as can be. - =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
NEW RAILWAY TIME CAUSES CONFUSION People Do Not Understand What 19:3O O'clock Means FIERCE DUEL FOUGHT Corpse of Daring Aviator Picked Up on Shore of Bretignolles-Famous
 Vineyard Sold to Frenchman.
 Impostor Attracts Crowd
FIERCE DUEL FOUGHT
By GEORGE puFREsNE

Paris, May 25-(Special.)- .)-The new 24- hour railway time has been put into prac- tiee at all the railway stations in Paris, and the system Is being extended through cut the entire country. The new way of telling the time caused some bewilder- ment to travellers, who inquired for trains quite unconscious of the change. When told that train so-and-so was to start a5 Is o'clock or at 21 :50 they looked in amaze ren at the employees. Many did not un- dcrstand, and wondered if the station hands had suddenly gone mad. It was of pe use turning from one puzzling guard U another to ask the time in plain lan- euage. They all had received the order to speak only in the official time table language, which they repeated with pro- vcking gravity.
 Good heavensl Have all these people gene mad?' exclaimed elderly ladies who had not been warned of the change. At all their exclamations the station em- rlcyes retained their imperturbable de- neanor and spoke of 14 o'clock and 19;3o as if 1t had been a current matter for the last hundred years. It was in the midst I of this confusion I heard one lady say that the Calais express was derailed. + could not be otherwise with this new. crazy way of telling the time.
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 for oid-fashionsd Methodism.I It is m. ns lslestlra. as c matter of contrast 10 sss tfie dlf{erence morally between tue oi1 and the new A24shodisnl. This gelns,aa, confarence wly sssc the most advanced ! gro,,nd of sEn to the legalizedi aA ,,,or tras$$z ' 'orri1s. and II VII
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tn 5nference are new men--ti pr. Asnt as members fcr the first Wss
 This means that the merest novice cs*Ses church legislator has a fine sense Christian propriety.I
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irTz53 SS3 Sl|: ssS wiS VI .Ss < ble, < SS$ E 55 or tunfEN M Sy looks home X $s zS sSS z harmonious. 52$ 515 5g 5aS S$ss s$ $ s~ If you have engxKN s s8X tsi there Is nothing that z Sx } ssgz 5S expended on than flGQN sS5 <sS3 soap boxes cut down andx M the complainant paint will pretty as if they had been ,aSz *sz| fussy old carpenter at the coxX s%s dollar or two. z Plant them witY@ easiest growing flowers, tho nasy tiuma that trail. a few Beraniums aSxs any other seed plant. Tn month the% will be a mass of ever-changing color and fragrance and prettier and freshet than any number of bouquets that might be placed on the painted table
 Can't you imagine your own rather bleak ye-anda converted into q boweB of cooling tone in this fashion? Try |. and you will find summer a pleasanter season of the year T. than you eyer imagined 1t could be. Hs,---.
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resident bishop at chattanooga. spoke The Need of Christian Leadership State schools."4 Bishop c. H. Hugh resident bishop Of San Francisco. and {.
 Vice President Fairbanks also made q dresses. while Bishop William F...
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-26
CLARK LAUDS
THE HOUSE
LEADERS

Washington, Aug. 26 Speaker
Champ Clark Saturday delivered The
valedictory Of the Democratic house
Of the sixty-second congress, asserted
that historians would declare with alb.
solute truth that the house Democrats
OF the sxty-lirst and slxty-second con.
crosses "did great things and have
made sweeping Democratic victory
approximately certain, a victory that
viii give us the house, the senate and
the president"
Dramatically addressing his col
leagues while the clock across the
house chamber was slowly moving to.
ward the final adjournment time, the
speaker in tribute to leaders Of both
parties, declared that no majority was
ever more successfully led than by
Rep. Underwood nor any minority ever
led more ably than by Rep. Mann,
Leader Mann" said he, has con
tested with Leader Underwood every
step in the long and wearisomc road
we have travelled with the stubborn
courage Of the English squares at Wa.
terloo have not always agreed with
Brother Mann-God forbid but he
lives up fully to his name He is in
very truth a man. Were it not for him
! would feel decidedly lonesome in the
speakers chair
Speaker Clark said that for years
the Democrats had been sneered at as
a party Of negation, green hands in
formulating and conducting public
business, ridiculed as a mob, rabble,
without coherence or discipline, as
militia fighting regulars, and even the
exact days on which we would dis
solve into warning factions and 90 to
pieces was set down IN type" But"
he added, "the Democrats have fought
and won like veterans and constitute
as thoroughly a disciplined force as
ever appeared in the house or any
other parlit lentary body since parlia-
mentary bodies were instituted among
men, mustered our full strength on
every important proposition and pass.
ed two great tariff bills over the pres
ldents veto, the first instance Of the
kind in the history OF the kepuDtic.
They had fought a good fight and kept
the faith" he said.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-26

Broom corn is nearly all taken care
OF and most OF our broom corn ralsers
are satisfied with the yield and prices.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-26
SECRETARY MEYER LONG
ON DISCRETION.


Washington, Aug &C. That spirit of
rush and hustle, a sort OF psycholoei.
cal speed mania, which congress al
ways develops week or two before
adjournment, and which everybody in
Washington takes notice OF but is I'M
able to explain, has been carefully
analy led by Secretary Of the ~avy
Meyer Here is the way the secretary
dopes it out:
Said he You know, congress
about adjournment time reminds me
ol log jam when It bteaks up There
seems to be an everlasting blockade
until the jam log goes out When the
jam log goes all the rest Of the logs
follows"
Meyer did not explain to what mem.
her Of congress III the present session
he assigned mentally the ancient
and honorable position Of lam log, E
nor did he specify who the "othor logs
were.
The secretary is long on discretion
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-26

With this issue the aemi-occasional
items from Bradley will cease to sput-
ter and a new regular correspondent
viii be on the line.