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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-09-05
PLANT IN CEMENT SIDEWALK
Coed, Clearly Nay % Arranging Pc
or kea Out o. sight 10 shown In
tho Illustration.

The pot holding 3 plant or vtns aa
he entrance OF a residence In s crowd
ed city Is usually Ia ths way. and
when the plant 10 Watsrsd The VANS
become vet. says the Popular Ne
ohanies. The illustration shows . rood
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-09-05

Ths value of stable manure or
other fersiISsr IN the orchard Co
pents almost entirely upon he con
ditiOns OK the 500 and climate. Some
soils grow excellent fruit wffhoug
any fertilizer. While others must -
fed Simply . esss O. seisnes GaA
good Judgment
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-09-05
GOOD SUPPORTER FOR PLAKrs
FloTfds Mar c0otgiVss esanenrd W9m
Wire Arms ThEs osiass Q~p-~A
% foUne Tr~SA

Tor ~ support q Dla1ts ank yS=za
trees during ~ period vnsz tnsy 49,
getting a start In hfs . TIorsdA zaAa
has designed ne oontr4vanca rspros
The Dickinson press., 1912-09-14

white Way system arrived early in
the week. Work has been going d little
slowly but it will..be pushed along now.
The Froelich machine was threshing
out the Frank Lish grain just west of
the city this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Rigdon were ex-
pected the latter part of the week from
their visit at Mason City. ILL.,, and in
the Twin Cities.
R. A. Lyon was in Fargo the first of
the week talking with the International
Harvested Co. people. He will be COL
lector for the company in this section of
the state. working with S. R. Shannon.
They will have their office with F. A.
Little in the St. Charles block. C.. C..
Owen is also employed with the same
company.
The Dickinson press., 1912-09-14
NORTH DAKOTA BuT1Es'

The shrieks Of the locomotive,
On the Northern Pacific line,
Awakened the voice of the muses.
That blended with thoughts of mine.
The echoes seemed to reverberate
From buttes and valleys fair,
Wrestling their MESSAGE from silence
To scatter upon the air.
In wonder l paused to listen
And transcribe what the muses. said
Of the unknown past-unwritten
In the con of time-long fled.
Twas known in ancient legend
That when the Sphinx was young,
These buttes were hushed to slumber
When her lullaby songs were sung.
When the floods that the oates of
heaven
Could not Withhold or restrain
Swept forth. and her sleeping children
Were waited across the main,
By the spirit that broods DER the waters,
They were borne towards the ''tents of
Shem; -
And the Sphinx. in her grief became
silent.
In dumb anguish she mourns for them.
Her children are scattered and fettered.
Bound down with clay and clods;
But majestic they rise to the cloud
lands.
Midst the air that refreshes the sods.
And their hearts are full of mystery,
That science and art will unfold,
And bring forth their hidden treasures
That. will rival the worth of gold.
The Dickinson press., 1912-09-14
LOCAL NEWS

Select oyster stews at the Grill Cafe.
2-o-tf
Case threshina machine for sale on
liberal terms. Soules & Butler. 9-7-2t
Wanted, competent girl for general
Homework. House modern. good wages.
Mrs. M. L. Ayers. Stiff
Millinery opening at LenneviI|e &
Belden's, Sept. 18th. '-7-s
Pansy Etling went Thursday to visit
her aunt at Sweet Briar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Floody of Belfeld
were in the city Monday. Mr.. Floody
was also here Thursday, leaving by
auto for New England.
A carload OF posts for Dickinson's
The Dickinson press., 1912-09-14

The spirit that brooded the waters
Responsibility dwells in each breast ;
And oft by a deluge of sorrow.
We are brought to the highest and best.
Midst silence we learn life's lesson.
Endurance brings strength as our gain.
From the past comes the soil of the
present,
Whence the future will harvest ripe
grain.
ALVARETTA RHOADS,
Woodward, Iowa.
The Dickinson press., 1912-09-14
LOST

One small leather grip with wire.
handle. containing papers. etc.. some
where on telephone road east of Dick
inson within a few miles of city.
Liberal reward will be paid for the re-
turn of the same to Dickinson Motor
Car Co. It
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24

pleted her term az president and the next
in ability had succeeded her. Either
might easily have led the club in a battle
for some worthy object among living
beings. Neither of them saw the large
opportunity for a moral campaign-yet the
new president was the mother of the
young physician who had opened my
eyes.
Perhaps the young men and women are
not entirely blameworthy for falling into
evils which are lurking in every COM
munity. There WAS no Christian assoeia-
ton for either boys, or girls. There are
at least a score of men who might easily
build and equip a Young Mems or a
Young Women's Christian association
plant or some institution equally profit
able from social standpoint. Yet moth
ing of this sort has been DONE
This small town had a public library
stocked with several thousand books, the
gift of a now famous native son, who
wished to do some real good. But the
library is open to the reading public only
one afternoon and three evenings a week.
Nor IS there any connection between the
school libraries and the public libraries.
1t Is amusing to see the look of sus-
pieion and distsust on the faces of those
to whom the social center idea was merely
suggested. The proposition of utilizing
large public school investment for IL
months in the year was almost too adj
vanced an idea even for the local and
county school superintendent.
In attempting the moral regeneration
or cleanup of small town there is
always one factor to be encountered, 1t
is the dreaded existence of Mrs. Grundy.
This is exactly where a women's club.
active as an organization, has distinct
advantage over any individual.
Ny home Is no different from thousands
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24

ers-by like those of the great clubs in
Pieeadilly and Pail Mall. Instead, the
windows are curtained and even the up
per windows are yelled from the curios-
ity of people in the houses opposite.
There is a heavy door in which is cut a
small aperture, very much like the little
peekhole in a New York gambling house.
Through this the doorkeeper of the In
cognito club" makes very sure of the
credentials OF applicants for admission
before he draws the bolts of the door
But those members Of the club who
cloak their identities under convenient
fncognitos are not compelled to run the
chances of being recognized by passers-
by while undergoing the searching scru-
tiny of the eye at the peep hole in Ru-
pert street. For their convenience spe-
cial entrance has been arranged, tucked
away from peeping Toms. The club house
Is L-shaped and one end fronts on a mar
row, dark passage that runs between Ru-
pert street and Wardour street. Those
who have reasons for disliking observa-
ton can step quickly into this passage.
make their way to hallway that stands
open and prove their Identities to an at
tendant within.
If one did not know of the existence
of the club one would never guess il from
house than a cog in the machinery of
London's underworld. But pass there
after the theatres close and especially
after 1890 o'clock when the restaurants
are closed by law Beautifully gowned
women, muffled in saily colored opera
cloaks. hiding the extreme evening dress
so universally worn in London, pass
through the doors. Men arrayed in inn
maculate dress clothes, with that bear
ing that denotes the upper class British
er, inherited from long lines Of blue
blooded forbears and seldom IL ever ac-
quired, follow them in. As the door is
swung open for a moment the passers.
by may hear the elink of fine glass, thu
laughter of gay dinners, the pop OF wine
corks, the buzz of conversation and per
haps the refrain of "Alexander's Rag
Time Band or Everybodys Doing IT,
played on a piano.
Although the club is open from II o'clocl,
in the morning, the rooms are deserted
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24
A Count of Fine Manners

At the court of Marie Antoinette all
emotions and passions were yelled by a
mask of politeness. Even the children
were taught to speak with wit and tact
and courtesy and to bear pain in silence.
The little Due d Angouleme, s years old,
when the old Sanbrun entered his pres
ence unexpectedly said, touching the book
In his hand: "Ah, monsieur, l am in the
company of Plutarch's men. You could
not come at a moment. more apropos."
The Count de Pailance, beheaded in
his tenth year, stood erect and calm in
the cart until he reached the guillotine.
The headsman lifted his long curls. Mon
sieur," said the boy, with a bow and a
smile The next moment his head rolled
in dust. The man or woman who showed
any signs of pretension or self conceit
was not received at court Profound def
erence was shown TO women and to the
aged Well bred men heard of their ruin
with a bonmot and went out to fight each
other to the death with such grace and
courtesy that the duel seemed a sacra-
ment of friendship.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24
The Disappearing Cod
ON the Portland Press.

From the Portland Press.
Far from cheerful message was
brought TO Portland the past week by
Capt. John Clifford in the little British
schooner Ariadne. The craft came with
700 quintals of salt fish from Tiverton,
Ms. and this amount proved to be the
smallest she has brought here.
1.-THE salt fish business has all gone"
said Capt. Clifford. Hand lining for
cod is an industry that has gone. Next
year [ don't believe there will be yes
sci engaged in the industry In the Bay
of Fundy. There were only eleven or
twelve this year, and I can remember
the time when fortyive sails was a
small fleet. The fish are disappearing,
and the fishermen cannot take the time
to go after them. Some of the old
timers, men who have been hand-lining
for years, have been forced to give 1t up
and go baking"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24

London, November 23.-(Special.) Its
members have rechristened it The In
cognito club because, of its 2000 MEM
bers, few if any have entered their true
names upon the rolls. Were the real
identities of many of them known to the
world. or even to their fellow members,
there would be a scandal in English high
society such as has not been seen since
the Tranby Croft affair. For peers and
peeresses, earls and countesses, and, it
is declared at least one daring duchess
men and women bearing titles familiar
and famous in English society, have
whispered their assumed names to the
alert attendant at the door and passed
into the sacred precints of the most Bo-
hemian of London's clubs.
1t has another name-the International
Club des ArtiSes-and 1t is located In
Rupert street, in the very heart of those
wicked acres of London which bear the
theatres, the big restaurants, the hotels
and what little night life is permitted
the animated in this city. Nominally,
the club is a rendezvous for theatrical
folk of all kinds and in that fact is to be
found its chief attractions for the titled
Bohemians.
Within these aristoeratic men and
women can mix with the great men
and women of the stage, meet them with
lhelr uldShS OH, 50 10 speak, can SIP Wine
with the smart chorus girls from the
Gaiety and Days, can hobnob with the
pretty chorus girls from the less renowned
theatres. Upstairs they can watch and
often indulge in that naughty, naughty
Bear Hug and Gaby Glde--now tabooed
In polite English society--can listen to
a brilliant exposition of the latter by
gay Gaby Deslys herself, danced, to the
piano gymnastics of the latest exponent
of ragtime music from the L. S. A. They
can do all this as plain Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith, never revealing for a moment the
fact that they live in Berkeley Square or
other exclusive quarters of Mayfair.
The club is careful of the frail incognito
of its members and no attempt is made to
peer behind the thin masks Every pre-
caution is taken to make discovery as
difficult as possible. The club premises
front ON Rupert street, but the windows
are not open TO the prying eyes of pass
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24


most systematically arranged. One feels
the atmosphere of the Proveneal folk, Of
the peasant and the bourgeoise. There is
the kitchen with its pots, pans, tables,
chairs and open chimney place which has
nearly the height and width of folding
DOORS The very utensils tell of a strange
cooking. In other parts of the building
are to be found Anticipated tools, fire.
arms. saddles, harness, etc.
Elsewhere, too, is room devoted to
precious relics connected with Mistral
himself In the center is the cradle which
lulled the poet to sleep away back in 1890.
1t is of mahogany, decorated with silver
The cradle now performs the duty of a
cabinet for 1t is the receptacle which
holds his manuscript of the great rustic
epic called Mireio CMireille) in the Prov
encal language which he translated into
modern French and which Gounod set to
music Other reminders of his childhood
are lock of hair, a tiny bonnet and a
bib.
In adjoining rooms are reproduced typ
ical ProYencal dining ROOM sitting room
and hall. all with their exquisitely carved,
handsome furniture of beautiful design.
queer device-a dumb nurse as it WERE
is the wooden box shaped like a square
umbrella stand. which is hung on the
wall close by the grandfather clock.
The peasants, when obliged to be absent,
possibly working in the field, put the baby
in here, papoose style, and the reason for
its proximity to the clock was the hopa
that the loud ticking would amuse the
lonely infant in lieu of toys.
Mistral has taken great pains to collect
the symbols that form part of the legends
of his beloved people, such as a speci-
men of the Yule log that is placed in the
big Provencal fireplace ON Christmas
eve and is blessed by the sprinkling Of
white wine, while the fervent family sit
before its mounting flames in an ecstasy
of delight. Then there are the little
dressed figures of Madonnas that are be-
leved to protect the fishermen at sea;
the crude patron saints, like dolls, dressed
in the native costumes that are credited
with the power of performing miracles.
These symbolical dolls are more Worship
ped by the Provencal peasant than is his
Bible
Mistral has, of course, done more than
any other man to keep alive the Proven
cal language-the language used by the
troubadours in the 18th century. AS the
troubadours took particular pains to ridi-
Guile the clergy, they drew upon them
selves the Ill will of the ecclesiastical
party. Pope Innocent ". issued bulle-
tin In which he called the Provencal Ian
guage the language of heretics and for
babe its use by students.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24

of others. A dozen. yes, more than
score of towns of varying sizes which
are IN the same moral predieament and
suffering the same physical blight. have
come under my own personal observation.
in these towns are hundreds of intelli-
gent ard capable women. IF the womens
clubs were to direct their energies against
some of the insidious evils which beset
the lives of their own boys and girls,
social revolution would follow What
power in any community such a body OF
women would be. No movement would
dare to defy them long. This Is not
dream, for the women of some commune
ties have made 1t glorious reality.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24
WELL KNOWN POET
OPENS MUSEUM
PierpOnt Morgan Aids Fred
eric Mistral
IN VILLAGE OF ARIES
Eamnus Aoad poat Of provance In
IN VILLAGE OF ARIES
Famous Aged Poet of Provence In
tends Museum as Memorial TO
Simple Life of Proven
cal People

Marseilles, November i6.-(Special)-
Away from the beaten track of the Amer
lean tourist in the quaint old village OF
Aries, about IS miles from this city,
Frederic Mistral the aged poet of Prov
ence, has established a unique museum.
He has designed it as a memorial of the
life and traditions of the simple people
of the province which he, by his writ
ings, has done SO much to preserve.
For years Mstral has watched with
deep regret the inroads upon the Proven
cal people of the ideas and habits of mod
ernity. He even offered annual prizes to
those who retained their peasant CO.'S
tunes But, notwithstanding all his eff
forts, the poet realized that the disap-
pearanee of the Rrovencal peasant with
his habits and dress of bygone age was
only question of time.
Accordingly he set about to preserve
for future generations a place where one
could study and be in touch with the
Provencal life of his time. lie bought the
7 old de Castellane chateau In Aries for
this purpose, called it Arlatan and
searched among the people for his exhib-
its The ancient Aries was an important
town under the Caesers became a pros
porous Roman colony and was for time
the residence of Constantine. Later 1t
was the capital of the Gothic King, Euric.
1t was united to the crown of France
under Louis XII.
Famous Old Home
The de Castellane chateau was the an
cestral home of the present de Castellane
family, a scion of which married Anna
Gould, daughter of Jay Gould. 1t re-
manned in their possession until the
French Revolution. At this period it was
confiscated by Comte de Salut d Arles.
Under Louis XVIII, in 1916 the chateau
was given TO the city of Aries. After it
became the property of the city, it was
turned into a college and was still used
as a seat of learning when Mistral bought
it of the city in 1910. About the time of
the purchase J. Pierpont Morgan visited
Aries to see the poet He asked Mistral
for his autograph and when it was given
him he sent a check for $1,000 which the
poet Immediately applied to the expense
account of his museum.
The collection is not a hodgepodge of OBJ
jects hVddled together as one sees so often
in large museums; on the contrary it is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24
HEADACHY, CONST|PATED, BILIOUS,
TAKE DELICIOUS SYRUP OF FIGS
Removes the scum from the tongue, sweetens sour,
gassy bilious stomach cleanses your liver and
30 feet of bowels without grippe nausea

all wrong. II you will take a tea
spoonful of delicious syrup of Figs to-
night, you will never realize you have
taken anything until morning, when
all the poisonous matter. sour bile and
clogged-up waste Will be moved on and
out of your system, thoroughly but
gently--no griping-no nausea--no
real pleasure. Don't think you are
drugging yourself; It is composed en-
tirely of luscious figs SIENNA and aro-
matios, and constant use can not cause
injury.
Ask your druggist for Syrup of
Figs and Elixer of Senna," and look
for the name, California Fig Syrup
Company, on the lapel. This is the
genuine-old reliable. Any other Fig
Syrup offered as good should be re-
fused with contempt. Don't be i'm
posed upon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24

until about II o'clock in the evening.
Then the members come on from the the
aires of other places of amusement. Each
of the principal theatres of London con
tributes its quota of artists. A famous
eomedienne will enter on the arm of her
handsome leading man. Following them
will be a couple of music hall stars. A
little later foreign star, playing a sea-
son in London. will whisper her name
through the peek hole and disappear
through the door. An American rag
time quartet or octette will arrive in a
party. will exchange a few pleasaptres
with the doorkeeper and will join the gay
crowd behind the curtained windows.
once past the guardian at the door one
enters a long narrow room with three
rows of dining tables There is a per-
feet babel of voices in all languages and
an almost constant changing of the dim
ers. At the rear Is a fight of stairs
which leads TO a large dance hall. 1t is
here that the real FUN of the show" Is
to be seen and towards midnight the few
tables available are in great demand. II
reminds one much of the continental
cabaret, with the difference that there
are no hired performers acting parts
Instead the "high jinlSs" that one is
sure to see are spontaneous efforts by
artists famous on both sides of the At
lantic. It is a great gathering of talent,
at which each does his or her speciality as
the spirit moves
There is an upright plano over against
the wall at one end of the room and in
the course of the night half dozen DIFF
ferent performers may go through their
Stunts" When the tune happens to be
a dance measure the members take adj
vantage of the opportunity TO "trip the
light fantastic" When the stunt takes
the form of brilliant piece of piano
fireworks the performer is listened to by
critical audience of highly trained ex-
perts.
Such a place might attract little atten-
ton in New York with its all-night res
taurants and cafes, but in London, with
its 1890 closing law that shuts every eat
ing place and house of amusement be-
fore New York gets fairly launched upon
its night life. it is like an oasis in Sa-
hara desert
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24

IL headachy, bilious, dizzy, tongue
coated. stomach sour ana full of gas,
Won belch undigested food and feel
sick and miserable, it means that your
liver Is choked with sour bile and your
thirty feet of bowels are elogged with
effete waste matter not properly car
ried off Constipation is worse than
most folks believe. 1t means that this
waste matter in the thirty feet OF
bowels decays into poIsons, gases and
acids and that these poisons are then
sucked into the blood through the very
ducts which should suck only nour-
ishment to sustain the body.
Most people dread physic. They
think of castor oil, salts and cathartie
pills. They shrink from the after eff
fects--so they postpone the dose until
they get sick; then they do this liver
and bowel cleansing in a heroic way
they have a bowel washday-That is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24

what il should have been, I was told, be-
couse the outgoing president had APP
pointed committees which the incoming
president claimed the privilege of nomi-
mating.
| am not attacking womens clubs. They
are doing a noble work where their ener-
gies are not misdireeted but what bril-
liant opportunities they do miss In the
smaller communities. In my home town
the most capable woman had just COM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24

This was because The public could see
the quick results Of the work at the
cemetery. while it might not recognize
the infinitely greater service in the re-
demption Of human bodies and souls.
Even the work at the cemetery was not