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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
xpnp,NG THE DEVIL OUT

From the December Wide. World Maya
zine.
Some of the more out of the way parts
of Cornwall. England, can offer many sim
gular sights to the visitors. None of
these is more curious, however, than that
which is to be seen in the small village
of Veryan in the southern part of the
county. On each side of the main roads
which lead to the group of cottages elus-
tered round the church there are to be
seen certain queer looking round houses,
each surmounted by cross. These cot
tages were built with the object of keep
inc the devil out of the village More
tLan 100 wears ago the vicar of the parish
was a certain Mr.. Jeremiah Trist, par
son who seems to have been most
worthy man, though curiously superstl-
tious. In spite of all his endeayors to
make his practitioners good, it seems that
the village folk did not improve very
RAPIDLY. and he decided that something
must be done to right matters. Accord
ingly, after much cogitation, the famous
round houses were built. With these in
position, protected by their crosses, it was
urged that the evil one would not dare to
enter the village, and therefore all would
be well in Veryan. Whether the good
wears hopes were realized it is. unfor-
tplatelv, impossible to say, but the houses
stand today az a singular instance of an
attempt to BATTLE the powers of dark
ness.
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FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH

would be glad to go il | could only finish
that message. s ses -
The scene shifts now TO a cholera camp.
All the seizures up to mine had ended
fatally, and | had no hope whatever of
any other issue. But | wasn't thinking
of the hereafter. My mind was entirely
taken up, to the exclusion of everything
else. with the terrible physical agony I
was undergoing, and | was longing for
death to come to put an end of it, 1t
seemed to me that there was no boon
Ike death. and craved and longed for it
to come with all my soul
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Sweet IS the song the toiler sings
When his heart is free from care
And hope in his heart unfailng springs,
To make the world more fair.
When the days are dark and the shadow
falls
He'll dream of the days TO be-
When the wealth of the suns bright rays
enthralls
The smiling land and sea.
Sweet is the life the toiler lives,
Who has his work TO do,
To which his noblest efforts gives,
In spite of pain and rue.
His spirit CLOVIS in task well done,
Fen though in the humblest guise.
And the victory against reverses won
Uplifts his soul TO the skies
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
wu1TE PLAGUE CURE

Berlin CORRESPONDENCE Chicago tribune
II Friedrich Franz Friedman, perhh
physician. has accomplished what ne as
serts he not only has reached the soai
that has been the hearts desire OF every
bacteriologist and physician since Roper.
Koch. but has also gone beyond II TO
success hitherto hardly dreamed OF.
DIR. Friedman asserts he has not only
discovered a cure for tuberculosis IN
every form. but also that an inoculation
with his remedy confers absolute I'M
munity from the white seourge Ito"
long the immunity persists he admits tha'
he is unable to say. but he points out tnat
no physician is able to say how long vac
einatlon eonfers immunity against small
pox.
Dr. friedman, who has been working
for several years along these INES mas
inst announced the results of TINS re-
search. The revolutionary nature OF MS
assertions appears likely to divide the
worlds physicians into two camps.
AT a meeting of the Berlin Medical So
eiety This week Dr. Friedman explained
the remedy and produced patients alleged
to have been cured.
Dr Koch. who discovered the tubercle
bacillus, experimental. it will be femeh-
bered, with methods of curing tuberculosis
by the employment of bacill, but was
ba liked in an attempt to employ hVihs
LaoilH by the impossiblity of deprlVins
them of virulence.
The result of his experiments was that
tpberculin was obtained by reducing bacll-
lus cultures to about tenth oil the"
hulk by mechanical means and then filter
ing.
twas believed at first that he had DIS
covered a cure but there are today Few
physicians who regard tuberculin as OF
any marked efficacy, while possibly the
majority reject it altogether
The trend of medical opinion OF late
wears has been to regard living bacllll as
alone worthy of consideration as curative
agents. and efforts have been directed
toward making them non-vrulent and at
the same time keeping them alive.
This is precisely what DR.. Friedman
asserts he has done. He declares he mas
succeeded in eultivating tnbercle baeiiii'
which. while retaining the specific cura-
tive substances long known to be con-
tanned in them. are absolutely free from
toxins and disease producing elements.
After extensive experiments on animals
and on himself he began using the eul-
ture on human patients. At first he IN
iected simultaneously, but later he adopt
ed the method of simultaneous subeu-
taneous and venal injections.
In his report to the medical society Dr.
friedman declared he had treated W
tl.hereular patients, of whom more than
$50 were suffering from pulmonary tu-
berculosis In almost every case there
was an Immediate improvements and IN
large majority complete cure
DR. Friedman exhibited to the medical
society patients whom by one to three
infections. he said, he had cured of pull
n onary, skin. bone and aetieular tnoer1
eulosis and lupus, as well as scrofula he
also exhibited some children who he de-
elared were the only members of tubercu-
losis families not affected with disease
and had been protected by NEGOTIATIONS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
aErlEcTIoNs OF 4 nACHELoR

From the New York Press.
"a woman wants recipe for politics
Just like soda biscuit.
Success makes other men claim most of
the credit for IT,
What helps a girl to jump across pud-
die is 10 be wearing her best stockings.
A .-oman gets more excited about going
to a funeral than man does to a poker
game.
+ Some boys are so blind to their oppos-
tunit.es in college they don't even run
into debt. -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Il have been very much interested In
the suggestion of Prof. Willis L. Moore
for Secretary of Agriculture In President
Wilson's cabinet" said member of the
Chamber of Commerce. There are few
departments of the government which are
more efficiently managed than is the
weather bureau under Professor Moore.
Professor Moore, who has been chief of
the United States weather bureau since
1885, and frequently acting Secretary of
Agriculture, was born in Scranton, Pa, in
1866. For many years he has owned,
lived on and operated a large farm in
Montgomery county, Maryland. He has
10000 fruit trees most of which have been
pruned with his own hands. He raises
thoroughbred draft horses and hogs, and
successfully does general farming.
"He was educated by private tutoring
and independent study. While working
as a compositor and pressman in the
printing office of the weather bureau he
was pursuing his studies of the natural
sciences, and received aid from
the scientific staff of the weather
bureau. He is now recognized as
one of the leading meteorologists of the
world, Last year he was one of the lee
turers before the Royal institution of
London, giving there course of lectures
that attracted the favorable attention of
the. leading scientists of Europe.
.'Ie rose through each successive grade
of the meteorological service until he
was appointed professor of meteorology in
1894, as a result of an open competitive
examination, there being q competitors.
"Tle was appointed chief of the weather
bureau by President Cleveland on the
recommendation of J. Sterling Morton,
then Secretary of Agriculture. Since then
he has served many times in charge of the
entire department, and is therefore IA
miliar with the scientific work of every
bureau of the department.
''rhe weather bureau with its splendid
organization and the clean bill of official
health that t has always presented TO
every investigating committee of Congress-
is an evidence of his integrity and execu-
tive ability
while known TO be strict discipline
rian. he has worked out and inaugurated
in the weather bureau~a system of pro-
me ton, based on merit and intellectual
development, that carries the spirit of the
civil service law far beyond the letter of
that act.
Norwich university has conferred upon
him the degree of LII. d. and st. law
renee nniversi.s the degree Of Sc. d. lie
was president Of the National Geographic
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
Peace Proposals Rejected

Turkey rejects the peace proposals
of the allies. She calls for reasonable
and moderate" conditions of peace.
She really looks to Austria and Russia
to intervene, but Sir Edward Grey, the
British foreign secretary, says the
only agreement of the powers is to
keep their hands off,
1t is believed the Bulgarian condi-
lions would have left to Turkey only
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Cincinnati lady had a bull dog upon
which she had expended over $1,000 IN
doctors bills in the last l2 years. Al
length the dog died and the remains were
laid out in a beautiful coffin in the best
room of the Jackson home The lady
kept four veterinary surgeons dancing at
tendance ON her pet bull dog. Tho neigh
bors sent flowers to the dog funeral and
the body was carried to the cemetery in
a hearse and four carriages followed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
LOOKING FAR AHEAD.

Had a fine dream last night"
What did you dream about, Dobbers ~
Il dreamed I had paid the last INSTALL
ment on a set of books"
That must have made you feel happy"
1T did, but everything around me
seemed different from what it is now and
I'm afraid l was dreaming about a time
that belongs to the distant future"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
A LESSON.

The old-fashioned tippler who used 10
think it a good joke to lift his hat and
bow to the wax figures of women in the
windows of department stores, has re-
formed Late one afternoon, having inn
bibed freely and his eyes not being very
dependable at the time he made sweep
ing bow to what he thought was a dummy
in a window and she had him arrested
for nashing' This feminine figure was
standing in front of the window and not
inside it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
WHAT'S INA NAMEa

Alderman Pretzel of Chicago is chair
man of committee appointed to inspect
the city bakeries Alderman Pretzel
ought to be the very man to answer the
question, what is beer?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
THE sHoPLIFTER.

THE SHOPLIFTER.
She has very taking way,
Nobody could deny;
Inquire of shop girls-they all say
She's never known to buy,
But roams about from morn to night,
Inspecting costly. stuff,
The which she Sometimes whsks from
sight
And Grams into her muff
PAUL COOK. S
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

General savoff took part in the Servo
Bulgarian war of 1855 He then became
a member of the Bulgarian cabinet He
has been head of the Sofia military
school, He is 80 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Should William Jennings BRYAN be mace
member of the new cabinet 1t will he
done because the President-elect desires
10 avert the possibility of democratic de-
fcctions of the bull moose sort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

The attempt 10 recall the mayor of
Seattle was q fash in the pan. lie has
been elected twice and recalled once, and
he does not now care what does happen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Governor Wilson is received at Bermu-
da as though he were visiting member
Of royalty, and there is no help for it.
Governor Wilson bends TO it where avoid
anee is impossible
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Senator Works of California says a
President and Vice President should be
elected by the direct vote of the people.
The senator will urge Congress to lay this
pronosltion before the states.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
CHORUS.

Let the toast pass
Drink to the lass,
I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for
the glass.
Here's to the charmer whose dimples we
prize:
Now to the maid that has none, sir;
Here's to the girl with pair of blue
eyes,
Z And here's TO the nynph with but one,
sir
Let the toast pass, etc.
Here's to the maid with a bosom of snow;
Now to her that's as brown as a berry:
Here's TO the wife with face full of
woe,
And now to the damsel that's merry.
Let the toast pass, etc.
For let EN- be clumsy, or let 'em be slim.
= Young or ancient. l care not feather:
So fill UP your glasses, nay. fill to the
brim,
And let us gen toast them tosetsf.
t>ss Let the toast pass. etc
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Montenegro began the war against Tur-
key, but thus far she has made but little
Roadway.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Congressman Underwoods Washington
home is centrally located near tho social
hub of things in Washington within sight
of the White House. He will retain his
Birmingham home
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Governor Wilson will at any rate ascer-
tain what the wild waves are saying down
at Bermuda.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Woodrow Wilson will have neither 4
tennis or golf cabinet. Long bicycle rides
will be the favorite exercise, and those
who accompany him will have to train
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

The house of commons is keeping ouiet.
Toryism seems TO have got jolt some
where or somehow
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Governor Johnson made 800 speeches in
nine weeks, and the man that missed
all of them was indeed fortunate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Masesline fashion plates interest no.
body. No one even glances at them if he
can avoid it..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Boston people go to the Stadium carry
ing hot water bottles for their feet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
HERE'S TO THE MAIDEN

BY Richard Brinsley. Sheridan, from .'The
School for Scandal"
Here's TO the maiden of bashful fifteen,
Here's to the widow of fifty;
Here's to the Haunting extravagant
quean,
And here's to the housewife that's
thrifty,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

The fax and grain crops in northwest
ern Canada are showed under, but the
land promoters of that section are saying
nothing about it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Iron is up TO sl5 and cotton commands
u cents. This is a good time to deal gen
erously with the collectors for the Asso-
ciated Charities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Cholera is killing 1000 people a day in
constantinople, and it naturally desires
peace and a chance to stamp out the cpl
demic.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
No CREDIT.

"Biggers. the jeweler, does business
strictly for cash.
yes. He wouldn't even sell a watch
or clock on tick"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Mr.. Tumulty may become the private
secretary of the President-eleet The
name has roll and rumble that recalls
times of trouble
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
SO THEY ARE FRIENDS.

Those two girls tell each other every
thing"
Everything
Everything but what they really think
of each other
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

The average American family now
spends $40 for food
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
THE s p II. G.

His rawlings quickly drew a crowd.
Who thought he'd ia en- a deadly drug,
Because he wept and cried aloud,
Il simply will not be a spug'.''
1t seems he held old-fashioned views
About the cheerful Christmas time; =
To buy a useless gift he'd lose
His health and spend his last lone dime.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
There's something bout
A girly show
That somehow makes
Us want to go.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

Hall knew all about women;
He'd sit and explain en- at length
How they have to distort-to make up, in
short,
For feminine lack of strength.
He would show you how Jean had it in
for Irene,
Accounting for all she said,
And the falseness of Cora who smiled
upon Dora
While longing to strike her dead
Hall knew all ALBERT women:
And the women knew all about Hall!
They pampered his pride till he swelled
up inside.
And he never caught on, at all,
For Hall and is money appeared rather
funny
To all of the women he knew,
So they fairly divided the man they
derided
And each owned a share or two.
Yes, Hall knew all about women,
But Hall had to marry at last:
His bride was a silly young lady named
Mile,
With a perfectly glorious past.
He pever had heard, but a dear little
bird
Has told me cit didn't surprisel,
How some twenty, in all, drew lots for
poor Hall.
And twas Mile who won the prizei
-Gelett Burgess in Ainslees Magazine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES



Frank Julian. member of the saiiroad
commission. spent Yesterday in Birmins-
ham.
THE commission will resume the hear-
ing OF the Louisville & Nashville rate
cases December L. he said A mass OF
testimony has been taken. There Is 10
way of telling definitely when we will be
in a position to render a verdict
Mr.. Julian stated that one Of the big
gest things that has happened Tor the
south in many days was the acquisition
by T. E. Lovejoy of Montgomery. presi-
dent of the Montgomery Bank & Trust
company, of the control of the Manhattan
Life Insurance company. The general
agents of the company for Alabama are
Coleman & Hogue Of Birmingham.
This was big deal, stated Mr.. Ju-
liam. 1.-THE assets of the Manhattan Life
amount to s2s,Ooo,OOo Efforts will be made
by the company since Mr.. Loyejoy has
gained control of ii, to extend its bust
ness In the south. which will result in
aiding the improvement of conditions in
the south. and in influx of more money
into this section.
Mr. Julian and Lorrie Rice, fire mar
shall of the state returned to Montsom-
cry yesterday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

society from 1905 to 1919 and was vice
president. during the same PERIOD Of ''.s
Washington Academy Of Sciences. lie =
fellow of the American Assoeialioh III
the Advancement of Science ana % ~
American Geographical society. lie -
an honorary member Of the Royal NE
neurological society of England and OF the
Afeteorological society Of Austria. He Is
president of the Washington Aero ei'p'
a member of the Cosmos and cheVs-ena
clubs, and nonaetive member Oh eie
washington Press club. lie IS the autnoi
OF Moore's Descriptive Meteorology,3
standard text book for colleges. lie Is
also a contributor to scientific puplea-
tons. a lecturer and public speaker.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
rt...a,.nt covernor seed Here

Lieutenant Governor Walter d. Seed Is
at the Empire hotel. In reference TO
the proposal which Congressman Honsoh
made TO Ex-Governor Conner, Mr.. seee
said;
las I stated in my letter TO fhe Age
Herald. | knew not that proposal had
been made. The secretary of the con-
gresham, Mr.. Monette, said somethihs
to me about running for Congress- pu1
showed SO plainly that the suggestion
was unfavorable to me. that no details
were discussed
Asked If he had made up his mlho
as to whether or not he would run Tor
governor. the lieutenant governor saia:
NO. there is still time enough
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

REFORMED.
There was a man in our town
Who drank a lot of booze;
One morning early, looking down,
He saw snakes in his shoes.
And did he then begin-to yell,
So dread a sight to see?
Not much. He said, I'm far from we'll
| know what's wrong with me-"
Forthwith he thrust his feet into
Those snalze-infested shoes
And told the w. c. T. Z.
He'd call for no more booze
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
Congressman Heflin's views

The country will experience gehu-
inc prosperity under the democratic
administration" said Congressman J.
Thomas Hehin of the Fifth Alabama
district, who was in Birmingham yes
terday
1T will be the kind of prosperite
that will be felt and enjoyed by the
average man. The tariff tax will be
reduced and then the energy and en-
terprise of our people will produce a
prosperity heard in the cheerful voice
of an industrious people and seen in
their happy homes.
Everybody in the south ought to
pull together for a good price for cot
ton. The cost of cotton production Is
greater than ever and the prices now
paid the farmer are not sufficient 10
give him the profit that he is entitled
to. When you consider the high price
of live stock-horses and mules-of
fertilizers and labor and the cost of
living, IL cents and 12a cents is not
enough to pay the farmer for the cot
ton crop of 1872 ! expect to see some
of this crop sell for IA and Is cents
before another crop is planted. We
can educate the country and the world
to IA and - cent cotton.
Talk that price-spealI that price
every where, and publish 1t to the
world that I'VE ought to have that
price-that we must have that price
or we will not sell We have the
power If We would only use 1t, to
demand that price and enforce the de-
mand now.
IF our people in every cotton coun-
ty in the south, in concerted action,
would refuse for one day to sell a
bale of cotton at the prices that have
obtained this season the price of cotton
would advance a cent a pound-and
maybe mere
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
BEATING MADE CROOK DANGEROUS

Negotiations for turkey are now in
order.
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

HALL KNEW ALI ABOUT WOMEN.
Hall knew all about women;
He used To laugh in his sleeve
At the way they tried, and the way they
lied,
dor women will all deceived
He knew a deal about how they feel
about
Fellows and frocks. and fudge,
And as for their passions, and fads and
fashions,
Hall was competent Judge
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

q E. Morgan and W. G. Wharton are
the only authorised travelling represent
atives of The Age Herald in its circu-
lation department.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

HIGH-POWER CARS.
Did young Bushby run through his in
heritance?"
well, he didn't exactly run through
IT, As a matter of fact, he motored
through it,"
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HYSTERIA.
Il had dreadful shock just now
What was the eause?'
i have been much wrought up lately
by reading DIR. Wiley's statement that
oysters suffer when eaten raw
Yes"
while watching an oyster-opener at
work l was sure that | heard an oyster
shrek, but it was only the oyster-open-
er's knife scraping on a she'll"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23

No communication will be published
without it's authors name rejected
manuscript will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
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rrI.EPHONEs

eel (priyate exchange connecting an
tments), No. 1900.