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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
Thoughts Caught On The Way
By MRS. J. B REID

little heart to heart talk with a man who plays father. and mother too, 10 family of three little tots, the oldest s years old gives such a soul 10 the man in the home, and what he can do, that we cannot keep from tell ng, you
 You just ought to see my baby, and l raised him myself" said a good faced man of Birmingham, a man who has lived simple life In a good home with substantial Surroundings, whose poyhood was spent behind the plow. perhaps, and who has lived the few years of his manhood in Birmingham, md married and lost his wife. Now he Is carrying the teachings of his happy boyhood to the littls folks under his own. roof. without the mothers help
 His face was aglow with happiness It the privilege of home and of personally caring for his own.
 He stated, when the mother died, leaving the infant the grandmother wanted the children. She is good woman, but they were my own and 1 felt d bounden duty to give of myself to them. yf
 "The other day l carried the boy on his weekly visit to hfs grandmother. 1 toukssfiim up and asked her if she could be4t 'dady raising the kid and she a<d to acknowledge l had done a good 6b. The boy is more than year old <how, and has never been sick in his fife. l realize the responsibility Of rather, and il makes me watch more carefully myself, for l note the chaps ook to dad and it was forcibly inn pressed upon me the other day. l told he oldest boy l hated to come in to ainner and see him with a soiled shirt; 10 try and wear one shirt a day and teep it neat When he came in from play that evening he exclaimed, he nal done his hardest days work trying 10 keep that shirt clean for dad, be- tause he said so.
 There was my reward right there hat little fellow knew that on his well lare hinged my happiness."
 These were the passing remarks while waiting for the car. So much for a man With no pretense, educated in country Bchool, with the corn field growing all lround, and while he grew with the 'odder and corn, he had planted in his body great big heart; to get the best If life and carry 1t to his home.
 Carrying with it the sunshine of con- 'entment in duty. with no life partner 10 lessen the burden and help to guard he tiny charges that need q mother so.
 This little chat carried one back to mother chance conversation with foung mother with nursery of three.
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Society
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ae)

 sincere pleasure to her friends to know that her health Is completely restored. Mrs. Joseph Todd Collins has almost entirely recovered from her recent des- perate illness, following an operation for appendicitis. and was able this week to be out for short time. Miss Louis Thornbury and Miss Rachel Thornbury of Bessemer, and Miss Genae Bell of Aldrich. Ala, arc week end guests of Miss Margaret An derson. Mrs. P A. Rossiter will lueave this morning for Macon, Ga, to attend the reunion She will be absent 10 days
 
 Mrs. |. C. Wagner of Montevallo is the guest of Mrs. J. B. Adams, 2ll6 Rose avenue.
 Mir and Mrs. George Gambrill have returned from their wedding trip and are temporarily with MT. and Mrs. Stringfellow. Later they will be at home in Woodward:
 MT. and Mrs. A. B. Pepperman, who spent the winter in New fork, re- turned home yesterday afternoon and NIe WILL HCl PoiNtieHt c. W. James.
 Mrs. shipman returned yesterday morning from French Lick Springs, Ind. where she has spent fortnight Mrs. Bradley Saunders. who accom- panied her, will remain week longer. Mrs. Harry Jones and her guest, Mrs. Jessie Ward of Aberdeen, Miss, who have been at French Lick, returned home this week, after stopping for short time in Louisville with friends. MT. Matt Murphy is expected home today from French Lick.
 Mrs. F. B. King and Mrs. Georgia Kav have returned from Denver and are guests of Mrs. J T. King in Nor wood
 Mrs. ]. T. King has as her guest MS. W. G. Harrison of Atlanta.
 George G. Miles, yr, of Montgomery is in the city.
 sam Hill has been removed to his home after an operation for appendicitis at the South Highland infirmary-
 MT. G. c. Prowell has returned from Clarksville, Miss, where he has been Tn the engineering business.
 Mrs. Lee clary has gone to Cincinnati to attend the festival. She will be absent week or 10 days.
 Miss Myrtle Hendershot of Newark' N. J.. is visiting Mrs. J. H. McDonough al her home in East Lake.
 Miss Mamie Hacketti of Walnut Hiiis' Cincinnati. is visiting her uncle, MT J. B. Burke, 2O0e Fifth avenue.
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he requirements of their present majes-

the requirements of their present majes- ties and their large family.
 great deal of the available space IS taken up by the three large drawing rooms, and the sleeping apartments are more or less sacrificed The only room of any size is the Kings room, and the bed room and boudoir which used to be occu- pied by Queen Alexandra are very small indeed. All the rooms open out on the long corridor, where in old days Queen Vic toria used to sit after dinner and sip cof- fee. King Edward would never allow her late maiestys armchair or table to be moved from their accustomed place near the dining room door.
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danger If the rider is at the bottom of the track he runs small danger of being injured, provided he has presence of mind to keep from under the motor in case of an upset. The few riders that have been killed were either caught under the ma chimes or were riding near the top of the posts. In my fall at Los Angeles the law of gravitation brought into play by the third of a mile circumference of the track kept my weight and the weight of the machine off the boards until the mo- mentum had slackened and there was practically no danger. The marks I made on the track will bear out my state ment. There is q scratch about 50 feet in length almost immediately in front of the paddock, POO feet from where start ed to fall. The mark shows the compara- lively short distance the machine and I slipped before coming to a standstill. The only damage sustained was a bent pedal and some minor scratches"
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sincere pleasure to her friends to know that her health Is completely restored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
Three Miles a Minute

From I.esIle's WeekIN.
 Foremost among the countries con staitly engaged in railroad improvement which has high speed for it's object is Germany. Connecting Zossen with Ma rienfeld is a military railroad 1iia miles in length and as straight as a rule, and on this line the worlds highest speed rec ords have been made. The cars are about 79 feet long and weigh 90 tons each. Each ear is tited with four electric motors. two at each end. developing 10Oo horse power in all.
 Day by day the speed was increased. until the velocity of 13o miles per hour was reached. It was the opinion of con servative engineers that i50 miles per hour could be had. Less conservative en- gineers placed the limit at 200 miles per hour
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
An Expert on Falling
,rom the Phlladelnhia Record.


 People who know nothing about t think that falling from motorcycle going at a high speed Is sure death.'
 remarked Joe Walters, the famous racer, who was recently spilled from his machine while it was moving at the rate of 20 miles an hour, and escaped with few scratches. "As a matter of fact it is safer to fall from a machine moving at 100 miles an hour than 1t is to fall from one going at half that rate of speed. If the speed Is great enough to throw the rider free of his machine he slides along the track and escapes with a few scratches or, possibly, some broken bones The development of the motor- cycle saucer track greatly lessens the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
How Pain Was Conquered

From the Kansas City Times.
 It was bakers son who saved the human race from endless pain. Sir James Simpson was the first man to discover that chloroform could be used to render persons unconscious for the purpose of performing operations Until almost the middle of the last century when anyone underwent surgical operation there was no way in which the patient could be rendered unconscious. MT. Simpson first practiced it upon himself, and one day was found lying unconscious on the floor of his study. where he had fallen after inhaling 1t.
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law conveyed to him a holding of land. which was the subject of the present action Three or four months afterwards John Noonan was committed to a lunarc asylum, and some time after an ecceslas- tical court determined according to the canon law of the church, the marriage was invalid-Noonan being married with in the forbidden degrees of kindred. The party who made the assignment having got the order from the ecclesiasticai court thought the marriage was also in- valid according to the law of the land, and made a second assignment to another daughter who. in turn. assigned 1t to David Kirra Kirrane, who was now in possession. Counsel urged that when he established the validity of the first deed he was entitled to decree, notwthstand- ing the decree of the ecclesiastical court, which was not binding on that court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
He Was Enlightened

From the I3OStOH IFFIIsUfIpt.
 We don't approve of the impertinence, but perhaps in the following case the grouchy street car passenger got no more than he deserved. He had asked d conductor if he knew when a certain train left the North Station, and, on being answered in the negative, he ex- claimed offensively Why Is 1t that this road employs So many. farmers2 Just to look after, the cattle that travel on the cars.r was the conductors quick re- fort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
COCK FIGHT BREAKS
 UP ANTI MEETING Urges Revival of Irish Lan- guage-School Life Is
 Unhealthy
By THOMAS EMMETT

Dublin, May 4.--(Special)--Five hundred tories and Orangemen who at tended an anti-home rule meeting a few nights ago cut short the speech making. They were from Counties Der Try, Down and Tyrone. They assembled in a barn near bough neagh to wit ness cock fighting.
 A match between birds representing Newry and Castledawson had just con cluded with the knocking out of tho latters towns representative when a police force appeared on the scene. Tho crowd at once fled in all directions, the majority crossing Maghery ferry, closely pursued by the police, who sue ceeded in securing the names of over 100 of those present.
 Cardinal Logue. presiding at meet ing of the South Louth council of the Gaelic league and the clergy of the Drogheda deanery, urged the claims of the revival of the Irish language.
 He expressed pleasure in presiding a t the meeting and said that If the peo- pie wanted to establish real nationality and bring back the people to their primitive state of simplicity and devo- ton to cen-ch and country they could
  their native tongue Irish was mag nificent language and Ireland had civilization when in other countries people were running about clothed with wnat nature supplied and little paint They had schools and scholars in this country even before St. Patrick came, and a code of Brehon laws that made modern lawyers wonder for their clear conception of legal principles.
 
 At the recent National League of teachers held at Kilkenny, the Very Rev. Dean Barry, one of the most notable priests in the country, said that up to now the public had not realized the fact that in many of the buildings com mony called schools in Ireland neither children nor teachers had any ordinary chance of health, and the weekly teach ing of hygiene must be looked on as farce They were thankful indeed to know that there was vast improvement now going on, and that there are large number of schools now erected, of whlcn any country might be proud. On the other hand schools which have been con demned continue to be used year after year. because of lack of money to build new ones, and meanwhile time was pass ing, and one generation. after another or school children were growing up In various parts of the country anaemic and delicate, poisoned by the bad air, whilst their teachers, equally poisoned. endeavored to prepare. them for the. work of life.
 Judgment was given for the plaintiff hv .Judge Doyle in a remarkable case at Ballinrobe sessions, arising out of the an- nuling of a marriage by an ecclesiastical court of the Catholic church.
 The plaintiff. P. Noonan, who appeared as the committee of the property of the brother, John Noonan, person of un- sound mind. and the defendant was David Kirrane. Counsel for the plaintiff. said John Noonan May. 1903 married his third cousin, Nora Hosty, and his father-in-
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Mrs P A. Rossiter will ,lueave this morning for Macon, Ga to attend the reunion. She will be absent 10 days.
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FREE ADVICE I TO SICK WOMEN
rhousands Have Been Helped By Common Sense
 Suggestions.

Women suffering from any form of fe- nale ills are invited to communicate
 romptly with the woman sprivate corre-
 pondence department of the Lydia E.
 'inkham M edicine Co.,, Lynn, Mass.
 four letter will be opened, read and
 answered. by woman and held in strict
 confidence. A woman can freely talk of Ter private illness to a woman; thus has ,een established confidential corre-
 pondence which has extended over
 many years and which has never been
 roken. Never have they published estimonial or used a letter without the written consent of the writer, and never
 ,as the Company allowed these confiden- ;ial letters to get out of their possession,
 ,s the hundreds of thousands of them Tn heir files will attest.
 {. Out of the vast volume of experience
 which they have to draw from, it is more
 han possible that they possess the very knowledge needed in your case. Noth- |sng is asked in return except your good
 will, and their advice has helped thou
 ands. Surely any GSS =1ssSSN woman, rich or poor, SEE/.&SgSSNNN1 ihould be glad to (V/ HS SSSA\W lake advantage of Va S& Y
 his generous offer f1N W II If assistance. Ad- Y 'iress Lydia E. Pink (o\ sxa.-7lIylY N) iam Medicine Co.,, WA,ss.SNVSSLK( ., .,confidentiaD Lynn, (gGSSMpgSIS) Mass. lS'~ F'HsT"" It Every woman ought to have Lydia F. Pinlham's SO-page Text Book. 1t is not a book for Z general distribution, as it is too { sxDensfyo. It is free and .Oniy .obfainable by mail. Write for
 t today.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-11
SECURE A HUSTLER TO
BOOST YOUR CAMP AIGN
Contestants Who in to Win Letting Their Friends
Know They are in Line For the European Tour Con-
tests-Ask Department For Pointers

your friends tonight You will be
surprised at the results you will ac-
crue. Some contestants fear that they
Will not be Well received II they start
out in search OF subscriptions This
Is by no means true. Your friends
are mighty glad To see you enter in
such a worthy enterprise and they are
goingto help you in every possible
way,
There isn't a person mentioned In
the long list az candidates that can
not become Il lyiner through little
diIigent effort this week. Pitch In
und do your very best. Nobody Ia
going t. held vou, All the world
loves a worker. II Is an honorable
cause and well worth the while If the
busiest man or woman IN town.
Keep plugging during eS ery spare
moment. spend every evening among
your friends Don't take re- for
nm answer. They will help YOU If
you are 3ust a little persistent. When
a party promises to giFeryoh It sub
s.riptiou at a cetrain time, be right
on the jol, See them without fall.
exactly at the appointed time. Don't
lvt theln slip away with the excuse,
"Gu see you later" Explain TO them
about the great double vote offer. Get
their help now. az course there Will
s4-a4. fad 4 Ina
possible 10 give their subscriptions
at-tAiS- time Soma Will promise 10
helm Won next week or the week after,
These promises will all be relied upon
before the close of the contest,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-11
mo- STUDENTS AS
|. STR|kE.bREAkERS
LEADERS REFER To THE FOOT
BALL PLAYERS AS INTEL
I.ECTURAL THUGS.

MIDDLETON. CONN. June 10
President william G, Shanklin. Of
Wesleyan university, today issued
orders that all students who have
been employed as sheriffs' deputies
in keeping peace at the mills of the
Russell manufacturing company, dur
ing the strike Of the weavers. should
give UP the work.
Criticism OF the methods employed
by the students In auelling the strike
brought about this action by Presl-
dent Shanklin. Most OF the members
OF the football team have been en-
ployed as deputies, receiving Ave dol
lara day.
One strike leader has referred TO
the student deputies az intellectual
thugs who while not breaking bones
upon the football field. enjoyed the
gentle exercise OF besting women
over the heads with baseball bats.
This aStesaaen, "a committee nt the
strikers held conference with the
mill officials. and presented modified
Demands calling for shorter hours,
an increased scale OF wages aud don-
BILE nay for those who have 10 work
during the noon hours, The officials
Of the COMPANY refused To treat the
strikers as an orgsni2att ton. but said
they would consular individual appii.
eattons for "Reminiscences
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-11
BY RAY T.. HALL.

CHICAGO, June 10.-Laying
aside the steam roller for q clatter-
Ing, clacking self-hinder. the Repuh-
llcau national committee proceeded
with it's work today, and when it
had done driving through political
harvest fields Of Indiana fiye little
bundles OF delegates, neatly tied
with Taft strings. were laid away fol-
future use The work of the COM
mittee was neat and effective, though
it was terribly noisy at times. When
the day was over, the score stood:
For Taft, L. delegates.
For Roosevelt, / near-victory.
The Roosevelt honors We're won al
the very opening OF the session.
They came when Committeeman
Gorge A knight, of California, open
ed the proceedings with demand
that the contest in the Fourth Cali
fornia district be taken up at once
it had been postponed until this
week decided.
Heney ON Hand
Francis J. Heney, the tightin 2
prosecutor. who worked In the san
Francisco graft cases, was on hand
TO argue the case. What he said did
not exactly please the committees
and for q little while the storm
clouds were 40 thick that the sun
shine OF the bright June day could
tContinued Oh Second page)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-11

ORATORY AND HUMOR

The one bristling with learning and
logic and delivered with the power OF
Demosthenes: the other spiced with
witty filings and cleverly read--ora-
f&ons and class Observation-Disclosures and
amused an audience that packed
Richmond college auditorium last
night.
The occasion was the final exer-
cisos of the class OF 1919. In cap
and gown the fifty graduates were
seated on the rostrum In a semi-circle
with their class president. Gregory
Gray Garland. In the center. Flanked
on every SIDE by palms and ferns. a
veritable bower of green. with flags
OF State and nation lending a touch
OF color. the p.cturs was pleasing and
impressive. Concealed behind bank
of palms was an orchestra which rem
dered the music with which the pro-
gram was interspersed.
Glass Presidents Address.
The exercises We're opened with
PRAYER by Rev. J. T. Watts. The ad-
dress OF President Garland, which
was in tho nature OF n review of the
work of the class; It's relations with
the faculty and stndent body. indulg-
ing betimes in lighter vein and then
the tender sentiment inspired by the
parting with the alma mater was
cleverly framed and gracefully de-
tfvered
The academic orator ] w. Welsh,
had for his theme. ''The American
Graduate and American Citizen
ship" and his frank thoughtful pre-
sentation OF duties the college man
- go Co..
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-11
Nv a staff Correspondent,

ROWLING GREEN. VA. June 10.
Voters from all parts of Caroline
county gathered at the county seat
today. Not only was 1t court day, but
ton Of issuing bonds for $4,000
to construct better highways In the
county would be discussed by emf
nent orators as well as the citizens.
The bond issue will be determined
upon at special election to be h Id
July esd. and as the leading men
OF the county--those shrewd physi-
clans of the body polite who have a
habit OF feeling the public pulse no
matter no whealthy the patient APP
pears, had noted symptoms that
seemed unfavorable for bond Is
sue. they proceed To revive interest
In life and the $4,000 by inaug-
urating good roads campaign. They
took advantage OF court day to hold
the first rally. and It proved great
success.
From all four districts of Caroline
county the voters descended upon
Bowling Green courthouse. They
watched the horsetraders, listened TO
the gossipers. heard OF u shooting ar
fairs and the disappearance az citi-
gen OF the district. after Il serious
charge had been preferred against
him by young woman: discussed
the report OF the grand jury. Iauded
Judge Chichester Tor his action in tho
Ease or a n,en found guilty of haul
ing a tno-heavy load over q newly
] tt-Nuff1UAd Third ~ n
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-11
TURKEY TROT IS
FATAL TO WOMAN
PRACTICES STEP WITH HUSBAND
AND BURSTS \ BLOOD
VESSEL.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., June 10
Mrs. Agnes +, Day. twenty-one years
old. is dead Mt her 'home, No. 10
Mount Vernon avenue, as the result
Of her desire to master the turkey
trot Friends wno heard OF her sud
zen death. early Saturday morning,
learned today that she had been prac-
tong the dance with her husband.
Friday night, prior to going To one
Of the piers to witness experts do
the trot.
She was seized with q sudden pain
N her side and stepned the strenuous
hop. Ten minutes later. when she.
WITH her husband. started from the
house, the Young woman fell 10 the
floor unconscious Before physicians
had arrived she vas dead. ENami-
nation showed thae she had burst q
b,aod vessel IN her side.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-11
Oakleigh Thorne Does Not
Hold steel Trust Syndi-
cafe RI sponsible
REVIEWS PANIC OF
FIVE YEARS AGO
Morgan and Morgan Banks
Lend Aid to Tide Finan-
cial Institution Over
Ii hit Place

NEW YORK, June t0,-Oakieigh
Thorne told today the full story of
the run OF depositors on the Trust
Company OF America at the begin
ming of the panic OF 1907. J. r. Nor
gal.--Aaearga- A--PeEAiias-~ and -L3e-4ata=
or members Of the syndicate that en-
gineered the absorption of the Ten
resseo Coal and Iron company were
exonerated by Mr.. Thorne. who plac>
ed the blame for The run on the New
| York paper which published the
statement that the Trust Company Of
America was the weakest spot in the
/ financial situation
MIR Thorne was president Of the
trust company when the run was
made. and his institution successfully
weathered the storm, after paying out
ff4GF@ than thirteen million dollars Ehe
first daS of the run, which was octo-
. Der %, 1907.
steel Trust Innocent.
In &nswer to questions by Judge j.
NJ Dickinson. chief counsel for the
government In its suit To- dissolve the
steel trust, and K. v I.indsbury, chief
trial lawyer Of the big combination.
Thorne gave the steel trust syndicate
a clean bill Of health, SO far as that
concern was involved.
Hottie said that ! Morgan,
and the Morgan banks had come lib
orally to the support of the trust
company after the run had been 50
suddenly started, loaning his corpor-
alton the millions that tfded It over
The witness said that the Trus%
Company of America. held $500
shares of T. c. and l., when the panic
was started by the failure Of the
knickerbocaer Trust company. A
short time before II had held i-.5eo
shares but had disposed of them in
| the ordinary course OF business. lie
belonged tn the syndicate headed by
Grant b. Schley. that had accumu-
lated a sufficient number OF T. c. and
L. shares To give IT control Of that
company. Lewis Cass I4edyard. the
syudicate's counsel 'ad told him the