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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-13
ROOMS-WANTED-BOARD

MIDDLE aged couple with 4-months-
old baby desires board and room on
South Highlands in private family;
boarding houses need not apply;
want southern exposure, heat cleo
trio light and use of bath; husband
on road practically all the time; ret
erences given and expected. Advise
price. ILL., care Age Herald.
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WANTED-BOARDERS

WE'LL furnished rooms with best board
in town, S. week. Kenny House, 2217
Fourth avenue. 11-6-10t
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FURNITURE repaired, upholstered and
refinished by an expert workman. south
Side Cabinet Co.. 800 South Goth st.
6-2S-tf
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ONE CENT A WORD

WATES-one cent q word a day. mo nd
taken for less thnn 25c for first tnser-
fion. Cash must accompany order.
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RDONE CENT A WORDONE CENT A WORDON CENT A WORDO

RATEs-one cent a word a day, no ad.
taken for kss thnn 25c for first inser-
ton. Cash must accompany order.
FOR SALE
sTALK WITH ALAN JEMISoN.
| Bell 100, Peoples 81. e+u
l BUY. sell and exchange real estate.
/ j. M. Gibson, 400 Empire Bldg. 12'24.f
Real Estate bought sold. exchanged.
INGRAM REALTY COMPANY,
Empire building. Cell 1897
7-23-tf
WE buy. sell, rent or exchange real es-
tate. E. J. Burns Co.. 4Oe American Trust
Bldg. Phone 1885, 10-4-tf
FOR SALE-New stock of general mer-
chandse and brick store building on
principal corner in Tennessee town Of
2000 people; fine business point; all cash
sales good schools and churches; will
sell for cash, or will accept high class
improved city property or we'll i'm
proved farm Minge, 2113 LIST avenue.
11-2-tf
FOR SAL1-Five second hand steam
engines in good condition at bargain
prices. Apply to Purchasing Depart
ment. Alabama Fuel & Iron Co.
11-S-SOt
FOR SALE-Five second hand steam
engines In god condition at bargain
prices Apply to Purchasing Depart
ment. Alabama Fuel &C. Iron Co.
11-s-sOt
FOX SALE-One of the most attractive
homes on South Highlands, bedrooms,
sleeping porch and bath upstairs, living
room, den lavatory, dining room, kitch-
ell. buffers pantry servant room down.
stairs Hardwood floors throughout.
Concrete basemen. Splendid furnace.
Lot elevated with beautiful view. Price
$4,000 one-fourth cash, balance or 10
years. Address owner, p. o. Box s14.
1l-10-tf
OWNER has for sale nice modern cot
tage in best location in West End
Terms Call Houston, Main 4653-J.
11-1O-4t
FOR SALFl-S2O acres pine timbered land,
with rich out-croppng of flower gold.
Address L-5, Age-Herald. 1l-10-5t
FOR SABE-Young horse with phaeton
double-barrel shotgun 1900 First ave.
Phone 1926. 11-12-2t.
FRAME BUILDING FOR SALE.
Desiring to clear lot to build. will sell
two story frame No. 3l3 North 18th
street. w. b. Leedy & Co. 11-1O-3t
FOR SALE-Home containing 10 rooms;
large reception hall, sitting ROOM two
bedrooms, bath, dining room and lStch-
en- downstairs; three bedrooms, trunk
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ONE nicely furnished room with best
table board. 2214 7th avenue. north.
Phone 1924. 11-9-5t
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WANIED--Five minutes OF your Time
to convince you l can save you $40 on
suit, overcoat or raincoat. Marc Link,
1911 LIST avenue ll-l0-tf
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s1259-5-room cottage with large lot; So
cash, balance s15 per month.
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NICELY furnished room. with best table
beard. steam heat and all conveniences.
1928 Avenue II. 11-10-5t.
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S3O0--e-room modern residence. we'll 10.
Gated in Woodlawn, large lot tenant
house in the rear; $500 cash, balance
m e1iif
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MANrED-To buy. 1000 calves. Southern
Market Co. Both phones 62S. We pay
the best prices. 2-1-tf
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WANTED-HELP

MEN AND WOMEN wanted for eovern-
ment positions. $50 month: thous-
ands of appointments coming; write
for list of positions open. Franklin
institute. Desk %. Rochester. n. Y.
11-3-3Ot
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sH1V1NG al 1871 ltR ave SS-iis-n
WE repair all makes OF stoves with ex-
perienced help Robert Prowell Stove
Co., s1s North 10th street. 727-tf
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Real Estate bought, sold. exchanged.
INGRAM REALTY COMPANY,
Empire building Cell 1877.
7-23-tf
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RUBBER STAMPS AND SEALS

BROWN stamp Works 20 jefferson
& County Bank bldg Phone 956. Work
z 6nished in few hours. n-l2-sot.
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FOR RENT--RooMS

THE AvALON-All outside rooms, Cur
mace heat; modern convenoences; moder-
ate price; special summer rates; hot ard
cold baths free. 2100 9th avenue. 5-25=tf
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AT the Birmingham hotel steam heated.
screened, electric lighted and all SER
vice of a first class hotel. SIS per month
and up. 10-25-tf
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WE buy. SELL rent or exchange real es-
tate. E. J. Burns Co.. 406 American Trust
Bldg Phone 1855. 10-4-tf
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NATIONAL HOUSE, 9O91z North I'D ST..
nicely furnished rooms from 25c up.
1l-1-20t
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
Daddy sBedtirne
=. When Little
>NOIV- Polar Bear
Went Coasdng

weather this we're having and daddy uehed nearer to the
- night
along"
Suppose
n
Yell try. bedtime short
followed the
Jack
suppose anything could be comfortable
There the little
much bigger rabbits They
playing the ice little fellow
he the bottom he
tried it again 1t fun
mother coming the bear cubs all oded to
brought them something good to eat
little Chubb said
coasting again. 1t is not SAFE
nothing but he thought he knew better
now said Chubb weeks later
Of Mothers have such queer ideas
hill fell
His fall oosened the cake and before
older Chub would have jumped into the
he only cried and cried
picked by men from ship They
the ship reached
meager There he lives happy
OF the
to which little boys and girls treat him."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
A GLIMPSE OF WAR.
The Sensations Of . Young French
Soldier at Sedan.

The Sensations Of q Young French
Soldier at Sedan.
We could see the lines and lines Of
helmets. A bad sight to see those
helmet spikes.
And l cannot remember when It was
that there crept through our ranks
the feeling that those helmets were
not only in front Of us. but in every
direction round about. and that we
were surrounded. suppose it came
from the sound Of firing coming from
30 many directions.
It Is at such time that one feels Of
q helplessness. And the noise-did
tell you Of the noise? There were SIN
gle booms and crashes Of volley firing,
and then there would be just one great
roaring, one great laundering, that
deafened you and in which you could
not tell one sound from another.
There was smoke, smoke, every
where, and the ground would tremble
when the cavalry made charge.
would tell you all that l remem-
Der Of most interest. But is 1t inter-
esting to tell you that shells burst and
that our ranks thinned and closed up
and that felt more and more that
we were to be beaten?
would have wept, but I had too
much to do in firing and in watching
the lines Of helmets.
1t is that soldier gets full Of an
excitedness. You do things and you
scarcely know that you do them or
why.
1t was early that day that my COM
rade was killed. And he jumped up
twice-so, SO! And he fell fiat on his
face. l turned him over, and my cap
tain said: mo time for that. You are
a young soldier or you would know
there ia no time for Robert
Shackleton in Harper's Weekly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
POWER OF Sill ENCE.
John Randolph Used II to Confuse a
Powerful Opponent.

In painting the sacrifice of Iphigenia
the artist. it is said. exhausted the
emotions of grief and horror in the
faces Of the bystanders.
He has left nothing unsaid. How
can he depict her fathers sorrow?'
was the anxious query of those friends
who were watching the development
of the picture. The artist threw a
mantle over Agamemnon face. The
blank silence was more effective than
any picture woe.
One OF the most extraordinary effects
produced by an absolute silence is re-
corded in the reports of convention
in which the foremost men Of Virginia
took part. John Randolph had meas
ure to carry in which he looked for the
opposition of Alexander Campbell, II
power in debate.
Randolph had never seen the Scotch
logician. but he had heard enough of
him to make him and his partisans
uneasy. When, therefore, the gaunt
stranger first rose to speak in the con-
ventlon Randolph looked at him with
such an air Of alarm as to attract the
whole attention Of the convention and
as he glanced around seemed to be
asking for sympathy in his coming de-
feat He then composed himself to
listen In rapt attention.
Campbell, aware Of this byplay, hes
itated and lost the ~hread of his argu-
ment. Randolph's face by turns as he
listened expressed WEAKNESS. ieel6er-
ence and finally contempt He leaned
back and yawned. Campbell SIT down
hastily. He had lost the whole force
Of his speech. Not a word h"d been
spoken, but he was defeated.-St. Louis
Republic.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
SEA P0ST0FFICEs.
Handling and Sorting the Mail Matter
on Ocean Liners.

Handling and Sorting the Mail Matter
on Ocean Liners.
Every one is aware that large guam
tity Of mail comes from Europe. Prob
ably most persons assume that 1t Is
dumped off the steamers in bulk and
sorted and routed in the postoffce Of
the receiving port. Such system
would result in hopeless congestion.
and practically all Of the 100000
pounds Of foreign mail matter receiv-
ed at New York on an average Of re-
cent years is ready. sorted and sacked
when the steamers make port. This
work Is done in the sea postOfhces
aboard the ships and means days
saved in the time Of delivery of mail
matter intended for inland points.
In the huge mass Of mail brought
into New York each year there are on
an average SO,OOO,OOO separate pieces.
many thousands with inadequate ad-
dresses, yet to such a degree Of eff
cheney has the operation of the sea
postofIices been brought and so care
fully Is the work done that less than
500 errors are made annually. AS the
entire quantity of the ocean mail re-
ceived in year would fill 1900 stand
ard mail cars an almost incredible ac,,
curacy is indicated-less than one err
ror OF any kind whatever for every
four carloads of mail.
Congress authorized the sorting of
mail on board conveying steamships In
1890. but it was not until the year fol-
lowing that any systematic effort was
made to do So The work Of the sea
postofiice is very similar to that Of the
railway mail service. On board a
large liner there will be usually two
United States clerks, two in the EN-.
ploy Of the country from which the
steamer sails and several subalterns
or porters This force will on an aver
age trip open and sort from 800 to 900
sacks Of mail. probably consisting Of
10000 ordinary letters and 1900 reg
istered letters. besides 100000 par
GELS and periodicals.. Mail for New
York city is distributed and separate.
" sacked for each of the stations and
that for the United States generally
according to schedule which mas l2o
divisions. In addition to the mail for
the United States, the sea postoffice
clerks must sort that destined for Gu
ba, Mexico. Canada and the orient, a
great deal of the last class being for.
warded by rail to San Francisco and
thence by steamer.
To facilitate matters two mail boats
are maintained at New York. and these
meet incoming steamers at the quar-
antine station. one taking on the mail
bags intended for direct delivery to
trains and steaming directly to the
railway stations along the river front.
the other that for New York city and
such others as require rehandling. The
sea pOstoffices cost the government
something less than 100000 per an.
num.-Harper's
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
WANTS BIGGER ARMY.
General Carter Urges Increase to Guard
Phiippines

General Carter Urges Increase to Guard
Philippines.
In discussion Of the provisions of
the Hay bill for the reorganization Of
the military establishment Major Gen
eral William II. Carter, t. S. A., star
tied the members Of the committee
with his statements regarding the De
Tense of the insular posse ssions Of ths
United States.
General Carter said that an increase
in the army was absolutely necessary
if this country did not care to give up
its insular possessions in the Pacific
ocean.
Thousands CT trained soldiers of Jap
an are in the Philippines now, he said
and most of them We're sent in there
Immediately after the Russo-Japanese
war. Army officers are convinced that
their presence is menace to Amer
lean authority. as they are ready to act
the moment that any accident should
cause a realization of the control Of
the United States.
The United States is endcavoring to
control a population of 100000 in
the far east with force of 1900 sol
diers. General Carter is reported to
have told the committee. This force
the army believes entirely too small.
Difficulty was experienced in filing
The Fifteenth infantry up to war
strength in preparation for a call to so
To China Ipc1uSp of the ScnrcitV of
mon and the small number of regi-
mcnts available for service in the
Philippines.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
LETTER SIX YEARS LATE.
Girls Acceptance of Proposal Goes
Astray, and Each WEEDS Another.

Because of the snail-like manner in
which Uncle Sam sometimes delivers
mail Mrs. James Wormser is not the
wife Of Cecil G. Morris, both having
married since that day six years ago
when the present Mrs Wormser wrote
a letter from her home at Webster
Springs. w. Va, and accepted the pro-
posal of Morris. who resided at Rives-
VILE w. Va. The letter was six years
travelling 200 miles, and when it final
ly reached Morris it was too tate. The
letter was mailed in 1906. 1t reached
Rivesville, Morris former home, two
days after it was mailed, as the post
mark shows. Where the letter has
been all these years cannot be ascer-
tanned.
Supporting the failure of the woman
20 answer was rejection of his pro-
posal, Morris married another. The
woman, believing he had changed his
mind after receiving her acceptance,
also married another.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
A STRANGE LEGEND.
Origin Of q Curious Custom Observed
by Bulgarian Builders.


Nine master masons who were en-
gagged in building a citadel in the time
of the Voivoid Neagoe found on re-
turning to their work each morning
that the portion of the wall which they
had completed the day before had fall
en- to pieces during the night and was
lying in a heap of ruins in the ditch.
Manol of Curtea, the head mason, in
formed his comrades one morning that
a voice from heaven had warned him
in his sleep the night before that their
labors would continue to come to
naught unless they all swore on that
very morning to immune in the struc~
ture the first woman, be it wife, moth
er, daughter or sister, who should ar
rive with the morning meal of one or
either of them. They all took the OATH
and the last man had hardly been
sworn when Manol's own wife appear
ed, carrying her husbands breakfast.
The oath was kept, and the woman,
known in the legend as Flora of the
Fields" was murdered and her blood
and flesh incorporated with the wall Of
masonry.
A curious practice of the Bulgarian
masons (the above scene is laid in Bull
garia), which survives to this day, tes-
titles to the vitality Of the legend. To
insure the solidity Of the house they
build they measure with a reed the
shadow Of the first person who passes
after the digging Of the foundation
has been completed. When the foun
dalton Is commenced this reed Is buried
under the first rock, usually the corner
atOno
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
The Crop Failed,

The sharp wittedness Of the Rus
sian gypsies is illustrated by story
told in the Journal Of the Gypsy Lore
Society. A gypsy induced farmer to
join him in sowing money, promising
a large crop Of rubles. Having first
sown a comparatively small amount.
they got back each morning their cap
ital with some addition. much to the
delight Of the farmer. Then they SOW
ed big sum and got back-nothing
The farmer began to blame the gypsy
for advising him to SOW money. The
gypsy answered, "Well, it's nobody's
fault that there was sharp frost ear
ly this morning"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
1912 MANEUVERS.
Plans For Big War Game About New
York City.

Plans For Big War Game About New
York City
New York city will be the prize to
be contended for by joint forces Of the
regular army and state militia organ.
izations in the summer maneuvers of
1912, according to plans announced at
the war department.
The attacking force will be organized
from the Tenth cavalry, the Fifth in
fantry and the Second battalion Of the
Third field artillery and the militia
troops Of all New England.
The defending force will be organ
lied from the First squadron, Fiji
teenth cavalry; the Third battalion.
Twenty ninth infantry, and the mi.
litia of New York and New Jersey.
The organization of the attacking
and defending forces will be left to
Major General F. d. Grant at New
York, commander of the eastern divi-
sion.
There viii be troops t. the number
Of about one division on each side.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
Dismal Outlook.

"Why do you look so unhappy"
"Well, you know I'm pretty well
busted"
Yes, but you always were. and yet
you've borne up pretty well. What Is
the particular trouble today?"
II just proposed to the girl I love-"
"Ah! And the answer was unfavor.
ableT'
II don't know"
''You don't know? Why. what do
you mean? Surely you must know
whether she accepted you or rejected
you"
That's just it. asked her to mar
~ me, and she said she would. Then
1 asked her If she was sure she could
be happy with a man who had no
money, and she said she could. She
said she had always preferred buying
things on credit acknowledgements
Plain Dealer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
The Story of 4 Profile,

On the facade Of the Palazzo Vec.
chic, at Florence. to the right Of the
central entrance, the profile Of mans
head is traced on the marble. the au-
thorship of which Is ascribed to
Michelangelo. The story runs that
he and a friend made bet as to
which of them would draw head
best with their backs to the wall.
bet easily won by Michelangelo. for
he traced a perfect profile, whereas
the other produced only wavering,
imperfect outline. The story further
relates that the tool used was n nail
Both drawings are carefully preserved
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
POLICE BLUE BOOK.
Only Eminent Rascals Find Place
Ancra Its PAGES.

Among Its Pages.
The who's Who" of Americas
criminals is a handsome volume, bound
in limp leather. limited edition Of
which is issued every year or so. Only
members of the four hundred" of the
criminal world find representation in
this register. and an entire page is
devoted to each individual mentioned
Officially the volume is known rs the
Identification Album Of the National
Bureau of Criminal Identification, an
institution having headquarters at
Washington. Data for the album
which is literally blue book, are sup
piled by tie police departments of
over Il hundred cities throughout the
country and it is to these departments
that the volumes are distributed.
Each branch of criminal endeavor
has a separate chapter in the book,
one telling of pickpockets, another of
fOrgerS, and so on. At the top of each
page are reproduced two photographs
Of distinguished criminal-a profile
and full face. Below come name.
aliases, age, height, weight, general
appearance and marks and scars. Ber-
tillon measurements and criminal rec
ord fill out the page.
Filed in the bureau are about $4,000
identification cards dealing with GRIM
inals not sufficiently famous to deserve
place in the who's Who" Each Of
these cards is similar to a page from
the book. About onetenth Of the to-
tai number Of cards are for women
About one-fourth are for negroes
Green Bag
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
The Rulino Passion,

Mrs. J. L. Story in her "reminiscences
tells Of lady relative who had all
her life been afraid Of damp sheets.
When she was dying Mrs. Story en-
tered the room, to find the fireplace
barricaded with a large assortment of
bed linen. She was having her wind
ing sheet warmed.
II never have lain in damp bed
clothes while was alive said the
old lady in q feeble whisper, land I'm
not going to do it when I'm dead"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
Lemons Six.

Mrs. Benham-Father gave me away
when we were married Benham-
Your father has been quite fruit
dealer. Mrs. Benham- What do you
mean? Benham-He has married off
six daughters, and any man who can
unload half dozen lemons in that
way is a good one.-New York Press
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
About Nothino,

Mamma What in the world are you
two quarreling about?
Little Dick-Nothing.
Nothing, eh:
"Yes'm. Dot left her box Of candy
here, an when she came back there
was nothin' in it."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
No Malice.

Farmer Ito horse dealer)-No, don't
bear you no malice. only hope when
you're chased by pack Of ravishing
'ungry wolves you'll be a-driving that
'orse you sold me.-London Tit-Bits.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
THE TRUTH ABOUT eLulNo.
Talk No. 9.

Talk No. 9.
This common article fools many
Think of it, large bottle. little pinch
of blue, filled up with water. There
you are. Does it look good to you?
Buy RED CROSS BALL BLUE, a
pure blue, makes beautiful, clean
white clothes. You will like It,
Large package cents. ASK YOUR
GROCER
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
The Distant Uncle.

Shortleigt Uncle Frank IS a
veritable Klondike. Longleigh-Why,
how's that? Shortleigh-Has plenty of
wealth, but is cold and distant.-Smart
Set Magazine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
A Madam Girl

"Why did you turn him downs"
HE began to zap about two living
as cheaply as one. When l get mar
ried expect to make the money fly
Louisville Courier-J ournal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
Apparently.

"Well, Quigley. what do you know
"Too much, guess. I've been re-
jected as a juror six times in success
sion. "-Chicago Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29
CAPACITY Of the Bee,

For all its busy industry the most
that bee can collect is tablespoon.
full of honey in year
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-29

The great man is he who does not
lose his child's heart-Mencius.